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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. [Arabic Iraq Military] [full cite] (Jul. 29, 2005)

alive day n. Sgt. Edward Wade, who has been traveling between his home in Chapel Hill, N.C., and Walter Reed for the two years since his “alive day”—what wounded soldiers call the day they didn’t die—was less fortunate. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 22, 2006)

alive day n. To the 39-year-old Mayer, Alive Day is April 25, the anniversary of that awful day in 1969 when, as a corporal in the 25th Infantry Division, he stumbled upon a booby trap in Vietnam that set off enemy mortar fire and blew off both his legs. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 22, 2006)

alive day n. The jokes—from latrine to gallows humor—at Saturday night’s roast were all for Cleland as 150 friends, including seven from the Pit, celebrated “Max Cleland Alive Day.” “Exactly 10 years ago today we almost lost Max Cleland—we’re here to tell him we are happy he’s alive.” [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 22, 2006)

alive day n. But one of the things we’ve seen among some of the folks is the point where they’ll celebrate their “I’m alive!” day. Things could be worse. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 22, 2006)

alive day n. She has chosen to mark the first anniversary of the ambush with an “Alive Day” celebration. Such parties, which have the lighthearted feel of a birthday bash, have become popular among the hospital’s seriously injured soldiers. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 22, 2006)

alive day n. Staff Sgt. Joshua Olson of Spokane called it his “Alive Day,” the first anniversary of the day he lost his leg in Iraq. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2006)

angel n. This is the work of Mortuary Affairs, the Marine unit that catalogues the remains of American servicemen who die in combat, referred to as angels, as well as the Iraqi guerrillas they fight and civilian victims. [English United States Military] [full cite] (Dec. 27, 2004)

angel n. Within an hour, the two Marines, along with an Iraqi Civil Defense Corps soldier who broke his arms and a leg when his truck crashed and rolled over on a local road, were flown by helicopter to the Army’s 31st Combat Surgical Hospital in Baghdad. On that medevac flight also went an “angel,” a Marine who was killed in action that day. [English United States Military] [full cite] (Dec. 27, 2004)

angel n. Nomenclature has changed. In the beginning of the current Marine deployment that began in late March, members of the unit referred to HR (human remains) and KIAs (Killed in Action) as they examined bodies in five work areas and made detailed drawings of the wounds. “Somebody, I don’t know who, said let’s call them “angels,” and it just fit,” Patterson said. “That’s what we’re comfortable with: They’re our angels, going home.” [English Iraq United States Military] [full cite] (Dec. 27, 2004)

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