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In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean:
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- (B)
- Balloon Branch Officer (RAF)
- B
- Bomber
- B
- Western Australia (RAAF)
- B
- Beam
- B
- Breadth
- B
- Borneo
- B
- Balkans clasp to the Australian Service Medal
- B
- Base (Title Prefix)
- B Aust Div Gp
- B Australian Divisional Group (B Aust Div Gp) (Assembling and moving quotas of 2nd Aust Div and 5th Aust Div personnel from Belgium to UK)
- B Bty HAC
- B Battery, Honourable Artillery Company [First World War British Artillery Unit]
- B FD Tp
- B Field Troop, Australian Engineers
- B FLD TRP AE
- B Field Troop, Australian Engineers (served with NZ Mtd Rifles Bde, and diary filed with NZ units) [First World War AIF Engineers Unit]
- B1
- Airfield with gravel runways with no facilities (RAAF)
- B2
- Airfield with gravel runways with facilities (RAAF)
- BA
- Budget Authority
- BABS
- Beam Approach Beacon System
- BAC
- Brigade Ammunition Column (First World War)
- BAC
- Base Area Command
- Bachquero
- An early type of tank landing ship, not constructed but converted for this purpose
- BACT
- Bacteriological
- BAD
- Base Air Depot
- BAD
- Base Ammunition Depot
- BAD
- Base British Admiralty Delegation
- Badgeman
- Wearer of good conduct stripes
- BAFF
- British Air Forces in France (1939)
- BAFG
- British Air Forces in Greece (1941)
- BAFO
- British Air Forces of Occupation (Germany)
- BAFSV
- British Armed Forces Special Vouchers
- Bag
- Baggage
- BAGS
- Bombing and Gunnery School (RAAF)
- BAHQ
- Base Area Headquarters
- BAOR
- British Army of Occupation on the Rhine
- BAPT
- Baptist
- BAR
- Browning automatic rifle (USA)
- BASO
- Brigade Air Support Officer
- Batt
- Battery
- BAWRA
- British Australian Wool Realisation Association
- Bays
- The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards)
- Bazooka
- A one man portable projector which, by means of a rocket, projects an anti‑tank bomb about 100 yards
- BB
- Balloon Barrage
- BB
- Battleship
- BBC
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- BBCAU
- British Borneo Civil Affairs Unit (Second World War)
- BBLO
- Bombardment Liaison Officer to Brigade Commander
- BBP
- Bulk Breaking Point
- Bbr
- Bomber
- BBTC
- Balloon Barrage Training Center (USA)
- BC
- Bad Character (British Army Tattoo 19th century)
- BC
- Battery Commander
- BC
- Bomber Command (RAAF)
- BCAIR
- British Commonwealth Air Forces. Air Command of BCOF (British Commonwealth Occupation Force).
- BCAR
- British Commonwealth Air Forces. Air Command of BCOF (British Commonwealth Occupation Force).
- BCAS
- Battle Casualty
- BCB
- British Commonwealth Brigade
- BCC
- Beach Company Commander
- BCF
- Battle Cruiser Force
- BCFESR
- British Commonwealth Far East Strategic Reserve
- BCFK
- British Commonwealth Force Korea
- BCKB
- British Commonwealth Korea Base
- BCOF
- British Commonwealth Occupation Force
- BCON
- British Commonwealth Occupation News
- BCP
- Battery Command Post
- BCS
- Battle Cruiser Squadron
- BCST
- Broadcast
- BCW
- Bombardment Calling Wave
- BD
- Base Depot
- BD
- Bomb Disposal
- BD Co
- Base Depot Company (USA)
- BDA
- Bomb Damage Assessment. Visual or ground reconnaissance of an area to determine the result of an air strike. (Allied Forces, Vietnam)
- BDA
- Burma Defence Army
- Bde
- Brigade
- Bde Am Col
- Brigade Ammunition Column
- Bde Gp
- Brigade Group
- Bde Maj
- Brigade Major
- Bdgt
- Budget
- BDLS
- British Defence Liaison Staff
- BDO
- Boom Defence Officer
- Bdr
- Bombardier
- BDRY
- Boundary
- BDS
- Beach Dressing Station
- BDS
- Bomb Disposal Squad
- BDSM
- Bandsman
- Bdy
- Boundary
- BE
- Belgium
- BEAC
- British East Asia Command
- Bedfs Herts
- The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
- BEF
- British Expeditionary Force (First World War)
- BEM
- British Empire Medal
- BEO
- British Education Officer
- BEQ
- Batchelor Enlisted Quarters
- BER
- Beyond Economical Repair
- BF
- Bring Friend
- BFM
- Basic Field Manual (USA)
- BFPO
- Branch Field Post Office
- BFTS
- Basic Flying Training School
- BFTS
- Basic Flying Training School
- BG
- Brigadier General
- BG
- Bomber Group (RAAF)
- BG 2nd ANZAC Corps Hvy Arty
- Brigadier General, 2nd ANZAC Corps Heavy Artillery [First World War AIF Artillery Unit]
- BG R'way
- Broad Guage Railway
- Bgde
- Brigade
- BGGS
- Brigadier General, General Staff
- BGHA
- Brigadier General (Commanding) Heavy Artillery
- BGRA
- Brigadier General, Royal Artillery
- BGRO
- Broad Gauge Railway Operations
- BGROC
- Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company
- BGS
- Brigadier, General Staff
- BHD
- Beach Head
- BHQ
- Brigade Headquarters
- BIA
