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  1. italy13

    italy13 Member

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    Ok, so here a few acronyms that were used in world war 2. Good Luck!

    ETO

    MTB

    TAC

    APO

    AEF
     
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  2. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    European Theatre of Operations

    Motor Torpedo Boat

    Tactical Air Command

    Army Post Office

    American Expeditionary Force (or All Else Failed but then I'd be stoned here!)
     
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  3. macrusk

    macrusk Proud Daughter of a Canadian WWII Veteran

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    Since you didn't ask new ones, ZA, how about:

    MDB

    CMA

    IAW

    CAHU
     
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    Falcon Jun Ace

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    MDB Military Defense Board

    CMA Corps Maintenance Area

    IAW In accordance with

    CAHU Canadian Artillery Holding Unit

    Here's a few more:

    CAM

    JASCO

    SALUTED

    ROICC
     
    Falcon Jun, Oct 30, 2008
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  5. justdags

    justdags Member

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    PWOP
     
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  6. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Aquila non capit muscas

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    Is this in a military context? The translation I know isn't.
     
    Za Rodinu, Dec 16, 2008
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    MastahCheef117 Member

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    JASCO - Joint Assault Signal Company

    ROICC - Resident Officer In Charge of Construction
     
    MastahCheef117, May 25, 2009
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  8. A-58

    A-58 Cool Dude

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    Let's get this going again....

    OIC

    TOT

    CIB

    USAFFE

    FPO

    CL

    RA

    NG

    ER

    US

    That'll do it for awhile.
     
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  9. mcoffee

    mcoffee Son-of-a-Gun(ner)

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    OIC - Officer in Charge

    TOT - Time on target

    CIB - combat infantry badge

    USAFFE - US Army Forces, Far East

    FPO - Fleet post office

    CL - Light Cruiser

    RA - Restricted area

    NG - National Guard; Nose Gunner

    ER - Efficiency Report; Early Return (on mission reports)

    US - Uncle Sam


    A few new ones:

    MACR

    RZI

    BAD

    RMC

    EUS

    DNB

    JANAC
     
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  10. A-58

    A-58 Cool Dude

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    Have no idea what the new submissions are. Anyone feel lucky?
     
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  11. GPRegt

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    MACR - Missing Air Crew Report

    Steve W.
     
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  12. brndirt1

    brndirt1 Saddle Tramp

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    I believe our USN subs are "boomers"; SSBN, or "attack" subs; SSN, there used to be "radar picket" subs; SSR (I think these have been struck from the fleet), and I also think those few which were originally "guilded missle" subs; SSGN have been redesigned to the SSN class, these days.
     
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  13. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    JANAC ; Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee
    RZI ; Return to Zero- Inverted ?
     
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  14. mcoffee

    mcoffee Son-of-a-Gun(ner)

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    MACR = Missing Aircrew Report - correct
    JANAC = Joint Army-Navy Assessment Committee - correct

    RZI is not "Return to Zero- Inverted"

    A hint, most of the remaining are used within MACRs.
     
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  15. Biak

    Biak Boy from Illinois Staff Member

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    BAD = Bomb Assessment Damage ?
     
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  16. mcoffee

    mcoffee Son-of-a-Gun(ner)

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    Not Bomb Assement Damage.

    Hints for remaining:

    BAD relates to an aircraft facility

    RZI relates to aircraft movement

    RMC, EUS and DNB are adminstrative terms for crew dispositions.
     
    mcoffee, Feb 16, 2010
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    Hi fellows, I don't know to much about this sort of thing but given the clues above, this is my guess.

    BAD Barkmans Air Force Base
    DNB Died, non Battle
    RZI Removed from flight status
    RMC Rescue Mission Commander or maybe Royal Marine Commando
    EUS Evacuated to the US
     
    Slomo, Feb 17, 2010
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  18. mcoffee

    mcoffee Son-of-a-Gun(ner)

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    Correct on "Died, non-battle" and "Evacuated to US"

    Not correct on BAD, RZI and RMC.
     
    mcoffee, Feb 18, 2010
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  19. Slomo

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    :) It's still probably wrong but I meant to type "Barksdale Air Force Base" not "Barkmans".
     
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  20. Slomo

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    What about these?

    RZI ...... Return to zone of interior
    RMC ..... Return to Military Control
     
    Slomo, Feb 18, 2010
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