List of military slang terms  Military slang is a colloquial language used by and associated with members of various military forces. This page lists slang words or phrases that originate with military forces, are used exclusively by military personnel or are strongly associated with military organizations. A number of military slang terms are acronyms. These include "SNAFU", "SUSFU", "FUBAR", and similar terms used by various branches of the United States military during World War II. "BOHICA" ("Bend Over, Here It Comes Again") is the title of a bestselling 1987 book by Scott T. Barnes. The book is the true account of a US ISA covert paramilitary operation, dubbed Operation Grand Eagle, that took place in Laos in 1981 with a small group of Green Berets, ISA operatives, and CIA staff. Later the operation would be the subject of several US Senate hearings, congressional hearings, and a Federal Grand Jury investigation. "BOHICA" was to be used as the code word on covert communications with the NSA/CIA and ISA HQ. During the mission, it was uncovered that criminals of war were still being held captive in Laos. Two were ordered assassinated and to date have never been rescued, as it was determined they may have been off-the-book CIA operatives smuggling drugs. The "Log", the humor magazine written by and for Midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy, featured a series of comics entitled "The Bohica Brothers", dating back to the early 1970s. "FUBAR" ("Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition/Any Repair/All Reason"), like SNAFU and SUSFU, dates from World War II. The "Oxford English Dictionary" lists "Yank, the Army Weekly magazine" (1944, 7 Jan. p. 8) as its earliest citation: "The FUBAR squadron. ‥ FUBAR? It means 'Fucked/Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition." Another version of FUBAR, said to have originated in the military, gives its meaning as "Fucked Up By Assholes in the Rear". This version has at least surface validity in that it is a common belief among enlisted men and women that most problems are created by the military brass (officers, especially those bearing the rank of General, from one to four stars). This version is also most likely to have had its origin in the Army, where the senior officers command from the rear, as opposed to the Navy, where it is not uncommon for Admirals to command a fleet from one of the ships at sea, and therefore susceptible to attacks and death by the enemy (though it is freely acknowledged that the higher level Admirals usually command from a land base).