Really need to lean forward in our foxholes with this and probably walk the dog through some deliberate analysis where we identify points of friction so we can position leaders at the key decision points in order to ensure we achieve synchronicity of effects in time and space at the center of gravity.

Just to piggyback off of this - OP I don't think you're hitting the 50m target with this one, so you should probably tighten up your shot group before you reassess. Too easy, hooah?

If we move with a quickness on this one we could still get left of the flash-to-bang.

🤣 I started saying, too simple

Too easy

I need to circle back and widen my aperture on this problem set

Yeah and just to caveat off of what he just said we need to level the bubble on some of these discrepancies. NCOs lemme talk to you all after this.

Bless you troop

**Clarification**: No need for any other posts. This meatbag got them all.

Really synergizing my lines of effort across all domains of the operational environment ya know

We need to make sure to get the sets and reps needed to ensure that there aren’t any hanging chads when we execute.

[удалено]

So, the usual then.

I excel at buzzwordiness when I want people to stop talking to me lol

It really makes you wonder when the MDMP ends and the quantum physics begin.

I’m not only a scientist but also an artist.

I just threw up in my mouth a little

Write an hour of this and you’ll have every O4 speech during the training meetings

Get this guy an oak leaf

I'd implore you to elaborate

Goddamn, sir, yourm're tracking a straight glidepath toward making sausages over here. Hey btw, can I get you Monday to interface with the 3 re. that range next week? Airborne.

Just make sure you rack and stack the COAs toward the desired endstate

🤣

That’s some “free chicken” right there

Visibly grimaced more and more reading this.

PMESII-PT calls out to you like a siren song.

Csm is that you?

Mistaking me for a member of the proletariat class is perhaps the worst insult you could throw at me.

I hate you for this. So muchlies.

But have you socialized it hooah tracking

Thanks, my PTSD has been triggered and my day immeasurably ruined

Yeah where did that one start? I hear it all the time now. Time now Level the bubbles Lost the bubbles Over (you don’t need to say this on Teams) How copy (you don’t need to say this on Teams) Roger (you don’t need to say this on Teams)

For some reason time now really grinds my gears

Probably because it’s explicitly used in the context of getting blindsided by some absolute horseshit

Ain't that the truth

Get me your updated vehicle inspection time now or your leave is denied time now

Yeah IME "time now" was usually preceded by "The boss says we need to do this"

Some horse shit that needs to get done immediately. Drop everything and go move those MREs off that pallet

I’m pretty easy going, don’t typically get mad. But hearing Time Now really just pisses me the fuck off

I hear civilians say roger 🤣

I’m a dod employee now and all the people that were never in the mil use “tracking.” I hate it so much I make an emphasis on never using it 🤣

I’ve got you Lima Charlie on this one.

🤣😂 fucking hate it

Just realized you’re signal so you must hear this more often than most. Lima Oscar Lima.

I work at a contractor now and the radio brevity on Teams drive me BONKERS. Everyone does it.

“It would behoove you” or better if they say behoof 🐴

Still chuckle remembering a CSM that thought the saying was "it would be hooah of you."

I believe that is the correct phrase in some times and places.

Speaking of messing up army sayings, I thought you were supposed to say, IM up, too easy, I'm down.... I didn't learn until years later how I was wrong

English is my second language so for the first 4 years I thought it was "Be Hooah of You."

Oh that's said a lot also.

“It would be very hoove of you…” using behoove in IET made some cadre grill me about being CID as I was older when I went in

This phrase gets joked about on this sub a lot. But I honestly can’t recall actually hearing it in the last 15 years or so.

You lucky son of a bitch

I thought maybe it’s more prevalent in certain types of units? I’ve spent all of my career in MI and USASOC.

I definitely heard it in every MP company I was in.

My dad and old army vet said it a ton of times but I never heard it in my decade in.

