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MARCORSYSCOM – MARine CORps SYStems COMmand (U.S. Military) MARCENT Marine Corps Central Command [3] MARFORRES – MARine FORces REServe (U.S. Marine Corps) MARSOC – Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command; MATP – Modular Ammunition Transfer Point; MAV – Micro Air Vehicle; MAW – Maximum Allowable Weight; MBT – Main battle tank
For example, the parent Battalion unit for the Army will use "AA." A child Company unit, such as A Company, will use "A0." The UIC is also used by commanding officers to identify their unit to a higher military unit, where the specific information of the unit can easily be researched and information can be accessed.
A A&TWF – Acquisition and technology work force a – Army AA – Assembly area AA – Anti-aircraft AA – Aegis ashore AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A" AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle AAC – Army Air Corps AAD – Armored amphibious dozer AADC – Area air defense commander AAE – Army acquisition executive AAG – Anti-aircraft gun AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US ...
This is a list of acronyms, expressions, euphemisms, jargon, military slang, and sayings in common or formerly common use in the United States Marine Corps.Many of the words or phrases have varying levels of acceptance among different units or communities, and some also have varying levels of appropriateness (usually dependent on how senior the user is in rank [clarification needed]).
1st Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Automatic Weapons) Battalion (1st AAA (AW) Bn) was a short lived United States Marine Corps air defense unit that was originally commissioned during the Korean War. The battalion moved to Marine Corps Base 29 Palms , California in 1953 and continued to support exercises across the Southwestern United States until it ...
A circular letter issued by the CNO in November 1946 specified that code letters on USMC planes were to be underscored. The underscoring of codes was a short-lived practice abandoned by 1949. Throughout the history of tail codes there have been a number of duplicates where the same code was used at the same time by more than one unit.
The U.S. Marine Corps and U. S. Navy share the same system. USMC squadrons use two letter codes unique to each squadron. USMC squadrons use two letter codes unique to each squadron. The codes are squadron specific and do not identify either the Marine Air Group (MAG) nor the Marine Air Wing (MAW) to which the squadron belongs nor the air ...
As the war progressed, the Marine Corps removed coastal artillery from the defense battalions in order to form additional heavy artillery units for the Fleet Marine Force. [3] Because of the divestiture of the coastal defense mission, the battalion was re-designated as the 14th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion on September 1, 1944. [ 3 ]