Dogface Soldier: The Life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.

Glossary and Abbreviations

297 Glossary and Abbreviations AAF Army Air Forces Abwehr German intelligence service AD Armored Division AFHQ Allied Force Headquarters AGF Army Ground Forces AR Army Regulations AWOL Absent without leave BCT Battalion combat team Bigot Special security classification for future operations BLT Battalion landing team Bn. Battalion CARL Combined Arms Research Library CCO Commander, Combined Operations CCS Combined Chiefs of Staff CG Commanding general CGAFG Commanding general, Army Ground Forces CG USAFBI Commanding general, U.S. Army Forces, British Isles COHQ Combined Operations Headquarters COMINT Communications intelligence CONUS Continental United States COS Chief(s) of Staff CP Command Post CREST CIA Research Search Tool DCI Director of Central Intelligence DD/C Deputy director for coordination DIA Defense Intelligence Agency Div. Division DOD Department of Defense DUKW Two-and-a-half-ton amphibious truck FEC French Expeditionary Corps 298 Glossary and Abbreviations FFI French Forces of the Interior FO Field Order G1 Personnel section of divisional or higher staff G2 Intelligence section of divisional or higher staff G3 Operations and training section of divisional or higher staff G4 Logistics section of divisional or higher staff GHQ General Headquarters GI Government issue. Originally a term applied to any standard‑ ized item issued by the U.S. Army. During World War II the term came to be used to refer to any member of the Army, especially an enlisted man. GO General Order GSC General Staff Corps HQ Headquarters HQAGF Headquarters, Army Ground Forces HQ USAFBI Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces, British Isles IAC Intelligence Advisory Committee ID Infantry Division LCI Landing craft, infantry LCM Landing craft, mechanized LCT Landing craft, tank LCVP Landing craft, vehicle, personnel LOD Line of departure LST Landing ship, tank Maquis Members of the French underground movement MTOUSA Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army NACP National Archives, College Park, Maryland NATOUSA North African Theater of Operations, United States Army NCO Noncommissioned officer NPRC National Personnel Records Center OB West Oberbefehlshaber West (highest ground headquarters of the western front) OMPF Official Military Personnel File OPC Office of Policy Coordination OPD Operations Division, War Department General Staff ORC Officers’ Reserve Corps OSO Office of Special Operations OTC Officers’ Training Camps POE Port of embarkation RCT Regimental combat team Regt. Regiment RG Record Group Glossary and Abbreviations 299 S1 Personnel section of regimental or battalion staff S2 Intelligence section of regimental or battalion staff S3 Operations and training section of regimental or battalion staff S4 Logistics section of regimental or battalion staff SHAEF Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces SHAPE Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe SO Special Order SS Schutzstaffel (elite guard) TF Task Force TO&E Table of Organization and Equipment USACGS U.S. Army Command and General Staff School USAMHI United States Army Military History Institute USANIF U.S. Army Northern Ireland Forces USAT U.S. Army Transport USCIB U.S. Communications Intelligence Board USMA United States Military Academy WD War Department Wehrmacht German Armed Forces XO Executive officer ...