A-1 |
Personnel section of an air staff; officer in charge of this section |
A-2 |
Intelligence section of an air staff; officer in charge of this section |
A-3 |
Operations and training section of an air staff; officer in charge of this section |
A-4 |
Materiel and supply section of an air staff; officer in charge of this section |
AAA |
Antiaircraft Artillery |
AAC |
Army Air Corps |
AAF |
Army Air Forces |
AAFEFTC |
Army Air Forces Eastern Flying Training Command |
AAFSETC |
Army Air Forces Southeast Training Command |
AAFTC |
Army Air Forces Training Command |
AAFTTC |
Army Air Forces Technical Training Command |
AAI |
Allied Armies in Italy |
AAR |
After Action Report, prepared by unit concerned |
ACofAS |
Assistant Chief of Air Staff |
Actg |
Acting |
AFACT |
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training |
AFCC |
Air Force Combat Command |
AFHQ |
Allied Force Headquarters |
AFWESPAC |
Army Forces, Western Pacific |
AG |
Adjutant General |
AGCT |
Army General Classification Test |
AGWAR |
Adjutant General, War Department |
A.M.E. |
African Methodist Episcopal |
AMMISCA |
American Military Mission to China |
Amph |
Amphibian; amphibious |
APO |
Army Post Office |
Armd |
Armored |
Arty |
Artillery |
ASF |
Army Service Forces |
ASFTC |
Army Service Forces Training Center |
Asst |
Assistant |
ASW |
Assistant Secretary of War |
ASWA |
Assistant Secretary of War for Air |
ASWAAF |
Arms and Services with Army Air Forces |
Avn |
Aviation |
AWC |
Army War College |
AWOL |
Absent without leave |
BOLERO |
Build-up of U.S. forces and supplies in the United Kingdom for cross-Channel attack |
CA |
Coast Artillery |
CofAAF |
Chief of Army Air Forces |
CofAC |
Chief of Air Corps |
CAS |
Chief of Air Service |
CofAS |
Chief of Air Staff |
Cav |
Cavalry |
CBI |
China-Burma-India Theater |
CofCAV |
Chief of Cavalry |
CofCH |
Chief of Chaplains |
CofE |
Chief of Engineers |
CE |
Corps of Engineers |
CG |
Commanding General |
CINCPAC |
Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
CINCSWPA |
Commander in Chief, Southwest Pacific Area |
CINCWESPAC |
Commander in Chief, Western Pacific |
CIO |
Congress of Industrial Organizations |
Cir |
Circular |
Civ |
Civilian |
Cld |
Colored |
CMTC |
Citizens' Military Training Camps |
CO |
Commanding officer |
Com |
Committee |
Comdt |
Commandant |
COMGENSOPAC |
Commanding General, South Pacific Area |
COMSOPAC |
Commander, South Pacific Area |
COMZ |
Communications Zone (between active front and rear bases) |
Cp |
Camp |
CPT |
Civilian Pilot Training |
CofS |
Chief of Staff |
CT |
Combat Team |
CWS |
Chemical Warfare Service |
DCofAS |
Deputy Chief of Air Staff |
DCofS |
Deputy Chief of Staff |
DF |
Disposition form |
Dir |
Director |
DTC |
Desert Training Center |
Dukw |
2 1/2-ton 6x6 amphibian truck |
EM |
Enlisted men |
Engr |
Engineer |
Enl |
Enlisted |
ETO |
European Theater of Operations |
ETOUSA |
European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
Ex0 |
Executive officer |
FA |
Field Artillery |
FO |
Field order |
G-1 |
Personnel section of divisional or higher staff |
G-2 |
Intelligence section of divisional or higher staff |
G-3 |
Operations section of divisional or higher staff |
G-4 |
Supply section of divisional or higher staff |
Gen |
General |
GHQ |
General Headquarters |
GHQAF |
General Headquarters Air Force |
GI Sec |
General Inspectorate Section, European Theater of Operations |
GO |
General order |
Gp |
Group |
H.R. |
House of Representatives |
IBT |
India-Burma Theater |
I-BT |
India-Burma Theater |
I&E |
Information and Education |
IGD |
Inspector General's Department |
Inf |
Infantry |
JAG |
,Judge Advocate General |
JAGO |
Judge Advocate General's Office |
JANCWR |
Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation |
Jul |
Journal |
LCT |
Landing craft, tank |
