One army, two armies?
In the course of its history, the Australian Army, both its full-time and part-time components, have been known by several titles that have changed to reflect the force's structure or have been changed to convey a certain image to the public. These names are listed below.
1901 - 1915: Commonwealth Military Forces
Citizens Forces
Permanent Forces
AIF - Australian Imperial Force (from 1914)
1916 - 1929: AMF - Australian Military Forces
PMF - Permanent Military Forces
CMF - Citizen Military Forces
AIF - Australian Imperial Force (until 1921)
1930-1939: AMF - Australian Military Forces
Militia (known unofficially as the Australian Militia Forces (AMF) or the CMF)
PMF - Permanent Military Forces
1939-1942: AMF- Australian Military Forces
Militia (known unofficially as the AMP (often corrupted to Australian Militia Forces))
AIF - Australian Imperial Force
PMF - Permanent Military Forces
1943-1946: AMF - Australian Military Forces
CMF - Citizen Military Forces
PMF - Permanent Military Forces
AIF - Australian Imperial Force
1946-1947/48: AMF - Australian Military Forces
Interim Army
CMF - Citizen Military Forces
1947/48-1980: AMF - Australian Military Forces
ARA - Australian Regular Army
ACMF - Australian Citizen Military Force
1980-1996: Australian Army
ARA - Australian Regular Army
GRES or A-RES - Army Reserve
RRES - Ready Reserve (1991-1995)
1996- : Australian Army
Full-time Army
Part-time Army