Definition of shoat. : a young hog and especially one that has been weaned.
Junior Enlisted in the Army - Privates and Specialists - are promoted automatically based on their time in service and time in pay grade. Privates (E-1) are promoted to Private 2nd Class after completing six months of service and PV2's are normally promoted to PFC when the have 12 months' time in service and 4 months' time in grade. In general, Soldiers earn the rank of Specialist (E-4) after having served a minimum of two years and attending a specific training class.
First manufactured in the 1930s, PFCs are prized for their resistance to water and oils. DuPont and 3M used them to manufacture Teflon and Scotchgard. Since 2001, U.S. companies have phased out some of the worst actorsâthe perfluorinated compounds with long chains of fluorinated carbon atoms that build up in tissues.