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Note: Where the same abbreviation has more than one meaning, the several meanings have been arranged alphabetically. Abbreviations preceded by an asterisk (*), other than Navy numbers, may never be used singly; those preceded by the symbol for number (#) are the Bureau of Personnel Condensation Code for use in dispatch orders to personnel.
G -- First letter in the Navy aircraft designation, indicating a transport plane (single-engine)
G -- Globe Corporation (Aircraft Division (manufacturer's symbol)
G -- Goodyear Aircraft Corporation (manufacturer's symbol)
G -- Great Lakes Engineering Corporation (plane manufacturer's symbol)
G -- Group; e.g.: as, CVG (Aircraft Carrier Group)
G-1 -- Personnel (War Department General Staff or USMC)
G-2 -- Intelligence (War Department and USMC)
G-3 -- Operations (War Department and USMC)
G-4 -- Supply (War Department and USMC)
G-5 -- PWB Branch of SHAEF
G-6 -- CAD Branch of SHAEF
GA -- Gage Man
GA -- Gasoline Stowage and Fuel System Man
GA -- Georgia
GA -- Ground Attacker Aircraft
GAA -- General Account of Advances
GAF -- German Air Force
GAI -- General Accounting Instructions
Gal -- Gallon
GAO -- General Accounting Office
GAO -- General Administrative Order
*GARN -- Garrison
GAS -- Gasoline
GAT -- Guantanamo to Aruba to Trinidad (routing designation)
"Gators" -- "Alligators"; members of beach battalion at Little Creek Amphibious Training Base
GB -- General Board
GB -- Great Britain
GB -- "Traveler"; single-engine Navy utility (VJ), biplane, manufactured by Beech
GC -- Green Cove Springs, Florida
GC -- Gun Captain
GCA -- Ground Control Approach (radar)
GCI -- Ground Control Intercept (radar)
GCM -- General Court Martial
GCMed -- Good Conduct Medal
GCMP -- General Court Martial Prisoner
GCT -- Greenwich Civil Time
Gd -- Guard
GDP -- Gun Director Pointer
GDP(CL) -- Gun Director Pointer (Cross Leveler)
GDP(L) -- Gun Director Pointer (Leveler)
GDP(P) -- Gun Director Pointer (Pointer)
GDP(SS) -- Gun Director Pointer (Sight Setter)
GDP(T) -- Gun Director Pointer (Trainer)
GE -- General Electric Company
GE -- Great Exuma
GED Tests -- General Educational Development Tests
*GEN -- General
GEN -- USNR officer designation for General Service Reserve Pay Clerk
GenBoard -- General Board
GENDET -- General Detail (USCG)
Genl -- General
George -- "G" in the Phonetic alphabet
GER -- Germany
GFE -- Government Furnished Equipment
GH-# -- "Nightingale"; single-engine Navy utility plane (VJ), manufactured by Howard
GHQ -- General Headquarters (Army)
GI -- Government Issue (Army)
GI -- U.S. Government Life Insurance (allotment for)
GI Bill -- Veterans Benefits Act, PL345, 1944
GIRO -- General Instructions for Routing and Reporting Officers
GIU -- General Intelligence Unit (US) (London)
GK-# -- "Forwarder"; single-engine Navy utility plane (VJ), manufactured by Fairchild
GK -- Guantanamo to Key West (routing designation)
Gldr -- Glider
GLO -- Gunnery Liaison Officer
"Glomb" -- Navy glider equipped with "Block"
GM -- Galveston to Mississippi River (routing designation)
GM (GMC)-- General Motors Corporation
GM -- (Pertaining to) Guided Missiles
GM -- Guard Mail
GM -- Gunner's Mate
GMCB -- Gunner's Mate, Construction Battalion
GMCBG -- Gunner's Mate, Construction Battalion, Armorer
GMCBP -- Gunner's Mate, Construction Battalion Powderman
GMCM -- Guided Missile Counter-Measures
GMSR -- Gunner's Mate, Ship Repair
GMSRP -- Gunner's Mate, Ship Repair, Powderman
GMT -- Short Hull, General Motors Tandem Diesel Drive
GMT -- Greenwich Mean Time
GN -- Guantanamo to New York (routing designation)
GO -- General Order
GOC -- General Officer Commanding
"Goose" -- See JRF-#
GOP -- General Operational Plot
*GOV -- Governor
#GOVAIR -- Including government air
#GOVAIRDIR -- In performing the above travel government air is directed where necessary (or between points specified) to expedite completion of this duty
#GOVMERAIR -- Including government or comercial air
#GOVMERAIRAUTH -- In performing the above travel government air and/or commercial air is authorized where necessary to expedite completion of this duty
#GOVMERAIRDIR -- In performing the above travel government air and/or commercial air is directed where necessary to expedite completion of this duty
Govt -- Government
Govt Ins -- Government Insurance (NSI or GI)
GP -- Galveston to Pilottown (routing designation)
GP -- General Purpose
GP -- Gun Pointer
GP Bomb -- General Purpose Bomb
Gp Fl -- Group Flashing
GPO -- Government Printing Office
Gp Occ -- Group Occulting
GQ -- General Quarters
GR -- Geared Radial (aircraft engine)
GR -- General Reconnaissance (USMC)
*GR -- Group, as COMAIRSHIPGR
#GRABADHARV -- Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University
"Grass" -- Noise (as seen on radar scope)
"Grasshopper" -- See AE-#, NE-#
GRB -- Government Reservation Bureau
*GRD -- Guard
*GRE -- Greenland, as COMGREPAT
GrePat -- Greenland Patrol
GRFO -- Gun Range-Finder Operation
GRU -- Group
GruCom -- Group Commander
GS -- General Staff (Army)
G/S -- General Support (Army)
GS -- Greenland to St. Johns, N.F. (routing designation)
GS -- Guardship
GSC -- General Staff Corps (Army)
GSF -- Gulf Sea Frontier
GSGS -- Geographical Section General Staff (GB)
GSk -- General Storekeeper
GSK -- General Stores
GSR -- General Service Recruit
GSS -- General Service Schools (Army)
GSS -- General Supply Schedule
GSU -- General Service Unit (USMC)
GT -- Guantanamo, Cuba
Gtmo -- Guantanamo, Cuba
GU -- Guam (Naval Operating Base)
GulfCoBaseServUnit -- Gulf Coast Base Service Unit
GulfCon -- Gulf Control
GulfSeaFron -- Gulf Sea Frontier
"Gulls" -- Balloon Supported Radar Reflectors to simulate target
*GUN -- Gunboat
Gun -- Gunner
*GUN -- Gunnery
"GUNS" -- Gunner's Mate
GunSgt -- Gunnery Sergeant (USMC)
GW -- General Warning
GY -- Gyro
GySgt -- Gunnery Sergeant (USMC)
GZ -- Guantanamo to Panama Canal Zone (routing designation)
