Glossary
In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean.
Admiral
Attack
Branch of the Adjutant General
Army
Northern Territory (RAAF)
Acting
Assistant
Admission and Discharge Books (First World War)
Air & Ground Radio School
Australian & New Zealand Training Centre and Details Camp [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster General, Headquarters, IX Corps [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster General, Headquarters, III Corps [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
Administrative and special duties
Australian Base Records Office (London)
A Battery, Honourable Artillery Company [First World War British Artillery Unit]
A Battery, (The Chestnut Troop), Royal Horse Artillery [First World War British Artillery Unit]
Australian Convalescent Depot
Administrative Coordination
Australian/Anzac Cyclist Battalion
Australian Divisional Train
Australian Employment Company
Australian Employment Company
Army Exchange Service (USA)
Australian General Hospital
Air Intelligence Section (USA)
Army Ordnance Corps
Army Pay Corps
Army Postal Corps
Army Provost Corps
Army Provost Corps
Air Support Command (USA)
Acting Sub Lieutenant
Anti tank
Army Troops
Army Veterinary Hospital
Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster General, Headquarters 4th Army [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
Deputy Adjutant & Quartermaster General, Headquarters 5th Army (formerly Reserve Army) [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
Angle of sight, one of the predetermined settings on a gun
A/1 Australian Brigade Group (A/1 Aust Bde Gp) (Assembling and moving quotas of troops from Belgium to UK) [First World War AIF Miscellaneous Unit]
A/4 Australian Brigade Group (A/4 Aust Bde Gp) (Assembling and moving quotas of troops from Belgium to UK) [First World War AIF Miscellaneous Unit]
Acting Commander
Aircraft, fixed/rotary wing (Second World War)
Acting Leading Seaman
Acting Leading Seaman Signals
Acting Petty Officer
Anti submarine
Assistant Senior Naval Officer Landing
Anti aircraft (ack ack) (Second World War)
Army Act
Assistant Adjutant
Anti aircraft and Coast Artillery
Anti Aircraft and Fortress Company (Second World War)
Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General (First World War)
Anti aircraft (high angle)
Australian Army Amenities Service
Australian Army Aviation Corps (Vietnam War)
Australian Army Canteens Service
Australian Army Chaplains' Department
Australian Army Dental Corps
Australian Army Educational Corps
Australian Army Education Service
Australian Army Hirings Service
Australian Auxiliary Hospital (First World War)
Assistant Adjutant in Chief
Australian Army Labour Service
Australian Army Movement Control Staff
Australian Army Postal Service
Australian Army Provost Corps
Australian Army Psychology Service
Australian Army Records Staff
Australian Army Recruiting Staffs
Australian Army Remounts Service
Australian Army Salvage Service
Australian Army Transportation Corps
Air Armament & Gas School (RAAF)
Australian Army Assistance Group
Australian Army Advisory Group Vietnam
Australian Army Assistance Group Vietnam
Australian Army Accounts Office
Australian Army Book
Army Air Corps (USA)
Army Airborne Command (USA)
Australian Armoured Corps (replaced by RAAC in 1948)
Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Commission Army Community Assistance Program (East Timor)
Australian Army Catering Corps
Australian Army Canteens Service
Army Airways Communications System
Anti aircraft Cooperation Unit
Advanced Ammunition Depot
Anti aircraft Defence Commander/Committee
Australian Army Dental Service
Australian Army Education Corps
Australian Atomic Energy Commission
Allied Air Force
Army Air Forces (USA)
Australian Army Force
Auxiliary Air Force
Australian Army Form
Auxiliary Air Force General List
Auxiliary Air Force General List
Army Air Force Ground Observer Corps (USA)
Army Air Force Ground Observer Corps (USA)
Auxiliary Air Force Reserve of Officers
Australian Army Food Science Establishment
Army Air Force Technical Training Command (USA)
Australian Army Force Vietnam
Army Advisory Group
Assistant Adjutant General
Assistant Adjutant General
Australian Auxiliary Hospital (First World War)
Allied Armies in Italy
Australian Army Journal (Vietnam)
Australian Army Legal Corps
Australian Army Legal Department
Air to air missile
Australian Army Medical Corps (First World War)
Australian Army Medical Corps Detachment, Suez Government Hospital [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Australian Army Medical Corps Training Depot [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Australian Army Military Prison and Detention Barrack Service
Australian Army Medical Service
Australian Army Medical Women's Service
Australian Aviation Contingent (Peacekeeping)
Australian Army Nursing Service (1902-1949), became Royal Australian Army Nursing Service (RAANS) in 1948, and Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC) in 1951
Australian Army Nursing Service in Egypt [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Australian Army Nursing Service, Salonica Units [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Australian Army Order(s)
Australian Army Ordnance Corps
Anti aircraft Operations Room
Australian Army Operational Research Group
Australian Air Publication
Australian Air Force Publication
Allied Administrative Publication
Australian Army Printing and Stationery Service
Australian Army Pay Corps
Australian Army Postal Corps
Australian Aerial Photographic Interpretation Unit
Australian Advanced Reinforcement Depot
Air Armament School (RAAF)
Australian Army Service Corps (First World War)
Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
Anti aircraft Search Light
Australian Active Service Medal (Peacekeeping)
Army Air Supply Organisation
Australian Ammunition Sub Park (First World War)
Australian Ammunition Sub Park (First World War)
Artillery and Airstrike Warning Control Centre (Vietnam War)
