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ACRONYM | DEFINITION |
.NL. | not less than |
1MC | general announcing system |
1NCD | 1st Naval Construction Division |
1NCD | First Naval Construction Division |
1st IOC | 1st Information Operations Command (Land) |
2-D | two-dimensional |
2E | Role 2 enhanced |
2LM | Role 2 light maneuver |
3-D | three-dimensional |
618 AOC (TACC) | 618 Air Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center) |
A | analog |
A&P | administrative and personnel; analysis and production |
A-1 | director of manpower, personnel, and services (Air Force) |
A-2 | intelligence staff officer (Air Force) |
A-3 | operations directorate (COMAFFOR staff); operations staff officer (Air Force) |
A-4 | director of logistics (Air Force) |
A-5 | plans directorate (COMAFFOR staff) |
A-6 | communications staff officer (Air Force) |
A-7 | director of installations and mission support (Air Force) |
A-Space | Analytic Space |
A/C | aircraft |
A/D | analog-to-digital |
A/DACG | arrival/departure airfield control group |
A/DCG | arrival/departure control group |
A/E | ammunition/explosives |
A/ETF | automated/electronic target folder |
A/G | air to ground |
A/M | approach and moor |
A/NM | administrative/network management |
A/S | anti-spoofing |
A2 | antiaccess |
A2C2 | Army airspace command and control |
AA | assessment agent; avenue of approach |
AA&E | arms, ammunition, and explosives |
AAA | antiaircraft artillery; arrival and assembly area; assign alternate area |
AABB | American Association of Blood Banks |
AABWS | amphibious assault bulk water system |
AAC | activity address code |
AACG | arrival airfield control group |
AADC | area air defense commander |
AADP | area air defense plan |
AAFES | Army and Air Force Exchange Service |
AAFIF | automated air facility information file |
AAFS | amphibious assault fuel system |
AAFSF | amphibious assault fuel supply facility |
AAG | aeronautical assignment group |
AAGS | Army air-ground system |
AAI | air-to-air interface |
AAM | air-to-air missile |
AAMDC | United States Army Air and Missile Defense Command |
AAOE | arrival and assembly operations element |
AAOG | arrival and assembly operations group |
AAP | Allied administrative publication; assign alternate parent |
AAR | after action report; after action review; air-to-air refueling area |
AAS | amphibious assault ship |
AAST | aeromedical evacuation administrative support team |
AAT | automatic analog test; aviation advisory team |
AATCC | amphibious air traffic control center |
AAU | analog applique unit |
AAV | amphibious assault vehicle |
AAW | antiair warfare |
AB | air base |
ABCA | American, British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand |
ABCS | Army Battle Command System |
ABD | airbase defense |
ABFC | advanced base functional component |
ABFDS | aerial bulk fuel delivery system |
ABFS | amphibious bulk fuel system |
ABGD | air base ground defense |
ABIS | Automated Biometric Identification System |
ABL | airborne laser |
ABLTS | amphibious bulk liquid transfer system |
ABM | antiballistic missile |
ABN | airborne |
ABNCP | Airborne Command Post |
ABO | air base operability; blood typing system |
ABP | air battle plan |
AC | Active Component; alternating current |
AC-130 | Hercules |
AC/S, C4I | Assistant Chief of Staff, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (USMC) |
AC2 | airspace command and control |
ACA | air clearance authority; airlift clearance authority; airspace control authority; airspace coordination area |
ACAA | automatic chemical agent alarm |
ACAPS | area communications electronics capabilities |
ACAT | aeromedical evacuation command augmentation team |
ACB | amphibious construction battalion |
ACC | Air Combat Command; air component commander; area coordination center; Army Contracting Command |
ACCE | air component coordination element |
ACCON | acoustic condition |
ACCS | air command and control system |
ACCSA | Allied Communications and Computer Security Agency |
ACD | automated cargo documentation |
ACDO | assistant command duty officer |
ACE | airborne command element (USAF); air combat element (NATO); Allied Command Europe; aviation combat element (USMC) |
ACEOI | automated communications-electronics operating instructions |
ACF | air contingency force |
ACI | assign call inhibit |
ACIC | Army Counterintelligence Center |
ACINT | acoustic intelligence |
ACK | acknowledgement |
ACL | access control list; allowable cabin load |
ACLANT | Allied Command Atlantic |
ACLP | affiliated contingency load planning |
ACM | advanced conventional munitions; advanced cruise missile; air combat maneuver; air contingency Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF); airspace coordinating measure |
ACMREQ | airspace control means request; airspace coordination measures request |
ACN | assign commercial network |
ACO | administrative contracting officer; airspace control order |
ACOA | adaptive course of action |
ACOC | area communications operations center |
ACOCC | air combat operations command center |
ACOS | assistant chief of staff |
ACP | access control point; air commander’s pointer; airspace control plan; Allied communications publication; assign common pool |
ACR | armored cavalry regiment (Army); assign channel reassignment |
ACS | agile combat support; air-capable ship; airspace control system; auxiliary crane ship |
ACSA | acquisition and cross-servicing agreement; Allied Communications Security Agency |
ACT | activity; advance civilian team; Allied Command Transformation |
ACU | assault craft unit |
ACV | aircraft cockpit video; armored combat vehicle |
ACW | advanced conventional weapons |
AD | active duty; advanced deployability; air defense; area denial; automatic distribution; priority add-on |
ADA | aerial damage assessment; air defense artillery |
ADAFCO | air defense artillery fire control officer |
ADAL | authorized dental allowance list |
ADAM | air defense airspace management |
ADAM/BAE | air defense airspace management/brigade aviation element |
ADAMS | Allied Deployment and Movement System |
ADANS | Air Mobility Command Deployment Analysis System |
ADC | air defense commander; area damage control |
ADCAP | advanced capability |
ADCI/MS | Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support |
ADCON | administrative control |
ADD | assign on-line diagnostic |
ADDO | Assistant Deputy Director for Operations |
ADDO(MS) | Assistant Deputy Director for Operations/Military Support |
ADE | airdrop damage estimate; assign digit editing |
ADF | automatic direction finding |
ADIZ | air defense identification zone |
ADKC/RCU | Automatic Key Distribution Center/Rekeying Control Unit |
ADL | advanced distributed learning; assign XX (SL) routing |
ADMIN | administration |
ADN | Allied Command Europe desired ground zero number |
ADNET | anti-drug network |
ADOC | air defense operations center |
ADP | air defense plan; Army doctrine publication; automated data processing |
ADPE | automated data processing equipment |
ADPS | automatic data processing system |
ADR | accident data recorder; aircraft damage repair; airfield damage repair |
ADRA | Adventist Development and Relief Agency |
ADRP | Army doctrine reference publication |
ADS | air defense section; air defense sector; amphibian discharge site; authoritative data source |
ADSIA | Allied Data Systems Interoperability Agency |
ADSW | active duty for special work |
ADT | active duty for training; assign digital transmission group; automatic digital tester |
ADUSD(TP) | Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Transportation Policy |
ADVON | advanced echelon |
ADW | air defense warnings |
ADWC | air defense warning condition |
ADZ | amphibious defense zone |
AE | aeromedical evacuation; assault echelon; attenuation equalizer |
AEC | aeromedical evacuation crew |
AECA | Arms Export Control Act |
AECM | aeromedical evacuation crew member |
AECS | aeromedical evacuation command squadron |
AECT | aeromedical evacuation control team |
AEG | air expeditionary group |
AEHF | advanced extremely high frequency |
AELT | aeromedical evacuation liaison team |
AEOS | aeromedical evacuation operations squadron |
AEOT | aeromedical evacuation operations team |
AEPS | aircrew escape propulsion system |
AEPST | aeromedical evacuation plans and strategy team |
AES | aeromedical evacuation squadron |
AESC | aeromedical evacuation support cell |
AET | airport emergency team |
AETC | Air Education and Training Command |
AETF | air expeditionary task force |
AEU | assign essential user bypass |
AEW | airborne early warning |
AF | Air Force; Air Force (form); amphibious force |
AF/A2 | Air Force Director of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance |
AF/DP | Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, United States Air Force |
AF/IL | Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, USAF |
AF/XO | Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations, United States Air Force |
AF/XOI | Air Force Director of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance |
AF/XOO | Director of Operations, United States Air Force |
AFAARS | Air Force After Action Reporting System |
AFARN | Air Force air request net |
AFATDS | Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System |
AFB | Air Force base |
AFC | area frequency coordinator; automatic frequency control |
AFCA | Air Force Communications Agency |
AFCAP | Air Force contract augmentation program; Armed Forces contract augmentation program |
AFCB | Armed Forces Chaplains Board |
AFCC | Air Force Component Commander |
AFCCC | Air Force Combat Climatology Center |
AFCEC | Air Force Civil Engineer Center |
AFCEE | Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment |
AFCENT | Allied Forces Central Europe (NATO) |
AFCERT | Air Force computer emergency response team |
AFCESA | Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency |
AFD | assign fixed directory |
AFDA | Air Force doctrine annex |
AFDC | Air Force Doctrine Center |
AFDD | Air Force doctrine document |
AFDIGS | Air Force digital graphics system |
AFDIL | Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory |
AFDIS | Air Force Weather Agency Dial In Subsystem |
AFE | Armed Forces Entertainment |
AFEES | Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station |
AFFIS | Air Facilities File Information System |
AFFMA | Air Force Frequency Management Agency |
AFFOR | Air Force forces |
AFH | Air Force handbook |
AFHSC | Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center |
AFI | Air Force instruction |
AFIAA | Air Force Intelligence Analysis Agency |
AFICA | Air Force Installation Contracting Agency |
AFID | anti-fratricide identification device |
AFIP | Armed Forces Institute of Pathology |
AFIRB | Armed Forces Identification Review Board |
AFIS | American Forces Information Service |
AFISRA | Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency |
AFIWC | Air Force Information Warfare Center |
AFJI | Air Force joint instruction |
AFJMAN | Air Force Joint Manual |
AFLC | Air Force Logistics Command |
AFLE | Air Force liaison element |
AFLNO | Air Force liaison officer |
AFMAN | Air Force manual |
AFMC | Air Force Materiel Command |
AFMD | Air Force Mission Directive |
AFME | Armed Forces Medical Examiner |
AFMES | Armed Forces Medical Examiner System |
AFMIC | Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center |
AFMLO | Air Force Medical Logistics Office |
AFMS | Air Force Medical Service |
AFNORTH | Air Force North; Allied Forces Northern Europe (NATO) |
AFNORTHWEST | Allied Forces North West Europe (NATO) |
AFNSEP | Air Force National Security and Emergency Preparedness Agency |
AFO | advance force operations |
AFOA | Air Force Operations Activity |
AFOE | assault follow-on echelon |
AFOSI | Air Force Office of Special Investigations |
AFPAM | Air Force pamphlet |
AFPC | Air Force Personnel Center |
AFPD | Air Force policy directive |
AFPEO | Armed Forces Professional Entertainment Overseas |
AFR | Air Force Reserve; assign frequency for network reporting |
AFRAT | Air Force Radiation Assessment Team |
AFRC | Air Force Reserve Command; Armed Forces Recreation Center |
AFRCC | Air Force rescue coordination center |
AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
AFRRI | Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute |
AFRTS | American Forces Radio and Television Service |
AFS | aeronautical fixed service |
AFSATCOM | Air Force satellite communications (system) |
AFSB | afloat forward staging base; Army field support brigade |
AFSC | Armed Forces Staff College; Army Field Support Center; United States Air Force specialty code |
AFSCN | Air Force Satellite Control Network |
AFSMO | Air Force Spectrum Management Office |
AFSOAC | Air Force special operations air component |
AFSOAD | Air Force special operations air detachment |
AFSOAE | Air Force special operations air element |
AFSOC | Air Force Special Operations Command |
AFSOCC | Air Force special operations control center |
AFSOF | Air Force special operations forces |
AFSOUTH | Allied Forces, South (NATO) |
AFSPACE | United States Space Command Air Force |
AFSPC | Air Force Space Command |
AFSPOC | Air Force Space Operations Center |
AFSTRAT | Air Forces Strategic |
AFTAC | Air Force Technical Applications Center |
AFTH | Air Force Theater Hospital |
AFTN | Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunications Network |
AFTO | Air Force technical order |
AFTRANS | Air Force Transportation Component |
AFTTP | Air Force tactics, techniques, and procedures; Air Force technical training publication |
AFTTP(I) | Air Force tactics, techniques, and procedures (instruction) |
AFW | Air Force Weather |
AFWA | Air Force Weather Agency |
AFWCF | Air Force working capital fund |
AFWIN | Air Force Weather Information Network |
AG | adjutant general (Army) |
AGARD | Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development |
AGE | aerospace ground equipment |
AGIL | airborne general illumination lightself |
AGL | above ground level |
AGM-28A | Hound Dog |
AGM-65 | Maverick |
AGM-69 | short range attack missile |
AGR | Active Guard and Reserve |
AGS | aviation ground support |
AHA | alert holding area |
AHD | antihandling device |
AI | acquisition instruction; airborne interceptor; air interdiction; area of interest |
AIA | Air Intelligence Agency |
AIASA | annual integrated assessment for security assistance |
AIC | air intercept controller; assign individual compressed dial; Atlantic Intelligence Command |
AICF/USA | Action Internationale Contre La Faim (International Action Against Hunger) |
AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
AIF | automated installation intelligence file |
AIFA | AAFES Imprest Fund Activity |
AIG | addressee indicator group |
AIIRS | automated intelligence information reporting system |
AIK | assistance in kind |
AIM | Airman’s Information Manual |
AIM-54A | Phoenix |
AIM-7 | Sparrow |
AIM-9 | Sidewinder |
AIMD | aircraft intermediate maintenance department |
AIMT | air interdiction of maritime targets |
AIP | aeronautical information publication |
AIQC | antiterrorism instructor qualification course |
AIRBAT | Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Requirements-Based Allocation Tool |
AIRCENT | Allied Air Forces Central Europe (NATO) |
AIRES | advanced imagery requirements exploitation system |
AIREVACCONFIRM | air evacuation confirmation |
AIREVACREQ | air evacuation request |
AIREVACRESP | air evacuation response |
AIRNORTHWEST | Allied Air Forces North West Europe (NATO) |
AIRREQRECON | air request reconnaissance |
AIRSOUTH | Allied Air Forces Southern Europe (NATO) |
AIRSUPREQ | air support request |
AIS | automated information system |
AIT | aeromedical isolation team; automated information technology; automatic identification technology |
AIU | Automatic Digital Network Interface Unit |
AJ | anti-jam |
AJ/CM | anti-jam control modem |
AJBPO | area joint blood program office |
AJCC | alternate joint communications center |
AJF | allied joint force |
AJFP | adaptive joint force packaging |
AJMRO | area joint medical regulating office |
AJNPE | airborne joint nuclear planning element |
AJP | allied joint publication |
AK | commercial cargo ship |
AKNLDG | acknowledge message |
ALARA | as low as reasonably achievable |
ALCC | airlift control center |
ALCE | airlift control element |
ALCF | airlift control flight |
ALCG | analog line conditioning group |
ALCM | air-launched cruise missile |
ALCOM | United States Alaskan Command |
ALCON | all concerned |
ALCS | airlift control squadron |
ALCT | airlift control team |
ALD | airborne laser designator; available-to-load date |
ALE | airlift liaison element |
ALEP | amphibious lift enhancement program |
ALERFA | alert phase (ICAO) |
ALERT | attack and launch early reporting to theater |
ALERTORD | alert order |
ALLOREQ | air allocation request; allocation request |
ALLTV | all light level television |
ALMSNSCD | airlift mission schedule |
ALN | ammunition lot number |
ALNOT | alert notice |
ALO | air liaison officer |
ALOC | air line of communications |
ALORD | alert launch order |
ALP | allied logistic publication |
ALSA | Air Land Sea Application (Center) |
ALSE | aviation life support equipment |
ALSS | advanced logistic support site |
ALT | acquisition, logistics, and technology |
ALTD | airborne laser target designator |
ALTRV | altitude reservation |
ALTTSC | alternate Tomahawk strike coordinator |
AM | amplitude modulation |
AMAL | authorized medical allowance list |
AMB | air mobility branch; ambassador |
AMBUS | ambulance bus |
AMC | airborne mission coordinator; Air Mobility Command; Army Materiel Command: midpoint compromise search area |
AMC/SGXM | Air Mobility Command/Command Surgeon’s Office |
AMCC | allied movement coordination center; alternate military command center |
AMCIT | American citizen |
AMCM | airborne mine countermeasures |
AMCT | air mobility control team |
AMD | air and missile defense; air mobility division |
AMDC | air and missile defense commander |
AME | antenna mounted electronics |
AMEDD | Army Medical Department |
AMEDDCS | U.S. Army Medical Department Center and School |
AMedP | allied medical publication |
AMEMB | American Embassy |
AMETL | agency mission-essential task list |
AMF(L) | ACE Mobile Force (Land) (NATO) |
AMH | automated message handler |
AMHS | automated message handling system |
AMIO | alien migrant interdiction operations |
AMLO | air mobility liaison officer |
AMMO | ammunition |
AMOC | Air and Marine Operations Center (DHS) |
AMOCC | air mobility operations control center |
AMOG | air mobility operations group |
AMOPES | Army Mobilization and Operations Planning and Execution System |
AMOPS | Army mobilization and operations planning system; Army mobilization operations system |
AMOS | air mobility operations squadron |
AMOSS | Air and Marine Operations Surveillance System |
AMOW | air mobility operations wing |
AMP | amplifier; anaylsis of mobility platform |
AMP-PAT | analysis of mobility platform suite of port analysis tools |
AMPE | automated message processing exchange |
AMPN | amplification |
AMPSSO | Automated Message Processing System Security Office (or Officer) |
AMRAAM | advanced medium-range air-to-air missile |
AMS | Aerial Measuring System (DOE); air mobility squadron; Army management structure; Asset Management System |
AMS-TAC | Automated Manifesting System-Tactical |
AMSS | air mobility support squadron |
AMT | aerial mail terminal |
amu | atomic mass unit |
AMVER | automated mutual-assistance vessel rescue system |
AMW | air mobility wing; amphibious warfare |
AMX | air mobility express |
AN | alphanumeric; analog nonsecure |
ANCA | Allied Naval Communications Agency |
ANDVT | advanced narrowband digital voice terminal |
ANG | Air National Guard |
ANGLICO | air-naval gunfire liaison company |
ANGUS | Air National Guard of the United States |
ANMCC | Alternate National Military Command Center |
ANN | assign NNX routing |
ANR | Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region |
ANSI | American National Standards Institute |
ANX | assign NNXX routing |
ANY | assign NYX routing |
ANZUS | Australia-New Zealand-United States Treaty |
AO | action officer; administration officer; air officer; area of operations; aviation ordnance person |
AO&M | administration, operation, and maintenance |
AOA | amphibious objective area |
AOB | aviation operations branch |
AOC | air operations center; Army operations center |
AOC-E | Aviation Operations Center-East (USCS) |
AOC-W | Aviation Operations Center-West (USCS) |
AOCC | air operations control center |
AOCU | analog orderwire control unit |
AOD | air operations directive; on-line diagnostic |
AODB | air operations database |
AOF | azimuth of fire |
AOG | Army Operations Group |
AOI | area of interest |
AOP | air operations plan; area of probability |
AOR | area of responsibility |
AOSS | aviation ordnance safety supervisor |
AOTR | Aviation Operational Threat Response |
AP | allied publication; antipersonnel; average power |
APA | Army pre-positioned afloat |
APAN | All Partners Access Network; Asia-Pacific Area Network |
APC | aerial port commander; assign preprogrammed conference list |
APCC | alternate processing and correlation center |
APE | airfield pavement evaluation |
APES | Automated Patient Evacuation System |
APEX | Adaptive Planning and Execution |
APF | afloat pre-positioning force |
APG | aimpoint graphic |
APHIS | Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA) |
APIC | allied press information center |
APL | antipersonnel land mine |
APO | afloat pre-positioning operations; Air Force post office; Army post office |
APOD | aerial port of debarkation |
APOE | aerial port of embarkation |
APORT | aerial port |
APORTSREP | air operations bases report |
APP | allied procedural publication |
APPS | analytical photogrammetric positioning system |
APR | assign primary zone routing |
APS | aerial port squadron; Army pre-positioned stocks |
APS-3 | afloat pre-positioning stocks; Army pre-positioned stocks-3 |
APU | auxiliary power unit |
AR | air refueling; Army regulation; Army reserve |
ARB | alternate recovery base; assign receive bypass lists |
ARBS | angle rate bombing system |
ARC | air Reserve Components; American Red Cross |
ARCENT | United States Army Central Command |
ARCT | air refueling control team |
ARDF | automatic radio direction finding |
AREC | air resource element coordinator |
ARFOR | Army forces |
ARG | Accident Response Group (DOE); amphibious ready group |
ARGO | automatic ranging grid overlay |
ARINC | Aeronautical Radio Incorporated |
ARL-M | airborne reconnaissance low-multifunction |
ARM | antiradiation missile |
ARNG | Army National Guard |
ARNGUS | Army National Guard of the United States |
ARP | air refueling point |
ARPERCEN | United States Army Reserve Personnel Center |
ARQ | automatic request-repeat |
ARRC | Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps (NATO) |
ARRDATE | arrival date |
ARS | acute radiation syndrome; air rescue service |
ARSOA | Army special operations aviation |
ARSOF | Army special operations forces |
ARSOTF | Army special operations task force |
ARSPACE | Army Space Command |
ARSPOC | Army space operations center |
ART | air reserve technician |
ARTCC | air route traffic control center |
ARTS III | Automated Radar Tracking System |
ARTYMET | artillery meteorological |
AS | analog secure |
ASA | automatic spectrum analyzer |
ASA(ALT) | Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology |
ASAP | as soon as possible |
ASARS | Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System |
ASAS | All Source Analysis System |
ASAT | antisatellite weapon |
ASB | naval advanced support base |
ASBP | Armed Services Blood Program |
ASBPO | Armed Services Blood Program Office |
ASC | acting service chief; Aeronautical Systems Center; Air Systems Command; Army Sustainment Command; assign switch classmark; Automatic Digital Network switching center |
ASCC | Air Standardization Coordinating Committee; Army Service component command; Army Service component commander |
ASCIET | all Services combat identification evaluation team |
ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
ASCOPE | areas, structures, capabilities, organizations, people, and events |
ASCS | air support control section, air support coordination section |
ASD | Assistant Secretary of Defense |
ASD(A&L) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Acquisition and Logistics) |
ASD(C) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) |
ASD(C3I) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence) |
ASD(FM&P) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management and Personnel) |
ASD(FMP) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management Policy) |
ASD(GSA) | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs |
ASD(HA) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) |
ASD(HD&ASA) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs) |
ASD(HD) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense) |
ASD(ISA) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs) |
ASD(ISP) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Policy) |
ASD(L&MR) | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness |
ASD(LA) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Legislative Affairs) |
ASD(NII) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration) |
ASD(OEPP) | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs |
ASD(P&L) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Production and Logistics) |
ASD(PA&E) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Analysis and Evaluation) |
ASD(PA) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) |
ASD(RA) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs) |
ASD(RSA) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Regional Security Affairs) |
ASD(S&R) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Strategy and Requirements) |
ASD(SO/LIC&IC) | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities |
ASD(SO/LIC) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict) |
ASDI | analog simple data interface |
ASDIA | All-Source Document Index |
ASE | aircraft survivability equipment; automated stabilization equipment |
ASF | aeromedical staging facility |
ASG | Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence; area support group |
ASH | Assistant Administrator for Security and Hazardous Materials; Assistant Secretary for Health (DHHS) |
ASI | assign and display switch initialization |
ASIC | Air and Space Interoperability Council |
ASIF | Airlift Support Industrial Fund |
ASL | allowable supply list; archipelagic sea lane; assign switch locator (SL) routing; authorized stockage list (Army) |
ASLT | assault support landing table |
ASM | air-to-surface missile; armored scout mission; Army Spectrum Manager; automated scheduling message |
ASMD | antiship missile defense |
ASMO | Army Spectrum Management Office |
ASN(RD&A) | Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition |
ASO | advanced special operations; air support operations |
ASOC | air support operations center |
ASOFDTG | as of date/time group |
ASP | ammunition supply point |
ASPA | American Service-Members’ Protection Act |
ASPP | acquisition systems protection program |
ASPPO | Armed Service Production Planning Office |
ASPR | Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (DHHS) |
ASR | air support request; available supply rate |
ASSETREP | transportation assets report |
AST | assign secondary traffic channels |
ASTS | aeromedical staging squadron |
ASW | antisubmarine warfare; average surface wind |
ASWBPL | Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratories |
ASWC | antisubmarine warfare commander |
At | total attainable search area |
AT | antitank; antiterrorism |
AT/FP | antiterrorism/force protection |
ATA | Airlift Tanker Association; antiterrorism assistance |
ATAC | antiterrorism alert center (Navy) |
ATACC | advanced tactical air command center |
ATACMS | Army Tactical Missile System |
ATACO | air tactical actions control officer |
ATACS | Army Tactical Communications System |
ATAF | Allied Tactical Air Force (NATO) |
ATBM | antitactical ballistical missile |
ATC | Air Threat Conference; air traffic control; air transportable clinic (USAF) |
ATCA | Allied Tactical Communications Agency |
ATCAA | air traffic control assigned airspace |
ATCC | Antiterrorism Coordinating Committee |
ATCC-SSG | Antiterrorism Coordinating Committee-Senior Steering Group |
ATCRBS | Air Traffic Control Radar Beacon System |
ATCS | air traffic control section |
ATDLS | Advanced Tactical Data Link System |
ATDM | adaptive time division multiplexer |
ATDS | airborne tactical data system |
ATEP | Antiterrorism Enterprise Portal |
ATF | Advanced Targeting FLIR; amphibious task force; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (DOJ) |
ATG | amphibious task group; assign trunk group cluster |
ATGM | antitank guided missile; antitank guided munition |
ATH | air transportable hospital; assign thresholds |
ATHS | Airborne Target Handover System |
ATI | asset target interaction |
ATM | advanced trauma management; air target material; assign traffic metering |
ATMCT | air terminal movement control team |
ATMP | Air Target Materials Program |
ATN | assign thresholds |
AtN | attack the network |
ATO | air tasking order; antiterrorism officer |
ATOC | air tactical operations center; air terminal operations center |
ATP | advance targeting pod; allied tactical publication; Army tactical publication |
ATR | attrition reserve |
ATS | air traffic service; assign terminal service |
ATSD(AE) | Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Atomic Energy) |
ATSD(IO) | Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (Intelligence Oversight) |
ATSD(NCB) | Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs |
ATT | assign terminal type |
ATTP | Army tactics, techniques, and procedures |
ATTU | air transportable treatment unit |
ATWG | antiterrorism working group |
AU | African Union |
AUEL | automated unit equipment list |
AUF | airborne use of force |
AUG | application user group |
AUIC | active duty unit identification code |
AUSCANNZUKUS | Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States |
AUTODIN | Automatic Digital Network |
AUX | auxiliary |
AV | air vehicle; asset visibility |
AV-8 | Harrier |
AV/VI | audiovisual/visual information |
AVCAL | aviation consolidated allowance list |
AVDTG | analog via digital trunk group |
AVGAS | aviation gasoline |
AVIM | aviation intermediate maintenance |
AVL | anti-vehicle land mine; assign variable location |
AVOU | analog voice orderwire unit |
AVOW | analog voice orderwire |
AVS | asset validation system; asset visibility system; audiovisual squadron |
AVUM | aviation unit maintenance |
AW | air warfare |
AWACS | Airborne Warning and Control System |
AWC | air warfare commander |
AWCAP | airborne weapons corrective action program |
AWDS | automated weather distribution system |
AWG | Asymmetric Warfare Group (Army) |
AWN | Automated Weather Network |
AWOL | absent without leave |
AWS | Air Weather Service |
AWSE | armament weapons support equipment |
AWSIM | air warfare simulation model |
AWSR | Air Weather Service regulation |
AXO | abandoned explosive ordnance |
AXX | assign XXX routing |
AZR | assign zone restriction lists |
B | cross-over barrier pattern |
B&A | boat and aircraft |
B-52 | Stratofortress |
B/B | baseband |
BAE | brigade aviation element |
BAF | backup alert force |
BAG | baggage |
BAH | basic allowance for housing |
BAI | backup aircraft inventory; battlefield air interdiction |
BALO | battalion air liaison officer |
BALS | berthing and loading schedule |
BAS | basic allowance for subsistence; battalion aid station |
BATF | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms |
BB | breakbulk |
bbl | barrel (42 US gallons) |
BC | bottom current |
BCA | border crossing authority |
BCAT | beddown capability assessment tool |
BCC | battle control center |
BCD | battlefield coordination detachment |
BCG | beach control group |
BCI | bit count integrity |
BCL | battlefield coordination line |
BCN | beacon |
BCOC | base cluster operations center |
BCR | baseline change request |
BCT | brigade combat team |
BCTP | battle command training program |
BCU | beach clearance unit |
BD | barge derrick |
BDA | battle damage assessment |
BDAREP | battle damage assessment report |
BDC | blood donor center |
BDE | brigade |
BDL | beach discharge lighter |
BDOC | base defense operations center |
BDR | battle damage repair |
BDRP | Biological Defense Research Program |
BDZ | base defense zone |
BE | basic encyclopedia |
BE number | basic encyclopedia number |
BEAR | base expeditionary airfield resources |
BEE | bioenvironmental engineering officer |
BEI | biometrics-enabled intelligence |
BEN | base encyclopedia number |
BER | bit error ratio |
BES | budget estimate submission |
BEST | border enforcement security task force |
BfV | Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (federal office for defending the Constitution) |
BGC | boat group commander |
BHR | Bureau of Humanitarian Response |
BI | battlefield injury; battle injury |
BIA | behavioral influences analysis; Bureau of Indian Affairs |
BIAR | biometric intelligence analysis report |
BIAS | Battlefield Illumination Assistance System |
BICES | battlefield information collection and exploitation system (NATO) |
BICON | double container |
BIDDS | Base Information Digital Distribution System |
BIDE | basic identity data element |
BIFC | Boise Interagency Fire Center |
BIFS | Border Intelligence Fusion Section |
BIH | International Time Bureau (Bureau International d’l’Heure) |
BII | base information infrastructure |
BIMA | Biometrics Identity Management Agency |
BINM | Bureau of International Narcotics Matters |
BIO | biological; Bureau of International Organizations |
BIS | Bureau of Industry and Security |
BISS | base installation security system |
BIT | built-in test |
BITE | built-in test equipment |
BIU | beach interface unit |
BKA | Bundeskriminalamt (federal criminal office) |
BL | biocontainment level |
BLCP | beach lighterage control point |
BLDREP | blood report |
BLDSHIPREP | blood shipment report |
BLM | Bureau of Land Management |
BLOS | beyond line-of-sight |
BLT | battalion landing team |
BM | ballistic missile; battle management; beach module |
BMC4I | Battle Management Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence |
BMCT | begin morning civil twilight |
BMD | ballistic missile defense |
BMDO | Ballistic Missile Defense Organization |
BMDS | ballistic missile defense system |
BMET | biomedical electronics technician |
BMNT | begin morning nautical twilight |
BMU | beachmaster unit |
BN | battalion |
BND | Bundesnachrichtendienst (federal intelligence service) |
BOA | basic ordering agreement |
BOC | base operations center; bomb on coordinate |
BOCCA | Bureau of Coordination of Civil Aircraft (NATO) |
BOG | beach operations group |
BOH | bottom of hill |
BORFIC | Border Patrol Field Intelligence Center |
BOS | base operating support; battlefield operating system |
BOS-I | base operating support-integrator |
BOSG | base operations support group |
BOSS | base operating support service |
BOT | bomb on target |
BP | battle position; block parity |
BPA | blanket purchase agreement |
BPC | building partnership capacity |
BPD | blood products depot |
BPG | beach party group |
BPI | bits per inch |
BPLAN | base plan |
BPO | blood program office |
BPPBS | bi-annual planning, programming, and budget system |
bps | bits per second |
BPSK | biphase shift keying |
BPT | beach party team |
BPWRR | bulk petroleum war reserve requirement |
BPWRS | bulk petroleum war reserve stocks |
BR | budget review |
BRAC | base realignment and closure |
BRACE | Base Resource and Capabillity Estimator |
BRC | base recovery course |
BS | battle staff; broadcast source |
BSA | beach support area; brigade support area |
BSB | brigade support battalion |
BSC | black station clock |
BSC ro | black station clock receive out |
BSCT | behavioral science consultation team |
BSD | blood supply detachment |
BSI | base support installation |
BSP | base support plan |
BSRP | bureau strategic resource plan |
BSSG | brigade service support group |
BSU | blood supply unit |
BSZ | base security zone |
BT | bathythermograph |
BTB | believed-to-be |
BTC | blood transshipment center |
BTG | basic target graphic |
BTOC | battalion tactical operations center |
BTS | Border and Transportation Security (DHS) |
BTU | beach termination unit |
BULK | bulk cargo |
BUMEDINST | Bureau of Medicine and Surgery instruction |
BVR | beyond visual range |
BW | biological warfare |
BWC | Biological Weapons Convention |
BZ | buffer zone |
C | Celsius; centigrade; clock; compromise band; coverage factor; creeping line pattern |
C di | conditioned diphase |
C&A | certification and accreditation |
C&E | communications and electronics |
C&LAT | cargo and loading analysis table |
C-130 | Hercules |
C-141 | Starlifter |
C-17 | Globemaster III |
C-21 | Learjet |
C-27 | Spartan |
C-2X | coalition Intelligence Directorate counterintelligence and human intelligence staff element |
C-5 | Galaxy |
C-B | chemical-biological |
C-CS | communication and computer systems |
C-E | communications-electronics |
C-IED | counter-improvised explosive device |
C-JWICS | Containerized Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System |
C-level | category level |
C-NAF | component numbered air force |
C-SMPP | Consolidated Satellite Communications Management Policies and Procedures |
C-SSE | consolidated satellite communications system expert |
C/A | course acquisition |
C/C | cabin cruiser; cast off and clear |
C2 | command and control |
C2-attack | an offensive form of command and control warfare |
C2-protect | a defensive form of command and control warfare |
C2CRE | command and control chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response element |
C2E | command and control element |
C2IP | Command and Control Initiatives Program |
C2IPS | Command and Control Information Processing System |
C2P | command and control protection |
C2S | command and control support |
C3 | command, control, and communications |
C3AG | Command, Control, and Communications Advisory Group |
C3CM | command, control, and communications countermeasures |
C3I | command, control, communications, and intelligence |
C3IC | coalition coordination, communications, and integration center |
C3SMP | Command, Control, and Communications Systems Master Plan |
C4 systems | command, control, communications, and computer systems |
C4CM | command, control, communications, and computer countermeasures |
C4I | command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence |
C4IFTW | command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence for the Warrior |
C4S | command, control, communications, and computer systems |
CA | chaplain assistant; civil administration; civil affairs; combat assessment; coordinating altitude; credibility assessment; criticality assessment |
CAA | civil air augmentation; combat aviation advisors; command arrangement agreement |
CAAF | contractors authorized to accompany the force |
CAB | combat aviation brigade |
CAC | common access card; current actions center |
CACOM | civil affairs command |
CACTIS | community automated intelligence system |
CAD | Canadian air division; cartridge actuated device; collective address designator; contract administration delegation |
CADRS | concern and deficiency reporting system |
CADS | containerized ammunition distribution system |
CAF | Canadian Air Force; combat air forces; commander, airborne/air assault force; commander, amphibious force |
CAFMS | computer-assisted force management system |
CAG | carrier air group; civil affairs group; collective address group |
CAGO | contractor-acquired, government-owned |
CAIMS | conventional ammunition integrated management system |
CAINS | carrier aircraft inertial navigation system |
CAIS | civil authority information support |
CAISE | civil authority information support element |
CAL | caliber; critical asset list |
CALA | Community Airborne Library Architecture |
CALCM | conventional air-launched cruise missile |
CALICS | communication, authentication, location, intentions, condition, and situation |
CALMS | computer-aided load manifesting system |
CAM | chemical agent monitor; crisis action module |
CAMOC | Caribbean Air and Marine Operations Center |
CAMPS | Consolidated Air Mobility Planning System |
CAMT | countering air and missile threats |
CANA | convulsant antidote for nerve agent |
CANADA COM | Canada Command |
CANR | Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command Region |
CANUS | Canada-United States |
CANUS BDD | Canada-United States Basic Defense Document |
CANUS CDP | Canada-United States Combined Defense Plan |
CAO | chief administrative officer; civil affairs operations; counterair operation |
CAO SOP | standing operating procedures for coordination of atomic operations |
CAOC | combat air operations center; combined air operations center |
CAP | Civil Air Patrol; civil augmentation program; combat air patrol; configuration and alarm panel; Consolidated Appeals Process (UN); crisis action planning |
CAPT | civil affairs planning team |
CAR | Chief of the Army Reserve |
CARA | chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives analytical and remediation activity |
CARDA | continental United States airborne reconnaissance for damage assessment; continental United States area reconnaissance for damage assessment |
CARE | Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CAREUSA) |
CARIBROC | Caribbean Regional Operations Center |
CARP | computed air release point; contingency alternate route plan |
CARS | combat arms regimental system |
CARVER | criticality, accessibility, recuperability, vulnerability, effect, and recognizability |
CAS | casualty; civil aviation security; close air support |
CASEVAC | casualty evacuation |
