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AIR FORCEArmed Individuals Regularly Fly On Reconnaissance (Covert) Exercises Top-Gun McCoy O'Grady
ALABAMA (2)Americas Largest Active Battleship Alabama, Mobile Area Jan Morgan - Can Be toured here it saw action in WWII and was the largest ever built
Transport
Places:States & Regions
ALLIANCEA Large League Is Always Necessary Combatting Evil Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
ANZACArmy Needed Zeal And Courage Tony McCoy O'Grady (ANZAC actually stands for Australian and New Zealand Army Corps)
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
ARCHERArrows Really Can Hurt Enemy Rogues Tony McCoy O'Grady
ARCHERYArrows Rarely Cross Hearts - Excepting (Romantically) Yours Rico Leffanta
People & Relationships:Love & Lust
ARLINGTONArmymen's Remains Laid In New Graves, They're Organised Neatly Tony McCoy O'Grady - Arlington is a (the?) major US military cemetery
Places
ARMYA Rifle Motivates You Blair
BOMBERBillions Of Megatons Bring Earthly Ruin Tony McCoy O'Grady
Transport
BOWMANBent Over Weapons, Many Arrows Needed Tony McCoy O'Grady
CAPTURECopse Attack! Plot Tracks! Unnameable Rewards! Existence! Charles H. Montgomery, Jr. Capture escapee.
CAVALIERCharles' Allies Victorious Against Loathsome Illicit Emergent Roundheads TMcCO'G
History
DISARMDetectives Insist Submachineguns Are Removed Masterfully Tony McCoy O'Grady
DRAFTDeserters Resisted Armed Forces Training Tony McCoy O'Grady
ENOLA GAYExploring Nippon Over Land Awakens Grisly Atomic Yesterdays Rico Leffanta
FORTForearmed Outpost Repels Tresspassers. Roger Williams
Places:Buildings
FORTRESSFamily Of Ruler Took Refuge, Escaping Shooting Soldiers Tony McCoy O'Grady
Places:Buildings
FYRDForced Youth Recruitment Decreed Angela Brett
FYRD (2)Former Yoemanry Regular Division Tony McCoy O'Grady
FYRDSFor Year-Round Defense Services Angela Brett
GUN SALUTEGive Umpteen Numbered Shots As Laurels (Usually Toward Elsewhere) Angela Brett
HIT THE GROUND RUNNINGHelicopter Ingests Troops, Travels, Hastily Evacuates. Guys Running Out Under Nasty Deadly Riflefire, Usually Need No Incitement. Nearly Gallopping. TMcCO'G, who doubts that troops debarking from a helicopter, under fire, need to be told to "hit the ground running".
Assorted Phrases:Sayings
IMPRESSEDIf Military Personnel Require Extra Servicemen, Shanghai Eligible Drunks Tony McCoy O'Grady - referring to the Press Gangs of the Royal Navy who 'kidnapped' men to fill out the crews of ships in days gone by
JOUSTJoy Of Using Spear Thingies Tony McCoy O'Grady
KNIGHTKilled Nasties In Glorious Heroic Times Tony McCoy O'Grady
LOGISTICS (2)Large Operation Gets Items Shipped To Infantry's Complete Satisfaction Tony McCoy O'Grady
Transport
MARCH (3)Most Armies Rhythmically Continue Hiking. Angela Brett
MARINEMuscles Are Required, Intelligence Not Essential The US Navy and the US Marines have a log tradition of dumping on each other. Here's one example from a US Navy Vet.
People & Relationships:The Workforce:Occupations
MARINE (2)My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment More US Marines-Versus-US Navy bashing, as brought home by one of my Navy friends, Col Myers.
MARINESMen Armed, Ready If National Emergency Strikes Tony McCoy O'Grady
MILITARY INTELLIGENCEMainly It Looks Into Things About Rank&file. Yet It's Not Terribly Exact. Large Lapses In Guesswork, Evidently Never Called "Errors" TMcCO'G, who thinks that Military Intelligence is largely guesswork, and no amount of hindsight can ever prove otherwise.
MILITARY TERMSMisinformation Is Largely Its Target - All Reports You Think Exact Really Mislead Someone Tony McCoy O'Grady
NAVYNumerous (And Violent) Yachts Tony McCoy O'Grady
NAVY (2)Never Again Volunteer Yourself. Was in the US Navy for 6 year as a volunteer (draftees not accepted). Enough said.
OCEANOverflow Can Evaporate Any Navy Rico Leffanta
Places:Waterways
PEACEPerhaps Enmity's At Complete End Tony McCoy O'Grady
People & Relationships
PENTAGON (6)Practises Every Night To Attack Governments, Overthrow Nations Chris Kjelgaard
PENTAGON (8)Posits Enemies, Nuclear Threats And Gets Official Nod Chris Kjelgaard
PENTAGON (10)Practically Every Newly Trained Army Grunt Overseas Now Chris Kjelgaard
ROVERRemotely Operated Vehicle - Elevated Reconnaissance Tony McCoy O'Grady, saying: You know the remote-controlled aircraft used to spy over unfriendly territory? Well I don't know what they are called but they could be called ROVER. (Angela added that they're called Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs)
RUMSFELDRemarkably Unpleasant Man, Supercilious For Every Live Debate Chris Kjelgaard
Names:Famous people:Politicians
RUMSFELD (2)Recklessly Unrepentant Minister Shows Foreigners Extremely Lethal Displeasure Chris Kjelgaard
Names:Famous people:Politicians
RUMSFELD (3)Reactionary Upstart Makes Sure Forces Engage Less-Developed Chris Kjelgaard
Names:Famous people:Politicians
SOLDIERSSlaying's Our Loyal Duty... Insufferable Enemies Ruthlessly Slaughter Angela Brett
SQUADSpecial Quorum Under Army Directions TMcCO'G
TARGETTaking Aim, Raise Gun, Embrace Trigger Tony McCoy O'Grady (One is always advised to 'squeeeeze' a trigger slowly, rather like embracing a partner, and not jerk it!)
Sports & Recreation
UNARMEDUsing No Ammunition, Righteous Man's Enemies Defeated Tony McCoy O'Black-belt-in-Karate
USA PATRIOTUsing Superior Armed Power, America Threatens Recalcitrant Individuals Opposing Them Tony McCoy O'Grady - see CLIMATE VISION
Re-expansions of existing acronyms
YELLOW (4)Yell Enemy Lax Leaving Outlying Weapons Charles H. Montgomery, Jr.
People & Relationships:Personality Traits