buster slash n.— «A patch from a Groom Lake unit shows the letter sigma with the “buster” slash running through it, as in the movie “Ghost Busters.”» —“Inside the Black Budget” by William J. Broad New York...
knol n.— «Earlier this week, we started inviting a selected group of people to try a new, free tool that we are calling “knol,” which stands for a unit of knowledge.…At the heart, a knol is just a web page; we use the...
tenant command n.— «The sailor was assigned to what’s known as a tenant command, a unit that’s located on base but is not part of the chain of command.» —“Sailor’s Death Investigated” in Groton Hartford...
marked to myth adj.— «For example, a financial asset traded on multiple exchanges might be considered a Level 1 market. At the other end of the spectrum, “Level 3,” no ready market exists to value assets or liabilities. A reporting unit...
right seat, left seat n.— «All deploying and redeploying units have an overlap time so the new unit can learn the battlespace from the previous one. The process is called “right-seat, left-seat.” New units coming into the area ride along...
cadillac v.— «“People who work on that unit, the operators say, ‘We have that thing Cadillacing,’” Geary said. “It’s not a fair assertion that the unit was undermaintained.”» —“Latest BP blast site had record of...