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Army Dictionary and Desk Reference | 
 enlarge | Author: Timothy Zurick
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 230092
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3 Rev Upd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.2 x 1
ISBN: 0811731545
Dewey Decimal Number: 355.003
EAN: 9780811731546
ASIN: 0811731545
Publication Date: September 2004
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Product Description
This book defines today's Army terms and acronyms clearly and concisely for the military or civilian user. The forty pages of appendices include enlisted and officer classification systems, precedence for awards, decorations, and medals, the Code of Conduct, sample memorandums and letters; physical fitness standards and scoring methods; and eleven other tables and charts for easy reference.
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 Where Did He Find All These Terms September 16, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Everybody knows that a MASH is a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. But how many know that a MARS is a Military Affiliate Radio System, or that HIMAD is High to Medium Altitude Air Defense. All of these, along with more than 3,800 terms are defined in this 320 page paperback. I find myself wondering just how you can compile a dictionary this large of such strange terms and concepts. It must have taken Mr. Zurick an awfully long time.
It's been pretty rare that I've just sat down and read a dictionary. But then again, it's been pretty rare that I've seen a dictionary like this one - that means never. If you are a reader of military history, or any of the current Army magazines, you need this on your desk.
 Better Than Nothing June 22, 2004
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Not really much of a dictionary, in my view -- e.g., the entry for "TIS" simply tells you what the acronym stands for. That's it. I was hoping for an actual entry, with notes that place the term in context. Maybe not encyclopedic, though that would have been great -- but at least the rudimentary entry of a "dictionary," for Christ's sake! I'm just short of sorry at having purchased this -- what does it matter to know that "TIS" stands for "Time In Service" if I don't know what that *means*??
For Soldiers, This Is Your Initial Source March 26, 2002
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a vital reference volume for young soldiers, and will facilitate your adoption of the martial vernacular.This book is a compendium of everything arising from the ongoing invaluable program titled Deployed Uniform Military Basic Acronym Standard System, with which every service person eventually becomes intimately familiar.
A Military Must March 30, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This reference guide is a must for anyone in or intrested in the Military. It is a valuble piece to start your military book collection and can help identify even things commisioned and nco's would have no clue about. "put in on your wish list"
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