tracker n.— «Morris explained that although amphibious operations are not a big part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, it is still important for the “trackers,” as AAV crewmen are commonly called, to be prepared for any type of operation...
all-welcome adj.— «You can feel the change at the Lighthouse Court, a popular—some would say notorious—gay-only Whitehead Street guesthouse that recently went “all welcome,” the local euphemism for accepting heterosexual...
Suck n.— «The tagline for Sam Mendes’ war movie ”Jarhead” is ”Welcome to the Suck.” ”The Suck” in this case is happily not the movie. Like the film’s title, which is slang for a Marine grunt, ”the Suck” is Marine slang for...
drawdown n.— «Fisheries officials from Sioux Falls will be siphoning Lake Alvin during the week of Oct. 3 to test a method of improving fish populations.… The objective of the operation is to test the equipment, labor and logistics...
CODEL n.— «The embassy responded by assigning 22 employes to operation CODEL (congressional delegation) IPU.» —“Logistics, Cost of Trip Staggering” by Donald P. Baker in Lisbon, Portugal Washington Post Mar...
hot wash n.— «The day the fighting ended, senior Army aides presented to Army Chief of Staff Carl E. Vuono their first observations on the operation. Such an initial review of a just-concluded operation is called a “hot wash...