CASF | contingency aeromedical staging facility |
CASP | computer-aided search planning |
CASPER | contact area summary position report |
CASREP | casualty report |
CASREQ | close air support request |
CAT | category; civil affairs team; crisis action team |
CATCC | carrier air traffic control center |
CATF | commander, amphibious task force |
CAU | crypto ancillary unit; cryptographic auxiliary unit |
CAVU | ceiling and visibility unlimited |
CAW | carrier air wing |
CAW/ESS | crisis action weather and environmental support system |
CAX | computer-assisted exercise |
CB | chemical-biological; construction battalion (SEABEES) |
CBBLS | hundreds of barrels |
CBCP | Customs and Border Clearance Program (DOD) |
CBD | chemical, biological defense |
CBFS | cesium beam frequency standard |
CBG | coalition building guide |
CBIRF | Chemical-Biological Incident Response Force |
CBLTU | common battery line terminal unit |
CBMR | capabilities-based munitions requirements |
CBMU | construction battalion maintenance unit |
CBP | capabilities-based planning; Customs and Border Protection (DHS) |
CBPO | Consolidated Base Personnel Office |
CBPS | chemical biological protective shelter |
CBR | chemical, biological, and radiological |
CBRN | Caribbean Basin Radar Network; chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear |
CBRN CM | chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear consequence management |
CBRNE | chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives |
CBRT | chemical-biological response team |
CBS | common battery signaling |
CBSA | Canadian Border Services Agency |
CbT | combating terrorism |
CBT | common battery terminal |
CbT-RIF | Combating Terrorism Readiness Initiatives Fund |
CBTZ | combat zone |
CBU | conference bridge unit; construction battalion unit |
CBW | chemical and biological warfare |
CC | component command (NATO); component commander; critical capability |
CC&D | camouflage, concealment, and deception |
CCA | carrier-controlled approach; central contracting authority; circuit card assembly; combat cargo assistant; container control activity; contamination control area; contingency capabilities assessment; contract construction agent |
CCAP | combatant command AFRTS planner |
CCAS | contingency contract administration services |
CCAS-C | contingency contract administration services commander |
CCATT | critical care air transport team |
CCB | Community Counterterrorism Board; configuration control board |
CCC | coalition coordination cell; coalition coordination center; crisis coordination center; critical control circuit; cross-cultural communications course |
CCD | camouflage, concealment, and deception |
CCDB | consolidated counterdrug database |
CCDR | combatant commander |
CCE | container control element; continuing criminal enterprise |
CCEB | Combined Communications-Electronics Board |
CCF | collection coordination facility |
CCG | combat communications group; crisis coordination group |
CCGD | commander, Coast Guard district |
CCIB | command center integration branch |
CCICA | command counterintelligence coordinating authority |
CCIF | Combatant Commander Initiative Fund |
CCIP | continuously computed impact point |
CCIR | commander’s critical information requirement; International Radio Consultative Committee |
CCIS | common channel interswitch signaling |
CCITT | International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee |
CCIU | CEF control interface unit |
CCJTF | commander, combined joint task force |
CCL | communications/computer link |
CCLI | commerce control list item; computer control list item |
CCMD | combatant command |
CCO | central control officer; combat cargo officer; command and control office; container control officer; contingency contracting officer |
CCOI | critical contact of interest |
CCP | casualty collection point; consolidated cryptologic program; consolidation and containerization point |
CCPDS | command center processing and display system |
CCR | closed circuit refueling |
CCRD | combatant commander’s required delivery date |
CCS | central control ship; commander’s communication synchronization; container control site |
CCSA | combatant command support agent |
CCSD | command communications service designator; control communications service designator |
CCT | collaborative contingency targeting; combat control team |
CCTI | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff commended training issue |
CCTV | closed circuit television |
CCW | 1980 United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons; continuous carrier wave |
CD | channel designator; compact disc; counterdrug; customer direct |
CD-ROM | compact disc read-only memory |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CDD | chemical decontamination detachment |
CDE | collateral damage estimation |
CDEMA | Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency |
CDERA | Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency |
CDF | combined distribution frame |
CDHAM | Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine |
CDI | cargo disposition instructions; conditioned diphase |
CDIP | combined defense improvement project |
CDIPO | counterdrug intelligence preparation for operations |
CDLMS | common data link management system |
CDM | cable driver modem |
CDMGB | cable driver modem group buffer |
CDN | compressed dial number |
CDO | command duty officer; commander, detainee operations |
CDOC | counterdrug operations center |
CDOPS | counterdrug operations |
CDP | commander’s dissemination policy; landing craft air cushion departure point |
CDR | commander; continuous data recording |
CDRAFNORTH | Commander, Air Force North |
CDRAFSOF | commander, Air Force special operations forces |
CDRCFCOM | Commander, Combined Forces Command |
CDRESC | commander, electronic security command |
CDREUDAC | Commander, European Command Defense Analysis Center (ELINT) or European Data Analysis Center |
CDRFORSCOM | Commander, Forces Command |
CDRG | catastrophic disaster response group (FEMA) |
CDRJSOTF | commander, joint special operations task force |
CDRL | contract data requirements list |
CDRMTMC | Commander, Military Traffic Management Command |
CDRNORAD | Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command |
CDRTSOC | commander, theater special operations command |
CDRUNC | Commander, United Nations Command |
CDRUSAFRICOM | Commander, United States Africa Command |
CDRUSAINSCOM | Commander, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command |
CDRUSARNORTH | Commander, United States Army, North |
CDRUSCENTCOM | Commander, United States Central Command |
CDRUSCYBERCOM | Commander, United States Cyber Command |
CDRUSELEMNORAD | Commander, United States Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command |
CDRUSEUCOM | Commander, United States European Command |
CDRUSJFCOM | Commander, United States Joint Forces Command |
CDRUSNAVEUR | Commander, United States Naval Forces, Europe |
CDRUSNORTHCOM | Commander, United States Northern Command |
CDRUSPACOM | Commander, United States Pacific Command |
CDRUSSOCOM | Commander, United States Special Operations Command |
CDRUSSOUTHCOM | Commander, United States Southern Command |
CDRUSSTRATCOM | Commander, United States Strategic Command |
CDRUSTRANSCOM | Commander, United States Transportation Command |
CDS | Canadian Chief of Defence Staff; Chief of Defence Staff (Canada); container delivery system |
CDSO | counterdrug support office |
CDSSC | continuity of operations plan designated successor service chief |
CDU | counterdrug update |
CE | casualty estimation; circular error; command element (USMC); communications-electronics; core element; counterespionage; critical element |
CEA | captured enemy ammunition |
CEB | combat engineer battalion |
CEC | civil engineer corps |
CECOM | communications-electronics command |
CEDI | commercial electronic data interface |
CEDREP | communications-electronics deployment report |
CEE | captured enemy equipment |
CEF | civil engineering file; common equipment facility |
CEG | common equipment group |
CEHC | Counter Explosive Hazards Center (Army) |
CEI | critical employment indicator |
CELLEX | cellular exploitation |
CEM | combined effects munition |
CEMC | communications-electronics management center |
CEMIRT | civil engineer maintenance, inspection, and repair team |
CENTRIXS | Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System |
CEOI | communications-electronics operating instructions |
CEP | cable entrance panel; Chairman’s Exercise Program |
CEPOD | communications-electronics post-deployment report |
CERF | Central Emergency Revolving Fund (UN) |
CERFP | chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives enhanced response force package |
CERP | Commanders’ Emergency Response Program |
CERT | computer emergency response team; contingency engineering response team |
CERTSUB | certain submarine |
CES | coast earth station |
CESE | civil engineering support equipment; communications equipment support element |
CESG | communications equipment support group |
CESO | civil engineer support office |
CESPG | civil engineering support plan group; civil engineering support planning generator |
CEW | civilian expeditionary workforce |
CEXC | combined explosives exploitation cell |
CF | Canadian forces; carrier furnished; causeway ferry; conventional forces; drift error confidence factor |
CF-COP | counterfire common operational picture |
CFA | Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes (UN); critical factors analysis |
CFACC | combined force air component commander |
CFB | Canadian forces base |
CFC | Combined Forces Command, Korea |
CFL | Contingency Planning Facilities List; coordinated fire line |
CFLCC | coalition forces land component commander |
CFM | cubic feet per minute |
CFO | chief financial officer |
CFPM | causeway ferry power module |
CFR | Code of Federal Regulations |
CFS | CI force protection source |
CFSO | counterintelligence force protection source operations |
CFST | coalition forces support team |
CG | Chairman’s guidance; Coast Guard; commanding general; Comptroller General |
CG-652 | Coast Guard Spectrum Management and Telecommunications Policy Division |
CGAS | Coast Guard Air Station |
CGAUX | Coast Guard Auxiliary |
CGC | Coast Guard Cutter |
CGCAP | Coast Guard capabilities plan |
CGCG | Coast Guard Cryptologic Group |
CGCIS | Coast Guard Counterintelligence Service |
CGDEFOR | Coast Guard defense force |
CGFMFLANT | Commanding General, Fleet Marine Forces, Atlantic |
CGFMFPAC | Commanding General, Fleet Marine Forces, Pacific |
CGIS | United States Coast Guard Investigative Service |
CGLSMP | Coast Guard logistic support and mobilization plan |
CGP | Coast Guard publication |
CGRS | common geographic reference system |
CGS | common ground station; continental United States ground station |
CGUSAREUR | Commanding General, United States Army, Europe |
CH | channel; contingency hospital |
CH-53 | Sea Stallion |
CHAMPUS | Civilian Health and Medical Program for the Uniformed Services |
CHARC | counterintelligence and human intelligence analysis and requirements cell |
CHB | cargo-handling battalion |
CHCS | composite health care system |
CHCSS | Chief, Central Security Service |
CHE | cargo-handing equipment; container-handling equipment |
CHET | customs high endurance tracker |
CHOP | change of operational control |
CHPPM | US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
CHRIS | chemical hazard response information system |
CHRP | contaminated human remains pouch |
CHSTR | characteristics of transportation resources |
CHSTREP | characteristics of transportation resources report |
CI | civilian internee; counterintelligence |
CI/KR | critical infrastructure and key resources |
CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
CIAP | Central Intelligence Agency program; central intelligence architecture plan; command intelligence architecture plan; command intelligence architecture program |
CIAS | counterintelligence analysis section |
CIAT | counterintelligence analytic team |
CIB | combined information bureau; controlled image base |
CIC | combat information center; combat intelligence center (Marine Corps); combined intelligence center; communications interface controller; content indicator code; counterintelligence center |
CICA | counterintelligence coordinating authority |
CICAD | Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission |
CICC | counterintelligence coordination cell |
CICR | counterintelligence collection requirement |
CID | combat identification; combat intelligence division; criminal investigation division |
CIDB | common intelligence database |
CIDC | Criminal Investigation Division Command |
CIDNE | Combined Information Data Network Exchange |
CIE | collaborative information environment |
CIEA | classification, identification, and engagement area |
CIEG/CIEL | common information exchange glossary and language |
CIFA | counterintelligence field activity |
CIG | communications interface group |
CIHO | counterintelligence/human intelligence officer |
CIIR | counterintelligence information report |
CIL | command information library; critical information list; critical item list |
CILO | counterintelligence liaison officer |
CIM | civil information management; compartmented information management |
CIMIC | civil-military coorperation |
CIN | cargo increment number |
CIO | chief information officer; command intelligence officer |
CIOC | counterintelligence operations cell |
CIOTA | counterintelligence operational tasking authority |
CIP | communications interface processor; critical infrastructure protection |
CIPSU | communications interface processor pseudo line |
CIR | continuing intelligence requirement |
CIRM | International Radio-Medical Center |
CIRV | common interswitch rekeying variable |
CIRVIS | communications instructions for reporting vital intelligence sightings |
CIS | common item support; Commonwealth of Independent States; communications interface shelter |
CISAR | catastrophic incident search and rescue |
CISD | critical incident stress debriefing |
CISO | counterintelligence staff office; counterintelligence support officer |
CITE | computer intrusion technical exploitation |
CITP | counter-improvised explosive device targeting program |
CIV | civilian |
CIVMAR | civil service mariner |
CIVPOL | civilian police |
CIWG | communications interoperability working group |
CJ-4 | combined-joint logistics officer |
CJATF | commander, joint amphibious task force |
CJB | Congressional Justification Book |
CJCS | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
CJCSAN | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Alerting Network |
CJCSI | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff instruction |
CJCSM | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff manual |
CJDA | critical joint duty assignment |
CJE | component joint data networks operations officer equivalent |
CJLOTS | combined joint logistics over-the-shore |
CJMAB | Central Joint Mortuary Affairs Board |
CJMAO | Central Joint Mortuary Affairs Office; Chief, joint mortuary affairs office |
CJMISTF | combined joint military information support task force |
CJMTF | combined joint military information support operations task force |
CJOC | Canada Joint Operations Command |
CJSART | Criminal Justice Sector Assessment Rating Tool |
CJSMPT | Coalition Joint Spectrum Management Planning Tool |
CJTF | combined joint task force (NATO); commander, joint task force |
CJTF-CS | Commander, Joint Task Force – Civil Support |
CJTF-NCR | Commander, Joint Task Force – National Capital Region |
CKT | circuit |
CL | class |
CLA | landing craft, air cushion launch area |
CLASSRON | class squadron |
CLB | combat logistics battalion |
CLD | compact laser designator |
CLDP | Commercial Law Development Program |
CLEA | civilian law enforcement agency |
CLF | combat logistics force; commander, landing force |
CLG | combat logistics group |
CLGP | cannon-launched guided projectile |
CLIA | Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments |
CLIPS | communications link interface planning system |
CLPSB | combatant commander logistic procurement support board |
CLPT | contingency load planning team |
CLR | combat logistics regiment |
CLS | contractor logistic support |
CLSS | combat logistic support squadron |
CLT | civil liaison team; combat lasing team |
CLT | civil liaison team |
CLZ | craft landing zone; cushion landing zone; landing craft, air cushion landing zone |
Cm | mean coverage factor |
cm | centimeter |
CM | Chairman’s memorandum; collection manager; combination module; configuration management; control modem; countermine; cruise missile |
CM R&A | consequence management response and assessment |
CM&D | collection management & dissemination |
CMA | collection management authority |
CMAA | cooperative military airlift agreement |
CMAH | commander of a combatant command’s Mobile Alternate Headquarters |
CMAOC | Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Operations Center |
CMAT | consequence management advisory team |
Cmc | midpoint compromise coverage factor |
CMC | Commandant of the Marine Corps; crew management cell; Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation (USAID) |
CMCB | civil-military coordination board |
CMCC | combined movement coordination center |
CMD | command; cruise missile defense |
CMDO | command military deception officer |
CME | civil-military engagement |
CMHT | consequence management home team |
CMM | Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (USAID) |
CMMA | collection management mission application |
CMO | Central Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT) Organization; chief medical officer; chief military observer; civil-military operations; collection management office(r); configuration management office |
CMOC | cargo movement operations center; Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center; civil-military operations center |
CMOS | cargo movement operations system; Cargo Movement Operations System (USAF); complimentary metal-oxide semiconductor |
CMP | communications message processor; contractor management plan |
CMPF | commander, maritime pre-positioned force |
CMPT | consequence management planning team |
CMRT | consequence management response team |
CMS | cockpit management system; command management system; community management staff; community security materiel system; contingency mutual support; crisis management system |
CMSE | civil-military support element |
CMST | consequence management support team |
CMTS | comments |
CMTU | cartridge magnetic tape unit |
CMV | commercial motor vehicle |
CMX | crisis management exercise |
CNAC | Customs National Aviation Center (USCS) |
CNASP | chairman’s net assessment for strategic planning |
CNBG | commander, naval beach group |
CNC | Crime and Narcotics Center (CIA) |
CNCE | communications nodal control element |
CNCI | Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative |
CND | counternarcotics division |
CNE | computer network exploitation; Counter Narcotics Enforcement |
CNGB | Chief, National Guard Bureau |
CNIC | Commander, Navy Installations Command |
CNM | classified notice to mariners |
CNMOC | Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command |
CNO | Chief of Naval Operations |
CNOG | Chairman, Nuclear Operations Group |
CNRF | Commander, Naval Reserve Forces |
CNSG | Commander, Naval Security Group |
CNTY | country |
CNWDI | critical nuclear weapons design information |
CO | commanding officer; cyberspace operations |
COA | course of action |
COAA | course-of-action analysis |
COAMPS | Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System |
COB | collocated operating base; contingency operating base |
COBOL | common business-oriented language |
COC | combat operations center |
CoC | Code of Conduct |
COCO | contractor-owned, contractor-operated |
COCOM | combatant command (command authority) |
COD | carrier onboard delivery; combat operations division |
COE | Army Corps of Engineers; common operating environment; concept of employment |
COEDMHA | Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (USPACOM) |
COF | chief of fires; conduct of fire |
COFC | container on flatcar |
COG | center of gravity; continuity of government |
COGARD | Coast Guard |
COI | community of interest; contact of interest |
COIC | counter-improvised explosive device operations integration center; Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Operations/Intelligence Integration Center (JIEDDO) |
COIN | counterinsurgency |
COLDS | cargo offload and discharge system |
COLISEUM | community on-line intelligence system for end-users and managers |
COLPRO | collective protection |
COLS | concept of logistic support |
COLT | combat observation and lasing team |
COM | chief of mission; collection operations management; command; commander |
COMACC | Commander, Air Combat Command |
COMAFFOR | commander, Air Force forces |
COMAFSOAC | commander, Air Force special operations air component |
COMAFSOC | Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command |
COMAJF | commander, allied joint force |
COMALF | commander airlift forces |
COMALOC | commercial air line of communications |
COMARFOR | commander, Army forces |
COMCAM | combat camera |
COMCARGRU | commander, carrier group |
COMCRUDESGRU | commander, cruiser destroyer group |
COMDCAEUR | Commander, Defense Communications Agency Europe |
COMDESRON | commander, destroyer squadron |
COMDT COGARD | Commandant, United States Coast Guard |
COMDTINST | Commandant of the Coast Guard instruction |
COMFLTCYBERCOM | Commander, Fleet Cyber Command |
COMICEDEFOR | Commander United States Forces, Iceland |
COMIDEASTFOR | Commander, Middle East Forces |
COMINEWARCOM | Commander, Mine Warfare Command |
COMINT | communications intelligence |
COMJCSE | Commander, Joint Communications Support Element |
COMJIC | Commander, Joint Intelligence Center |
COMLANDFOR | commander, land forces |
COMLANTAREACOGARD | Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area |
COMLOGGRU | combat logistics group |
COMM | communications |
COMMARFOR | commander, Marine Corps forces |
COMMARFORNORTH | Commander, Marine Corps Forces North |
COMMDZ | Commander, Maritime Defense Zone |
COMNAV | Committee for European Airspace Coordination Working Group on Communications and Navigation Aids |
COMNAVAIRLANT | Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic |
COMNAVAIRPAC | Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific |
COMNAVAIRSYSCOM | Commander, Naval Air Systems Command |
COMNAVCOMTELCOM | Commander, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command |
COMNAVELSG | Commander, Navy Expeditionary Logistics Support Group |
COMNAVFOR | commander, Navy forces |
COMNAVMETOCCOM | Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command |
COMNAVSEASYSCOM | Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command |
COMNAVSECGRP | Commander, United States Navy Security Group |
COMNAVSURFLANT | Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic |
COMNAVSURFPAC | Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific |
COMNET | communications network |
COMP | component |
COMPACAF | Commander, Pacific Air Forces |
COMPACAREACOGARD | Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area |
COMPACFLT | Commander, Pacific Fleet |
COMPASS | common operational modeling, planning, and simulation strategy; Computerized Movement Planning and Status System |
COMPES | contingency operations mobility planning and execution system |
COMPLAN | communications plan |
COMPUSEC | computer security |
COMSAT | communications satellite |
COMSC | Commander, Military Sealift Command |
COMSCINST | Commander, Military Sealift Command instruction |
COMSEC | communications security |
COMSOC | Commander, Special Operations Command |
COMSOCCENT | Commander, Special Operations Command, United States Central Command |
COMSOCEUR | Commander, Special Operations Command, United States European Command |
COMSOCPAC | Commander, Special Operations Command, Pacific |
COMSOCSOUTH | Commander Special Operations Command, United States Southern Command |
COMSOF | commander, special operations forces |
COMSTAT | communications status |
COMSUBLANT | Commander Submarine Force, United States Atlantic Fleet |
COMSUBPAC | Commander Submarine Force, United States Pacific Fleet |
COMSUPNAVFOR | commander, supporting naval forces |
COMTAC | tactical communications |
COMTENTHFLT | Commander, Tenth Fleet |
COMUSAFE | Commander, United States Air Force in Europe |
COMUSARCENT | Commander, United States Army Forces, Central Command |
COMUSCENTAF | Commander, United States Air Force, Central Command |
COMUSFLTFORCOM | Commander, United States Fleet Forces Command |
COMUSFORAZ | Commander United States Forces, Azores |
COMUSJ | Commander, United States Forces Japan |
COMUSK | Commander, United States Forces Korea |
COMUSMARCENT | Commander, United States Marine Forces, Central Command |
COMUSNAVCENT | Commander, United States Navy, Central Command |
COMUSPACFLT | Commander, United States Pacific Fleet |
COMUSSOCJFCOM | Commander Special Operations Command, United States Joint Forces Command |
CONCAP | construction capabilities contract (Navy); Construction Capabilities Contract Process; construction capabilities contract program |
CONEX | container express |
CONEXPLAN | contingency and exercise plan |
CONOPS | concept of operations |
CONPLAN | concept plan; operation plan in concept format |
CONR | continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region |
CONUS | continental United States |
CONUSA | Continental United States Army |
COOP | continuity of operations |
COP | common operational picture |
COP-CSE | common operational picture-combat support enabled |
COPG | chairman, operations planners group |
COPPERHEAD | name for cannon-launched guided projectile |
COPS | communications operational planning system |
COR | contracting officer representative |
CORE | contingency response program |
COS | chief of staff; chief of station; critical occupational specialty |
COSMIC | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) security category |
COSPAS | cosmicheskaya sistyema poiska avariynch sudov – space system for search of distressed vessels (Russian satellite system) |
COSR | combat and operational stress reactions |
COT | commanding officer of troops; crisis operations team |
COTP | captain of the port |
COTS | cargo offload and transfer system; commercial off-the-shelf; container offloading and transfer system |
COU | cable orderwire unit |
counter C3 | counter command, control, and communications |
COVCOM | covert communications |
CP | check point; collection point; command post; contact point; control point; counterproliferation |
CP&I | coastal patrol and interdiction |
CPA | closest point of approach |
CPD | combat plans division |
CPE | customer premise equipment |
CPFL | contingency planning facilities list |
CPG | central processor group; commander, amphibious group; Contingency Planning Guidance |
CPI | crash position indicator |
CPIC | coalition press information center |
CPM | civilian personnel manual |
CPO | chief petty officer; complete provisions only |
CPR | cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
CPRC | coalition personnel recovery center |
CPS | characters per second; collective protective shelter |
CPT | common procedural terminology |
CPU | central processing unit |
CPX | command post exercise |
CR | civil reconnaissance; critical requirement |
CR-UAV | close-range unmanned aerial vehicle |
CRA | command relationships agreement; continuing resolution authority; coordinating review authority |
CRAF | Civil Reserve Air Fleet |
CRAM | control random access memory |
CRB | configuration review board |
CRC | circuit routing chart; Civilian Response Corps (DOS); civil response corps; coastal riverine company; control and reporting center; CONUS replacement center; COOP response cell; crisis reaction center; cyclic redundancy rate |
CRD | capstone requirements document; chemical reconnaissance detachment |
CRE | contingency response element; control reporting element |
CREAPER | Communications and Radar Electronic Attack Planning Effectiveness Reference |
CREST | casualty and resource estimation support tool |
CREW | counter radio-controlled improvised explosive device electronic warfare |
CRF | channel reassignment function; coastal riverine force; contingency response force |
CRG | contingency response group |
CRI | collective routing indicator |
CRIF | cargo routing information file |
CRITIC | critical information; critical intelligence communication; critical message (intelligence) |
CRITICOMM | critical intelligence communications system |
CRM | collection requirements management; comment resolution matrix; crew resource management |
CrM | crisis management |
CRO | combat rescue officer |
CROP | common relevant operational picture |
CRP | control and reporting post |
CRRC | combat rubber raiding craft |
CRS | Catholic Relief Services; Chairman’s readiness system; coastal radio station; community relations service; container recovery system; Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization |
CRSG | country reconstruction and stabilization group |
CRSP | centralized receiving and shipping point |
CRT | cathode ray tube; chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives response team; contingency response team |
CRTS | casualty receiving and treatment ship |
CRW | contingency response wing |
CRYPTO | cryptographic |
CS | call sign; Chaplain Service (Air Force); circuit switch; coastal station; combat service; combat support; content staging; controlled space; creeping line single-unit; critical source |
CSA | Chief of Staff, United States Army; combat support agency; container stuffing activity |
CSAAS | combat support agency assessment system |
CSADR | combat support agency director’s report |
CSAF | Chief of Staff, United States Air Force |
CSAM | computer security for acquisition managers |
CSAR | combat search and rescue |
CSAR3 | combat support agency responsiveness and readiness report |
CSARTE | combat search and rescue task element |
CSARTF | combat search and rescue task force |
CSB | contracting support brigade |
CSB (MEB) | combat support brigade (maneuver enhancement brigade) |
CSC | combat support center; community support center; convoy support center; creeping line single-unit coordinated; International Convention for Safe Containers |
CSCC | coastal sea control commander |
CSE | client server environment; combat support enhanced; combat support equipment; contingency support element; cyberspace support element |
CSEL | circuit switch select line; combat survivor evader locator; command senior enlisted leader |
CSEP | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored exercise program |
CSG | carrier strike group; Chairman’s Staff Group; coordinating subgroup; cryptologic services group; Cryptologic Support Group |
CSGN | coordinating subgroup for narcotics |
CSH | combat support hospital |
CSIF | communications service industrial fund |
CSIP | contract support integration plan |
CSIPG | circuit switch interface planning guide |
CSL | combat stores list |
CSNP | causeway section, nonpowered |
CSNP(BE) | causeway section nonpowered (beach end) |
CSNP(I) | causeway section, nonpowered (intermediate) |
CSNP(SE) | causeway section, nonpowered (sea end) |
CSO | Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (DOS); Center for Special Operations (USSOCOM); communications support organization; controlled source operation |
CSOA | combined special operations area |
CSOB | command systems operations branch |
CSOD | command systems operation division |
CSOR | contract statement of requirement |
CSP | call service position; career sea pay; causeway section, powered; commence search point; contracting support plan; crisis staffing procedures (JCS); cryptologic support package |
CSPAR | combatant commander’s preparedness assessment report |
CSR | central source registry; combatant commander’s summary report; commander’s summary report; controlled supply rate |
CSRF | common source route file |
CSS | Central Security Service (NSA); combat service support; communications subsystem; coordinator surface search |
CSSA | combat service support area |
CSSAMO | combat service support automation management office |
CSSB | combat sustainment support battalion |
CSSC | coded switch set controller |
CSSM | contracted support synchronization matrix |
CSST | combat service support team |
CSSU | combat service support unit |
CST | contingency support team; customer service team |
CSW | compartment stowage worksheet; coordinate seeking weapons |
CT | computed tomography; control telemetry; counterterrorism; country team |
CTA | common table of allowance |
CTAF | counterterrorism analytical framework |
CTAPS | contingency Theater Air Control System automated planning system |
CTC | cargo transfer company (USA); counterterrorist center |
CTDB | combating terrorism database |
CTEP | combined training and education plan |
CTF | combined task force; commander, task force; counter threat finance |
CTF IAMD | commander, task force integrated air and missile defense |
CTFP | Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program |
CTG | commander, task group |
CTID | communications transmission identifier |
CTIP | combating trafficking in persons |
CTKB | combating terrorism knowledge base |
CTL | candidate target list |
CTM | core target material |
CTOC | corps tactical operations center |
CTP | common tactical picture |
CTR | cooperative threat reduction |
CTRIF | Combating Terrorism Readiness Initiative Fund |
CTS | commodity tracking system; Contingency Tracking System; controlled technical services |
CTSS | central targeting support staff |
CTU | commander, task unit |
CU | cubic capacity; common unit |
CUI | controlled unclassified information |
CUL | common-user logistics |
CULT | common-user land transportation |
CV | aircraft carrier; carrier; critical vulnerability; curriculum vitae |
CVAMP | Core Vulnerability Assessment Management Program |
CVN | aircraft carrier, nuclear |
CVR | cockpit voice recorder |
CVS | commercial vendor services |
CVSD | continuous variable slope delta |
CVT | criticality-vulnerability-threat |
CVW | carrier air wing; cryptovariable weekly (GPS) |
CVWC | carrier strike group air wing commander |
CW | carrier wave; chemical warfare; continuous wave |
CWA | chemical warfare agent |
CWC | Chemical Weapons Convention; composite warfare commander |
CWDE | chemical warfare defense equipment |
CWMD | countering weapons of mass destruction |
CWO | communications watch officer |
CWP | causeway pier |
CWPD | Conventional War Plans Division, Joint Staff (J-7) |
CWR | calm water ramp |
CWT | combat weather team; customer wait time |
CY | calendar year |
D | total drift, data |
d | surface drift |
D&D | denial and deception |
D&F | determinations and findings |
D&M | detection and monitoring |
D&R | debrief and reintegrate |
D-2X | Department of Defense-level counterintelligence and human intelligence staff element |
D-cell | deployment cell |
D/A | digital-to-analog |
D/C | downconverter |
D/CI&SP | Director, Counterintelligence and Security Programs |
D/CIA | Director, Central Intelligence Agency |
D/T/ID | detect/track/identify |
D3A | decide, detect, deliver, and assess |
DA | data adapter aerospace drift; data administrator; Department of the Army; Development Assistance; direct action; Directorate for Mission Services (DIA); double agent |
Da | aerospace drift; Development Assistance |
DA&M | Director of Administration and Management |
DAA | designated approving authority; display alternate area routing lists |
DAADC | deputy area air defense commander |
DAADC(AMD) | deputy area air defense commander for air and missile defense |
DAAS | defense automatic addressing system |
DAASO | defense automatic addressing system office |
DAB | Defense Acquisition Board |
DAC | Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) counterintelligence and security activity; Department of Army civilians; Development Assistance Committee (OECD) |
DACB | data adapter control block |
DACG | departure airfield control group |
DACM | data adapter control mode |
DADCAP | dawn and dusk combat air patrol |
DAF | Department of the Air Force |
DAFL | directive authority for logistics |
DAICC | domestic air interdiction coordinator center |
DAL | defended asset list |
DALIS | Disaster Assistance Logistics Information System |
DALS | downed aviator locator system |
DAMA | demand assigned multiple access |
DAMES | defense automatic addressing system (DAAS) automated message exchange system |
DAN | Diver’s Alert Network |
DAO | defense attache office; defense attache officer; department/agency/organization |
DAP | designated acquisition program |
DAR | Defense Acquisition Regulation; distortion adaptive receiver |
DARO | Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office |
DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency |
DART | disaster assistance response team; downed aircraft recovery team; dynamic analysis and replanning tool |
DAS | deep air support (USMC); defense attache system; direct access subscriber; direct air support |
DAS3 | decentralized automated service support system |
DASA | Department of the Army (DA) staff agencies |
DASC | direct air support center |
DASC(A) | direct air support center (airborne) |
DASD | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense |
DASD(H&RA) | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Humanitarian & Refugee Affairs) |
DASD(I) | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) |
DASD(P&HA) | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Affairs) |
DASD(PS) | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Program Support) |
DASD(S&IO) | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Security and Information Operations) |
DASD-CN | Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics |
DASSS | decentralized automated service support system |
DAT | deployment action item |
DATT | defense attache |
DATU | data adapter termination unit |
DAWIA | Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act |
dB | decibel |
DBA | database administrator |
DBDB | digital bathymetric database |
DBDB-V | digital bathymetric database variable |
DBG | database generation |
DBI | defense budget issue |
DBIDS | Defense Biometric Identification System |
DBMS | database management system; Defense-Business Management System |
DBSMC | Defense Business Systems Management Committee |
DBSS | Defense Blood Standard System |
DBT | design basis threat |
DC | Deputies Committee; direct current; Directorate of Counterintelligence (DIA); dislocated civilian |
DC/S for RA | Deputy Chief of Staff for Reserve Affairs |
DC3 | Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center |
DCA | Defense Communications Agency; Defense Cooperation Agreements; defensive counterair; dual-capable aircraft |
DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency |
DCAM | Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support (DMLSS) customer assistance module |
DCAPES | Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments |
DCC | damage control center; deployment control center |
DCCC | defense collection coordination center |
DCCEP | developing country combined exercise program |
DCD | data collection device |
DCE | defense coordinating element |
DCGS | distributed common ground/surface system |
DCHA | Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID) |
DCHC | Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Center |
DCHE | Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Enterprise |
DCI | defense critical infrastructure; Director of Central Intelligence; dual channel interchange |
DCID | Director of Central Intelligence directive |
DCIIS | Defense Counterintelligence Information System |
DCIO | defense criminal investigative organization |
DCIP | Defense Critical Infrastructure Program |
DCIS | Defense Criminal Investigative Services |
DCISE | Defense Industrial Base Collaborative Information Sharing Environment |
DCJTF | deputy commander, joint task force |
DCM | data channel multiplexer; deputy chief of mission |
DCMA | Defense Contract Management Agency |
DCMC | Office of Deputy Chairman, Military Committee |
DCMO | deputy chief military observer |
DCNO | Deputy Chief of Naval Operations |
DCO | debarkation control officer; Defense Connect Online; defense coordinating officer; defensive cyberspace operations; dial central office |
DCO-RA | defensive cyberspace operations response actions |
DCP | Defense Continuity Program; detainee collection point |
DCPA | Defense Civil Preparedness Agency |
DCPG | digital clock pulse generator |
DCR | doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities change recommendation |
DCRF | defense chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response force |
DCS | Defense Courier Service; deputy chief of staff; digital computer system |
DCSCU | dual capability servo control unit |
DCSINT | Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence |
DCSLOG | Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, US Army |
DCSOPS | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans, United States Army |
DCSPER | Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, United States Army |
DCST | Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) contingency support team |
DCTC | Defense Combating Terrorism Center |
DCTS | Defense Collaboration Tool Suite |
DCW | Defense Collection Watch (DIA) |
DD | Department of Defense form; destroyer (Navy ship) |
DDA | deputy development advisor; Deputy Director for Administration (CIA); designated development activity |
DDC | data distribution center; defense distribution center |
DDCI | Deputy Director of Central Intelligence (CIA) |
DDCI/CM | Deputy Director of Central Intelligence for Community Management |
DDED | defense distribution expeditionary depot |
