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SNAFU. SNAFU is widely used to stand for the sarcastic expression Situation Normal: All Fucked Up, as a well-known example of military acronym slang. However, the military acronym originally stood for "Status Nominal: All Fucked Up." It is sometimes bowdlerized to all fouled up or similar. [5]
The entire force that stepped off toward the Union positions at about 2:00 p.m. comprised about 12,500 men. Although the attack is popularly called a "charge", the men marched deliberately in line, prepared to speed up and charge only when they were within a few hundred yards of the enemy. The line consisted of Pettigrew and Trimble on the left ...
Administrative (all arms) Access control. Cantonment: a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters; in South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations. Chief of defence. Cloak and Dagger. Combat information center. Command (military formation) Command center. Command and control.
Social Security, is projected to expand from 5 percent of GDP in FY 2016 to 7 percent of GDP by FY2089. It is projected that if spending continues to increase, the deficit will reach 5.2 percent of GDP by 2027. Mandatory spending under the BCA is projected to continue to grow in nominal terms and relative to GDP over the next 10 years.
In military terminology, friendly fire or fratricide [a] is an attack by belligerent or neutral forces on friendly troops while attempting to attack enemy/hostile targets. Examples include misidentifying the target as hostile, cross-fire while engaging an enemy, long range ranging errors or inaccuracy. Accidental fire not intended to attack ...
Stop-loss policy. In the United States military, stop-loss is the involuntary extension of a service member's active duty service under the enlistment contract in order to retain them beyond their initial end of term of service (ETS) date and up to their contractually agreed end of active obligated service (EAOS).
The USMC, along with the rest of the military, has since made a serious effort to address extremism in the ranks. Veteran marines. The Corps encourages the idea that "marine" is an earned title, and most Marine Corps personnel take to heart the phrase, "Once a marine, Always a marine". They reject the term "ex-marine" in most circumstances.
The 50 Cent Party, also known as the 50 Cent Army or wumao (/ ˈ w uː m aʊ /; from Chinese: 五毛; lit. 'five dimes'), are Internet commentators who are paid by the authorities of the People's Republic of China to spread the propaganda of the governing Chinese Communist Party (CCP).