Yeah, it’s common alright. Commonly used as a joke by every veteran I’ve ever met to mock try-hards.

Oh good, I've always had respect for soldiers, but never the govt. I'm glad to hear that soldiers are not buying into this name BS.

Edit: not sure if you're talking about the term warfighters or dept of war. Either way, warfighters just sounds silly, regardless of how long its been in use, and dept of war also sounds silly. It's like what my 5 year old nephew would call his fictitious military agency.

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Forgeties79 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Warfighter - it’s basically “oh we got a badass over here.” People who take things and themselves too seriously and chest pound about their service too much.

It’s exactly the kind of language people like Hegseth love.

	▲	abustamam 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Also sounds like something my nephew pretending to be a soldier might call himself :) great to know we are being led by toddlers.