Australian Antarctic Territory
Anti aircraft and Tank Destroyer
Australian Army Training Depot
Army Air Transport Organisation
Australian Army Training Team Vietnam
Air Ambulance Unit (RAAF)
Australian Archives, Victoria
Australian Army Veterinary Corps (First World War)
Australian Army Veterinary Corps Training Depot [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
Army Aviation
Australian Army Veterinary Services (First World War)
Anti air warfare
Army Advisory Working Group
Able Seaman
Air Base (USA)
Airborne
Army Barge
Army Book
Army Brigade
Airborne Brigade
Able Bodied Diver
Abbreviate
Australian Broadcasting Commission
America Britain Canada Australia (Peacekeeping)
Army Bureau of Current Affairs
Airborne division (Soviet)
American, British, Dutch, Australian Commands (South West Pacific Area)
American British Dutch Australian Command. Code name for Supreme Allied Headquarters, South West Pacific, which formed on 15 Jan 42 and absorbed General Headquarters
Code name of the Air Section of Supreme Allied Headquarters, South West Pacific
Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
Aviation Lubricant
Anti ballistic missile (treaty)
Assistant Beach Master
Able Seaman Marine Science
Airborne
Air Board Orders
Australian Base Post Office, Egyptian Expeditionary Force [First World War AIF Postal Unit]
Australian Book of Reference
Royal Australian Navy (RAN) book of Reference
Australian Base Sub Area Details Depot
Able Seaman Surveying Recorder
Advanced Beach Signal Station
Auto Barrage Unit (Navy)
Amphibious Beach Unit
Air Corps (USA)
Air Commodore
Aircraftman
Commander of the Order of Australia
Aircraftman Class 1
Assistant Chief of Staff
Assistant Chief of Staff
Army Cooperation Squadron
Airfield Construction Wing, Headquarters
Air Commander Australia
Air Crew Allocation Centre (RAF)
Assistant Controller of Army Catering
Aliens Classification and Advisory Committee
American Communication Army Network
Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
Australian Civil Affairs Unit
Allied Control Council
Area Coordinating Committee (Allied Forces, Vietnam War)
Army Catering Corps
Air Control Centre
Accommodation and Quartering
Accredited Correspondent (Peacekeeping)
Australian Casualty Clearing Station (First World War)
Account
Accounting Machine Operator (Women's Royal Air Force)
Accountant Officer
Assistant Controller Electronic Data Processing (EDP) (Coordination)
Assistant Controller Electronic Data Processing (EDP) (Development)
Assistant Controller Electronic Data Processing (EDP) (Processing and Reporting)
Army Cadet Force (British)
Australian Comforts Fund
Aircraft
Assistant Chaplain General
Aircrafthand
Area Combined Headquarters (Second World War)
Aircrafthand/General Duties
Army Council Instruction (First World War)
Air Corps Information Circular
Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff
Acknowledge
Anti Aircraft (Second World War)
Assistant Chief of the Defence Force - Logistics
Air Chief Marshal
Army Commendation Medal for Service (USA)
Army Commendation Medal for Valour (USA)
Allied Central Mediterranean Force
Australian Citizens Military Force
Australian Commonwealth Naval Board
Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
Advanced Chain Overseas
Assistant Chief of the Defence Force - Operations
Admiral Commanding Orkney and Shetland
Allied Communications Publication
Air Command Post
Attack Class Patrol Boat
Air Component Command
Assistant Chief of the Defence Force Personnel
Aircraft Plotter
Assistant Chief Provision Officer
Assistant Chief of the Defence Force - Policy
Armoured Cavalry Regiment, similar to an armoured brigade (Vietnam War)
Aircraft Control Room
Australian Corps Reception Camp
Armoured Command and Reconnaissance Vehicle
Airfield Construction Squadron (Vietnam War)
Army Canteen Service
Air Command, South East Asia
Aircraft State
Australian Capital Territory
Air Control Team
Acting (in a temporary capacity)
Accelerated turnover to Vietnam (of United States ships and material)
Air cushion vehicle/vessel
Armoured command vehicle
Aircraftwoman
Air Defence
Aircraft Depot (RAAF)
Air Depot (USA)
Air Despatch
Assistant Director
Destroyer Tender
Army Dental Corps
Air Delivery Company
Assistant Director of Docks
Assistant Director of Education
Assistant Director of Hirings
Area Defence Headquarters (RAAF)
Assistant Director of Hygiene
Assistant Director of Labour
Assistant Director of Railway Transportation
Assistant Director of Railway Transportation
Assistant Director Signals, 1st ANZAC Corps and Assistant Director Signals, Australian Corps [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
Assistant Director Signals, 1st ANZAC Corps and Assistant Director Signals, Australian Corps [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
Assistant Director Signals, Australian Corps [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
Assistant Director of Supplies
Assistant Director of Supplies
Assistant Director of Survey
Assistant Director of Survey
Assistant Director of Transportation
Assistant Director of Transportation
Australian Divisional Train
Assistant Director of Armament
Air Defence Area
Air Defence Action Area
Australian Development Assistance Bureau
Air Defence Artillery Commander
Assistant Director of Army Signals
Advise Availability
Australian Depot Battalion (Second World War)
Australian Divisional Base Depot
Denotes Aid-de-Camp to the King or Vice-Regal Representative. (Source: Australian Navy List, 1941)
Assistant District Commissioner
Aide de camp
Australian Defence Communications Centre
Assistant Director of Canteens Service
Addressed
Air Delivery Equipment
Assistant Director of Engineering Equipment
Assistant Director of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Assistant Director of Engineer Stores
Air Defence Early Warning
Air Defence Exercise
Australian Defence Force
Automatic Direction Finder
Australian Defence Force Academy
Australian Defence Force Command Centre
