| Acronym | Meaning |
| BTDTBTTS | Been There, Done That, Bought The T-Shirt |
| AWR | (Alpha Whiskey Romeo) Allah's Waiting Room. |
| UAFB | "Useful As A Football Bat." Anyone Who Cannot Perform Even Simple Duties Due To Incompetence, And As Such Has No Useful Application Or Purpose. |
| FUBB | F*cked Up Beyond Belief (A Worst-Case Scenario) |
| KP | Kitchen Patrol. Periodic One-day Duty Assignment For Lower-grade Soldiers To Do Mess Hall Work. |
| USMC | University Of Science And Mystical Culture |
| RNR | Rest And Relaxation (also R&R). Used To Specify Activity During Leave/time-off; As In, "I Need A Little RnR." |
| OCONUS | Outside CONtinental United States |
| FAINTED | Faked An Injury, Necessary To Escape Duty |
| WTF | What The F*ck; Said As "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" Spoken Phonetically. Radio Response To Bad News (often Shunned) Pre-dating The Internet Use Of The Acronym In Chat Rooms And Instant Messaging By Decades. |