This is like that scene in the movie musical South Pacific where the pilot flies low over an island just to see if there are any Japanese in place.  “Yeah, it’s occupied,” he says, ignoring the bullets and terrorizing his passenger as he pulls up.

The Peach was in World War One.  He’s from that generation of officers — on both sides — where smooth, mannerly calm was demanded of the upper ranks, no matter what the situation.

Recently heard a new military phrase:  “Embrace the suck.”  It’s an odd combination of military bluntness and new-age serenity.

In World War Two, it was “Ya gotta be a philosopher.”  In the Vietnam era, it was “There it is,” with the reply, “Check it out,” both from the hippie culture. Then again, that was a drug culture, and it WAS the army in Vietnam.

The army also used “Dude!” and “Foul, DUDE!,” to express disgust or disagreement.  That’s getting into the surfing slang.

I wonder if they still use SNAFU?