Shattered Planes Archives (Seasons 4 & 5)
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0 Dark 30 - Very early in the morning, pronounced "oh, dark thirty" or zero, dark thirty.
155 – 155 millimeter artillery.
360 – complete circle on a compass (360°); to put protection all around.
48, 72, & 96 – in hours, the standard holiday periods of two, three, or four days of liberty.
A
AAA – Anti Aircraft Artillery, also known as ‘Triple A’. Guns that spit out loads of lead to try and down enemy aircraft.
Action front (rear) (right) (left) – Command for infantry and weapons crews to prepare to fire in designated direction.
Actual - (Commtalk) Radio call sign for commander of a unit. If the unit call sign is "Brownbag" the unit commander will be "Brownbag Actual".
All Hands - Everyone
AO – Area of Operations.
APC – Armored Personnel Carrier
Arty - Artillery. As You Were - Informal command to continue what you were doing or to indicate a correction to a previous order or comment.
B
Bandit -A confirmed hostile aircraft
Battalion - A unit containing multiple companies. It is typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel. Battalions are normally assigned to a Regiment or Brigade.
Battalion Aid Station (BAS) - A field medical unit. The first organized aid station a soldier will see when transported from the care of the front line medic.
Battle Zero or Battle Sight Zero or BZO – Calibrated settings on the sights of a weapon that allow the shooter to overcome various factors and hit accurately at a given range, used as a default before adjusting windage or elevation; also used as a verb when firing to triangulate a BZO by trial and error.
BB counter or BB stacker – Servicemember whose duties relate to the storage, issue, or handling of ordnance.
BCD – Bad Conduct Discharge, also nicknamed Big Chicken Dinner.
Beans, Bullets and Bandages – expression used to refer to those things a logistician must provide his or her unit: rations, ammunition, and medical care.
Billet – specific role or job within the unit (for example, the billet of Company First Sergeant is held by the senior enlisted advisor, usually a First Sergeant, but could be a Master Sergeant or Gunnery Sergeant); not to be confused with rank, though some billets have a traditionally-held rank associated.
Blind - No Visual of friendly air contacts or ground positions. Blooper – Slang term for a 40mm grenade launcher.
Bn – abbreviation for battalion.
Bogey - Aircraft of unknown identity Boot - A recruit, a rookie, a newbie. Applicable to all U. S. military services.
Brain Fart - Discontinuity, loss of concentration, a senior moment.
Brain Housing Group - The human head. Also melon or grape.
Brass - Officers. Bug Out - To leave quickly, usually as a unit. An individual would bug.
Butter Bar – Second Lieutenant, so named for the single gold bar rank insignia.
C
Call Sign - (Commtalk) The word identifier for a unit, aircraft or pilot. For ground pounders, it’s a nickname for someone.
Carry On - An informal order to continue what you were doing before being interrupted, usually by the appearance of a commissioned officer.
Chain of Command (CoC) - The continuous chain of authority that links the most junior private to the Commander in Chief and vice versa. Many argue that the U. S. implementation of the chain of command is the most important strategy employed by our military forces. In other armies the loss of a commander would throw the entire organization into disorder while in the U. S. military, the next most senior person present just assumes command. It is taught that whenever two soldiers are walking together, one is always in charge.
Challenge - A word or phrase given by a sentry to someone approaching his or her post. The person approaching must give the password or the sentry will assume that the person approaching is an enemy or an unauthorized person.
Charlie Foxtrot – Cluster F**k, meaning a situation that is all messed up.
Coaxial – A secondary weapon set up to fire parallel to the main weapon of a tank or armored fighting vehicle.
COC - Company Operations Center. The central area where the company is run from.
Commanding Officer (CO) – Officer that is in charge of a combat organization. Usually prefaced with the echelon that the officer is in charge of. Base CO, Battalion CO, Company CO. Also slang, used to refer to ones spouse.
Company (Co) - A unit containing more than one platoon. They are typically commanded by a captain. Companies are assigned within Battalions.
CP – Command Post Cupola – A raised housing for a hatch, usually incorporating view slits and a ring mount for a weapon.
D
Defilade - A cut or low spot in the ground used for cover by tanks and personnel.
E
Eyes On - To visually see. Example: Do you have eyes on the BMP? Or I have eyes on the compound.