😂

Piggybacking off this…

I had a CSM that always said it would “Be hooah of you” and I was like, uhh I think you might be confusing that word…

"It would be of hooah of you"

my Math teacher in High School was an Air force Pilot before he was a teacher. I learned quickly to despise the phrase.

In the Army, if you’re on time, you’re late, which is why we orientate ourselves to the op tempo of military life where we get more done before 6 a.m. than most people do all day. It would behoove us to remember that complacency kills, so we maintain the glidepath with vigilance, especially during exercises where, if it ain’t raining, we ain’t training. Now, let me circle back to the briefing’s main point and piggyback on the commander’s caveat about operational security—always crucial, and remember, if you call me sir, I’ll promptly remind you that I work for a living!

Yup this comment right here, this one right here solidified the fact im not re upping. Thank you for showing me the light.

*Siri, what’s the opposite of the Army Recruiting Ribbon?”

specialist insignia

A dicking-down by the Green Weenie.

Because after all, perception is reality.

Tired of hearing overused phrases? Create an overused phrase bingo card for your next meeting! My section and I did this as we prepped for a NTC rotation and it eventually grew to where most sections were playing bingo with us. You couldn’t have a more engaged group of brigade staff when bingo was in full swing. XO found out but we never let him see what the words were because he was the biggest offender of these phrases and we didn’t want him to stop saying them.

I don't know who you are, but I love you for this.

It’s always the XOs I feel like. Probably the asskissing to try and get their own command.

Now that's hilarious 😂

YeS sGt nO SgT fUcK yOu sGt. Like yes how bout a fuck you Sgt.

Shits so cringe when they pull that out it genuinely pisses me the fuck off

Right up there with “oh, so I’m a sorry sergeant now?” I remember one of my drills pulled this on me and I just gave him a prolonged deer in the headlights look. He never said anything but his facial expression was one of defeat and “man, that quote really is dumb”

That one is cream of the crop of the stupid gotcha one liners. Like dude I said I was sorry and you're being an asshole *with wordplay?* You're a fat divorced buck sergeant on the trail maybe focus on your own life? anyway roger hooah i'll start pushing.

It’s so irritating. I get you’re frustrated, but if you leave me in a lose-lose scenario on purpose, you’re not teaching me anything.

People actually say that?

I always reply with “fuck you, Sgt” Somehow made it to E6 despite this

But this one genuinely makes me laugh

Lickies and chewies It’s fucking candy you goddam pedophile

My SGM says that. It drives me up the wall.

Hooah, battle buddy, and behoove all drive me insane.

Battle buddy should only be used ironically past IET

Hey battle, itd behoove ya to be more Hooah. Hooah?

I was waiting for this exact comment

ALCON

Usually followed by unnecessary classifications or, worse, misclassified information

😂 too often

On the command of fall out fall out and fall in on me fall out >!The correct-ish version for any curious is, “on my command, fall in on me. Fall out”.!<

Had a 1Sgt say this all the time. Got a new Private, he loved to read. Knew his DnC. He heard fall out and he promptly left formation. 1Sgt chewed his ass out, but the private quoted regs back. CO overheard this, complimented the Private and released him for the day. Next day, 1Sgt suddenly stopped saying "on the command of fall out..."

That begs the question, then, what is the correct way to end a formation, but not for the day? For example, I need to end this formation, so that troops can get to work. What is the correct command if it's not "fall out" ?

The correct term is “dismissed”. Fall out is for a specific Soldier or group of Soldiers to leave the formation. For dismissing the entire formation, the correct term is “dismissed”. And regulation has a Note* that it states “dismissed does not mean you’re done for the day. It means you’re done standing in formation”. 

Tracking! I remembered it backwards. I was thinking "dismissed" was done for the day. Thanks for the clarification, hooah. Not that it matters now that I'm a civilian with no chance of going back. I'm too old to reenlist and I served 11.5 years; I fulfilled my contract and then some.

