A Sampling of Abbreviations With Numbers A - RAND Corporation
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A <strong>Sampling</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Abbreviations</strong><br />
The contents <strong>of</strong> this list are not intended to be comprehensive an many resources are available, such as the following:<br />
DoD Dictionary <strong>of</strong> Military Terms: Online at http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/index.html<br />
Air Force Dictionary (AFDD 1-2): download from http://www.e-publishing.af.mil/<br />
<strong>With</strong> <strong>Numbers</strong><br />
1LT first lieutenant [U.S. Army]<br />
1st Lt first lieutenant [U.S. Air Force]<br />
1stLt. first lieutenant [Marine Corps]<br />
2LT second lieutenant [U.S. Army]<br />
2nd Lt second lieutenant [U.S. Air Force]<br />
2ndLt. second lieutenant [Marine Corps]<br />
A<br />
A aluminum [element]<br />
Å angstrom<br />
ampere (electricity, SI unit)<br />
A.B. artium baccalaureus (bachelor <strong>of</strong> arts)<br />
a.k.a. also known as<br />
A.M. artium magister (master <strong>of</strong> arts)<br />
a.m. ante meridiem, morning<br />
A/DACG Arrival and Departure Airfield Control Group<br />
A/J antijam<br />
A 2 C 2 Army Airspace Command and Control<br />
A 2 C 2 S Army Aviation Command and Control System<br />
AA Automated Association Module<br />
AA Armed Forces Americas (except Canada) [USPS]<br />
AAA Army Audit Agency<br />
antiaircraft artillery<br />
AAAS American Association for the Advancement <strong>of</strong> Science<br />
AAC Activity Address Code<br />
Army Acquisition Corps<br />
Army Air Corps (UK Military)<br />
AACA Army Airlift Clearance Authority<br />
AADPA Assistant Associate Director for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs<br />
AAE Army Acquisition Executive<br />
AAFES Army and Air Force Exchange System<br />
AAI Automatic AUTODIN Interface<br />
[also the name <strong>of</strong> a corporation]<br />
AALPS Automated Air Load Planning System<br />
AAM air-to-air missile
AAN Army After Next<br />
AAO Army Acquisition Objectives<br />
Authorized Acquisition Objective [U.S. Army]<br />
AAPPES Army Automation Planning, Programming, and Evaluation System<br />
AAR After Action Report<br />
AAWS Advanced Anti-tank Weapon System<br />
AB Alberta [USPS]<br />
ABC activity-based costing [Army]<br />
ABCCC Airborne Command and Control Center<br />
Airborne Command Control and Communications<br />
ABCS Army Battle Command System<br />
ABF asset balance file<br />
ABIC Army Battlefield Interface Concept<br />
ABIDES Automated Budget Interactive Data Environmental System<br />
ABIT Airborne Information Transmission [system]<br />
ABL Airborne Laser<br />
ABM antiballistic missile<br />
Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty<br />
ABO Army Budget <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
ABP Air Battle Plan<br />
AC active component<br />
Ac actinium<br />
AC&I acquisition, construction, and improvements<br />
AC 2 MP Army Command and Control Master Plan<br />
ACAS Air Carrier Analysis System<br />
Airlift Cycle Assessment System<br />
ACC Air Combat Command<br />
ACCMP Aircraft Carrier Continuous Maintenance Program<br />
ACCS Army Command and Control System<br />
ACDA U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency<br />
ACE Allied Command Europe<br />
Army Corps <strong>of</strong> Engineers<br />
ACES Army Continuing Education System<br />
ACHP Advisory Council on Historic Preservation<br />
ACI Automated Carrier Interface<br />
ACI&C Arms Control Implementation and Compliance<br />
ACL Allowable Cabin Load<br />
ACLDB Army Central Logistics Data Bank<br />
ACN airborne communications node<br />
ACNO Assistant Chief <strong>of</strong> Naval Operations<br />
ACO airspace control order<br />
administrative contracting <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
ACOE Army Common Operating Environment<br />
ACOM Atlantic Command<br />
ACP Asset Capitalization Program<br />
ACPC Arroyo Center Policy Committee [<strong>RAND</strong>]<br />
ACQN acquisition<br />
ACR armored cavalry regiment<br />
ACRI African Crisis Response Initiative<br />
ACS Advanced Communications Systems, Inc.<br />
Asset Control System<br />
Assistant Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff<br />
ACSA Allied Communications Security Agency [NATO]
ACTD advanced concept technology demonstration<br />
ACTH adrenocorticotropic hormone<br />
ACTO Army Communicative Technology Office<br />
ad lib. at will<br />
ADA Air Defense Artillery<br />
