Military Jargon. Revision.

[bravonovember]

Hey Team, 
I realise most of you all know this already but figured i'd put this up anyways as a refresher. 


1: THE PHONETIC ALPHABET (NATO)


A - Alpha 
B - Bravo 
C - Charlie 
D - Delta 
E - Echo 
F - Foxtrot 
G - Golf 
H - Hotel 
I - India 
J - Juliet 
K - Kilo 
L - Lima 
M - Mike 
N - November 
O - Oscar 
P - Papa 
Q - Quebec 
R - Romeo 
S - Sierra 
T - Tango 
U - Uniform 
V - Victor 
W - Whisky 
X - X-ray 
Y - Yankee 
Z - Zulu 

2: NUMERALS (As spoken over radio)

0 - (zee - ro)	5 - (five)
1 - (wun)	6 - (six)
2 - (too)	7 - (sev - en)
3 - (tree)	8 - (ait)
4 - (fow - er)	9 - (ni - ner)

3: General Terms:

AMS - Army Medical Services 
2IC -Second In Command 
AFV - Armoured Fighting Vehicle 
AMF - Allied Mobile Force 
AP - Armoured Piercing or Ammunition Point 
APC - Armoured Personnel Carrier 
Armd - Armoured 
ARV - Armoured Recovery Vehicle 
ASAP - As Soon As Possible 
ATGW - Army Tank Guided Weapon 
Att - Attached 
AWOL - Absent Without Leave 
AWACS - Airborne Warning And Control Systems 
CAD - Central Ammunition Depot 
Cam - Camouflaged 
Cas - Casualty 
Casevac - Casualty Evacuation 
CCP - Casualty Collecting Point 
Coord - Co-ordinate 
CV - Combat Vehicles 
CVD - Central Vehicle Depot 
Def - Defence 
Det - Detached 
DF - Defensive Fire 
Dml - Demolition 
EDP - Emergency Defence Plan 
Emb - Embarkation 
EMP - Electro Magnetic Pulse 
En - Enemy 
EOD - Explosive Ordnance Disposal 
Eqpt - Equipment 
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival 
FAC - Forward Air Controller 
FEBA- Forward Edge Battle Area 
FLET- Forward Location Enemy Troops 
FLOT- Forward Location Own Troops 
Fmm - Formation 
FOB - Forward Operating Base 
FOO- Forward Observation Officer 
FRT- Forward Repair Team 
FUP - Forming Up Point (or Position) 
Gat - A Gun Usually A Rifle 
GDP- General Defence Plan 
HE - High Explosive 
HEAT - High Explosive Anti Tank 
Hel - Helicopter
HLS – Helicopter Landing Site 
HVM - Hyper Velocity Missile 
IED – Improvised Explosive Device 
II - Image Intensifier 
LRATGW - Long Range Anti Tank Guided Weapon 
LSDI - Large Scale Deliberate Intervention 
LSW - Light Support Weapon 
LUP - Lying Up Point
LZ Landing Zone 
MBT - Main Battle Tank
Mech - Mechanised 
Med - Medical 
MFC - Mortar Fire Controller 
MT – Military Transport 
Msl - Missile 
POL - Petrol Oil and Lubricants 
Recce - Reconnaissance 
Regt - Regiment 
Rft - Reinforcement 
RHIP - Rank Has Its Privileges 
RTM - Ready To Move 
RTU - Returned or Return to Unit 
SOPs – Standard Operating Procedures 
SP - Self Propelled or Start Point 
TAB - Tactical Advance to Battle 
Tac - Tactical 
TCP - Traffic Control Point 
TCV - Troop Carrying Vehicle 
Tgt - Target 
Tk - Tank 
TOT - Time On Target 
Tp - Troop 
Tpt - Transport 
Two i/c - Second In Command 
VP - Voice Procedure
VP – Vulnerable Point 


4: Local Slang and vernacular. 

Some ones I know of to kick things off:

Medic: Tampax tiffy

NAAFI: No ambition and fuck-all interest

Roof: Inexperienced soldier (noob)
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Blou job (blowjob): Mechanic/ Crew, due to their blue overalls.

Egyptian PT: Having a nap during the daytime.
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Got anything funny/important/relevant to share? Words, slang, vernacular, etc? Please contribute to this thread. 



Kind Regards.
Bravo November

[KSK]

Oorah! Very nice work, bro!
Just let me add a link to a small thread about combat slang:
Combat slang

And I assume we should move this to the "Basics" category, because of its benefits for the stuff all should know or at least read about and also because I really liked the way it's presented - the layout.