Black Sailor, White Navy: Racial Unrest in the Fleet during the Vietnam War Era

Glossary

Glossary 1MC: The shipboard public-address system on U.S. Navy ships AA: Airman apprentice AAF: Army Air Forces AAP: Affirmative action plan ABH: Aviation boatswain’s mate ACTOV: Accelerated turnover to Vietnam AFQT: Armed Forces Qualification Test AH: Aviation History Branch, U.S. Naval Historical Center AN: Airman AO: Oiler AOE: Fast combat support ship AOR: Replacement oiler AR: Operational Archives, U.S. Naval Historical Center ASVAB: Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery ATF: Fleet ocean tug AVF: All-volunteer force AWOL: Absent without leave AZC: Aviation maintenance administrationman BLT: Battalion landing team BM: Boatswain’s mate B/N: Bombardier/navigator BOOST: Broadened Opportunity for Officer Selection and Training BT: Boiler technician BUMED: Bureau of Medicine CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps CDR: Commander CIC: Combat information center CINCLANTFLT: Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet CINCPACFLT: Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet CINCUSNAVEUR: Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe xxi CNA: Center for Naval Analyses CNET: Commander Naval Education and Training CNO: Chief of Naval Operations CO: Commanding officer COD: Carrier onboard delivery plane. During the early 1970s, the Navy’s COD was the C-2 Greyhound. The C-2 had a crew of three and could carry up to twenty-eight passengers. COMCARDIV: Commander, Carrier Division COMNAVAIRPAC: Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet COMNAVFORV: Commander, Naval Forces Vietnam COMUSNAVPHIL: Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Philippines CPO: Chief petty officer CTT: Command Training Team CVA: Attack carrier CVS: Antisubmarine support carrier CVT: Training aircraft carrier DD: Destroyer DE: Destroyer escort DOD: Department of Defense E-1, E-2, E-3, etc. (enlisted pay grades in the U.S. Armed Forces, with E-1 being the lowest pay grade and E-9, the highest) EO: Equal opportunity EOPS: Equal opportunity program specialists EOQI: Equal opportunity quality indicators EST: Erhard Seminar Training FA: Fireman apprentice GCT: General Classification Test GED: General Equivalence Degree, or General Educational Development , a test that certifies the taker has attained high school level academic skills in the United States GQ: General quarters HASC: House Armed Services Committee HRC: Human relations council HRS: Human relations staff JAG: Judge advocate general (a Navy lawyer) JAGMAN: Judge advocate general’s manual JOBS: Job oriented basic skills LBJ: Long Binh Jail, Vietnam LCDR: Lieutenant commander xxii | Glossary LCM: Landing craft, mechanized LKA: Amphibious cargo ship LPD: Amphibious transport dock LPH: Amphibious assault ship (Helicopter) LST: Landing ship tank LT: Lieutenant MAA: Master-at-arms MAF: Marine amphibious force MP: Military police MSC: Military Sealift Command NAAP: Navy Affirmative Action Plan NAS: Naval air station NASA: National Air and Space Administration NAVSTA: Naval station NCO: Noncommissioned officer; in the Navy, petty officers and chief petty officers NDL: Navy Department Library, U.S. Naval Historical Center NFO: Naval flight officer NHC: U.S. Naval Historical Center NIS: Naval Investigative Service NPS: Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California NRMC: Naval Reserve Medical Center NROTC: Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps NRRS: Navy Race Relations School, Millington, Tennessee NWC: Naval War College OD: Officer-on-deck, the officer who controls ship movements on a given watch OPNAVINST: Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Instruction PBY: Navy aircraft designation for a flying boat RAF: Racial awareness facilitators RAP: Recruiting Assistance Program RD: Radarman RIF: Reduction in force RT: Refresher training RVAH: Reconnaissance attack squadron SA: Seaman apprentice SALT: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks SEALORDS: Southeast Asia Lake, Ocean, River, and Delta Strategy SECNAVINST: Secretary of the Navy, Instruction Glossary | xxiii SEMINAR: Senior Minority Assistance to Recruiting Program SH: Ships History Branch, U.S. Naval Historical Center SK: Storekeeper SNB: Navy aircraft designation for a light transport/multiengine trainer SP: Shore patrol SR: Seaman recruit SRA: Ship’s restricted availability SS: Steamship SWO: Surface warfare officer UCMJ: Uniform Code of Military Justice UNREP: Underway replenishment UPWARD: Understanding Personal Worth and Racial Dignity USNR: U.S. Naval Reserve USS: United States ship V-1: Deck division on an aircraft carrier V-3: Hangar division on an aircraft carrier V-5: An aviation cadet program similar to V-12 that provided applicants with a year of free college education before they entered flight training VA: Attack squadron VADM: Vice admiral VAW: Carrier airborne early warning squadron VCNO: Vice chief of naval operation. WAVES: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service XO: Executive officer; the second-in-command on a ship...