Tagmilitary parlance

check six

check six  n.— «“It was a quick check six,” said the reservist from the Jacksonville area who flies for Federal Express, referring to a military parlance for looking to the rear.» —“Biker admits to speeding in fatal...

manpad

manpad  n.— «The Nicaraguan army sold nearly 400 shoulder-fired missiles—known in military parlance as manpads, or man-portable air defense systems—to the warring countries.» —“Rumsfeld on Mission for Haiti Aid” by John...

chalk

chalk  n.— «The evening before the flight I was informed, joy of joys, that I would be the movement commander for one plane load of soldiers (in military parlance a “chalk”).» —“Out Of Washington” by...

jointery

jointery  n.— «Multinational command—known in military parlance as “jointery”—was a vital component of modern warfare.» —“US command of British troops in Iraq ‘business as usual” in London, Eng...

counterspace

counterspace  n.— «As part of on-going work in seek-and-hit space warfare—termed “counterspace” in military parlance, China is expected to continue to enhance its satellite tracking and identification network.» —“China...

C4ISR

C4ISR  n.— «China is building more missiles and also appears to be focusing on depriving either side’s defenses from finding its missiles and thus concentrates on attacking their command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance...