Common Military Terminology Explained

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6 comments:

E Hines said...

We in the USAF used to use (I'll clean it up a smidge), "caprine fornication" to describe a furball gone bad, whether in the sky or on base.

Or a Weapons Controller's botching of an airborne furball.

Eric Hines

J Melcher said...

The linked article surprised me when the author chose not to discuss "Circle Jerks".

raven said...

In polite company the clusterfuck is referenced as a flustercluck, ostensibly a flock of confused and enraged chickens.

Dad29 said...

As I read the description of 'clusterfuck,' it became clear that the author was describing the recent House action vis-a-vis the President.

ymarsakar said...

I am awaiting what the US military will call Solar Warden vs Cabal Dark fleet vs Elohim gods in the Ragnarok. There's got to be a catchy you know what, for that cluster...

ColoComment said...

...vaguely reminded me of a video from my era, "What The Captain Means." The old Vietnam-era video is poor quality, but I did find a transcript, here:
http://www.vietvet.org/captmean.htm

Video, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ1AYVcAS7k