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List of Abbreviations
Abn       Airborne
ACofS     Assistant Chief of Staff
ADCOM     Advance Command and Liaison Group
Admin     Administration
AFFE      Army Forces Far East
AGO       Office of The Adjutant General
AMIK      American Mission in Korea
Asst      Assistant
ATIS      Allied Translator and Interpreter Section

CCF       Chinese Communist Forces
CG        Commanding general
CINCFE    Commander in Chief, Far East Command
CINCUNC   Commander in Chief, United Nations Command
Comd      Command
COMNAVFE  Commander, Naval Forces, Far East

DF        Disposition form
DIS       Daily Intelligence Summary
Div       Division

ECA       Economic Co-operation Administration
ERC       Enlisted Reserve Corps
EUSAK     Eighth U.S. Army in Korea

FEAF      Far East Air Forces
FEC       Far East Command
FMFPAC    Fleet Marine Force, Pacific

G-1       Personnel section of divisional or higher staff
G-2       Intelligence section of divisional or higher staff
G-3       Operations and training section of divisional or higher staff
G-4       Logistics section of divisional or higher staff
GO        General order

Interv    Interview

JANIS     Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Service
JCS       Joint Chiefs of Staff



JIC       Joint Intelligence Committee
JLC       Japan Logistical Command
Jnl       Journal
JSPOG     Joint Strategic Plans and Operations Group
JSSC      Joint Strategic Survey Committee

KMAG      United States Military Advisory Group to the Republic of 
          Korea

LST       Landing ship, tank
Ltr       Letter

MARBO     Marianas-Bonins Command
MDAP      Mutual Defense Assistance Program
Memo      Memorandum
MOS       Military occupational speciality
MS        Manuscript
Msg       Message
MFR       Memorandum for record
Mono      Monograph

NATO      North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAVFE     Naval Forces, Far East
NKA       North Korean Army
NPRJ      National Police Reserve of Japan
NSC       National Security Council

OCAFF     Office, Chief of Army Field Forces
OCMH      Office, Chief of Military History
Opn       Operation
ORC       Organized Reserve Corps
OSA       Office of the Secretary of the Army
OSI       Office of Strategic Intelligence

PHILCOM   Philippines Command
PMAG      Provisional Military Advisory Group

Rad       Radio
RCT       Regimental combat team
ROK       Republic of Korea
Rpt       Report
RYCOM     Ryukyus Command

SANACC    State-Army-Navy-Air Force Co-ordinating Committee
SCAP      Supreme Commander, Allied Powers
Sgd       Signed
SGS       Secretary of the General Staff

T/O       Table of Organization
TO & E    Table of Organization and Equipment
Telecon   Teleconference
Tng       Training



UNC       United Nations Command
UNCOK     United Nations Commission in Korea
UNCURK    United Nations Commission for the Unification
          and Rehabilitation of Korea
USAFIK    United States Army Forces in Korea
USAMGIK   United States Army Military Government in Korea
USMILAT   U.S. Military Attaché

ZI        Zone of Interior

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