Know Your Military Acronyms
by DaZZaBoY


We all know that we live in a twisted and troubled world and the next war is 
probably only round the corner? It's times like these that we need to know 
what the hell we are talking about when the shit hits the fan! Hence, the 
essential need for a general knowledge of military acronyms when it comes 
to 'tin hat' time!

The following have been compiled from various sources.


ABM - Anti Ballistic Missile

AMRAAM - Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile

AWACS - Airborne Warning And Control System

AWOL - Absent Without Official Leave (commonly aka Absent Without Leave AWL?)

BOAKYAG - Bend Over And Kiss Your Ass Goodbye (only to be used as a last resort)

DMZ - Demilitarized Zone

ICBM - Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile

LAW - Light Anti-Tank Weapon

LZ - Landing Zone

OS - Ordnance Survey or also aka Oh Shit!

MIA - Missing In Action

MRE - Meals Ready To Eat

MASH - Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

MOAB - Massive Ordnance Aerial Bomb (or Mother Of All Bombs)

RADAR - Radio Detecting And Ranging

SAM - Surface to Air Missile

SLBM - Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile

SONAR - Sound Navigation And Ranging

XT - Cross Talk

ZD - Zero Defects


Now grab your gun sonny and get out there!