ADAMS Automated Disaster Assistance Management System<br />
ADANS Airlift Deployment Analysis System<br />
ADI Air Defense Initiative<br />
ADM admiral<br />
ADMRU Aviation Depot Maintenance Roundout Unit [U.S. Air Force]<br />
ADO Army Digitization Office<br />
ADP Automated Data Processing<br />
ADPE Automated Data Processing Equipment<br />
ADPMIS ADP Management Information System [U.S. Air Force]<br />
ADPR Automated Data Processing Resources<br />
ADS Airspace Deconfliction S<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
ADS-A Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Addressed<br />
ADS-B Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast<br />
ADSIA Allied Data Systems Implementation Agency [NATO]<br />
ADT Active Duty for Training<br />
ADT Architecture Development Team [U.S. Air Force]<br />
ADTLP Army Doctrinal Training and Literature Program<br />
ADUSD(SCI) Assistant Deputy Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense, Supply Chain Integration<br />
AE Aeromedical Evacuation<br />
Armed Forces Africa [USPS]<br />
Armed Forces Canada [USPS]<br />
Armed Forces Europe [USPS]<br />
Armed Forces Middle East [USPS]<br />
AEA Automation Economic Analysis<br />
AEC Agency Emergency Coordinators<br />
AECC Aeromedical Evacuation Control Center<br />
AECE Aeromedical Evacuation Control Element<br />
AECM Aeromedical Evacuation Crew Members<br />
AEELS Automatic ELINT Emitter Location System<br />
AEF air expeditionary force<br />
AELT Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Team<br />
AES Aeromedical Evacuation System<br />
AESA active electronically steered array<br />
AESRS Army Equipment Status Reporting System<br />
AEW airborne early warning<br />
AF Air Force<br />
AF/SC Assistant Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff for Systems for C 4 [U.S. Air Force] 1<br />
AF/SMC Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center<br />
AFA Air Force Association<br />
AFADS Automatic Force Adjustment Data System<br />
AFAG Air Force Advisory Group<br />
AFAISRC Air Force Automated Information Systems Review Council<br />
AFAS Advanced Field Artillery System [U.S. Army]<br />
1 A note on superscripts: A supercript in an abbreviation (as opposed to math) indicates that the<br />
spelled-out version <strong>of</strong> the term has as many words in it beginning with the given letter as the number<br />
denotes. In this case, C 4 stands for “command, control, communication, and computers.” In recent<br />
years, the numeral has more <strong>of</strong>ten not been superscripted; this is acceptable, although not traditional.
AFATDS Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System<br />
AFB air force base<br />
Aflatoxin B1<br />
AFB1<br />
AFCA Air Force Communications Agency<br />
AFCAC Air Force Computer Acquisition Center<br />
AFCC Air Force Communications Command<br />
AFCEA Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association<br />
AFCSIO Air Force Communications-Computers Systems Integration Office<br />
AFDC Aid to Families with Dependent Children<br />
AFDD Air Force Doctrine Document<br />
AFDIS Air Force Dial-In System<br />
AFFOR Air Force Forces<br />
AFFSA Air Force Flight Safety Agency<br />
Aflatoxin G1<br />
AFG1<br />
AFIF Air Force Industrial Fund<br />
AFIP Armed Forces Institute <strong>of</strong> Pathology<br />
AFIS American Forces Information Service<br />
AFIT Air Force Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology<br />
AFLC Air Force Logistics Command<br />
AFLMA Air Force Logistics Management Agency<br />
AFM Air Force Manual<br />
AFMC Air Force Materiel Command<br />
AFMIS Army Food Management Information System<br />
AFMSS Air Force Mission Support System<br />
AFP Air Force pamphlet<br />
AFRES Air Force Reserve<br />
AFRL Air Force Research Laboratory<br />
AFSAB Air Force Science Advisory Board<br />
AFSATCOM Air Force Satellite Communications<br />
AFSC Air Force Systems Command<br />
AFSCC Air Force Service Component Commander<br />
AFSCN Air Force Satellite Control Network<br />
AFSPC Air Force Space Command<br />
AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area<br />
AFV Armored Fighting Vehicle<br />
Ag silver [element]<br />
AGCCS Army Global Command and Control System<br />
AGCT Army General Classification Test<br />
AGI Auxiliary General Intelligence (Russian intelligence-gathering ship)<br />
AGL above ground level<br />
AGM Air-to-Ground Missile<br />
AGS Alliance Ground Surveillance<br />
armored gun system<br />
AHC Automated Headcount<br />
AHMDS Army Hazardous Materials Data System<br />
AHQ air headquarters<br />
