(military) recruits, especially a segregated
group of recruits, commencing to learn to drill or
having their drill improved;
raw recruits not yet
trained to take their
place in the
ranks. Well, they turned the
wrong way and like any other
boot soldier in an awkward
squad, why, they'll probably get booted for it.
n. a segregated
group of
inept military recruits who are not yet prepared to take their
place in the
ranks and who are undergoing
special drilling. A
squad here means a small
group of military men, who have been assembled to drill.