DDG | guided missile destroyer |
DDI | Deputy Director of Intelligence (CIA); Director of Defense Intelligence |
DDL | digital data link |
DDM | Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Mapping; digital data modem |
DDMA | Defense Distribution Mapping Activity |
DDMS | Deputy Director for Military Support (NRO) |
DDN | Defense Data Network |
DDO | Deputy Director of Operations (CIA) |
DDOC | Deployment and Distribution Operations Center (USTRANSCOM) |
DDP | detailed deployment plan |
DDR | disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration |
DDR&E | director of defense research and engineering |
DDRRR | disarmament, demobilization, repatriation, reintegration, and resettlement |
DDS | defense dissemination system; Deployable Disbursing System |
DDS&T | Deputy Director for Science & Technology (CIA) |
DDSBn | deployment and distribution support battalion |
DDSM | Defense Distinguished Service Medal |
DDST | deployment and distribution support team |
DDWSO | Deputy Director for Wargaming, Simulation, and Operations |
DE | damage expectancy; decedent effects; delay equalizer; directed energy |
de | individual drift error |
De | total drift error |
de max | maximum drift error |
de min | minimum drift error |
de minimax | minimax drift error |
DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration (DOJ) |
dea | aerospace drift error |
DEACN | Drug Enforcement Administration Communications Network |
DEAR | disease and environmental alert report |
DEARAS | Department of Defense Emergency Authorities Retrieval and Analysis System |
DeCA | Defense Commissary Agency |
DEERS | Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System |
DEFSMAC | Defense Special Missile and Aerospace Center |
DEL | deployable equipment list |
DEMARC | demarcation |
DEMIL | demilitarization |
DeMS | deployment management system |
DEMUX | demultiplex |
DEP | Delayed Entry Program; deployed |
DEP&S | Drug Enforcement Plans and Support |
DEPCJTF | deputy commander, joint task force |
DEPID | deployment indicator code |
DEPMEDS | deployable medical systems |
DepOpsDeps | Service deputy operations deputies |
DEPORD | deployment order |
DESC | Defense Energy Support Center |
DESCOM | Depot System Command (Army) |
DESIGAREA | designated area message |
DEST | destination; domestic emergency support team |
DET | detainee |
DETRESFA | distress phase (lCAO) |
DEW | directed-energy warfare |
DF | direction finding; dispersion factor; disposition form |
DFARS | Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement |
DFAS | Defense Finance and Accounting Service |
DFAS-DE | Defense Finance and Accounting Service-Denver |
DFC | deputy force commander; detention facility commander |
DFE | Defense Intelligence Agency forward element; Defense Joint Intelligence Operations Center forward element; division force equivalent |
DFM | deterrent force module |
DFO | disaster field office (FEMA) |
DFR | Defense Fuel Region |
DFR/E | Defense Fuel Region, Europe |
DFR/ME | Defense Fuel Region, Middle East |
DFRIF | Defense Freight Railway Interchange Fleet |
DFSC | Defense Fuel Supply Center |
DFSP | defense fuel support point |
DFT | deployment for training |
DG | defense guidance |
DGIAP | Defense General Intelligence and Applications Program |
DGM | digital group multiplex |
DH | death due to hostilities; Directorate for Human Intelligence (DIA) |
DHA | detainee holding area |
DHB | Defense Health Board |
DHE | defense human intelligence executor |
DHHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
DHM | Department of Defense human intelligence manager |
DHMO | Department of Defense human intelligence management office |
DHP | Defense Health Program |
DHS | Defense Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Service; Department of Homeland Security; Director of Health Services |
DI | Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Directorate for Analysis; DIA Directorate for Intelligence Production; discrete identifier; dynamic interface |
DI&E | data integration and exploitation |
DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency |
DIA/DHX | Defense Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Human Intelligence, Office of Document and Media Operations |
DIAC | Defense Intelligence Analysis Center |
DIAM | Defense Intelligence Agency manual; Defense Intelligence Agency memorandum |
DIAP | Defense Intelligence Analysis Program; Drug Interdiction Assistance Program |
DIAR | Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) regulation |
DIB | defense industrial base |
DIBITS | digital in-band interswitch trunk signaling |
DIBRS | defense incident-based reporting system |
DIBTS | digital in-band trunk signaling |
DICO | Data Information Coordination Office |
DID | Defense Intelligence Digest |
DIDHS | Deployable Intelligence Data Handling System |
DIDO | designated intelligence disclosure official |
DIDS | Defense Intelligence Dissemination System |
DIEB | Defense Intelligence Executive Board |
DIEPS | Digital Imagery Exploitation Production System |
DIG | digital |
DIGO | Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (Australia) |
DII-COE | defense information infrastructure-common operating environment |
DIILS | Defense Institute of International Legal Studies |
DIJE | Defense Intelligence Joint Environment (United Kingdom) |
DILPA | diphase loop modem-A |
DIMA | drilling individual mobilization augmentee |
DIMOC | Defense Imagery Management Operations Center |
DIN | defense intelligence notice |
DINET | Defense Industrial Net |
DINFOS | Defense Information School |
DIOC | drug interdiction operations center |
DIOCC | Defense Intelligence Operations Coordination Center (DIA) |
DIPC | defense industrial plant equipment center |
DIPF | defense intelligence priorities framework |
DIPFAC | diplomatic facility |
DIPGM | diphase supergroup modem |
DIRINT | Director of Intelligence (USMC) |
DIRJIATF | director, joint inter-agency task force |
DIRLAUTH | direct liaison authorized |
DIRM | Directorate for Information and Resource Management |
DIRMOBFOR | director of mobility forces |
DIRNSA | Director, National Security Agency |
DIRSPACEFOR | director of space forces (USAF) |
DIS | defense information system; Defense Investigative Service; distributed interactive simulation |
DISA | Defense Information Systems Agency |
DISA-LO | Defense Information Systems Agency – liaison officer |
DISANMOC | Defense Information Systems Agency Network Management and Operations Center |
DisasterAWARE | Disaster All-Hazard Warnings, Analysis, and Risk Evaluation System |
DISCOM | division support command (Army) |
DISGM | diphase supergroup |
DISN | Defense Information Systems Network |
DISN-E | Defense Information Systems Network – Europe |
DISO | deception in support of operations security; defense intelligence support office |
DISP | drug investigation support program (FAA) |
DITDS | defense information threat data system; defense intelligence threat data system |
DITSUM | defense intelligence terrorist summary |
DJIOC | Defense Joint Intelligence Operations Center |
DJS | Director, Joint Staff |
DJSM | Director, Joint Staff, memorandum |
DJTFS | deputy joint task force surgeon |
DLA | Defense Logistics Agency |
DLAM | Defense Logistics Agency manual |
DLAR | Defense Logistics Agency regulation |
DLD | digital liaison detachment |
DLEA | drug law enforcement agency |
DLED | dedicated loop encryption device |
DLIS | Defense Logistics Information Service |
DLM | defense logistics manual |
DLMS | Department Logistics Management System |
DLP | data link processor |
DLPMA | diphase loop modem A |
DLQ | deck landing qualification |
DLR | depot-level repairable |
DLSA | Defense Legal Services Agency |
DLSS | Defense Logistics Standard Systems |
DLTM | digital line termination module |
DLTU | digital line termination unit |
DM | detection and monitoring; docking module |
DMA | Defense Media Activity |
dmax | maximum drift distance |
DMB | datum marker buoy |
DMC | data mode control |
DMD | digital message device |
DMDC | defense management data center; defense manpower data center |
DME | distance measuring equipment |
DMHS | Defense Message Handling System |
DMI | director military intelligence |
DMIGS | Domestic Mobile Integrated Geospatial-Intelligence System |
dmin | minimum drift distance |
DML | data manipulation language |
DMLSS | Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support |
DMMPO | Defense Medical Materiel Program Office |
DMO | directory maintenance official |
DMORT | Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team |
DMOS | duty military occupational specialty |
DMPI | designated mean point of impact |
DMRD | defense management resource decision |
DMRIS | defense medical regulating information system |
DMS | defense message system; defense meteorological system; director of military support |
DMSB | Defense Medical Standardization Board |
DMSM | Defense Meritorious Service Medal |
DMSO | Defense Modeling and Simulation Office; director of major staff office; Division Medical Supply Office |
DMSP | Defense Meteorological Satellite Program |
DMSSC | defense medical system support center |
DMT | disaster management team (UN) |
DMU | disk memory unit |
DMZ | demilitarized zone |
DN | digital nonsecure |
DNA | Defense Nuclear Agency; deoxyribonucleic acid |
DNAT | defense nuclear advisory team |
DNBI | disease and nonbattle injury |
DNC | digital nautical chart |
DND | Department of National Defence (Canada) |
DNDO | Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DHS) |
DNGA | Director of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
DNI | Director of National Intelligence; Director of Naval Intelligence |
DNIF | duty not involving flying |
DNMSP | driftnet monitoring support program |
DNSO | Defense Network Systems Organization |
DNVT | digital nonsecure voice terminal |
DNY | display area code (NYX) routing |
DOA | days of ammunition; dead on arrival; director of administration |
DOB | date of birth; dispersal operating base |
DOC | Department of Commerce; designed operational capability |
DOCC | deep operations coordination cell |
DOCDIV | documents division |
DOCEX | document exploitation |
DOCNET | Doctrine Networked Education and Training |
DOD | Department of Defense |
DOD-JIC | Department of Defense Joint Intelligence Center |
DODAAC | Department of Defense activity address code |
DODAAD | Department of Defense Activity Address Directory |
DODAC DOD | ammunition code |
DODD | Department of Defense directive |
DODDS | Department of Defense Dependent Schools |
DODEX | Department of Defense intelligence system information system extension |
DODFMR | Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation |
DODI | Department of Defense instruction |
DODIC | Department of Defense identification code |
DODID | Department of Defense Intelligence Digest |
DODIIS | Department of Defense Intelligence Information System |
DODIN | Department of Defense information networks |
DODIPC | Department of Defense intelligence production community |
DODIPP | Department of Defense Intelligence Production Program |
DODM | data orderwire diphase modem; Department of Defense manual |
DOE | Department of Energy |
DOEHRS | Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Reporting System |
DOF | degree of freedom |
DOI | Defense Special Security Communications System (DSSCS) Operating Instructions; Department of the Interior |
DOJ | Department of Justice |
DOL | Department of Labor |
DOM | day of month |
DOMEX | document and media exploitation |
DOMS | director of military support |
DON | Department of the Navy |
DOPMA | Defense Officer Personnel Management Act |
DOR | date of rank |
DOS | date of separation; days of supply; denial of service; Department of State; disk operating system |
DOT | Department of Transportation |
DOTEO | Department of Transportation emergency organization |
DOTMLPF | doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities |
DOW | data orderwire; died of wounds |
DOX-T | direct operational exchange-tactical |
DOY | day of year |
dp | parachute drift |
DP | Air Force component plans officer (staff); decisive point; Directorate for Policy Support (DIA); displaced person |
DPA | danger pay allowance; Defense Production Act |
DPAP | Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy |
DPAS | Defense Priorities and Allocation System |
DPC | deception planning cell; Defense Planning Committee (NATO) |
DPEC | displaced person exploitation cell |
DPG | Defense Planning Guidance |
DPI | desired point of impact |
dpi | dots per inch |
DPICM | dual purpose improved conventional munitions |
DPKO | Department of Peacekeeping Operations (UN) |
DPLSM | dipulse group modem |
DPM | dissemination program manager |
DPMO | Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office |
DPO | distribution process owner |
DPP | data patch panel; distributed production program |
DPPDB | digital point positioning database |
DPQ | defense planning questionnaire (NATO) |
DPR | display non-nodal routing |
DPRB | Defense Planning and Resources Board |
DPRE | displaced persons, refugees, and evacuees |
DPS | data processing system |
DPSC | Defense Personnel Support Center |
DPSK | differential phase shift keying |
DR | dead reckoning; digital receiver; disaster relief |
DRB | Defense Resources Board |
DRe | dead reckoning error |
DRL | Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DOS) |
DRMD | deployments requirements manning document |
DRMO | Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office |
DRMS | Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service; distance root-mean-square |
DRN | Disaster Response Network |
DRO | departmental requirements office; departmental requirements officer |
DRRS | Defense Readiness Reporting System |
DRS | detainee reporting system |
DRSN | Defense Red Switched Network |
DRT | dead reckoning tracer; decontamination and reconnaissance team |
DRTC | designated reporting technical control |
DS | Directorate for Information Management and Chief Information Officer (DIA); direct support; doctrine sponsor |
DSA | defense special assessment (DIA) |
DSAA | Defense Security Assistance Agency |
DSAID | defense sexual assault incident database |
DSAR | Defense Supply Agency regulation |
DSB | digital in-band trunk signaling (DIBTS) signaling buffer |
DSC | defensive space control; digital selective calling; dual-status commander |
DSCA | Defense Security Cooperation Agency; defense support of civil authorities |
DSCP | Defense Supply Center Philadelphia |
DSCR | Defense Supply Center Richmond |
DSCS | Defense Satellite Communications System |
DSCSOC | Defense Satellite Communications System operations center |
DSDI | digital simple data interface |
DSE | direct support element |
DSF | District Stability Framework (USAID) |
DSG | digital signal generator |
DSI | defense simulation internet |
DSL | display switch locator (SL) routing |
DSM | decision support matrix |
DSMAC | digital scene-matching area correlation |
DSN | Defense Switched Network |
DSNET | Defense Secure Network |
DSNET-2 | Defense Secure Network-2 |
DSO | Defense Spectrum Organization; defensive systems officer |
DSOE | deployment schedule of events |
DSP | Defense Satellite Program; Defense Support Program |
DSPD | defense support to public diplomacy |
DSPL | display system programming language |
DSPS | Director, Security Plans and Service |
DSR | defense source registry |
DSS | Defense Security Service; Distribution Standard System |
DSS/ALOC | direct support system/air line of communications |
DSSCS | Defense Special Security Communications System |
DSSM | Defense Superior Service Medal |
DSSO | data system support organization; defense systems support organization |
DSSO | defense sensitive support office |
DSSR | Department of State Standardized Regulation |
DST | decision support template; Defense Logistics Agency support team; deployment support team; district support team |
DSTP | Director of Strategic Target Planning |
DSTR | destroy |
DSTS-G | Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) Satellite Transmission Services – Global |
DSVL | doppler sonar velocity log |
DSVT | digital subscriber voice terminal |
DT | Directorate for MASINT and Technical Collection (DIA) |
DTA | Defense Threat Assessment; dynamic threat assessment |
DTAM | defense terrorism awareness message |
DTC | defense transportation coordination |
DTCI | Defense Transportation Coordination Initiative |
DTD | detailed troop decontamination |
DTE | data terminal equipment; developmental test and evaluation |
DTED | digital terrain elevation data |
DTG | date-time group; digital trunk group (digital transmission group) |
DTIP | Disruptive Technology Innovations Partnership (DIA) |
DTL | designator target line |
DTMF | dual tone multi-frequency |
DTMR | defense traffic management regulation |
DTO | division transportation office; drug trafficking organization |
DTOC | division tactical operations center |
DTR | defense transportation regulation |
DTRA | Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
DTRACS | Defense Transportation Reporting and Control System |
DTRATCA | Defense Threat Reduction and Treaty Compliance Agency |
DTS | Defense Transportation System; Defense Travel System; diplomatic telecommunications service |
DTTS | Defense Transportation Tracking System |
DTWR | defense terrorism warning report |
DU | depleted uranium |
DUSD | deputy under Secretary of Defense |
DUSD (CI&S) | Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Counterintelligence and Security |
DUSD(L&MR) | Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Materiel Readiness |
DUSDL | Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Logistics |
DUSDP | Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
DV | distinguished visitor |
DVA | Department of Veterans Affairs |
DVD | digital video device; digital video disc |
DVITS | Digital Video Imagery Transmission System |
DVOW | digital voice orderwire |
DVT | deployment visualization tool |
DWAS | Defense Working Capital Accounting System |
DWMCF | double-wide modular causeway ferry |
DWT | deadweight tonnage |
DWTS | Digital Wideband Transmission System |
DX | Directorate for External Relations (DIA) |
DZ | drop zone |
DZC | drop zone controller |
DZCO | drop zone control officer |
DZSO | drop zone safety officer |
DZST | drop zone support team |
DZSTL | drop zone support team leader |
E | total probable error |
E&DCP | evaluation and data collection plan |
E&E | emergency and extraordinary expense authority |
E&EE | emergency and extraordinary expense |
E&I | engineering and installation |
E&M | ear and mouth; special signaling leads |
E-8C | joint surveillance, target attack radar system (JSTARS) aircraft |
E-ARTS | en route automated radar tracking system |
electronic mail | |
E-O TDA | electro-optical tactical decision aid |
E-Space | Electromagnetic-Space |
E-UAV | endurance unmanned aerial vehicle |
E1 | Echelon 1 |
E2 | Echelon 2 |
E3 | Echelon 3; electromagnetic environmental effects |
E4 | Echelon 4 |
E5 | Echelon 5 |
EA | electronic attack; emergency action; evaluation agent; executive agent; executive assistant |
ea | each |
EAC | echelons above corps (ARMY); emergency action; emergency action committee |
EACS | expeditionary aeromedical evacuation crew member support |
EACT | expeditionary aeromedical evacuation coordination team |
EAD | earliest arrival date; echelons above division (Army); extended active duty |
EADRU | Euro-Atlantic disaster response unit |
EADS | Eastern Air Defense Sector |
EAES | expeditionary aeromedical evacuation squadron |
EAF | expeditionary aerospace forces; expeditionary airfield |
EAI | executive agent instruction |
EAM | emergency action message |
EAP | emergency action plan; emergency action procedures |
EAP-CJCS | emergency action procedures of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
EAPC | Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council |
EARLY | evasion and recovery supplemental data report |
EASF | expeditionary aeromedical staging facility |
EAST | expeditionary aeromedical evacuation staging team |
EASTPAC | eastern Pacific Ocean |
EBCDIC | extended binary coded decimal interchange code |
EBS | environmental baseline survey |
EC | electronic combat; enemy combatant; error control; European Community |
ECAC | Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Center |
ECB | echelons corps and below (Army) |
ECC | engineer coordination cell; evacuation control center |
ECES | expeditionary civil engineer squadron |
ECHA | Executive Committee for Humanitarian Affairs (UN) |
ECHO | European Commission Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection; European Community Humanitarian Aid Department |
ECM | electronic countermeasures |
ECN | electronic change notice; Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network |
ECO | electronic combat officer |
ECOSOC | Economic and Social Council (UN) |
ECP | emergency command precedence; engineering change proposal; entry control point |
ECS | expeditionary combat support |
ECU | environmental control unit |
ED | envelope delay; evaluation directive |
EDA | Economic Development Administration (DOC); excess defense articles |
EDC | estimated date of completion |
EDD | earliest delivery date |
EDI | electronic data interchange |
EDSS | equipment deployment and storage system |
EE | emergency establishment |
EEA | environmental executive agent |
EEBD | emergency escape breathing device |
EECT | end evening civil twilight |
EED | electro-explosive device; emergency-essential designation |
EEDAC | emergency essential Department of the Army civilian |
EEE | emergency and extraordinary expense |
EEFI | essential element of friendly information |
EEI | essential element of information |
EELV | evolved expendable launch vehicle |
EENT | end of evening nautical twilight |
EEO | equal employment opportunity |
EEPROM | electronic erasable programmable read-only memory |
EER | enlisted employee review; extended echo ranging |
EEZ | exclusive economic zone |
EFA | engineering field activity |
EFAC | emergency family assistance center |
EFD | engineering field division |
EFP | explosively formed projectile |
EFST | essential fire support task |
EFT | electronic funds transfer |
EFTO | encrypt for transmission only |
EGAT | Bureau of Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade (USAID) |
EGM | Earth Gravity Model |
EGS | Earth ground station |
EH | explosive hazard |
EHCC | explosive hazards coordination cell |
EHDB | explosive hazard database |
EHF | extremely high frequency |
EHO | environmental health officer |
EHRA | environmental health risk assessment |
EHSA | environmental health site assessment |
EHT | explosive hazard team |
EI | environmental information; exercise item |
EIA | Electronic Industries Association |
EID | electrically initiated device |
EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
eJMAPS | electronic Joint Manpower and Personnel System |
EJPME | enlisted joint professional military education |
ELBA | emergency locator beacon |
ELCAS | elevated causeway system |
ELCAS(M) | elevated causeway system (modular) |
ELCAS(NL) | elevated causeway system (Navy lighterage) |
ELD | emitter locating data |
ELINT | electronic intelligence |
ELIST | enhanced logistics intratheater support tool |
ELOS | extended line of sight |
ELPP | equal level patch panel |
ELR | extra-long-range aircraft |
ELSEC | electronics security |
ELT | emergency locator transmitter |
ELV | expendable launch vehicle |
ELVA | emergency low-visibility approach |
EM | electromagnetic; emergency management; executive manager |
EMAC | emergency management assistance compact |
EMALL | electronic mall |
EMBM | electromagnetic battle management |
EMC | electromagnetic compatibility |
EMCON | emission control |
EMD | effective miss distance; expeditionary military information support detachment |
EME | electromagnetic environment |
EMEDS | expeditionary medical support |
EMF | expeditionary medical facility |
EMI | electromagnetic interface; electromagnetic interference |
EMIO | expanded maritime interception operations |
EMOE | electromagnetic operational environment |
EMP | electromagnetic pulse |
EMR hazards | electromagnetic radiation hazards |
EMS | electromagnetic spectrum; emergency medical services |
EMSC | electromagnetic spectrum control |
EMSEC | emanations security |
EMT | emergency medical technician; emergency medical treatment; expeditionary military information support team |
EMTF | expeditionary mobility task force |
EMU | expeditionary medical unit |
EMV | electromagnetic vulnerability |
ENCOM | engineer command (Army) |
ENDEX | exercise termination |
ENL | enlisted |
ENSCE | enemy situation correlation element |
ENWGS | Enhanced Naval Warfare Gaming System |
EO | electro-optical; end office; equal opportunity; executive order; eyes only |
EO-IR | electro-optical-infrared |
EO-IR CM | electro-optical-infrared countermeasure |
EOB | electromagnetic order of battle; electronic order of battle; enemy order of battle |
EOC | early operational capability; emergency operating center; emergency operations center |
EOCA | explosive ordnance clearance agent |
EODMU-1 | explosive ordnance disposal mobile unit one |
EOI | electro-optic(al) imagery |
EOL | end of link |
EOM | end of message |
EOP | emergency operating procedures |
EOW | engineering orderwire |
EP | electronic protection; emergency preparedness; emergency procedures; excess property; execution planning |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency; evasion plan of action |
EPBX | electronic private branch exchange |
EPC | Emergency Procurement Committee |
EPF | enhanced palletized load system (PLS) flatrack |
EPH | emergency planning handbook |
EPIC | El Paso Intelligence Center |
EPIRB | emergency position-indicating radio beacon |
EPLO | emergency preparedness liaison officer |
EPROM | erasable programmable read-only memory |
EPU | expeditionary port unit |
EPW | enemy prisoner of war |
EPW/CI | enemy prisoner of war/civilian internee |
ERC | emergency relief coordinator; exercise related construction |
ERDC | Engineer Research and Development Center |
ERG | Emergency Response Guidebook |
ERGM | extended range guided munitions |
ERO | engine running on or offload |
ERPSS | En Route Patient Staging System |
ERRO | Emergency Response and Recovery Office |
ERSD | estimated return to service date |
ERT | emergency response team (FEMA); engineer reconnaissance team |
ERT-A | emergency response team – advance element |
ERU | emergency response unit |
ERW | explosive remnants of war |
ES | electronic warfare support; executive secretariat |
ESAC | Electromagnetic-Space Analysis Center (NSA) |
ESB | engineer support battalion |
ESC | Electronics Systems Center; expeditionary sustainment command |
ESF | Economic Support Fund; emergency support function |
ESG | executive steering group; expeditionary strike group |
ESGN | electrically suspended gyro navigation |
ESI | extremely sensitive information |
ESK | electronic staff weather officer kit |
ESM | expeditionary site mapping |
ESO | embarkation staff officer; environmental science officer; Expeditionary Support Organization (DFAS) |
ESOC | Emergency Supply Operations Center |
ESOH | environmental, safety, and occupational health |
ESORTS | Enhanced Status of Resources and Training System |
ESP | engineer support plan |
ESR | external supported recovery |
EST | embarked security team; emergency service team; emergency support team (FEMA); en route support team |
ET | electronics technician |
ETA | estimated time of arrival |
ETAC | emergency tactical air control |
ETD | estimated time of departure |
ETF | electronic target folder |
ETI | estimated time of intercept |
ETIC | estimated time for completion; estimated time in commission |
ETM | electronic transmission; essential tasks matrix |
ETO | Emergency Transportation Operations (DOT) |
ETPL | endorsed TEMPEST products list |
ETR | export traffic release |
ETS | European telephone system |
ETSS | extended training service specialist |
ETX | end of text |
EU | European Union |
EUB | essential user bypass |
EURV | essential user rekeying variable |
EUSA | Eighth US Army |
EUSC | effective United States control; effective United States controlled |
EUSCS | effective United States-controlled ships |
EVC | evasion chart |
EVE | equal value exchange |
EW | early warning; electronic warfare |
EW/GCI | early warning/ground-controlled intercept |
EWC | electronic warfare cell; electronic warfare coordinator |
EWCA | electronic warfare control authority |
EWCC | electronic warfare coordination cell |
EWCS | electronic warfare control ship |
EWD | Electronic Warfare Directorate (USSTRATCOM) |
EWE | electronic warfare element |
EWG | electronic warfare group |
EWIR | electronic warfare integrated reprogramming |
EWO | electronic warfare officer |
EXCIMS | Executive Council for Modeling and Simulations |
ExCom | executive committee |
EXDIR | Executive Director (CIA) |
EXDIR/ICA | Executive Director for Intelligence Community Affairs (USG) |
EXECSEC | executive secretary |
EXER | exercise |
EXORD | execute order |
EXPLAN | exercise plan |
EZ | exchange zone |
EZCO | extraction zone control officer |
EZM | engagement zone manager |
F | Fahrenheit; flare patterns; flash |
F&ES | fire and emergency services |
F/AD | force/activity designator |
F/V | fishing vessel |
F2T2EA | find, fix, track, target, engage, and assess |
F3EAD | find, fix, finish, exploit, analyze, and disseminate |
FA | feasibility assessment; field artillery |
FAA | Federal Aviation Administration (DOT); Foreign Assistance Act |
FAAO | Federal Aviation Administration order |
FAAR | facilitated after-action review |
FAC | forward air controller |
FAC(A) | forward air controller (airborne) |
FACE | forward aviation combat engineering |
FACSFAC | fleet area control and surveillance facility |
FACT | field advance civilian team; field assessment and coordination team |
FAD | feasible arrival date |
FAE | fuel air explosive |
FAH | foreign affairs handbook |
FALD | Field Administration and Logistics Division |
FALOP | Forward Area Limited Observing Program |
FAM | functional area manager |
FAMP | forward area minefield planning |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization (UN); foreign area officer |
FAPES | Force Augmentation Planning and Execution System |
FAR | Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Aviation Regulation; formal assessment report |
FARC | Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia |
FARP | forward arming and refueling point |
FAS | Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA); frequency assignment subcommittee; fueling at sea; functional account symbol |
FASCAM | family of scatterable mines |
FAST | field assessment surveillance team; fleet antiterrorism security team |
FAX | facsimile |
FB | forward boundary |
FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation (DOJ) |
FBIS | Foreign Broadcast Information Service |
FBO | faith-based organization |
FC | field circular; final coordination; fires cell (Army); floating causeway; floating craft; force commander |
FCA | Foreign Claims Act; functional configuration audit |
FCC | Federal Communications Commission; Federal coordinating center; functional combatant commander |
FCE | forward command element |
FCG | foreign clearance guide |
FCM | foreign consequence management |
FCO | federal coordinating officer |
FCP | fire control party |
FCT | firepower control team |
FD | first draft; from temporary duty |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
FDBM | functional database manager |
FDC | fire direction center |
FDESC | force description |
FDL | fast deployment logistics |
FDLP | flight deck landing practice |
FDM | frequency division multiplexing |
FDO | fire direction officer; flexible deterrent option; flight deck officer; foreign disclosure officer |
FDP | forward distribution point |
FDPMU | forward-deployable preventive medicine unit |
FDR | foreign disaster relief |
FDR/FA | flight data recorder/fault analyzer |
FDS | fault detection system |
FDSL | fixed directory subscriber list |
FDSS | fault detection subsystem |
FDSSS | flight deck status and signaling system |
FDT | forward distribution team |
FDUL | fixed directory unit list |
FDX | full duplex |
FE | facilities engineering |
FEA | front-end analysis |
FEBA | forward edge of the battle area |
FEC | facilities engineering command; forward error correction |
FECC | fires and effects coordination cell |
FED-STD | federal standard |
FEI | forensic-enabled intelligence |
FEK | frequency exchange keying |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS) |
FEP | fleet satellite (FLTSAT) extremely high frequency (EHF) package; foreign excess property |
FEPP | federal excess personal property; foreign excess personal property |
FES | fire emergency services |
FEST | foreign emergency support team; forward engineer support team |
FET | facility engineer team |
FEU | forty-foot equivalent unit |
FEZ | fighter engagement zone |
FF | navy fast frigate |
Ff | fatigue correction factor |
FFA | free-fire area |
FFC | force fires coordinator |
FFCC | flight ferry control center; force fires coordination center (USMC) |
FFD | foundation feature data |
FFE | field force engineering; flame field expedients |
FFG | guided missile frigate |
FFH | fast frequency hopping |
FFH-net | fast-frequency-hopping net |
FFHT-net | fast-frequency-hopping training net |
FFIR | friendly force information requirement |
FFP | Food for Peace; fresh frozen plasma; Office of Food for Peace (DOS) |
FFT | friendly force tracking |
FFTU | forward freight terminal unit |
FG | fighter group |
FGMDSS | Future Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
FGS | final governing standard; Force Generation Service (UN) |
FH | fleet hospital |
FHA | Bureau for Food and Humanitarian Assistance; foreign humanitarian assistance |
FHC | family help center |
FHP | force health protection |
FHWA | Federal Highway Administration (DOT) |
FI | foreign intelligence |
FIA | functional interoperability architecture |
FIC | force indicator code |
FID | foreign internal defense |
FIDAF | foreign internal defense augmentation force |
FIE | foreign intelligence entity |
FIFO | first-in-first-out |
FinCEN | Financial Crimes Enforcement Network |
FIR | first-impressions report; flight information region |
FIRCAP | foreign intelligence requirements capabilities and priorities |
FIS | flight information service; Foreign Intelligence Service |
FISC | fleet and industrial supply center |
FISINT | foreign instrumentation signals intelligence |
FISS | foreign intelligence and security services |
FIST | fire support team; fleet imagery support terminal; fleet intelligence support team |
FIWC | fleet information warfare center |
FIXe | navigational fix error |
FLAR | forward-looking airborne radar |
FLC | fleet logistics center |
FLENUMMETOCCEN | Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center |
FLENUMMETOCDET | Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic Detachment |
FLETC | Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (DHS) |
FLIP | flight information publication; flight instruction procedures |
FLIR | forward-looking infrared |
FLITE | federal legal information through electronics |
FLO/FLO | float-on/float-off |
FLOLS | fresnel lens optical landing system |
FLOT | forward line of own troops |
FLP | force level planning |
FLS | forward logistic site |
FLSG | force logistic support group |
FLTCYBERCOM | Fleet Cyber Command (Navy) |
FLTSAT | fleet satellite |
FLTSATCOM | fleet satellite communications |
FM | field manual (Army); financial management; flare multiunit; force module; frequency management; frequency modulation; functional manager |
FM/A | functional manager for analysis |
FMA-net | frequency management A-net |
FMAS | foreign media analysis subsystem |
FMAT | financial management augmentation team |
FMC | force movement characteristics; full mission-capable |
FMCH | fleet multichannel |
FMCR | Fleet Marine Corps Reserve |
FMF | Fleet Marine Force; foreign military financing |
FMFP | foreign military financing program |
FMI | field manual-interim |
FMID | force module identifier |
FMO | frequency management office; functional manager office |
FMP | foreign materiel program |
FMS | force module subsystem; foreign military sales |
FMSC | frequency management sub-committee |
FMSCA | Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration |
FMT-net | frequency management training net |
FMV | full motion video |
FN | foreign nation |
FNMOC | Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center |
FNMOD | Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic Detachment |
FNOC | Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Command |
FNS | foreign nation support |
FO | fiber optic; flash override; forward observer |
FOB | forward operating base |
FOC | full operational capability; future operations cell |
FOD | field operations division; foreign object damage |
FOFW | fiber optic field wire |
FOG | Field Operations Guide for Disaster Assessment and Response |
FOI | fault detection isolation |
FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
FOIU | fiber optic interface unit |
FOL | fiber optic link |
FON | freedom of navigation (operations) |
FORCE | fuels operational readiness capability equipment (Air Force) |
FORMICA | foreign military intelligence collection activities |
FORSCOM | United States Army Forces Command |
FORSTAT | force status and identity report |
FOS | full operational status |
FOT | follow-on operational test |
FOUO | for official use only |
FP | force protection; frequency panel |
FPA | foreign policy advisor |
FPC | final planning conference; future plans cell |
FPCON | force protection condition |
FPD | force protection detachment; foreign post differential |
FPF | final protective fire |
FPM | Federal personnel manual |
FPO | fleet post office |
FPOC | focal point operations center |
FPS | Federal Protective Service; force protection source |
FPTAS | flight path threat analysis simulation |
FPTS | forward propagation by tropospheric scatter |
FPWG | force protection working group |
FR | final report; frequency response |
FRA | Federal Railroad Administration (DOT) |
FRAG | fragmentation code |
FRAGORD | fragmentary order |
FRC | federal resource coordinator; forward resuscitative care |
FRD | formerly restricted data |
FREQ | frequency |
FRERP | Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan |
FRF | fragment retention film |
FRMAC | Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (DOE) |
FRN | force requirement number |
FRO | flexible response option |
FROG | free rocket over ground |
FRP | Federal response plan (USG) |
FRRS | frequency resource record system |
FRTP | fleet response training plan |
FS | fighter squadron; file separator; file server; flare single-unit |
fs | search radius safety factor |
FSA | fire support area |
FSB | fire support base; forward staging base; forward support base; forward support battalion |
FSC | fire support cell; fire support coordinator (USMC) |
FSCC | fire support coordination center (USMC) |
FSCL | fire support coordination line |
FSCM | fire support coordination measure |
FSCOORD | fire support coordinator (Army) |
FSE | fire support element |
FSEM | fire support execution matrix |
FSF | foreign security forces |
FSI | Foreign Service Institute |
FSK | frequency shift key |
FSN | foreign service national |
FSO | fire support officer; flight safety officer; foreign service officer |
FSP | functional support plan |
FSR | field service representative |
FSRT | fatality search and recovery team |
FSS | fast sealift ship; fire support station; flight service station |
FSSG | force service support group (USMC) |
FSST | forward space support to theater |
FST | fleet surgical team |
FSU | former Soviet Union; forward support unit |
FSW | feet of seawater |
ft | feet; foot |
ft3 | cubic feet |
FTC | Federal Trade Commission |
FTCA | Foreign Tort Claims Act |
FTN | force tracking number |
FTP | file transfer protocol |
FTRG | fleet tactical readiness group |
FTS | Federal Telecommunications System; Federal telephone service; file transfer service |
FTU | field training unit; freight terminal unit |
FUAC | functional area code |
FUNCPLAN | functional plan |
Fv | aircraft speed correction factor |
FVT | Force Validation Tool |
FW | fighter wing; fixed-wing; weather correction factor |
FWA | fraud, waste, and abuse |
FWC | fleet weather center |
FWD | forward |
FWDA | friendly weapon danger area |
FWF | former warring factions |
FY | fiscal year |
FYDP | Future Years Defense Program |
G-1 | Army or Marine Corps component manpower or personnel staff officer (Army division or higher staff, Marine Corps brigade or higher staff) |
G-2 | Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence; Army or Marine Corps component intelligence staff officer (Army division or higher staff, Marine Corps brigade or higher staff) |
G-2X | Army counterintelligence and human intelligence staff element |
G-3 | Army or Marine Corps component operations staff officer (Army division or higher staff, Marine Corps brigade or higher staff); assistant chief of staff, operations |
G-4 | Army or Marine Corps component logistics staff officer (Army division or higher staff, Marine Corps brigade or higher staff); Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics |
G-5 | assistant chief of staff, plans |
G-6 | Army or Marine Corps component command, control, communications, and computer systems staff officer; assistant chief of staff for communications; signal staff officer (Army) |
G-7 | Army component information operations staff officer; assistant chief of staff, information engagement, information operations staff officer (ARFOR) |
G/A | ground to air |
G/VLLD | ground/vehicle laser locator designator |
GA | geospatial analyst; Tabun, a nerve agent |
GAA | general agency agreement; geospatial intelligence assessment activity |
