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Subject: Acronyms that don't work (or shouldn't)
ret13f    4/7/2005 6:49:08 PM
Stability and support operations- SASO (good), but, I've seen this a few times for Stability Ops and Support Ops- SOSO (not good). Tactical Exercise Without Troops- TEWT (okay), but, you figure if this one is good- Practical Exercise Not Including Soldiers. what d'ya think?
 
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SufiBeagle    RE:Acronyms that don't work (or shouldn't)   4/8/2005 12:41:27 PM
It seems like I read that right after Pearl Harbor the US Pacific Fleet changed its abbreviation from the unfortunate CINCUS ("sink us"), maybe to CINCPAC or something like that.
 
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AlbanyRifles    RE:Acronyms that don't work (or shouldn't)   4/11/2005 9:50:43 AM
CINCUS was the acronym for CDR IN CHIEF US Fleet (ADM King)...so he changed the title to Chief of Naval Operations. Another one we use was a Tactical Walk And Talk which is a TWA.......well, you can finish it.
 
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