Words Relating to Army Life and their Uses

All Words Relating to Army Life and their Uses:

Base : A place where members of the armed forces live and work.

Billet : To put soldiers in a billet.                                                                                               

Detail : To give someone a particular job, especially someone in the armed forces.

Fatigue : Jobs such as cleaning rooms or cooking food that a soldier is given to do, sometimes as a punishment.

Fort : A place where an army lives or trains.

Garrison : The place that a group of soldiers are living in and defending.

Garrison : To put soldiers in a place to live there and defend it.

Garrison : To defend a place that you live in as a soldier.

Generalship : The skills or position of an army general.

 Guardroom : A room for soldiers who are working as guards, sometimes also used as a place for keeping military prisoners.

Irregular : Irregular soldiers are not part of the official army of a country.

Mess : A room where people have their meals in the armed forces.

Mess hall : A room where people in the armed forces have their meals.

National service : A fixed period of time that young people in some countries must spend in the armed forces

Observation post : A high position from which a soldier watches for enemy activity..

Picket : To put soldiers in position to guard a place.

Quarter : To give soldiers a place to live temporarily.

Regular : Belonging to a professional army, or consisting of professional soldiers.                                 Salute : To put your hand to your head as a formal way of showing respect to someone, especially a senior  officer in the armed forces.

Serge : Used for talking to or about a sergeant in the armed forces.

Service : Relating to or belonging to the armed forces.

Soldiering : The work of a soldier.

Soldierly : Typical of a good soldier.

Standard-issue :

standard-issue equipment is the basic equipment that everyone in the armed forces gets.

Standing order : A rule in the armed forces that must always be obeyed until another rule officially changes it.

Station : A small military base.

Stores : Supplies of food and equipment used by an army.

In uniform : Serving as a member of the armed forces.

Tour of duty : A period of time when a group of soldiers or a government representative is sent to work somewhere.

Under arms : Trained and ready to fight as an army.

Some Words and there uses:

• Aggression : An unprovoked attack by an enemy
• Belligerents : Nations carrying on warfare
• Conscriptions : Compulsory enrolment as soldiers and sailors
• Casualties : The killed or wounded in battle
• Convoy : A number of ships traveling together under escort for the sake of safety
• Contraband : Smuggling of goods and engaging in prohibited traffic
• Espionage : The act or the practice of spying
• Evacuate : To remove from one place to another to avoid the destruction of war
• Embargo : An order prohibiting the ships to leave the ports
• Mobilize : To make troops and ships for war services
• Invade : To enter another country as an enemy
• Neutral : Taking neither side in a struggle
• Alien : An illegal foreigner in a country
• Intern : To keep citizens in confinement
• Ammunition : Shells, bombs and other destructive items
• Ordnance : Heavy guns and army store-items
• Bayonet : A knife fixed on to the end of a gun
• Parole : A promise given by the prisoner if given a temporary release
• Puttees : Long cloths bound round the legs of soldiers from ankle to knee
• Reveille : Music for awakening the soldiers in the morning
• Arsenal : A place where naval or military weapons are made or stored
• Parachute : An apparatus which opens like an umbrella to enable a person to drop safely from an aircraft
• Volley : A shower of bullets
• Salvo : The firing of many guns at the same time to mark an occasion
• Cavalry : Horse-soldiers
• Infantry : Foot-soldiers
• Fusillade : A number of fire arms discharged continuously
• Reconnoiter : To make an examination of enemy territory
• Armistice : An agreement to stop fighting
• Capitulate : To surrender to an enemy on agreed terms
• Annihilate : To reduce to nothing
• Amnesty : A general pardon of offenders

• Battalion : The main division of an army
• Besiege : To surround a place with the intention of capturing it
• Recruit : A soldier recently enlisted for services
• Leave : A soldier’s holiday
• Furlough : A soldier’s holiday

• Bulletin : Official report on the progress of the war
• Diplomacy : The art of conducting negotiations between nations
• Garrison : A body of soldiers stationed in the fortress to defend it
• Garrison : The fortified fortress
• Bandolier : A broad belt worn across the chest with pockets for carrying ammunitions
• Conscript : A person who is forced by the law to become a soldier
• Guerilla war : An irregular war conducted by scattered bands
• Man oeuvre  : Movement of ships or troops in order to secure an advantage over the enemy
• Commandeer : To seize for military use
• Demobilize : To release from army
• Bivouac : An encampment in the open air
• Bivouac : To camp in the open air without tent
• Canteen : A place where soldiers can buy drinks and other refreshments
find for the first time.

