fobbit n.— «Administrative specialists who never leave the fob are known, with some condescension, as fobbits. Like every soldier here, a fobbit could be killed at any time by a random rocket or mortar round. But on most days the greatest...
catch a tramp v. phr.— «Colt—the same day this soldier went missing I was there on that same road—and it all looked so peaceful to me (as one should expect on a trip to the north)—we saw soldiers trying to catch a tramp (is that English?)...
birth control glasses n.pl.— «Right now they’re both wearing Army-issue brown heavy plastic frames, which the soldiers call BCGs, birth control glasses, because they’re so ugly no woman would want to make a baby with a soldier wearing a...
FNG n.— «In soldier parlance, they are “turtles”—a Vietnam-era nickname derived from their supposedly slow arrival in theater—or “FNGs,” a slightly more colorful reference to their “[expletive] New Guy”...
turtle n.— «In soldier parlance, they are “turtles”—a Vietnam-era nickname derived from their supposedly slow arrival in theater—or “FNGs,” a slightly more colorful reference to their “[expletive] New...
high speed, low drag adj.— «“High speed, low drag” (either a soldier who is extrordinaily proficient at his job or—when used derisively—one who is extraordinarily the opposate).» —“When I say mission…“ by David...