What Does Hotel Sierra Mean?

Sierra Hotel or sometimes Hotel Sierra. Meaning s***-hot, or its opposite. When that new lieutenant makes it through his first field training exercise without getting his platoon lost, you've got a sierra hotel lieutenant.

What does the term Bravo Foxtrot mean?

Answer: A Blue Falcon is also sometimes called a Bravo Foxtrot and is someone who messes things up for other members of their squad, either by causing drama or by betraying other members.

Why do they say Tango Down?

Where does tango down come from? Tango down is said to originate in military slang. In the NATO phonetic alphabet, established by the 1930s, the letter T is tango and became slang for target, or “enemy.” To down a target is “to shoot” them, especially when grounding an aircraft, but also “to neutralize” or “kill” them.