Field Slang (esp. Iraq usage)

• Blue Canoe - a portable (chemical) toilet
• Down Range - physically in a combat zone, it is also used to describe an imaginary place all soldiers are headed to but never actually reach
• FOBbit - a soldier who doesn't leave the Forward Operating Base (var. of "Hobbit")
• Hooch - soldier's dwelling in-country, from hut to barracks (originated in Vietnam)
• Hajji - an Iraqi (Literally means a Muslim that has gone on the Haj but US Soldiers use it for all Iraqis in general)
• In-Country - physically in a combat zone, see also "Down Range"
• The Sand Box - Iraq, particularly the southern part
• Spoon - a cook or someone who serves food as their job