GAFS | General Accounting and Finance System |
GAMSS | Global Air Mobility Support System |
GAO | General Accounting Office; Government Accountability Office |
GAR | gateway access request |
GARS | Global Area Reference System |
GAT | governmental assistance team |
GATB | guidance, apportionment, and targeting board |
GATES | Global Air Transportation Execution System |
GB | group buffer; Sarin, a nerve agent |
GBI | ground-based interceptor |
GBL | government bill of lading |
GBMD | global ballistic missile defense |
GBR | ground-based radar |
GBS | Global Broadcast Service; Global Broadcast System |
GBU | guided bomb unit |
GC | general counsel; Geneva Convention; Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War |
GC3A | global command, control, and communications assessment |
GC4A | global command, control, communications, and computer assessment |
GCA | ground controlled approach |
GCC | geographic combatant commander; global contingency construction |
GCCC | global contingency construction contract |
GCCMAC | Global Contingency Construction Multiple Award Contract (Navy) |
GCCS | Global Command and Control System |
GCCS-A | Global Command and Control System-Army |
GCCS-I3 | Global Command and Control System Integrated Imagery and Intelligence |
GCCS-J | Global Command and Control System-Joint |
GCCS-M | Global Command and Control System-Maritime |
GCE | ground combat element (USMC) |
GCI | ground control intercept |
GCM | global container manager; Global Information Grid (GIG) Content Management |
GCP | global campaign plan; ground commander’s pointer |
GCRI | general collective routing indicator (RI) |
GCS | ground control station |
GCSC | global contingency service contract |
GCSMAC | Global Contingency Services Multiple Award Contract (Navy) |
GCSS | Global Combat Support System |
GCSS-J | Global Combat Support System-Joint |
GCTN | global combating terrorism network |
GD | Soman, a nerve agent |
GDF | gridded data field; Guidance for Development of the Force |
GDIP | General Defense Intelligence Program |
GDIPP | General Defense Intelligence Proposed Program |
GDP | General Defense Plan (SACEUR); gross domestic product |
GDSS | Global Decision Support System |
GE | general engineering |
GEF | Guidance for Employment of the Force |
GEM | Global Information Grid (GIG) Enterprise Management |
GENADMIN | general admin (message) |
GENSER | general service (message) |
GENTEXT | general text |
GEO | geosynchronous Earth orbit |
GEOCODE | geographic code |
GEOFILE | geolocation code file; standard specified geographic location file |
GEOINT | geospatial intelligence |
GEOLOC | geographic location; geographic location code |
GEOREF | geographic reference; world geographic reference system |
GETS | geospatial enterprise tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination service |
GF | a nerve agent |
GFE | government-furnished equipment |
GFI | government-furnished information |
GFM | global force management; global freight management; government-furnished material |
GFMAP | Global Force Management Allocation Plan |
GFMB | Global Force Management Board |
GFMIG | Global Force Management Implementation Guidance |
GFMPL | Graphics Fleet Mission Program Library |
GFOAR | global family of operation plans assessment report |
GFP | government-furnished property |
GFS | global fleet station; government-furnished support |
GFU | group framing unit |
GHz | gigahertz |
GI | geomatics and imagery |
GI&S | geospatial information and services |
GIAC | graphic input aggregate control |
GIANT | Global Positioning System Interference and Navigation Tool |
GIBCO | geospatial intelligence base for contingency operations |
GIC | international loading gauge |
GIE | global information environment |
GIG | Global Information Grid |
GIMS | Geospatial Intelligence Information Management Services |
GIO | Geospatial Intelligence Organisation (New Zealand) |
GIP | gridded installation photograph |
GIS | geographic information system; geospatial information systems |
GL | government-leased |
GLCM | ground-launched cruise missile |
GLINT | gated laser intensifier |
GLO | ground liaison officer |
GLOC | ground line of communications |
GLTD | ground laser target designator |
GM | group modem |
GMD | global missile defense; ground-based midcourse defense; group mux and/or demux |
GMDSS | Global Maritime Distress and Safety System |
GMF | ground mobile force |
GMFP | global military force policy |
GMI | general military intelligence |
GMLRS | Global Positioning System Multiple Launch Rocket System |
GMP | global maritime partnership |
GMR | graduated mobilization response; ground mobile radar |
GMRS | global mobility readiness squadron |
GMS | global mobility squadron |
GMSC | Global Mission Support Center (USSOCOM) |
GMTI | ground moving target indicator |
GNA | Global Information Grid (GIG) Network Assurance |
GNC | Global Network Operations Center |
GNCC | global network operations (NETOPS) control center |
GND | Global Information Grid (GIG) Network Defense |
GNSC | global network operations (NETOPS) support center |
GNSS | global navigation satellite system |
GO | government-owned |
GOCO | government-owned, contractor-operated |
GOES | geostationary operational environmental satellite |
GOGO | government-owned, government-operated |
GOS | grade of service |
GOSG | general officer steering group |
GOTS | government off-the-shelf |
GP | general purpose; group |
GPC | geospatial planning cell; government purchase card |
GPD | gallons per day |
GPE | geospatial intelligence preparation of the environment |
GPEE | general purpose encryption equipment |
GPL | Geospatial Product Library |
GPM | gallons per minute; global pallet manager |
GPMDM | group modem |
GPMIC | Global Patient Movement Integration Center |
GPMJAB | Global Patient Movement Joint Advisory Board |
GPMRC | Global Patient Movement Requirements Center |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
GPSOC | Global Positioning System Operations Center |
GPW | Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War |
GR | graduated response |
GRASP | general retrieval and sort processor |
GRCA | ground reference coverage area |
GRG | gridded reference graphic |
GRL | global reach laydown |
GRREG | graves registration |
GS | general service; general support; group separator |
GS-R | general support-reinforcing |
GSA | General Services Administration |
GSE | ground support equipment |
GSI | glide slope indicator |
GSM | ground station module |
GSO | general services officer |
GSORTS | Global Status of Resources and Training System |
GSR | general support-reinforcing; ground surveillance radar |
GSSA | general supply support area |
GSSC | global satellite communications (SATCOM) support center |
GST | geospatial support team |
gt | gross ton |
GTA | graphic training aid |
GTAS | ground-to-air signals |
GTL | gun-target line |
GTM | global transportation management |
GUARD | US National Guard and Air Guard |
GUARDS | General Unified Ammunition Reporting Data System |
GWC | global weather central |
GWEN | Ground Wave Emergency Network |
GWOT | global war on terrorism |
GWS | Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field |
GWS Sea | Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces at Sea |
H&I | harassing and interdicting |
H&S | headquarters and service |
HA | holding area; humanitarian assistance |
HAARS | high-altitude airdrop resupply system |
HAC | helicopter aircraft commander; human intelligence analysis cell |
HACC | humanitarian assistance coordination center |
HAHO | high-altitude high-opening parachute technique |
HAP | humanitarian assistance program |
HAP-EP | humanitarian assistance program-excess property |
HARC | human intelligence analysis and reporting cell |
HARM | high-speed antiradiation missile |
HARP | high altitude release point |
HAST | humanitarian assistance survey team |
HATR | hazardous air traffic report |
HAZ | hazardous cargo |
HAZMAT | hazardous materials |
HB | heavy boat |
HBCT | heavy brigade combat team |
HC | Directorate for Human Capital (DIA) |
HCA | head of contracting activity; humanitarian and civic assistance |
HCAS | hostile casualty |
HCL | hydrochloride |
HCO | helicopter control officer |
HCP | hardcopy printer |
HCS | helicopter combat support (Navy); helicopter coordination section |
HCT | human intelligence (HUMINT) collection team |
HD | a mustard agent; harbor defense; harmonic distortion; homeland defense |
HDC | harbor defense commander |
HDCU | harbor defense command unit |
HDM | humanitarian demining |
HDO | humanitarian demining operations |
HDPLX | half duplex |
HDR | humanitarian daily ration |
HDTC | Humanitarian Demining Training Center |
HE | heavy equipment; high explosives |
HEAT | helicopter external air transport; high explosive antitank |
HEC | helicopter element coordinator |
HEFOE | hydraulic electrical fuel oxygen engine |
HEI | high explosives incendiary |
HEL-H | heavy helicopter |
HEL-L | light helicopter |
HEL-M | medium helicopter |
HELO | helicopter |
HEMP | high-altitude electromagnetic pulse |
HEMTT | heavy expanded mobile tactical truck |
HEO | highly elliptical orbit |
HEPA | high efficiency particulate air |
HERF | hazards of electromagnetic radiation to fuels |
HERO | electromagnetic radiation hazards; hazards of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance |
HERP | hazards of electromagnetic radiation to personnel |
HET | heavy equipment transporter; human intelligence exploitation team |
HEWSweb | Humanitarian Early Warning Service |
HF | high frequency |
HFA | human factors analysis |
HFDF | high-frequency direction finding |
HFP | hostile fire pay |
HFRB | high frequency regional broadcast |
HH | homing pattern |
HHC | headquarters and headquarters company |
HHD | headquarters and headquarters detachment |
HHQ | higher headquarters |
HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
HIC | humanitarian information center |
HICAP | high-capacity firefighting foam station |
HIDACZ | high-density airspace control zone |
HIDTA | high-intensity drug trafficking area |
HIFR | helicopter in-flight refueling |
HIMAD | high-to-medium-altitude air defense |
HIMARS | High Mobility Artillery Rocket System |
HIMEZ | high-altitude missile engagement zone |
HIRSS | hover infrared suppressor subsystem |
HIRTA | high intensity radio transmission area |
HIU | humanitarian information unit (DOS) |
HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
HJ | crypto key change |
HLPS | heavy-lift pre-position ship |
HM | hazardous material |
HMA | humanitarian mine action |
HMH | Marine heavy helicopter squadron |
HMIRS | Hazardous Material Information Resource System |
HMIS | Hazardous Material Information System |
HMLA | Marine light/attack helicopter squadron |
HMM | Marine medium helicopter squadron |
HMMWV | high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle |
HMOD | harbormaster operations detachment |
HMW | health, morale, and welfare |
HN | host nation |
HNC | host-nation coordination |
HNCC | host nation coordination center |
HNS | host-nation support |
HNSCC | host-nation support coordination cell |
HNSF | host-nation security forces |
HOB | height of burst |
HOC | human intelligence operations cell; humanitarian operations center |
HOCC | humanitarian operations coordination center |
HOD | head of delegation |
HOGE | hover out of ground effect |
HOIS | hostile intelligence service |
HOM | head of mission |
HOSTAC | helicopter operations from ships other than aircraft carriers (USN publication) |
HPA | high power amplifier |
HPM | high-power microwave |
HPMSK | high priority mission support kit |
HPT | high-payoff target |
HQ | HAVE QUICK; headquarters |
HQCOMDT | headquarters commandant |
HQDA | Headquarters, Department of the Army |
HQFM-net | HAVE QUICK frequency modulation net |
HQFMT-net | HAVE QUICK frequency modulation training net |
HQMC | Headquarters, Marine Corps |
HR | helicopter request; hostage rescue |
HRB | high-risk billet |
HRC | high-risk-of-capture; Human Resources Command |
HRF | homeland response force |
HRJTF | humanitarian relief joint task force |
HRO | humanitarian relief organizations |
HRP | high-risk personnel; human remains pouch |
HRS | horizon reference system |
HRT | health response team; hostage rescue team |
HS | health services; helicopter antisubmarine (Navy); homeland security; homing single-unit |
HSAC | Homeland Security Advisory Council |
HSAS | Homeland Security Advisory System |
HSB | high speed boat |
HSC | helicopter sea combat (Navy); Homeland Security Council |
HSC/PC | Homeland Security Council Principals Committee |
HSC/PCC | Homeland Security Council Policy Coordination Committee |
HSCDM | high speed cable driver modem |
HSD | health service delivery; human intelligence support detachment |
HSE | headquarters support element; human intelligence support element (DIA) |
HSEP | hospital surgical expansion package (USAF) |
HSI | hyperspectral imagery; Office of Homeland Security Investigations (DHS) |
HSIN | Homeland Security Information Network (DHS) |
HSIP | Homeland Security Infrastructure Program |
HSM | humanitarian service medal |
HSPD | homeland security Presidential directive |
HSPR | high speed pulse restorer |
HSS | health service support |
HSSDB | high speed serial data buffer |
HST | helicopter support team |
HSV | high-speed vessel |
HT | hatch team |
HTERRCAS | hostile terrorist casualty |
HTG | hard target graphic |
HTH | high test hypochlorite |
HU | hospital unit |
HUD | head-up display |
HUMINT | human intelligence |
HUMRO | humanitarian relief operation |
HUMRO OCP | humanitarian relief operation operational capability package |
HUS | hardened unique storage |
HVA | high-value asset |
HVAA | high value airborne asset |
HVAC | heating, ventilation, and air conditioning |
HVCDS | high-velocity container delivery system |
HVI | high-value individual |
HVT | high-value target |
HW | hazardous waste |
HWM | high water mark |
HYE | high-yield explosives |
Hz | hertz |
I | immediate; individual |
I&A | Office of Intelligence and Analysis (DHS) |
I/B | inboard |
I/O | input/output |
I/R | internment/resettlement |
I/R BN | internment/resettlement battalion |
I/T | interpreter and translator |
I2 | identity intelligence |
I2WD | Intelligence and Information Warfare Division (Army) |
IA | imagery analyst; implementing arrangement; individual augmentee; information assurance |
IAA | incident area assessment; incident awareness and assessment |
IAC | Interagency Advisory Council |
IACG | interagency coordination group |
IADB | Inter-American Defense Board |
IADS | integrated air defense system |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency (UN) |
IAF | initial approach fix |
IAIP | Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection |
IAM | inertially aided munition |
IAMD | integrated air and missile defense |
IAMSAR | International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue manual |
IAP | incident action plan; international airport |
IAPP | Interagency Partnership Program |
IAR | interoperability assessment report |
IAS | International Assistance System |
IASC | Inter-Agency Standing Committee (UN); interim acting service chief |
IATA | International Air Transport Association |
IATACS | Improved Army Tactical Communications System |
IATO | interim authority to operate |
IAVM | information assurance vulnerability management |
IAW | in accordance with |
IBB | International Broadcasting Bureau |
IBCT | infantry brigade combat team |
IBES | intelligence budget estimate submission |
IBET | integrated border enforcement team |
IBM | International Business Machines |
IBS | Integrated Booking System; integrated broadcast service; Integrated Broadcast System |
IBS-I | Integrated Broadcast Service-Interactive |
IBS-S | Integrated Broadcast Service-Simplex |
IBU | inshore boat unit |
IC | incident commander; intelligence community; intercept |
IC/EXCOM | Intelligence Community Executive Committee |
IC3 | integrated command, control, and communications |
ICAD | individual concern and deficiency |
ICAF | Interagency Conflict Assessment Framework |
ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICAT | interagency conflict assessment team |
ICBM | intercontinental ballistic missile |
ICC | information confidence convention; information coordination center; Intelligence Coordination Center (USCG); International Criminal Court; Interstate Commerce Commission |
ICD | international classifications of diseases; International Cooperation and Development Program (USDA) |
ICDC | Intelligence Community Deputies Committee |
ICDS | improved container delivery system |
ICE | Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
ICEDEFOR | Iceland Defense Forces |
ICEPP | Incident Communications Emergency Policy and Procedures |
ICG | interagency core group |
ICIS | integrated consumable item support |
ICITAP | International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (DOJ) |
ICM | image city map; improved conventional munitions; integrated collection management |
ICN | idle channel noise; interface control net |
ICNIA | integrated communications, navigation, and identification avionics |
ICOD | intelligence cutoff data |
ICODES | integrated computerized deployment system |
ICON | imagery communications and operations node; intermediate coordination node |
ICP | intertheater communications security package; interface change proposal; inventory control point |
ICPC | Intelligence Community Principals Committee |
ICR | Intelligence Collection Requirements |
ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
ICRI | interswitch collective routing indicator |
ICS | incident command system; internal communications system; inter-Service chaplain support |
ICSAR | interagency committee on search and rescue |
ICSF | integrated command communications system framework |
ICT | information and communications technology |
ICU | intensive care unit; interface control unit |
ICVA | International Council of Voluntary Agencies |
ICW | in coordination with |
ID | identification; identifier; initiating directive |
ID/IQ | indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity |
IDAD | internal defense and development |
IDB | integrated database |
IDCA | International Development Cooperation Agency |
IDDF | intermediate data distribution facility |
IDEAS | Intelligence Data Elements Authorized Standards |
IDEX | imagery data exploitation system |
IDF | intermediate distribution frame |
IDL | integrated distribution lane |
IDM | improved data modem; information dissemination management |
IDNDR | International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (UN) |
IDO | installation deployment officer |
IDP | imagery derived product; imminent danger pay; internally displaced person |
IDRA | infectious disease risk assessment |
IDS | individual deployment site; integrated deployment system; interface design standards; intrusion detection system |
IDSRS | Integrated Defense Source Registration System |
IDSS | interoperability decision support system |
IDT | inactive duty training |
IDZ | inner defense zone |
IEB | intelligence exploitation base |
IED | improvised explosive device |
IEDD | improvised explosive device defeat |
IEEE | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
IEL | illustrative evaluation scenario |
IEM | installation emergency management |
IEMATS | improved emergency message automatic transmission system |
IER | information exchange requirement |
IES | imagery exploitation system |
IESS | imagery exploitation support system |
IEW | intelligence and electronic warfare |
IF | intermediate frequency |
IFC | intelligence fusion center |
IFCS | improved fire control system |
IFF | identification, friend or foe |
IFF/SIF | identification, friend or foe/selective identification feature |
IFFN | identification, friend, foe, or neutral |
IFO | integrated financial operations |
IFP | integrated force package |
IFR | instrument flight rules |
IFRC | International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
IFSAR | interferometric synthetic aperture radar |
IG | inspector general |
IGC | Integrated Data Environment/Global Transportation Network Convergence |
IGL | intelligence gain/loss |
IGO | intergovernmental organization |
IGSM | interim ground station module (JSTARS) |
IHADSS | integrated helmet and display sight system (Army) |
IHC | international humanitarian community |
IHO | industrial hygiene officer |
IHS | international health specialist |
IIB | interagency information bureau |
IICL | Institute of International Container Lessons |
IICT | Interagency Intelligence Committee on Counterterrorism |
IIM | intelligence information management |
IIP | Bureau of International Information Programs (DOS); interagency implementation plan; international information program; interoperability improvement program |
IIR | imagery interpretation report; imagery infared; intelligence information report |
IJC3S | initial joint command, control, and communications system; Integrated Joint Command, Control, and Communications System |
IL | intermediate location |
ILAB | Bureau of International Labor Affairs (DOL) |
ILO | in lieu of; International Labor Organization (UN) |
ILOC | integrated line of communications |
ILS | integrated logistic support |
IM | information management; intermediate module |
IMA | individual mobilization augmentee |
IMAAC | Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center |
IMC | instrument meteorological conditions; International Medical Corps |
IMDC | isolated, missing, detained, or captured |
IMDG | international maritime dangerous goods (UN) |
IMET | international military education and training |
IMETS | Integrated Meteorological System |
IMF | International Monetary Fund (UN) |
IMI | international military information |
IMINT | imagery intelligence |
IMIT | international military information team |
IMLTU | intermatrix line termination unit |
IMM | integrated materiel management; intelligence mission management |
IMMDELREQ | immediate delivery required |
IMO | information management officer; International Maritime Organization |
IMOSAR | International Maritime Organization (IMO) search and rescue manual |
IMOSS | interim mobile oceanographic support system |
IMP | implementation; information management plan; inventory management plan |
IMPP | integrated mission planning process |
IMPT | incident management planning team; integrated mission planning team |
IMRL | individual material requirements list |
IMS | information management system; interagency management system; Interagency Management System for Reconstruction and Stabilization; international military staff; international military standardization |
IMSP | information management support plan |
IMSU | installation medical support unit |
IMTF | integrated mission task force |
IMU | inertial measuring unit; intermatrix unit |
IN | Air Force component intelligence officer (staff); impulse noise; instructor |
INCERFA | uncertainty phase (ICAO) |
INCNR | increment number |
INCSEA | incidents at sea |
IND | improvised nuclear device |
INDRAC | Interagency Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Database of Responsibilities, Authorities, and Capabilities |
INF | infantry |
INFOCON | information operations condition |
INID | intercept network in dialing |
INJILL | injured or ill |
INL | Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (DOS) |
INLS | improved Navy lighterage system |
INM | international narcotics matters |
INMARSAT | international maritime satellite |
INR | Bureau of Intelligence and Research (DOS) |
INREQ | information request |
INRP | Initial National Response Plan |
INS | Immigration and Naturalization Service; inertial navigation system; insert code |
INSARAG | International Search and Rescue Advisory Group |
INSCOM | United States Army Intelligence and Security Command |
INTAC | individual terrorism awareness course |
INTACS | integrated tactical communications system |
INTELSAT | International Telecommunications Satellite Organization |
INTELSITSUM | intelligence situation summary |
InterAction | American Council for Voluntary International Action |
INTERCO | International Code of Signals |
INTERPOL | International Criminal Police Organization |
INTERPOL-USNCB | International Criminal Police Organization United States National Central Bureau (DOJ) |
INTREP | intelligence report |
INU | inertial navigation unit; integration unit |
INV | invalid |
INVOL | involuntary |
IO | information objectives; information operations; intelligence oversight |
IO force | information operations force |
IOB | intelligence oversight board |
IOC | Industrial Operations Command; initial operational capability; intelligence operations center; investigations operations center |
IOCB | information operations coordination board |
IOI | injured other than hostilities or illness |
IOII | information operations intelligence integration |
IOM | installation, operation, and maintenance; International Organization for Migration |
IOP | interface operating procedure |
IOSS | Interagency Operations Security Support Staff |
IOT | information operations team |
IOU | input/output unit |
IOW | information operations wing |
IOWG | information operations working group |
IP | initial point; initial position; instructor pilot; intelligence planning; internet protocol |
IPA | intelligence production agency |
IPB | intelligence preparation of the battlespace |
IPBD | intelligence program budget decision |
IPC | initial planning conference; integration planning cell; interagency planning cell; interagency policy committee |
IPDM | intelligence program decision memorandum |
IPDP | inland petroleum distribution plan |
IPDS | imagery processing and dissemination system; inland petroleum distribution system (Army) |
IPE | individual protective equipment; industrial plant equipment |
IPG | isolated personnel guidance |
IPI | indigenous populations and institutions |
IPL | imagery product library; integrated priority list |
IPO | International Program Office |
IPOE | intelligence preparation of the operational environment |
IPOM | intelligence program objective memorandum |
IPP | impact point prediction; industrial preparedness program |
IPR | in-progress review; intelligence production requirement |
IPR F | plan approval in-progress review |
IPRG | intelligence program review group |
IPS | illustrative planning scenario; Integrated Planning System (DHS); Interim Polar System; interoperability planning system |
IPSG | intelligence program support group |
IPSP | intelligence priorities for strategic planning |
IPT | integrated planning team; integrated process team; Integrated Product Team; intelligence planning team |
IR | incident report; information rate; information requirement; infrared; intelligence requirement |
IR pointer | infrared pointer |
IRA | Provisional Irish Republican Army |
IRAC | Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (DOC) |
IRBM | intermediate-range ballistic missile |
IRC | information-related capability; International Red Cross; International Rescue Committee; internet relay chat |
IRCCM | infrared counter countermeasures |
IRCM | infrared countermeasures |
IRDS | infrared detection set |
IRF | Immediate Reaction Forces (NATO); incident response force |
IRINT | infrared intelligence |
IRISA | Intelligence Report Index Summary File |
IRO | international relief organization |
IRR | Individual Ready Reserve; integrated readiness report |
IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
IRSCC | interagency remote sensing coordination cell |
IRST | infrared search and track |
IRSTS | infrared search and track sensor; Infrared Search and Track System |
IRT | Initial Response Team |
IRTPA | Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act |
IS | information superiority; information system; interswitch |
ISA | individual Service augmentee; international standardization agreement; inter-Service agreement |
ISAC | information sharing and analysis center |
ISAF | International Security Assistance Force |
ISB | intermediate staging base |
ISDB | integrated satellite communications (SATCOM) database |
ISDDC | Integrated Mission Support for Surface Deployment and Distribution Command |
ISE | Information Sharing Environment; intelligence support element |
ISG | information synchronization group; isolated soldier guidance |
ISI2R | identify, separate, isolate, influence, and reintegrate |
ISMCS | international station meteorological climatic summary |
ISMMP | integrated continental United States (CONUS) medical mobilization plan |
ISN | Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (DOS); internment serial number |
ISO | International Organization for Standardization; isolation |
ISOO | Information Security Oversight Office |
ISOPAK | International Organization for Standardization package |
ISOPREP | isolated personnel report |
ISP | internet service provider |
ISR | intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance |
ISR WG | Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing |
ISRD | intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance division |
ISS | in-system select |
ISSA | inter-Service support agreement |
ISSG | Intelligence Senior Steering Group |
ISSM | information system security manager |
ISSO | information systems security organization |
IST | integrated system test; interswitch trunk |
ISU | internal airlift or helicopter slingable container unit |
IT | information system technician; information technology |
ITA | international telegraphic alphabet; International Trade Administration (DOC) |
ITAC | intelligence and threat analysis center (Army) |
ITALD | improved tactical air-launched decoy |
ITAR | international traffic in arms regulation (coassembly) |
ITF | intelligence task force (DIA) |
ITG | infrared target graphic |
ITL | intelligence task list |
ITO | installation transportation officer |
ITRO | inter-Service training organization |
ITU | International Telecommunications Union |
ITV | in-transit visibility |
ITW/AA | integrated tactical warning and attack assessment |
IUWG | inshore undersea warfare group |
IV | intravenous |
IVR | initial voice report |
IVSN | Initial Voice Switched Network |
IW | irregular warfare |
IW-D | defensive information warfare |
IWC | information operations warfare commander |
IWG | intelligence working group; interagency working group |
IWSC | Information Warfare Support Center |
IWW | inland waterway |
IWWS | inland waterway system |
J-1 | manpower and personnel directorate of a joint staff; manpower and personnel staff section |
J-2 | intelligence directorate of a joint staff; intelligence staff section |
J-2A | deputy directorate for administration of a joint staff |
J-2E | joint force exploitation staff element |
J-2J | deputy directorate for support of a joint staff |
J-2M | deputy directorate for crisis management of a joint staff |
J-2O | deputy directorate for crisis operations of a joint staff |
J-2P | deputy directorate for assessment, doctrine, requirements, and capabilities of a joint staff |
J-2T | Deputy Directorate for Targeting, Joint Staff Intelligence Directorate |
J-2T | deputy directorate for targets of a joint staff |
J-2T-1 | joint staff target operations division |
J-2T-2 | Target Plans Division |
J-2X | joint force counterintelligence and human intelligence staff element |
J-3 | operations directorate of a joint staff; operations staff section |
J-31 | Joint Force Coordinator (Joint Staff) |
J-35 | future operations cell |
J-39 DDGO | Joint Staff, Deputy Director for Global Operations |
J-4 | logistics directorate of a joint staff; logistics staff section |
J-5 | plans directorate of a joint staff; plans staff section |
J-6 | communications system directorate of a joint staff; command, control, communications, and computer systems staff section |
J-7 | engineering staff section of a joint staff; Joint Staff Directorate for Joint Force Development; operational plans and interoperability directorate of a joint staff |
J-7/JED | exercises and training directorate of a joint staff |
J-8 | Joint Staff Directorate for Force Structure, Resource, and Assessment; force structure, resource, and assessment directorate of a joint staff |
J-9 | civil-military operations directorate of a joint staff; civil-military operations staff section |
J-A | judge advocate directorate of a joint staff |
J2-CI | Joint Counterintelligence Office |
JA | judge advocate |
JA/ATT | joint airborne and air transportability training |
JAARS | Joint After-Action Reporting System |
JAAT | joint air attack team |
JAC | joint analysis center |
JACC | joint airspace control center |
JACC/CP | joint airborne communications center/command post |
JACCC | joint airlift coordination and control cell |
JACCE | joint air component coordination element |
JACS | joint automated communication-electronics operating instructions system |
JADO | joint air defense operations |
JADOC | Joint Air Defense Operations Center (NORAD) |
JADOCS | Joint Automated Deep Operations Coordination System |
JAFWIN | JWICS Air Force weather information network |
JAG | judge advocate general |
JAGIC | joint air-ground integration center |
JAGMAN | Manual of the Judge Advocate General (US Navy) |
JAI | joint administrative instruction; joint airdrop inspection |
JAIC | joint air intelligence center |
JAIEG | joint atomic information exchange group |
JAMMS | Joint Asset Movement Management System |
JAMPS | Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems (JINTACCS) automated message preparation system |
JANAP | Joint Army, Navy, Air Force publication |
JAO | joint air operations |
JAOC | joint air operations center |
JAOP | joint air operations plan |
JAPO | joint area petroleum office |
JAR | joint activity report |
JARCC | joint air reconnaissance control center |
JARN | joint air request net |
JARS | joint automated readiness system |
JASC | joint action steering committee |
JASSM | joint air-to-surface standoff missile |
JAT | joint acceptance test; joint assessment team |
JAT Guide | Joint Antiterrorism Program Manager’s Guide |
JATACS | joint advanced tactical cryptological support |
JAWS | Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manual (JMEM)/air-to-surface weaponeering system |
JBP | Joint Blood Program |
JBPO | joint blood program office |
JC2WC | joint command and control warfare center |
JCA | jamming control authority; joint capability area |
JCASO | Joint Contingency Acquisition Support Office (DLA) |
JCASREP | joint casualty report |
JCAT | joint crisis action team |
JCC | joint collaboration cell; joint command center; joint contracting center; joint course catalog; joint cyberspace center |
JCCA | joint combat capability assessment |
JCCB | Joint Configuration Control Board |
JCCC | joint combat camera center; joint communications control center |
JCCP | joint casualty collection point |
JCCSE | Joint Continental United States Communications Support Environment |
JCE | Joint Intelligence Virtual Architecture (JIVA) Collaborative Environment |
JCEOI | joint communications-electronics operating instructions |
JCET | joint combined exchange training; joint combined exercise for training |
JCEWR | joint coordination of electronic warfare reprogramming |
JCEWS | joint force commander’s electronic warfare staff |
JCGRO | joint central graves registration office |
JCIDO | Joint Combat Identification Office |
JCIOC | joint counterintelligence operations center |
JCISA | Joint Command Information Systems Activity |
JCISB | Joint Counterintelligence Support Branch |
JCIU | joint counterintelligence unit |
JCLL | joint center for lessons learned |
JCMA | joint communications security monitoring activity |
JCMB | joint collection management board |
JCMC | joint crisis management capability |
JCMEB | joint civil-military engineer board |
JCMEC | Joint Captured Materiel Exploitation Center (DIA) |
JCMO | joint communications security management office |
JCMOTF | joint civil-military operations task force |
JCMPO | Joint Cruise Missile Project Office |
JCMS | Joint Construction Management System |
JCMT | joint collection management tools |
JCN | joint communications network |
JCRM | Joint Capabilities Requirements Manager |
JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
JCSAN | Joint Chiefs of Staff Alerting Network |
JCSAR | joint combat search and rescue |
JCSB | joint contracting support board |
JCSC | joint communications satellite center |
JCSE | joint communications support element; Joint Communications Support Element (USTRANSCOM) |
JCSM | Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum |
JCSP | joint contracting support plan |
JCSS | joint communications support squadron |
JCTN | joint composite track network |
JDA | joint duty assignment |
JDAAP | Joint Doctrine Awareness Action Plan |
JDAL | Joint Duty Assignment List |
JDAM | Joint Direct Attack Munition |
JDAMIS | Joint Duty Assignment Management Information System |
JDAT | joint deployable analysis team |
JDC | joint deployment community; Joint Doctrine Center |
JDD | joint doctrine distribution |
JDDC | joint doctrine development community |
JDDE | joint deployment and distribution enterprise |
JDDOC | joint deployment and distribution operations center |
JDDT | joint doctrine development tool |
JDEC | joint document exploitation center |
JDEIS | Joint Doctrine, Education, and Training Electronic Information System |
JDIG | Joint Drug Intelligence Group |
JDIGS | Joint Digital Information Gathering System |
JDISS | joint deployable intelligence support system |
JDN | joint data network |
JDNC | joint data network operations cell |
JDNO | joint data network operations officer |
JDOG | joint detention operations group |
JDOMS | Joint Director of Military Support |
JDPC | Joint Doctrine Planning Conference |
JDPI | joint desired point of impact |
JDPO | joint deployment process owner |
JDSS | Joint Decision Support System |
JDSSC | Joint Data Systems Support Center |
JDTC | Joint Deployment Training Center |
JE | joint experimentation |
JEAP | Joint Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) Analysis Program |
JECC | Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (USTRANSCOM) |
JECE | Joint Elimination Coordination Element |
JECG | joint exercise control group |
JECPO | Joint Electronic Commerce Program Office |
JEDD | Joint Education and Doctrine Division |
JEEP | joint emergency evacuation plan |
JEFF | Joint Expeditionary Forensic Facility (Army) |
JEL | Joint Electronic Library |
JEM | joint exercise manual |
JEMB | joint environmental management board |
JEMP | joint exercise management package |
JEMSMO | joint electromagnetic spectrum management operations |
JEMSO | joint electromagnetic spectrum operations |
JENM | joint enterprise network manager |
JEP | Joint Exercise Program |
JEPES | Joint Engineer Planning and Execution System |
JET | joint expeditionary team; Joint Operation Planning and Execution System editing tool |
JEWC | Joint Electronic Warfare Center |
JEWCS | Joint Electronic Warfare Core Staff (NATO) |
JEZ | joint engagement zone |
JFA | joint field activity |
JFACC | joint force air component commander |
JFAST | Joint Flow and Analysis System for Transportation |
JFC | joint force commander |
JFCC | joint functional component command |
JFCC NW | Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare |
JFCC-GS | Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike |
JFCC-IMD | Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense |
JFCC-ISR | Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (USSTRATCOM) |
JFCC-Space | Joint Functional Component Command for Space (USSTRATCOM) |
JFCH | joint force chaplain |
JFE | joint fires element |
JFHQ | joint force headquarters |
JFHQ-NCR | Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region |
JFHQ-State | joint force headquarters-state |
JFIIT | Joint Fires Integration and Interoperability Team |
JFIP | Japanese facilities improvement project |
JFLCC | joint force land component commander |
JFMC | joint fleet mail center |
JFMCC | joint force maritime component commander |
JFMO | joint frequency management office |
JFO | joint field office; joint fires observer |
JFP | joint force package (packaging); joint force provider; Joint Frequency Panel (MCEB) |
JFRB | Joint Foreign Release Board |
JFRG | joint force requirements generator |
JFRG II | joint force requirements generator II |
JFS | joint force surgeon |
JFSOC | joint force special operations component |
JFSOCC | joint force special operations component commander |
JFTR | joint Federal travel regulations |
JFUB | joint facilities utilization board |
JGWE | joint global warning enterprise |
JHMCS | joint helmet-mounted cueing system |
JHSV | joint high-speed vessel |
JI | joint inspection |
JIA | joint individual augmentation; joint individual augmentee |
JIACG | joint interagency coordination group |
JIADS | joint integrated air defense system |
JIATF | joint interagency task force |
JIATF-E | joint interagency task force – East |
JIATF-S | Joint Interagency Task Force-South |
JIATF-W | Joint Interagency Task Force-West |
JIC | joint information center |
JICC | joint information coordination center; joint interface control cell |
JICO | joint interface control officer |
JICPAC | Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific |
JICTRANS | Joint Intelligence Center for Transportation |
JIDC | joint intelligence and debriefing center; joint interrogation and debriefing center |
JIEDDO | Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization |
JIEE | Joint Information Exchange Environment |
JIEO | joint interoperability engineering organization |
JIEP | joint intelligence estimate for planning |
JIES | joint interoperability evaluation system |
JIG | joint interrogation group |
JILE | joint intelligence liaison element |
JIMB | joint information management board |
JIMP | joint implementation master plan |
JIMPP | joint industrial mobilization planning process |
JIMS | joint information management system |
