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    Doc Jargon: Word play stumps military child

    Doc Jargon: Cutting through the jargon that is the U.S. Army.

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    FORT RILEY, KANSAS, UNITED STATES

    06.29.2023

    Story by Collen McGee 

    Fort Riley Public Affairs Office

    Dear Doc Jargon,

    My dad and I play tricks on each other all the time. The other day he came home and said a word I swear he made up. You see, he’s been known to do that to play a joke on me and I don’t want to let him get away with it! The word he came home with was used like this, “we will have everything secured after debarkation in an area near our camp.”

    So, Doc, did he pull a fast one on me and pretend it was a real military term? If it is real, what does it mean?

    Sincerely,
    The Princess of Practical Jokes



    Dear Princess,

    Well, I know this isn’t what you wanted to hear, but this time dad is still the kKing. His word is not made up and he even used it right. Debarkation is the act of unloading Soldiers or supplies from any mode of transportation.

    Sorry your dad got you on that one – may you get one on him soon.

    Sincerely,
    Doc Jargon

    NEWS INFO

    Date Taken: 06.29.2023
    Date Posted: 06.28.2023 10:31
    Story ID: 448183
    Location: FORT RILEY, KANSAS, US

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