Military Terms: Vernacular & milieu of the enemy

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Alphabet Soup of Applied Linguistics:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._government_and_military_acronyms#:~:text=List%20of%20U.S.%20government%20and%20military%20acronyms%201,Supervise%20%28U.S.%20Marine%20Corps%20five%20paragraph%20order%29%20

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderland_murders#Nash_robbery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Nash

A pillbox is a type of blockhouse, or concrete dug-in guard-post, often camouflaged, normally equipped with loopholes through which defenders can fire weapons. It is in effect a trench firing step, hardened to protect against small-arms fire and grenades, and raised to improve the field of fire.

A Kill Box is a target acquired area or zone.

CORDS (Civil Operations and Rural Development Support) was a pacification program of the governments of South Vietnam and the United States during the Vietnam War. The program was created on 9 May 1967, and included military and civilian components of both governments.

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