[HN Gopher] How military operations get their code names (2011)
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       How military operations get their code names (2011)
        
       Author : hooboy
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2022-09-01 19:49 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | 29athrowaway wrote:
       | I find this very interesting...
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_color-coded_war_...
        
       | BMc2020 wrote:
       | _...names which do not suggest the character of the operation or
       | disparage it in any way and do not enable some widow or mother to
       | say that her son was killed in an operation called "Bunnyhug" or
       | "Ballyhoo." _
        
       | doodlebugging wrote:
       | Mountain Thrust. Just say that like a normal Texan.
        
       | sandworm101 wrote:
       | It is far more casual than anyone like to admit. Lots of jokes
       | get through, little rebellions by junior officers tasked with
       | inventing names. A classic example was "Operation Iraqi
       | Liberation", an early name for the invasion of Iraq. Another may
       | be an early program whereby ai/software selected targets for
       | future strikes over Afghanistan: Skynet.
        
         | slackr wrote:
         | Operation Enduring Freedom was a classic -- to endure, to
         | suffer.
        
           | dllthomas wrote:
           | OPERATION ENDURING OUR FREEDOM IS IN THE HOUSE!
        
         | teachrdan wrote:
         | The FBI has fun with this, too. They named the investigation
         | into rich parents buying their dumb kids into fancy
         | universities "Operation Varsity Blues."
         | 
         | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139699/
        
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