> Apparently to the Marines it means “lay down a curtain of suppressive fire using your rifles.”
Is that supposed to be a surprise to someone? What do you think "cover fire" is?
Is that supposed to be a surprise to someone? What do you think "cover fire" is?
So yeah in conclusion, I don't really understand the point you're trying to make.
Read it in the sense of "I told my toddler they can't have ice cream three times a day and apparently that makes me a meanie".
It's called that because it's how you cover people.
If you ask someone to darn your sock, and they do, will you complain "hey, I didn't say 'darning needle'"?
A cop saying “cover me” is asking for something the marine might call overwatch.