suck rubber

suck rubber
 v. phr.— «Once in full MOPP-4 gear and engaged in “sucking rubber,” many tended to focus mainly on their own units to the exclusion of what was happening in adjacent units.» —by Barry R. Schneider Future War and Counterproliferation Feb. 28, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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