Glossary

Fighter aeroplane Queensland (RAAF)

Field and Fortress

Free French (Second World War)

Flight Officer (Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force - WAAAF)

Flight Sergeant

Flash spotting

Field Train (USA)

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Flight Lieutenant

Flying Officer (RAAF)

Field Ambulance

Department of Foreign [External] Affairs

Field Artillery (USA)

Financial Adviser

Anti Aircraft Frigate

Field Artillery Reserves (USA)

Fleet Air Arm (RAN Second World War)

Field Artillery Brigade

Field Artillery Brigade Ammunition Column

Fabric Worker

Forward Air Control/Controller (Vietnam War)

Forces Advisory Committee on Entertainment

Field Artillery Computing Equipment

Facility

Forward Ammunition Depot

French Air Force

National Armed Forces for the Liberation of East Timor (East Timor)

Familiar

Forward Airfield Maintenance Area

Field Ambulance

Forward Airfield Maintenance Organisation

First Aid Nursing Yeomanry

Food and Agriculture Organisation

First Aid Post

Farrier

Far East Land Forces

Free Alongside Ship

First Assistant Secretary (Finance)

First Assistant Secretary (General)

Forward Airfield Supply Organisation

Forward Air Support Operations Centre

First Assistant Secretary Strategic and International Policy

Notifiable Fatal Casualty

Forward Air Transport Operations Centre

Fleet Aviation Officer

Facsimile

Flying boat Base

Flying Boat Maintenance Unit (RAAF)

Flying Boat Repair Depot (RAAF)

Fleet Base West (Located at Garden Island, Western Australia)

Fighter Command (RAF)

Fire Control

Fighter Control Area (USA)

Field Company Australian Engineers

Fire Control Code (USA)

Forces Courier Communications Service

Field Company Engineers

Fighter Combat Instructor

Field Controller Military Accounts

Fleet Communications Officer

Fortress combined Operational Headquarters (Second World War)

Forward Control Post

Freemantle Class Patrol Boat

Fraser Commando School (Special Units Second World War)

Forecast

Figher Control Unit (RAAF)

Force Communications Unit (Peacekeeping)

Field

Fixed Defences

Aircraft Direction Frigate

Field Ambulance

Field Battery

Field Hospital

Field Hygiene Company (Vietnam War)

Field Hygiene Section

Field Medical and Dental (Vietnam War)

Field Medical

Field Park

Field Regiment (First World War - Vietnam War)

Field Security (Enemy Equipment)

Field Squadron

Field Squadron Workshop

Field Troop, Engineers (Vietnam War)

Field Troop, New Zealand Engineers [First World War New Zearland Unit]

Field Workshop

Field Workshop Stores Section (Vietnam War)

Fire Direction Center (USA) (Vietnam War)

Foremost Defended Localities

Fighter Direction Officer (RAAF)

Fire Direction Officer (Vietnam War)

Field Dressing Station

Field Distribution Terminal (telephone services)

Far East

Field Engineer

Foreign Economic Administration, Washington

Far Eastern Allied Commission

Far East Air Forces (USA)

Far East Air Service Command (USA)

Forward Edge of the Battle Area

Far East Command

Far East Combined Bureau

Fighting Echelon

Fighter Escort Fire Suppression

Force Element Group

Far Eastern Liaison Office

Field Engineer Regiment

Forward Engine Room

Airfield used as a staging post (RAAF)

Frigate(s)

Fire Fighter

Field Force

Folding Fin Aircraft Rocket

Guided missile frigate (RAN)

Frigate(s) with helicopter

French Forces of the Interior (Forces Francaises de 1'Interieur)

Furnace Fuel Oil

Frontier Force Regiment (Indian Army)

Fitted for Radio

Fast Fleet Replenishment Ship

Field Force Vietnam War

Fighter Group (US)

Fighter(s), ground attack

Field General Courts Martial

General Purpose Frigate

Early War Office Intelligence tests named after the initials of the authors

Fighter (USA)

Field Information Agency Technical

Flying Instructors Course

French Indo-China

Fog Investigation Dispersal Operation

Figure

Forces in Korea

Fleet Intermediate Maintenance Authority

Finance Officer (USA)

Flight Information Region

The act of returning fire at the enemy if fired upon

Helicopter fitted with a cluster of high powered spotlights (Vietnam War)

Armament fitter (Peacekeeping)

Forward Interpretation Unit (USA)

