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DD-214 – Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty. DEROS – Date Estimated Return From Overseas. DEVGRU – United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group. DFAC – Dining Facility (U.S. Military) DFAS – Defense Finance and Accounting Service (U.S. Military) DIA – Defense Intelligence Agency.
AA – anti-aircraft. AA – AEGIS Ashore. AAA - anti-aircraft artillery. AAA – anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A". AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle. AAC - Army Acquisition Corps. AAD – Armored Amphibious Dozer. AAE - Army Acquisition Executive. AADC – Area Air Defense Commander.
48th Armored Division – "Hurricane". 49th Armored Division – "Lone Star"; referring to its status as a Texas National Guard formation, after the state's nickname. 50th Armored Division – "Jersey Blues"; referring to the fact that it was a New Jersey National Guard unit. This is today's 50th Infantry Brigade Combat Team.
Typically, an officer will start in an AOC of a specific branch and move up to an FA AOC. Warrant officers are classified by warrant officer military occupational specialty, or WOMOS. Codes consists of three digits plus a letter. Related WOMOS are grouped together by Army branch.
Mottoes are used by both military branches and smaller units. While some mottoes are official, others are unofficial.: 68–69 Some appear on unit patches, such as the U.S. Army's distinctive unit insignia. The use of mottoes is as old as the U.S. military itself.
Breach: a gap in fortified or battle lines. Breakout: exploiting a breach in enemy lines so that a large force (division or above) passes through. Bridgehead and its varieties known as beachheads and airheads. Camouflet. Chalk: a group of paratroopers or other soldiers that deploy from a single aircraft.
United States Army Acquisition Corps. United States Army Adjutant General's Corps. Air Defense Artillery Branch. Aircraft Warning Corps. Aircraft Warning Service. Armor Branch. Army Medical Department regimental coat of arms.
Military branch. A United States Armed Forces Joint-Service Color Guard. This color guard consists of personnel from 5 of the 6 military branches of the United States Armed Forces ( Army, Marines, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard ). Military branch (also service branch or armed service) is according to common standard a subdivision of the ...