dead check v. phr.— «I witnessed Sgt. (Lawrence) Hutchins dead check the man and fire three rounds into the man’s head.…Then Cpl. (Trent) Thomas fired seven to 10 rounds in to the man’s head.» —“Navy Medic Testifies Against...
dead-check v. phr.— «“They teach us to do dead-checking when we’re clearing rooms,” an enlisted Marine recently returned from Iraq told me. “You put two bullets into the guy’s chest and one in the brain. But when you enter a...
ghost soldier n.— «The course, which Fluck said is only three or four years old, prepares soldiers to be marksmen in the Stryker Brigade. A Stryker is an 8-wheeled vehicle that is smaller and more easily transported than a tank or other...
flying trash can n.— «Monday, at the Paris air show, Honeywell said its Micro Air Vehicle combat drones are being deployed in Iraq for the first time. Prospective foreign buyers have started to take a look at the drones, which soldiers...
pass-by meeting n.— «“The exchange, such as it was, was limited and was on Iraq…. It was a pass-by meeting,” he told Reuters, using the term for a brief informal encounter.» —“Senior U.S., Iranian officials meet at Iraq...
R2-D2 n.— «Since laser defenses are still quite a way off, the Army has looked to an existing system to fill the need. The Navy’s Phalanx CIWS system, an autonomous 20mm gatling gun capable of firing up to 4,500 rounds per minute, has...