Military talk

There have been and continue to be numerous unique words and phrases which originated from within the military. "Short-timer", "battle-rattle" and "deuce-and-a-half" are just a few. Today, I saw a new one in the media…"re-missioned". No, it does not refer to a temporary recovery from a serious disease, but rather it refers to troop units that are about to be diverted from going to Iraq, and sent instead to Afghanistan. The unit will be "re-missioned". Interesting use of words.