Australian Defence Force Publication
Australian Defence Force Training Needs Analysis Team (Peacekeeping)
Advance Ordnance Group
Airfield Defence Guard
Air Defence of Great Britain
Assistant Director General of Medical Services
Assistant Director of Gas Services
Assistant Director of General Transport
Australian Dermatological Hospital (First World War)
Australian Defence Industries Ltd
Air Defence Identification Zone
Adjusted
Adjutant
Adjutant
Australian Defence Liaison Group, Singapore
Assistant Director of Legal Services
Administration/Administrative
Admiralty
Admitted (usually to hospital)
Administration Wing (RAAF)
Assistant Director of Military Intelligence
Administration/Administrative (First World War)
Administrative Staff, Headquarters 1st ANZAC Corps [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
Administrative Staff, Headquarters 1st Australian Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
Administrative Staff, Headquarters 2nd ANZAC Corps
Administrative Staff, Headquarters 2nd Australian Division
Administrative Staff, Headquarters 3rd Australian Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
Administrative Staff, Headquarters 4th Australian Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
Administrative Staff, Headquarters 5th Australian Division
Administrative Staff, Headquarters, Australian & New Zealand Army Corps [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
Administrative Staff, Headquarters ANZAC Mounted Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
Administrative Staff, Headquarters Australian Corps [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
Administrative Staff, Headquarters Australian Mounted Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
Administrative Staff, Headquarters Imperial Mounted Division [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
Administrative Staff, Headquarters New Zealand & Australian Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
Administrative Order
Administrative Officer
Admiral
Assistant Director of Medical Services (First World War)
Assistant Director of Medical Services, 1st Australian Division [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, 2nd Australian Division [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, 3rd Australian Division [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, 4th Australian Division [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, 5th Australian Division [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, AIF Depots in United Kingdom [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, ANZAC Mounted Division [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, Australian Mounted Division [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, Delta District [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, Imperial Mounted Division [First World War British Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, Marseilles [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services (Sanitation), British Expeditionary Force [First World War British Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, Yeomanry Mounted Division (later ADMS, 1st Mounted Division, and ADMS, 4th Cavalry Division) [First World War British Medical Unit]
Assistant Director of Medical Services, "A" Australian Divisional Group (ADMS, A Aust Div Gp) (see Assistant Director of Medical Services, 1st Australian Division and Assistant Director of Medical Services, 4th Australian Division) [First World War AIF Me
Advice by Message
Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company (First World War)
Australian (Divisional) Mechanical Transport Company (First World War)
Assistant Director of Mechanical Vehicles
Air Defence Officer (Naval)
Assistant District Officer (Second World War)
Air Defence Operations Area
Acoustic Deep Ocean Bottom Equipment
Air Defence Operations Centre (RAN)
Assistant Director of Ordnance Requirements
Assistant Director of Ordnance Service (First World War)
Assistant Director Ordnance Services, 1st ANZAC Corps [First World War AIF Ordnace Unit]
Assistant Director Ordnance Services, 2nd ANZAC Corps [First World War AIF Ordnace Unit]
Assistant Director Ordnance Services, Australian Corps [First World War AIF Ordnace Unit]
Assistant Director Ordnance Services, Demobilisation, AIF, France [First World War AIF Repatriation and Demobolisation Unit]
Automatic Data Processing
Assistant Director of Public Relations
Assistant Director of Personal Services
Australian Discharge and Reception Centre
Airdrome (USA)
Address
Assistant Director of Railway Transport (First World War)
Air Despatch and Reinforcement Unit
Advanced Dressing Station (First World War)
Australian Dental Service
Airfield Defence Squadron (RAAF)
Australian Defence Studies Centre
Assistant Director of General Stores and Clothing
Australian Defence Studies Centre
Assistant Director of Signal and Radar Equipment
Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport
Assistant Director of Supplies and Transport, Desert Mounted Corps [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport, Australian Army Services Corps Unit]
Assistant Director of Transport
Ammunition Disposal Unit (USA)
Australian Depot Unit of Supply (First World War)
Advance/Advanced
Advance Engineer Stores Squadron (Vietnam War)
Advance Engineer Stores Squadron (Vietnam)
Advance Ordnance Group
Advance Party
Advanced ATIS (United Nations)
Advanced ATIS
Advised
Advanced Echelon
Assistant Director of Veterinary Services (First World War)
Assistant Director Veterinary Services, 1st ANZAC Corps (see also ADVS Aust Corps) [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
Assistant Director Veterinary Services, 2nd ANZAC Corps [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
Assistant Director Veterinary Services, ANZAC Mounted Division [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
