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Before there was the word, there was the acronym..
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SNAFUsituation normal , all $@#$%! up
FUBAR$%^& up beyond all recognition
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CINCUS=Commander-in-chief United States Fleet. It was renamed the Pacific Fleet after Pearl Harbor for obvious reasons. OSS=Office of Strategic Services, precursor to the CIA. ONI=Office of Naval Intelligence. Okay, I'm clean, boss.
Sure thing, Feliks. SOE (Special Operations Executive) British Intelligence concerned with agents and sabotage in occupied Europe, Milorg (Militær Organisasjon = Millitary Organization) was the secret Norwegian Army (Resistance) cooperating with The British/The Allies trough SOE, but accountable only too The Norwegian Exile Government and The Norwegian King.
Or, as Winston Churchill wrote, "Action today." And those memos on which the words were inscribed had better be as brief as possible, or someone was in trouble.
LRRP, Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol, don't know if this one qualifies.
LCS
(London Controlling Section)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_C...