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.