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A |
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A2
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Aforementioned Asshole.
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A3
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Anytime, Anyplace, Anywhere.
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ADAM
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Alpha Detachment, American Militia. Underground tango group bent on violence. (See PDMPs).
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Admiral's Gestapo
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What the Secretary of Defense's office calls the Naval Investigative Services
Command.
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AK-47
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7.63 x 39 Kalashnikov automatic rifle. The most common assault weapon in the
world.
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ATF
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Anti-terrorist Task Force, or Ambiguous (Amphibious) Task Force.
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Atropine
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Antidote for biological warfare nerve agents such as Sarin or Tabun.
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B
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Balaclava
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Knitted hood commonly used by CT operatives to conceal facial features.
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BAW
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Big Asshole Windbag.
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BDUs
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Battle Dress Uniforms. Now that's an oxymoron if I ever heard one.
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ben zona
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Son of a bitch (Hebrew).
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BFH
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Big Fucking Help.
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BOHICA
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Bend Over Here It Comes Again!
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Boomer
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Nuclear-powered missile submarine.
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Briccone
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Rogue (Italian).
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BTDT
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Been There, Done That.
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BUPERS
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Naval BUreau of PERSonnel.
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byKi
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Bodyguards (Russian).
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C
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C2CO
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Can't Cunt Commanding Officer. Too many of these in Navy SpecWar today. They won't support their men or take chances because they're afraid it'll ruin their chances for promotion.
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C4
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Plastic explosive. You can mold it like clay. You can even use it to light your fires. Just don't stomp on it.
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C4IFTW
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Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence For The Warrior.
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CALOW
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Coastal And Limited-Objective Warfare. Very fashionable acronym at the Pentagon in these days of increased low-intensity conflict.
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Cannon Fodder
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See FNG.
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Christians In Action
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SpecWar slang for the Central Intelligence Agency.
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CINC
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Commander-IN-Chief.
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CINCLANT
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Commander-IN-Chief, AtLANTic.
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CINCUSNAVEUR
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Commander-IN-Chief, U.S. NAval forces, EURope.
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clusterfuck
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see FUBAR.
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CONUS
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CONtinental United States.
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CNO
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Chief of Naval Operations.
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Cockbreath
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SEAL term of endearment used for those who only pay lip service.
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CRACKERS
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CRiminal hACKERS -- cyberpunk tangos.
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CQC6
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Ernest Emerson's titanium-framed Close Quarters Combat folding knife.
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CQB
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Close Quarters Battle -- e.g. killing that's up close and personal.
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CT
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CounterTerrorism.
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D
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DADT
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell.
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DEA
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Drug Enforcement Agency.
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DEFCON
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DEFense CONdition.
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Detasheet
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Olive-drab, 10-by-25 inch flexible PETN-based plastic explosive used as a cutting or breaching charge.
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DEVGRP
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Naval Special Warfare DEVelopment GRouP. Current U.S. Navy designation for SEAL Team Six.
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DIA
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Defense Intelligence Agency. Spook heaven based in Arlington, Virginia.
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Dickhead
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Stevie Wonder's name for Marcinko.
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DIPSEC
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DIPlomatic SECurity.
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Dweeb
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No-load shit-for-brains geeky asshole, usually shackled to a computer.
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Do-ma-nhieu
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Go fuck yourself (Vietnamese).
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E
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EEI
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Essential Element of Information. The info-nuggets on which a mission is planned and executed.
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EEO
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Equal Employment Opportunity (Marcinko always treats 'em all alike -- just like shit).
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ELINT
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ELectronic INTelligence.
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EOD
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Explosive Ordnance Disposal.
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F
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F3
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Full Fucking Faulkner -- lots of sound and fury.
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FIS
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Flight Information Service.
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Flashbang
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Disorientation device used by hostage rescue teams.
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FLIR
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Forward Looking InfraRed.
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FNG
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Fucking New Guy. See Cannon Fodder.
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FUBAR
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Fucked Up Beyond All Repair.
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G
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Glock
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Reliable 9mm pistols made by Glock in Austria. They're great for SEALs because
they don't require as much care as Sig Sauers.
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GNBN
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Good News/Bad News.
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Goatfuck
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What the Navy likes to do to Marcinko (See FUBAR above).
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H
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HAHO
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High-Altitutde, High-Opening parachute jump.
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HALO
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High-Altitude, Low-Opening parachute jump.
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HICs
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Head-In-Cement syndrome. Condition common to high-ranking officers. Symptoms include pigheadedness and inability to change opinions when presented with new information.
