They say that instead of government issue or general issue, GI came from the words galvanized iron.

VOA: special.2010.03.07

It's not clear that this event ever really took place, but it's really not very important, because what Herodotus is doing is telling how he, I think, and how the Greeks in general viewed the questions at issue.

我们无法证实这件事是否真的发生过,但是这并不重要,因为我认为希罗多德是为了,告诉我们,他以及几乎所有的希腊人,是如何看待这个引人争议的问题的

耶鲁公开课 - 古希腊历史简介课程节选

This term was soon used to describe army supplies in general that were government issue.

VOA: special.2009.09.25

"The critical issue was, of course,politics." "They by all means are trying to keep General Noriega in jail.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

"We have always offered this. If they were to help us help them, then the secretary-general would be in a position to go all out on the sanctions issue, humanitarian support, even reconstruction and development.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11