How military operations get their code names (2011)
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How military operations get their code names (2011)
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Re: How military operations get their code names (2011)
#2It is far more casual than anyone like to admit. Lots of jokes get through, little rebellions by junior officers tasked with inventing names. A classic example was "Operation Iraqi Liberation", an early name for the invasion of Iraq. Another may be an early program whereby ai/software selected targets for future strikes over Afghanistan: Skynet.
Re: How military operations get their code names (2011)
#3I find this very interesting...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_color-coded_war_...
Re: How military operations get their code names (2011)
#4...names which do not suggest the character of the operation or disparage it in any way and do not enable some widow or mother to say that her son was killed in an operation called "Bunnyhug" or "Ballyhoo."
Re: How military operations get their code names (2011)
#5It is far more casual than anyone like to admit. Lots of jokes get through, little rebellions by junior officers tasked with inventing names. A classic example was "Operation Iraqi Liberation", an early name for the invasion of Iraq. Another may be an early program whereby ai/software selected targets for future strikes over Afghanistan: Skynet.
Operation Enduring Freedom was a classic — to endure, to suffer.
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#6Mountain Thrust. Just say that like a normal Texan.
Re: How military operations get their code names (2011)
#7It is far more casual than anyone like to admit. Lots of jokes get through, little rebellions by junior officers tasked with inventing names. A classic example was "Operation Iraqi Liberation", an early name for the invasion of Iraq. Another may be an early program whereby ai/software selected targets for future strikes over Afghanistan: Skynet.
Operation Enduring Freedom was a classic — to endure, to suffer.
OPERATION ENDURING OUR FREEDOM IS IN THE HOUSE!
Re: How military operations get their code names (2011)
#8It is far more casual than anyone like to admit. Lots of jokes get through, little rebellions by junior officers tasked with inventing names. A classic example was "Operation Iraqi Liberation", an early name for the invasion of Iraq. Another may be an early program whereby ai/software selected targets for future strikes over Afghanistan: Skynet.
The FBI has fun with this, too. They named the investigation into rich parents buying their dumb kids into fancy universities "Operation Varsity Blues."
Re: How military operations get their code names (2011)
#9It is far more casual than anyone like to admit. Lots of jokes get through, little rebellions by junior officers tasked with inventing names. A classic example was "Operation Iraqi Liberation", an early name for the invasion of Iraq. Another may be an early program whereby ai/software selected targets for future strikes over Afghanistan: Skynet.
The FBI has fun with this, too. They named the investigation into rich parents buying their dumb kids into fancy universities "Operation Varsity Blues." https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139699/
And "Operation: Fast and Furious".
Re: How military operations get their code names (2011)
#10It is far more casual than anyone like to admit. Lots of jokes get through, little rebellions by junior officers tasked with inventing names. A classic example was "Operation Iraqi Liberation", an early name for the invasion of Iraq. Another may be an early program whereby ai/software selected targets for future strikes over Afghanistan: Skynet.
Sorry - what is the joke in "Operation Iraqi Liberation"?