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Quan Buu = Military Mail
Quan Buu Chinh = Military Mail Postage or Frank
Quan Buu Cuc = Military Post Office - Where "Quan Buu" Cancels Were Applied
Quan Cang = Military Port
Quan Canh (QC) = Military Police / Prison Guard
Quan Cu = Ordnance
Quan Dich = Military Service / Draft
Quan Dinh = Military Camp (no longer used – see Trai Linh)
Quan Doan = Strategic Army Corps
Quan Doi = Army Troops
Quan Doi Cach Mang = Revolutionary Army
Quan Doi Chanh Quy = Regular Army
Quan Hai = First Lieutenant (no longer used)*
Quan Ham = Warship
Quan Khu = Military Zone
Quan Linh = Soldiers, Troops
Quan Luc = Armed Forces
Quan Luc Viet Nam Cong Hoa = Army of the Republic of Vietnam
Quan Mot = Second Lieutenant (no longer used)*
Quan Nam = Colonel (no longer used)*
Quan Nhan = Soldier (Military Man)
Quan Nhu = Quartermaster Corps / Military Supplies Corps
Quan Sat Vien = Observer
Quan Si = Soldiers, Warriors
Quan Su = Military
Quan Thu (accent on "u") = Enemy
Quan Thu (QT) ("u" has “hook”) = Military Mail / Correspondence
Quan Tinh Nguyen = Volunteer
Quan Truong = Military School
Quan Tu = Major (no longer used)*
Quan Vu = Military Service
Quan Y / Binh Chung Quan Y / Cuc Quan Y= Medical Corps
Quan Y Vien = Military Hospital / Medical Corpsman
Ra Da = Radar Unit
Radar Dia Sat = Ground Radar
Rung = Forest
Rung Nui Sin Lay (RNSL) = Rung (forest) Nui (mountain) Sin Lay (mud). This was the name of a Ranger training course at Duc My in Nha Trang
Sat Cong = Kill Communists (VC) - Motto of various units, esp. naval
Si Quan = Commissioned Officer
Si Quan Coi Vo Tuyen Dien = Radio Officer
Si Quan Hai Quan = Naval Officer
Si Quan Hanh Quan = Operations Officer
Si Quan Phu Ta Xu Ly = Executive Officer
Si Quan Phu Trach = Officer in Charge
Si Quan Quan Buu = Postal Officer
Si Quan Quan Thue = Customs / Revenue Officer
Si Quan Quan Tri Va Nhan Vien = Human Resource Officer
Si Quan Tai Chanh = Finance Officer
Si Quan Thong Tin Cong Cong = Public Relations Officer
Si Quan Tiep Te = Supply Officer
Si Quan Tinh Bao = Intelligence Officer
Si Quan Tuyen Binh = Recruiting Officer
Si Tot = Soldiers
Sinh Vien Si Quan (SVSQ) = Officer Trainee Cadet
Sinh Vien Si Quan Bo Binh = Officer Trainee, Infantry
Sinh Vien Si Quan Tru Bi Thu Duc = Trainee Cadet at Thu Duc Reserved Infantry School
Sinh Vien Si Quan Vo Bi / Da Lat = Officer Cadet at National Military Academy in Dalat
So Quan (SQ) = Military Service Number
Su Doan (SD) = Division
Su Doan 2 Khong Quan (SD2KQ) = 2nd Air Division
Su Doan Khinh Chien (SDKC) = Light Division (e.g.12th Light Division)
Sung Phong Phao = Artillery
Tai Xe = Driver
Tem Thu (Thandstamp) = Postage Due
Ten Lua = SAM Unit
Tham Bao = Recon Unit
Tham Kich = Recon Force
Tham Sat = Recon
Thien Xa = Sharpshooter
Thiet Giap = Calvary, Armor
Thieu Doi Truong = Squad Leader
Thieu Khu (TK) = Small Unit
Thieu Ta = Major ("Junior Grade Superior Officer")
Thieu Ta Ky Thuat = Major, Technical Sector
Thieu Tuong = Major ("Junior") General
Thieu Tuong Cong Binh = Major General, Engineers
Thieu Uy (TH/U) = Second Lieutenant
Tho May = Mechanic
Thong Tin Vien = Messenger
Thong Tuong = General
Thu = Letter
Thu Bin = Military Letter
Thu Ky (Quan Nhan) = Clerk
Thu Hanh Quan = “In the Field”