Flight Lieutenant

Flight Level

A tank with steel chains rotating in front of it and thrashing the ground to explode anti?tank mines

Enemy anti?aircraft fire (Second World War)

Front Line Broadcasting Unit

Field and Lines of Communication

Field (USA)

Field Ambulance (First World War)

Field Bakery

Field Butchery

Fleet Landing Exercise (USA)

Flexowriter Equipment

Flying Officer (RAAF)

Flight Information Publication

Family Liaison Officer

Forward Line own Troops

Force Logistics Support Group (East Timor)

Flight(s) (USA)

Flight Lieutenant

Flight Officer (Women's Royal Australian Air Force - WRAAF)

Flight Sergeant

Flight Commander

Fleet Liaison Officer with Supreme Commander for Allied Powers

Field?Marshal

Field Manual (USA)

Frequency Modulated

Foreign military assistance

Forward Maintenance Area

Field Maintenance Centre

Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic (USA)

Fleet Marine Force, Pacific (USA)

Formations

Federated Malay States

French Naval Air Arm

Field Orders (USA)

Flying Officer (RAAF)

Forward Observer

Flag Officer attached Middle East (British?Greece)

Forward Observer, Bombardment

Forward Operational Base

Free On board Ship

Flag Officer, British Assault Area

Flag Officer Commanding HMA Fleet

Flag Officer Commanding East Australia Area

Forward Ordnance Depot

Foreign Object Damage

For Onward Dispatch

Field of Fire

Flag Officer in Charge

Flag Officer in Charge, East Australia Area

Follow

Two man canoe (used in special operations Second World War)

Forward Observation Officer - Artillery officer observing from a forward observation post

Forward Observation Post - Site for the Forward Observation Officer (FOO)

Forward Observer Party

Free on Rail

Code name for Special Operations Executive in South East Asia (Second World War)

The Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

Forward Echelon Land Headquarters

Field Operations Research Section (Vietnam War)

Flag Officer, Royal Yacht

Free on Wharf

Field Punishment (often No. 1 or No. 2)

Fast Patrol Boat

Five Power Defence Arrangements

Final Protective Fire

Final Protective Line (USA)

Field Post Office

Flight Planning Officer

Flying Personnel Research Committee

Flying Personnel Research Unit (RAAF)

Fuel Quality Control Officer

Flash Ranging (USA)

Flight Reconnaissance

France

Fragmentary Order

Frequency

Frequency Separation

Space which houses the ships main refrigerators and cool rooms

A jargon term used in wireless conversation to refer to either Australian military elements, or, to Government of [South] Vietnam (GVN)/Free World Military Assistance Forces (including United States) military elements

Fleet Royal Marine Officer

Frontstammlager (German) - Forward Prisoner of War camp

Fellow of the Royal Society

Fortress

Field Resuscitation Team

Field Service

Fighter Squadron (USA)

Fire Support

Fighter Section, Headquarters

Anti Submarine Frigate (First Rate)

Field Service Board (USA)

Fire Support Base (Vietnam War)

Anti Submarine Frigate (Second Rate)

Force Support Battalion

Fire Support Coordination Centre

Fire Support Coordination Center (USA)

Fire Support Coordination Line

Field Supply Depot

Frequency Shift Keying

Federal Stock Number

Flying Safety Officer

Field Security Officer

Flying Safety Officer

Fire Support Patrol Base (Vietnam War)

Field Service Pocket Book

Fire Support Patrol Base (Vietnam War)

Field Service Regulations

Field Surgical Team

Frequency Shift Telegraphy (RAN)

Field Surgical Unit

Fire Support Vehicle

Fort Command Post (seacoast artillery) (USA)

Flying Training Command (RAF)

Full Time Duty

Flying Training Manual

Fighter(s) (aircraft)

Flying Training School (RAAF)

Fast troop transport (RAN)

Field Transfusion Team

Forming up Place

Fusilier

Fuselage

The nose of a shell. There are three main types: Percussion, Time and Time and Percussion.

Fighter Wing (USA)

Forward

Forward Delivery Troop (Vietnam War)

Forward Echelon Land Headquarters (USA)

Fixed wing

Free World Forces

Free World Military Assistance Forces (US, Australian, South Vietnamese and other allied forces during the Vietnam War)

Free World Military Assistance Office/Organisation

Fitted with Radio

Fitted with Stretcher Frame

Fixed Service (RAN)

Fixed Defences

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