Glossary
In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean.
Technical Branch (Air Force)
Temporary
Tonnes
Transportation Company (USA)
Trench Mortar (USA)
Theater of Operations (USA)
Technical Sergeant (USA)
Temporary Base (Medical Class 1914-18)
Torpedo Bombers
Tables of Organisation and Equipment (USA)
Transportation Request (USA)
Temporary Sergeant
Telecommunication Unit (RAAF)
Temporarily appointed as a warrant officer
Territorial Army (UK)
Mixed vaccine, Typhoid and Paratyphoid A and B (First World War)
Tactical
Tactical Air Command (USA)
Telecom Advisory Committee
Tactical Reconnaissance (RAAF, Second World War)
Tactical Air Navigation System
Tactical Air Control Centre
Tactical Coordinator
Tactical Air Control Party
Tactical Transport
Tactical Air Direction
Tactical Air Direction Common
Tactical Air Force
Telegraphist air gunner (Second World War)
The Adjutant General (USA)
Torpedo boat Destroyer
Torpedo Bomber Douglas
Terminology Administrative Logistical Operational Procedure
Training and Liaison Unit
Territorial Army Nursing Service
Tactical Area of Interest. A TAOI is a prescribed area assigned to a commander who is responsible for monitoring enemy activity in the area and conducting tactical and pacification support operations as necessary throughout the area.
Tactical Area of Operations Tactical Area of Responsibility. A TAOR is a prescribed area which has been assigned to a commander who is responsible for and has the authority to act on the development and maintenance of installations and the conduct of tac
Tactical Air Request
Tasmania
True Air Speed
Torpedo and Anti?Submarine. A raid, battle or a bombardment commences
Tactical Air Support Element
Tactical Air support Force
Preventative shot for type A typhoid (paratyphosus A)
Tactical Air Traffic Control
To Be Advised
To be Announced Later
To be confirmed
To Be Determined
To Be Determined Later
Time Between Overhaul
Talk Between Ships (Radio)
Transportation Corps (USA)
Trusteeship Council (United Nations Organisation - UNO)
Traffic Control
Training Centre Barracks (RAAF)
Troop Carrier Group (USA)
Tentacle
Tactical Control Officer (anti-aircraft)
Traffic Control Post
Traffic Control Station (USA)
Troop Carrier Squadron (USA)
Troop Carrying Vehicle
Troop Carrier Wing (USA)
Tank Destroyer (USA)
Tank Division
Territorial Decoration
Tank dozer
Tank Destroyer Center (USA)
Tank Delivery Regiment
Technical Director of Research Activities for the Human Resources Research and Development Program of the Air Training Corps
Training Depot Station
Tradesman
Tank Destroyer Tactical and Firing Center (USA)
Temporary Duty
Task Element
Tropical Establishment
Quadripartite Standardisation Discussions
Technical
Technician
Technologist
Telegraphist
Telephone
Telecommunications
Telephone Conversation
Telegraphist
Telecommunications Operator
Telecommunications Operator
Telecommunications Technician
Temporary
Technical Equipment
Lunar New Year (Vietnamese)
Tropical Equipment Table
Tactical Exercise Without Troops
Task Force
Territorial Force (First World War)
Task Force Artillery Intelligence Officer
Traffic
Transferred
Territorial Forces Evaluation System
Task Force Maintenance Area
Telegraph (USA)
Training
Task Group
Telegram
Task Group Medical Support Unit
Target
Thailand
Theater Headquarters (USA)
Their Royal Highnesses
Temporary Hospital Ship (First World War)
Theatre
Training Information Bulletins (Vietnam)
Hay/chaff mix feed for horses and camels in Palestine
Target Information Centre
Tactical International Data Exchange (RAN)
The compartment within a ship which contains the steering gear. In an emergency the ship can be steered from this position.
