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War Slang: American Fighting Words & Phrases Since the Civil War. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486797168. Hakim, Joy (1995). A History of Us: War, Peace and all that Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509514-6. Jacobson, Gary (August 14, 1994). "Humor best way to remove last of 'Bohicans' resistance". The Dallas Morning News. p. 7H
US Marines transport a non-ambulatory patient via litter, outside of Fallujah, Iraq in 2006 High-angle mountain CASEVAC training, at the U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School in Jericho, Vermont Casualty evacuation , also known as CASEVAC or by the callsign Dustoff or colloquially Dust Off , is a military term for the emergency patient evacuation ...
Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE. "Say" for EG, used to mean "for example". More obscure clue words of this variety include: "Model" for T, referring to the Model T.
Shock and awe (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military strategy based on the use of overwhelming power and spectacular displays of force to paralyze the enemy's perception of the battlefield and destroy their will to fight.
Rout: disorderly withdrawal of troops from a battlefield following a defeat, either real or perceived. Sack : the destruction and looting of a city, usually after an assault. Safe-guard : individual soldiers or detachments placed to prevent resources (often farms full of crops and livestock) from being looted or plundered
New York Post reporter Caitlin Doornbos won the coveted Newswomen's Club of New York 's Front Page Award for her reporting in the Ukraine.
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The battlefield at Burgan Oil Field where the United States Marine Corps destroyed 60 Iraqi tanks during the 1st Gulf War, February 1991. A United States Marine Corps tank bears witness to burning Iraqi tanks and Iraqi soldiers leaving their fighting positions at a battle that took place at Burgan Oil Field during the 1st Gulf War, February 1991.