Evgeny Artemov (X) Aug 10, 2014:

Dictionaries, however unique, are not bibles. I'm long past the age of taking every printed word for holy truth, that's all.
(Btw, checked out the Russian original of that FBIS translated (!) Voyennyy entsiklopedicheskiy slovar, Ogarkov, N.V. Moscow: Voyenizdat 1983. :-) Quite a granddad. I was promoted capt. that year. :-) I bet FBIS guys were then no better that ourselves today.

Angela Greenfield Aug 10, 2014:

Evgeny, got up on the wrong side of the bed today? :-)
Gary actually has a whole library of dictionaries that are pretty unique. Take my word for it.

Evgeny Artemov (X) Aug 9, 2014:

GaryG, What sort of dictionary (FBIS) are you using? You seem to stick to every time, like a bible, but this time, man, they don't make half-left face turns while SITTING (or sitting down), do they? Or do they in the NATO? What about lying in the bunk? :-)

David, expand the context before you write uninformed nonsense again. It may mean both sitting sidewise (so that you full profile is seen) and approx. 45 degrees.

Igor Blinov Aug 9, 2014:

the meaning is described there http://поискслов.рф/term/вполоборота

GaryG Aug 9, 2014:

полоборота alone with налево and направо means "half-left face!" and "half-right face!" as formation commands per the FBIS R>E Military Dictionary