Some other words:

Anti-guerrilla Operations: Operations which are conducted against guerilla forces. 

Area Defense: A type of defense that is oriented toward retaining a particular terrain. Area defense will rely mainly on the deployed forces that fire to repulse and stop the attackers.

Assault: The last step on an attack phase. It is rushing to close combat in order to drive the enemy out for hand-to-hand combat, using hand grenades and bayonets.

Attack: Form of offensive combat. It is an offensive type of action that is directed against the enemy. The purpose is to drive the enemy from his position in order to kill or capture.

Barrage: Protective firing of indirect firing weapons

Boundaries: The company and battalion defense areas which are limited due to terrain and means of approach.

Caliber: The diameter of the measured bore. It is expressed in decimal inch fractions.

Charge: Part of a fire command. It establishes the propellant’s amount in a shell.

Checkpoint: An easy to identify point on a terrain used for controlling the movement or identifying locations.

Civic Action: The act of using military forces on certain projects involving its contribution to economic development purposes for the locals. Some of the projects usually cover agriculture, education, public works, communications, sanitation, and health 

Close combat: Refers to hand-to-hand combat or fighting. It involves the use of weapons such as pistols, bayonets, rifles, and hand grenades.

Counterattack: Refers to the attack by a portion or the entire defensive force against the attackers. The main purpose of such an attack is to regain the ground that has been lost, or to destroy the enemy’s advance units. The objective is to deny the enemy of friendly territory.  

D-day:  Refers to the day in which an operation will commence.

Debarkation: The process of unloading equipment, supplies, or troops from an aircraft or ship.

Deployment: The extension of depth or width of a unit. It refers to how a particular unit is organized for combat.

Direct fire: Refers to the fire that is delivered by a weapon which is aimed directly to its target.

Dump: Temporary space to store military supplies.

Ejection: Refers to the process of expelling empty cartridges from weapons using an ejector.

Evacuation: It is the process of relocating casualties from the battlefield. It is also the clearance of personnel from a locality. 

Extraction: The phase of an operation which involves the removal of empty cartridges through ejection.

Ground Zero: The specific point on a ground where a nuclear weapon exploded.

Guerillas: Refers to the combatants which are members of an organized military force. Their activities usually involve harassment and disruption of the opposing forces.

Infiltrate: The passing of troops in small groups through an entrance in the enemy’s side.

Insurgency: Refers to rebellious political activity, revolt, or rebellion designed to overthrow or weaken the authority by its very own people.

Insurrection: The process of rising up to challenge the government by its very own people. 

Obstacle: A natural or artificial barrier that impedes or stops the unit’s movement.

Penetration: Form of attack that allows the attacking force to enter or move forward through the enemy’s defensive position. 

Political warfare: Refers to the aggressive approach in using politic methods to fulfill national plans.

Raid: Refers to a small scale operation that involves quickly penetrating hostile territory in order to secure important information, to rattle the enemy, or to destroy their installations. When the mission is accomplished, the operation ends with a withdrawal.

Rebellion: Refers to open resistance that is organized and armed against the government. 

Revolt: To cast off allegiance to the government.

Revolution: A rebellion that is able to succeed in toppling down the government and establishing new authority. 

Security: Actions taken by a certain command in order to protect its group from sabotage, espionage, and observation.

Withdrawal : An action whereby the unit disengages from the enemy as a direct order from their commander. 

Zone of fire: A particular area where a unit delivers or is about to deliver fire.

Army Abbreviations

ACK Acknowledgement

ACL Access control list; allowable cabin load

ACLANT Allied Command Atlantic

ACLP Affiliated contingency load planning

ACM Advanced conventional munitions; advanced cruise missile;

air combat maneuver; air contingency Marine air-ground

task force (MAGTF); airspace coordinating measure

ACMREQ Airspace control means request; airspace coordination

measures request

ACN Assign commercial network

ACO Administrative contracting officer; airspace control order

ACOA Adaptive course of action

ACOC Area communications operations center

ACOCC Air combat operations command center

ACOS Assistant chief of staff

ACP Access control point; air commander’s pointer; airspace

control plan; Allied communications publication;

assign common pool

ACR Armored cavalry regiment (Army);

assign channel reassignment

ACS Agile combat support; air-capable ship; airspace control

system; Auxiliary crane ship

ACSA Acquisition and cross-servicing agreement; Allied

Communications Security Agency

AC/S, C4I Assistant Chief of Staff, Command, Control,

Communications, Computers, and Intelligence

(USMC)

ACT Activity; advance civilian team;

