Military designation of days and hours
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- A-Day was 20 October 1944, the day the Leyte Island Operation (the invasion of Leyte) began [link].
- B-Day is used informally as short-hand for "birthday". It has no military designation.
- C-Day is the unnamed day on which deployment for an operation commences. (US)
- D-Day is the unnamed day on which an operation commences or is due to commence. This may be the commencement of hostilities or any other operation. The most famous is D-Day, June 6, 1944, when "Operation Overlord" began. Contrary to popular belief, the "D" does not stand for any specific word-the most popular being disembark. (NATO)
- E-Day is the unnamed day on which a NATO exercise commences. (NATO)
- F-Hour is the effective time of announcement by the U.S. Secretary of Defense to the Military Departments of a decision to mobilize Reserve units. (US)
- G-Day is the unnamed day on which an order, normally national, is given to deploy a unit. (NATO)
- H-Hour is the specific time at which an operation or exercise commences, or is due to commence (this term is used also as a reference for the designation of days/hours before or after the event). (NATO)
- I-Day is used informally within the U.S. military bureaucracy to variously designate the "Implementation Day" or the (Delivery Order) "Issuance Day".
- J-Day was used during both world wars [link] to designate the day an assault (sometimes amphibious [link]) occurred.
- K-Day is the unnamed day on which a convoy system is introduced or is due to be introduced on any particular convoy lane. (NATO)
- L-Hour is the specific time at which deployment for an operation commences. (US)
- L-Day (for "Landing Day") was 1 April 1945, the day Operation Iceberg (the invasion of Okinawa) began [link].
- M-Day is the unnamed day on which mobilization commences or is due to commence. (NATO)
- N-Day is the unnamed day an active duty unit is notified for deployment or redeployment. (US)
- O-Day is a Maritime Prepositioning Force (MPF, the vanguard of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force, MAGTF) term designating the day the Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron (MPSRON) off-load begins, or the continuous flow of the Fly-In Echelon (FIE) commences, whichever is later. [link][link]
- P-Day is the expected date at which the rate of production of a consumable equals the rate at which the item is required by the Armed Forces. (US)
- Q-Day was 23 June 1945, the day of the dress rehearsal of the first atom bomb test [link]; nowadays it is sometimes used informally to mean "Quality Day", or the first day of the calendar quarter.
- R-Day is the unnamed day on which redeployment of major combat, combat support, and combat service support forces begins in an operation. (US)
- S-Day is the unnamed day the President authorizes Selective Reserve callup (not more than 200,000 men). (US)
- T-Day is the effective day coincident with Presidential declaration of national emergency and authorization of partial mobilization (not more than 1,000,000 personnel exclusive of the 200,000 callup). (US)
- V-Day is sometimes used to designate "Victory Day", the day an operation successfully concludes; it is also used informally as short-hand for "Valentine's day".
- V-E Day ("Victory in Europe") designates 8 May 1945, the date when the Allies formally celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany.
- V-J Day ("Victory over Japan") designates 14 August 1945, the date of Japan's acceptance of the unconditional surrender terms.
- W-Day is the effective day the President takes the adversary decision to prepare for war (unambiguous strategic warning). (US)
- X-Day was 1 November 1945, the day Operation Olympic (the invasion of Japan) was to begin [link]. The term also generically means "attack day".
- Y-Day was 1 March 1946, the day Operation Coronet (the invasion of Tokyo Plains) was to occur. [link]
- Z-Day was 10 June 1945, the day the Australian Imperial Forces landed in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei, part of Operation Oboe Six. [link] [link] It is also used informally to refer to a day when the dead will rise and become zombies.
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