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I’ve gone through the front pages of the Internet from the DoDAAC and thumbed through DVIDS even Wikipedia to learn of the formations of UICs. Agriculture is A Navy is N Marines are M F for Airforce.
What was the logic? What does W mean?
What was the logic? What does W mean?
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The DODAAC system was created for the entire federal government in WW2, believe it or not, and the Army was at the time called the War Department (this was before DOD was created) so since the US Department of Agriculture got the letter A the Army got the letter W.
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Cadet 2LT (Join to see)
ahhh, great explanation sir!
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LTC (Join to see)
This is exactly the kind of trivia I need right now.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
I'm legitimately impressed... Well done sir.
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MAJ Terry LaFrance
Huh, the more you know.......
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SFC Kenneth Hunnell probably the most quotable military sentence I've heard all year. Definitely gonna use this line haha
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SFC Kenneth Hunnell
The “W” in the US Army stands for “War Department”. The War Department was the United States government department responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army from 1789 until its abolition in 1947. The War Department was replaced by the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force12
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Finally found it:
The War Department existed from August 7, 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949
The War Department existed from August 7, 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it split into the Department of the Army and the Department of the Air Force and joined the Department of the Navy as part of the new joint National Military Establishment (NME), renamed the United States Department of Defense in 1949
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SFC Kenneth Hunnell
I stand corrected, the DODAAC covers equipment, funding. The UIC covers manpower, personnel
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And another factoid ... the second character of a UIC has meaning as well: A Letter is MTOE, A Number is TDA.
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