FSB:Acronym for Fire Support Base. A fire support base was originally a temporary firing base for artillery, although many evolved into more permanent bases. Their main components varied by size: a typical FSB usually had a battery of six 105 millimeter or 155mmhowitzers, aplatoonofengineersper...
Battle Breakfast.A Navy term referring to the heavy breakfast of steak and eggs commonly given to sailors and Marines on the morning of a combat operation. Battle Watch.To do one’s best under difficult circumstances. Bayonet Course.Hospital treatment for venereal diseases. “Bayonet” refers to ...
NATO code names for Soviet-manufactured air-to-air missiles. Return to top of page B—“Bravo” B/N Bombardier-navigator; the specific term for the NFO in the A-6 aircraft. “Back to the Taxpayers” Where you send a wrecked aircraft. Bag Flight suit or anti-exposure suit (“Put ...
1972 Foxfire Book 317: ‘Busthead’ and ‘popskull’ are names applied to whiskey which produces violent headaches due to various elements which have not been removed during the stilling process [DARE]. 1985 (con. 1968) D.A. Dye Citadel (1989) 181: You fuckers grab for the $3.98 bust...
Leckie Marines! 59: I was in the bread-and-water cell starting to do my five days of piss-and-punk. 1970 D. Ponicsan Last Detail 18: It’s not like the brig. They take it easier on long termers. Christ, I was on piss ’n punk for three of the eight days. 1992 Bentley & ...