Aganauten Aganauten

Aganauten - Definition

There are a lot of different facetious names for recruits in every army. Google finds ondly 78 "argonauts". It is just a joke and not a common expression. --Hoheit 17:10, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)== AGAnauten ==

Colloquial name for recruits in the Bundeswehr (German defense forces) during their basic training. AGA is the abbreviation for "Allgemeine Grundausbildung" (literal: general basic training). All recruits - conscripted and voluntary - are subject to this basic training disregarding their later specialisation.

The singular form is AGAnaut.

recruit during basic training

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