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A A&TWF – Acquisition and technology work force a – Army AA – Assembly area AA – Anti-aircraft AA – Aegis ashore AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A" AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle AAC – Army Air Corps AAD – Armored amphibious dozer AADC – Area air defense commander AAE – Army acquisition executive AAG – Anti-aircraft gun AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US ...
The print version consists of 574 pages of terms and 140 pages of acronyms. It sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United States in both US joint and allied joint operations, as well as to encompass the Department of Defense (DOD) as a whole. These military and ...
An 1843 illustration of a French aide-de-camp (right) assisting a général de division (centre) during the Napoleonic wars. An aide-de-camp (UK: / ˌ eɪ d d ə ˈ k ɒ̃ /, US: /-ˈ k æ m p /; [1] French expression meaning literally "helper in the military camp" [2]) is a personal assistant or secretary to a person of high rank, usually a senior military, police or government officer, or to ...
List of initialisms, acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the United States. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the United States government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.
The practice of appointing family members as Personal Aides-de-Camp was begun in the 1870s by Queen Victoria. [3] In 1895 she wrote to her cousin The Duke of Cambridge (who was approaching the end of his tenure as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces) to inform him of her intention to appoint him as her first personal Aide-de-Camp, 'with the right of attending me on all military occasions and of ...
Brig. Gen. Jason Slider, incoming commander for the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, makes remarks during a command change ceremony Friday, June 21, 2024, at Fort Liberty.
A.DC., taxonomic author abbreviation for Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806–1893), French-Swiss botanist; Adlington (Cheshire) railway station, UK (National Rail code) Aide-de-camp, assistant to a senior military or government person; Aid to Dependent Children, an American government social program from 1935 to 1960
An acronym is a type of abbreviation that shortens a phrase by combining the first letter (or letters) of each word in the phrase to form a new pronounceable word. Here are some acronym examples: