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AAFFTD |
Army Air Forces Flying Training Detachment (U.S.) |
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AANS |
Australian Army Nursing Service |
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ADF |
Air Defense Forces (USSR) |
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AFF |
American Friends of France (Comite Americain de Secours Civil) |
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AFL |
Actresses’ Franchise League |
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AFZ |
Anti-Fascist Front of Women (Yugoslavia) |
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AIDS |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
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ALNU |
Australian League of Nations Union |
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AMES |
Asociacion de Mujeres Salvadrenas (Association of Salvadoran Women) |
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AMNLAE |
Asociacion de Mujeres Nicaraguenses "Luisa Amanda Espinoza" (Association of |
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Nicaraguan Women "Luisa Amanda Espinoza") |
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AMPRONAC |
Asociacion de Mujeres ante la Problematica Nacional (Association of Nicaraguan |
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Women Confronting the National Problem) |
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AMS |
Auxiliary Military Service (UK) |
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ANAPO |
National Popular Alliance (Colombia) |
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ANC |
African National Congress (South Africa) |
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ANC |
Army Nurse Corps (U.S.) |
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ANFASEP |
Asociacion Nacional de Familiares de Secuestrados (Relatives of the |
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Disappeared) (Peru) |
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ANL |
Army of National Liberation (Algeria) |
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AP |
Associated Press |
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APA |
Australian Peace Alliance |
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APO |
Ausserparlamentarische Opposition (Extraparliamentary Opposition) (Germany) |
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ARC |
American Red Cross |
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ATA |
Air Transport Auxiliary (UK) |
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ATG |
Alaska Territorial Guard (U.S.) |
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ATS |
Auxiliary Territorial Service (UK); also Auxiliary Transport Service |
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AWAS |
Australian Women’s Army Service |
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BDF |
Federation of German Women’s Associations (Germany) |
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BFT |
Bomber Flight Test Branch (U.S.) |
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BR |
Brigate Rosse (Red Brigades) (Italy) |
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BRC |
British Red Cross |
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CA |
Church Army (UK) |
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CBCs |
Comunidades Eclesiaticas de Base (Christian Base Communities) (El Salvador) |
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CBE |
Commander of the British Empire |
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CBPP |
contagious bovine pleuropneumonia |
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CCP |
Chinese Communist Party |
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CND |
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (UK) |
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CP |
Communist Party |
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CPA |
Communist Party of Australia |
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CPS |
Civilian Public Service (U.S.) |
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CPT |
Civilian Pilot Training program (U.S.) |
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CUC |
Comite Unidad Campesina (Peasant Unity Committee) (Guatemala) |
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DACOWITS |
Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (U.S.) |
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DAG |
Democratic Army of Greece |
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DAR |
Daughters of the American Revolution |
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DBE |
Dame Commander of the British Empire |
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DCPC |
Direct Combat Probability Coding System (Risk Rule) (U.S.) |
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DDP |
German Democratic Party (Germany) |
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DRC |
Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) |
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EA |
Ethniki Allilegyi (National Solidarity) (Greece) |
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EAM |
Ethniko Apeleftherotiko Metopo (National Liberation Front) (Greece) |
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EDSNN |
Ejercito Defensor de la Soberama Nacional de Nicaragua (Army in Defense of the National Sovereignty of Nicaragua) |
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EGP |
Ejercito Guerrillero de los Pobres (Guerrilla Army of the Poor) (Guatemala) |
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ELAS |
Ellinikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (Greek People’s Liberation Army) |
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ELF |
East London Federation of Suffragettes (UK) |
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ELN |
Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional (National Liberation Army) (Colombia) |
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ENSA |
Entertainment National Service Association |
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EPON |
Eniaias Panelladikis Organosis Neon (United Panhellenic Organization of Youth) (Greece) |
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ETA |
Euskadi ta Askatasuna (Basque Country and Freedom) (Spain) |
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EZLN |
Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (Zapatista Army of National Liberation) (Mexico) |
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FANY |
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (UK) |
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FAR |
Fuerzas Armadas Rebeldes (Revolutionary Armed Forces) (Guatemala) |
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FARC |
Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) |
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FDLR |
Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda) |
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FEC |
Far East Command Headquarters (U.S. and UK) |
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FFT |
Fighter Flight Test (U.S.) |
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FMLN |
Frente Farabundo Marti para la Liberacion Nacional (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front) (El Salvador) |
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FPO |
Fareynigte Partizaner Organizatsie (United Partisan Organization) (Jewish) |
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FSA |
Farm Security Administration (U.S.) |
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FSLN |
Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional (the Sandinista National Liberation Front) (Nicaragua) |
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GAM |
Grupo de Ayuda Mutua (Mutual Support Society) (Guatemala) |
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GPO |
General Post Office |
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GUIW |
General Federation of Iraqi Women |
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HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus |
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HRF |
Hero of the Russian Federation |
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HSU |
Hero of the Soviet Union |
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IACHR |
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights |
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ICA |
Irish Citizen Army |
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ICBL |
International Campaign to Ban Land Mines |
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ICW |
International Congress of Women |
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ICWPP |
International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace |
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IDF |
Israeli Defense Force |
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INC |
Indian National Congress |
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IRA |
Irish Republican Army |
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JWOPY |
Jewish Warring Organization of Pioneer Youth |
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KAU |
Kenya African Union |
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KMT |
Kuomingtang (Guomindang) Nationalist Party (China) |
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KPD |
Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (German Communist Party) |
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LORAN |
Long Range Aid to Navigation (U.S.) |
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LTTE |
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (Tamil Tigers) |
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LWV |
Women’s League of Voters (U.S.) |
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M19 |
19th of April Movement (Colombia) |
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MASH |
Mobile Army Surgical Hospital Unit (U.S.) |
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MBE |
Member of the British Empire |
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MCWR |
Marine Corps Women’s Reserve (U.S.) |
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MI5 |
Military Intelligence 5, Counterespionage (UK) |
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MIFTAH |
Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy |
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MOS |
Military Occupational Specialties (U.S.) |
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MP |
member of Parliament (UK) |
