Glossary
In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean.
Papua New Guinea (RAAF)
General Staff
Air Gunner Officer (RAF)
The Green Howards (Alexandra, Princess of Wales' Own Yorkshire Regiment)
Military Personnel Section (USA)
Military Intelligence Section (USA)
Military Operations and Training Section (USA)
Military Supply and Evacuation Section (USA)
Force of gravity (Second World War)
Abbreviation for General Staff Officer Grade 2 (GSO2) also United States staff designator for Intelligence
Group of Seventy Seven (Peacekeeping)
Chinese Integrated Group Army
Garrison Adjutant
General Assembly (United Nations Organisation - UNO)
Ground Attack
Gun Angle Computer
German Air Force
Government Aircraft Factory
Gallon
Gasoline
General Agreement on Trade and Tarrifs (United Nations - UN)
General Base Depot
Knight Grand Cross or Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
George Cross
Group Captain
Refers to a secret radar instrument
Gallantry Cross with Bronze Star (Vietnam War)
Gallantry Cross with Gold Star (Vietnam War)
Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation (Vietnam War)
Ground Control Approach Officer
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
Guard Commander
Knight of the Grand Cross of Hanover
Ground Control Intercept
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
Knight Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
German Civil Labour Organisation
General Courts Martial. Highest Army court of justice.
Good Conduct Medal
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George
Gun Control Officer (Naval)
Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India
Greenwich Civil Time (USA)
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
General Duties
Ground Defence
General Details Depot
Gross domestic product
Guards
Guardsman
Garrison Engineer
Germany
Ground Equipment Maintenance Officer
Ground Equipment Maintenance Squadron
General
General Hospital
General Carpenter
General Fitter
Geographical Reference System
Nickname for US CH47 I Chinook. Based on aircraft call signs. (Vietnam War)
General Engineering Squadron
Geheime Staats Polizei (Secret State Police) (Second World War)
Gun Fire Area
Grenadier Guards
Governor General
Gyro gun sight
General Hand
Ground Handling Equipment
General Headquarters (First World War)
General Headquarters Air Force (USA)
Gigahertz
General Issue (USA)
Gunnery Instructor
Gun Laying
Ground Liaison Section (Vietnam War)
Ground Liaison Officer
The Gloucestershire Regiment
George Medal
Guided Missile
Greenwich Mean Time
Ground
Gross national product
Gunner
General Order
General Officer Commanding (First World War)
General Officer Commanding (in Chief) (First World War)
General Officer Commanding AIF Depots in UK [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery, 2nd ANZAC Corps
General Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery, IIIrd Corps [First World War British Artillery Unit]
General Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery, IInd Corps [First World War British Artillery Unit]
General Officer Commanding, Royal Artillery, XIVth Corps [First World War British Artillery Unit]
General Officer Commanding Royal Artillery
Gunnery Observation Post
Gun Operation Room
The Gordon Highlanders
Moroccan troops trained in mountain warfare
Government
General purpose bomb (RAAF)
Gun Position
Group
Group Captain (RAAF)
Group(s)
General purpose machine gun
Gun Position Officer
Global Positions System
General Purpose Vessel
General Reconnaissance
Grid Reference
Greece
Gramoxone (paraquat). Gramoxone was the commercial name for an Australian supplied herbicide used by the Australian Force in Vietnam. (Interdepartmental Report: Pesticides used in Vietnam hostilities and their use in Agriculture: A Comparative Study, A
Grenadier
Grenadier Guards
The Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons)
Garrison
General Routine Order (First World War)
Any means of dispensing herbicide from equipment operated on the ground. This includes the use of hand spray and power spray equipment. (USMACV Directive 525-1)
Permission given by a land force commander for air or artillery clearance to fire/fly into or over his area of operations
A chemical compound applied to the soil which retards plant growth for extended periods. This material has been used extensively in the United States as sprays and as granular or pelleted herbicide for vegetation control in non-crop areas. Such sites in
General Reconnaissance School (RAAF)
Branch of the General Staff
General Service
General Staff, General Headquarters, British Expeditionary Force [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, General Headquarters, Egyptian Expeditionary Force [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, General Headquarters, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters, 1st ANZAC Corps [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters 1st Australian Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters 2nd ANZAC Corps [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters 2nd Army [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters 2nd Australian Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters 3rd Australian Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters 4th Army [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters 4th Australian Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters 5th Australian Division
General Staff, Headquarters, Australian & New Zealand Army Corps [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters ANZAC Mounted Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters Australian Corps [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters Australian Mounted Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters, Dardanelles Army [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters Desert Column [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters Desert Mounted Corps [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters, III Corps [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters Imperial Mounted Division (GS HQ Imp Mtd Div) [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters New Zealand & Australian Division [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters, V Corps [First World War AIF Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters, XI Corps [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters, XIV Corps [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Headquarters XV Corps [First World War British Headquarters Unit]
General Staff, Intelligence
General Staff, Operations Command Headquarters
General Service Reinforcements
General Staff, Staff Duties
General Staff, Training
General Service Waggons (First World War)
Gallantry Cross with Silver Star (Vietnam War)
General Service Corps
General Staff Corps (USA)
Ground Support Equipment
General Service Medal (1918 or 1962)
General Staff Officer
General Service Reinforcements
General Staff Target
Gun Shot Wound (First World War)
General Transport
Girls' Training Corps
Ground Telecommunication Equipment
Ground Training School (RAAF)
Guard
Gunner who specialises in firing torpedoes from torpedo tubes; as opposed to shells from a gun (RAN)
Helicopter armed with an attached weapons system
Intelligence test used in RAF. The initials refer to components of the test, measuring general, verbal and spatial (or practical) intelligence respectively.
Government of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
Guided missile(s)
Gunshot Wound
German Youth Programme
Ground Zero