JINTACCS | Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems |
JIO | joint interrogation operations |
JIOC | joint information operations center; joint intelligence operations center |
JIOC-SOUTH | Joint Intelligence Operations Center, South |
JIOC-TRANS | Joint Intelligence Operations Center – Transportation |
JIOCPAC | Joint Intelligence Operations Center, Pacific |
JIOP | joint interface operational procedures |
JIOP-MTF | joint interface operating procedures-message text formats |
JIOWC | Joint Information Operations Warfare Center |
JIPC | joint imagery production complex |
JIPCL | joint integrated prioritized collection list |
JIPOE | joint intelligence preparation of the operational environment |
JIPTL | joint integrated prioritized target list |
JIS | joint information system |
JISE | joint intelligence support element |
JITC | joint interoperability test command |
JITF-CT | Joint Intelligence Task Force for Combating Terrorism |
JIVA | Joint Intelligence Virtual Architecture |
JIVU | Joint Intelligence Virtual University |
JKDDC | Joint Knowledge Development and Distribution Capability |
JKnIFE | Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization Knowledge and Information Fusion Exchange |
JLCC | joint lighterage control center; joint logistics coordination center |
JLE | joint logistics environment |
JLEnt | joint logistics enterprise |
JLLIS | Joint Lessons Learned Information System |
JLLP | Joint Lessons Learned Program |
JLNCHREP | joint launch report |
JLOA | joint logistics over-the-shore operation area |
JLOC | joint logistics operations center |
JLOTS | joint logistics over-the-shore |
JLRC | joint logistics readiness center |
JLSB | joint line of communications security board |
JLSE | joint legal support element |
JM&S | joint modeling and simulation |
JMAARS | joint model after-action review system |
JMAC | Joint Mortuary Affairs Center (Army) |
JMAG | Joint METOC Advisory Group |
JMAO | joint mortuary affairs office; joint mortuary affairs officer |
JMAR | joint medical asset repository |
JMAS | joint manpower automation system |
JMAT | joint medical analysis tool; joint mobility assistance team |
JMB | joint meteorology and oceanography board |
JMC | joint military command; joint movement center |
JMCC | joint meteorological and oceanographic coordination cell |
JMCG | joint movement control group |
JMCIS | Joint Maritime Command Information System |
JMCO | joint meteorological and oceanographic coordination organization |
JMCOMS | joint maritime communications system |
JMD | joint manning document |
JMeDSAF | joint medical semi-automated forces |
JMEEL | joint mission-essential equipment list |
JMEM | Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manual |
JMET | joint mission-essential task |
JMETL | joint mission-essential task list |
JMIC | Joint Military Intelligence College; joint modular intermodal container |
JMICS | Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System mobile integrated communications system |
JMIE | joint maritime information element |
JMIP | joint military intelligence program |
JMISC | Joint Military Information Support Command |
JMISTF | joint military information support task force |
JMITC | Joint Military Intelligence Training Center |
JMLO | joint medical logistics officer |
JMMC | Joint Material Management Center |
JMMT | joint military mail terminal |
JMNA | joint military net assessment |
JMO | joint maritime operations; joint meteorological and oceanographic officer; joint munitions office |
JMO(AIR) | joint maritime operations (air) |
JMOC | joint medical operations center |
JMP | joint manpower program |
JMPA | joint military postal activity; joint military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) panel administrator |
JMPAB | Joint Materiel Priorities and Allocation Board |
JMPT | Joint Medical Planning Tool |
JMRC | joint mobile relay center |
JMRO | Joint Medical Regulating Office |
JMRR | Joint Monthly Readiness Review |
JMSEP | joint modeling and simulation executive panel |
JMSWG | Joint Multi-Tactical Digital Information Link (Multi-TADIL) Standards Working Group |
JMT | joint military training |
JMTCA | joint munitions transportation coordinating activity |
JMTCSS | Joint Maritime Tactical Communications Switching System |
JMTG | joint military information support operations task group |
JMUA | Joint Meritorious Unit Award |
JMV | joint METOC viewer |
JMWG | joint medical working group |
JNCC | joint network operations control center |
JNMS | joint network management system |
JNOCC | Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) Network Operation Control Center |
JNPE | joint nuclear planning element |
JNSC | Joint Navigation Warfare Center Navigation Warfare Support Cell |
JNWC | Joint Navigation Warfare Center |
JOA | joint operations area |
JOAF | joint operations area forecast |
JOC | joint operations center; joint oversight committee |
JOCC | joint operations command center |
JOERAD | joint spectrum center ordnance electomagnetic environmental effects risk assessment database |
JOG | joint operations graphic |
JOGS | joint operation graphics system |
JOPES | Joint Operation Planning and Execution System |
JOPESIR | Joint Operation Planning and Execution System Incident Reporting System |
JOPESREP | Joint Operation Planning and Execution System Reporting System |
JOPG | joint operations planning group |
JOPP | joint operation planning process |
JOPPA | joint operation planning process for air |
JOR | joint operational requirement |
JORD | joint operational requirements document |
JOSE | joint operations security support element |
JOSG | joint operational steering group |
JOT&E | joint operational test and evaluation |
JOTC | joint operations tasking center |
JOTS | Joint Operational Tactical System |
JP | joint publication |
JP4 | jet propulsion fuel, type 4 |
JP5 | jet propulsion fuel, type 5 |
JP8 | jet propulsion fuel, type 8 |
JPAC | joint planning augmentation cell; Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command |
JPADS | joint precision airdrop system |
JPAG | Joint Planning Advisory Group |
JPARR | joint personnel accountability reconciliation and reporting |
JPASE | joint public affairs support element; Joint Public Affairs Support Element (USTRANSCOM) |
JPATS | joint primary aircraft training system |
JPAV | joint personnel asset visibility |
JPC | joint planning cell; joint postal cell |
JPD | joint planning document |
JPEC | joint planning and execution community |
JPED | joint personal effects depot |
JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
JPERSTAT | joint personnel status and casualty report |
JPG | joint planning group |
JPME | joint professional military education |
JPMRC | joint patient movement requirements center |
JPMT | joint patient movement team |
JPN | joint planning network |
JPO | joint petroleum office; Joint Program Office |
JPO-STC | Joint Program Office for Special Technology Countermeasures |
JPOC | joint personnel operations center; joint planning orientation course |
JPOI | joint program of instruction |
JPOM | joint preparation and onward movement |
JPRA | Joint Personnel Recovery Agency |
JPRC | joint personnel reception center; joint personnel recovery center |
JPRSP | joint personnel recovery support product |
JPS | joint processing system |
JPSE | Joint Planning Support Element (USTRANSCOM) |
JPTTA | joint personnel training and tracking activity |
JQR | joint qualification requirements |
JQRR | joint quarterly readiness review |
JRADS | Joint Resource Assessment Data System |
JRB | Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) Review Board |
JRC | joint reconnaissance center |
JRCC | joint reception coordination center |
JRERP | Joint Radiological Emergency Response Plan |
JRFL | joint restricted frequency list |
JRG | joint review group |
JRIC | joint reserve intelligence center |
JRIP | Joint Reserve Intelligence Program |
JRMB | Joint Requirements and Management Board |
JROC | Joint Requirements Oversight Council |
JRRB | joint requirements review board |
JRS | joint reporting structure |
JRSC | jam-resistant secure communications; joint rescue sub-center |
JRSOI | joint reception, staging, onward movement, and integration |
JRTC | joint readiness training center |
JRX | joint readiness exercise |
JS | Joint Staff; the Joint Staff |
JSA | joint security area |
JSAC | joint strike analysis cell; joint strike analysis center |
JSAM | joint security assistance memorandum; Joint Service Achievement Medal; joint standoff surface attack missile |
JSAN | Joint Staff automation for the nineties |
JSAP | Joint Staff action package |
JSAS | joint strike analysis system |
JSC | joint security coordinator; Joint Spectrum Center |
JSCAT | joint staff crisis action team |
JSCC | joint security coordination center; joint Services coordination committee |
JSCM | Joint Service Commendation Medal |
JSCP | Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan |
JSDS | Joint Staff doctrine sponsor |
JSEC | joint strategic exploitation center |
JSETS | Joint Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking Electronic Tracking System |
JSF | joint support force |
JSHO | joint shipboard helicopter operations |
JSIDS | joint Services imagery digitizing system |
JSIR | joint spectrum interference resolution |
JSISC | Joint Staff Information Service Center |
JSIT | Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) information trace |
JSIVA | Joint Staff Integrated Vulnerability Assessment |
JSM | Joint Staff Manual |
JSME | joint spectrum management element |
JSMS | joint spectrum management system |
JSO | joint security operations |
JSOA | joint special operations area |
JSOAC | joint special operations air component; joint special operations aviation component |
JSOACC | joint special operations air component commander |
JSOC | joint special operations command |
JSOFI | Joint Special Operations Forces Institute |
JSOTF | joint special operations task force |
JSOU | Joint Special Operations University |
JSOW | joint stand-off weapon |
JSPA | joint satellite communications panel administrator |
JSPD | joint strategic planning document |
JSPDSA | joint strategic planning document supporting analyses |
JSPOC | Joint Space Operations Center |
JSPS | Joint Strategic Planning System |
JSR | joint strategy review |
JSRC | joint subregional command (NATO) |
JSS | joint surveillance system |
JSSA | joint Services survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) agency |
JSSIS | joint staff support information system |
JSST | joint space support team |
JSTAR | joint system threat assessment report |
JSTARS | Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System |
JSTE | joint system training exercise |
JSTO | joint space tasking order |
JT&E | joint test and evaluation |
JTA | joint technical architecture |
JTAC | joint terminal attack controller; Joint Terrorism Analysis Center |
JTACE | joint technical advisory chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear element |
JTADS | Joint Tactical Air Defense System (Army); Joint Tactical Display System |
JTAGS | joint tactical ground station (Army); joint tactical ground station (Army and Navy); joint tactical ground system |
JTAIC | Joint Technical Analysis and Integration Cell (Army) |
JTAO | joint tactical air operations |
JTAR | joint tactical air strike request |
JTASC | joint training analysis and simulation center |
JTASG | Joint Targeting Automation Steering Group |
JTAV-IT | joint total asset visibility-in theater |
JTB | Joint Transportation Board |
JTC | joint technical committee; Joint Training Confederation |
JTCB | joint targeting coordination board |
JTCC | joint transportation coordination cell; joint transportation coordination center; joint transportation corporate information management center |
JTCOIC | Joint Training Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Operations Integration Center |
JTD | joint table of distribution; joint theater distribution |
JTDC | joint track data coordinator |
JTF | joint task force |
JTF HQ | joint task force headquarters |
JTF-6 | joint task force-6 |
JTF-AK | Joint Task Force-Alaska |
JTF-B | joint task force-Bravo |
JTF-CM | joint task force – consequence management |
JTF-CS | Joint Task Force-Civil Support |
JTF-E | joint task force – elimination |
JTF-GNO | Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations |
JTF-GTMO | Joint Task Force-Guantanamo |
JTF-HD | Joint Task Force-Homeland Defense |
JTF-MAO | joint task force – mortuary affairs office |
JTF-N | Joint Task Force-North |
JTF-PO | joint task force-port opening |
JTF-State | joint task force-state |
JTFCEM | joint task force contingency engineering management |
JTFP | Joint Tactical Fusion Program |
JTFS | joint task force surgeon |
JTIC | joint transportation intelligence center |
JTIDS | Joint Tactical Information Distribution System |
JTL | joint target list |
JTLM | joint theater logistics management |
JTLS | joint theater-level simulation |
JTM | joint training manual |
JTMD | joint table of mobilization and distribution; Joint Terminology Master Database |
JTMP | joint training master plan |
JTMS | joint theater movement staff; joint training master schedule |
JTP | joint test publication; joint training plan |
JTR | joint travel regulations |
JTRB | joint telecommunication resources board |
JTS | Joint Targeting School; Joint Training System |
JTSCC | joint theater support contracting command |
JTSSCCB | Joint Tactical Switched Systems Configuration Control Board |
JTSST | joint training system support team |
JTT | joint targeting toolbox; joint training team |
JTTF | joint terrorism task force |
JTWG | joint targeting working group |
JUH-MTF | Joint User Handbook-Message Text Formats |
JUIC | joint unit identification code |
JUO | joint urban operation |
JUON | joint urgent operational need |
JUSMAG | Joint United States Military Advisory Group |
JUWTF | joint unconventional warfare task force |
JV | Joint Vision |
JV 2020 | Joint Vision 2020 |
JVB | joint visitors bureau |
JVIDS | Joint Visual Integrated Display System |
JVSEAS | Joint Virtual Security Environment Assessment System |
JWAC | Joint Warfare Analysis Center |
JWARS | Joint Warfare Analysis and Requirements System |
JWC | Joint Warfare Center |
JWFC | Joint Warfighting Center |
JWG | joint working group |
JWICS | Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System |
JWID | joint warrior interoperability demonstration |
k | thousand |
K-Kill | catastrophic kill |
Ka | Kurtz-above band |
KAL | key assets list |
KAPP | Key Assets Protection Program |
kb | kilobit |
kbps | kilobits per second |
KC-135 | Stratotanker |
KDE | key doctrine element |
KEK | key encryption key |
KG | key generator |
kg | kilogram |
kHz | kilohertz |
KLE | key leader engagement |
KLIP | key doctrine element-linked information package |
km | kilometer |
KMC | knowledge management center |
KNP | Korean National Police |
KP | key pulse |
kph | kilometers per hour |
KPP | key performance parameter |
KQ ID | tactical location identifier |
kt | kiloton(s); knot (nautical miles per hour) |
Ku | Kurtz-under band |
kVA | kilo Volt-Amps |
KVG | key variable generator |
kW | kilowatt |
KWOC | keyword-out-of-context |
L | length |
l | search subarea length |
L-EWE | land-electronic warfare element |
L/T | long ton |
LA | lead agent; legal adviser; line amplifier; loop key generator (LKG) adapter |
LAADS | low altitude air defense system |
LAAM | light anti-aircraft missile |
LABS | laser airborne bathymetry system |
LACV | lighter, air cushioned vehicle |
LAD | latest arrival date; launch area denied |
LAMPS | Light Airborne Multipurpose System (helicopter) |
LAN | local area network |
LANDCENT | Allied Land Forces Central Europe (NATO) |
LANDSAT | land satellite |
LANDSOUTH | Allied Land Forces Southern Europe (NATO) |
LANTIRN | low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night |
LAO | limited attack option |
LARC | lighter, amphibious resupply, cargo |
LARC-V | lighter, amphibious resupply, cargo, 5 ton |
LARS | lightweight airborne recovery system |
LASH | lighter aboard ship |
LAT | latitude |
LAV | light armored vehicle |
lb | pound |
LBR | Laser Beam Rider |
lbs. | pounds |
LC | lake current; legal counsel |
LCAC | landing craft, air cushion |
LCADS | low-cost aerial delivery system |
LCAP | low combat air patrol |
LCB | line of constant bearing |
LCC | amphibious command ship; land component commander; launch control center; lighterage control center; link communications circuit; logistics component command |
LCCS | landing craft control ship |
LCE | logistics capability estimator; logistics combat element (USMC) |
LCES | line conditioning equipment scanner |
LCM | landing craft, mechanized; letter-class mail; life-cycle management |
LCMC | life cycle management command |
LCO | landing craft air cushion control officer; lighterage control officer |
LCP | lighterage control point |
LCPL | landing craft, personnel, light |
LCS | landing craft air cushion control ship |
LCSR | life cycle systems readiness |
LCU | landing craft, utility; launch correlation unit |
LCVP | landing craft, vehicle, personnel |
LD | line of departure |
LDA | limited depository account |
LDF | lightweight digital facsimile |
LDI | line driver interface |
LDO | laser designator operator |
LDR | leader; low data rate |
LE | law enforcement; low-order explosives |
LEA | law enforcement agency |
LEAP | Light ExoAtmospheric Projectile |
LEASAT | leased satellite |
LEAU | Law Enforcement Assistance Unit (FAA) |
LECIC | Law Enforcement and Counterintelligence Center (DOD) |
LED | law enforcement desk; light emitting diode |
LEDET | law enforcement detachment (USCG) |
LEGAT | legal attaché |
LEIP | Law Enforcement Intelligence Program (USCG) |
LEMP | low-altitude electromagnetic pulse |
LEO | law enforcement operations; low Earth orbit |
LEP | laser eye protection; law enforcement professional; linear error probable |
LERSM | lower echelon reporting and surveillance module |
LERTCON | alert condition |
LES | law enforcement sensitive; leave and earnings statement; Lincoln Laboratories Experimental Satellite |
LESO | Law Enforcement Support Office |
LET | light equipment transport |
LF | landing force; low frequency |
LFA | lead federal agency |
LFOC | landing force operations center |
LFORM | landing force operational reserve material |
LFSP | landing force support party |
LfV | Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz (regional authority for constitutional protection) |
LG | deputy chief of staff for logistics |
LGB | laser-guided bomb |
LGM | laser-guided missile; loop group multiplexer |
LGM-30 | Minuteman |
LGW | laser-guided weapon |
LHA | amphibious assault ship (general purpose) |
LHD | amphibious assault ship (multipurpose) |
LHT | line-haul tractor |
LIDAR | light detection and ranging |
LIF | light interference filter |
LIMDIS | limited distribution |
LIMFAC | limiting factor |
LIPS | Logistics Information Processing System |
LIS | logistics information system |
LIWA | land information warfare activity |
LKG | loop key generator |
LKP | last known position |
LL | lessons learned |
LLLGB | low-level laser-guided bomb |
LLLTV | low-light level television |
LLSO | low-level source operation |
LLTR | low-level transit route |
LM | loop modem |
LMARS | Logistics Metrics Analysis Reporting System |
LMAV | laser MAVERICK |
LMF | language media format |
LMSR | large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off |
LN | lead nation; local national |
LNA | low voice amplifier |
LNI | Library of National Intelligence |
LNO | liaison officer |
LO | low observable |
LO/LO | lift-on/lift-off |
LO/RO | lift-on/roll-off |
LOA | Lead Operational Authority; letter of assist; letter of authorization; letter of offer and acceptance; lodgment operational area; logistics over-the-shore operation area |
LOAC | law of armed conflict |
LOAL | lock-on after launch |
LOBL | lock-on before launch |
LOC | line of communications; logistics operations center |
LOC ACC | location accuracy |
LOCAP | low combat air patrol |
LOCE | Linked Operational Intelligence Centers Europe; Linked Operations-Intelligence Centers Europe |
LOD | line of departure |
LOE | letter of evaluation; line of effort |
LOG | logistics |
LOGAIR | logistics aircraft |
LOGAIS | logistics automated information system |
LOGCAP | logistics civil augmentation program (Army) |
LOGCAT | logistics capability assessment tool |
LOGDET | logistics detail |
LOGEX | logistics exercise |
LOGFAC | Logistics Feasibility Assessment Capability |
LOGFOR | logistics force packaging system |
LOGMARS | logistics applications of automated marking and reading symbols |
LOGMOD | logistics module |
LOGPLAN | logistics planning system |
LOGSAFE | logistic sustainment analysis and feasibility estimator |
LOI | letter of instruction; loss of input |
LOMEZ | low-altitude missile engagement zone |
LONG | longitude |
LOO | line of operation |
LOP | line of position |
LORAN | long-range aid to navigation |
LOROP | long range oblique photography |
LOS | line of sight |
LOTS | logistics over-the-shore |
LOX | liquid oxygen |
LP | listening post |
LPD | amphibious transport dock; low probability of detection |
LPH | amphibious assault ship, landing platform helicopter |
LPI | low probability of intercept |
LPSB | logistics procurement support board |
LPU | line printer unit |
LPV | laser-protective visor |
LRC | logistics readiness center |
LRD | laser range finder-detector |
LRF | laser range finder |
LRF/D | laser range finder/detector |
LRG | long-range aircraft |
LRM | low rate multiplexer |
LRN | Laboratory Response Network (DHHS) |
LRO | lighterage repair officer |
LRP | load and roll pallet |
LRRP | long range reconnaissance patrol |
LRS | launch and recovery site |
LRST | long-range surveillance team |
LRSU | long-range surveillance unit |
LRT | logistics response time |
LSA | logistic support analysis; logistics supportability analysis |
LSB | landing support battalion; lower sideband |
LSC | lead Service for contracting |
LSCC | lead Service for contracting coordination |
LSCDM | low speed cable driver modem |
LSD | dock landing ship; least significant digit |
LSE | landing signalman enlisted; logistic support element |
LSO | landing safety officer; landing signals officer |
LSPR | low speed pulse restorer |
LSS | laser spot search; local sensor subsystem; logistics support system |
LST | laser spot tracker; tank landing ship |
LSU | logistics civil augmentation program support unit |
LSV | logistics support vessel |
LT | large tug; local terminal; long ton |
LTD | laser target designator |
LTD/R | laser target designator/ranger |
LTF | logistics task force |
LTG | local timing generator |
LTIOV | latest time information is of value |
LTL | laser-to-target line |
LTON | long ton |
LTS | low-altitude navigation and targeting infrared for night (LANTIRN) targeting system |
LTT | loss to theater |
LTU | line termination unit |
LUT | local user terminal |
LVS | Logistics Vehicle System (USMC) |
LW | leeway |
LWR | Lutheran World Relief |
LZ | landing zone |
LZCO | landing zone control officer |
M | million |
M&E | monitoring and evaluation |
M&S | modeling and simulation |
M-DARC | military direct access radar channel |
M-Kill | mobility kill |
M/ATMP | Missiles/Air Target Materials Program |
M/CM/S | mobility, countermobility, and/or survivability |
M88A1 | recovery vehicle |
mA | milliampere(s) |
MA | master; medical attendant; military action; mortuary affairs |
MAAG | military assistance advisory group |
MAAP | master air attack plan |
MAC | mobility assault company; Mortuary Affairs Center |
MACB | multinational acquisition and contracting board |
MACCS | Marine air command and control system |
MACG | Marine air control group |
MACOM | major command (Army) |
MACP | mortuary affairs collection point |
MACRMS | mortuary affairs contaminated remains mitigation site |
MACS | Marine air control squadron |
MACSAT | multiple access commercial satellite |
MAD | Militärischer Abschirmdienst (military protection service); military air distress |
MADCP | mortuary affairs decontamination collection point |
MADS | military information support operations automated data system |
MAEB | mean area of effectiveness for blast |
MAEF | mean area of effectiveness for fragments |
MAF | mobility air forces |
MAFC | Marine air-ground task force (MAGTF) all-source fusion center |
MAG | Marine aircraft group; maritime assessment group; military assignment group |
MAGTF | Marine air-ground task force |
MAGTFACE | Marine air-ground task force aviation combat element |
MAJCOM | major command (USAF) |
MANFOR | manpower force packaging system |
MANPADS | man-portable air defense system |
MANPER | manpower and personnel module |
MAOC-N | Maritime Analysis and Operations Center-Narcotics |
MAP | Military Assistance Program; missed approach point; missed approach procedure |
MAR | METOC assistance request |
MARAD | Maritime Administration |
MARAD RRF | Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Force |
MARCORLOGCOM | Marine Corps Logistics Command |
MARCORMATCOM | Marine Corps Materiel Command |
MARCORSYSCOM | Marine Corps Systems Command |
MARDIV | Marine division |
MARFOR | Marine Corps forces |
MARFOREUR | Marine Corps Forces, Europe |
MARFORLANT | Marine Forces, Atlantic |
MARFORNORTH | Marine Corps Forces, North |
MARFORPAC | Marine Forces, Pacific |
MARFORSOUTH | Marine Corps Forces, South |
MARFORSTRAT | United States Marine Corps Forces, United States Strategic Command |
MARINCEN | Maritime Intelligence Center |
Marine TACC | Marine Corps tactical air command center |
MARLE | Marine liaison element |
MARLO | Marine liaison officer |
MARO | mass atrocity response operations |
MAROP | marine operators |
MARPOL | International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships |
MARS | Military Auxiliary Radio System |
MARSA | military assumes responsibility for separation of aircraft |
MARSOC | United States Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command |
MARSOF | Marine Corps special operations forces |
MART | mobile Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) remote terminal |
MARTS | Mortuary Affairs Reporting and Tracking System |
MAS | maritime air support; military information support operations automated system |
MASCAL | mass casualty |
MASF | mobile aeromedical staging facility |
MASH | mobile Army surgical hospital |
MASINT | measurement and signature intelligence |
MASLO | measurement and signature intelligence liaison officer |
MAST | military assistance to safety and traffic; mobile ashore support terminal |
MAT | medical analysis tool |
MATCALS | Marine air traffic control and landing system |
MATCS | Marine air traffic control squadron |
MAW | Marine aircraft wing |
MAX | maximum |
MAXORD | maximum ordinate |
MB | medium boat; megabyte; military information support operations battalion |
MBBLs | thousands of barrels |
MBCDM | medical biological chemical defense materiel |
MBI | major budget issue |
Mbps | megabytes per second |
Mbs | megabits per second |
MC | Military Committee (NATO); military community; mission-critical |
MC-130 | Combat Talon (I and II) |
MC/FI | mass casualty/fatality incident |
MCA | mail control activity; maximum calling area; military civic action; mission concept approval; movement control agency |
MCAG | maritime civil affairs group |
MCAP | maximum calling area precedence |
MCAS | Marine Corps air station |
MCAST | maritime civil affairs and security training |
MCAT | maritime civil affairs team |
MCB | movement control battalion |
MCBAT | medical chemical biological advisory team |
MCC | Marine component commander; maritime component commander; master control center; military cooperation committee; military coordinating committee; military counterintelligence collections; mission control center; mobility control center; movement control center |
MCCC | mobile consolidated command center |
MCCDC | Marine Corps Combat Development Command |
MCCISWG | military command, control, and information systems working group |
MCD | medical crew director |
MCDA | military and civil defense assets (UN) |
MCDP | Marine Corps doctrine publication |
MCDS | modular cargo delivery system |
MCEB | Military Communications-Electronics Board |
MCEWG | Military Communications-Electronics Working Group |
MCI | multinational communications integration |
MCIA | Marine Corps Intelligence Activity |
MCIO | military criminal investigative organization |
MCIOC | Marine Corps Information Operations Center |
MCIP | Marine Corps interim publication; military command inspection program; military customs inspection program |
MCJSB | Military Committee Joint Standardization Board |
MCM | Manual for Courts-Martial; military classification manual; mine countermeasures |
MCMC | mine countermeasures commander |
MCMG | Military Committee Meteorological Group (NATO) |
MCMO | medical civil-military operations |
MCMOPS | mine countermeasures operations |
MCMREP | mine countermeasure report |
MCMRON | mine countermeasures squadron |
MCO | major combat operation; Mapping Customer Operations (Defense Logistics Agency); Marine Corps order |
MCOO | modified combined obstacle overlay |
MCRP | Marine Corps reference publication |
MCS | maneuver control system; Military Capabilities Study; mine countermeasures ship; modular causeway system |
MCSB | Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion |
MCSF | mobile cryptologic support facility |
MCSFB | Marine Corps security force battalion |
MCSFR | Marine Corps security force regiment |
MCT | movement control team |
MCTC | Midwest Counterdrug Training Center |
MCTFT | Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training |
MCTOG | Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group |
MCU | maintenance communications unit |
MCW | modulated carrier wave |
MCWL | Marine Corps Warfighting Lab |
MCWP | Marine Corps warfighting publication |
MCX | Marine Corps Exchange |
MDA | Magen David Adom (Israeli equivalent of the Red Cross); maritime domain awareness; Missile Defense Agency |
MDBS | blood support medical detachment |
MDCI | multidiscipline counterintelligence |
MDCO | Military Department counterintelligence organization |
MDDOC | Marine air-ground task force deployment and distribution operations center |
MDF | Main Defense Forces (NATO); main distribution frame |
MDITDS | migration defense intelligence threat data system; Modernized Defense Intelligence Threat Data System |
MDMA | methylenedioxymethamphetamine |
MDR | medium data rate |
MDRO | mission disaster response officer |
MDS | Message Dissemination Subsystem; mission design series |
MDSS II | Marine air-ground task force Deployment Support System II |
MDSU | mobile diving and salvage unit |
MDU | military information support operations distribution unit |
MDW | Military District of Washington |
MDZ | maritime defense zone |
ME/C | medical examiner and/or coroner |
MEA | munitions effect assessment; munitions effectiveness assessment |
MEAS | military information support operations effects analysis subsystem |
MEB | Marine expeditionary brigade |
MEBU | mission essential backup |
MEC | medium endurance cutter |
MED | manipulative electronic deception |
MEDAL | Mine Warfare Environmental Decision Aids Library |
MEDCAP | medical civic action program |
MEDCC | medical coordination cell |
MEDCOM | medical command; US Army Medical Command |
MEDCOM (DS) | medical command (deployment support) (Army) |
MEDEVAC | medical evacuation |
MEDINT | medical intelligence |
MEDLOG | medical logistics (USAF AIS) |
MEDLOG JR | medical logistics, junior (USAF) |
MEDLOG support | medical logistics support |
MEDLOGCO | medical logistics company |
MEDMOB | Medical Mobilization Planning and Execution System |
MEDNEO | medical noncombatant evacuation operation |
MEDREG | medical regulating |
MEDREGREP | medical regulating report |
MEDRETE | medical readiness training exercise |
MEDS | meteorological data system |
MEDSOM | medical supply, optical, and maintenance unit |
MEDSTAT | medical status |
MEF | Marine expeditionary force |
MEFPAKA | manpower and equipment force packaging |
MEJA | Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act |
MEL | maintenance expenditure limit; minimum equipment list |
MEO | medium Earth orbit; military equal opportunity |
MEP | mobile electric power |
MEPCOM | military entrance processing command |
MEPES | Medical Planning and Execution System |
MEPRS | Military Entrance Processing and Reporting System |
MERCO | merchant ship reporting and control |
MERSHIPS | merchant ships |
MES | medical equipment set |
MESAR | minimum-essential security assistance requirements |
MESF | maritime expeditionary security force |
MESFC | maritime expeditionary security force commander |
MESO | maritime expeditionary security operations |
MET | medium equipment transporter; mobile environmental team |
METAR | meteorological airfield report; meteorological aviation report |
METARS | routine aviation weather report (roughly translated from French; international standard code format for hourly surface weather observations) |
METCON | control of meteorological information (roughly translated from French); meteorological control (Navy) |
METL | mission-essential task list |
METMF | meteorological mobile facility |
METMF(R) | meteorological mobile facility (replacement) |
METOC | meteorological and oceanographic |
METSAT | meteorological satellite |
METT-T | mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available–time available |
METT-TC | mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available-time available and civil considerations (Army) |
METWATCH | meteorological watch |
MEU | Marine expeditionary unit |
MEVA | mission essential vulnerable area |
MEWSG | Multi-Service Electronic Warfare Support Group (NATO) |
MEZ | missile engagement zone |
MF | medium frequency; mobile facility; multi-frequency |
MFC | multinational force commander |
MFDS | Modular Fuel Delivery System |
MFE | manpower force element; mobile field exchange |
MFFIMS | mass fatality field information management system |
MFO | multinational force and observers |
MFP | major force program |
MFPC | maritime future plans center |
MFPF | minefield planning folder |
MFS | multifunction switch |
MG | military information support operations group |
MGB | medium girder bridge |
MGM | master group multiplexer |
MGRS | military grid reference system |
MGS | mobile ground system |
MGT | management |
MGW | maximum gross weight |
MHC | management headquarters ceiling |
MHD | maritime homeland defense |
MHE | materials handling equipment |
MHS | maritime homeland security; Military Health System |
MHU | modular heat unit |
MHW | mean high water |
MHz | megahertz |
MI | military intelligence; movement instructions |
MIA | missing in action |
MIAC | maritime intelligence and analysis center |
MIB | Military Intelligence Board |
MIC | Multinational Interoperability Council |
MICAP | mission capable/mission capability |
MICON | mission concept |
MICRO-MICS | micro-medical inventory control system |
MICRO-SNAP | micro-shipboard non-tactical automated data processing system |
MIDAS | model for intertheater deployment by air and sea |
MIDB | modernized integrated database; modernized intelligence database |
MIDDS-T | Meteorological and Oceanographic (METOC) Integrated Data Display System-Tactical |
MIF | maritime interception force |
MIJI | meaconing, interference, jamming, and intrusion |
MIL-STD | military standard |
MILAIR | military airlift |
MILALOC | military air line of communications |
MILCON | military construction |
MILDEC | military deception |
MILDEP | Military Department |
MILGP | military group (assigned to American Embassy in host nation) |
MILOB | military observer |
MILOC | military oceanography group (NATO) |
MILPERS | military personnel |
MILSATCOM | military satellite communications |
MILSPEC | military specification |
MILSTAMP | military standard transportation and movement procedures |
MILSTAR | military strategic and tactical relay system |
MILSTRAP | military standard transaction reporting and accounting procedure |
MILSTRIP | military standard requisitioning and issue procedure |
MILTECH | military technician |
MILU | multinational integrated logistic unit |
MILVAN | military van (container) |
MIM | maintenance instruction manual |
MIMP | Mobilization Information Management Plan |
MINEOPS | joint minelaying operations |
MIO | maritime interception operations |
MIO-9 | information operations threat analysis division (DIA) |
MIOC | maritime interception operations commander |
MIP | military intelligence program |
MIPE | mobile intelligence processing element |
MIPOE | medical intelligence preparation of the operational environment |
MIPR | military interdepartmental purchase request |
MIRCS | mobile integrated remains collection system |
MIS | maritime intelligence summary; military information support |
MISAS | military information support automated system |
MISCAP | mission capability |
MISG | military information support group |
MISO | military information support operations |
MISREP | mission report |
MIST | military information support team |
MISTF | military information support task force |
MITAM | mission tasking matrix |
MITASK | mission tasking |
MITO | minimum interval takeoff |
MITT | mobile integrated tactical terminal |
MIUW | mobile inshore undersea warfare |
MIW | mine warfare |
MIWC | mine warfare commander |
MIWG | multinational interoperability working group |
MJCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum |
MJLC | multinational joint logistic center |
MLA | mission load allowance |
MLAYREP | mine laying report |
MLE | maritime law enforcement |
MLEA | Maritime Law Enforcement Academy |
MLEM | Maritime Law Enforcement Manual |
MLG | Marine logistics group |
MLI | munitions list item |
MLMC | medical logistics management center |
MLO | military liaison office |
MLP | message load plan |
MLPP | multilevel precedence and preemption |
MLPS | Medical Logistics Proponent Subcommittee |
MLRS | multiple launch rocket system |
MLS | microwave landing system; multilevel security |
MLSA | mutual logistics support agreement |
MLW | mean low water |
MMA | military mission area |
MMAC | military mine action center |
MMC | materiel management center |
MMG | Department of Defense Master Mobilization Guide |
MMI | man/machine interface |
MMIS | military information support operations management information subsystem |
MMLS | mobile microwave landing system |
MMS | mast-mounted sight |
MMT | military mail terminal |
MNC | multinational corporation |
MNCC | multinational coordination center |
MNF | multinational force |
MNFACC | multinational force air component commander |
MNFC | multinational force commander |
MNFLCC | multinational force land component commander |
MNFMCC | multinational force maritime component commander |
MNFSOCC | multinational force special operations component commander |
MNJLC | multinational joint logistics component |
MNL | master net list; multinational logistics |
MNLC | multinational logistic center |
MNP | master navigation plan |
MNS | mine neutralization system (USN); mission needs statement |
MNTF | multinational task force |
MO | month |
MOA | memorandum of agreement; military operating area |
MOADS | maneuver-oriented ammunition distribution system |
MOB | main operating base; mobilization |
MOBCON | mobilization control |
MOBREP | military manpower mobilization and accession status report; mobilization report |
MOC | maritime operations center; media operations center |
MOCC | measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) operations coordination center; mobile operations control center |
MOD | Minister of Defense; ministry of defense; modification |
MOD T-AGOS | modified tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance |
MODEM | modulator/demodulator |
MODLOC | miscellaneous operational details, local operations |
MOE | measure of effectiveness |
MOEI | measure of effectiveness indicator |
MOG | maximum (aircraft) on ground; movement on ground (aircraft); multinational observer group |
MOGAS | motor gasoline |
MOLE | multichannel operational line evaluator |
MOMAT | mobility matting |
MOMSS | mode and message selection system |
MOP | measure of performance; memorandum of policy |
MOPP | mission-oriented protective posture |
MOR | memorandum of record |
MOS | military occupational specialty |
MOSC | meteorological and oceanographic operations support community |
MOTR | maritime operational threat response |
MOU | memorandum of understanding |
MOUT | military operations in urban terrain; military operations on urbanized terrain |
MOVREP | movement report |
MOW | maintenance orderwire |
MP | military police (Army and Marine); multinational publication |
MPA | maritime patrol aircraft; mission and payload assessment; mission planning agent |
MPAT | military patient administration team; Multinational Planning Augmentation Team |
MPC | mid-planning conference; military personnel center |
MPE/S | maritime pre-positioning equipment and supplies |
MPF | maritime pre-positioning force |
MPFUB | maritime pre-positioning force utility boat |
MPG | maritime planning group; mensurated point graphic |
mph | miles per hour |
MPICE | measuring progress in conflict environments |
MPLAN | Marine Corps Mobilization Management Plan |
MPM | medical planning module |
MPNTP | Master Positioning Navigation and Timing Plan |
MPO | military post office |
MPP | maritime procedural publication |
MPR | maritime patrol and reconnaissance |
MPRS | multipoint refueling system |
MPS | maritime pre-positioning ship; message processor shelter; Military Planning Service (UN); Military Postal Service |
MPSA | Military Postal Service Agency |
MPSRON | maritime pre-positioning ships squadron |
MR | milliradian; mobile reserve |
MRAALS | Marine remote area approach and landing system |
MRAT | medical radiobiology advisory team |
