[Ads-l] soldier

[Mark Mandel]

Unfortunately for that proposal, USAF has a long history of signifying
"United States Air Force".

MAM
which, at least around here, stands for "Mark A. Mandel"


On Mon, Nov 11, 2019, 2:16 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> I nominate MOTUSAF (Member of the United States Armed Forces).
>
> On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 2:01 PM Baker, John <JBAKER at stradley.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there a generic term that includes all members of military forces?
> > Currently in the United States the practice seems to be to refer to
> > “service men and women,” but that seems cumbersome and cannot necessarily
> > be extended to those from other countries.
> >
> >
> > John Baker
>

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