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100 Words Every Infantryman Should Know

August 2, 2026

100 Words Every Infantryman Should Know

No. Item Definition
1. advance move forward toward enemy
2. aid station forward medical treatment point
3. ambush surprise attack from concealment
4. ammo ammunition
5. assault attack on enemy position
6. attack take offensive action
7. bandage material for dressing wounds
8. barracks military housing building
9. barrel gun tube projectile travels through
10. battalion unit of several companies
11. bayonet blade fixed to rifle
12. body armor protective ballistic vest
13. breach break through obstacle or defense
14. briefing pre-mission information session
15. bunker fortified protective shelter
16. camouflage concealment by blending in
17. canteen water container
18. captain company-grade officer rank
19. cartridge complete round of ammunition
20. checkpoint controlled passage point
21. column troops arranged one behind another
22. company unit of several platoons
23. concealment hiding from enemy observation
24. corporal junior noncommissioned officer
25. cover protection from enemy fire
26. defend protect against attack
27. deployment movement into operational position
28. discipline controlled obedient conduct
29. drill repetitive military practice
30. engage enter combat with enemy
31. evac removal from danger area
32. fireteam smallest tactical combat element
33. flank side of a formation
34. formation arranged disposition of troops
35. foxhole small defensive fighting hole
36. frequency assigned radio channel
37. friendly own or allied force
38. frontline forward edge of battle
39. fuse device initiating explosion
40. grenade small hand-thrown explosive
41. grid map reference system
42. guard protective watch or force
43. helmet protective headgear
44. hold maintain possession of position
45. holster holder for a handgun
46. hostile enemy or threatening force
47. IED improvised explosive device
48. initiative ability to act decisively
49. interval space between soldiers
50. KIA killed in action
51. leadership guiding and directing others
52. lieutenant junior commissioned officer
53. line troops arranged side by side
54. litter stretcher for carrying wounded
55. machine gun automatic sustained-fire weapon
56. magazine ammunition feeding device
57. major field officer rank
58. maneuver tactical movement for advantage
59. medic combat medical specialist
60. MIA missing in action
61. mission assigned military task
62. mortar high-angle indirect-fire weapon
63. muzzle front end of barrel
64. net radio communication network
65. objective assigned tactical goal
66. observe watch for enemy activity
67. occupy move into and take position
68. orders authoritative military instructions
69. outpost small forward position
70. patrol reconnaissance or security movement
71. perimeter defensive boundary around position
72. pistol one-handed firearm
73. platoon unit of several squads
74. private lowest enlisted rank
75. radio wireless communication device
76. raid swift attack for specific purpose
77. range area for weapons practice
78. rear back of a formation
79. recon military reconnaissance
80. report communicate information formally
81. rifle shoulder-fired infantry firearm
82. rucksack soldier’s field pack
83. safety mechanism preventing accidental fire
84. sandbag bag used for fortification
85. sector assigned area of responsibility
86. secure gain control and protect
87. sergeant noncommissioned officer rank
88. sight aiming device on weapon
89. squad small infantry unit
90. suppress keep enemy fire ineffective
91. terrain physical ground features
92. tourniquet device stopping severe bleeding
93. training instruction and practice
94. trench long defensive ditch
95. triage medical priority sorting
96. trigger lever that fires weapon
97. watch assigned guard period
98. water essential drinking supply
99. wedge V-shaped tactical formation
100. withdrawal organized movement away

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