MRBM | medium-range ballistic missile |
MRCI | maximum rescue coverage intercept |
MRE | meal, ready to eat |
MRG | movement requirements generator |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
MRMC | US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command |
MRO | mass rescue operation; materiel release order; medical regulating office; medical regulating officer |
MROC | multicommand required operational capability |
MRR | minimum-risk route |
MRRR | mobility requirement resource roster |
MRS | measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) requirements system; meteorological radar subsystem; movement report system |
MRSA | Materiel Readiness Support Agency |
MRT | maintenance recovery team |
MRU | mountain rescue unit |
MRX | mission readiness exercise |
MS | message switch |
ms | millisecond |
MS-DOS | Microsoft disk operating system |
MSA | Maritime Security Act |
MSC | major subordinate command; maritime support center; Military Sealift Command; military staff committee; mission support confirmation |
MSCA | military support to civilian authorities |
MSCD | military support to civil defense |
MSCO | Military Sealift Command Office |
MSD | marginal support date; mobile security division |
MSE | mission support element; mobile subscriber equipment |
MSECR | HIS 6000 security module |
MSEL | master scenario events list |
MSF | Medicins Sans Frontieres (“Doctors Without Borders”); mission support force; mobile security force; multiplex signal format |
MSG | Marine security guard; message |
MSGID | message identification |
MSHARPP | mission, symbolism, history, accessibility, recognizability, population, and proximity |
MSI | modified surface index; multispectral imagery |
MSIC | Missile and Space Intelligence Center |
MSIS | Marine safety information system |
MSK | mission support kit |
MSL | master station log; military shipping label |
MSNAP | merchant ship naval augmentation program |
MSO | map support office; marine safety office(r); maritime security operations; military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) systems organization; military source operation; military strategic objective; military support operations |
MSOAG | Marine special operations advisor group |
MSOC | Marine special operations company |
MSOR | Marine Special Operations Regiment |
MSP | maritime security program; mission support plan; mobile sensor platform |
MSPES | mobilization stationing, planning, and execution system |
MSPS | military information support operations studies program subsystem; mobilization stationing and planning system |
MSR | main supply route; maritime support request; mission support request |
MSRON | maritime expeditionary security squadron |
MSRP | mission strategic resource plan |
MSRR | modeling and simulation resource repository |
MSRT | Maritime Security Response Team (USCG) |
MSRV | message switch rekeying variable |
MSS | medical surveillance system; meteorological satellite subsystem |
MSSG | Marine expeditionary unit (MEU) service support group |
MST | Marine expeditionary force (MEF) weather support team; meteorological and oceanographic support team; mission support team |
MT | military technician; ministry team |
MT Bn | motor transport battalion |
MT/D | measurement tons per day |
MTA | military training agreement |
MTAC | Multiple Threat Alert Center (DON) |
MTBF | mean time between failures |
MTCR | missile technology control regime |
mtDNA | mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid |
MTF | medical treatment facility; message text format; military information support operations task force |
MTG | master timing generator; military information support operations task group |
MTI | moving target indicator |
MTIC | Military Targeting Intelligence Committee |
MTL | mission tasking letter |
MTMS | maritime tactical message system |
MTN | multi-tactical data link network |
MTO | message to observer; mission type order |
MTOE | modified table of organization and equipment |
MTON | measurement ton |
MTP | Marine tactical publication; maritime task plan; mission tasking packet |
MTS | Movement Tracking System |
MTS/SOF-IRIS | multifunction system |
MTT | magnetic tape transport |
MTTP | multi-Service tactics, techniques, and procedures |
MTW | major theater war |
MTX | message text format |
MU | marry up |
MUL | master urgency list (DOD) |
MULE | modular universal laser equipment |
MUOS | Mobile Users Object System |
MUREP | munitions report |
MUSARC | major United States Army reserve commands |
MUSE | mobile utilities support equipment |
MUST | medical unit, self contained, transportable |
MUX | multiplex |
MV | merchant vessel; motor vessel |
mV | millivolt |
MWBP | missile warning bypass |
MWC | Missile Warning Center (NORAD) |
MWD | military working dog |
MWDT | military working dog team |
MWF | medical working file |
MWG | mobilization working group |
MWOD | multiple word-of-day |
MWR | missile warning receiver; morale, welfare, and recreation |
MWSG | Marine wing support group |
MWSS | Marine wing support squadron |
MWT | modular warping tug |
N | number of required track spacings; number of search and rescue units (SRUs) |
N-1 | Navy component manpower or personnel staff officer |
N-2 | Director of Naval Intelligence; Navy component intelligence staff officer |
N-3 | Navy component operations staff officer |
N-4 | Navy component logistics staff officer |
N-5 | Navy component plans staff officer |
N-6 | Navy component communications staff officer |
N-Sp/CC | North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)-US Space Command/Command Center |
N-TFS | New Tactical Forecast System |
NA | nation assistance |
NA5CRO | non-Article 5 crisis response operation (NATO) |
NAAG | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Army Armaments Group |
NAC | North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Air Center; North Atlantic Council (NATO) |
NACE | National Military Command System (NMCS) Automated Control Executive |
NACISA | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Communications and Information Systems Agency |
NACISC | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Communications and Information Systems Committee |
NACSEM | National Communications Security/Emanations Security (COMSEC/EMSEC) Information Memorandum |
NACSI | national communications security (COMSEC) instruction |
NACSIM | national communications security (COMSEC) information memorandum |
NAD 83 | North American Datum 1983 |
NADEFCOL | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defense College |
NADEP | naval aircraft depot |
NAE | Navy acquisition executive |
NAEC-ENG | Naval Air Engineering Center – Engineering |
NAF | naval air facility; nonappropriated funds; numbered air force |
NAFAG | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Air Force Armaments Group |
NAI | named area of interest |
NAIC | National Air Intelligence Center |
NAK | negative acknowledgement |
NALC | Navy ammunition logistics code |
NALE | naval and amphibious liaison element |
NALSS | naval advanced logistic support site |
NAMP | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Annual Manpower Plan |
NAMS | National Air Mobility System |
NAMTO | Navy material transportation office |
NAOC | national airborne operations center (E-4B aircraft) |
NAPCAP | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Allied Pre-Committed Civil Aircraft Program |
NAPMA | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Airborne Early Warning and Control Program Management Agency |
NAPMIS | Navy Preventive Medicine Information System |
NAR | nonconventional assisted recovery; notice of ammunition reclassification |
NARAC | national atmospheric release advisory capability; National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (DOE) |
NARC | non-automatic relay center |
NARP | Nuclear Weapon Accident Response Procedures |
NAS | naval air station |
NAS computer | national airspace system computer |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NASAR | National Association for Search and Rescue |
NASIC | National Air and Space Intelligence Center |
NAT | nonair-transportable (cargo) |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NATOPS | Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization |
NAU | Narcotics Assistance Unit |
NAVAID | navigation aid |
NAVAIDS | navigational aids |
NAVAIR | naval air; Naval Air Systems Command |
NAVAIRSYSCOM | Naval Air Systems Command (Also called NAVAIR) |
NAVATAC | Navy Antiterrorism Analysis Center; Navy Antiterrorist Alert Center |
NAVCHAPDET | naval cargo handling and port group detachment |
NAVCHAPGRU | Navy cargo handling and port group |
NAVCOMSTA | naval communications station |
NAVCYBERFOR | Navy Cyber Forces |
NAVELSG | Navy expeditionary logistic support group |
NAVEODTECHDIV | Naval Explosives Ordnance Disposal Technology Division |
NAVEURMETOCCEN | Naval Europe Meteorology and Oceanography Center |
NAVFAC | Naval Facilities Engineering Command |
NAVFAC-X | Naval Facilities Engineering Command-expeditionary |
NAVFACENGCOM | Navy Facilities Engineering Command |
NAVFAX | Navy facsimile |
NAVFOR | Navy forces |
NAVICECEN | Naval Ice Center |
NAVLANTMETOCCEN | Naval Atlantic Meteorology and Oceanography Center |
NAVMAG | naval magazine |
NAVMED | Navy Medical; Navy medicine |
NAVMEDCOMINST | Navy medical command instruction |
NAVMEDLOGCOM | Navy Medical Logistics Command |
NAVMEDP | Navy medical pamphlet |
NAVMETOCCOM | Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command |
NAVMTO | naval military transportation office; Navy Material Transportation Office |
NAVOCEANO | Naval Oceanographic Office |
NAVORD | naval ordnance |
NAVORDSTA | naval ordnance station |
NAVPACMETOCCEN | Naval Pacific Meteorology and Oceanography Center |
NAVSAFECEN | naval safety center |
NAVSAT | navigation satellite |
NAVSEA | Naval Sea Systems Command |
NAVSEAINST | Naval Sea Systems Command instruction |
NAVSEALOGCEN | naval sea logistics center |
NAVSEASYSCOM | Naval Sea Systems Command |
NAVSO | United States Navy Forces, Southern Command |
NAVSOC | Naval Satellite Operations Center; naval special operations command |
NAVSOF | Navy special operations forces |
NAVSPACECOM | Naval Space Command |
NAVSPECWARCOM | Naval Special Warfare Command |
NAVSPOC | Naval Space Operations Center |
NAVSUP | Naval Supply Systems Command |
NAVSUPINST | Navy Support Instruction |
NAVSUPSYSCOM | Naval Supply Systems Command |
NAVWAR | navigation warfare |
Navy TACC | Navy tactical air control center |
NAWCAD | Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division |
NB | narrowband |
NBC | nuclear, biological, and chemical |
NBCCS | nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) contamination survivability |
NBDP | narrow band direct printing |
NBG | naval beach group |
NBI | nonbattle injury |
NBS | National Bureau of Standards |
NBST | narrowband secure terminal |
NBVC | Naval Base Ventura County |
NC3A | nuclear command, control, and communications (C3) assessment |
NCAA | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Civil Airlift Agency |
NCAGS | naval cooperation and guidance for shipping |
NCAPS | naval coordination and protection of shipping |
NCB | national central bureau; naval construction brigade; noncompliant boarding |
NCC | National Coordinating Center; naval component commander; Navy component command; Navy component commander; network control center; North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Command Center |
NCCS | Nuclear Command and Control System |
NCD | net control device |
NCDC | National Climatic Data Center |
NCES | Net-Centric Enterprise Services |
NCESGR | National Committee of Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve |
NCF | naval construction force |
NCFSU | naval construction force support unit |
NCHB | Navy cargo-handling battalion |
NCIC | National Crime Information Center |
NCIJTF-AG | National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force-Analytical Group (DOD) |
NCIS | Naval Criminal Investigative Service |
NCISRA | Naval Criminal Investigative Service resident agent |
NCISRO | Naval Criminal Investigative Service regional office |
NCISRU | Naval Criminal Investigative Service resident unit |
NCIX | National Counterintelligence Executive |
NCMI | National Center for Medical Intelligence |
NCMP | Navy Capabilities and Mobilization Plan |
NCO | noncombat operations; noncommissioned officer |
NCOB | National Counterintelligence Operations Board |
NCOIC | noncommissioned officer in charge |
NCOS | naval control of shipping |
NCP | National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan |
NCPC | National Counterprolification Center |
NCR | national cryptologic representative; National Capital Region (US); National Security Agency/Central Security Service representative; naval construction regiment |
NCR-IADS | National Capital Region-Integrated Air Defense System |
NCRCC | National Capital Region Coordination Center; United States Northern Command Rescue Coordination Center |
NCRCG | National Cyber Response Coordination Group |
NCRDEF | national cryptologic representative defense |
NCS | National Clandestine Service; National Communications System; naval control of shipping |
NCSC | National Computer Security Center |
NCSD | National Cyber Security Division (DHS) |
NCSE | national intelligence support team (NIST) communicatons support element |
NCT | network control terminal |
NCTAMS | naval computer and telecommunications area master station |
NCTC | National Counterterrorism Center; North East Counterdrug Training Center |
NCTS | naval computer and telecommunications station |
NCWS | naval coastal warfare squadron |
NDAA | national defense authorization act |
NDAF | Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, Air Force |
NDB | nondirectional beacon |
NDCS | national drug control strategy |
NDDOC | North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Cell |
NDHQ | National Defence Headquarters, Canada |
NDIC | National Defense Intelligence College; National Drug Intelligence Center |
NDL | national desired ground zero list |
NDMC | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Defense Manpower Committee |
NDMS | National Disaster Medical System (DHHS) |
NDOC | National Defense Operations Center |
NDP | national disclosure policy |
NDPB | National Drug Policy Board |
NDPC | National Disclosure Policy Committee |
NDRC | National Detainee Reporting Center |
NDRF | National Defense Reserve Fleet |
NDS | national defense strategy |
NDSF | National Defense Sealift Fund |
NDT | nuclear disablement team |
NDU | National Defense University |
NEA | Northeast Asia |
NEAT | naval embarked advisory team |
NEC | National Economic Council |
NECC | Navy Expeditionary Combat Command |
NEIC | Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command |
NELR | Navy expeditionary logistics regiment |
NEMT | National Emergency Management Team |
NEO | noncombatant evacuation operation |
NEOCC | noncombatant evacuation operation coordination center |
NEP | National Exercise Program |
NEPA | National Environmental Policy Act |
NEREP | Nuclear Execution and Reporting Plan |
NES | National Exploitation System |
NESDIS | National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (DOC) |
NEST | nuclear emergency support team (DOE) |
NETOPS | network operations |
NETS | Nationwide Emergency Telecommunications System |
NETT | new equipment training team |
NETWARCOM | Naval Network Warfare Command |
NEW | net explosive weight |
NEWAC | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Electronic Warfare Advisory Committee |
NEWCS | NATO electronic warfare core staff |
NEXCOM | Navy Exchange Command |
NFA | no-fire area |
NFC | numbered fleet commander |
NFD | nodal fault diagnostics |
NFELC | Naval Facilities Expeditionary Logistics Center |
NFESC | Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center |
NFI | national foreign intelligence |
NFIB | National Foreign Intelligence Board |
NFIP | National Flood Insurance Program (FEMA); National Foreign Intelligence Program |
NFLIR | navigation forward-looking infrared |
NFLS | naval forward logistic site |
NFN | national file number |
NFO | naval flight officer |
NG | National Guard |
NG JFHQ-State | National Guard joint force headquarters-state |
NGA | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
NGB | National Guard Bureau |
NGB-OC | National Guard Bureau-Office of the Chaplain |
NGCC | National Guard coordination center |
NGCDP | National Guard Counterdrug Program |
NGCSP | National Guard Counterdrug Support Program |
NGF | naval gun fire |
NGFS | naval gunfire support |
NGIC | National Ground Intelligence Center |
NGLO | naval gunfire liaison officer |
NGO | nongovernmental organization |
NGP | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Program |
NGRF | National Guard reaction force |
NI | national identification (number); noted item |
NIBRS | National Incident-Based Reporting System |
NIC | National Intelligence Council; naval intelligence center |
NICC | National Intelligence Coordination Center |
NICCL | National Incident Communications Conference Line |
NICCP | National Interdiction Command and Control Plan |
NICI | National Interagency Counternarcotics Institute |
NID | naval intelligence database |
NIDMS | National Military Command System (NMCS) Information for Decision Makers System |
NIDS | National Military Command Center (NMCC) information display system |
NIE | national intelligence estimate |
NIEX | no-notice interoperability exercise |
NIEXPG | No-Notice Interoperability Exercise Planning Group |
NIIB | National Geospatial Intelligence Agency imagery intelligence brief |
NIL | National Information Library |
NIMCAMP | National Information Management and Communications Master Plan |
NIMS | National Incident Management System |
NIOC | Navy Information Operations Command |
NIP | National Intelligence Program |
NIPF | National Intelligence Priority Framework |
NIPRNET | Nonsecure Internet Protocol Router Network |
NIPS | Naval Intelligence Processing System |
NIRT | Nuclear Incident Response Team |
NISH | noncombatant evacuation operation (NEO) intelligence support handbook |
NISP | national intelligence support plan; Nuclear Weapons Intelligence Support Plan |
NIST | National Institute of Standards and Technology |
NIT | nuclear incident team |
NITES | Navy Integrated Tactical Environmental System |
NITF | national imagery transmission format |
NIU | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) interface unit |
NIWA | naval information warfare activity |
NJOIC | National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center |
NJP | non-judicial punishment |
NJTTF | National Joint Terrorism Task Force |
NL | Navy lighterage |
NLO | naval liaison officer |
NLT | not later than |
NLW | nonlethal weapon |
nm | nautical mile |
NM | network management |
NMAWC | Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command |
NMB | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military body |
NMC | Navy Munitions Command |
NMCB | naval mobile construction battalion |
NMCC | National Military Command Center |
NMCS | National Military Command System; not mission capable, supply |
NMCSO | Navy and Marine Corps spectrum office |
NMD | national missile defense |
NMEC | National Media Exploitation Center |
NMIC | National Maritime Intelligence Center |
NMIO | National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office |
NMIST | National Military Intelligence Support Team (DIA) |
NMO | National Measurement and Signature Intelligence Office |
NMOC | network management operations center |
NMOSW | Naval METOC Operational Support Web |
NMP | national media pool |
NMPS | Navy mobilization processing site |
NMR | news media representative |
NMRC | Naval Medical Research Center |
NMS | national military strategy |
NMS-CO | National Military Strategy for Cyberspace Operations |
NMS-CWMD | National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction |
NMSA | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Mutual Support Act |
NMSC | Navy and Marine Corps Spectrum Center |
NMSP-WOT | National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism |
NNAG | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Naval Armaments Group |
NNSA | National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE) |
NNWC | Naval Network Warfare Command |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NOACT | Navy overseas air cargo terminal |
NOC | National Operations Center (DHS); network operations center |
NOCONTRACT | not releasable to contractors or consultants |
NODDS | Naval Oceanographic Data Distribution System |
NOE | nap-of-the-earth |
NOEA | nuclear operations emergency action |
NOFORN | not releasable to foreign nationals |
NOG | Nuclear Operations Group |
NOGAPS | Navy Operational Global Atmospheric Prediction System |
NOHD | nominal ocular hazard distance |
NOIC | Naval Operational Intelligence Center |
NOK | next of kin |
NOLSC | Naval Operational Logistics Support Center |
NOMS | Nuclear Operations Monitoring System |
NOMWC | Navy Oceanographic Mine Warfare Center |
NOP | nuclear operations |
NOPLAN | no operation plan available or prepared |
NORAD | North American Aerospace Defense Command |
NORM | normal; not operationally ready, maintenance |
NORS | not operationally ready, supply |
NOSC | network operations and security center |
NOSSA | Navy Ordnance Safety and Security Activity |
NOTMAR | notice to mariners |
NP | nonproliferation |
NPC | Nonproliferation Center |
NPES | Nuclear Planning and Execution System |
NPG | nonunit personnel generator |
NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
NPPD | National Protection and Programs Directorate (DHS) |
NPS | National Park Service; nonprior service; Nuclear Planning System |
NPT | national pipe thread; Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons |
NPWIC | National Prisoner of War Information Center |
NQ | nonquota |
NR | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) restricted; number |
NRAT | nuclear/radiological advisory team |
NRC | National Response Center (USCG); non-unit-related cargo |
NRCHB | Naval Reserve cargo-handling battalion |
NRCHF | Naval Reserve cargo handling force |
NRCHTB | Naval Reserve cargo handling training battalion |
NRF | National Response Framework |
NRFI | not ready for issue |
NRG | notional requirements generator |
NRL | nuclear weapons (NUWEP) reconnaissance list |
NRO | National Reconnaissance Office |
NROC | Northern Regional Operations Center (CARIBROC-CBRN) |
NRP | National Response Plan; non-unit-related personnel |
NRPC | Naval Reserve Personnel Center |
NRT | near real time |
NRTD | near-real-time dissemination |
NRZ | non-return-to-zero |
NS | nuclear survivability |
NS-CWMD | National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction |
NSA | national security act; National Security Agency; national security area; national shipping authority; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Standardization Agency |
NSA/CSS | National Security Agency/Central Security Service |
NSARC | National Search and Rescue Committee |
NSAT | United States Northern Command situational awareness team |
NSAWC | Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center |
NSC | National Security Council |
NSC/DC | National Security Council/Deputies Committee |
NSC/IPC | National Security Council/interagency policy committee |
NSC/IWG | National Security Council/Interagency Working Group |
NSC/PC | National Security Council/Principals Committee |
NSC/PCC | National Security Council Policy Coordinating Committee |
NSCID | National Security Council intelligence directive |
NSCS | National Security Council System |
NSCT1 | Naval Special Clearance Team One |
NSD | National Security Directive; National Security Division (FBI) |
NSDA | non-self deployment aircraft |
NSDD | national security decision directive |
NSDM | national security decision memorandum |
NSDS-E | Navy Satellite Display System-Enhanced |
NSE | Navy support element |
NSEP | national security emergency preparedness |
NSF | National Science Foundation; national security forces; National Strike Force (USCG) |
NSFS | naval surface fire support |
NSG | National System for Geospatial Intelligence; north-seeking gyro |
NSGI | National System for Geospatial Intelligence |
NSHS | National Strategy for Homeland Security |
NSL | no-strike list |
NSM | national search and rescue (SAR) manual |
NSMS | National Strategy for Maritime Security |
NSN | national stock number |
NSO | non-Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP) option |
NSOC | National Security Operations Center; National Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Operations Center; Navy Satellite Operations Center |
NSOOC | North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Staff Officer Orientation Course |
NSP | national search and rescue plan |
NSPD | national security Presidential directive |
NSPI | National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza |
NSRL | national signals intelligence (SIGINT) requirements list |
NSS | National Search and Rescue Supplement; national security strategy; national security system; non-self-sustaining |
NSSA | National Security Space Architect |
NSSE | national special security event |
NSST | naval space support team |
NST | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency support team |
NSTAC | National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee |
NSTISSC | National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems Security Committee |
NSTL | national strategic targets list |
NSTS | National Secure Telephone System |
NSW | naval special warfare |
NSWCDD | Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division |
NSWCOM | Naval Special Warfare Command |
NSWG | naval special warfare group |
NSWTF | naval special warfare task force |
NSWTG | naval special warfare task group |
NSWTU | naval special warfare task unit |
NT | nodal terminal |
NTACS | Navy tactical air control system |
NTAP | National Track Analysis Program |
NTB | national target base |
NTBC | National Military Joint Intelligence Center Targeting and Battle Damage Assessment Cell |
NTC | National Training Center |
NTCS-A | Navy Tactical Command System-Afloat |
NTDS | naval tactical data system |
NTF | nuclear task force |
NTIA | National Telecommunications and Information Administration |
NTIC | Navy Tactical Intelligence Center |
NTISS | National Telecommunications and Information Security System |
NTISSI | National Telecommunications and Information Security System (NTISS) Instruction |
NTISSP | National Telecommunications and Information Security System (NTISS) Policy |
NTM | national or multinational technical means of verification; notice to mariners |
NTMPDE | National Telecommunications Master Plan for Drug Enforcement |
NTMS | national telecommunications management structure |
NTPS | near-term pre-positioned ships |
NTRP | Navy tactical reference publication |
NTS | night targeting system; noncombatant evacuation operations tracking system |
NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board |
NTSS | National Time-Sensitive System |
NTTP | Navy tactics, techniques, and procedures |
NTU | new threat upgrade |
NUC | non-unit-related cargo; nuclear |
NUDET | nuclear detonation |
NUFEA | Navy-unique fleet essential aircraft |
NUP | non-unit-related personnel |
NURP | non-unit-related personnel |
NUWEP | policy guidance for the employment of nuclear weapons |
NVD | night vision device |
NVDT | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency voluntary deployment team |
NVG | night vision goggle(s) |
NVS | night vision system |
NW | network warfare; not waiverable |
NWARS | National Wargaming System |
NWB | normal wideband |
NWBLTU | normal wideband line termination unit |
NWDC | Navy Warfare Development Command |
NWFP | Northwest Frontier Province (Pakistan) |
NWP | Navy warfare publication; numerical weather prediction |
NWREP | nuclear weapons report |
NWS | National Weather Service |
NWT | normal wideband terminal |
O | contour pattern |
O&I | operations and intelligence |
O&M | operation and maintenance |
O/B | outboard |
OA | objective area; operating assembly; operational area; Operations Aerology shipboard METOC division |
OADR | originating agency’s determination required |
OAE | operational area evaluation |
OAF | Operation ALLIED FORCE |
OAFME | Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner |
OAG | operations advisory group |
OAI | oceanographic area of interest |
OAJCG | Operation Alliance joint control group |
OAM | Office of Air and Marine (DHS) |
OAP | offset aimpoint |
OAR | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff operation plans assessment report |
OAS | offensive air support; Organization of American States |
OASD | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense |
OASD(NII/CIO) | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration/Chief Information Officer) |
OASD(PA) | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) |
OASD(RA) | Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs) |
OAU | Organization of African Unity |
OB | operating base; order of battle |
OBA | oxygen breathing apparatus |
OBFS | offshore bulk fuel system |
OBST | obstacle |
OBSTINT | obstacle intelligence |
OC | oleoresin capsicum; operations center |
OCA | offensive counterair; operational control authority |
OCBD | Office of Capacity Building and Development (USDA) |
OCC | Operations Computer Center (USCG) |
OCD | orderwire clock distributor |
OCDETF | Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force |
OCE | officer conducting the exercise |
OCEANCON | control of oceanographic information |
OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
OCIE | organizational clothing and individual equipment |
OCJCS | Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
OCJCS-PA | Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-Public Affairs |
OCMI | officer in charge, Marine Inspection |
OCO | offensive cyberspace operations; offload control officer |
OCONUS | outside the continental United States |
OCOP | outline contingency operation plan |
OCP | operational capability package; operational configuration processing |
OCR | Office of Collateral Responsibility |
OCS | operational contract support |
OCSIC | operational contract support integration cell |
OCU | orderwire control unit (Types I, II, and III) |
OCU-1 | orderwire control unit-1 |
OD | operational detachment; other detainee |
ODA | operational detachment-Alpha |
ODATE | organization date |
ODB | operational detachment-Bravo |
ODC | Office of Defense Cooperation |
ODCSLOG | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (Army) |
ODCSOPS | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (Army) |
ODCSPER | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel (Army) |
ODIN | Operational Digital Network |
ODJS | Office of the Director, Joint Staff |
ODNI | Office of the Director of National Intelligence |
ODR | Office of Defense representative |
ODZ | outer defense zone |
OE | operational environment |
OE&AS | organization for embarkation and assignment to shipping |
OEBGD | Overseas Environmental Baseline Guidance Document |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OEF | Operation ENDURING FREEDOM |
OEG | operational experts group; operational exposure guidance; operations security executive group |
OEH | occupational and environmental health |
OEM | original equipment manufacturer |
OER | officer evaluation report; operational electronic intelligence (ELINT) requirements |
OES | office of emergency services |
OET | Office of Emergency Transportation (DOT) |
OF | officer (NATO) |
OFAC | Office of Foreign Assets Control (TREAS) |
OFCO | offensive counterintelligence operation |
OFDA | Office of United States Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID) |
OFHIS | operational fleet hospital information system |
OFOESA | Office of Field Operational and External Support Activities |
OFSC | Organizational and Force Structure Construct |
OGS | overseas ground station |
OH | overhead |
OHDACA | Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (DSCA) |
OHDM | Office of Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief, and Mine Action |
OI | Office of Intelligence (USCS); operating instruction; operational interest |
OI&A | Office of Intelligence and Analysis (DHS) |
OIA | Office of International Affairs (TREAS) |
OIC | officer in charge |
OICC | officer in charge of construction; operational intelligence coordination center |
OID | operation order (OPORD) identification |
OIF | Operation IRAQI FREEDOM |
OIIL | Office of Intelligence and Investigative Liaison (CBP) |
OIR | operational intelligence requirements; other intelligence requirements |
OJT | on-the-job training |
OL | operating location |
OLD | on-line tests and diagnostics |
OLS | operational linescan system; optical landing system |
OM | contour multiunit |
OMA | Office of Military Affairs (CIA and USAID) |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget; operations management branch |
OMC | Office of Military Cooperation; optical memory card |
OMF | officer master file |
OMS | Office of Mission Support |
OMSPH | Office of Medicine, Science, and Public Health (DHHS) |
OMT | operations management team; orthogonal mode transducer |
OMT/OMTP | operational maintenance test(ing)/test plan |
ONDCP | Office of National Drug Control Policy |
ONE | Operation NOBLE EAGLE |
ONI | Office of Naval Intelligence |
OOB | order of battle |
OOD | officer of the deck |
OODA | observe, orient, decide, act |
OOS | out of service |
OP | observation post; operational publication (USN); ordnance publication |
OPARS | Optimum Path Aircraft Routing System |
OPBAT | Operation Bahamas, Turks, and Caicos |
OPC | Ocean Prediction Center (DOC) |
OPCEN | operations center (USCG) |
OPCOM | operational command (NATO) |
OPCON | operational control |
OPDAT | Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (DOJ) |
OPDEC | operational deception |
OPDS | offshore petroleum discharge system (USN) |
OPDS-Future | offshore petroleum discharge system-future (USN) |
OPDS-L | offshore petroleum discharge system-legacy (USN) |
OPE | operational preparation of the environment |
OPELINT | operational electronic intelligence |
OPEO | Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations (DHHS) |
OPFOR | opposing force; opposition force |
OPG | operations planning group |
OPGEN | operation general matter |
OPIR | overhead persistent infrared |
OPLAN | operation plan |
OPLAW | operational law |
OPM | Office of Personnel Management; operations per minute |
OPMG | Office of the Provost Marshal General |
OPNAVINST | Chief of Naval Operations instruction |
OPORD | operation order |
OPP | orderwire patch panel |
OPR | office of primary responsibility |
OPREP | operational report |
OPROJ | operational project |
OPS | operational project stock; operations; operations center |
OPSCOM | Operations Committee |
OPSDEPS | Service Operations Deputies |
OPSEC | operations security |
OPSTK | operational stock |
OPSUM | operation summary |
OPT | operational planning team |
OPTAR | operating target |
OPTASK | operation task |
OPTASKLINK | operations task link |
OPTEMPO | operating tempo |
OPTINT | optical intelligence |
OPZONE | operation zone |
OR | operational readiness; other rank(s) (NATO) |
ORBAT | order of battle |
ORCON | originator controlled |
ORDREF | order reference |
ORDTYP | order type |
ORG | origin (GELOC) |
ORIG | origin |
ORM | operational risk management |
ORP | ocean reception point |
ORS | operationally responsive space |
ORSA | operations research and systems analysis |
OS | operating system |
OSA | operational support airlift |
OSAT | out-of-service analog test |
OSC | offensive space control; on-scene commander; on-site commander; Open Source Center (CIA); operational support command; operations support center |
OSCE | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
OSD/DMDPO | Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Military Deception Program Office |
OSE | on scene endurance; operations support element |
OSEI | operational significant event imagery |
OSG | operational support group |
OSI | open system interconnection; operational subsystem interface |
OSIA | on-site inspection activity |
OSINT | open-source information; open-source intelligence |
OSIS | open-source information system |
OSM | Office of Spectrum Management (NTIA) |
OSO | operational support office |
OSOCC | on-site operations coordination center |
OSP | operations support package |
OSPG | overseas security policy group |
OSRI | originating station routing indicator |
OSV | ocean station vessel |
OT | operational test |
OT&E | operational test and evaluation |
OTA | Office of Technical Assistance (TREAS) |
OTC | officer in tactical command; over the counter |
OTG | operational target graphic |
OTH | other; over the horizon |
OTH-B | over-the-horizon backscatter (radar) |
OTHT | over-the-horizon targeting |
OTI | Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID) |
OTS | Officer Training School; one-time source |
OUB | offshore petroleum discharge system utility boat |
OUSD | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense |
OUSD(AT&L) | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics) |
OUSD(C) | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) |
OUSD(C/CFO) | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer) |
OUSD(I) | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence) |
OUSD(P) | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
OUT | outsize cargo |
OVE | on-vehicle equipment |
OVER | oversize cargo |
OVM | Operation VIGILANT MARINER |
OW | orderwire |
OWS | operational weather squadron |
P | parallel pattern; priority; publication |
P,C,&H | packing, crating, and handling |
p-p | peak-to-peak |
P-STATIC | precipitation static |
P/M/C | passengers/mail/cargo |
P/O | part of |
P/P | patch panel |
PA | parent relay; physician assistant; primary agency; probability of arrival; public affairs |
PAA | position area of artillery |
PABX | private automatic branch exchange (telephone) |
PACAF | Pacific Air Forces |
PAD | patient administration director; positional adjustment; precision aircraft direction |
PADD | person authorized to direct disposition of human remains |
PADRU | Pan American Disaster Response Unit |
PADS | position azimuth determining system |
PAG | public affairs guidance |
PAL | personnel allowance list; program assembler language |
PALCON | pallet container |
PALS | precision approach landing system |
PAM | preventive and aerospace medicine; pulse amplitude modulation |
PaM | passage material |
PANS | procedures for air navigation services |
PAO | public affairs office; public affairs officer |
PAR | performance assessment report; population at risk; precision approach radar |
PARC | principal assistant for contracting |
PARKHILL | high frequency cryptological device |
PARPRO | peacetime application of reconnaissance programs |
PARS | Personnel and Accountability System |
PAS | personnel accounting symbol |
PAT | public affairs team |
PAV | policy assessment visit |
PAWS | phased array warning system |
PAX | passengers; public affairs plans |
PB | particle beam; patrol boat; peace building; President’s budget |
PB4T | planning board for training |
PBA | performance-based agreement; production base analysis |
PBCR | portable bar code recorder |
PBD | program budget decision |
PBIED | person-borne improvised explosive device |
PBOS | Planning Board for Ocean Shipping |
Pc | cumulative probability of detection |
PC | patrol craft; personal computer; pilot in command; preliminary coordination; Principals Committee |
PC&S | post, camp, and station |
PC-LITE | processor, laptop imagery transmission equipment |
PCA | Posse Comitatus Act |
PCC | policy coordination committee; primary control center |
PCF | personnel control facility |
PCL | positive control launch |
PCM | pulse code modulation |
PCO | primary control officer; procuring contracting officer |
PCRTS | primary casualty receiving and treatment ship |
PCS | permanent change of station; personal communications system; primary control ship; processing subsystem; processor controlled strapping |
PCT | personnel control team |
PCTC | pure car and truck carrier |
PCZ | physical control zone |
Pd | drift compensated parallelogram pattern |
PD | position description; Presidential directive; priority designator; probability of damage; probability of detection; procedures description; program definition; program directive; program director; public diplomacy |
PDA | preliminary damage assessment |
PDAI | primary development/test aircraft inventory |
PDC | Pacific Disaster Center |
PDD | Presidential decision directive |
PDDA | power driven decontamination apparatus |
PDDG | program directive development group |
PDG | positional data graphic |
PDM | program decision memorandum |
PDOP | position dilution of precision |
PDS | position determining system; primary distribution site; protected distribution system |
PDSC | public diplomacy and strategic communication |
PDSS | predeployment site survey |
PDT | partnership development team |
PDUSD(P&R) | Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) |
PE | peace enforcement; peacetime establishment; personal effects; preparation of the environment; program element |
PEAD | Presidential emergency action document |
PEC | program element code |
PECK | patient evacuation contingency kit |
PECP | precision engagement collaboration process |
PED | processing, exploitation, and dissemination |
PEDB | planning and execution database |
PEGEO | personnel geographic location |
PEI | principal end item |
PEIO | personnel effects inventory officer |
PEM | program element monitor |
PEO | peace enforcement operations; program executive office; program executive officer |
PEP | personnel exchange program |
PER | personnel |
PERE | person eligible to receive effects |
PERID | period |
