TNF n.— «They have a term for us out here: “TNF—Troops Non-Ferocious,” because we only defend ourselves when attacked, unlike the military who need to go on the offensive.» —“Money talks for cops in war...
milex n.— «In large part they have died because precious funds went instead to feed the war machine, also called euphemistically as ”military expenditures” or “milex.”» —“Economics of War” by Garda Ghista World Prout...
trendmill n.— «I feared that commentators would immediately seize upon my Sunday piece as you did …here goes the press again, beating the war drums for the administration, one step on the “trendmill’ [sic] as you call it. But...
three-block war n.— «Because counterinsurgencies are about winning hearts and minds, officers must be able to juggle what’s called the “three-block war,” fighting insurgents in one block, tending to wounded locals in another...
bra wars n.pl.— «Such action by the EU would be expected to spark tensions similar to the trade battle last year over cheap Chinese textile imports, or the “bra wars” as that dispute came to be called. Huge quantities of...
SVBIED n.— «When you see what we call an SVBIED, a suicide vehicle born improvised explosive device, also known as a car bomb,…then you start thinking al-Qaeda in Iraq.» —“Flagging morale among coalition forces as Iraq war...