A neologism is just a newly created word or phrase. And the reason the military uses a lot of them is very simple: The military is constantly dealing with new things and has to react to new realities, including things like new technologies and new political and social realities as well.
As such, it is not uncommon for the military to be among the first official groups to adopt a new term or phrase, with the rest of the nation then following.
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