BBB - that's really hilarious :rofl:
Roughneck is also a term used to refer to those who work as "hands" in the oil industry. The folks who do the "hard, heavy" work.I used to be an infantryman in the Army. I made sergeant before I got out.
Infantrymen have been known by a variety of names in various armies: Foot soldier, dog face, doughboy, grunt, ape, roughneck.