The U.S. military is brimming with terms many civilians find cryptic, so we've decided to draft a handy guide just for you.

The U.S. military has its own language full of buzzwords, jargon, slang, acronyms, and insider phrases — some of which are used exclusively by those with rank — along with terms most civilians ...

The close quarters of those serving together in war is a perfect Petri dish for slang. From ‘FUBAR’ to ‘fobbit,’ here are some military slang terms you should know (plus, why the military ...

Military jargon. It is inseparable from military life. This unofficial vernacular is often insightful and funny and, occasionally, even profound. As a result, many military expressions have found ...

Unless you’ve been living in a spider hole, it will neither shock nor awe you to learn that military slang has become increasingly embedded in American popular culture. While hardly a new ...

Marine dad and retired Navy civilian Russ Scholl’s “Periodic Table of Military Slang” lays out and defines 321 of the military’s most amusing and esoteric terms and phrases, arranging them ...

Military jargon is a language all on its own. It’s packed with codes, acronyms, and strange phrases that seem to not mean anything to the untrained ear. While we are all familiar with the ...

If you've been around the military long enough, you know that military slang is a large part of a service member's vocabulary. There’s so much jargon floating around my household that most of ...

But the terms used in this conversation sometimes have different interpretations inside and outside the military. This debate has already turned nasty.

The person behind a massive leak of classified US military documents worked on a military base and posted sensitive national security secrets in an online group of acquaintances, The Washington ...