| ▲ | SanjayMehta 4 hours ago |
| Around the time Hegseth was appointed secretary of war. It's a trump thing. Edit: so it's been around for longer, but the Trump regime seems to love it bigly so I'm sticking with my observation. It's a trump regime thing. |
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| ▲ | sixo 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| this is false, it's been around for a while |
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| ▲ | SilverElfin 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Been around yes but the popularization of the term is entirely from low tier war hawks who think force and aggression and violence is a virtue. | |
| ▲ | bigtex88 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | No it's 100% these idiots pushing their fascist propaganda just like they tried to "rename" the Department of Defense to the Department of War. Most members of the military never even see actual fighting. | | |
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| ▲ | tokyobreakfast 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
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| ▲ | biophysboy 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | How often was the term used before last year? | | |
| ▲ | jefftk 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Pretty often. When I was at a defense contractor it was the standard term for when you didn't want to say soldier/sailor/airman/marine/etc. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=warfighter&date=a... has videogame-related spikes, but doesn't show any recent increase. | | |
| ▲ | biophysboy 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Thanks for replying - so its used as a generic catch-all term internally? Did previous DoD secretaries use it in speeches? I thought they used bureaucratic terms like service member. I guess that doesn't work in casual conversation... |
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| ▲ | tokyobreakfast 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I feel like regardless of what answer or proof anyone gives you, you'll still insist it was invented three weeks ago. | | |
| ▲ | biophysboy 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | ?? I am genuinely asking ... nevermind, another person answered | | |
| ▲ | tokyobreakfast 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | Your response came off a bit aggressive. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, though. It's been in use a really long time. | | |
| ▲ | biophysboy 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Thanks. I don't think this DoD invented the term. I was trying to verify my own impression that they use it more often in public comms. |
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| ▲ | SanjayMehta 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Your response seems a bit aggressive. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt. |
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