Assistant Director Veterinary Services, 1st ANZAC Corps (ADVS 1st ANZAC Corps) and Assistant Director Veterinary Services, Australian Corps [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
Assistant Director Veterinary Services, Australian Mounted Division [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
Assistant Director Veterinary Services, Imperial Mounted Division (see also ADVS Aust Mtd Div) [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
Advanced Survey Recorder (Course)
Advertise
Assistant Director of Works
Assistant Director of Water Transport
Australian Engineers
Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company [First World War AIF Tunnelling & Survey Unit]
Air Efficiency Award
Allied Expeditionary Air Force
Army Educational Corps
Atomic Energy Commission
Australian Education Council
Australian Employment Company
Aeromedical Evacuation Control Officer
Aeromedical Evacuation Coordinating Officer
American Expeditionary Forces
Airborne Equipment Failure
Australian Embassy Guard Platoon Saigon
Army Establishments Investigating Committee
Corps of Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
Air Electronics Officer
Aeromedical Evacuation Operations Officer
Advance Election Planning Unit (Cambodia)
Any means of dispensing herbicide or insecticide from an airborne vehicle
Aeronautics
Auxiliary Explosives and Stores
Aircraft Engineering Squadron
Advanced Engineer Stores Squadron
Australian Engineer Training Depot [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
Aeromedical Evacuation Unit
Airborne early warning
Airborne early warning and Control
Army Education and Welfare Service (New Zealand)
Air Force (USA)
Army Form
Stores ship with replenishment at sea (RAS) capability
Audio Frequency
Air Force Act
Australian Field Artillery (First World War)
Australian Force Army Component
Amphibious Force Atlantic Fleet
Air Force Cross
Australian Flying Corps (First World War)
Australian Flying Corps Hospital (Tetbury) [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Australian Flying Corps Training Depot [First World War AIF Flying Corps Unit]
Australian Field Canteen Unit (Vietnam)
Australian Field Hospital
Army Field Work Shop
Air Force Defence Squadron
Air Force Emergency Force
Australian Field Experimental Station
Aqueous film forming foam (for fighting fires)
Airframe Fitter
Australian Field Hospital
Armed Forces Honour Medal (Vietnamese)
Air Force Headquarters (RAAF)
Allied Force Headquarters
Air Force Headquarters Signal Section
Australian Force in Korea Maintenance Area
Affirmative
Air Force List
Air Force Medal
Airframe Mechanic
Army Forwarding Officer
Area Finance Office (RAAF)
Admiralty Fleet Order (RAN)
Australian Forces Overseas Fund (Vietnam War)
Air Force Orders
Australian Federal Police
Army Forces, Pacific
Australian Field Post Office
Air Force Reserve (USA)
ANZUK (Australian New Zealand United Kingdom) Force Rear Details
Advanced Flying & Refresher Unit
Auxiliary Fire Service
Australian Forces in Somalia
Combat Support Ship
Army Food Science Establishment
Australian Fleet Tactical Publication
Applied Flying Training School
Armoured Fighting Vehicle
Australian Force Vietnam
Adjutant General/Branch of the Adjutant General
Air Gunner
Anti gas
Adjutant General (Statistics)
Australian General Hospital
Australian Garrison Artillery
Anti Gas
Australian General Base Depot
Amphibious Force Flag Ship
Blue was a clear yellowish-tan liquid that was soluble in water, but insoluble in organic solvents and diesel fuel. One gallon of Blue contained 3.1 lb of the active ingredient hydroxy dimentharsine oxide (cacodylic acid) (USAF OEHL Technical Report). The
Orange was a reddish-brown to tan colour liquid soluble in diesel fuel and organic solvents, but insoluble in water. One gallon of Orange theoretically contained 4.21 pounds of the active ingredients 2, 4-D (2, 4- dichlorophenoxyetic acid) and 4.41 pounds
White was a dark brown viscous liquid that was soluble in water but insoluble in organic solvents and diesel fuel. One gallon of White contained .54 ib of the active ingredient of 4- amino -3,5,6- trichloropicolini acid (picloram) and 2.00 lb of the activ
Army Ground Forces (USA)
Aggressor
Australian General Hospital (First and Second World War)
Hydrographic survey vessel
Intelligence collection vessel
Above ground level
Admiralty General Message
Oceanographic research vessel
Ocean surveillance vessel
Air Ground Operations System
Army Group Royal Artillery
Adjutant General, Royal Marines
American Graves Registration Service - Far Eastern Zone
Air Gunnery School (RAAF)
Allied Geographical Section
Aircraft General Standards (RAN)
Surveying Ship
Coastal Surveying Ship
Australian General Transport Company
Hospital Ship
Assistant Hydrographer
Air Historical Branch (RAF)
Army Health Benefits Society
Assault Helicopter Company
Assistant Hydrographer Charts
Attached
Airhead
Assistant Hydrographer Hydrography
Headquarters of Dutch Commander in Chief, Bandoeng, Java
Assistant Hydrographer Oceanography
Australian Hydrographic Publication
Air Headquarters
Army Headquarters
Army Headquarters Research Request
Army Headquarters Canberra
Army Headquarters Melbourne
Airborne Interception radar (Second World War)
Australian Infantry Brigade (First World War)
Assistant Inspector of Armourers
Allied Intelligence Bureau (Second World War)
Australian Infantry Base Depot
Australian Intermediate Base Depot (First World War)
Australian Independent Company (Second World War)
Australian Instructional Corps (First World War)
Air intercept controller
Army Inspection Division
Army Intelligence Department
Aeronautical Inspection directorate (RAAF)
Army Individual Emergency Force
Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force
Australian Imperial Force (First and Second World War)
AIF Education Service Training School [First World War AIF Schools Unit]
Australian Imperial Force Headquarters
Australian Imperial Force Headquarters
Armoured infantry fighting vehicle
Address Indicating Groups
Assistant Inspector General
Address Indicator Group