PERMA | planning, embarkation, rehearsal, movement, and action |
PERMREP | permanent representative (NATO) |
PERSCO | personnel support for contingency operations |
PERSCOM | personnel command (Army) |
PERSINS | personnel information system |
PES | preparedness evaluation system |
PFA | primary federal agency |
PFD | personal flotation device |
PFDB | planning factors database |
PFIAB | President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board |
PFID | positive friendly identification |
PFO | principal federal offical |
PfP | Partnership for Peace (NATO) |
PGI | procedures, guidance, and information |
PGM | precision-guided munition |
pH | potential of hydrogen |
PHEO | public health emergency officer |
PHIBCB | amphibious construction battalion |
PHIBGRU | amphibious group |
PHIBOP | amphibious operation |
PHIBRON | amphibious squadron |
PHIT | port handling/in-land transportation |
PHO | posthostilities operations |
PHS | Public Health Service |
PI | pandemic influenza; point of impact; probability of incapacitation; procedural item; purposeful interference |
PIAB | President’s Intelligence Advisory Board |
PIC | parent indicator code; payment in cash; person identification code; pilot in command; press information center (NATO) |
PID | plan identification number; positive identification |
PIDD | planned inactivation or discontinued date |
PIF | problem identification flag |
PII | pre-incident indicators |
PIM | pretrained individual manpower |
PIN | personnel increment number |
PINS | precise integrated navigation system |
PIO | press information officer; public information officer |
PIPS | plans integration partitioning system |
PIR | priority intelligence requirement |
PIREP | pilot report |
PIRT | purposeful interference response team |
PIW | person in water |
PJ | pararescue jumper |
PK | peacekeeping; probability of kill |
PKG-POL | packaged petroleum, oils, and lubricants |
PKI | public key infrastructure |
PKO | peacekeeping operations |
PKP | purple k powder |
PKSOI | Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute |
PL | phase line; public law |
PLA | plain language address |
PLAD | plain language address directory |
PLANORD | planning order |
PLAT | pilot’s landing aid television |
PLB | personal locator beacon |
PLC | power line conditioner |
PLGR | precise lightweight global positioning system (GPS) receiver |
PLL | phase locked loop |
PLL/ASL | prescribed load list/authorized stock level |
PLRS | position location reporting system |
PLS | palletized load system; personal locator system; pillars of logistic support: precision locator system |
PLT | platoon; program library tape |
PM | Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (DOS); parallel track multiunit; passage material; patient movement; peacemaking; political-military affairs; preventive medicine; program management; program manager; provost marshal |
PMA | political/military assessment |
PMAA | Production Management Alternative Architecture |
PMAI | primary mission aircraft inventory |
PMC | parallel multiunit circle; private military company |
PMCF | post maintenance check flight |
PMCT | port movement control team |
PMD | program management directive |
PME | professional military education |
PMEL | precision measurement equipment laboratory |
PMESII | political, military, economic, social, information, and infrastructure |
PMGM | program manager’s guidance memorandum |
PMI | patient movement item; prevention of mutual interference |
PMITS | Patient Movement Item Tracking System |
PMN | parallel track multiunit non-return |
PMO | production management office(r); program management office |
PMOS | primary military occupational specialty |
PMR | parallel track multiunit return; patient movement request; patient movement requirement |
PMRC | patient movement requirements center |
PMS | portable meteorological subsystem |
PN | partner nation; pseudonoise |
PNA | postal net alert |
PNID | precedence network in dialing |
PNT | positioning, navigation, and timing |
PNVS | pilot night vision system |
PO | peace operations; petty officer |
POA | plan of action |
POAI | primary other aircraft inventory |
POB | persons on board |
POC | point of contact |
POCD | port operations cargo detachment |
POD | plan of the day; port of debarkation; probability of detection |
POE | port of embarkation; port of entry |
POES | polar operational environment satellite |
POF | priority of fires |
POG | port operations group |
POI | program of instruction |
POL | petroleum, oils, and lubricants |
POLAD | policy advisor; political advisor |
POLCAP | bulk petroleum capabilities report |
POLMIL | political-military |
POM | program objective memorandum |
POMCUS | pre-positioning of materiel configured to unit sets |
POMSO | Plans, Operations, and Military Support Office(r) (NG) |
POP | performance oriented packaging |
POPS | port operational performance simulator |
POR | proposed operational requirement |
PORTS | portable remote telecommunications system |
PORTSIM | port simulation model |
POS | peacetime operating stocks; point of sale; probability of success |
POSF | port of support file |
POSSUB | possible submarine |
POSTMOB | post mobilization |
POTUS | President of the United States |
POV | privately owned vehicle |
POW | prisoner of war |
PPA | personnel information system (PERSINS) personnel activity |
PPAG | proposed public affairs guidance |
PPBE | Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution |
PPD | Presidential policy directive; program planning document |
PPDB | point positioning database |
PPE | personal protective equipment |
PPF | personnel processing file |
Pplan | programming plan |
PPLI | precise participant location and identification |
ppm | parts per million |
PPP | power projection platform; primary patch panel; priority placement program |
PPR | prior permission required |
PPS | precise positioning service |
PPTO | petroleum pipeline and terminal operating |
PR | personnel recovery; Phoenix Raven; primary zone; production requirement; program review |
PRA | patient reception area; primary review authority |
PRANG | Puerto Rican Air National Guard |
PRBS | pseudorandom binary sequence |
PRC | populace and resources control; Presidential Reserve Call-up |
PRCC | personnel recovery coordination cell; personnel recovery coordination center |
PRCS | personnel recovery coordination section |
PRD | personnel readiness division; Presidential review directive |
PRDO | personnel recovery duty officer |
PREMOB | pre-mobilization |
PREPO | pre-positioned force, equipment, or supplies; pre-positioning |
PREREP | pre-arrival report |
PRF | personnel resources file; pulse repetition frequency |
PRG | personnel recovery guidance; program review group |
PRI | movement priority for forces having the same latest arrival date (LAD); priority; progressive routing indicator |
PRIFLY | primary flight control |
Prime BEEF | Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force |
PRISM | Planning Tool for Resource, Integration, Synchronization, and Management |
PRM | Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (DOS); Presidential review memorandum |
PRMFL | perm file |
PRMS | personnel recovery mission software |
PRN | pseudorandom noise |
PRO | personnel recovery officer |
PROBSUB | probable submarine |
PROC | processor; Puerto Rican Operations Center |
PROFIS | professional officer filler information system |
PROM | programmable read-only memory |
PROPIN | caution – proprietary information involved |
PROVORG | providing organization |
proword | procedure word |
PRP | personnel reliability program; Personnel Retrieval and Processing |
PRRIS | Puerto Rican radar integration system |
PRSL | primary zone/switch location |
PRT | patient reception team; provincial reconstruction team |
PRTF | personnel recovery task force |
PRU | pararescue unit; primary reporting unit |
PS | parallel track single-unit; port security; processing subsystem |
PS/HD | port security/harbor defense |
PSA | port support activity; principal staff assistant |
PSB | poststrike base |
PSC | port security company; principal subordinate command; private security contractor |
PSD | planning systems division; port security detachment |
PSE | peculiar support equipment |
PSHDGRU | port security and harbor defense group |
PSI | Proliferation Security Initiative |
psi | pounds per square inch |
PSK | phase-shift keying |
PSL | parallel track single-unit long-range aid to navigation (LORAN) |
PSMS | Personnel Status Monitoring System |
PSN | packet switching node; public switch network |
PSO | peace support operations (NATO); post security officer |
PSP | perforated steel planking; portable sensor platform; power support platform |
PSS | parallel single-unit spiral; personnel services support |
PSTN | public switched telephone network |
PSU | port security unit |
PSV | psuedosynthetic video |
PTA | position, time, altitude |
PTAI | primary training aircraft inventory |
PTC | peace through confrontation; primary traffic channel |
PTDO | prepare to deploy order |
PTM | personnel transport module |
PTT | postal telephone and telegraph; public telephone and telegraph; push-to-talk |
PTTI | precise time and time interval |
pub | publication |
PUK | packup kit |
PUL | parent unit level |
PV | prime vendor |
PVNTMED | preventive medicine |
PVT | positioning, velocity, and timing |
PW | prisoner of war |
pW | picowatt |
PWB | printed wiring board (assembly) |
PWD | programmed warhead detonation |
PWF | personnel working file |
PWG | protection working group |
PWIS | Prisoner of War Information System |
PWR | pre-positioned wartime reserves |
PWRMR | pre-positioned war materiel requirement |
PWRMS | pre-positioned war reserve materiel stock |
PWRR | petroleum war reserve requirements |
PWRS | petroleum war reserve stocks; pre-positioned war reserve stock |
PWS | performance work statement |
PZ | pickup zone |
QA | quality assurance |
QAM | quadrature amplitude modulation |
QAR | quality assurance representative |
QAT | quality assurance team |
QC | quality control |
QD | quality distance |
QDR | quadrennial defense review; quality deficiency report |
QEEM | quick erect expandable mast |
QHDA | qualified hazardous duty area |
QIP | quick impact project |
QM | quartermaster |
QPSK | quadrature phase shift keying |
QRA | quick reaction antenna |
QRCT | quick reaction communications terminal |
QRE | quick reaction element |
QRF | quick reaction force; quick response force |
QRG | quick response graphic |
QRG | quick response graphic |
QRP | quick response posture |
QRS | quick reaction strike |
QRSA | quick reaction satellite antenna |
QRT | quick reaction team |
QS | quality surveillance |
QSR | quality surveillance representative |
QSTAG | quadripartite standardization agreement |
QTY | quantity |
QUADCON | quadruple container |
R | routine |
R&D | research and development |
R&R | rest and recuperation |
R&S | reconnaissance and surveillance; reconstruction and stabilization |
R-AFF | regimental affiliation |
R/O | receive only |
R/T | receiver/transmitter |
R2P2 | rapid response planning process |
RA | response action; risk analysis; risk assessment |
RAA | redeployment assembly area |
RABFAC | radar beacon forward air controller |
RAC | responsible analytic center |
RAC-OT | readiness assessment system – output tool |
RAD | routine aerial distribution |
RADAY | radio day |
RADBN | radio battalion |
RADC | regional air defense commander |
RADCON | radiological control team |
RADF | radarfind |
RADHAZ | electromagnetic radiation hazards |
RADS | rapid area distribution support (USAF) |
RAE | right of assistance entry |
RAF | Royal Air Force (UK) |
RAM | raised angle marker; random access memory; random antiterrorism measure |
RAMCC | regional air movement control center |
RAOB | rawindsonde observation |
RAOC | rear area operations center; regional air operations center |
RAP | Radiological Assistance Program (DOE); rear area protection; Remedial Action Projects Program (JCS) |
RAS | replenishment at sea |
RAS-OT | readiness assessment system-output tool |
RAST | recovery assistance, securing, and traversing systems |
RASU | random access storage unit |
RATE | refine, adapt, terminate, execute |
RATT | radio teletype |
RB | short-range coastal or river boat |
RB std | rubidium standard |
RBA | reimbursable budget authority |
RBC | red blood cell |
RBE | remain-behind equipment |
RBECS | Revised Battlefield Electronic Communications, Electronics, Intelligence, and Operations (CEIO) System |
RBI | RED/BLACK Isolator |
RC | receive clock; regional coordinator; Reserve Component; resident coordinator (UN); river current |
RC NORTH | Regional Command North (NATO) |
RC SOUTH | Regional Command South (NATO) |
RCA | riot control agent |
RCAT | regional counterdrug analysis team |
RCC | regional contracting center; relocation coordination center; rescue coordination center |
RCCPDS | Reserve Component common personnel data system |
RCD | regional collection detachment |
RCEM | regional contingency engineering management |
RCHB | reserve cargo handling battalion |
RCIED | radio-controlled improvised explosive device |
RCM | Rules for Courts-Martial |
RCMP | Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
RCO | regional contracting office |
RCP | resynchronization control panel |
RCS | radar cross section |
RCSP | remote call service position |
RCT | regimental combat team; rescue coordination team (Navy) |
RCTA | Regional Counterdrug Training Academy |
RCU | rate changes unit; remote control unit |
RCVR | receiver |
RD | receive data; ringdown |
RDA | research, development, and acquisition |
RDCFP | Regional Defense Counterterrorism Fellowship Program |
RDCTFP | Regional Defense Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program |
RDD | radiological dispersal device; required delivery date |
RDECOM | US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command |
RDF | radio direction finder; rapid deployment force |
RDO | request for deployment order |
RDT&E | research, development, test and evaluation |
REAC/TS | radiation emergency assistance center/training site (DOE) |
REACT | rapid execution and combat targeting |
READY | resource augmentation duty program |
RECA | Residual Capability Assessment |
RECAS | residual capability assessment system |
RECAT | residual capability assessment team |
RECCE | reconnaissance |
RECMOB | reconstitution-mobilization |
RECON | reconnaissance |
RED | radiological exposure device |
RED HORSE | Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer |
REF | Rapid Equipping Force (Army); reference(s) |
REGT | regiment |
REL | relative |
RELCAN | releasable to Canada |
REMT | regional emergency management team |
REMUS | remote environmental monitoring unit system |
REPOL | bulk petroleum contingency report; petroleum damage and deficiency report; reporting emergency petroleum, oils, and lubricants |
REPSHIP | report of shipment |
REPUNIT | reporting unit |
REQCONF | request confirmation |
REQSTATASK | air mission request status tasking |
RES | radiation exposure status |
RESA | research, evaluation, and system analysis |
RESCAP | rescue combat air patrol |
RESCORT | rescue escort |
RESPROD | responsible production |
RET | retired |
RF | radio frequency; reserve force; response force |
RF/EMPINT | radio frequency/electromagnetic pulse intelligence |
RFA | radio frequency authorization; request for assistance; restrictive fire area |
RFC | request for capabilities; response force commander; revision final coordination |
RFD | revision first draft |
RFF | request for feedback; request for forces |
RFI | radio frequency interference; ready for issue; request for information |
RFID | radio frequency identification |
RFL | restrictive fire line |
RFP | request for proposal |
RFS | request for service; request for support |
RFW | request for waiver |
RG | reconstitution group |
RGR | Rangers |
RGS | remote geospatial intelligence services |
RH | reentry home |
Rh | Rhesus |
RHIB | rigid hull inflatable boat |
RI | Refugees International; routing indicator |
RIB | rubberized inflatable boat |
RIC | routing indicator code |
RICO | regional interface control officer |
RIG | recognition identification group |
RIK | replacement in kind |
RIMS | registrant information management system |
RIP | register of intelligence publications |
RIS | reconnaissance information system |
RISOP | red integrated strategic offensive plan |
RISTA | reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition |
RIT | remote imagery transceiver |
RIVRON | riverine squadron |
RJTD | reconstitution joint table of distribution |
RLD | ready-to-load date |
RLE | rail liaison element |
RLG | regional liaison group; ring laser gyro |
RLGM | remote loop group multiplexer |
RLGM/CD | remote loop group multiplexer/cable driver |
RLP | remote line printer |
RM | ramp module; recovery mechanism; resource management; risk management |
RMC | remote multiplexer combiner; rescue mission commander; Resource Management Committee (CSIF); returned to military control |
RMKS | remarks |
RMO | regional Marine officer |
RMP | religious ministry professional |
RMS | requirements management system; root-mean-square |
RMT | response management team |
RMU | receiver matrix unit |
RNAV | area navigation |
RNP | remote network processor |
Ro | search radius rounded to next highest whole number |
RO/RO | roll-on/roll-off |
ROA | restricted operations area |
ROC | regional operations center; rehearsal of concept; required operational capability |
ROCU | remote orderwire control unit |
ROE | rules of engagement |
ROEX | rules of engagement exercise |
ROG | railhead operations group |
ROICC | resident officer in charge of construction |
ROK | Republic of Korea |
ROM | read-only memory; restriction of movement; rough order of magnitude |
ROMO | range of military operations |
RON | remain overnight |
ROS | reduced operating status |
ROTC | Reserve Officer Training Corps |
ROTHR | relocatable over-the-horizon backscatter radar (USN) |
ROWPU | reverse osmosis water purification unit |
ROZ | restricted operations zone |
RP | reconstitution priority; release point (road); religious program specialist; retained personnel |
RPG | rocket propelled grenade |
RPM | revolutions per minute |
RPO | rendezvous and proximity operations |
RPOE | rapid port opening element |
RPPO | Requirements, Plans, and Policy Office |
RPT | report |
RPTOR | reporting organization |
RPV | remotely piloted vehicle |
RQMT | requirement |
RQT | rapid query tool |
RR | reattack recommendation |
RRC | regional reporting center |
RRCC | regional response coordination center |
RRDF | roll-on/roll-off discharge facility |
RRF | rapid reaction force; rapid response force; Ready Reserve Fleet; Ready Reserve Force |
RRPP | rapid response planning process |
RS | rate synthesizer; religious support; requirement submission |
RSA | retrograde storage area |
RSC | red station clock; regional service center; rescue sub-center |
RSD | reporting of supply discrepancy |
RSE | retrograde support element |
RSG | reference signal generator |
RSI | rationalization, standardization, and interoperability |
RSL | received signal level |
RSN | role specialist nation |
RSO | reception, staging, and onward movement; regional security officer; remote split operations |
RSOC | regional signals intelligence (SIGINT) operations center |
RSOI | reception, staging, onward movement, and integration |
RSP | recognized surface picture; Red Switch Project (DOD); religious support policy |
RSPA | Research and Special Programs Administration |
RSS | radio subsystem; really simple syndication; remote sensors subsystem; root-sum-squared |
RSSC | regional satellite communications support center; regional satellite support cell; regional signals intelligence (SIGINT) support center (NSA); regional space support center |
RSSC-LO | regional satellite communications support center liaison officer; regional space support center liaison officer |
RST | religious support team |
RSTA | reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition |
RSTV | real-time synthetic video |
RSU | rapid support unit; rear support unit; remote switching unit |
RT | recovery team; remote terminal; rough terrain |
RTA | residual threat assessment |
RTB | return to base |
RTCC | rough terrain container crane |
RTCH | rough terrain container handler |
RTD | returned to duty |
RTF | regional task force; return to force |
RTFL | rough terrain forklift |
RTG | radar target graphic |
RTL | restricted target list |
RTLP | receiver test level point |
RTM | real-time mode |
RTOC | rear tactical operations center |
RTS | remote transfer switch |
RTTY | radio teletype |
RU | release unit; rescue unit |
RUF | rules for the use of force |
RUIC | Reserve unit identification number |
RUSCOM | rapid ultrahigh frequency (UHF) satellite communications |
RV | long-range seagoing rescue vessel; rekeying variable; rendezvous |
RVR | runway visibility recorder |
RVT | remote video terminal |
RW | rotary-wing |
RWCM | regional wartime construction manager |
RWR | radar warning receiver |
RWS | rawinsonde subsystem |
RX | receive; receiver |
RZ | return-to-zero |
S&F | store-and-forward |
S&R | search and recovery |
S&T | science and technology; scientific and technical |
S&TI | scientific and technical intelligence |
S-1 | battalion or brigade manpower and personnel staff officer (Marine Corps battalion or regiment) |
S-2 | battalion or brigade intelligence staff officer (Army, Marine Corps battalion or regiment) |
S-3 | battalion or brigade operations staff officer (Army; Marine Corps battalion or regiment) |
S-4 | battalion or brigade logistics staff officer (Army; Marine Corps battalion or regiment) |
S-Team | staff augmentation team |
S/CRS | Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (DOS) |
S/CT | Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (DOS) |
S/EWCC | signals intelligence/electronic warfare coordination center |
S/N | signal to noise |
S/RM | sustainment, restoration, and modernization |
S/RTF | search and recovery task force |
S/S | steamship |
S/T | short ton |
S/V | sailboat |
SA | security assistance; selective availability (GPS); senior adviser; situational awareness; staging area; stand-alone switch |
SAA | senior airfield authority |
SAAFR | standard use Army aircraft flight route |
SAAM | special assignment airlift mission |
SAB | scientific advisory board (USAF) |
SABER | situational awareness beacon with reply |
SAC | special actions cell; special agent in charge; supporting arms coordinator |
SACC | supporting arms coordination center (USMC) |
SACEUR | Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO) |
SACLANT | Supreme Allied Command, Atlantic |
SACS | secure telephone unit (STU) access control system |
SACT | Supreme Allied Commander Transformation |
SADC | sector air defense commander |
SADL | situation awareness data link |
SADO | senior air defense officer |
SAF | Secretary of the Air Force |
SAFE | secure analyst file environment; selected area for evasion; sexual assault forensic examination |
SAFE-CP | selected area for evasion-contact point |
SAFWIN | secure Air Force weather information network |
SAG | surface action group |
SAI | sea-to-air interface; single agency item |
SAL | small arms locker |
SAL-GP | semiactive laser-guided projectile (USN) |
SALM | single-anchor leg mooring |
SALT | supporting arms liaison team |
SALTS | streamlined automated logistics transfer system; streamlined automated logistics transmission system |
SALUTE | size, activity, location, unit, time, and equipment |
SAM | special airlift mission; surface-to-air missile |
SAMM | security assistance management manual |
SAMS | School of Advanced Military Studies |
SAO | security assistance office; security assistance officer; selected attack option |
SAOC | sector air operations center |
SAP | special access program |
SAPI | special access program for intelligence |
SAPO | subarea petroleum office |
SAPR | sexual assault prevention and response |
SAR | satellite access request; search and rescue; site access request; special access requirement; suspicious activity report; synthetic aperture radar |
SARC | sexual assault response coordinator; surveillance and reconnaissance center |
SARDOT | search and rescue point |
SARIR | search and rescue incident report |
SARMIS | search and rescue management information system |
SARNEG | search and rescue numerical encryption group |
SAROPS | Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System |
SARREQ | search and rescue request |
SARSAT | search and rescue satellite-aided tracking |
SARSIT | search and rescue situation summary report |
SARTEL | search and rescue (SAR) telephone (private hotline) |
SARTF | search and rescue task force |
SAS | sealed authenticator system; special ammunition storage |
SASP | special ammunition supply point |
SASS | supporting arms special staff |
SASSY | supported activities supply systems |
SAT | satellite |
SATCOM | satellite communications |
SAW | surface acoustic wave |
SB | standby base |
SBCT | Stryker brigade combat team |
SBL | space-based laser |
SBPO | Service blood program officer |
SBRPT | subordinate reporting organization |
SBS | senior battle staff; support battle staff |
SBSO | sustainment brigade special operations |
SBSS | science-based stockpile stewardship |
SBU | sensitive but unclassified; special boat unit |
SC | sea current; search and rescue coordinator; security cooperation; station clock; strategic communication |
SC ATLANTIC | Strategic Command, Atlantic (NATO) |
SC EUROPE | Strategic Command, Europe (NATO) |
SCA | sociocultural analysis; space coordinating authority; support to civil administration |
SCAR | strike coordination and reconnaissance |
SCAS | stability control augment system |
SCATANA | security control of air traffic and navigation aids |
SCATMINE | scatterable mine |
SCATMINEWARN | scatterable minefield warning |
SCC | security classification code; service cryptologic component; shipping coordination center; Standards Coordinating Committee |
SCC-WMD | United States Strategic Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction |
SCDL | surveillance control data link |
SCE | Service cryptologic element |
SCF(UK) | Save the Children Fund (United Kingdom) |
SCF(US) | Save the Children Federation (United States) |
SCG | Security Cooperation Guidance; switching controller group |
SCHBT | shape, clear, hold, build, and transition |
SCI | security and counterintelligence interviews; sensitive compartmented information |
SCIF | sensitive compartmented information facility |
SCL | standard conventional load |
SCM | security countermeasure; Service container manager |
SCMP | strategic command, control, and communications (C3) master plan |
SCNE | self-contained navigation equipment |
SCO | secondary control officer; security cooperation organization; senior contracting official; state coordinating officer |
SCOC | systems control and operations concept |
SCONUM | ship control number |
SCP | secure conferencing project; security cooperation plan; service control point; system change proposal |
SCPT | strategic connectivity performance test |
SCRB | software configuration review board |
SCT | shipping coordination team; single channel transponder |
SCT-UR | single channel transponder ultrahigh frequency (UHF) receiver |
SCTIS | single channel transponder injection system |
SCTS | single channel transponder system |
SCUD | surface-to-surface missile system |
SD | strategy division |
SDA | senior development advisor; Seventh-Day Adventist (ADRA) |
SDB | Satellite Communications Database |
SDDC | Surface Deployment and Distribution Command |
SDDCTEA | Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering Agency |
SDF | self defense force |
SDIO | Strategic Defense Initiative Organization |
SDLS | satellite data link standards |
SDMX | space division matrix |
SDN | system development notification |
SDNRIU | secure digital net radio interface unit |
SDO | senior defense official; ship’s debarkation officer |
SDO/DATT | senior defense official/defense attaché |
SDP | strategic distribution platform |
SDR | system design review |
SDSG | space division switching group |
SDSM | space division switching matrix |
SDV | SEAL team delivery vehicle; submerged delivery vehicle |
SDZ | self-defense zone |
SE | site exploitation; spherical error |
SEA | Southeast Asia |
SEABEE | sea barge |
Seabee | Navy construction engineer |
SEAD | suppression of enemy air defenses |
SEC | submarine element coordinator |
SECAF | Secretary of the Air Force |
SECARMY | Secretary of the Army |
SecDef | Secretary of Defense |
SECDHS | Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security |
SECHS | Secretary of Homeland Security |
SECNAV | Secretary of the Navy |
SECNAVINST | Secretary of the Navy instruction |
SECOMP | secure en route communications package |
SECORD | secure cord switchboard |
SECRA | secondary radar data only |
SECSTATE | Secretary of State |
SECTRANS | Secretary of Transportation |
SED | signals external data |
SEDAS | spurious emission detection acquisition system |
SEF | sealift enhancement feature |
SEI | specific emitter identification |
SEL | senior enlisted leader |
SEL REL | selective release |
SELRES | Selected Reserve |
SEMA | special electronic mission aircraft |
SEMS | standard embarkation management system |
SEO/SEP | special enforcement operation/special enforcement program |
SEP | signal entrance panel; spherical error probable |
SEPLO | state emergency preparedness liaison officer |
SERE | survival, evasion, resistance, and escape |
SERER | survival, evasion, resistance, escape, recovery |
SES | senior executive service |
SETA | system engineering and technical assistance |
SEW | shared early warning |
SEWG | Special Events Working Group |
SEWOC | signals intelligence/electronic warfare operations centre (NATO) |
SEWS | satellite early warning system |
SF | security force; security forces (Air Force or Navy); single frequency; special forces; standard form |
SFA | security force assistance |
SFAF | standard frequency action format |
SFAT | spectrum flyaway team |
SFC | single-fuel concept |
SFCP | shore fire control party |
SFG | security forces group; special forces group |
SFI | spectral composition |
SFLEO | senior federal law enforcement official |
SFMS | special forces medical sergeant |
SFOD-A/B/C | special forces operational detachment-A/B/C |
SFOR | Stabilization Force |
SFS | security forces squadron |
SG | steering group; strike group; supergroup; surgeon general |
SGEMP | system-generated electromagnetic pulse |
SGS | strategic guidance statement |
SGSA | squadron group systems advisor |
SGXM | Headquarters, Air Mobility Command/Surgeon |
SHAPE | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe |
SHD | special handling designator |
SHF | super-high frequency |
SHORAD | short-range air defense |
SHORADEZ | short-range air defense engagement zone |
SI | special intelligence; United States Strategic Command strategic instruction |
SIA | station of initial assignment |
SIAGL | survey instrument azimuth gyroscope lightweight |
SIC | subject identification code; supporting intelligence center |
SICO | sector interface control officer |
SID | standard instrument departure |
SIDAC | single integrated damage analysis capability |
SIDL | standard intelligence documents list |
SIDO | senior intelligence duty officer |
SIDS | secondary imagery dissemination system |
SIF | selective identification feature; strategic internment facility |
SIG | signal |
SIGINT | signals intelligence |
SIGSEC | signal security |
SII | statement of intelligence interest |
SIM | system impact message |
SIMLM | single integrated medical logistics management; single integrated medical logistics manager |
SINCGARS | single-channel ground and airborne radio system |
SINS | ship’s inertial navigation system |
SIO | senior intelligence officer |
SIOC | Strategic Information and Operations Center (FBI) |
SIOP | Single Integrated Operational Plan |
SIOP-ESI | Single Integrated Operational Plan-Extremely Sensitive Information |
SIPRNET | SECRET Internet Protocol Router Network |
SIR | serious incident report; specific information requirement; Strategic Military Intelligence Review |
SIRADS | stored imagery repository and dissemination system |
SIRMO | senior information resources management official |
SIS | special information systems |
SIT | special interest target |
SITREP | situation report |
SIV | special interest vessel |
SJA | staff judge advocate |
SJFHQ | standing joint force headquarters |
SJFHQ(CE) | standing joint force headquarters (core element) |
SJFHQ-E | standing joint force headquarters – elimination |
SJFHQ-N | Standing Joint Force Headquarters – North |
SJS | Secretary, Joint Staff |
SKE | station-keeping equipment |
SL | sea level; switch locator |
SLA | service level agreement; special leave accrual |
SLAM | stand-off land attack missile |
SLBM | submarine-launched ballistic missile |
SLC | satellite laser communications; single line concept |
SLCM | sea-launched cruise missile |
SLCP | ship lighterage control point; ship’s loading characteristics pamphlet |
SLD | system link designator |
SLEP | service life extension program |
SLGR | small, lightweight ground receiver (GPS) |
SLIT | serial-lot item tracking |
SLO | space liaison officer |
SLOC | sea line of communications |
SLRP | survey, liaison, and reconnaissance party |
SLWT | side loadable warping tug |
SM | Secretary, Joint Staff, memorandum; Service manager; spectrum management; staff memorandum; system manager |
SMA | special military information support operations assessment |
SMART | special medical augmentation response team |
SMART-AIT | special medical augmentation response – aeromedical isolation team |
SMB | spectrum management branch |
SMC | midpoint compromise track spacing; search and rescue mission coordinator; system master catalog |
SMCA | single manager for conventional ammunition |
SMCC | strategic mobile command center |
SMCM | surface mine countermeasures |
SMCOO | spectrum management concept of operations |
SMCR | Selected Marine Corps Reserve |
SMD | strategic missile defense |
SMDC | Space & Missile Defense Command (Army) |
SMDC/ARSTRAT | United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/United States Army Forces Strategic Command |
SME | subject matter expert |
SMEB | significant military exercise brief |
SMEO | small end office |
SMFT | semi-trailer mounted fabric tank |
SMI | security management infrastructure |
SMIO | search and rescue (SAR) mission information officer |
SMO | senior meteorological and oceanographic officer; strategic mobility office(r); support to military operations |
SMP | sub-motor pool |
SMPT | School of Military Packaging Technology |
SMRC | Specialized Medical Response Capabilities |
SMRI | service message routing indicator |
SMS | single mobility system; special military information support operations study |
SMTP | simple message transfer protocol |
SMU | special mission unit; supported activities supply system (SASSY) management unit |
SN | serial number |
SNCO | staff noncommissioned officer |
SNF | strategic nuclear forces |
SNIE | special national intelligence estimates |
SNLC | Senior North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Logisticians Conference |
SNM | system notification message |
SNOI | signal not of interest |
SO | safety observer |
SOA | separate operating agency; special operations aviation (Army); status of action; sustained operations ashore |
SOAF | status of action file |
SOAGS | special operations air-ground system |
SOC | security operations center; special operations commander; special operations component |
SOCA | special operations communications assembly |
SOCC | Sector Operations Control Center (NORAD) |
SOCCE | special operations command and control element |
SOCCENT | Special Operations Component, United States Central Command |
SOCCET | special operations critical care evacuation team |
SOCEUR | Special Operations Component, United States European Command |
SOCEX | special operations capable exercise |
SOCJFCOM | Special Operations Command, Joint Forces Command |
SOCM | special operations combat medic |
SOCOORD | special operations coordination element |
SOCP | special operations communication package |
SOCPAC | Special Operations Command, Pacific |
SOCRATES | Special Operations Command, Research, Analysis, and Threat Evaluation System |
SOCSOUTH | Special Operations Component, United States Southern Command |
SOD | special operations division; strategy and options decision (Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System) |
SODARS | special operations debrief and retrieval system |
SOE | special operations executive |
SOF | special operations forces; supervisor of flying |
SOF-CF | special operations forces-conventional forces |
SOFA | status-of-forces agreement |
SOFAR | sound fixing and ranging |
SOFLAM | special operations laser marker |
SOFLE | special operations forces liaison element |
SOFME | special operations forces medical element |
SOFSA | special operations forces support activity |
SOG | special operations group |
SOI | signal of interest; signal operating instructions; space object identification |
SOIC | senior officer of the intelligence community |
SOJTF | special operations joint task force |
SOLAS | safety of life at sea |
SOLE | special operations liaison element |
SOLIS | signals intelligence (SIGINT) On-line Information System |
SOLL | special operations low-level |
SOLO | special operations liaison officer |
SOM | satellite communications (SATCOM) operational manager; start of message; system operational manager |
SOMA | status of mission agreement |
SOMARDS | Standard Operation and Maintenance Army Research and Development System |
SOMARDS NT | Standard Operation and Maintenance Army Research and Development System Non-Technical |
SoO | ship of opportunity |
SOOP | Center for Operations, Plans, and Policy |
SOP | standard operating procedure |
SOR | statement of requirement |
SORTIEALOT | sortie allotment message |
SORTS | Status of Resources and Training System |
SOS | special operations squadron |
SOSB | special operations support battalion |
SOSC | special operations support command (theater army) |
SOSCOM | special operations support command |
SOSE | special operations staff element |
SOSG | station operations support group |
SOSR | suppress, obscure, secure, and reduce |
SOST | special operations support team |
SOTA | signals intelligence operational tasking authority |
SOTF | special operations task force |
SOTSE | special operations theater support element |
SOUTHAF | Southern Command Air Forces |
SOUTHROC | Southern Region Operational Center (USSOUTHCOM) |
SOW | special operations wing; standoff weapon; statement of work |
SOWT | special operations weather team |
SP | security police |
SPACEAF | Space Air Forces |
SPACECON | control of space information |
SPCC | ships parts control center (USN) |
SPE | senior procurement executive |
SPEAR | strike protection evaluation and antiair research |
SPEC | specified |
SPECAT | special category |
SPECWAR | special warfare |
SPG | Strategic Planning Guidance |
SPI | special investigative (USAF) |
SPINS | special instructions |
SPINTCOMM | special intelligence communications handling system |
SPIREP | spot intelligence report |
SPLX | simplex |
SPM | service postal manager; single point mooring; single port manager |
SPMAGTF | special purpose Marine air-ground task force |
SPO | system program office |
SPOC | search and rescue (SAR) points of contact; space command operations center |
SPOD | seaport of debarkation |
SPOE | seaport of embarkation |
SPOT | Synchronized Predeployment and Operational Tracker |
SPOTREP | spot report |
SPP | Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America; shared production program; State Partnership Program (NG) |
SPR | software problem report |
SPRINT | special psychiatric rapid intervention team |
SPS | standard positioning service |
SPSC | system planning and system control |
SPTCONF | support confirmation |
SPTD CMD | supported command |
SPTG CMD | supporting command |
SPTREQ | support request |
sqft | square feet |
SR | special reconnaissance |
SR-UAV | short-range unmanned aerial vehicle |
SRA | specialized-repair activity |
SRAM | short-range air-to-surface attack missile; system replacement and modernization |
SRB | software release bulletin; system review board (JOPES) |
SRBM | short-range ballistic missile |
SRC | security risk category; service reception center; Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP) response cell; standard requirements code; survival recovery center |
SRCC | service reserve coordination center |
SRF | secure Reserve force |
SRG | Seabee readiness group; short-range aircraft |
SRI | surveillance, reconnaissance, and intelligence (Marine Corps) |
SRIG | surveillance, reconnaissance, and intelligence group (USMC) |
SROC | Senior Readiness Oversight Council; Southern Region Operational Center, United States Southern Command |
SROE | standing rules of engagement |
SRP | sealift reserve program; Single Integrated Operational Plan (SIOP) reconnaissance plan |
SRP/PDS | stabilization reference package/position determining system |
SRR | search and rescue region |
SRS | search and rescue sector |
SRSG | special representative of the Secretary-General |
SRT | scheduled return time; special reaction team; standard remote terminal; strategic relocatable target |
SRTD | signals research and target development |
SRU | search and rescue unit |
SRUF | standing rules for the use of force |
SRWBR | short range wide band radio |
SS | submarine |
SS (number) | sea state (number) |
SSA | software support activity; space situational awareness; special support activity (NSA); strapdown sensor assembly; supply support activity; supply support area |
SSB | single side band; support services branch; surveillance support branch |
SSB-SC | single sideband-suppressed carrier |
