Glossary
In our collection you will encounter military terminology and acronyms. Here you can find out what they mean.
Unclassified
Uganda clasp to Australian Service Medal (ASM)
Unit
Unpaid Lance Bombardier
Unserviceable
Unit Aircraft Establishment
Underwater to Air Missile
Unusual Aerial Sighting (from UFO - Unidentified Flying Object)
Underwater Control
Under Construction
Fairchild Provider aircraft (Twin engine cargo)
Ultra High Frequency Direction Finding
Underwater Demolition Teams
Underwater Demolition Troops (USA)
Unit Equipment
Unit Emplaning Officer
Until Further Notice
Unidentified Flying Object (superseded by UAS - Unusual Aerial Sighting)
Unfit for the rating of
United Kingdom Of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom/Indian Element
United Kingdom Service Liaison Staff
Unattached list
Unit Landing Officer
United Malay Nationalist Organisation
United Nations
United Nations Assistance Mission East Timor
United Nations Advance Mission in Cambodia (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Angolan Verification Mission (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Border Relief Operation (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Committee for Indonesia (Peacekeeping)
United National Council of Industrial Organisations
United Nations Civilian Police (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
United Nations Commission on Korea
United Nations Commission for the Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea
United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Development Program
United Nations Emergency Force (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation
United Nations Force in Cyprus (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Field Service (United Nations permanent support staff)
Unite Nations Guard Contingent in Iraq (Peacekeeping)
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Iran Iraq Military Observers Group
United Nations Iraq/Kuwait Observer Mission (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Information Organisation
United Nations India-Pakistan Observations Mission (Peacekeeping)
The unit is the individual component of the larger organisation that a person served with
Unified Task Force (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Mine Clearance Training Team (Peacekeeping)
United Nations military observer (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (Peacekeeping)
United Nations New York (Headquarters)
United Nations Organisation
United Nations Observation Group in Lebanon (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Operation in Somalia (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Protected Area (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Protection Force (Peacekeeping)
Underway replenishment at sea
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United Nations Special Committee on the Balkans (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Special Commission (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Security Council Resolution
United Nations Security Force (West New Guinea, Peacekeeping)
United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Transition Assistance East Timor
United Nations Transition Assistance Group (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Operation in the Congo (Peacekeeping)
United Nations Yemen Observation Mission (Peacekeeping)
Unit Personnel Office (USA)
Universal Postal Union (United Nations Organisation - UNO)
Urgent Defect
Underway replenishment group(s)
Upper respiratory tract infection (First World War)
United States (of America)
Under Secretary of State
United States of America
United States Army Air Corps
United States Army Air Force
United States Air Corps Specialist Reserve
United States Air Force
United States Army Forces
United States Army Forces in the British Isles
United States Army Forces in Europe
United States Army Forces in the Far East
United States Army Forces in Australia
United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area
United States Agency for International Development. USAID was the agency responsible for national level development assistance. Such assistance included road, industrial, harbour, and general economic development.
United States Army Investigative Records Repository
United States Army Investigative Records Repository
United States Army Vietnam
United States Army Services of Supply
United States Army Transport
United States Coast Guard
United States Forces
United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service
United States Forces in Australia
Underwater to surface guided weapon(s)
United Service Institution
United States Military Academy
United States Military Assistance Command Vietnam
United States Marine Corps
United States Navy
United States Naval Academy
United States Fleets in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean
United States Naval Reserve
United States Naval Ship
United States Ship/Steamer/Submarine
United States Strategic Air Force
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United States Second Tactical Air Force
Under Secretary of War (USA)
Unit Training Center (USA)
University of Technology Regiment, Sydney
Underwater to underwater guided weapon(s)
Underwater weapons
Unexploded bomb