Alpo Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 When speaking of the Army, or members thereof, is it USA - United States Army - or AUS - Army of the United States? I've seen it both ways, and to me AUS is less confusing. So was it CAPT Utah Bob, USA, or CAPT Utah Bob AUS? I'm picking on Bob simply because I know he was Army. Pat was Navy, Forty a Marine and Trailrider Air Force. Don't know about anybody else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 According to the Veteran Affairs it's USA. Disclaimer: Before I joined the Armed Forces, I chose the one with the easiest to understand, therefore, USAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Easier to explain with a quote from the Wikipedia web site: The Army of the United States is one of the four major service components of the United States Army (the others being the Regular Army, the United States Army Reserve and the National Guard of the United States),[1] but it has been inactive since the suspension of the draft in 1973 and the U.S. military's transition to a volunteer force.[2] Personnel serving in the United States Army during a major national emergency or armed conflict (either voluntarily or involuntarily) were enlisted into the Army of the United States, without specifying service in a component. The term "Army of the United States" or "Armies of the United States" is also the legal name of the collective land forces of the United States, as prescribed by the United States Constitution.[3][4] In this concept, the term "Army of the United States" has been in use since at least 1841, as in the title General Regulations for the Army of the United States. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 I had always heard it was USA for United States Army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 For all my years in, I never referred to it as the Army of the United States. Always United States Army. Still do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 9 hours ago, Alpo said: CAPT Utah Bob AUS UB: Got a down-under uniform in that collection??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Mountains of paperwork and it all said USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 USN (Radioman) ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 My Dad, who was in the Army JAG reserve until he retired as a LTC in 1959, was listed as in the AUS. But, that is apparently no longer in general use. I agree with Father Kit... I went USAF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Widder, SASS #59054 said: USN (Radioman) ..........Widder You still answer to Sparks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall Tale Todd Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 USAF (Client Systems Technician) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Being one time Army M.P. I always had U.S.A. ( I do believe Utah Bob is currently in Hawaii celebrating their 50th) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 5 hours ago, Alpo said: You still answer to Sparks? I never answered to 'Sparks'..... but I did have them on my patch. I could max out the teletype at 70 wpm. And, I was probably one of the best tape readers, both chad and chadless. I could read tapes bout as fast as others could read a type written page. ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 How were you at hanging chads, Widder? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 40 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: How were you at hanging chads, Widder? Pretty good. I was good enough that while reading those tapes, if a hanging chad had actually not 'hung', I could pretty much spot the spelling error and fix it. I don't know how I managed to become proficient at that time, but it probably had something to do with being in Morocco for 15 months, working 12 hours shifts on a teletype and reading tapes..... ..........Widder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 I knew a couple of guys in the Navy that could read and write backwards as good as they could forwards. They spent a couple of cruises writing on a glass pane in Air Ops on board a Carrier. They stood on the backside and wrote the status information so that the Air Boss could read the information from the front side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 My license plate says "U. S. ARMY". Blackfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 I have looked on my DD214 and it doesnt say Imis Twohofon USAR Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 The AUS guys were the draftees with the US serial numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 AUS means Australia to us. I also happen to know Bob does have a Slouch Hat and Plumes (you should have seen the mess that Emu made of his face) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Major Crimes said: AUS means Australia to us. Of course, but Army of the United States, AUS, was draftees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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