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A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
AAA
Anti-Aircraft Artillery
A&P
Ammunition and Pioneer. A type of platoon that handled ammunition supply and small engineering tasks.
A&R
Athletic and Recreation.
Active Guard and Reserve
National Guard and Reserve members who are on voluntary active duty providing full-time support to National Guard, Reserve, and Active Component organizations for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the Reserve Components. Also called AGR.
ADT
Active Duty Training.
AFRM
Armed Forces Reserve medal.
AOM
Army of Occupation medal.
APO
Army Post Office.
ARCOM
Army Commendation medal.
assault
1.) The climax of an attack, closing with the enemy in hand-to-hand fighting. 2.) In an amphibious operation, the period of time between the arrival of the major assault forces of the amphibious task force in the objective area and the accomplishment of the amphibious task force mission. 3.) To make a short, violent, but well-ordered attack against a local objective, such as a gun emplacement, a fort, or a machine gun nest. 4.) A phase of an airborne operation beginning with delivery by air of the assault echelon of the force into the objective area and extending through attack of assault objectives and consolidation of the initial airhead.
AUS
Army of the United States
AW
Automatic Weapons
axis of advance
A line of advance assigned for purposes of control; often a road or a group of roads, or a designated series of locations, extending in the direction of the enemy.
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