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Wentworth and Flexner cite no origin for the term, but noted "shingle" for slice of toast has had "some use since 1935" in the U.S. Army, mostly in the expression "shit on a shingle", and the latter had "wide World War II Army use". [11] In his World War II book Band of Brothers, Stephen E. Ambrose evokes the military basics:
SOL – Shit Out of Luck (U.S. Army) SOLJWF – Shit Out of Luck and Jolly Well Fucked (U.S. Marines) SOP – Standard Operating Procedures; SOS – Save Our Ship, a naval variant of distress signal, comparable to Air Force "Mayday" SOS – Shit On a Shingle, or creamed chipped beef on toast. SPC – Specialist (U.S. Army E-4)
Barrack humor also often makes use of dysphemism, such as the widespread usage of "shit on a shingle" for chipped beef. [2] Certain military expressions, like friendly fire, are a frequent source of satirical humor. [3] Notable cartoonists of military humor include Bill Mauldin, Dave Breger, George Baker, Shel Silverstein and Vernon Grant.
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[5] Most reference works, including the Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, supply an origin date of 1940–1944, generally attributing it to the United States Army. [citation needed] Rick Atkinson ascribes the origin of SNAFU, FUBAR, and a bevy of other terms to cynical G.I.s ridiculing the Army's penchant for acronyms. [6]
Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.
The Army is also producing a series of videos to get troops to think about moral injury before they are sent into battle. In four of these 30-minute videos, to be completed later this spring, combat veterans talk about their experiences and how they dealt with the psychological damage, said Lt. Col. Stephen W. Austin, an Army chaplain with the ...
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