Nukestock n.— «The past four days crossed the spectrum from grass-roots advocacy training in New Mexico to the venerable Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference, also fondly known as “Nukestock.”» —“Claiming...
purp n.— «Gov. Andrews related a Texan practice in training dogs with sheep. “A purp is taken from its mother before its eyes are opened and put with an ewe to suckle. After a few times the ewe becomes reconciled to the pup which...
mop and glow v. phr.— «Your union dues here goes to help pay the rent on the office, office supplies, this web site, the training material Capt. Randy Blanchard is using to train our future haz mat team (AKA the Mop and Glow Team ) and...
zero v.— «I fired six bullets from my M4 carbine and that was the extent of my training in Kuwait. That’s how many bullets it took for me to hit the target, also known as zeroing your weapon.» —“War is hell, especially if you make...
volie n.— «The volunteers, or “volies” as they call themselves, were celebrating the arrival of their latest training equipment.» —“Volunteers save the life of ambo service” by Phil...
Oklahoma n.— «The fans’ favorites included the “hamburger” drills, or “Oklahomas,” as they were called in some camps. Those maneuvers involved setting up a couple of blocking dummies on the ground, confining the...