AA Antiaircraft AAF Army Air Forces ACofS Assistant Chief of Staff AdVon Advance Echelon AF Air Force AFPAC Army Forces, Pacific AGC combined operations communications headquarters ship. In Pacific most frequently used as flagships of amphibious force or group commanders. AGO Office of The Adjutant General AKA Cargo ship, attack ALF Allied Land Forces ANF Allied Naval Forces AP Transport APA Transport, attack APC Coastal transport APD High-speed destroyer-transport ATIS SCAP Allied Translator and Interpreter Section, Supreme Com- mander for the Allied Powers AW Automatic weapons BAR Browning automatic rifle Bazooka Rocket launcher, hand-carried BB Battleship BYPRODUCT Code name for Trobriand Islands (Kiriwina) CA Coast Artillery CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff CG Commanding General CHRONICLE Code name for plan for seizure of Woodlark and Kiriwina CINGPAC Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet CINCPOA Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Area CINCSWPA [Commander in Chief] Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area CM-IN Classified Message, In CM-OUT Classified Message, Out CNO Chief of Naval Operations CO Commanding Officer C (S)OfS Chief (s) of Staff Com Committee COMAIRSOPAC Commander [land-based], Aircraft, South Pacific Force COMAMPHIBFORSOPAC Commander, Amphibious Force, South Pacific Force Comd Command Comdr Commander COMCEN Commanding General COMGENSOPAC Commanding General, U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area COMINCH Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet COMSOPAC Commander, South Pacific Area and South Pacific Force COMSOWESPAC Commander, Southwest Pacific (also CINCSWPA) Cons Construction CRU Cruiser CTF Commander, Task Force CTG Commander, Task Group CV Aircraft carrier CVE Aircraft carrier, escort DD Destroyer DEXTERITY Code name for western New Britain-Saidor operation DMS Destroyer-minesweeper DRYGOODS Code name for assembly of supplies at Guadalcanal-Tulagi area for offensive in New Georgia, February 1943 DUKW 2 1/2-ton, 6 x 6 amphibious truck ELKTON Code name for MacArthur's plan for recapture of Rabaul ESB Engineer special brigade FA Field Artillery FEC Far East Command FM Field Manual FO Field Orders G-1 Personnel officer or section of a general staff, down through divisional level G-2 Intelligence officer or section of general staff, down through divisional level G-3 Operations officer or section of a general staff, down through divisional level G-4 Supply officer or section of a general staff, down through divisional level GHQ General headquarters GO General Orders Incl (s) Inclosure (s) Ind Indorsement Instal Installation JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff Jnl (s) journal (s) JPS Joint Staff Planners Jt joint JUSSC Joint U.S. Strategic Committee KCRC Kansas City Records Center, Office of the Adjutant Gen- eral, Kansas City, Missouri LCI Landing craft, infantry LCM Landing craft, mechanized LCP (R) Landing craft, personnel (ramp) LCT Landing craft, tank LCV Landing craft, vehicle LCVP Landing craft, vehicle, personnel LEATHERBACK Code name for Woodlark Island LHQ Land Headquarters (also ALF) LST Landing ship. tank MAC Marine Amphibious Corps MAINYARD Code name for Guadalcanal Island Min Minutes MIS Military Intelligence Section MTB Motor torpedo boat NCB Naval construction battalion NGF New Guinea Force NGOF New Georgia Occupation Force NLG Northern landing group OCMH Office of the Chief of Military History OI Operations Instructions ONI Office of Naval Intelligence OPD Operations Division, War Department General Staff PB4Y4 Naval designation of B-24 PBY Twin-engine U.S. Navy patrol bomber (Black Cat) Plng Planning POA Pacific Ocean Area POSTERN Code name for Lae-Finschhafen-Madang operations PT Motor torpedo boat PTO Pacific Theater of Operations PV-1 Twin-engined Navy patrol plane, also used as a night fighter RAAF Royal Australian Air Force RAAFCAAF Royal Australian Air Force Comand, Allied Air Forces RAF Royal Air Force RAN Royal Australian Navy Rcn Reconnaissance RCT Regimental combat team RENO Code name for MacArthur's plan for advancing along north coast of New Guinea and thence to Mindano RN Royal Navy S-3 Operations officer or section of a regimental or battalion headquarters SBD Scout bomber (Douglas)-a Navy dive-bomber Sc Submarine chaser SCR Signal Corps radio SL Searchlight SNLF Special naval landing force (Japanese) SOPAC South Pacific Area, South Pacific Force SOPACBACOM South Pacific Base Command SR Special Regulations SWPA Southwest Pacific Area SYMBOL Code name for Casablanca Conference 14-23 January 1943 TBF Single-engine U.S. Navy torpedo bomber TF Task Force TM Technical Manual TOENAILS Code name for New Georgia operation TU Task Unit USA U.S. Army USAFFE U.S. Army Forces in the Far East USAFISPA U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area USAS09 SWPA U.S. Army Services of Supply, Southwest Pacific Area USMC (R) U.S. Marine Corps (Reserve) USN U.S. Navy USSBS U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey WD War Department WDGS War Department General Staff YMS Motor minesweeper Back to Table of Contents -- Operation Cartwheel Back to World War Two: US Army List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2002 by Coalition Web, Inc. 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