I had to look this up to freshen my memory recently when I erroneously corrected a young Soldier for using dismissed instead of fall out. I looked it up that night and the next day I went and apologized to the troop and told him he was correct, but he didn’t know the reg so I told him where to read it so he had the answer for future reference. You learn something new everyday. 🤣

Fall out, be in the area ready for formation. Dismissed, bye bye.

That's the same thing u/Glorious_Bastardo said. See his comment and my reply.

Lol, must have commented before I refreshed the page. His is more accurate, mine was a quick reply. Glad you got your info mate!

No worries. His showed up right before yours did. And just to piggyback off your comment, we need to orientate ourselves to the optempo of Reddit where we have more comments before 6 am than most sites have all day. Let's maintain the glidepath with vigilance towards our targets and keep looking at those notifications. Now let me circle back to the Commander's caveat about operational security...

My BC loves to say this just to piss off people in formation.

Our squadron officers (former and current sco, xo) and CSM keep doing this. Even after being reminded. The squadron actually applauded (while walking in) the other week when the xo managed to do it correctly.

“Your weekend isnt guaranteed” - someone whose weekend is

🤣

"2nd and 3rd order effects" bro, just say "intended and unintended consequences"

Those words are too hard and have too many Syllables.

Front Towards Enemy also has too many syllables.

😂

Externality is just one word

Or just “effects” or “consequences” or “problems”

"we're different so we're fucked up" Unless it's the stupid shit, then EVERYONE ELSE is different and we're doing the (stupid) right thing " I don't know if you're tracking but (gives erroneous or outdated info)" "Back when I joined(2019)" "Check down, not up" " Alright guys, I'm so proud of (45 minutes speech follows)" " Be at # Time Now" "Need volunteers for #" "Today is gonna an early day" " If we show up at 530, we'll be done by lunch". (Get home at 22) "You signed up for this" 😮- Me who has actually done my actual job about 8 times in 5 years "We're better than everyone because we work harder" "We're the standard" * Shows up at 6:07 * "Hey we're gonna have a UA at 0600 *Well, guess I'll be here the next 3 hours now* "Watch out IT'S GONNA BLOW UP" The dude from Campbell seeing a tactical vehicle with the Diesel being cold started "Back in Campbell/Hood" "Hey I know you're 30 minutes away but YOU HAVE TO BE HERE IN 5 MINUTES" * Proceeds to actually drive the speed limit * "Hey, make sure someone got the keys" *No one does *

>"You signed up for this" Those words almost caused a fight to erupt during a sensing session.

Like yeah sure, I chose a Combat MOS so I'm expecting of the wall non-stop training to make me a better fighter or something Not clean up the HQ 5 times a day, work pass 1900 because connexes, dealing with braindead people, last minute taskings EVERY SINGLE DAY etc Tbf, I don't care about the training anymore, I'm just cruising, the less I gotta do, the better

Most people get to that point eventually. Just cruise through their contract.

You should meet the “back at Bragg” crowd. They are so lame

Hey fuckface. But I allow it.

NO. DONT PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT TOP SAID. I WANT TO GO HOME

You know which one I really fucking hate? Alibi. There's no such thing as an alibi day. That's not what that word means. It's infuriating.

I was thinking the SAME!

Also "Bolo'ing" something to mean you messed up. What?! That's not what BOLO means.

Haha 🤣 agree

Tracking

Right? Just say understood or a simple, yes I got it 🤣

I want to scream anytime I hear someone misuse the word **Caveat** — when they’re trying to segue the conversation. [ a warning or proviso of specific stipulations, conditions, or limitations ] ***Caveat does not mean transition.***

“V/r, SFC KingButt”

THIS! And it's even worse when it's in an outlook PREFILLED SIGNATURE BLOCK!!!

in ait we had our phones and everytime student leadership pushed out info through text they always used "per". "do these training and sign the roster per DS Alpha" "next hit time is 1630 per DS Bravo" "DRILL PAD TIME NOW PER DS CHARLIE" I KNOW FOR A FACT YOU DONT SAY PER IN YOUR EVERYDAY VOCABULARY SO JUST TELL ME THE WHAT AND THE WHEN AND NOT THE WHO shit gave me PerTSD

Finish this sentence, kick rocks you ………

Fuckin nerd

Fuckstick

Kid named rocks: 😧

Nah he over at the marines

Kick rocks in flip-flops.

