| Acronym | Meaning |
| WTF | What The F*ck; Said As "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" Spoken Phonetically. Radio Response To Bad News (often Shunned) Pre-dating The Internet Use Of The Acronym In Chat Rooms And Instant Messaging By Decades. |
| SRDH | Shit Rolls Down Hill. Used To Denote Unwanted Or Unpleasing Duties Assigned To Lower Ranks. |
| FNG | F*cking New Guy. Soldier Coming To A Unit Straight From AIT. Sometimes Pronounced Fin-gee. |
| FIGMO | F*ck It, Got My Orders —The State Of Apathy Between When Transfer Orders Are Received And When The Transfer Takes Place. |
| FTA | F*ck The Army; Fun Travel Adventure; Or Follow The Airborne |
| BOB | The Sun. Stands For Big Orange Ball. |
| JANFU | Joint Army-Navy F*ck-up. |
| GI | Government Issue; Originally Used For Government Supplied Equipment, Often Used By Soldiers To Refer To Themselves. |
| HANO | High-Altitude No-Opening Parachute Technique. Used To Describe Total Malfunctions During Parachute Operations, Regardless Of Actual Altitude, As Well As Any Fall. (Used In Sarcastic Reference To HALO (High Altitude Low Opening) Jumps) |
| NFG | No F*cking Good, A.k.a. Busted, Non Functional, Broken. Also "New F*cking Guy" |