- Burma Independence Army
- BIH
- Bosnian government (Peacekeeping)
- BIO
- Base Intelligence Officer (Navy)
- BIO
- Brigade Intelligence Officer
- BIOL
- Biological
- BIPOD
- Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot
- Bird Dog
- United States spotter or light aircraft (Vietnam War)
- BIS
- British Interservice Communication
- BITE
- Built in Test Equipment
- BIV
- Bivouac
- BKS
- Barracks
- BKSELEC
- Barracks Electrician
- BKSO
- Barracks Officer
- BL
- Breech loading
- BL
- Bill of Landing
- BL
- Back Load
- BLA
- British Liberation Army
- Black Horse
- United States Base to the north of Nui Dat, base for 11ACR (Armoured Cavalry Regiment) Vietnam War
- Black Watch
- The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
- BLO
- Bombardment Liaison Officer
- BLP
- Back Loading Point
- BLR
- Beyond Local Repair
- BLT
- Battalion Landing Team (USA)
- BLT
- Bridge laying tank
- BM
- Brigade Major (after rank)
- BM
- Sailor from the Boatswain’s Mate category – attends to ships husbandry and seamanship evolutions
- BM
- Ballistic Missile
- BMA
- British Medical Association
- BMA
- Brigade Maintenance Area
- BMHA
- Brigade Major Heavy Artillery
- BMNT
- Beginning Morning Nautical Twilight
- BMRA
- Brigade Major, Royal Artillery
- BMS
- Base Medical Store (RAAF)
- BMSS
- Boxes Metal Shipping Steel
- Bn
- Battalion
- Bn
- Billion
- Bn HQ
- Battalion Headquarters
- BNB
- British North Borneo (Second World War)
- BNLP
- British Naval Liaison Party
- BOAC
- British Overseas Airways Corporation
- BOD
- Base Ordnance Depot
- Bofors
- Light anti‑aircraft artillery
- BOILATT
- Boiler Attendant
- BOMREP
- Bombing Report
- BOQ
- Batchelor Officers' Quarters
- BOR
- Base Operations Room (RAAF)
- Border
- The Border Regiment
- Bore
- Internal diameter of the barrel of a gun
- BORs
- British Other Ranks
- Bottom Plates
- The lowest level or floor of the main machinery space
- BP
- Bearing Picket. A gun site marker to confirm direction.
- BPC
- Bulk Petrol Company
- BPO
- Base Post Office (USA)
- BPS
- Bulk Petroleum Storage
- BPSO
- Base Personnel Staff Officer (RAAF)
- BPSO
- Base Torpedo Unit
- BPSO
- Blind Pilotage Safety Officer – The officer who assists in the safe navigation of the ship, particularyl in poor visibility, and provides a check on visual pilotage
- BQMS
- Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
- Br
- Bridge
- Br
- Book of Reference
- Br
- Branch
- Br Lt
- Bandmaster Lieutenant (Naval)
- BRA
- Bomber Replenishment Area
- BRA
- Brigadier, Royal Artillery
- BRCS
- British Red Cross Society (First World War)
- BRH
- Bridgehead
- BRIAM
- British Advisory Mission Vietnam. Advises Government of [South] Vietnam (GVN) on hamlet programs & counter insurgency generally. "Malaya experts".
- BRICOSAT
- British Commonwealth Sub Area, Tokyo
- Brig
- Brigade (USA)
- Brig
- Brigadier
- BRIG ADM
- Brigadier in Charge of Administration
- Brig Gen
- Brigadier General
- BRIMOB
- Mobile Brigade (Indonesian security forces)
- BRINDIV
- British Indian Division
- BRINJAP
- British Indian Troops in Japan
- BRIT COM
- British Commonwealth Base
- BRLO
- Burials Officer
- BRM
- Bombing Research Mission
- BRO
- Brigade Routine Orders
- BS
- Bomber Squadron (RAAF)
- BS
- Base Staff
- BS
- Base Squadron
- BS/MS
- Bronze Star for Meritorious service (USA)
- BS/V
- Bronze Star for Valour (USA)
- BSA
- Base Support Area
- BSAG
- Battleship Surface Attack Group
- BSC
- British Supply Council
- BSD
- Base Supply Depot
- BSE
- British Supervisory Element
- BSEA
- Base Staff, East Australian Area
- BSIP
- British Solomon Islands Protectorate
- BSIPDF
- British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force
- BSM
- Battery Sergeant Major (A warrant officer)
- BSMITH
- Blacksmith
- BSQ
- Base Sick Quarters
- BSR
- Basic Survey Recorder (Course)
- BSSEA
- Base Staff, South East Australian Area
- Bt
- Baronet
- BT
- Brevet
- BT
- British Troops
- BT
- Bathythermograph
- BT Malaria
- Benign Tertian malaria (Second World War)
- BTE
- British Troops in Egypt
- Btn
- Battalion
- BTO
- Brigade Transport Officer
- Btry
- Battery (USA)
- BTU
- Base Torpedo/Transport Unit (RAAF)
- Bty
- Battery, comprises of 2 Troops
- BU
- Bath Unit
- Bu
- Bulgaria
- BUCO
- Build up Control Organisation (Normandy landings)
- Buffs
- The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
- Bulkhead
- The side or wall of a compartment
- BUMET
- Bureau of Meteorology
- Bushranger
- RAAF Light Fire Team (Vietnam War)
- BUSRA
- British United States Routeing Agreement (Shipping 39/45)
- BW
- Bullet Wound
- BW
- Bomber Wing (RAAF)
- BWC
- Bridge Watchkeeping Certificate
- BWI
- British West Indies (First World War)
- BYMS
- British Yacht Minesweeper
- BYMS
- British Yard Minesweeper