Oscar Mike to the glossary. Copy that.
Military speak for troops who get to work by jumping out of perfectly good airplanes rather than driving like normal people. These specialized infantry units parachute or helicopter into battle zones, presumably after winning some cosmic bet about the most dramatic way to arrive. The adjective form means anything that's floating around in the air, from viruses to that plane you're hopefully inside rather than falling from.
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.
An even more minimalist cousin of the airfield—basically a runway and a prayer. One runway, zero-frills operations, and pilots who don't mind roughing it.
Military strategy of grinding down enemy forces through sustained casualties over time—basically 'we have more bodies than you do, so let's count.'
Military slang for a soldier who can do anything—a jack-of-all-trades operative ready for whatever mission comes their way, regardless of specialty.
A jet engine system that injects fuel for rapid acceleration beyond normal operating parameters. When pilots need to go really, really fast right now.
Conflict where opponents have vastly unequal military capabilities, forcing creative tactics. When David fights Goliath and brings a slingshot instead of swords.
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.
When you use long-range guns to make an area very uninhabitable very quickly, delivered at a safe distance from the comfort of your base camp. An attack using artillery weapons on a specific target or area.
Making a region so hostile and risky that enemy forces either can't or won't operate there—essentially creating a military no-go zone.
Post-operation analysis of what happened, what went wrong, and what we'll definitely forget before the next operation.
A documented analysis of what happened during an operation, what went right, and what went wrong. It's the military's version of a post-mortem, except sometimes people actually survive to read it.