| Acronym | Meaning |
| KP | Kitchen Patrol. Periodic One-day Duty Assignment For Lower-grade Soldiers To Do Mess Hall Work. |
| UAFB | "Useful As A Football Bat." Anyone Who Cannot Perform Even Simple Duties Due To Incompetence, And As Such Has No Useful Application Or Purpose. |
| USMC | U Suckers Missed Christmas |
| DILLIGAFF | Do I Look Like I Give A Flying F*ck? |
| 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. |
| FAINTED | Faked An Injury, Necessary To Escape Duty |
| MARINE | My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment |
| FUBB | F*cked Up Beyond Belief (A Worst-Case Scenario) |
| FTA | F*ck The Army; Fun Travel Adventure; Or Follow The Airborne |
| FIIGMO | F*ck It, I've Got My Orders (a.k.a. "Short-timer's Disease") |