I think it is actually generally short for “Government Issue” as a kinda a reference that they are government issue like everything else in a soldiers life

I have never seen a specialist without a giant wait-list. These providers tend to have too many patients so they have a negative incentive for trying to make it easier to reach them.

Don’t forget the classic r/Superbowl. Greatest sub reddit scoop in the history of Reddit.

I don’t think this is a scale, it looks an awful lot like an otolith, which is a calcium carbonate buildup from inside a fishes head. These are often used by biologists to age a fish similar to counting rings on a tree.

I still don’t know what species would have one shaped like that but it may help you to look in better places to identify it.