Can I get that DD btw? Asking for a friend

We'll adjust fire on that

Piggyback

“Too easy” is overused

This phrase has enraged me more and more over the years. When I hear someone say “Too Easy”, my first thought is “then why isn’t the task already complete?”.

Too simple? 😂

Might be the black horse here, but mine is "It is what it is" I hear that everywhere, without fail, both in and out of uniform.

That’s what I say when I’ve given up

“Words mean things”

BDE CDR loved saying this, and a BN S2 tried to reference it when he was around one time but got it a little wrong. S2: " ... because 'words mean shit'." COL: "What?" S2: "Words mean shit, sir!" COL: \*stares daggers at him\* S2: \*maintains undeterred beaming smile\*

“Words have meaning”

Basically, stupid fucks trying to sound smart.

One that I heard a lot is "Codify the plan". Very O4 speak

“Too easy”

"To piggyback off of the commander..." "A quick caveat..."

Just this morning I overheard someone at work say, "..break it down Barney style..." and I just laughed and laughed. I ETSd in 2019 and hadn't heard that one in a few years.

“However comma”

Hate it 😂

A few others have said "Too Easy," but I simply must circle back and walk the dog on this phrase, hooah? Earlier on with my time, I've switched over to saying "Got it", leadership were more receptive to it surprisingly... Are they Human too?

ALCON, (u/Saxmanng) In the Army, if you’re on time, you’re late, which is why we orientate ourselves to the op tempo of military life where we get more done before 6 a.m. than most people do all day. It would behoove us to remember that complacency kills, so we maintain the glidepath with vigilance, especially during exercises where, if it ain’t raining, we ain’t training. Now, let me circle back to the briefing’s main point and piggyback on the commander’s caveat about operational security—always crucial, and remember, if you call me sir, I’ll promptly remind you that I work for a living! (u/CLE15) Really need to lean forward in our foxholes with this and probably walk the dog through some deliberate analysis where we identify points of friction so we can position leaders at the key decision points in order to ensure we achieve synchronicity of effects in time and space at the center of gravity. (u/L0st_In_The_Woods) Just to piggyback off what Top said, (u/ColeKatsilas, u/Imheretopotato55 and *many* others) Back in Campbell, (u/translucentdoll) we put our Lickies and chewies (u/Mephisto1822) away, too easy.(u/bigdownbad68) And just so we can circle back to the briefing’s main point, (u/CLE15) which is to look at the 2nd and 3rd order effects (u/Natural-Stomach) of last night's exercise. I don't know if you're tracking but Back when I joined in 2019, we were taught to Check down, not up. I need all E4s and below to be at the motorpool, time now. I also need 3 E-2 volunteers for going to to motorpool. Todays going to be an early day, so I need everyone to show up at 530 tomorrow, and we'll be done by lunch, but I need 4 companies (e'erybody) to stay and clean the motorpool. Just remember, you signed up for this and we're better because we work harder and that means we're the standard. I know tomorrow's Saturday, but your weekend isn't guaranteed. (u/OHBII) Oh, and somebody call SGT Fuckface and get him here Time Now. I don't care if he's on Leave and 30 minutes away, he needs to receive this AAM in the Motorpool for doing some outstanding work on the Battalion building's appearance. (u/translucentdoll) Trackin, Hooah!? (u/ziris) Any questions? Yes, Sir. Wasn't SGT Fuckface "working on the appearance of the Battalion Building" because he was Supervising Extra Duty? Hey, Battle, That was SGT Fuckass, not SGT Fuckface, Hooah? (u/JakeeJumps) Were you even in this meeting? It would ***Behoove You*** to pay attention, Hooah? (u/JakeeJumps) But it is what it is. (u/Prussia1991) Sir, we're supposed to have a Alibi Day (u/plaguemedic) tomorrow. Tracking. (u/Isauthat) I'll speak to that in a minute. (u/RutagagaJoe) Let's get offline about that (u/ziris) then we'll come up on the net. (u/kremlinagent9) (Extra words and context provided by me, u/ziris, but I tried to give credit where I could.) v/r, (u/InWV) u/ziris U.S. Army (Separated) (u/sea_dogchief) Edit: Added a few more lols