Troop Information Progress Service (USA)
Technical Intelligence Report
Tank(s)
Tank Attack
Tank Transporter Company (First World War AIF Australian Army Service Corps Unit)
Take Of
People's Protection Army (Tentara Keamanon Rakyat, later changed to TKI)
Tanker(s)
Tracked Load Carrier
Treaty limited equipment
Technical Liaison Officer
Trailer
Technical Manual (USA)
Time Mechanical (USA)
Trench Mortar
Trench Mortar Battery
Terminal
Terminal Squadron (Vietnam War)
Transportation and Movements Office (RAAF)
Technical Maintenance Plan
Torpedo Maintenance Unit (RAAF)
Transportation
Train (USA)
Training (USA)
Training Depot, Imperial Camel Corps [First World War AIF Camel Corps Unit]
Indonesian Armed Forces (East Timor)
High explosive widely used in projectiles and by engineers; trinitro?toluene; trinitrotoluol
Transport Officer
Tactical Operations Centre. In United States units and formations, the equivalent of an Australian unit or formation Command Post. Adopted by 1 Australian Task Force. (Vietnam War)
A society that continues comradeship of 1914?18 War. Toc is signalise for T, H is short for House and TH is Talbot House. Instituted at Ypres in memory of Gilbert Talbot.
Time of Dispatch
Test of Elementary Training
Time of Receipt
Time of Transmission
Target observer gun method (USA)
Visual identification of friendly aircraft by standing patrol over Fleet (RAAF, Second World War)
Time Of Origin
Top of Climb
Topographical
Topographical Survey Troop (Vietnam War)
Top Secret
Torpedo (USA)
Terms of Reference
Time of receipt (signals)
Technical Order
Tordon 50D (picloram/2,4-D). Tordon 50D was the commercial name for an Australian supplied herbicide used by the Australian Force in Vietnam War.
Torpedo
Taken on Strength (Taken into unit/joined)
Time on/over Target
The property of a foreign substance that causes an adverse health effect
Telephone (USA)
Troop(s)
Traffic Post
Test Project Agreement
Terminate of Period of Enlistment/Employment
Telephone Operator (WRAAF - Women's Royal Australian Air Force)
Territory of Papua New Guinea (so named from 1945-1973)
Time Past a Point
Trooper
Transport
Transport(s)
Transport Platoon
Trumpeter
Transport Quartermaster
Total Quality Management
Technical Regulations (USA)
Trainee
Troop Carrier Squadron (USA)
Training Group, Headquarters (RAAF)
A herbicide spray mission flown by UC-123 aircraft as part of the Ranch Hand project (HQ II FFV Regulation Number 525-10 Combat Operations - Herbicide Operations - 31 Dec 70).
Trainee
Torpedo Recovery Craft
Telecommunications Research Establishment
Transportation Request
Transferred
Training
Training
Training Officer
Trigonometry
Teleprinter Operator (WRAAF - Women's Royal Australian Air Force)
Teleprinter Operator (WRAAF - Women's Royal Australian Air Force)
Triplicate
Train
Torpedo Recovery Safety Boat
Torpedo Recovery Vessel
Signals Officer (RAF)
Transit Storage (USA)
Tropical Scale
Temporary Sub Commission of the Economic and Employment Commission of the Economic Reconstruction of Devastated Areas. (United Nations Organisation - UNO)
Two speed Destroyer Sweeper
Troop Sergeant Major (First World War)
Thompson Sub Machine Gun
Tan San Nhut, the international airfield servicing Saigon. It was also a large military air base.
Technical Staff Officer
Torpedo spotter Reconnaissance (RAAF, Second World War)
Troop Transport Ship. Example TSS New Australia
Tactical Signal Unit
Torpedo tube(s)
Large offensive German torpedo boat (Second World War)
Technical Training Centre
Teletypewriter Center (USA)
Teletypewriter Conference
The Technical Cooperation Programme
Tactical Target Illustration
Training Unit (USA)
Task Unit
Turkey
Tank Unit Landing Officer
Tunnelling Company
Tasmanian University Regiment
Turn Round Control Organisation (British - used in Normandy landings)
Transvaal
Tropical Warfare
Tropical War Equipment Table
Teletypewriter Exchange (USA)