Assistant Inspector General of Munitions
Assistance In Kind
Air Intelligence Liaison Officer
Australian Institute of Marine Science
Air Incident Message
Action Information Organisation (RAN)
Air independent propulsion
Aeronautical Information Publication (Department of Civil Aviation)
Australian Independent Parachute Company
Air Commodore
Air Dispatch Company (Vietnam War)
Air Marshal
Air Force Communication Network
Air Incident Report
Air Staff Instruction
Air Staff Officer
Air Training Corps
Airborne Troops
Artillery Information Service (USA)
Associate Institute of Surveyors
Aeronautical Information Section
Australian Joint Air Reconnaissance and Intelligence Board
Australian Joint Anti Submarine School (RAN)
Australian Joint Copying Project
Australian Joint Services Staff
Australian Joint Warfare Establishment
Liberty or similar ships carrying naval crews (USA)
Cargo Ship
Also known as (used in Intelligence reports) (Vietnam War)
Attack Cargo Ship
Aircrew
Air Liaison
Amendment List
Australian Light Railway
Army Light Aircraft (squadron)
9 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Iroquois helicopter Bell UH1 series (Not a general term for all Iroquois)
Australian Landing Craft
Airlift Control Centre
Airlift Control Element
Air launched cruise missile
Allied Land Command Netherlands East Indies
At a Later Date
Allied Land Force, Siam
Allied Land Force, French Indo China
Allied Land Force, South East Asia
Advanced Landing Ground
Advanced Landing Ground Signal Station
Australian Light Horse (First World War)
Air Liaison
Air Liaison Officer (Naval)
Allocate
Allot
Air Liaison Party
Ambulance Loading Post (USA)
Australian Labor Party
Australian Light Railway
Australian Light Railway Operating Group
Australian Logistic Support Company (Vietnam War)
Australian Logistic Support Group (Vietnam War)
Altitude
Alternate
Allow
Air Marshal
Air Ministry
Aircraft Mechanic
Albert Medal
Army Manual
Auxiliary Minesweeper
Australian Museum
Member of Order of Australia
Air Medal (USA)
Amplitude Modulated
Ocean Minesweeper
Australian Mobile Ammunition Repair Shop
Ammunition Sub-Park
Air Medal for Service (United States)
Air Medal for Valour (USA)
Australian Military Attache, Assistant Military Attache
Airhead Maintenance Area
Australian Mobile Ammunition Repair Shop
Ambulance
Air Ministry Bulletin
Advise Method, bill of landing and date shipped
Armed Merchant Cruiser (Navy)
Armed Merchant Cruiser
Army Medical Center (USA)
Army Medical Corps (First World War)
Anti Malaria Control Unit
Armoured Mine Clearing Vehicle
Australian Military Division
Army Medical Departments of the War Office (First World War)
Anglo Malaysian Defence Agreement
Amendment
Australian Mounted Divisional Train (First World War)
Aeromedical Evacuation
Air Ministry Experimental Station
Aeromedical Evacuation Control Officer
Anti mechanised (ie anti tank) (USA)
Air Member for Engineering and Maintenance
Amenities (Army)
Australian Military Forces (First World War)
Allied Military Government
Australian Machine Gun Base Depot
Australian Machine Gun Company
Assistant Master General of the Ordnance
Allied Military Government of Occupied Territory
Allied Military Government Region
Assistant Military Landing Officer
Australian Military Liaison Officer
Ammunition
Ammunition
Airman
Air Ministry Order (Second World War)
Air Ministry Orders
Air Movement Officer
Assisted maintenance period
Air Member for Personnel
Air Member for Personnel (British)
Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps
Amphibious/amphibian
Amphibious Command (USA)
Army Mine Planter Service (USA)
Australian Military Regulations and Orders
Assistant Military Secretary
Army Medical Service/Staff (First World War)
Australian Mine Sweeper
Air Movement Section
Air Member for Supply and Equipment
Air Member for Supply and Organisation (British)
Allied Military Security Publication
Air Minister for Training
Australian Mechanical/Motor Transport Company
Anti motor Torpedo Boat
Australian Motor Transport Company (First World War)
Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company (First World War)
Air Movement Training and Development Unit
Air Movement and Trials Development Unit
Australian Mechanical Transport Service
Air Member for Technical Services
Australian Mechanical/Motor Transport Section
Aircraft Metal Worker
Net Laying Ship
Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (New Guinea, First World War)
Analyse
Australian National Audit Office
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition
Army Nurse Corps (USA)
Accountable Non Cryptographic Publication (RAAF)
Accountable Non Cryptographic Publication Officer
Australian National Cell, Singapore
Allied Naval Commander in Chief Expeditionary Force (Normandy)
Subsequent additional award of a decoration
Australian Naval Forces
Air National Guard (USA)
Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit
Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (USA)
Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Force (New Guinea, First World War)
Australian Naval Order
Army Nursing Service
Air Navigation School (RAAF)
Answer
Antenna
Army Navy/Transportable Radio Communications
Australian National Tide Tables
Australian National University
Australia and New Zealand
Anzac Cyclist Battalion
Anzac Mounted Divisional Train
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
ANZAC Base
ANZAC Cyclist Battalion
ANZAC Cyclist Company
ANZAC Headquarters Signals Company [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
ANZAC Mounted Division Receiving Station (First World War)
ANZAC Mounted Division Receiving Station [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
ANZAC Mounted Regiment
Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia (arrangement)
Australian New Zealand and Malaya (treaty)
Australia/New Zealand/United Kingdom. These three together with Singapore and Malaysia, became partners in a Five Power Defence arrangement suspending the British Commonwealth Strategic Reserve.
