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What is a dust off?

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15y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

A military slang term for a "pick up" or evacuation from the zone. A team of soldiers in the bush would request a dust-off (come get us!). The term comes from the downward wash of the helicopter rotors blowing the dust off the people boarding.

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