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HK
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Ultra-reliable pistol, assault rifle, or submachine gun made by Heckler & Koch, a German firm. SEALs use H&K MP5-Ks submachine guns in various configurations, as well as H&K 93 assault rifles, and P7M8 9mm, and USP 9mm .40 or .45-caliber pistols.
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HUMINT
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HUMan INTelligence.
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humongous
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Marcinko dick.
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I
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IBS
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Inflatable Boat, Small. The basic unit of SEAL transportation.
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IED
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Improvised Explosive Device.
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IMPOTUS
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William Jefferson Clinton (See POTUS).
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J
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Jarheads
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Marines. The Corps. Formally, USMC, or, Uncle Sam's Misguided Children.
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JSOC
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Joint Special Operations Commmand.
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K
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KATN
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Kick Ass and Take Names. Marcinko avocation.
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KISS
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Keep It Simple, Stupid.
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L
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LANTFLT
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AtLANTic FLeeT.
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M
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M3
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Massively Motivated Motherfuckers.
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M-16
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Basic U.S. .233-caliber weapon, used by the armed forces.
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MagSafe
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Lethal frangible ammunition that does not penetrate the human body. Favored by some SWAT units for CQB.
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MILCRAFT
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Pentagonese for MILitary airCRAFT.
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MOI
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Ministry of the Interior.
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N
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NAVAIR
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NAVy AIR Command.
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NAVSEA
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NAVy SEA Command.
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NAVSPECWARGRU
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NAVal SPECial WARfare GRoUp.
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Navyspeak
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Redundant, bureaucratic naval nomenclature, either in written nonoral or nonwritten oral modes. Indecipherable by nonmilitary (conventional) or military (unconventional) individuals during normal interfacing configuration conformations.
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NIS
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Naval Investigative Service Command, also known as the Admirals' Gestapo.
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NSA
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National Security Agency, known within the SpecWar community as No Such Agency.
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NSCT
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Naval Security Coordination Team (Navyspeak name for Red Cell).
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NSD
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National Security Directive.
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NYL
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Nubile Young Lovely.
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O
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OBE
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Overtaken By Events -- usually because of bureaucracy.
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OOD
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Officer of the Deck.
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OP 06D
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Cover organization for Red Cell/NSCT.
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OPSEC
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OPerational SECurity.
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P
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PDFL
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Pretty Dangerous Fucking Location.
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PDMP
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Pretty Dangerous Motherfucking People.
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POTUS
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President Of The United States (see IMPOTUS).
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R
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R2D2
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Ritualistic, Rehearsed, Disciplined Drills.
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S
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S2
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Sit the fuck down and Shut the fuck up.
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SAC
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Special Agent In Charge, FBI's local office top-gun (all too often a pussy-ass paper-cruncher).
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SATCOM
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SATellite COMmunications.
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SCIF
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Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. A bug-proof room.
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SEAL
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Sea-Air-Land Navy SpecWarrior. A hop-and-popping shoot-and-looter hairy-assed frogman who gives a shit. The acronym stands for Sleep, Eat And Live it up.
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SERE
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Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape school.
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Shit-for-Brains
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Any no-load, pus-nutted, pencil-dicked asshole.
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SIGINT
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SIGnals INTelligence.
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SMG
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SubMachine Gun.
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SNAFU
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Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.
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SNAILS
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Slow, Nerdy Assholes In Ludicrous Shoes.
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SpecWarrior
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One who gives a fuck.
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SOF
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Special Operations Force.
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STR
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Smack the Rogue
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SWAT
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Special Weapons and Tactics police teams. All too often they do not train enough, and become SQUAT teams.
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Syrette
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Self-injection dose, usually of morphine.
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Szeb
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Dick (Arabic)
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T
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TAD
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Temporary Additional Duty. SEALs refer to it as Traveling Around Drunk.
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tango
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SpecWarrior name for the bad guys.
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TARFU
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Things Are Really Fucked Up.
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TECHINT
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TEChnical INTelligence.
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THREATCON
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THREAT CONdition.
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Tiger stripes
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The only stripes that SEALs will wear.
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TIQ
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Tango-In-Question.
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TTS
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Marcinko slang for Tap 'em, Tie 'em and Stash 'em.
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U
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U2
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Ugly and Unfamiliar.
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V
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VDL
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Versatile, Dangerous and Lethal.
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UNODIR
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UNless Otherwise DIRected.
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W
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Wanna-bes
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The sort of folks you meet at Soldier of Fortune conventions.
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weenies
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pussy-ass can't cunts and no-loads
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WTF
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What The Fuck.
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Y
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Yaytsa
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Russian, for balls.
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Z
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Zulu
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Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) designator used in formal military communications.
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