I’m not sure if it fits the definition of pop a military meme, or if it’s a validation of a military argot or a more recent deployed military vernacular, but I do know this: Bob on the FOB is some ...

January 2, 2006: Names change, situations don't. In Iraq, most troops are support type people, called fobbits (those who spend most of their time in FOBs, or Forward Operating Bases.) During the ...

WASHINGTON — Like their fellow soldiers in Germany, Vietnam or Korea, those deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq have created a language all their own, filled with black humor, cultural references and ...

Elsewhere in Iraq, soldiers and Marines patrol into dangerous Iraqi neighborhoods from squalid COPs, temporary Combat Outposts set in those neighborhoods, places where heat, dirt and foul odor triumph ...

SINJAR, Iraq—If an army travels on its stomach, as was famously said, then the American military force fighting in Iraq could circumnavigate the globe by dinnertime, and probably should to burn some ...

November 1, 2009: The commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan (Stanley McChrystal, who has a Special Forces background) has ordered a sharp cut in amenities enjoyed at the few large bases. This is to ...

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They were Fobbits because, at the core, they were nothing but marshmallow. Crack open their chests and in the space where their hearts should be beating with a warrior's courage and selfless regard, ...