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Ten years of USian crusades have let military slang creep into mainstream language. I'm French and even I can spell those offhand - Continental US, Operational
by liotier 15y ago
Ten years of USian crusades have let military slang creep into mainstream language. I'm French and even I can spell those offhand - Continental US, Operational Detachment Alpha, Concept of Operations...
- roel_v 15y agoThanks. Concept of Operations, I think I can deduce from the context what it means - but what's an 'Operational Detachment Alpha'?
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- Arjuna 15y ago"[...] what's an 'Operational Detachment Alpha'?" It is a military element of the United States Army Special Forces [1]. [1] Section on ODA: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Forces_%28United_States_Army%29#Basic_Element_.E2.80.93_SF_Operational_Detachment-A_.28SFODA.29_composition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Forces_%28United_State...
- freehunter 15y agoI'm American, I read the wartime news every day, and I work with a few people who have been deployed overseas and I have never heard any of the terms you just outlined. So... it varies.