Re: StarFIST (slightly OT)

FIST = Fire Support Team

Of course, if it's fiction, it could stand for just about anything. . .

For a wealth of military acronyms, go to
http://www.janes.com/defence/resources/defres_gloss.html

Hope this helps,

Paul.

Aside from me, does anyone else know you're here? wrote:
> 
> I started reading a book by Sherman and Cragg called "STARFIST: First
To
> Fight" (book 1), on the hopes it might make for a good SGII
idea-generator,
> and have come across an acronym I can't quite decipher, and so far
have not
> seen an explanation for it's meaning (I who live in a WORLD of
acronyms!).
> 
> Anyone else read this book or this series (assuming the other books
are
> out/have been published)? If so...what does 'FIST' stand for? As in
"...was
> then assigned to duty with the 34th FIST on Thorsfinni's World...." Is
it
> a common one I'm just 'spacing'? I thought 'Fast Infantry Strike
Team', but
> in my mind 'team' isn't an entire battalion or anything.
> 
> Mk
>				    -Lionel Terray, 1965