 Originally used as early as the First World War by US Marines to refer to a male homosexual in the female role.At the beginning of World War II, "pogue" was used by Marine drill instructors to refer to trainees believed not to be meeting the expected standards or failing to display the appropriate "esprit de corps".While the term does not appear in Army or Air Force terminology until the Korean War, Linda Reinberg includes it as being in general use in Vietnam to refer to rear echelon support personnel.