Kelo clearing

Informal Army doctrine term describing firing a tank main gun round down the center of a road. This type round creates a vortex of air and sucks enemy infantry towards it (and into the road) to be more easily engaged by waiting Bradley Fighting Vehicles, friendly infantry or Abrams co-axial machine gun fire. Named after an Army 1LT Kelo who first utilized the practice in Iraq in 2003.

Soldier #1: "Heard the boys over in 2-7 Infantry got so super pissed off finally they did a Kelo clearing on Sadr City."

Soldier #2: "What a freakin' rage kill, that's awesome. Sometimes you gotta drop a lightning bolt of carnage ... screw that ducking behind buildings taking pot shots man."

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dick touching session

Army Infantry term for a pointless meeting (the infantry is all male). The army is also very homophobic and the slightly gay reference of the term is also meant to be derogatory to whoever called the meeting.

LT #1: Man where you off to in such a hurry.
LT #2: The Colonel called another dick touching session to remind us the appropriate method for ordering Hum-V tires again.

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Tower of Power

Army term for an infantryman who has all 3 of the following on his chest: Combat Infantry Badge, Airborne Wings, Air Assault wings.

In Special Operations community the phrase differently refers to having all 3 tabs possible on your shoulder: Airborne Tab, Ranger Tab, Special Forces tab. In order to have all 3 you must be assigned to an Airborne unit. If you've gone through Ranger school & SF Q course you will earn both those tabs. Airborne tab is a unit designation for being in an Airborne Unit.

That guy over there with the Tower of Power is a bad mother fucker.

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