LT G's running Army translator

Hat Tip to LT G for the Military Jargon Translator from the new http://kaboomwarjournal.blogspot.com/

For those of you that don't speak grunting acronym:

Ranks:

• PVT, PV2- Private
• PFC- Private First Class
• SPC- Specialist
• CPL- Corporal
• SGT- Sergeant
• SSG- Staff Sergeant
• SFC- Sergeant First Class
• MSG- Master Sergeant
• 1SG- First Sergant
• SGM- Sergeant Major
• 2LT- Second Lieutenant
• 1LT- First Lieutenant
• CPT- Captain
• MAJ- Major
• LTC- Lieutenant Colonel
• COL- Colonel
• GEN- Stars, stars, and more stars

Acronyms:

• OPSEC- Operational Security
• PLT- Platoon
• OP- Observation Post
• PL- Platoon Leader
• PSG- Platoon Sergeant
• CO- Commanding Officer; Company/Troop Commander
• FOB - Forward Operating Base
• AO- Area of operations

Military jargon:

• Jody- The non-military guy who is back home with the military guy's wife/girlfriend. Jody leads a simple, soft life, and vengeance upon him will be swift and merciless.

• Fobbit - A term used to describe soldiers who never leave the wire, also known as the FOB. Originally used as a derogatory term, it has evolved into a term most often used by fobbits themselves.

• Terp - Interpreter.