| A | B |
| acronym | A word formed from the initial letter of other words |
| bazooka | Tubular anti-tank rocket launcher |
| blitz | An air-raid or series of air-raids conducted with ferocity |
| cakehole | A person's mouth |
| cannibalize | To take parts from one unit to complete another unit |
| commando | A member of a body of picked men trained as shock troops |
| ejectorseat | A seat which ejects a pilot from an aircraft in emergency |
| freedomfighter | Someone who takes part in a resistance movement |
| genocide | Deliberate and systematic extermination of an ethnic group |
| git | A worthless person |
| gobbledygook | Official, pretentious verbiage or jargon |
| groundzero | That part of the ground directly under a blast,esp. atomic |
| jeep | Small, |
| kamikaze | Deliberately suicidal pilot |
| kilroy | Name of a mythical person invoked by U.S. soldier grafitti |
| liberate | To free as in occupied territory, often ironic. |
| molotovcocktail | Makeshif incendiary hand grenade |
| newsblackout | Official cutting off of the supply of info to the media |
| paratroops | Body of soldiers to be dropped by parachute |
| pinup | A favorite or attractive young person photo often pinned to wall. |
| radar | System for detecting objects at a distance. |
| sitrep | Situation report. |
| snafu | Situation Normal All Fouled Up. |
| sonar | System using reflected sound waves to detect underwater objects. |
| stooge | To cruise aimlessly with no goal. |
| superpower | A nation surpassing all but other superpowers. |
| stateside | Of or in the United States. |
| triggerhappy | To eager to shoot and kill. |
| underbelly | The vulnerable underside or bottom. |
| vaportrail | Trail of condensing water vapor left by jet planes. |
| warofnerves | A state of tense psychological warfare. |