I was once part of a 2-vendor software demo/showdown with a DoD client. Both vendors (us and them) each had two hours to present our solution and why it would b

I was once part of a 2-vendor software demo/showdown with a DoD client. Both vendors (us and them) each had two hours to present our solution and why it would be a better fit for the DoD base to adopt. It was a totally routine enterprise software demo. But during the day's introductory remarks, it became clear that the DoD had invented a new acronym for the meeting. I don't remember exactly what it was, but it was something silly along the lines of S.P.E.A.R. - <Some Topic> Project Education And Review. It was when I witnessed the US military invent a brand new acronym to represent one specific routine meeting I had with them that fully internalized just how out of control acronyms were in the US military.