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3,000-mile screwdriver n. We run largely a decentralized system, and it’s important that we continue to do that. I once worked with a person who talked about the 3,000-mile screwdriver making those fine adjustments. We trust our base commanders. [ ] [full cite] (Nov. 13, 2006)
6,000-mile screwdriver n. Well, we don’t know yet. I mean, that is—and again, we’re not going to apply the 6,000-mile screwdriver on that. [ ] [full cite] (Nov. 13, 2006)
6,000-mile screwdriver n. Military command-and-control systems are said to provide commanders with six-thousand-mile screwdrivers. [ ] [full cite] (Nov. 13, 2006)
7,000-mile screwdriver n. Senior military officers referred to it as “the 7,000-mile screwdriver.” That was their way of describing Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s penchant for micromanaging aspects of the Iraq War that interested him. [ ] [full cite] (Nov. 13, 2006)
7,000-mile screwdriver n. As I think most of you know from our efforts on the USS Cole, the chief of naval operations, secretary of the navy, both for good, legal reasons of not interfering with ongoing investigations from Washington, and for practical reasons of the difficulty of adjusting things with a 7,000-mile screwdriver, do not reach out into the midst of the investigation and pull back information prematurely. [ ] [full cite] (Nov. 13, 2006)
92-Mike n. The individuals who work at the depot are mortuary affairs specialists, referred to as “92-Mikes” in Army parlance. [ ] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2006)
92Golf n. They are among 165 92Golfs—military slang for cooks, after their 92G designation in the personnel handbook. [ ] [full cite] (Mar. 15, 2005)
A and A n. The other two A and As—U.S. Army slang for Afghan army soldiers—hit the deck directly in front of the Humvee and quickly bring their rifles up to the prone position. [ ] [full cite] (Oct. 4, 2007)
AIF n. The 2- 7’s own briefing package for dignitaries and reporters describes Shalon al Boyisa as being “likely linked to AIF,” the military’s acronym for “anti-Iraqi forces,” or insurgents. [ ] [full cite] (Jun. 14, 2005)
alibaba n. Others who interrogate a suspect are sometimes at a loss for questions, asking simply, “Are you alibaba?” the commonly used term for the enemy. [ ] [full cite] (Jul. 29, 2005)

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