G

g

gram

G

(Mech.) moment of a couple

(Phys.) constant of gravitation

G & C

guidance and control

g.

(acceleration of) gravity, gender, genitive,

 gram, grams, guinea

G.

German, good, (specific) gravity, guilder, gulf

G. A.

general agent, general assembly, general average

G. A. R.

Grand Army of the Republic

G. A. W.

guaranteed annual wage

G. B.

Great Britain

G. F. W. C.

General Federation of Women’s Clubs

G. H. Q.

general headquarters

G. I.

galvanized iron

G. S.

general staff

G.M.

guided missile.

G.M.D.

geometrical mean distance

G.M.T.

Greenwich mean time

G.O.P.

Grand Old Party (the Republican Party)

G.O.R.

Gas-oil ratio

G.P.

general practitioner, geometric progression

g.p.d.

gallons per day

g.p.m. or

G. P. M.⁶¹⁰

gallons per minute.

G.P.O.

General Post Office

g.p.s. or G.P.S.⁶¹⁴

gallons per second

G.Q.

general quarters

G.S.A.

Girl Scouts of America

g/t

gain/temperature

G-10

members— (11) Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, US

G-11

members—(11) Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

G-15

members—(15) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Senegal, Venezuela, former Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe

G-19

members—(19) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zambia

G-2

informal term that came into use about 1986; to facilitate bilateral economic cooperation between the two most powerful economic giants Japan, US

G-24

members—(24) Algeria, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Iran, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Yugoslavia

G-3

members—(3) Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela

G-30

members—(30) informal group of 30 leading international bankers, economists, financial experts, and business leaders organized by Johannes Witteveen (former managing director of the IMF)

G-33

members—(33) leading economists from 13 countries

G-5

members—(5) France, Germany, Japan, UK, US

G-6

members—(6) Argentina, Greece, India, Mexico, Sweden, Tanzania

G-7

members—(7) Group of 5 (France, Germany, Japan, UK, US) plus Canada and Italy

G-77

members—(131 plus the Palestine Liberation Organization) Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Burma, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Cuba, Cyprus, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, UAE, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Palestine Liberation Organization

G-8

members were Australia, Canada, EU (as one member), Japan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, US

G-9

members—(9) Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Sweden, Yugoslavia

GA

group army

GA

Tabun

GA

Tabun nerve agent (non-persistent)

Ga,

(Chem.) gallium

ga.

gauge

Ga.

Georgia

Gael.

Gaelic

Gal.

Galatians

gaL.

gallon(s)

gallons

Non-SI measure 1 Imp gallon (UK) = 4.546 liters, 1 US gallon = 3.785 litters.

galv.

galvanized

GAO

General Accounting Office

gar.

garage

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (old abbr.)

GATT

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade; subsumed by the World Trade Organization (WTrO) on 1 January 1995

Gaul.

Gaulish

gaz.

gazette, gazetteer

GB

Sarin nerve agent (semi-persistent)

GBI

ground-based interceptor

GBL

ground-based laser

GBR

ground-based radar

GBU

glide bomb unit

GC

Geneva Convention

GCA

ground-controlled approach

GCC

Gulf Cooperation Council

GCI

ground-controlled intercept

GCS

Ground control station (or system)

GCU

Guidance and Control Unit

GCW

Gross combination weight

gd

guard

GD

Soman nerve agent (persistent)

Gd

(Chem.) gadolinium

gd.

good

G-Day

Day the ground war began

GDIP

general defense intelligence program

GDLS

General Dynamics Land Systems

GDP

gross domestic product

GDR

German Democratic Republic (East Germany); used for information dated before 3 October 1990 or CY91

GDS

gun display system

gds.

goods

GDSC

General Dynamics Services Company

GDSS

Global Decision Support System

GDT

Ground data terminal

GDU

gun display unit

Ge

(Chem.) germanium

GEADGE

German Air Defense Ground Environment

geb.

(G. geboren) born

GEHOC

German HAWK Operations Center

GEMSS

Ground-emplaced mine-scattering system

GEN

Generation

Gen.

General, Genesis, Geneva

gen.

gender, general, genitive, genus.

genl.

general

Geo.

George

GEODSS

ground-based electro-optical deep space surveillance

geog.

geographer, geographic, geographical, geography

geol.

geologic(al), geologist, geology

geom..

geometric(al), geometry

geophys.

geophysical, geophysics

ger.

gerund

Ger.

German, Germany

GF

Cyclosarin nerve agent

GFCS

Gun fire control system

GFRP

Glassfiber-reinforced plastics

GHQ

General Headquarters (usually theater level)

Giant Talk

Early warning airborne HF communications system (US)

Gib.

Gibraltar

giga

10 to the power 9, i.e. 1,000 million. For instance GHz (1 GHz = 1,000 MHz), Gbyte

Gk.

Greek

GKS

graphic kernel system

Gl,

(Chem.) glucinum

GLCM

ground-launched cruise missile

GLLD

ground laser locator designator

GLO

Ground Liaison Officer

GLONASS

Global Orbital NAvigation Satellite System, the Russian GNSS system similar to the US GPS.

gloss.

glossary

gm.

gram., grams

GMC

General Motors Corporation

GMF

Ground Mobile Forces

GMLS

guided missile launch system

GMR

ground mapping radar

GMT

Greenwich Mean Time

GMV

(Chem.) gram-molecular volume

GNA

Goldwater-Nichols DOD Reorganization Act

GNP

gross national product

GNSS

Global Navigation Satellite System

GOB

Ground Order of Battle

GOK

Government of Kuwait

GOLD

general online diagnostic

GOSC

General Officer Steering Committee

Goth.

Gothic

Goth.

Gothic

gov.

government, governor

govt.

government

GP

general-purpose

gp

group

GP

(Maths) geometric progression

gp.

group

GPB

General Purpose Bomb

GPI

(Aero.) ground position indicator

GPIB

general-purpose interface board

GPM

Gallons per minute

GPMG

General Purpose Machine Gun

GPO,

Government Printing Office

GPS

Global Positioning System or Satellite

GPTE

general purpose test equipment

GPU

Ground power unit

GPWS

Ground-proximity warning system.

gr.

grade, grain(s), gram(s), gravity, gross

Gr.

Grecian, Greece, Greek.

Gr. Br. or Gr. Brit

Great Britain

gr.wt.

gross weight

grad.

graduate, graduated

gram.

grammar, grammatical

GRDS

generic radar display system

green aircraft

Aircraft flyable but unpainted, unfurnished and basically equipped.

Green Pine

Early warning airborne UHF communications system (US)

gro.

gross

Groundsat

Tactical radio system (UK)

GRP

glass-reinforced plastic

GRT

gross register ton

grt

Gross registered tonnage

Gryphon

Secure shore-to-ship communications system (US)

GS

General Service

GS

Glideslope, of ILS.

GS

(Aero.) ground speed

gs.

guineas

GSE

Ground support equipment

gt.

great., drop

Gt.Br or Gt. Brit.

Great Britain

gtd.

guaranteed

GTS

Gas turbine starter

GUI

graphical user interface

GUPPY

greater underwater propulsive power

GV

Giant Viper

GVO

Green Vinyl Overboot

GVW

Gross vehicle weight

GW

guided weapon

GWEN

Ground Wave Emergency Network

GWP

gross world product

GWS

guided weapon system

GWS

Gulf War Syndrome

gyn. or gynecol.

gynecology

GZ

Ground Zero