Fighting for tomorrow, the last words of Xingjue asking his comrades to board the ship made me cry~ (I put it at the end of the article with the easter eggs!) This movie is a typical war movie, and there are a lot of battles against troops and battles. , War-related expressions, after understanding these, the movie will look smoother~
Army Specific Alphabet (NATO)
I heard Romeo several times in the movie, and I thought to myself, why the name of this team is so literary and Romeo. I found out that Romeo, Alpha, and Bravo are all military letters, because you may be confused by saying a letter directly, so I use words starting with this letter to refer to this letter. Not to mention, the troops are really literary. Not only Romeo (Romeo) represents R, but Juliett (Juliet) represents J. Alpha, Bravo, Romeo, etc., have no actual meaning in the context of combat. They are only used to refer to the corresponding letters to facilitate communication and prevent misunderstandings. This system is called "NATO", also known as "Military Alphabet". The military alphabet is used to refer to a word at the beginning of a letter to refer to this letter. The complete 26 military alphabets are: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliett, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform , Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu. For example, B28 would say Bravo-two-eight, and B26 would say Bravo-two-six.
Alpha is the A team, Bravo is the B team, and Romeo is the R team. They are all team numbers.
Of course, it is also possible to directly say A Team, B Team, and R Team (the subtitle is wrong here, Cave Two is Cave Two):
Describe the location
In the army, the position is expressed in terms of time, so the expression is very concise and the communication is very efficient. How to understand? Think of yourself as the center of a clock, and the direction you are facing is 12 o'clock. Then the six o'clock direction is directly behind you, and the three o'clock direction is directly right.
Communication terms
Do you copy? Did you receive it?
Copy that. Received. (You can also just say copy)
Roger. Received.
May day!-Distress signal, distress signal.
In military operations, the language is very concise
I think it should be to improve the efficiency of communication. In military operations, the language used for communication is very concise. It is often not a complete sentence, but a few words and phrases. It is enough to express the meaning clearly, without much effort. For example, the following example.
Military terms
Rendezvous, this word seems to be a junior high school vocabulary, which means a place of appointment. It is also a communication word in military operations, which means a meeting point or a meeting point. It can also be a verb, a collection.
contact: Encounter an enemy, and confront the enemy. rear means the rear.
Words have been shortened
In military operations, in order to express more concisely and directly, some words are often shortened. For example: Helicopter is called helo, and it also has a slang term for chopper.
The helicopter apron has also been shortened to helipad. Another example is evacutation (withdrawing troops) as evac.
tranquilize has been shortened to tranq.
Communications (communication) has been shortened to comms.
There are many abbreviations
CSAR-search and rescue mission: Combat search and rescue
MEPS-Entrance Distribution Station: Military Entrance Processing Station
ETA- estimated time of arrival: estimated time of arrival
KIA-killed: Killed in action (sacrifice in action)
LZ-Landing point: landing zone (the aforementioned comms also appear here)
Easter eggs
Xingjue's Social Security number scanned Dan, played by Xingjue, for his entire life when he enlisted in the army. A piece of his social security certificate appeared in it. That is, the social security capital. The social security number above is: 987-65-4323. Do you feel that this number thief goes smoothly? In fact, the United States has set aside a series of special social security numbers for movies and advertisements for them to use, that is, the 10 numbers from 987-65-4320 to 987-65-4329.
Dan's height and weight refer to the height and weight of Xingjue himself or a series of pictures during the process of scanning Dan. Here is his driver's license. The American driver's license is equivalent to the role of an ID card. It says that the height is 6'01 and the weight is 185 pounds, which is exactly the height and weight of Xingjue himself.
Dan's nickname for his daughter (chickpea is equivalent to a girl) runs through the movie
Finally put on the classic lines that moved me to cry:
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