SSC | small scale contingency; special security center; surveillance support center |
SSCO | shipper’s service control office |
SSCRA | Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act |
SSD | strategic studies detachment |
SSE | satellite communications (SATCOM) systems expert; space support element |
SSF | software support facility |
SSI | standing signal instruction |
SSM | surface-to-surface missile |
SSMI | special sensor microwave imager |
SSMS | single shelter message switch |
SSN | attack submarine, nuclear; Social Security number; space surveillance network |
SSO | special security office(r); spot security office |
SSP | signals intelligence (SIGINT) support plan |
SSPM | single-service postal manager |
SSPO | strategic systems program office |
SSR | security sector reform |
SSS | Selective Service System; shelter subsystem |
SSSC | surface, subsurface search surveillance coordination |
SST | special support team (National Security Agency) |
SSTR | stability, security, transition, and reconstruction |
SSWG | space support working group |
ST | short ton; small tug; strike team |
ST&E | security test and evaluation |
STA | system tape A |
STA clk | station clock |
STAB | space tactical awareness brief |
STAMMIS | standard Army multi-command management information system |
STAMP | standard air munitions package (USAF) |
STANAG | standardization agreement (NATO) |
STANAVFORLANT | Standing Naval Forces, Atlantic (NATO) |
STAR | scheduled theater airlift route; sensitive target approval and review; standard attribute reference; standard terminal arrival route; surface-to-air recovery; system threat assessment report |
STARC | state area coordinators |
STARS | Standard Accounting and Reporting System |
START | Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty |
STARTEX | start of exercise |
STB | super tropical bleach |
STC | secondary traffic channel |
STD | sexually transmitted disease |
STDM | synchronous time division multiplexer |
STE | secure telephone equipment |
STEL STU III | Stanford telecommunications (secure telephone) |
STEP | software test and evaluation program; standardized tactical entry point; standard tool for employment planning |
STG | seasonal target graphic |
STICS | scalable transportable intelligence communications system |
STO | special technical operations |
STOC | special technical operations coordinator |
STOD | special technical operations division |
STOL | short takeoff and landing |
STOMPS | stand-alone tactical operational message processing system |
STON | short ton |
STP | security technical procedure |
STR | strength |
STRAPP | standard tanks, racks and pylons packages (USAF) |
STRATOPS | strategic operations division |
STREAM | standard tensioned replenishment alongside method |
STS | special tactics squadron |
STT | small tactical terminal; special tactics team |
STU | secure telephone unit |
STU-III | secure telephone unit III |
STW | strike warfare |
STWC | strike warfare commander |
STX | start of text |
SU | search unit |
sub-JIB | subordinate-joint information bureau |
sub-PIC | subordinate-press information center |
SUBJ | subject |
SUBOPAUTH | submarine operating authority |
SUBROC | submarine rocket |
SUC | surf current |
SUIC | service unit identification code |
SUMMITS | scenario unrestricted mobility model of intratheater simulation |
SUPE | supervisory commands program |
SUPP | supplement |
SUPPO | supply officer |
SURG | surgeon |
SUROBS | surf observation |
SURPIC | surface picture |
SUST BDE | sustainment brigade |
SUW | surface warfare |
SUWC | surface warfare commander |
SVC | Service; stored value card |
SVIP | secure voice improvement program |
SVLTU | service line termination unit |
SVR | surface vessel radar |
SVS | secure voice system |
Sw | switch |
SWA | Southwest Asia |
SWAT | special weapons and tactics |
SWBD | switchboard |
SWC | strike warfare commander; swell/wave current |
SWI | special weather intelligence |
SWO | staff weather officer |
SWORD | submarine warfare operations research division |
SWPC | Space Weather Prediction Center |
SWSOCC | Southwest Sector Operation Control Center North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) |
SWXS | Space Weather Squadron |
SXXI | SPECTRUM XXI |
SXXI-O | SPECTRUM XXI-Online |
SYDP | six year defense plan |
SYG | Secretary-General (UN) |
SYNC | synchronization |
SYS | system |
SYSCOM | systems command |
SYSCON | systems control |
SZ | surf zone |
T | search time available; short ton; trackline pattern |
T&DE | test and diagnostic equipment |
T&E | test and evaluation |
T-ACS | auxiliary crane ship |
T-AGOS | tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance |
T-AH | hospital ship |
T-AKR | fast logistics ship |
T-ASA | Television Audio Support Agency |
T-AVB | aviation logistics support ship |
T-JMC | theater-joint movement center |
T-JTB | theater-joint transportation board |
T-net | training net |
T/M/S | type, model, and/or series |
T/O | table of organization |
T2 | technology transfer |
TA | target acquisition; target audience; technical arrangement; theater Army; threat assessment |
TA/CP | technology assessment/control plan |
TAA | tactical assembly area; target audience analysis |
TAACOM | theater Army area command |
TAADS | The Army Authorization Document System |
TAAMDCOORD | theater Army air and missile defense coordinator |
TAB | tactical air base |
TAC | tactical advanced computer; terminal access controller; terminal attack control; terminal attack controller |
TAC(A) | tactical air coordinator (airborne) |
TAC-D | tactical deception |
TACAIR | tactical air |
TACAMO | take charge and move out (E-6A/B aircraft) |
TACAN | tactical air navigation |
TACC | tanker airlift control center |
TACDAR | tactical detection and reporting |
TACINTEL | tactical intelligence |
TACLAN | tactical local area network |
TACLOG | tactical-logistical |
TACM | tactical air command manual |
TACO | theater allied contracting office |
TACON | tactical control |
TACOPDAT | tactical operational data |
TACP | tactical air control party |
TACRON | tactical air control squadron |
TACS | tactical air control system; theater air control system |
TACSAT | tactical satellite |
TACSIM | tactical simulation |
TACSTANS | tactical standards |
TACT | tactical aviation control team |
TACTRAGRULANT | Tactical Training Group, Atlantic |
TAD | tactical air direction; temporary additional duty (non-unit-related personnel); theater air defense; time available for delivery |
TADC | tactical air direction center |
TADCS | tactical airborne digital camera system |
TADS | Tactical Air Defense System; target acquisition system and designation sight |
TAES | theater aeromedical evacuation system |
TAF | tactical air force |
TAFDS | tactical airfield fuel dispensing system |
TAFIM | technical architecture framework for information management |
TAFS | tactical aerodrome forecasts |
TAFT | technical assistance field team |
TAG | technical assessment group; technical assistance group; the adjutant general; Tomahawk land-attack missile aimpoint graphic |
TAGS | theater air-ground system |
TAI | target area of interest; total active inventory |
TAIS | transportation automated information systems |
TAK | cargo ship |
TALD | tactical air-launched decoy |
TALON | Threat and Local Observation Notice |
TAMCA | theater Army movement control agency |
TAMCO | theater Army movement control center |
TAMD | theater air and missile defense |
TAMMC | theater army material management command |
TAMMIS | theater Army medical management information system |
TAMS | transportation analysis, modeling, and simulation |
tanalt | tangent altitude |
TAO | tactical action officer; tactical air officer |
TAOC | tactical air operations center (USMC) |
TAP | troopship |
TAR | tactical air request; Training and Administration of the Reserve |
TARBS | transportable amplitude modulation and frequency modulation radio broadcast system |
TARBUL | target bulletin |
TARE | tactical record evaluation |
TAREX | target exploitation; target plans and operations |
TARS | tethered aerostat radar system |
TARWI | target weather and intelligence |
TAS | tactical atmospheric summary; true air speed |
TASCID | tactical Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) satellite compensation interface device |
TASCO | tactical automatic switch control officer |
TASIP | tailored analytic intelligence support to individual electronic warfare and command and control warfare projects |
TASKORD | tasking order |
TASMO | tactical air support for maritime operations |
TASOSC | theater Army special operations support command |
TASS | tactical automated security system; tactical automated switch system |
TASWC | theater antisubmarine warfare commander |
TAT | tactical analysis team; technical assistance team |
TATC | tactical air traffic control |
TAW | tactical airlift wing |
TBC | theater business clearance |
TBD | to be determined |
TBM | tactical ballistic missile; theater ballistic missile |
TBMCS | theater battle management core system |
TBMD | theater ballistic missile defense |
TBP | to be published |
TBSL | to be supplied later |
TBTC | transportable blood transshipment center |
TC | tidal current; transmit clock and/or telemetry combiner; training circular; Transportation Corps (Army) |
TC-ACCIS | Transportation Coordinator’s Automated Command and Control Information System |
TC-AIMS | Transportation Coordinator’s Automated Information for Movement System |
TC-AIMS II | Transportation Coordinator’s Automated Information for Movement System II |
TCA | terminal control area; time of closest approach; traditional combatant commander activity |
TCAM | theater Army medical management information system (TAMMIS) customer assistance module |
TCC | transmission control code; transportation component command |
TCCF | tactical communications control facility |
TCEM | theater contingency engineering management |
TCF | tactical combat force; technical control facility |
TCM | theater construction manager; theater container manager |
TCMD | transportation control and movement document |
TCN | third country national; transportation control number; troop contributing nations |
TCO | termination contracting officer; transnational criminal organization |
TCP | theater campaign plan |
TCPED | tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination |
TCS | theater communications system |
TCSEC | trusted computer system evaluation criteria |
TCSP | theater consolidation and shipping point |
TD | temporary duty; theater distribution; tie down; timing distributor; total drift; transmit data |
TDA | Table of Distribution and Allowance |
TDAD | Table of Distribution and Allowance (TDA) designation |
TDBM | technical database management |
TDBSS | Theater Defense Blood Standard System |
TDC | target development cell |
TDD | target desired ground zero (DGZ) designator; time-definite delivery |
TDF | tactical digital facsimile |
TDIC | time division interface controller |
TDIG | time division interface group |
TDIM | time division interface module |
TDL | tactical data link |
TDM | time division multiplexed |
TDMA | time division multiple access |
TDMC | theater distribution management cell |
TDMF | time division matrix function |
TDMM | time division memory module |
TDMX | time division matrix |
TDN | tactical data network; target development nomination |
TDP | theater distribution plan |
TDR | transportation discrepancy report |
TDRC | theater detainee reporting center |
TDSG | time division switching group |
TDSGM | time division switching group modified |
TDT | theater display terminal |
TDY | temporary duty |
TE | transaction editor |
TEA | Transportation Engineering Agency |
TEC | theater engineer command |
tech | technical |
TECHCON | technical control |
TECHDOC | technical documentation |
TECHELINT | technical electronic intelligence |
TECHEVAL | technical evaluation |
TECHINT | technical intelligence |
TECHOPDAT | technical operational data |
TECS II | Treasury Enforcement Communications System |
TED | trunk encryption device |
TEDAC | Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (FBI) |
TEK | TeleEngineering Kit |
TEL | transporter-erector-launcher |
TELEX | teletype |
TELINT | telemetry intelligence |
TELNET | telecommunication network |
TEMPER | tent extendible modular personnel |
TENCAP | tactical exploitation of national capabilities program |
TEO | team embarkation officer |
TEOB | tactical electronic order of battle |
TEP | test and evaluation plan; theater engagement plan |
TERCOM | terrain contour matching |
TERF | terrain flight |
TERPES | tactical electronic reconnaissance processing and evaluation system |
TERPROM | terrain profile matching |
TERS | tactical event reporting system |
TES | theater event system |
TESS | Tactical Environmental Support System |
TET | targeting effects team |
TETK | TeleEngineering Toolkit |
TEU | technical escort unit; twenty-foot equivalent unit |
TEWLS | Theater Enterprise Wide Logistics System |
TF | task force |
TFA | toxic free area |
TFADS | Table Formatted Aeronautic Data Set |
TFC | threat finance cell |
TFCICA | task force counterintelligence coordinating authority |
TFE | tactical field exchange; threat finance exploitation; transportation feasibility estimator |
TFF | total force fitness |
TFLIR | targeting forward-looking infrared |
TFMS-M | Transportation Financial Management System-Military |
TFR | temporary flight restriction |
TFS | tactical fighter squadron; Tactical Forecast System |
TG | task group |
TGC | trunk group cluster |
TGEN | table generate |
TGM | terminally guided munitions; trunk group multiplexer |
TGMOW | transmission group module and/or orderwire |
TGO | terminal guidance operations |
TGT | target |
TGTINFOREP | target information report |
TGU | trunk compatibility unit |
THAAD | Terminal High Altitude Area Defense |
THREATCON | terrorist threat condition |
THT | tactical human intelligence team |
THX | theater express |
TI | threat identification; training instructor |
TIA | theater intelligence assessment |
TIAP | theater intelligence architecture program |
TIB | theater intelligence brigade; toxic industrial biological |
TIBS | tactical information broadcast service |
TIC | target information center; toxic industrial chemical |
TIDE | Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment |
TIDP | technical interface design plan |
TIDS | tactical imagery dissemination system |
TIF | theater internment facility |
TIFF | tagged image file format |
TII | total inactive inventory |
TIM | theater information management; toxic industrial material |
TIO | target intelligence officer |
TIP | target intelligence package; trafficking in persons |
TIPG | telephone interface planning guide |
TIPI | tactical information processing interpretation |
TIPS | tactical optical surveillance system (TOSS) imagery processing system |
TIR | toxic industrial radiological |
TIROS | television infrared observation satellite |
TIS | technical interface specification; thermal imaging system |
TISG | technical interoperability standards group |
TISS | thermal imaging sensor system |
TJAG | the judge advocate general |
TJTN | theater joint tactical network |
TL | team leader |
TLA | theater logistics analysis |
TLAM | Tomahawk land-attack missile |
TLAM/N | Tomahawk land attack missile/nuclear |
TLAMM | theater lead agent for medical materiel |
TLC | traffic load control |
TLE | target location error |
TLM | target list management; topographic line map |
TLO | theater logistics overview |
TLP | transmission level point |
TLR | trailer |
TLX | teletype |
TM | tactical missile; target materials; team member; technical manual; TROPO modem |
TMAO | theater mortuary affairs office; theater mortuary affairs officer |
TMB | tactical military information support operations battalion |
TMD | tactical munitions dispenser; theater missile defense |
TMEP | theater mortuary evacuation point |
TMG | timing |
TMIP | theater medical information program |
TMIS | theater medical information system |
TML | terminal |
TMLMC | theater medical logistic management center |
TMMMC | theater medical materiel management center |
TMN | trackline multiunit non-return |
TMO | traffic management office; transportation management office |
TMP | target materials program; telecommunications management program; theater manpower forces |
TMR | trackline multiunit return |
TMT | time-phased force and deployment data management tool |
TNAPS | tactical network analysis and planning system |
TNAPS+ | tactical network analysis and planning system plus |
TNC | theater network operations center |
TNCC | theater network operations control center |
TNCO | transnational criminal organization |
TNF | theater nuclear force |
TNL | target nomination list |
TO | technical order; theater of operations |
TO&E | table of organization and equipment |
TOA | table of allowance |
TOC | tactical operations center; tanker airlift control center (TALCE) operations center |
TOCU | tropospheric scatter (TROPO) orderwire control unit |
TOD | tactical ocean data; time of day |
TOE | table of organization and equipment |
TOF | time of flight |
TOFC | trailer on flatcar |
TOH | top of hill |
TOI | track of interest |
TOPINT | technical operational intelligence |
TOR | term of reference; time of receipt |
TOS | time on station |
TOSS | tactical optical surveillance system |
TOT | time on target |
TOW | tube launched, optically tracked, wire guided |
TP | technical publication; transportation priority; turn point |
TPC | tactical pilotage chart |
TPC/PC | tactical pilotage chart and/or pilotage chart |
TPE | theater provided equipment |
TPED | tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination; theater personal effects depot |
TPERS | type personnel element |
TPFDD | time-phased force and deployment data |
TPFDL | time-phased force and deployment list |
TPL | technical publications list; telephone private line |
TPME | task, purpose, method, and effects |
TPMRC | theater patient movement requirements center |
TPO | task performance observation |
TPRC | theater planning response cell |
TPT | tactical petroleum terminal |
TPTRL | time-phased transportation requirements list |
TPU | tank pump unit |
TQ | tactical questioning |
TRA | technical review authority |
TRAC2ES | United States Transportation Command Regulating and Command and Control Evacuation System |
TRACON | terminal radar approach control facility |
TRADOC | United States Army Training and Doctrine Command |
TRAM | target recognition attack multisensor |
Trans BDE | transportation brigade |
Trans Det RPO | transportation detachment rapid port opening |
TRANSEC | transmission security |
TRAP | tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel (Marine Corps); tactical related applications; tanks, racks, adapters, and pylons; terrorism research and analysis program |
TRC | tactical radio communication; threat reduction cooperation; transmission release code |
TRCC | tactical record communications center |
TRE | tactical receive equipment |
TREAS | Department of the Treasury |
TREE | transient radiation effects on electronics |
TRI-TAC | Tri-Service Tactical Communications Program |
TRIADS | Tri-Wall Aerial Distribution System |
TRICON | triple container |
TRK | truck; trunk |
TRNG | training |
TRO | training and readiness oversight |
TROPO | troposphere; tropospheric scatter |
TRP | target reference point |
TRS | tactical reconnaissance squadron |
TS | terminal service; time-sensitive; top secret |
TSA | target system analysis; theater storage area; Transportation Security Administration (DHS); travel security advisory |
TSB | technical support branch; trunk signaling buffer |
TSBn | transportation support battalion (USMC) |
TSC | theater security cooperation; theater support command; theater sustainment command (Army) |
TSCIF | tactical sensitive compartmented information facility |
TSCM | technical surveillance countermeasures |
TSCO | target selection confusion of the operator; top secret control officer |
TSCP | theater security cooperation plan |
TSCR | time sensitive collection requirement |
TSE | tactical support element |
TSEC | transmission security |
TSG | targeting support group; test signal generator |
TSGCE | tri-Service group on communications and electronics |
TSGCEE | tri-Service group on communications and electronic equipment (NATO) |
TSM | trunk signaling message |
TSN | trackline single-unit non-return; track supervision net |
TSO | technical standard order; telecommunications service order |
TSOC | tactical special operations command; theater special operations command |
TSP | telecommunications service priority |
TSR | telecommunications service request; theater source registry; theater support representative; trackline single-unit return |
TSS | tactical shelter system; target sensing system; timesharing system; time signal set; traffic service station |
TSSP | tactical satellite signal processor |
TSSR | tropospheric scatter (TROPO)-satellite support radio |
TST | tactical support team; terminal support team; theater support team; time-sensitive target |
TSWA | temporary secure working area |
TT | terminal transfer |
TT&C | telemetry, tracking, and commanding |
TTAN | transportation tracking account number |
TTB | transportation terminal battalion |
TTD | tactical terrain data; technical task directive |
TTFACOR | targets, threats, friendlies, artillery, clearance, ordnance, restrictions |
TTG | thermally tempered glass |
TTL | tagging, tracking, and locating; transistor-transistor logic |
TTM | threat training manual; training target material |
TTN | transportation tracking number |
TTP | tactics, techniques, and procedures; trailer transfer point |
TTR | tactical training range |
TTT | time to target |
TTU | transportation terminal unit |
TTY | teletype |
TUBA | transition unit box assembly |
TUCHA | type unit characteristics file |
TUCHAREP | type unit characteristics report |
TUDET | type unit equipment detail file |
TV | television |
TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
TW&A | threat warning and assessment |
TWC | Office for Counterterrorism Analysis (DIA); total water current |
TWCF | Transportation Working Capital Fund |
TWCM | theater wartime construction manager |
TWD | transnational warfare counterdrug analysis |
TWDS | tactical water distribution system |
TWI | Office for Information Warfare Support (DIA) |
TWPL | teletypewriter private line |
TWX | teletypewriter exchange |
TX | transmitter; transmit |
TYCOM | type commander |
U | wind speed |
U/C | unit cost; upconverter |
UA | unmanned aircraft |
UAOBS | upper air observation |
UAR | unconventional assisted recovery |
UARCC | unconventional assisted recovery coordination cell |
UAS | unmanned aircraft system |
UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
UCFF | Unit Type Code Consumption Factors File |
UCMJ | Uniform Code of Military Justice |
UCP | Unified Command Plan |
UCT | underwater construction team |
UDAC | unauthorized disclosure analysis center |
UDC | unit descriptor code |
UDESC | unit description |
UDL | unit deployment list; unit designation list |
UDP | unit deployment program |
UDT | underwater demolition team |
UE | unit equipment |
UEWR | upgraded early warning radar |
UFAC | Underground Facilities Analysis Center |
UFC | Unified Facilities Criteria |
UFO | ultrahigh frequency follow-on |
UFR | unfunded requirement |
UGA | ungoverned area |
UGIRH | Urban Generic Information Requirements Handbook |
UGM-84A | Harpoon |
UGM-96A | Trident I |
UGO | unified geospatial-intelligence operations |
UHF | ultrahigh frequency |
UHV | Upper Huallaga Valley |
UIC | unit identification code |
UICIO | unit identification code information officer |
UIRV | unique interswitch rekeying variable |
UIS | unit identification system |
UJTL | Universal Joint Task List |
UK | United Kingdom |
UK(I) | United Kingdom and Ireland |
ULC | unit level code |
ULF | ultra low frequency |
ULLS | unit level logistics system |
ULN | unit line number |
ULSD | ultra-low sulfur diesel |
UMCC | unit movement control center |
UMCM | underwater mine countermeasures |
UMD | unit manning document; unit movement data |
UMIB | urgent marine information broadcast |
UMMIPS | uniform material movement and issue priority system |
UMO | unit movement officer |
UMPR | unit manpower personnel record |
UMT | unit ministry team |
UN | United Nations |
UN CMCoord | United Nations humanitarian civil-military coordination |
UN-DMT | United Nations disaster management team |
UNAMIR | United Nations Assistance Mission in Rwanda |
UNC | United Nations Command |
UNCLOS | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea |
UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UND | urgency of need designator |
UNDAC | United Nations disaster assessment and coordination |
UNDFS | United Nations Department of Field Support |
UNDHA | United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs |
UNDP | United Nations development programme |
UNDPKO | United Nations Department for Peacekeeping Operations |
UNEF | United Nations emergency force |
UNEP | United Nations environment programme |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
UNHAS | United Nations Humanitarian Air Service |
UNHCHR | United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
UNHCR | United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees |
UNHQ | United Nations Headquarters |
UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
UNIFIL | United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
UNIL | unclassified national information library |
UNITAF | unified task force |
UNITAR | United Nations Institute for Training and Research |
UNITREP | unit status and identity report |
UNJLC | United Nations Joint Logistic Centre |
UNLOC | United Nations logistic course |
UNMEM | United Nations military expert on mission |
UNMIH | United Nations Mission in Haiti |
UNMILPOC | United Nations military police course |
UNMOC | United Naitons military observers course |
UNMOVCC | United Nations movement control course |
UNO | unit number |
UNOCHA | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
UNODIR | unless otherwise directed |
UNOSOM | United Nations Operations in Somalia |
UNPA | United Nations Participation Act |
UNPROFOR | United Nations protection force |
UNREP | underway replenishment |
UNREP CONSOL | underway replenishment consolidation |
UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East |
UNSC | United Nations Security Council |
UNSCR | United Nations Security Council resolution |
UNSG | United Nations Secretary-General |
UNSOC | United Nations staff officers course |
UNTAC | United Nations Transition Authority in Cambodia |
UNTSO | United Nations Truce and Supervision Organization |
UNV | United Nations volunteer |
UOF | use of force |
UON | urgent operational need |
UP&TT | unit personnel and tonnage table |
URDB | user requirements database |
URL | uniform resource locater |
USA | United States Army |
USAB | United States Army barracks |
USACCSA | United States Army Command and Control Support Agency |
USACE | United States Army Corps of Engineers |
USACFSC | United States Army Community and Family Support Center |
USACHPPM | United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine |
USACIDC | United States Army Criminal Investigation Command |
USAEDS | United States Atomic Energy Detection System |
USAF | United States Air Force |
USAFE | United States Air Forces in Europe |
USAFEP | United States Air Force, Europe pamphlet |
USAFLANT | United States Air Force, Atlantic Command |
USAFR | United States Air Force Reserve |
USAFRICOM | United States Africa Command |
USAFSOC | United States Air Force, Special Operations Command |
USAFSOF | United States Air Force, Special Operations Forces |
USAFSOS | United States Air Force Special Operations School |
USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
USAITAC | United States Army Intelligence Threat Analysis Center |
USAJFKSWC | United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center |
USAMC | United States Army Materiel Command |
USAMMA | United States Army Medical Materiel Agency |
USAMPS | United States Army Military Police School |
USAMRICD | United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense |
USAMRIID | United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases |
USAMRMC | United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command |
USANCA | United States Army Nuclear and Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Agency |
USAO | United States Attorney Office |
USAR | United States Army Reserve |
USARCENT | United States Army, Central Command |
USARDECOM | United States Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command |
USAREUR | United States Army, European Command |
USARIEM | United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine |
USARJ | United States Army, Japan |
USARNORTH | United States Army, North |
USARPAC | United States Army, Pacific Command |
USARSO | United States Army, Southern Command |
USASMDC/ARSTRAT | United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command |
USASOC | United States Army Special Operations Command |
USB | upper side band |
USBP | United States Border Patrol |
USC | United States Code; universal service contract |
USCENTAF | United States Central Command Air Forces |
USCENTCOM | United States Central Command |
USCG | United States Coast Guard |
USCGR | United States Coast Guard Reserve |
USCIS | United States Citizenship and Immigration Services |
USCS | United States Cryptologic System; United States Customs Service |
USCYBERCOM | United States Cyber Command |
USD(A&T) | Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology |
USD(AT&L) | Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics |
USD(C/CFO) | Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) |
USD(I) | Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence |
USD(P&R) | Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness |
USD(P) | Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
USD(R&E) | Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering |
USDA | United States Department of Agriculture |
USDAO | United States defense attache office |
USDELMC | United States Delegation to the NATO Military Committee |
USELEMCMOC | United States Element Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center |
USELEMNORAD | United States Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command |
USERID | user identification |
USERRA | Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act |
USEUCOM | United States European Command |
USFF | United States Fleet Forces Command |
USFJ | United States Forces, Japan |
USFK | United States Forces, Korea |
USFORAZORES | United States Forces, Azores |
USFS | United States Forest Service |
USFWS | United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
USG | United States Government |
USGS | United States Geological Survey |
USIA | United States Information Agency |
USIC | United States interdiction coordinator |
USIS | United States Information Service |
USJFCOM | United States Joint Forces Command |
USLANTFLT | United States Atlantic Fleet |
USLO | United States liaison office; United States liaison officer |
USMARFORCENT | United States Marine Component, Central Command |
USMARFORLANT | United States Marine Component, Atlantic Command |
USMARFORNORTH | United States Marine Corps Forces North |
USMARFORPAC | United States Marine Component, Pacific Command |
USMARFORSOUTH | United States Marine Component, Southern Command |
USMC | United States Marine Corps |
USMCEB | United States Military Communications-Electronics Board |
USMCR | United States Marine Corps Reserve |
USMER | United States merchant ship vessel locator reporting system |
USMILGP | United States military group |
USMILREP | United States military representative |
USML | United States Munitions List |
USMOG-W | United States Military Observer Group – Washington |
USMS | United States Marshals Service |
USMTF | United States message text format |
USMTM | United States military training mission |
USN | United States Navy |
USNAVCENT | United States Naval Forces, Central Command |
USNAVEUR | United States Naval Forces, Europe |
USNAVSO | US Naval Forces Southern Command |
USNCB | United States National Central Bureau (INTERPOL) |
USNMR | United States National Military representative |
USNMTG | United States North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Military Terminology Group |
USNO | United States Naval Observatory |
USNORTHCOM | United States Northern Command |
USNR | United States Navy Reserve |
USNS | United States Naval Ship |
USPACAF | United States Air Forces, Pacific Command |
USPACFLT | United States Pacific Fleet |
USPACOM | United States Pacific Command |
USPFO(P&C) | United States Property and Fiscal Office (Purchasing and Contracting) |
USPHS | United States Public Health Service |
USPS | United States Postal Service |
USREPMC | United States representative to the military committee (NATO) |
USSOCOM | United States Special Operations Command |
USSOUTHAF | United States Air Force, Southern Command |
USSOUTHCOM | United States Southern Command |
USSS | United States Secret Service (TREAS); United States Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) System |
USSTRATCOM | United States Strategic Command |
USTRANSCOM | United States Transportation Command |
USUN | United States Mission to the United Nations |
USW | undersea warfare |
USW/USWC | undersea warfare and/or undersea warfare commander |
USYG | under secretary general |
UT1 | unit trainer; Universal Time |
UTC | Coordinated Universal Time; unit type code |
UTM | universal transverse mercator |
UTO | unit table of organization |
UTR | underwater tracking range |
UUV | unmanned underwater vehicle; unmanned underwater vessel |
UVEPROM | ultraviolet erasable programmable read-only memory |
UW | unconventional warfare |
UWOA | unconventional warfare operating area |
UXO | unexploded explosive ordnance; unexploded ordnance |
V | search and rescue unit ground speed; sector pattern; volt |
v | velocity of target drift |
V&A | valuation and availability |
V/STOL | vertical and/or short takeoff and landing aircraft |
VA | Veterans Administration; victim advocate; vulnerability assessment |
VAAP | vulnerability assessment and assistance program |
VAC | volts, alternating current |
VARVAL | vessel arrival data, list of vessels available to marine safety offices and captains of the port |
VAT B | visibility (in miles), amount (of clouds, in eighths), (height of cloud) top (in thousands of feet), (height of cloud) base (in thousands of feet) |
VBIED | vehicle-borne improvised explosive device |
VBS | visit, board, search |
VBSS | visit, board, search, and seizure |
VCC | voice communications circuit |
VCG | virtual coordination group |
VCJCS | Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
VCNOG | Vice Chairman, Nuclear Operations Group |
VCO | voltage controlled oscillator |
VCOPG | Vice Chairman, Operations Planners Group |
VCR | violent crime report |
VCXO | voltage controlled crystal oscillator; voltage controlled oscillator |
VDC | volts, direct current |
VDJS | Vice Director, Joint Staff |
VDL | video downlink |
VDR | voice digitization rate |
VDS | video subsystem |
VDSD | visual distress signaling device |
VDU | visual display unit |
VDUC | visual display unit controller |
VE | vertical error |
VEE | Venezuelan equine encephalitis |
VEH | vehicle; vehicular cargo |
VEO | violent extremist organization |
VERTREP | vertical replenishment |
VF | voice frequency |
VFR | visual flight rules |
VFS | validating flight surgeon |
VFTG | voice frequency telegraph |
VHF | very high frequency |
VI | visual information |
VICE | advice |
VID | visual identification; visual identification information display |
VINSON | encrypted ultrahigh frequency communications system |
VIP | very important person; visual information processor |
VIRS | verbally initiated release system |
VIS | visual imaging system |
VISA | Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement |
VISOBS | visual observer |
VIXS | video information exchange system |
VLA | vertical line array; visual landing aid |
VLF | very low frequency |
VLR | very-long-range aircraft |
VMap | vector map |
VMAQ | Marine tactical electronic warfare squadron |
VMC | visual meteorological conditions |
VMF | variable message format |
VMGR | Marine aerial refueler and transport squadron |
VMI | vendor managed inventory |
VNTK | target vulnerability indicator designating degree of hardness; susceptibility of blast; and K-factor |
VO | validation office |
VOCODER | voice encoder |
VOCU | voice orderwire control unit |
VOD | vertical onboard delivery |
vol | volume |
VOL | volunteer |
VOLS | vertical optical landing system |
VOR | very high frequency omnidirectional range station |
VORTAC | very high frequency omnidirectional range station and/or tactical air navigation |
VOX | voice actuation (keying) |
VP | video processor |
VPB | version planning board |
VPD | version planning document |
VPV | virtual prime vendor |
VS | sector single-unit |
VS&PT | vehicle summary and priority table |
VSG | virtual support group |
VSP | voice selection panel |
VSR | sector single-unit radar |
VSW | very shallow water |
VTA | voluntary tanker agreement |
VTC | video teleconferencing |
VTOL | vertical takeoff and landing |
VTOL-UAS | vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft system |
VTOL-UAV | vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle |
VTS | vessel traffic service |
VTT | video teletraining |
VU | volume unit |
VV&A | verification, validation, and accreditation |
VV&C | verification, validation, and certification |
VX | nerve agent (O-Ethyl S-Diisopropylaminomethyl Methylphosphonothiolate) |
W | sweep width |
w | search subarea width |
WAAR | Wartime Aircraft Activity Report |
WACBE | World Area Code Basic Encyclopedia |
WADS | Western Air Defense Sector |
WAGB | icebreaker (USCG) |
WAI | weather area of interest |
WAN | wide-area network |
WANGO | World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations |
WARM | wartime reserve mode |
WARNORD | warning order |
WARP | web-based access and retrieval portal |
WAS | wide area surveillance |
WASP | war air service program |
WATCHCON | watch condition |
WB | wideband |
WBGTI | wet bulb globe temperature index |
WBIED | waterborne improvised explosive device |
WC | wind current |
WCA | water clearance authority |
WCCS | Wing Command and Control System |
WCDO | War Consumables Distribution Objective |
WCE | weapons of mass destruction coordination element |
WCO | World Customs Organization |
WCS | weapons control status |
WDCO | well deck control officer |
WDT | warning and display terminal |
WEAX | weather facsimile |
Web SM | Web scheduling and movement |
WES | weapon engagement status |
WETM | weather team |
WEU | Western European Union |
WEZ | weapon engagement zone |
WFE | warfighting environment |
WFP | World Food Programme (UN) |
WG | working group |
WGS | Wideband Global Satellite Communications; World Geodetic System |
WGS 84 | World Geodetic System 1984 |
WH | wounded due to hostilities |
WHEC | high-endurance cutter (USCG) |
WHNRS | wartime host-nation religious support |
WHNS | wartime host-nation support |
WHNSIMS | Wartime Host Nation Support Information Management System |
WHO | World Health Organization (UN) |
WIA | wounded in action |
WISDIM | Warfighting and Intelligence Systems Dictionary for Information Management |
WISP | Wartime Information Security Program |
WIT | weapons intelligence team |
WLG | Washington Liaison Group |
WMD | weapons of mass destruction |
WMD CM | weapons of mass destruction consequence management |
WMD-CST | weapons of mass destruction-civil support team |
WMD-E | weapons of mass destruction-elimination |
WMEC | Coast Guard medium-endurance cutter |
WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
WMP | Air Force War and Mobilization Plan; War and Mobilization Plan |
WOC | wing operations center (USAF) |
WOD | wind-over deck; word-of-day |
WORM | write once read many |
WOT | war on terrorism |
WP | white phosphorous; working party; Working Party (NATO) |
WPA | water jet propulsion assembly |
WPAL | wartime personnel allowance list |
WPARR | War Plans Additive Requirements Roster |
WPB | Coast Guard patrol boat |
WPC | Washington Planning Center |
WPM | words per minute |
WPN | weapon |
WPR | War Powers Resolution |
WR | war reserve; weapon radius |
WRA | Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (DOS); weapons release authority |
WRAIR | Walter Reed Army Institute of Research |
WRC | World Radiocommunication Conference |
WRL | weapons release line |
WRM | war reserve materiel |
WRMS | war reserve materiel stock |
WRR | weapons response range (as well as wpns release rg) |
WRS | war reserve stock |
WRSA | war reserve stocks for allies |
WRSK | war readiness spares kit; war reserve spares kit |
WS | weather squadron |
WSE | weapon support equipment |
WSES | surface effect ship (USCG) |
WSESRB | Weapon System Explosive Safety Review Board |
WSM | waterspace management |
WSR | weapon system reliability |
WSV | weapons system video |
WT | warping tug; weight |
WTCA | water terminal clearance authority |
WTCT | weapons of mass destruction technical collection team |
WTI | weapons technical intelligence |
WTLO | water terminal logistic office |
Wu | uncorrected sweep width |
WVRD | World Vision Relief and Development, Inc. |
WWABNCP | worldwide airborne command post |
WWII | World War II |
WWSVCS | Worldwide Secure Voice Conferencing System |
WWX | worldwide express |
WX | weather |
X | initial position error |
XCDS | Extracted Container Delivery System |
XCVR | transceiver |
XMPP | extensible messaging and presence protocol |
XO | executive officer |
XSB | barrier single unit |
Y | search and rescue unit (SRU) error |
YR | year |
Z | zulu |
z | effort |
ZF | zone of fire |
Zt | total available effort |
ZULU | time zone indicator for Universal Time |