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Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations (Blue and Gold Professional Library)

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Consider this sentence: "UNODIR, COMDESRON 9 will COMEX 300700Z AUG using VTF and BD AMMO for all WEPSYS unless CASREP."

Clearly you understand that this means: "Unless otherwise directed, the commander of destroyer squadron nine will commence the exercise at 7 o'clock in the morning on 30 August using variable time fuze and base detonating ammunition for all weapons systems unless they have been reported as nonfunctioning on a standard Navy casualty report."

All you need to know is contained in these 469 pages. There are so many definitions here, that I doubt even the most seasoned sailor knows them all. It makes fascinating reading.

Some of the abbreviations are pretty confusing in their own right.

SAR can mean:

Sea-Air Rescue

Search and Rescue

Selected Acquisition Reports

Selected Air Reserve

Special Aeronautical Requirements

Standard Average and Range

Substance Abuse Report

Supply Activity Report

Synthetic Aperture Radar.

Deborah W. Cutler and Thomas J. Cutler's Dictionary Of Naval Abbreviations translates and defines many brief, common forms of naval communications which professional sailors may readily understand, but others may miss. Even staff briefings are filled with such abbreviations and special terminology, and any who regularly need to understand naval proceedings would do well to keep Dictionary Of Naval Abbreviations as a translator's reference. It and its companion Dictionary Of Naval Terms are written for Navy neophytes who have a need to understand the language of their new profession - and for outsiders such as journalists. A solid, recommended library reference.