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Old 7th Jun 2014, 15:48
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That might as well have been in Mandarin for all it meant to me Stacker, so I guess that makes me pretty dumb as well!
Sorry TTN, I'll translate.

'faulty' IR Cylumes' = Infra-red Spectrum Lightsticks. Only visible using night vision goggles, therefore not 'faulty', just not visible with said squaddie's Mk.1 eyeball.

GIFA = Great Iraqi F**k All, ie: the middle of bloody nowhere in Iraq.

FARP = Forward Arming and Refuelling Point, used in support of helicopter operations for, well as the name suggests.
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