So You Want to Write About the Military?
By Jane Choate - in the October 2003 HODRW Newsletter


Many romance writers include military heroes and heroines. I ran across some terms (definitions) that I thought might prove useful:

AAA: Antiaircraft Artillery

Afterburner: Extra fuel injected into the hot exhaust gas of an aircraft for added thrust.

Angels: Altitude in thousands of feet. "Angels 10-" indicates 10,000 feet of altitude

Bingo fuel: Not enough fuel to return to a location

CO: Commanding officer

FOD: Foreign Objects on the Deck of an aircraft carrier that can damage planes.

G: Gravitational force through acceleration

HARM: High-speed, Anti-Radiation Missile. Missile whose seeker head homes in on radar-emitting sources.

Jinks: Erratic flight maneuver(s), dodge, slip, etc.

LSO: Landing Signal Officer

Nugget: A new pilot in the air wing on his first sea cruise

PJ: Para-rescue Jumper

SAM: Surface to Air Missile


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