Australia, New Zealand and United States (treaty)
Advanced Operational Base
Area of Operations (Vietnam War)
Army Office
Army Order
Officer of the Order of Australia
Tanker with replenishment at sea (RAS) capability
Aircraft Officers & Non Commissioned Officers (NCO) School (RAAF)
Air Officer in charge of Administration
Advanced Operational Base (RAAF)
Air Officer Commanding
Army Ordnance Corps
Aircraft Out of Commission for Maintenance
Advanced Ordnance Depot (Vietnam War)
Absent on duty (1970)
Australian Oceanographic Data Centre
Auxiliary, fuel and ammunition with replenishment at sea (RAS) capability Fast combat support ship
Airweapon Operationally grounded
Australian Orthopedic Hospital
Airways Operations Instructions (Department of Civil Aviation)
Absent on leave (1970)
Assistant Ordnance Mechanical Engineer
Air Observation Post (RAAF)
Australian Out Patients Depot
Air Observation Post Flight
Replenishment Ship
Air Operations Room
Air Order of Battle
Army Overseas Service Association
Tanker without replenishment at sea (RAS) capability
Aiming point. A reference point on a predetermined bearing.
Aircraft Park (RAAF)
Ammunition Point
Amour piercing (bomb) (Second World War)
Passenger ship
Attack Transport (Ship)
Administrative Planning Committee
Armoured Personnel Carrier (Vietnam War)
Army Pay Corps
Armoured Personnel Carrier Ambulance
Armoured Personnel Carrier Fitter Vehicle
Armoured Personnel Carrier Mortar Vehicle
Aerial Personnel Detector, see People Sniffer (Vietnam War)
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
Anti personnel
Air Photo Plotter
Army Photographic Interpretation Unit (Allied Land Forces, South East Asia)
Assistant Provost Marshal (First World War)
Assistant Provost Marshal, 2nd Australian Division [First World War AIF Provost Unit]
Assistant Provost Marshal, 3rd Australian Division [First World War AIF Provost Unit]
Assistant Provost Marshal, 5th Australian Division [First World War AIF Provost Unit]
Assistant Provost Marshal, AIF Depots in UK [First World War AIF Provost Unit]
Assistant Provost Marshal, ANZAC Mounted Division [First World War AIF Provost Unit]
Assistant Provost Marshal, Australian Corps [First World War AIF Provost Unit]
Assistant Provost Marshal, Australian Mounted Division [First World War AIF Provost Unit]
Army Post Office
Air Point Disembarkation/Departure
Approach
Approximate
Appendix
Appropriate
Army Postal Service (USA)
Australian Personnel Staging Camp
Air Power Studies Centre
Armed Propaganda Team
Appoint
Army Physical Training Corps
Aircraft Performance Unit (RAAF)
Army Postal Unit (USA)
Auxiliary Power Unit
Allied Prisoners of War and Internees
Branch of the Adjutant General and Quartermaster General
Assistant Quartermaster General (First World War)
Armourer, as in AR Sergt - Amourer Sergeant
Army Regulations (USA)
Army Reserve (USA)
Repair ship
Automatic Rifle
Australian Regular Army
Air Rescue Board
Australian Red Cross
Aircrew Reception Centre
American National Red Cross
Australian Reinforced Concrete
Codename for B52 strike (Vietnam)
Australian Red Cross Society (First World War)
Aircraft Repair Depot (RAAF)
Airframe Repair Depot (RAAF)
Advance Reinforcement Depots
Aircraft Research and Development Unit (RAAF)
Assault Royal Engineers
Army Reserve
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Regional Forum
Airframe
Argentina
Automatic Range Grid Overlay
Ammunition Railhead
Associate Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors
Admiralty Research Laboratory (Plotting Table)
Aeronautical Research Laboratories
Landing Craft Repair Ship
Armoured Regiment Light Aid Detachment
Anti radiation/anti radar missile
Armoured
Armoured Car
Armored Force (USA)
Armoured Regiment Vietnam War
Armed Squadron workshop Stores Section Vietnam War
Armament Fitter
Armament Mechanic
Armament Officer
Armament
Armament Artificer
Australian Army (within Australia)
Army National Guard (USA)
Army Routine Order
Australian Railway Operating Division
Australian Railway Operating Division Details
Air Raid Precautions
Ammunition Refilling Point
Air Raid Precautions Officer
Associate of the Royal Red Cross
Air Rescue Service units of US Air Force
Airframe Repair Section (RAAF)
Aeroplane Repair Section, 1st Wing, Australian Flying Corps [First World War AIF Flying Corps Unit]
Artificer
Artificer Sergeant
Artillery
Artillery Details
Artillery Liaison Officer (USA)
Artillery Reconnaissance
Artillery Reinforcements
Army Reinforcement Unit
Australian Reinforcement Unit Vietnam War
Armoured Recovery Vehicle
Armoured Recovery Vehicle Light
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam). This is the common term used to refer to South Vietnamese regular army forces, including airborne and ranger units.
