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AA – AEGIS Ashore. AAA - anti-aircraft artillery. AAA – anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A". AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle. AAC - Army Acquisition Corps. AAD – Armored Amphibious Dozer. AAE - Army Acquisition Executive. AADC – Area Air Defense Commander. AAG – Anti-Aircraft Gun.
This is a list of initials, acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Air Force.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).
AAW – Antiair Warfare. AB – Airbase. AB – Airman Basic (USAF E-1) ABCA – American, British, Canadian, Australian Armies Program. ABCS – Army Battle Command System. ABD – Airbase Defense. ABU – Airman Battle Uniform (U.S. Air Force) ABV – Assault Breacher Vehicle (U.S. Army) ABFC – Advanced Base Functional Component.
An ammunition ship. AFS – Auxiliary, Fast Stores, class/type of ship. A supply ship that carries a little bit of everything, nicknamed "7-11". AK – Auxiliary, Cargo, class/type of ship. An attack transport. AOE – Auxiliary, Oil, Explosives, class/type of ship. AR – Auxiliary, Repair, class/type of ship.
United States / American English. List of U.S. government and military acronyms. List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions. List of U.S. Navy acronyms and expressions. List of U.S. Air Force acronyms and expressions. Nicknames of United States Army divisions.
A.E.I.O.U. Illumination from the records of King Frederick, dated 1446. " A.E.I.O.U. " (sometimes A.E.I.O.V.) was a symbolic device coined by Emperor Frederick III (1415–1493) and historically used as a motto by the Habsburgs. One note in his notebook (discovered in 1666), though not in the same hand, explains it in German and Latin as "All ...
List of post-nominal letters. Post-nominal letters are letters placed after the name of a person to indicate that the individual holds a position, office, or honour. An individual may use several different sets of post-nominal letters. Honours are listed first in descending order of precedence, followed by degrees and memberships of learned ...
Administrative (all arms) Access control. Cantonment: a temporary or semi-permanent military quarters; in South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations. Chief of defence. Cloak and Dagger. Combat information center. Command (military formation) Command center. Command and control.