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Military
Abbreviations/Acronym's
A Guide to some of the most common
Military Abbreviations & Acronym's and their meanings.
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Abbreviation
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Meaning
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Abbreviation
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Meaning
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| AAA
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Anti-Aircraft Artillery
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AB
|
Air
Base |
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Abn.
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Airborne
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AD
|
Active
Duty or Armored Division |
| AFB
|
Air
force Base |
Armd
|
Armored
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Arty.
|
Artillery
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BB
|
Battleship (USN)
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Bde.
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Brigade
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BC
|
Bombardment Group
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| Bn.
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Battalion
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Bty./Btry.
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Battery
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Cav.
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Cavalry
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Co./CO
|
Company/Commanding Officer
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Conus
|
Continental United States
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Corp./Cpl.
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Corporal
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| CV
|
Carrier
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DD
|
Destroyer (USN)
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Det.
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Detachment
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DOS
|
Date Of
Separation |
| EAD
|
Entered
Active Duty (Date) |
FA
|
Field
Artillery |
| FG
|
Fighter
Group |
G.I.
|
Government Issue
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| Gp.
|
Group
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Inf.
|
Infantry
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MCAS
|
Marine
Corps Air Station |
MIA
|
Missing
In Action |
| MOS
|
Military Occupational Specialty
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MP
|
Military Police
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| NAS
|
Naval
Air Station |
NMCB
|
Naval
Mobile Construction Battalion |
| PCS
|
Permanent Change Of Station
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Pfc.
|
Private
First Class |
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Plt.
|
Platoon
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PO
|
Petty
Officer |
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Pvt.
|
Private
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PW/POW
|
Prisoner of War
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| QM
|
Quatermaster
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Rcn.
|
Reconnaissance
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| RCT
|
Regimental Combat Team
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Regt
|
Regiment
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Sgt.
|
Sergent
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Sig.
|
Signal
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SN/SSN
|
Service
Number/Social Secuity Number |
Sq.
|
Squad
or Squadron |
| TAD
|
Temporary Additional Duty
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TAFMS
|
Total
Active Federal Military Service
(date) |
| TCG
|
Troop
Carrier Group |
TDY
|
Temporary Duty
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| USA
|
United
States Army |
USAAC/USAAF
|
United
States ArmyAir Corps/Army Air Force |
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USAF
|
United
States Air Force |
USMC
|
United
States Marine Corps |
| USN
|
United
States Navy |
WIA
|
Wounded
In Action |
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