This must be repaid.ĪFT – toward the stern opposite of forward.ĪLLOTMENT – assignment of part of military pay directly to a person or bank.ĪLONGSIDE – beside a pier, wharf, or ship.ĪNCHOR – the hook used at the end of a chain and dropped to the sea bottom to hold a ship in one particular place. Close aboard near a ship.ĪDVANCE PAY – an advance on your base pay for a move. Ĭlick here to scroll to Acronyms NAVY TERMS A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z AĪBOARD – on or in a ship. NAVY TERMS & ACRONYMS To download a PDF copy of this document, CLICK HERE. The Lone Sailor Table - Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA)

Information and Assistance (website links) All information reflects our best knowledge at the time of publication. Also, the web addresses included change frequently. Naval Services FamilyLine does not officially endorse any of the organizations in the following documents that are non-federal entities. Like how the US Navy is divided into 2nd fleet etc.This section is provided for information dissemination purposes only. And i'm sure you realise it is the 'Japanese self defence FORCE', which is formally divided into 'escort fleets'. English speaking navies do not use 'armada' as a organizational unit. Somehow i think you missed the point and are conflating the formal naval hierachy term 'fleet' with the informal civvie usage.

Aggressive in nature and comprised of two or more organizational military fleets, that in my mind is a Armada.

To explain what I mean by 'two or more formal fleet elements' try to picture a grouping of formal fleets like the US Pacific Fleet combined with the Japanese Self Defense Fleet or the Australian Fleet who purpose is to invade or attack a target like the Philipines or China. a fleet of merchant ships, a fleet of cars, or a fleet of fishing ships.Īrmada: A group of military vessels comprised of two or more formal fleet elements who purpose is aggressive in nature. JGregor圓2 wrote:Building on what has been said so far how does this strike people as a working definition.įleet: A large number of similar vehicles sharing the same purpose, i.e.

Armada naval term