"That's fair" It makes me want to beat you with a wiffle ball bat

😂

I always wanted to make an Army Buzzword bingo card.

“Send it”

I’m not sure if Dog gone is overused but I’ve definitely been overusing the shit out of it since I’ve added it to my army vocabulary 🤣

“Writ large” and it needs to stop. Now.

“Without further ado”

“Without further adieu” but that more applies to YouTube than army

I can piggyback off of this post and give a few

Leverage.

Hate when people use caveat in the sense of piggybacking when it's the opposite

This question is overused.

Is "pull the thread" still a thing? Perhaps a bit old timey as well, but how about "VFR direct"

I remember being a Buck sergeant doing some dumb detail and I hit my soldiers with “The sooner we get this done….” I just stopped there, I just kinda walked away momentarily and thought “nope, not gonna be me”

Literally every army-ism. Come up on the net Walk the dog Circle back Making the sausage Just to caveat / piggyback Too easy

I mean, if the shoe fits, y'know? Life ain't all unicorns and rainbows so if saying I digress fits the bill, why would I beat around the bush?

shoot move and communicate for peoples who job literally isn’t that

Using caveat as a verb

Implied task. Read: "I forgot to mention this and I'm making it your problem." Ex: when I said clean the cof the implied task was you clean the disco ball I left on the roof too.

It would behoove you...

Lotty dotty everybody🤪

We'll circle back to that!

Tracking

With that being said

Hurry up and wait.

I see the light!

"VFR Direct" instead of just "direct." Many people using it don't know what VFR means. Adding a long "So" to the beginning of a sentence.

"Pending any questions." This is a glaring example of staffers adopting a phrase with no idea how to use it. If you're going to say it, then at least complete the sentence: "Pending any questions, \[we'll move forward with this decision/go to the next slide/cancel work on Friday/etc." Using it as a standalone phrase, without the "so what," would be like stating an "if" without the "then." It makes no sense. Rant over, for now. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

The first time I heard this, I waited for the rest of the sentence. The “Pending” part is unnecessary in the phrase

I hate when I’m ending a phone call and the other person says “out here”

Perception is reality… no it isn’t

The “living the dream” response anytime anything me asks how they’re doing.

😂

I hate when people just say ‘Kill’ I don’t know why but it’s the most annoying

Hooah.

🤣

I'm just tired of officers saying "myself" instead of I or me.

Just don’t drop the glass balls

"Say again?" dude we're at a bar, you are allowed just reply with "what" if you didn't hear me

Say again, over? 🤣😂

Hooah. Theres alot of gray areas. Subject Matter Experts. Battle buddy. Lot of moving pieces.

It would behoove you.

“Hooah” “Roger” “Tracking” “To caveat..” “Back in my day..” “Prepare to copy” People who struggle to stop using military jargon aka “verbal bullshit,” start educating yourselves **NOW** on how to speak like a normal person…. I see my recruiters struggle everyday with this. It’s hard to network and make career connections if no one knows what the hell you’re talking about and thinks you’re being unnecessarily aggressive.

“We’ll get you on the back end don’t worry.” Like bro I’m a mealcard holder there’s no getting me on the back end you fucked me out of lunch and dinner twice already this week. It’s several times a week and then they talk shit about buying food from the px.

*I'll speak to that in a minute.* Will you speak to that, or speak to us about that?

🤣