Executive Officer (XO) Second in command under the Commanding Officer.
Exfiltrate - Leave
F
Field of Fire - The radius that an automatic weapon can cover in an arc from port to starboard.
Field Strip - Take apart or disassemble as in field strip a rifle or a cigarette.
Fire In The Hole - An alert that an explosive device is about to be detonated. If you hear this you probably missed all of the other warnings and are about to be blown away.
Fire Team - The basic infantry fighting unit consisting of four soldiers with various weapons and support. Fire teams are combined into squads.
Firebase - An artillery support position.
Footmobile - Enemy infantry. Forty Mike Mike – Forty millimeter.
FUBAR - Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition. Another version is Fucked Up Beyond All Repair.
G
G-1/S-1 - Division/Battalion or Wing Personnel.
G-2/S-2 - Division/Battalion or Wing Intelligence. Also a common reference to a person's intelligence. Used in conversation to represent Intelligence. Example. I don’t think the new LT’s got much G-2.
G-3/S-3 - Division/Battalion or Wing Operations and Training.
G-4/S-4 - Division or Wing/Battalion Logistics (which includes supply, operations, facilities and food service).
Glacis – The sloped forward armor of a vehicle hull.
Glass - To use an optical enhancement device to view something. Example: Glass that hut to our left side.
H
HMFIC – Head Mother F* In Charge, a play on the OIC and NCOIC terms used (slang).
I
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J
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K
KIA - Killed in action.
KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid/Sweetie
Klick – Kilometer, one kilometer equals approximately 0.621371 miles.
L
Leg it - Run as fast as you can. Usually on foot, because there is no transportation.
Lock it Up - Order to knock of whatever you are doing; communication, horse play, etc.
LT – Pronounced El-Tee, informal reference to a Second or First Lieutenant.
LZ – Landing Zone
M
Ma Deuce, Mother Deuce – Slang expression for the M2HB .50 caliber machinegun.
MIA – Missing in Action
Military Time – Time in the military is always given according to a 24-hour clock to avoid confusion. 9:00 am is 0900 (zero nine hundred), 12:42 am is 0042 (zero, zero, forty two), 1:35 pm is 1335 (thirteen, thirty-five)
MOPP Suit – Mission Oriented Protective Posture suit, a chemical/biological/radiological protective suit.
MOS – Military Occupational Specialty, a designator for a military members job specialty. Like a job code in some civilian business.
MRE - Meal Ready to Eat, a prepackaged field ration intended for consumption by one person.
MSR – Main Supply Route. Usually used with a callsign to indicate a specific route.
Mustang – An enlisted person that becomes an officer.
N
NCO – Non Commissioned Officer, the enlisted leaders. Corporals, Sergeants and higher.
NCOIC - Non Commissioned Officer In Charge of a non-combat unit, usually at the platoon level or higher.
No Joy - Air crew does not have a visual of hostile contacts, opposite of tally.
O
OIC – Officer in Charge. Usually designated for non-combat organizations.
OJT - On the Job Training Old Man - Reference to a commanding officer, regardless of age.
Oscar Mike - On the move. Example: We are Oscar mike in five.
P
Phonetic Alphabet – Lettering system to help lessen the confusion of radio communications and to avoid confusion in letters like A/K/J and M/N. Alpha, Bravo, Charles, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, Zulu.
Q
QRF - Quick Reaction Force. Example: "Raven 1-1 to Hotel 6 you have several QRF in route to your position from the north."
R
Rock and Roll – To fire your weapons on fully automatic.
ROE - Rules of engagement.
S
SNAFU - Situation Normal, All F**k Up, term used to express a snag in a mission or plan.
SOP – Standard Operating Procedures. Rules and regulations on how things are run during normal operations.
T
Technical – Civilian vehicle converted to military or tactical use, and used by hostile forces.
Tally - Confirmed visual of hostile forces.
Trigger Time - Slang for an orbital bombardment. Usually from an exo-atmospheric ship.
U
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V
Visual - Sighting of a friendly aircraft or ground position, opposite of blind.
W
Winchester - A call that an aircraft or ground vehicle is out of ordnance. Can be used to mean all ordnance or a specific one. For example: "Raven 1 is Winchester Mavericks."
X
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Y
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Z
Zero - To sight in your weapon so that point of aim is point of impact.