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What are some military acronymns (informal) that you've heard in your time?

Asked by NaturalMineralWater (11303points) August 6th, 2009

I’m not talking about classified pieces of equipment or anything.. not official acronyms.. I’m talking about the funny/motivational ones such as:

SNAFU
FUBAR
ZONK
BOHICA

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RareDenver's avatar

there was the WRAC

Officially Womens Royal Army Corp

Unofficially “Weekly Ration of Army Crumpet”

Derogatorily “Weekly Ration of Army Cunt”

marinelife's avatar

AWOL (Of course, Absent Without Leave)
WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction)

gailcalled's avatar

DEW Line: (Defense Early Warning)
DMZ: Demilitarized Zone

FrogOnFire's avatar

My brother is a U.S. Marine and he always says ARMY stands for
Ain’t Ready for Marines Yet

avalmez's avatar

C^3 = Command, Control, Commincations

gailcalled's avatar

(psst; Communications)

NaturalMineralWater's avatar

@RareDenver and @FrogOnFire have the right idea. XD I’m talking about those kinds of acronyms. Official ones don’t count.

Good stuff. I forgot NAVY – Never again volunteer yourself. xD

mattbrowne's avatar

The POTUS has landed.

mammal's avatar

@NaturalMineralWater according to the website the phrase was coined by US service personel in during the indo-china conflict. i quite like it although it is horribly objective.

NaturalMineralWater's avatar

@mammal Perhaps I’m thinking of a different definition of that. XD

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