Thu Linh Hanh Quan = “Soldier's Letter in the Field”
Thuong Khan = Extremely Urgent
Thuong Si = WOJG-1 or First Sergeant
Thuong Si Hoa Hoc = Master Sergeant, Chemical Branch
Thuong Si Nhat = Sergeant Major
Thuong Uy Bo Binh Co Gioi = Second Lieutenant,Armour
Thuong Uy Dac Cong = Captain, Sappers
Thuy Bo = Amphibious
Thuy Cong = Underwater Demolition Team
Thuy Quan = Navy
Thuy Quan Luc Chien (TQLC) = Marines
Thuy Thu = Sailor
Thuy Xuong (Hai Quan) = Repair Facility (Naval)
Tiep Lieu = Supplies
Tieu Dinh = Small Ship
Tieu Doan (TD) = Battalion
Tieu Doan Chuyen Nghiep (TDCN) = Specialist Battalion
Tieu Doan Chien Thuat = Battalion Combat Team
Tieu Doan Kinh Quan (TDKQ) = Commando Battalion, short lived during French Period
Tien Doan Yem Tro Triep = Supply and Support (Naval Base)
Tieu Doi = Squad
Tieu Doi Truong = Squad Leader
Tieu Khu (TK) = Sector
Toan = Group or Team
Toan Quan Chien Dau = Combat Group
Tong Bo An Ninh = Central Committee Security - Military/Political Correctness Censor
Tong Hanh Dinh(THD) = Headquarters
Tong Y Vien (TYV) = Military Hospital
Trai Giam = Concentration Camp / Disciplinary Barracks
Trai Huan Luyen = Training Camp
Trai Linh = Military Camp
Trai Tap Trung = Concentration Camp
Trai Tu Binh = Prisoner of War Camp
Trang Giap Ham = Armoured Ship
Trinh Sat = Reconnaissance
Truc Loi = Minesweeper
Truc Loi Dinh (TLD) = Motor Launch Mine Sweeper
Trung Doan = Regiment
Trung Doan Chien Thuat = Regimental Combat Team
Trung Doi (TRD) = Platoon
Trung Doi Truong = Platoon Leader
Trung Si (T/S) or TSI) = Sergeant
Trung Si Cong Binh = Sergeant, Engineers
Trung Si Nhat = Master Sergeant / Sergeant First Class
Trung Ta = Lieutenant Colonel
Trung Ta Phao Binh = Lieutenant Colonel, Artillery
Trung Tam = Center (i.e. Training Center)
Trung Tam Cai Huan = "Center to Teach Change" - Chieu Hoi Program Camp Marking
Trung Tam Huan Luyen Hai Quan (TTHL / HQ) = Naval Forces Training Center
Trung Tuong = Lieutenant General ("Intermediate General")
Trung Tuong Hau Can = Lieutenant General, Logistical/Supply Units (?)
Trung Uy = First Lieutenant ("Intermediate Grade Junior Officer")
Truong Bay = Airfield
Truong Ha Si Quan = NCO Academy
Truong Khong Quan = Flight School
Truong Ky Thuat = Tech Center
Truong Quan Bao = Military Intelligence School
Truong Quan Cu = Ordnance School
Truong Quan Nhu = Quartermaster School
Truong Quan Y = Army Medical School
Truong Sinh Ngu Qhan Doi = Armed Forces Language School
Truong Sinh Vien Si Quan = Officer Candidates School
Truong Thieu Sinh Quan = Junior Military School / "Children's Army School"
Truong Vo Bi Quoc Gia Viet Nam (TVB/QG/VN) = Vietnam National Military Acadamy
Tuan Tham = Patrol
Tuan Tieu Chien Dau = Combat Patrol
Tuan Zuong Ham = Ocean Patrol Ship
Tu Binh = Prisoner
Tu Lenh = Commander
Tu Tran = Killed in Action
Tuan Duong Ham (TDH) = Ocean Patrol Ship
Tuan Tham (TT) = Patrol
Van Chuyen = Transportation
Vi Chi Huy = Commander
Vien Tham = Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol (LRRP)
Vo Tuyen = Radio Man
Vung = Zone or Corps
Vung I Chien Thuat = Military Strategic Region 1
Vung (1-5) Duyen Hai = Naval Coastal Zone (1-5)
Vung (3 or 4) Song Ngoi = 3rd/4th Riverine Zone
VBQG = National Military Acadamy
Xa Thu = Gunner
Xa Thu Lien Thanh = Machine Gunner
Xung Kich = Strike Force
Xung Phong = Assault