Air Raid Warden
Air Staff
Anti submarine (Second World War)
Armament (RAAF)
Australia
Air Support Control
Assistant Superintendent of Design
Afloat support and amphibious class logistics office
As Soon As Possible
Australian Sub-Branch Red Cross Society
Air Service Command (USAAF - United States of America Air Force)
Allied Supply Council
Army Service Corps (First World War)
Australian Contingent (Peacekeeping)
Air Standardisation Coordinating Committee
Australian Services Canteen Organisation Vietnam War
Assault Signal Company (USA)
Australian Services Citizens Organisation
Air Supply Control Section
Australian Contingent Southern Rhodesia (Peacekeeping, 1980)
Admiralty Salvage Department
Advanced Supply Depot
Air Supply Depot
Ammunition Sub depot
Anti Submarine Detection Investigation Committee
Radio device for detecting underwater objects (eg submarines)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
Assistant Secretary Air
Assistant Secretary Establishments
Assistant Secretary Finance
Army Service Forces (USA)
Army Service Forces Enemy Equipment Intelligence Service Teams (USA)
Assign
Australian Stationary Hospital (First World War)
Air Speed Indicator
Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Armament Stores Issuing Ship
Australian modified light armoured vehicles (East Timor)
Assault
Air to surface missile
Artificer Sergeant Major (Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers - RAEME)
Australian Service Medal
Australian Military Advisers Representative
Air Staff Officer
Administrative Services Officer
Air Support Officer
Air Support Operations Centre
Air Staff Operational Requirement
Ammunition Sub Park
Anti submarine Patrol
Air Stores Park
Air Support Party
Ammunition Supply Rate (Vietnam)
Air Sea Rescue (RAAF)
Air Staff Requirement
Submarine Rescue Ship
Acoustic Sonar Range Prediction
Air Supply Representative
Air Sea Rescue Flight (RAAF)
Air Sea Rescue Service
Air Support Section
Australian Services Staff College
Assist
Assembly
Air Service Training
Air Staff Target
Assistant Standardisation (Air Standardisation Coordinating Committee - ASCC)
Air Standard
Anti submarine torpedo tube
Army Specialized Training Unit (USA)
Anti submarine unit warfare
Anti Surface Vessel (radar)
Air to surface vessel radar (Second World War)
Anti submarine warfare/weapons
Assistant Secretary of War (USA)
Arms and Services with Army Air Forces
Anti tank (USA)
Army Troops
Tug
Air Transport Auxiliary
Actual Time of Arrival
Allied Technical Air Intelligence Unit
Air Transport Auxiliary Service
Anti tactical ballistic missile
Air Traffic Controller
Air Training Corps
Air Transport Command (USA)
Air Training Corps Cadet Squadron (RAAF)
Air Training Corps Cadet Wing (RAAF)
Attach
Air Traffic Control Non Commissioned Officer (NCO)
Air Traffic Control Officer
Actual Time of Departure
Australian Task Force Vietnam War
Fleet tug
Australian Task Force Maintenance Area
Anti tank guided weapon
Air Technical Intelligence
Army Training Instruction
Allied Translator and Interpreter Section
Anti tank
Attack
Air Transport Liaison
Air Transport Liaison Officer
Army Training Memorandum
Anti Tank Missile
ANZUK (Australia New Zealand United Kingdom) Traffic Management Agency
Air Transport Movements Centre
Air Transport Movement Control Centre
Ammunition Technical Officer (Vietnam)
Area Transport Office
Air Transport Operations Centre
Actual time over Target
Allied Tactical Publication
Applications Technology Satellite
Armament Training Station (RAAF)
Army Topographical Survey
Army Transport Service (USA)
Auxiliary Territorial Service (British)
Antitetanic serum (First World War)
Australian Telephone Switchboard Operating Section
Attached
Admiralty Tide Tables
Army Transport Training Depot (Second World War)
Army Trades Training Depot (Second World War)
Attached
Attention
Attend
Atlantic to the Urals
Air Trials Unit
Auckland Battalion [First World War New Zearland Unit]
Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment [First World War New Zearland Unit]
Australian Dollar
Air to Underwater Missile
Adelaide University Regiment
Army of the United States
Australian Clearance Diving Team
Civilian Police (Peacekeeping)
Australian Servicemen Dangerously Ill
Australian Services Material Issue and Movement Priority System (Peacekeeping)
Australia United Nations Ministerial (Talks)
Australian Sonar Range Acoustic Prediction
Australia/Australian
Australian Ammunition Sub Park (First World War)
Australian Armoured Corps
Australian Base Depot, Weymouth [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]
Australian Base Depot of Medical Stores (London) (Aust Base Dep Med Stores)
Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company (First World War)
Australian Civil Affairs Unit Vietnam
