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crab mentality	A way of thinking best described by the phrase "if I can't have it, neither can you." The metaphor refers to a pot of crabs in which one tries to escape over the side, but is relentlessly pulled down by the others in the pot.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
soldier on	To continue or persist, despite adversity or difficulty.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
brain bucket	A protective helmet, as worn, for example, by a motorcyclist, bicyclist, or soldier in combat.	Rate it: (5.00 / 1 vote)
fire at will	Fire when ready. A command that allows troops to use weapons at their discretion and choose their own targets, allowing the individual soldier a greater freedom of timing the shot with target movement and similar.	Rate it: (3.50 / 2 votes)
one of his majesty's bad bargains	A worthless soldier, a malingeror.	Rate it: (1.00 / 2 votes)
expeditus (opp. impeditus) miles	a soldier lightly armed, ready for battle.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
fall in	Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
file with	To follow closely, like one soldier after another in file; to keep pace.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
man at arms	a soldier of the High Medieval to Renaissance periods	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
point man	In combat, the soldier who takes point; the soldier who assumes the first and most exposed position in a combat military formation; the lead soldier/unit advancing through hostile or unsecured territory.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
trial by fire	A situation in which a soldier or other combatant faces the discharge of opposing weapons, as a test of his or her fortitude.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
weekend warrior	A part-time soldier, or reservist.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)