1. lug a heavy load
   look for a lost item
2. inapprropriate for a family quiz

If your CO tells you to hump it over that big hill, you're in a for a long day. It means you'll be carrying a heavy pack for hours.

1. to prevent diseases
   possible motorcycle crash schedule
2. preventive maintenance checks and services

When it comes to PMCS, the military can never have enough. It stands for "preventive maintenance checks and services," and it's the basic elbow grease that keeps machines working.

1. insert them into a socket
   wear them
2. load them into a weapon

"Cammies" are camouflage uniforms meant for battle. Throw on your cammies, the Commies are coming!

1. bone yard
   kill zone
2. hot spot

A kill zone (or killing zone) is an ambush area purposely designed to maximize fields of fire from multiple directions. If you wander into an enemy's kill zone, say your prayers.

1. in a war zone
   at a cattle ranch
2. attending school

It's where the bullets and bombs fly. If you're down range, you're in a war zone.

1. an animal that washed up on shore
   a type of handgun
2. a member of the Navy

Men and women in the other branches of the service sometimes use "squid" when referring to Navy sailors. "Swabbie" and "swab jockey" are two variants.

1. "latrine checkpoint"
   "lost in China"
2. "loud and clear"

"Lima Charlie" is military code for "loud and clear." It means you heard exactly what someone said.

1. sheets in
   feet up
2. rack out

"I'm so tired of basic training and all I want to do is sleep. It's time to rack out. But at 3 a.m., I'm going AWOL!"

1. "making the gravy"
   "cooking off"
2. "rather dangerous"

War zones are infamous for fires and accidents. When ammo gets too hot, it "cooks off," and the results can be lethal for anyone in the vicinity.

1. "open munitions"
   "on the move"
2. "origami masters"

"Oscar Mike" is part of the military alphabet. Oscar Mike means "on the move," in that the mission is now underway.

1. fire
   angels
2. a chaplain

"Baptized by fire" means you've been shot at by the enemy during a firefight. It might also meant you've been wounded.

1. You go to the dentist.
   You're the first person in a mission's formation.
2. You're playing darts at the local bar.

If your CO tells you to take point, you're the first man in the advancing formation. The point man is always at high risk of being targeted by the enemy.

1. a closet
   supervisor
2. part of a bunk bed

A "top" is a supervisor or CO. If the top gives you orders, you'd better follow them, or else.

1. eat it, of course
   Pin it to your uniform.
2. Throw it into the ocean.

A "good cookie" is good conduct medal (for Marines and Navy sailors) who manage to go a long time without any sort of disciplinary black marks. As you can imagine, some men and women seem incapable of earning good cookies.

1. create locally sourced masterpieces
   locate the enemy by smell
2. head straight to the front of the chow line

Chow hounds are the guys who somehow always wind up at the front of the chow line. They don't care what's on the menu, they just want to eat.

1. Dig a foxhole, pronto.
   Get out of his way.
2. Shoot him in the leg.

It's the military way of saying, "get outta my way!" Make a hole means you need to get through a bunch of gawkers.

1. "squeeze your lobsters"
   "smash your liver"
2. "beat your face"

Because it's sort of what it looks like when you're doing push-ups. Go "beat your face" and get those muscles moving.

1. high-venom tourniquet
   horse-vaulting tool
2. high-value target

An HVT is a high-value target. Commanding officers take more risks than usual when they're trying to catch or kill an HVT.

1. You accidentally shoot your CO.
   You get the product or service you want in a roundabout way.
2. You go to the pharmacy.

In the military, a "drug deal" (probably) has nothing to do with drugs. It means you're using roundabout, unofficial ways to get whatever it is you're after.

1. "got it"
   "I enjoy math."
2. "slash them to pieces"

"Kill" means "got it," or variations on the theme. It's also sometimes used as a greeting. This is, after all, the military.

1. essentially nothing
   plan a laser attack
2. assassinate an enemy leader

BOGSAT is "Bunch Of Guys Sitting Around Talking," and it refers to many pointless military meetings. At a BOGSAT, hardly anything worthwhile takes place, except for maybe doughnuts and coffee.

1. "gone to Alaska"
   "gone Satchmo"
2. "gone Elvis"

Because no one really knows what happened to The King. If you've "gone Elvis," you're missing.

1. a howitzer
   a rifle muzzle
2. buttocks

When you're scrambling around, you need at least three points of contact in order to safely keep your balance. If you use your buttocks (on purpose or inadvertently), you're using your fourth point of contact.

1. "dogcomb"
   "hogwash"
2. "catsmash"

A "hogwash" is the evaluation that takes place after a major training operation or mission. Hogwash might find some units receiving congratulations … or blame.

1. walking fire
   strolling flames
2. running conflagration

Marching fire and walking fire are the same thing. It's when troops push forward while firing their weapons without stopping to take careful aim.

1. threw away a vital part
   kidnapped a POW
2. falsified documents

You seem incompetent. How did you ever qualify for this assignment? Did you gundeck (falsify) your records?

1. body snatcher
   corpse man
2. Hannibal Lecter

Stretcher bearers bear the burden of hauling the wounded from a battlefield. In older times, they were called "body snatchers."

1. a secret martial arts move
   a type of food
2. a nuclear launch code

In some MRE (meals ready eat) soldiers are dismayed to find five franks strewn amongst beans. All of it is borderline inedible, thus the "five fingers of death" nickname.

1. "Big Gray Boat"
   "Boring Grunt Base"
2. "Bring Guns Blazing"

Sailors call it the "BGB," or "Big Gray Boat." BGBs are large Navy ships like battleships and aircraft carriers.

1. "bullet sponges"
   "forlorn hope"
2. "frag magnets"

The "forlorn hope" is the group of men at the tip of the spear, charging into dangerous situations on the front line. Often, casualty rates are high in the forlorn hope.