battle buddy

plural battle buddies

1. USgovernmentAnother servicemember assigned to mutually help another under the battle buddy system, and by extension any comrade.

   To teach you this lesson, your Drill Sergeants will assign you a battle buddy.

   2011, Michael Craig Volkin, The ultimate basic training guidebook: tips, tricks, and tactics, age 41

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   I didn't know why, but I cut through and took a shorter route and I happened to bump into my battle buddy (SSG). As I piece everything together, I remembered my battle buddy telling me that I was scaring him, because I had “that look”

   2011, Yolanda Jones, Scarred, But Not Broken: My Personal Experience as a Single Mom, page 75

   You don't do anything without your battle buddy. If your battle buddy does something stupid, you pay for it.

   2011, Robert Brock, Turkey Mountain Boys: My Brother's Keeper, page 73

   In fact, the system works so well that the Army has expanded the battle buddy system to units other than basic training

   2011, Rod Powers, Basic Training for Dummies, page 172