[dashzebra]

Is the term "warfighter" new? I had never hears it until recently. Sounds like "soldier" would be the usual terminology.

[tencentshill]

It's more badass and cool, so it is used in public announcements now. All they have is rhetoric.

[bakies]

no, but it wasn't common. It's Hegseth's choice of words, just like Department of War isn't the name of the DoD but Hegseth puts it on his office door.