M249 5.56 mm machine gun, usually carried
M2A1 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle
M-4 5.56 mm assault rifle, a shorter version of the M-16
M-9 9mm pistol carried by many soldiers
MEDEVAC Medical Evacuation (usually by helicopter)
MEPS Military Entrance Processing Station where you join the military
MGS Mobile Guns System, a 105mm cannon mounted on a Stryker
MI Military Intelligence
MK-19, Mark-19 Vehicle mounted automatic 40mm grenade launcher
MOS Military Occupation Specialty
MP Military Police
MRAP Mine Resistant Armored Patrol vehicle
NCOIC Sergeant in Charge
NVG Night Vision Goggles
OIC Officer In Charge
OP Observation Post. Usually a 2 or 3 man position in front of the main defensive position
OPCON(ed) When one unit is placed under another unit not normally in their chain of command
PA Physicians' Assistant
PAX Passenger Terminal at a military airbase
Pisser latrine
PKM Russian made medium Machine Gun
PL Platoon Leader (Usually a newly commissioned officer)
Platoon 4 to 5 squads
POG (or Pogue) See Fobbit, usually anyone not in a combat MOS
PSD Personal Security Detachment
PSG Platoon Sergeant (Usually a Senior NCO)
PT Physical Training
PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PX Post Exchange, the base shopping center
R & R Rest & Relaxation, either two weeks home in the States or a three day pass in Qatar
Rear Detachment Parts of a unit that remain behind at home base for administrative services.
RPG Rocket Propelled Grenade
SAW (M-249) Squad Automatic Weapon, a light machine gun firing the same ammunition as an M-16/M-4
SFC Sergeant First Class, senior NCO in a Platoon
Shi'ite. One of the two main sects of Islam. Majority of the Iraqi population
SITREP Situation Report
Squad roughly 8 to 10 soldiers
SSG Staff Sergeant, leads a squad
Stryker Armored, wheeled Infantry Carrier, carrying an Infantry Squad
Sunni One of the two main sects of Islam. Minority of Iraqi population, held power under Hussein.
TAC SAT Satellite Radio
TBI Traumatic Brain Injury, usually from an IED concussion
The Wire (outside) Going outside the relative security of a FOB
TOC Tactical Operations Center
Tree Line area where fields stop and trees begin. A preferred firing position
WIA Wounded In Action
WRAMC Walter Reed Army Medical Center, located outside Washington DC
Wrecker Tow Truck
WTF What The Fuck
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