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Capitalization Examples


 * Naval; the Observatory
 * Occident, the; occidental
 * Ocean, if part of name; the ocean:
 * Antarctic
 * Arctic
 * Atlantic
 * North Atlantic, etc.
 * Pacific
 * South Pacific, etc.
 * Southwest Pacific, etc.
 * Oceanographer (the Hydrographer), Navy
 * Office, if referring to unit of Federal Government; the Office:
 * Executive
 * Foreign and Commonwealth (U.K.)
 * Government Printing; the Printing Office; the Office
 * Naval Oceanographic
 * of Chief of Naval Operations
 * of General Counsel
 * of Management and Budget
 * of Personnel Management
 * of the Secretary (Defense); Secretary's Office
 * Patent and Trademark
 * but New York regional office (including branch, division, or section therein); the regional office; the office
 * officer:
 * Army
 * Marine; font naval and marine officers
 * Navy; Navy and Marine officers
 * Regular Army; Regular; a Regular
 * Reserve
 * Old Dominion (Virginia)
 * Old South
 * Old World
 * Olympic Games; Olympiad; XXIX Olympic Games
 * ombudsman, Maryland (State)
 * online
 * Operation Iraqi Freedom, Desert Storm
 * Order of Business No. 56 (congressional calendar)
 * Ordnance:
 * Corps (see Corps)
 * Department; the Department
 * Organization, if part of name; capitalized standing alone if referring to international unit:
 * International Labour (ILO)
 * North Atlantic Treaty (NATO):
 * Chiefs of Staff
 * Committee of Defense Ministers
 * Council
 * Council of Foreign Ministers
 * Defense Committee
 * Military Committee
 * of American States (OAS)
 * Pact
 * Regional Planning Group; the Group
 * Standing Group; the Group
 * United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UNESCO)
 * Orient, the; oriental (see Asian)
 * Osama bin Laden
 * Outer Continental Shelf (see Continental)


 * Pacific (see also Atlantic):
 * Basin
 * coast
 * Coast (or slope) States
 * Northwest
 * rim
 * seaboard
 * slope
 * South
 * States
 * time, Pacific standard time (see time)
 * but cispacific; transpacific
 * pan-American games; but Pan American Day
 * Pan American Union (renamed; see Organization of American States)
 * Pan American Union (renamed; see Organization of American States)