Overview
- Working language of the U.S. Army--includes more than 3,500 terms and acronyms
- Over 40 pages of commonly needed reference facts and formulas
- Latest list of key Army and DoD Web sites
This book defines today's Army terms and acronyms clearly and concisely for the military or civilian user. The forty pages of appendices include enlisted and officer classification systems; precedence for awards, decorations, and medals; the Code of Conduct; sample memorandums and letters; physical fitness standards and scoring methods; and eleven other tables and charts for easy reference.
Synopsis
This book defines today's Army terms and acronyms clearly and concisely for the military or civilian user. The forty pages of appendices include enlisted and officer classification systems; precedence for awards, decorations, and medals; the Code of Conduct; sample memorandums and letters; physical fitness standards and scoring methods; and eleven other tables and charts for easy reference. The working language of the U.S. Army is revealed along with more than 3,500 Army terms and acronyms. Includes the latest list of key Army and DOD web sites.
Author Biography: Major Tim Zurick served as a Signal Corps officer on active duty and for many years in the reserves. He currently lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Library Journal
This is a shorter, less elaborate alternative to The United States Army: A Dictionary , edited by Peter Tsouras and others ( LJ 1/91). Zurick catalogs ``the working language of the Army'' from A-10 (a ground-support aircraft) to Zulu time (Greenwich mean time). The definitions, as a rule brief and accurate, are accompanied by references to their most familiar context: civil affairs, tactics, unconventional warfare, and so on. The work also includes a set of reference tables on subjects like military occupational specialties and physical fitness standards. While the work is primarily intended for military agencies, its comprehensive coverage should attract scholars and journalists who deal more or less regularly with the army's alphabet soup.-- D.E. Showalter, U.S. Air Force Acad., Colorado Springs