NSW History
When was SOCOM formally established as a unified combatant command?
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.
16 APRIL 1987
academic degrees
use an apostrophe and spell out academic degrees
use abbreviations for degrees only when you need to include a list of credentials after a name; set them off with commas
acronyms
don't use them
spell out on first mention. on subsequent mentions, use generic terms such as the board, the division
don't put them in parenthesis after the first reference
addresses
spell out all generic parts of street names (avenue, north, road) when no specific address is given
when a number is used, abbreviate avenue (Ave.), boulevard (Blvd.), street (St.) and directional parts of street names
capitalization
do not capitalize federal, state, department, division, board, program, section, unit unless the word is part of a formal name
capitalize common nouns such as party, river and street when they are part of a proper name
capitalize the word room when used with the number of the room or when part of the name of a specifically designated room
lowercase directional indicators except when they refer to specific geographic regions or popularized names for those regions
capitalize forms titles that come directly before a name
lowercase formal titles that appear on their own or follow a name
never capitalize job descriptions regardless of whether they are before or after a name
What are the four service component commands under COMUSSOCOM?
USASOC, NAVSPECWARCOM, AFSOC, MARSOC, JSOC.
What numbers do you spell out?
Whole numbers under 10.
Do you capitalize PRINCIPAL?
No. "Cheshire High School principal Jeffrey Solan."
Do you ever capitalize freshmen, sophomore, junior or senior?
No--unless it's the first word of a sentence.
How do you abbreviate
Boulevard?
Blvd
In what year was the first Amphibious Scouts and Raiders group Commissioned?
1942
1st or First?
First
10th or tenth
10th
Proper use of Road in an address
Road
Proper representation of twenty one year old student
21-year-old student
What president waned an unconventional warfare capability?
President John F. Kennedy
Proper representation of thirties
30s
How are books represented in AP?
Titles are in italics.
How are songs represented in AP?
In quotes or italics.
Proper AP style for 3/30/1978
March 30, 1978
Who was LT Michael E. Thornton?
On 31 OCTOBER 1972, he heroically saved the life of his senior officer on an intelligence gathering and prisoner capture operation. With just a small team of 2 Navy SEALs and 3 South Vietnamese commandos, they were discovered by a larger North Vietnamese Army Force, and a fierce firefight ensued. SEAL LT Thomas Norris, who has himself earned the Medal of Honor just months earlier, was shot in the face and believed dead.
Dates, days and times
always use arabic figures, without st, nd, rd or th
when a month is used with a specific date, abbreviate Jan., Feb., Aug., Oct., Nov., and Dec.
when a phrase lists only a month and a year, spell out the month and do not separate the month and the year with commas
when a phrase refers to a month, day and year, set off the year with commas
use figures except for noon and midnight
us a.m. or p.m.
Names
use a person's first and last name the first time he or she is mentioned. on second reference, use only last name with no title.
do not use courtesy titles such as Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms. unless they are part of a direct quotation or are needed to differentiate between people who have the same last name
Numbers
in general, spell out number one through nine and use figures for number 10 and higher. there are many exceptions that always take figures. common exceptions include:
-addresses
-ages but not for inanimate objects
-cents
-dollars. do not include a period and two zeroes when referring to an even dollar figure
-dates. dates take cardinal numbers
-dimensions
-highways
-millions, billions
-percentages. percent is one word
-speed
-temperatures
-times. do not include a colon and two zeroes when referring to an even hour
spell out numbers used at the beginning of a sentence. exception: never spell out years
use commas to set off each group of three digits in numerals high than 999 (except for years and addresses)
use decimals (up to two places) for amounts in the millions and billions that do not require a precise figure
add an s but no apostrophe to a number to make it plural. the same rule applies to decades. use an apostrophe on a decade only if cutting off the initial figures
use hyphens for phone numbers
Punctuation, quotation
apostrophe
-for plural nouns ending in s, add only an apostrophe