Glossary of Abbreviations
| AAF | Army Air Forces |
| ABC | American-British Conversations (Jan-Mar 41) |
| ABD | American-British-Dutch. See also ADB. |
| ABDA | American-British-Dutch-Australian (planning) |
| AC | Air Corps |
| ACofS | Assistant Chief of Staff |
| ADB | American-Dutch-British meeting in Singapore. Also known as ABD. |
| A. E. F. | American Expeditionary Forces (1917-18) |
| AG | Adjutant General |
| ANMB | Army and Navy Munitions Board |
| AR | Army Regulations |
| ASF | Army Service Forces |
| ASN | Assistant Secretary of the Navy |
| ASW | Assistant Secretary of War |
| AUS | Army of the United States |
| AWC | Army War College |
| AWS | Aircraft Warning Service |
| B. A. D. | British Admiralty Delegation |
| B&LP | Branch Budget and Legislative Planning Branch, War Department |
| BofB | Bureau of the Budget |
| BOWD | Budget Office, War Department |
| CDC | Caribbean Defense Command |
| CG | Commanding General |
| CinC | Commander in Chief |
| CINCAF | Commander in Chief, Asiatic Fleet |
| CINCPAC | Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet |
| CNO | Chief of Naval Operations |
| CO | Commanding Officer |
| CofAC | Chief of Air Corps |
| CofAS | Chief of Air Staff |
| CofEngrs | Chief of Engineers |
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| CofOrd | Chief of Ordnance |
| CPA | Civilian Production Administration |
| CSO | Chief Signal Officer |
| CVE | Civilian Volunteer Effort |
| DCofS | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| FM | Field Manual |
| FR | Federal Register |
| FWA | Federal Works Agency |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| G-1 | Personnel Section of divisional or higher headquarters |
| G-2 | Military Intelligence Section |
| G-3 | Operations Section (so called in the A. E. F. In peacetime its activities were limited to organization and training.) |
| G-4 | Supply Section |
| G-5 | Training Section (in General Pershing's A. E. F. headquarters. Not to be confused with World War II usage.) |
| GHQ | General Headquarters, U. S. Army |
| GO | General orders |
| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| HJR | House Joint Resolution |
| HR | House of Representatives |
| IB | Intelligence bulletin |
| Incl | Inclosure |
| IPF | Initial Protective Force |
| JAG | Judge Advocate General |
| JB | Joint Board (Army and Navy) |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JPC | Joint Planning Committee |
| Ism | Joint Staff Mission (British) |
| M | Day Mobilization Day |
| MID | Military Intelligence Division |
| MRU | Machine Records Unit |
| MTCA | Military Training Camps Association |
| NDA | National Defense Act |
| NGB | National Guard Bureau |
| OASW | Office of the Assistant Secretary of War |
| OCS | Office of the Chief of Staff |
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| OEM | Office of Emergency Management |
| OPD | Operations Division, WDGS |
| OPM | Office of Production Management |
| OpNav | Office of the Chief of Naval Operations |
| ORC | Officers' Reserve Corps |
| OUSW | Office of the Under Secretary of War |
| PJB | Permanent Joint Board on Defense, Canada-United States |
| PMP | Protective Mobilization Plan |
| Pub | Public Law |
| QMG | Quartermaster General |
| RN | Royal Navy (British) |
| ROTC | Reserve Officers' Training Corps |
| S | Senate |
| SGS | Secretary of the General Staff |
| SJR | Senate Joint Resolution |
| SLC | Standing Liaison Committee (of State, War, and Navy Departments) |
| SN | Secretary of the Navy |
| SOP | Standing Operating Procedure |
| SOS | Services of Supply |
| SPENAVO | Special Naval Observer |
| SSUSA | Special Staff, U. S. Army |
| SW | Secretary of War |
| TAG | The Adjutant General |
| TIG | The Inspector General |
| T/O&E | Table of Organization and Equipment |
| USA | United States Army |
| USAFFE | U. S. Army Forces in the Far East |
| USMC | United States Marine Corps |
| USN | United States Navy |
| USNR | U. S. Naval Reserve |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| USW | Under Secretary of War |
| WDGS | War Department General Staff |
| WPA | Works Progress Administration |
| WPB | War Production Board |
| WPD | War Plans Division, WDGS |
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