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Subject: Acronym list
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Date: 5 Sep 89 08:08:14 GMT
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From: shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov
Some readers, new to sci.military and/or to military acronyms, have
commented (complained, even) that there are too many acronyms and
jargon and they're having trouble reading the group (Tom Clancy's
books, too).
 
In a fit of either madness or supreme self-sacrifice, I'm volunteering
to make an acronym list for military topics.  Actually, there's a
certain amount of self-interest here, as I have trouble remembering if
MBT means Main Battle Tank or Milton-Bradley Toys.
 
This will be impossible without help from the rest of the group, so
please send me lists of acronyms in alphabetical order, in a form like:
 
   APC   armored personnel carrier
   BAOR  British army on the Rhine
   CAS   close air support
   FAC   forward air controller
   FEBA  forward edge of battle area
   MBT   main battle tank
   MRE   meal, ready to eat
 
I'd also like a list of nicknames, same form:
 
   aardvark           F-111 aircraft
   deuce-and-a-half   2-1/2 ton truck
   iron rhino         F-4 aircraft  (you _knew_ I'd have this one!)
   warthog            A-10 aircraft
 
Could someone who saved it send me the list of ship designations?
 
How about the list of services (i.e. RNZAF, RAAF, RAF, BA, RN, etc)?
 
Send as many as you can--it'll be a pain to get these one at a time.
 
I can't make any promises about when these lists will appear, because
I'll be doing them on my own time, but I'll tentatively try for early
October for the initial version.
 
Send your acronyms, nicknames, and designators to:
 
Mary Shafer   shafer@elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov  arpa!elxsi.dfrf.nasa.gov!shafer
         NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
                    Of course I don't speak for NASA