List of US Army acronyms (original) (raw)
The U.S. Army, like any bureaucratic organization, produces its own acronyms, which often come to have meaning beyond their bare expansions.
Official acronyms include:
- AFV - armored fighting vehicle
- MRE - officially, Meal Ready to Eat; (also: Meal Rejected by Ethiopians)
- BDU - Battle Dress Uniform (also: Battle Dress Underwear)
- PMCS - Preventive Maintenance, Checks and Services
Slang acronyms include:
- BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
- DILLIGAFF - Does It Look Like I Give A Flying Fuck
- FIGMO - Fuck it, I've got my orders
- FUBAR - Fucked up beyond all recognition or Fucked up beyond all repair
- FUGAZI - Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In
- FUMTU - (Things are) fucked up more than usual
- JANFU - Joint Army-Navy fuck-up
- RCH - Red Cunt Hair (unit of measure)
- REMF - Rear echelon mother fucker (i.e: a micromanaging, interfering back room commander)
- RTFM - Read the fucking manual
- RTFMA - Read the fucking manual again
- SNAFU - Situation normal, all fucked up
- SUSFU - Situation unchanged, still fucked up
- TARFU - Things are really fucked up
- WOFTAM - Waste of fucking time and money
See also: List of acronyms, List of government and military acronyms