boot drop
n.— «In Marine parlance, Nice was a “boot drop”—someone who had just joined the unit from basic training.» —“Death, duty in forgotten corner of war” by Doug Struck in Qaim, Iraq MSNBC Aug. 13, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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