Military Jargon
ALCON,
When I went outside my Consolidated Housing Unit (CHU) this morning, things were all FUBAR. Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED) had hit the Entry Control Point (ECP) and the Dining Facility (DFAC) had been bracketed (by indirect fire, i.e. mortars). My Leave and Earnings Statement (LES) should have Imminent Danger Pay (IDP) and Hazardous Fire Pay (HFP) tacked on to the Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) and Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) now. Glad for Service member Group Life Insurance (SGLI). Need to get that Loan Repayment Program (LRP) done. So in accordance with (IAW) the Forward Operating Base’s (FOB) policies, I went to get Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in order to (IOT) comply with Army Regulation (AR) 670-1. I grabbed my Advanced Combat Helmet (ACH) and hopped in the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) to get my Interceptor Body Armor (IBA) at the motor pool (MP). I thought about the other Lieutenants (LT) at the Brigade Medical Supply Office (BMSO) as I passed Casualty Collection Points (CCP). Military Police (MP) and Security Forces (SF) were busy elsewhere.
My platoon (PLT) was at the MP with the Platoon Sergeant (PSG), so I took Command and Control (C2) and had them use Individual Movement Technique (IMT) to the Command Post (CP). More service members (SM) joined at Service and Recovery (S&R). I had some wait by the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactile Truck (HEMTT) in case any Heavy Equipment Transports (HET) or Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) need help. At the CP, the Commanding Officer (CO) was gone… over at the Battalion Tactical Operations Center (BN TOC) getting the Battle Update Brief (BUB), but the Executive Officer (XO) had C2. He used to be on a MIlitary Transition Team (MITT) at War Eagle (WE) as Personal Security Detachment (PSD). We had ICOMs (name of handheld radio) to supplement the DSN (Digital Secure Number). I use SIPR lines since NIPRs are a no-go now (internet protocol routers).
I think about being Officer In Charge (OIC) of the Brigade Combat Team’s (BCT) Port Support Activity (PSA), ReSeT (RST), and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) details. I’ll need to check on the Movement Control Team (MCT) to notify HTD (yeah, I don’t even know all the acronyms) in absence of Kuwait Ministry of Interior/Defense (KMOI/KMOD). This will happen on or about (o/a) 041200JULY07.
Back in the here and now, I do some Pre-Combat Checks (PCC) and Pre-Combat Inspections (PCI) on my Soldiers, checking their Night Vision Goggles (NVG), Night Operating Devices (NOD), Load Bearing Equipment (LBE) and MOdular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment (MOLLE). My training from Officer Candidate School (OCS), Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC) and Officer Basic Course (OBC) takes over. My thoughts flashed back to my first jump with the T-10D and JumpMaster Pre-Inpection (JMPI) before Joint Forcible Entry eXercises (JFEX). Then I remember the soft Parachute Landing Fall (PLF) I had. Things always end up alright.
Just like I’m sure you’re good reading all this.
2LT Adam Ochylski
