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kiwi · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:25 pm Post subject:

theatre means "in the theatre of operations" that is to say an area of the world such as europe would be considered a theatre, middle east again is another theatre. It allows the military to distingushing areas of operation where it may not just be one country involved.
for example France, Germany Belguim, Italy, Holland Switzalnd etc would be the European Theatre, rather than referring to a list of countries to describe where you are operating you use "******** " theatre shortens eveything.
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gliderrider · Joined: 22 Oct 2008 Posts: 226

Wouldnt that describe just which "Theatre" some one was in, eg European Theatre of Operations in WW2, and "In Theatre" have the same meaning as "In Country" or "In The Field", which is to say, in or close to a combat zone?
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kiwi · Posted: Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:38 pm Post subject:

no terms like "in country" is slang, for being in the immediate combat zone, mostly comes from vietnam. Most combat took place in vietnam took place away from the coast in the jungles, hence you had to go away from the edge of the country to fight, hence "in country"

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