Australian Camel Field Ambulance (later 5th Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance) [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Australian Cavalry Division Signal Squadron (First World War)
Australian Cavalry Division Signal Squadron [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
Australian Command Depot (First World War)
Australian Corps and 5th Australian Division Details Battalion [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
Australian Corps Baths & Laundries (also known as Baths Detachment, Australian Employment Company, HQ Australian Corps) [First World War AIF Baths & Laundries Unit]
Australian Corps Cyclist Battalion [First World War AIF Cyclists Unit]
Australian Corps Headquarters Signals Company Lines Office (First World War)
Australian Corps HQ Signals Company Lines Office [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
Australian Corps Headquarters Signals Company [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
Australian Corps Reinforcement Camp [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]
Australian Corps Schools (formerly 1st ANZAC Corps Schools, and subsequently Australian Corps Central School) [First World War AIF Schools Unit]
Australian Corps Stores Officer [First World War AIF Water Supply & Stores Unit]
Australian Corps Troops Supply Column (see 1st ANZAC Corps Troops Supply Column) [First World War AIF Supplies and Transport AASC Unit]
Australian Corps Technical School (formerly Australian Corps Workshop Company) [First World War AIF Schools Unit]
Australian Corps Topographical Section [First World War AIF Tunnelling & Survey Unit]
Australian Corps Water Supply Officer [First World War AIF Water Supply & Stores Unit]
Australian Corps Headquarters Signals Company Wireless Section (First World War)
Australian Corps HQ Signals Company Wireless Section [First World War AIF Signals Unit]
Australian Divisional Infantry Group (First World War)
Australian Divisional Supply Column (First World War)
Australian Field Ambulance (First World War)
Australian Field Hospital (First World War - Vietnam)
Australian General Base Depot [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]
Australian Heavy Artillery Training Depot [First World War AIF Infantry Unit]
Australian Infantry
Australian Infantry Base Depot [First World War AIF Bases and Depots Unit]
Australian Infantry Camp, Suez (Aust Inf Camp Suez)
Australian Intelligence Corps
Australian Light Horse
Australian Logistic Support Group
Australian Light Railway Operating Company (First World War)
Australian Machine Gun Training Depot [First World War AIF Machine Gun Unit]
Australian Mobile Veterinary Section (First World War)
Australian (Divisional) Mechanical Transport Company (First World War)
Australian Mounted Division Receiving Station (First World War)
Australian Mounted Division Receiving Station [First World War AIF Medical Unit]
Australian Pioneer Battalion
Australian Rest and Convalescence Centre Vietnam War
Australian Remount Depot [First World War AIF Remount Unit]
Australian Railway Companies (First World War)
Australian Railway Operating Division Depot (First World War)
Australian Railway Operating Division Depot [First World War AIF Railways Unit]
Australian Sanitary Section (First World War)
Australian Corps of Signals
Australian Staff Corps
Australian Survey Corps
Australian Tunnelling Company (First World War)
Australian Veterinary Hospital [First World War AIF Veterinary Unit]
Australian Communication Army Network
Australian Forces in Korea
Australian Force Vietnam
Authority
Authenticate
Automatic Digital Network
All Up Weight
Auxiliary
Australian Volunteer Automobile Corps
Available
Australian Volunteer Air Observers Corps
Army Veterinary Corps
Australian Vietnamese Civic Action Program
A type of aviation fuel
Australian Veterinary Evacuating Station
American Volunteer Group (Air Force)
Aviation Gasoline
Army Veterinary Hospital
Aviation Electronics
Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge
Air Vice Marshal
Aviation (USA)
Aviation Medicine
ISO-Propylitrate Starter Fuel
Aircraft Direction Room (RAN)
Vehicle RE (or Petard) - an Armoured vehicle which fires a blockbuster at concrete defences
Air Vehicle Repair Squadron
Air Support Ship
Aviation Training Ship
Aviation Turbine Kerosene
Articles of War (USA)
Aircraft Warning Company (USA)
Amalgamated Wireless (of Australasia) Ltd
Airborne warning and control system
Australian Women's Army Service
Australian Women's Auxiliary Service
Allied Works Council
Army War College (USA)
Artillery Warning Control Centre Vietnam War
Australian War Crimes Commission
Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Airwoman
Absent without official leave (USA)
Australian War Records Section
Australian Wireless Station
Australian War Supplies Procurement
Australian Wireless Signal Squadron
Allied Exercise Publication
Azimu