Dome of obedience: Slang for a military helmet. Also called a “brain bucket” or “skid lid.”
Echelons above reality: Higher headquarters where no one has an idea about what is really happening.
Groundhog Day: Every day of your tour in Iraq.
Rummy’s Dummies: A derogatory name for the U.S. military under the leadership of former Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld.
Iraq’s battlefield slang (Los Angeles Times)
More:
- Slang from Operation Iraqi Freedom (Global Security)
- Entries in the category Iraq (Double-Tongued Dictionary)
- Military Acronyms and Slang (134th BSB, 1/34 BCT, AKA “Iraq: Land of a Few Thousand Minnesotans)
- Current GI idioms and phrases in the FOB and Fobbit-era (blogger asks, commenters oblige)
- Embrace the Suck: A Pocket Guide to Milspeak (pamphlet with sample)
- Iraq Hack: A Reporter’s Blog (scroll down below photos in right sidebar)
- U.S. Army acronyms and expressions (Army Mom in Training)