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Oct 12, 2022

18 terms only soldiers will understand

Soldier lingo has a tendency to reference things that only exist in the Army. Here are some terms outsiders probably don’t know. 1. Private News Network: The rumor mill or soldier gossip. <p class="shortcode-media s…

BYLogan Nye

Oct 12, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Jul 31, 2022

9 military terms that will make you sound crazy around civilians

The military has its own language of insider phrases and slang terms, and if you use these unique phrases when you are out, civilians around you are probably not going to know what you are talking about. It can be challenging to transiti…

BYTeam Mighty

Jul 31, 2022

BYOrvelin Valle

Jan 4, 2023

19 terms only sailors will understand

All sailors, from the “old salts” to the newly initiated are familiar with the following terms: Chit: A chit in the Navy refers to any piece of paper from a form to a pass and even currency. According to the Navy history…

BYOrvelin Valle

Jan 4, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 27, 2023

What does ‘Damn the Torpedoes’ mean anyway?

Outside of the Merrimack fighting the Monitor, the U.S. Navy doesn’t get a lot of attention when it comes to…

BYTeam Mighty

Apr 27, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 21, 2023

23 terms only fighter pilots understand

If you’ve ever hung out with military aviators (or watched movies like “Top Gun” or “Iron Eagle”) you know they tend to use a lot of strange lingo when they talk, even when they’re out of the cockpit. Trying to hold a conversation with them ca…

BYTeam Mighty

Feb 21, 2023

BYMike Dowling

Feb 19, 2022

23 ridiculously long military acronyms (and what they mean)

The military is notorious for using acronyms and abbreviations, and here are 23 of them that approach YGTBSM status:

BYMike Dowling

Feb 19, 2022

BYBlake Stilwell

Nov 27, 2021

10 silly terms you’ll only hear on submarines

Submarines are a little world of their own. With little more than 100 people aboard and submerged, running silent for months at a time, the crews of these nuclear powered undersea monsters begin to develop an entirely new culture of their own. Even …

BYBlake Stilwell

Nov 27, 2021

BYBethaney Phillips

Jan 13, 2023

Here’s how the term ‘cannon fodder’ came to be

Cannon fodder, it’s a term that — to be on the receiving end is insulting. No one wants to end…

BYBethaney Phillips

Jan 13, 2023

BYSOFREP

Mar 9, 2021

The intriguing history of the term special operator

Operator – someone who operates. In the civilian world, that could be someone operating an excavator, a wheeled tractor, and…

BYSOFREP

Mar 9, 2021

BYLucas Wesley Snipes

Feb 20, 2021

The 5 dumbest military references in pro wrestling

Professional wrestling is a crazy world of gimmicks, pageantry, and explosions, and only that last one fits in with most people’s view of the military. However, wrestling caters to a very patriotic crowd and this, obviously, goes hand-in-hand with …

BYLucas Wesley Snipes

Feb 20, 2021