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MSG – Master Sergeant (US Army E-8) MSgt – Master Sergeant (USAF E-7) MSO – Marine Safety Office (U.S. Coast Guard) MTOE – Modified Table Of Organizational Equipment; MTS+ – Movement Tracking System Plus; MTV – Medium Tactical Vehicle (U.S. Army) MSDC+ – Marine Science Diving Club (Diving Club Of Hasanudin University) MSR – Main ...
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
AAW An acronym for anti-aircraft warfare. aback (of a sail) Filled by the wind on the opposite side to the one normally used to move the vessel forward.On a square-rigged ship, any of the square sails can be braced round to be aback, the purpose of which may be to reduce speed (such as when a ship-of-the-line is keeping station with others), to heave to, or to assist moving the ship's head ...
AFS – Auxiliary, Fast Stores, class/type of ship. A supply ship that carries a little bit of everything, nicknamed "7-11" AFSB – Afloat Forward Staging Base [2] AG – Aerographer's Mate [1] AIMD – Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (or Detachment) AK – Auxiliary, Cargo, class/type of ship. An attack transport.
Ship management is the activity of managing marine vessels. The vessels under management could be owned by a sister concern of the ship management company or by independent vessel owners. A vessel owning company that generally has several vessels in its fleet, entrusts the fleet management to a single or multiple ship management companies.
Gunnery sergeant (GySgt) is the seventh enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, above staff sergeant and below master sergeant and first sergeant, and is a senior non-commissioned officer (SNCO). It has a pay grade of E-7. The gunnery sergeant insignia consists of two M1 Garands centered vertically between three chevrons and two rockers.
I mean, clearly, the dollar has strengthened meaningfully and quickly. You got it right, which is, all else equal, with a stronger dollar, you have stronger purchasing power for Americans outside ...
A ship prefix is a combination of letters, usually abbreviations, used in front of the name of a civilian or naval ship that has historically served numerous purposes, such as identifying the vessel's mode of propulsion, purpose, or ownership/nationality. In the modern environment, prefixes are cited inconsistently in civilian service, whereas ...