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Published: June 16, 2020, 11:12 a.m.

On this episode of Change Your POV Podcast we talk about Acronyms. anyone who has served knows how full your vocabulary can get with acronyms and trust me we even have acronyms for acronyms. The point of course in the military is to shorten communication so you can relay information quickly and with terms everyone can recognize.

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Now it's time to transition out of the military and you bring all these fancy acronyms with you into your new civilian job. You guessed it, now one can understand what you are saying and it inevitably isolates you from everyone else. 

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Hope you enjoy the show!

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For those of you that have never served and are curious about what some of these acronyms are I speak of you can check out this very colorful book. (probably not suitable for children).

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: The Real Language of the Modern American Military 

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Few areas of human endeavor have produced more\u2014or more colorful\u2014terms than has the military. Soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen have over centuries come up with words, phrases, and acronyms to express everything from raw emotion to complex technology. The military is both a distinctive way of life and a community, and a command of its slang is essential to admission to full membership within the group.
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\nMost military slang is almost always familiar only to the troops. Mating mosquitoes, for example, refers to the two-chevron insignia of the Army corporal. Gadget describes an enlisted man or woman who is temporarily promoted to a position of increased responsibility to fill an urgent need, while a panty raid is a foray into enemy territory for the purpose of gathering evidence of adversary activity.
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\nAmong the less delicate entries are the day the eagle shits, or payday, and skimmer puke, a submariner\u2019s term for any surface ship sailor. (And then there\u2019s the book\u2019s title, the acronym for What The F-ck).
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\nMany elements of military vocabulary have become part of our national speech: John Wayne, boondocks, attaboy, and hot dog. But whether the words and phrases are the exclusive property of our fighting men and women or are also in general use, the \u201creal\u201d language of the modern military set forth in this lively book embodies a uniquely American attitude and an exuberantly colloquial, unwaveringly honest, and enduringly American grace under pressure.

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