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thunder run n. Tucker cited an Abrams with the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) that took part in the first “thunder run” into Baghdad as an example. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 21, 2005)

thunder run n. “Looks to me like a ‘Thunder Run,’” I said, recalling reconnaissance-in-force operations of that name I’d seen near the Y Bridge in Vietnam in 1968.…A “Thunder Run” was a unit of armor and mechanized infantry moving at high speed through a built-up area like a city. The purpose was to either catch the enemy off guard or overwhelm him with force. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 21, 2005)

thunder run n. At night the outposts scattered along the route, consisting of a few vehicles and an infantry squad, were vulnerable to attack, so continuous patrols known as “thunder runs” were maintained. A run involved AFV’s moving in column with tanks in the van and other vehicles at close intervals, moving at high speed and undertaking “reconnaissance by fire” along the roadsides to trigger potential ambushes.…As in all operations in Vietnam, it was essential to avoid establishing a pattern while “thunder running.” [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 21, 2005)

thunder run n. They were called Thunder Runs, high-speed gauntlet races by the mechanized infantry units of the army’s 1st Infantry Division along Highway 13, northwest of Saigon. The tactic was used to throw off the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army units, which had frequently staged ambushed along the remote highway and the secondary roads that fed into it. The name Thunder Run came from the Big Red One’s fire support bases—named Thunder One, Thunder Two, and Thunder Three—that dotted the route from Quan Loi south to Lai Khe. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 21, 2005)

tiger cruise n. The aircraft carrier-like vessel arrived on Friday, picked up family members for what’s known as a “tiger cruise,” and left on Saturday for home. [English Military Nautical] [full cite] (Nov. 16, 2007)

tin bender n. Mills was transferred in March 1943 to Norman, Okla., where she began training in sheet metal and welding. Her rate of pay was $96 a month. The Navy was training her to be an aviation metal smith, or “tin bender” as they were called. [English Military] [full cite] (Jul. 4, 2005)

tiny heart syndrome n. The complaints among American officers about “tiny heart syndrome”—a caustic reference to some Iraqi units’ unwillingness to expose themselves to combat—have diminished. [English Iraq Military] [full cite] (Mar. 21, 2005)

tiny heart syndrome n. The only people who don’t are mostly people who aren’t trying. they called it THS, or tiny heart syndrome when i was in basic. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2005)

tiny heart syndrome n. They found the WMD. Saddam had them in his arse. No I thought the joke could have been made funnier. In bad taste? Well if you are a queer with teeny tiny heart syndrome. Our military bitched for 12 years for a war, they got one, a good one too, so I don’t think it was a bad joke. [English Military] [full cite] (Mar. 23, 2005)

TNF n. They have a term for us out here: “TNF—Troops Non-Ferocious,” because we only defend ourselves when attacked, unlike the military who need to go on the offensive. [English Military Acronym] [full cite] (Jun. 4, 2006)

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