Allied Command Transformation

ACU Assault craft unit

ACV Aircraft cockpit video; armored combat vehicle

ACW Advanced conventional weapons

A/D Analog-to-digital

AD Active duty; advanced deploy ability; air defense;

area denial; automatic distribution; priority add-on

ADA Aerial damage assessment; air defense artillery

A/DACG Arrival/departure airfield control group

ADAFCO Air defense artillery fire control officer

ADAL Authorized dental allowance list

ADAM Air defense airspace management

ADAM/BAE Air defense airspace management/brigade aviation element

ADAMS Allied Deployment and Movement System

ADANS Air Mobility Command Deployment Analysis System

ADC Air defense commander; area damage control

ADCAP Advanced capability

A/DCG Arrival/departure control group

ADCI/MS Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military

Support

ADCON Administrative control

ADD Assign on-line diagnostic

ADDO Assistant Deputy Director for Operations

ADDO(MS) Assistant Deputy Director for Operations/Military

Support

ADE Airdrop damage estimate; assign digit editing

ADF Automatic direction finding

ADIZ Air defense identification zone

ADKC/RCU Automatic Key Distribution Center/Rekeying Control Unit

ADL Advanced distributed learning; assign XX (SL) routing

ADM Air defense measure

ADMIN Administration

ADN Allied Command Europe desired ground zero number

ADNET Anti-drug network

ADOC Air defense operations center

ADP Air defense plan; Army doctrine publication; automated

data processing

ADPE Automated data processing equipment

ADPS Automatic data processing system

ADR Accident data recorder; aircraft damage repair; airfield

damage repair

ADRA Adventist Development and Relief Agency

ADRP Army doctrine reference publication

ADS Air defense section; air defense sector;

amphibian discharge site; authoritative data source

ADSIA Allied Data Systems Interoperability Agency

ADSW Active duty for special work

ADT Active duty for training; assign digital transmission group;

automatic digital tester

ADUSD(TP) Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense,

Transportation Policy

ADVON Advanced echelon

ADW Air defense warnings

ADWC Air defense warning condition

ADZ Amphibious defense zone

A/E Ammunition/explosives

AE Aero medical evacuation; assault echelon; attenuation

equalizer

AEC Aero medical evacuation crew

AECA Arms Export Control Act

AECM Aero medical evacuation crew member

AECS Aero medical evacuation command squadron

AECT Aero medical evacuation control team

AEG Air expeditionary group

AEHF Advanced extremely high frequency

AELT Aero medical evacuation liaison team

AEOS Aero medical evacuation operations squadron

AEOT Aero medical evacuation operations team

AEPS Aircrew escape propulsion system

AEPST Aero medical evacuation plans and strategy team

AES Aero medical evacuation squadron

AESC Aero medical evacuation support cell

AET Airport emergency team

AETC Air Education and Training Command

AETF Air expeditionary task force

A/ETF Automated/electronic target folder

AEU Assign essential user bypass

AEW Airborne early warning

AF Air Force; Air Force (form); amphibious force

AF/A2 Air Force Director of Intelligence, Surveillance,

and Reconnaissance

AFAARS Air Force After Action Reporting System

AFAPD Air Force Applications Program Development

AFARN Air Force air request net

AFATDS Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System

AFB Air Force base

AFC area frequency coordinator; automatic frequency control

AFCA Air Force Communications Agency

AFCAP Air Force contract augmentation program; Armed

Forces contract augmentation program

AFCB Armed Forces Chaplains Board

AFCC Air Force Component Commander

AFCCC Air Force Combat Climatology Center

AFCEC Air Force Civil Engineer Center

AFCEE Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment

AFCENT Allied Forces Central Europe (NATO)

AFCERT Air Force computer emergency response team

AFCESA Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency

AFD Assign fixed directory

AFDA Air Force doctrine annex

AFDC Air Force Doctrine Center

AFDD Air Force doctrine document

AFDIGS Air Force digital graphics system

AFDIL Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory

AFDIS Air Force Weather Agency Dial In Subsystem

AF/DP Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, United States Air Force

AFE Armed Forces Entertainment

AFEES Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station

AFFIS Air Facilities File Information System

AFFMA Air Force Frequency Management Agency

AFFOR Air Force forces

AFH Air Force handbook

AFHSC Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center

AFI Air Force instruction

AFIAA Air Force Intelligence Analysis Agency

AFICA Air Force Installation Contracting Agency

AFID Anti-fratricide identification device

AF/IL Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, USAF

AFIP Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

AFIRB Armed Forces Identification Review Board

AFIS American Forces Information Service.