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What's with the mil-ops "names"?

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:54 am
by streetsoldier
Why give our military operations such high-minded names as "Enduring Freedom", or, most recently, "Vigilant Resolve"? :roll:

We are hunting down the worst excuses for humanity that ever crawled the earth; therefore, I have a few suggestions of my own to offer before the teeming Storm2K masses...

Fallujah? "Operation Roach Motel"

Ayatollah al Sadr? "Operation D-Con"

Foreign fighter concentrations? "Operation 'Joe's Apartment'"

Osama bin Laden's capture/death? "Operation Lobotomy"

Anyone have their own pet "operations" to add? :wink:

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 9:58 am
by Stephanie
Let me think on that, but I love yours! :D

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:56 am
by coriolis
Operation "Hoover Vac"
Operation "Tidy-Bowl"
Operation "Iraqi Clean Sweep"
Operation "Shi-ite Shi*can"
Operation "Bahgdad barbecue"
Operation "Finish Fallujah"
Operation "Al Sadr Outta Here"

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:33 pm
by coriolis
Sheesh, I thought there'd be a lot more suggestions by now.

By the way, I was going to suggest "Operation RugHead roundup", but that would probably be out of bounds.

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:01 pm
by azsnowman
Operation Flying Carpet
Operation Flaming Flying Carpet
Operation Aladdins Lamp
Operation Aladdins Lamp Oil Fire
Operation Preparation "H"

Dennis

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 5:08 pm
by Stormsfury
Let's pull our troops out, drop some bombs, and wipe the slate clean and call it ...

Operation Sanitary Engineering

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:46 pm
by BEER980
OK how about "Operation Crater"

Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:51 pm
by mf_dolphin
I like positive names.... "Operation New Lake"

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 7:38 am
by azskyman
Think most would agree that Operation Cheaper Gas might describe the long term plans. Operation George Wins might be appropriate for the timely capture or killing of Usama. A big, I mean really big, bomb dropped on Baghdad after our troops quickly evacuate might be called Operation Can-You-Hear-Me-Now? to other Arab and terrorist states and groups.

I think the extraction of Saddam from his hole in the ground should have been called Operation Hemorrhoidectomy.

Finally, Operation French Toast might be forthcoming if France finds themselves in need of US military support.

Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 10:04 am
by streetsoldier
Naw, Steve...the extraction of Saddam would have been better named "Operation Enema". :eek: