We go A-Z, anything military related----a term, a rank, a famous person, a famous military movie, a military term, TV show, character in a TV show. etc.

An example of a play might be:

a=Air Force
B=bivouac
C=Corporal
D=drill
E=Ensign
F=furlough
G=Gomer Pyle, USMC
etc......

you get the idea!!!!

Here's my first:


AWOL

Beetle Bailey :)

Civil War

Dog Tags

Eisenhower, Dwight D - Military Leader and U.S. Pres

Frank Sutton (Sgt Carter - Gomer Pyle USMC)

George Washington - our 1st Pres & Commander In Chief

Heroes--our veterans, living and deceased! SALUTE YOU ALL! :)

infantry

Jeep--military vehicle of choice

K.P.

Latrine duty

maneuvers

night guard duty

Officers

Patton

QRF — Quick Reaction Force, a highly-mobile stand-by force designed to add firepower in precise places as the commander decides on a changing battlefield, often used for MEDEVAC purposes.

Regiment

"Sully" (aka Chesley Sullenberg) - Hero pilot who saved 155 civilian lives. He served as a fighter pilot for the United States Air Force piloting McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II's from 1975 to 1980. (from Wikipedia)

Tanks

USMC

Vietnam

War

XO (executive officer; the second in command of a military unit)

YOKE

World War II code word for all US organizations working with Y-Force in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations

ammunition

B= barracks

c - canteen

D - deployment

E - explosives

F=Flying squadrons

G - G.I. Bill

H - heroism (on many levels - God Bless our Troops!)

I - incoming wounded

J - Johnny Got His Gun ('71)

Knot - a measure of speed

latrine

medivac

napalm

Officer

platoon

quarantine

revele

sergeant

Ten hut!

U-BOAT

The Valour and the Horror ('92)

W=World War Two

X - XO which is a military abbreviation for Executive Officer

Yeoman

Skip Z

A - AWOL

I have a z

Zero (Japanese fighter plane WWII)

Here is a B

Bayonet

Colonel

Defense

Ensign

furloughs

grenade

Howitzer

infantry

JUNO (invasion site)

land mines

mortar

nuclear weapons

OP (observation post)

platoon

Quinton Mchale

Rifle

Sword

tents

underground bunkers

veteran

warheads

skip XYZ

A - Armory

X = scale (in military terms)
Y YORK (SGT.ALVIN YORK WWI)
Z ZHUKOV (Georgi Shukov,most decorated general in history of Russia)

B B17 bomber

calisthenics

detention

ER - Extended Range

furloughs

Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System

Hogan's Heroes (http://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/forumdisplay.php?f=71)

infantry

jumping jacks

K.P.

latrine

Marine Corps

Naval Flyers

Officers

Panzerfaust

quarantines

revele

Sergeant

TAPS

United States Marine Corps

Victory ('81)

War lover,the (Steve McQueen)

X Files

youth

zulu wars (1879)

admonitions

barracks

clandestine operations

d=detention

emigration

French Foreign Legion

which leads to...

General Ante Gotovina - HEROJ

Hiroshima

infantry

Jeeps

Knight tournament Sinjska Alka (origins are military)

latrines

mandatory operations

napalm

OCONUS – Outside the continental United States

Patton ('70)

Quiet ambush

Recon patrol

SAS (Special Air Service) ... have an SAS Survival Guide (by John Wiseman) lying on a desk near me right now...

tactical training

Up periscope

VJ Day

war

XO, military abbrev. for Executive Officer

skip yz

air raid

The Bridge ('59)

changing posts

detention

Eligibility

Fire for effect

GI Bill

henchmen

infantry

JSSAMP Joint Services Small Arms Master Plan

K = Key Facilities List

Laps (running)

M=Marine Corps

Navy Uniforms

officers

Post

Quarters

Recon

sargeant

training

USMC

velcro belt assembly

WACS

skip xyz

arms

skip xyz

arms

batallion

corp.

detention