Destiny's Landfall: A History of Guam, Revised Edition

Abbreviations

293 Abbreviations AAFB Andersen Air Force Base AFB Air Force Base AFT American Federation of Teachers AGI Archivo General de Indias (Seville) AGN Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico City) AHN Archivo Histórico Nacional (Madrid) AHPA Archivo Histórico de la Provincia de Aragón (Barcelona) AP Associated Press ARSI Archivum Romanum Sociatatis Iesu (Rome) BATFOG Bush Administration Task Force on Guam BPM Brown-Pacific-Matson BRACC Base Re-alignment and Closure Commission CB Naval construction battalion (a.k.a. Seabees) CIA Central Intelligence Agency CINCPAC Commander in Chief U.S. Forces Pacific CINCPOA Commander in Chief Pacific Ocean Area CNH Center for Naval History CNMI Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands COMNAVMAR Commander United States Naval Forces Marianas DOD Department of Defense DOE Department of Education (Guam) DP disposition point DPW Department of Public Works (Guam) EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EGO Executive General Order FBL Force (or Final) Beachhead Line 294 Abbreviations FDAA Federal Disaster Assistance Administration FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency FHP Family Health Program FFB Federal Finance Bank FSM Federated States of Micronesia GAA Guam Airport Authority GCC Guam Community College GEDA Guam Economic Development Authority GFT Guam Federation of Teachers GHURA Guam Housing and Urban Renewal Authority GMH Guam Memorial Hospital GMHP Guam Memorial Health Plan GORCO Guam Oil Refining Company GPA Guam Power Authority GTA Guam Telephone Authority GVB Guam Visitors Bureau HMI Health Management International HMO health management organization ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile INS Immigration and Naturalization Service JTWC Joint Typhoon Warning Center KCK Knights of Christ the King LCM Library of Congress Manuscripts MARC Micronesian Area Research Center MASDELCO Marianas Stevedoring and Development Company MCM Medical Center of the Marianas MIP Medically Indigent Program MIRAB migration, remittances, aid, and bureaucracy (re island dependencies) MMB Mercedarian Sisters of Berriz MSA Medical Services Association NA National Archives (Washington, D.C.) NAS Naval Air Station (Tiyan) NAVCAMS Naval Communications and Master Station (Finagayan) NCTS Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station (Finagayan) NSA National Security Agency NTTU Naval Technical Training Unit (CIA, Saipan) OFM Cap. Order of Friars Minor, Capuchin (Franciscan) ONI Office of Naval Intelligence OPI-R Organization of People for Indigenous Rights OSA Order of Saint Augustine Abbreviations 295 OSF Order of Saint Francis OSS Office of Strategic Services OTIA Office of Territorial and International Affairs PDN The Pacific Daily News PNA Philippine National Archives PUAG Public Utility Agency of Guam PX Post Exchange QC qualifying certificate RAH Real Academia de la Historia (Madrid) RCT regimental combat team REA Rural Electrification Administration RG Record Group (National Archives) SAC Strategic Air Command SAR search and rescue SIGINT signal intelligence SIOP Single Integrated Operational Plan SJ Society of Jesus (Jesuits) SLBM submarine launched ballistic missile SMS Seine Majestät Schiff (His Majesty’s Ship) TSA Transportation Safety Agency TTPI Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands UDT Underwater Demolition Team UN United Nations UOG University of Guam UPI United Press International USA United States Army USAF United States Air Force USAT United States Army Transport USCC United States Commercial Company USMC United States Marine Corps USN United States Navy USS United States Ship VHB very heavy bomber WASC Western Association of Schools and Colleges YMLG Young Men’s League of Guam ...