L&L |
Legislative and Liaison |
Ln |
Liaison |
LST |
Landing ship, tank |
MAAF |
Mediterranean Allied Air Force |
MB |
Morale Branch |
Med |
Medical; medium |
Memo |
Memorandum |
Mil |
Military |
Mob |
Mobilization |
Movmt |
Movement |
MP |
Military police |
MPD |
Military Personnel Division |
M/R |
Memorandum for record |
MR |
Mobilization Regulation |
M/S |
Memorandum slip used for informal interoffice communication |
Msg |
Message |
MTO |
Mediterranean Theater of Operations |
MTOUSA |
Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
NAACP |
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
NAAF |
North African Air Force |
NATO |
North African Theater of Operations |
NATOUSA |
North African Theater of Operations, U.S. Army |
NGUS |
National Guard United States |
NOPE |
New Orleans Port of Embarkation |
O |
Office, as OTIG, Office of the Inspector General |
OB SUEDWEST |
Oberbefehlshaber Suedwest (Headquarters, Commander in Chief Southwest [Italy]) |
OinC |
Officer in charge |
OCofAC |
Office of the Chief of Air Corps |
OCAS |
Office Chief of Air Service |
OCofAS |
Office of the Chief of Air Staff |
OCD |
Office of Civilian Defense |
OCMH |
Office of the Chief of Military History |
OCS |
Officer candidate school; Office, Chief of Staff |
Off |
Officer |
OFF |
Office of Facts and Figures |
OI |
Operations Instruction |
OPD |
Operations Division, War Department |
OPMG |
Office of the Provost Marshal General |
Opns Rpt |
Operations Report |
ORC |
Officers' Reserve Corps |
Ord |
Ordnance |
Orgd |
Organized |
PofE |
Port of Embarkation |
Pers |
Personnel |
PMG |
Provost Marshal General |
PMP |
Protective Mobilization Plan |
PMS&T |
Professor of Military Science and Tactics |
P&O |
Plans and Operations |
POE |
Port of Embarkation |
POL |
Petrol (gasoline) , oil, and lubricants |
POM |
Preparation for Overseas Movement |
Prcht |
Parachute |
Prog |
Program |
PT |
Patrol vessel, motor torpedo boat |
QMC |
Quartermaster Corps |
QMG |
Quartermaster General |
RA |
Regular Army |
Rad |
Radio message; radiogram |
RCT |
Regimental Combat Team |
R&D |
Research and Development |
ROTC |
Reserve Officers' Training Corps |
Rqmts |
Requirements |
R&R's |
Routing and record slips |
RS |
Routing slip |
R&-SC |
Replacement and School Command |
RTC |
Replacement Training Center |
SECOND WIND |
Symbolic code name for g2d Division's Spring 1945 offensive |
Secy |
Secretary |
Sep |
Separate; unit not a part of a larger unit |
SGO |
Surgeon General's Office |
SGS |
Secretary of the General Staff |
SHAEF |
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces |
SOS |
Services of Supply |
Sq |
Squadron |
STU |
Special Training Unit |
Sv |
Service |
SW |
Secretary of War |
TAG |
The Adjutant General |
TC |
Training Center; Transportation Corps |
TD |
Tank destroyer |
Telg |
Telegram |
TF |
Task Force |
TI&E |
Troop Information and Education |
TIG |
The Inspector General |
Tk |
Tank |
Trig |
Training |
T/O |
Table of organization |
T&O |
Training and Operations |
TOE |
Table of organization and equipment |
Trp |
Troop |
TTC |
Technical Training Command |
TUB |
Troop unit basis |
USAFICPA |
U.S. Army Forces in the Central Pacific Area |
USAFIL |
U.S. Army Forces in Liberia |
USAFIME |
U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East |
USAFISPA |
U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area |
USASOS |
U.S. Army, Services of Supply |
USFET |
U.S. Forces, European Theater |
USO |
United Service Organizations |
USW |
Undersecretary of War |
WRAC |
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps |
WAC |
Women's Army Corps |
WD |
War Department |
WDGS |
War Department General Staff |
WPD |
War Plans (afterward, Operations) Division |
ZI |
Zone of interior (Continental United States) |
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