Rules of thumb

Beginner 🎖️ Military / Defense

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Wait, wrong list. But seriously, see 'ROE' above.

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Non-airborne qualified soldier in the Army, used by paratroopers with barely concealed condescension. Because if you haven't jumped out of a perfectly good aircraft, you're clearly inferior.

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Sierra-Hotel

Military phonetic alphabet slang for 'Shit-Hot'—aviator-speak for something being absolutely excellent or top-tier in execution.

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organic asset

Personnel or equipment permanently assigned to a military unit, as opposed to attached or supporting elements. Like the difference between your own kids and someone else's you're babysitting.

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NOFORN

No Foreign Nationals—a classification marking indicating information cannot be shared with non-U.S. personnel, even allies. Because friendship has limits, especially when secrets are involved.

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DZ

Drop Zone—a designated area where paratroopers or supply bundles are dropped from aircraft. A patch of ground where gravity and military planning intersect, hopefully gently.

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direct fire

Weapons fire along a flat or nearly flat trajectory where the shooter can see the target, as opposed to lobbing ordnance over hills like some medieval catapult operator. Point, shoot, hit—revolutionary.

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