Oscar Mike to the glossary. Copy that.
A rapid-response medical transport vehicle equipped to stabilize casualties in transit, originally adapted from mobile field hospital concepts during wartime. Modern variants blur the line between emergency response and tactical evacuation.
To execute a targeted elimination of a high-value target through covert means, typically for strategic, political, or ideological objectives. Remarkably efficient, ethically complicated, and wildly successful in spy fiction.
A patch of land where aircraft land and take off without pretending to be fancy—no terminals, no paved runways, just raw ambition and a prayer. Think of it as the budget airline of landing zones.
Military strategy of grinding down enemy forces through sustained casualties over time—basically 'we have more bodies than you do, so let's count.'
Conflict where opponents have vastly unequal military capabilities, forcing creative tactics. When David fights Goliath and brings a slingshot instead of swords.
A jet engine system that injects fuel for rapid acceleration beyond normal operating parameters. When pilots need to go really, really fast right now.
The commanding officer or principal decision-maker, as opposed to subordinates. When you need an answer, you ask for 'Actual' rather than the NCO who's probably tired and making coffee.