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Winning the Acronym War
Confused by abbreviations in your ancestors' military records? Here's a guide to some of the most common military alphabet soup:
AAA—Anti-aircraft Artillery
AB—Air Base
Abn.—Airborne
AD—Active Duty
or Armored Division
AFB—Air Force Base
Armd—Armored
Arty.—Artillery
BB—Battleship (USN)
Bde.—Brigade
BG—Bombardment Group
Bn.—Battalion
Bty./Btry.—Battery
Cav.—Cavalry
Co./CO—Company/Commanding Officer
CONUS—Continental United States
Corp./Cpl.—Corporal
CV—Carrier
DD—Destroyer (USN)
Det.—Detachment
DOS—Date of Separation
EAD—Entered Active
Duty (date)
FA—Field Artillery
FG—Fighter Group
G.I.—Government Issue
Gp.—Group
Inf.—Infantry
MCAS—Marine Corps Air Station
MIA—Missing in Action
MOS—Military
Occupational Specialty
MP—Military Police
NAS—Naval Air Station
NMCB—Naval Mobile Construction Battalion
PCS—Permanent Change of Station
Pfc.—Private First Class
Plt.—Platoon
PO—Petty Officer
Pvt.—Private
PW/POW—Prisoner of War
QM—Quartermaster
Rcn.—Reconnaissance
RCT—Regimental Combat Team
Regt.—Regiment
Sgt.—Sergeant
Sig.—Signal
SN/SSN—Service
Number/Social Security Number
Sq.—Squad or Squadron
TAD—Temporary
Additional Duty
TAFMS—Total Active Federal Military Service (date)
TCG—Troop Carrier Group
TDY—Temporary Duty
USA—United States Army
USAAC/USAAF—United States Army Air Corps/
Army Air Force
USAF—United States
Air Force
USMC—United States
Marine Corps
USN—United States Navy
WIA—Wounded in Action
For five steps to discover the stories behind your ancestors' military history, see the April 2002 issue of Family Tree Magazine.
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