AHS Academy <strong>of</strong> Health Sciences<br />
AI artificial intelligence<br />
AI&T assembly, integration, and test<br />
AIA Army Information Architecture<br />
AIAA American Institute <strong>of</strong> Aeronautics and Astronautics<br />
AID Agency for International Development<br />
AIDS acquired immune deficiency syndrome
AIEP Army Ideas for Excellence Program<br />
AIM Acquisition Information Management<br />
Air Interception Missile<br />
AIMC Army Information Management Council<br />
AIP ASARS Improvement Program<br />
AIRS AMDF Interrogation and Retrieval System<br />
AIS automated information system<br />
AISARC Automated Information Systems Acquisition Review Council [U.S. Air Force]<br />
AIT automatic identification technology<br />
AJ antijam<br />
AK Alaska [USPS]<br />
AKA also known as<br />
AL Alabama [USPS]<br />
ALA Army Logistics Assessment<br />
Ala. Alabama [traditional]<br />
Alaska Alaska [traditional]<br />
ALA-X Army Logistics Assessment–Extended<br />
ALBM air-to-land ballistic missile<br />
ALC Acquisition Logistics Center (Army LOGSA)<br />
ALCC airlift control center<br />
ALCE airlift control element<br />
ALCM-C Air-Launched Cruise Missile-Conventional<br />
ALLA Allied Long Lines Agency [NATO]<br />
ALMARS All Marine Messages<br />
ALMC Army Logistics Management College<br />
ALMSA Automated Logistics Management Systems Activity [U.S. Army]<br />
ALO air-land operation<br />
ALOC air line <strong>of</strong> communication<br />
ALPS Automated Labor and Production System<br />
ALT administrative lead time<br />
Alta. Alberta [traditional]<br />
AM air marshal<br />
amplitude modulation<br />
Am americium [element]<br />
Amb. ambassador<br />
AMC Air Mobility Command [U.S. Air Force]<br />
Army Materiel Command<br />
AMCISS AMC Standard Installation Supply System<br />
AMCL Approved MILSTRIP Change Letter<br />
AMDF Army Master Data File<br />
AME air mobility element<br />
AMEDDPAS Army Medical Department Property Accounting System<br />
AMMO ammunition<br />
AMOPES Army Mobilization and Operations Planning and Execution System<br />
AMP Army Materiel Plan<br />
AMPE Automated Message Processing Exchange<br />
AMRAAM advanced medium-range air-to-air missile<br />
AMRCOM Armament Materiel Readiness Command [U.S. Army]<br />
AMS Aerial Measuring System<br />
Automated Manifest System<br />
AMSA Area Maintenance Support Activities<br />
AMSAA Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity<br />
AMSS Army Materiel Status System
AMTI airborne moving target indication<br />
AN Alpha Numeric<br />
ANC Army Nurse Corps<br />
ANCA Allied Naval Communications Agency [NATO]<br />
ANG Air National Guard<br />
anon. anonymous<br />
ANSI American National Standards Institute<br />
ANSRS Automated Nonstandard Requisitioning System [U.S. Navy]<br />
AO area <strong>of</strong> operations<br />
AOA angle <strong>of</strong> arrival<br />
AOAP Army Oil Analysis Program<br />
AOC air operations center<br />
AOD area oriented depot<br />
AODM/S Area Oriented Depot Modernization and Standardization<br />
AOE Army <strong>of</strong> Excellence<br />
AOG aircraft on the ground<br />
AOL authorized level <strong>of</strong> organization [U.S. Army]<br />
AOP Army Order <strong>of</strong> Precedence<br />
AOR area <strong>of</strong> responsibility<br />
AP assembly point<br />
Armed Forces Pacific [USPS]<br />
APA American Psychiatric Association<br />
Army Prepositioned Afloat<br />
APC armored personnel carrier<br />
APE area <strong>of</strong> potential effect<br />
API application programming interface<br />
APML Assistant Program Managers for Logistics [U.S. Army]<br />
APO Army Post Office<br />
APOD aerial port <strong>of</strong> debarkation (<strong>of</strong>fload)<br />
APOE aerial port <strong>of</strong> embarkation (onload)<br />
app. appendix<br />
APPS Automated Publications Production System<br />
apps. appendixes<br />
APS Advanced Planning System<br />
American Physical Society<br />
AR Army Regulation<br />
Arkansas [USPS]<br />
Ar argon [element]<br />
ARA Assigned Responsible Agency<br />
ARC Accounting Requirements Code<br />
Air Reserve Component<br />
American Red Cross<br />
ARCENT Army Component Commanders, Central Command<br />
ARCH Architecture<br />
ARCOM Army Reserve Command<br />
ARDEC Army Armament RD&E Center; Picatinny Arsenal, NJ<br />
ARES Amateur Radio Emergency Service<br />
ARF ASEAN Regional Forum<br />
ARFA Allied Radio Frequencies Agency [NATO]<br />
ARFOR Army Forces<br />
ARG amphibious ready group<br />
ARI Army Research Institute<br />
ARIL Automatic Return Item List
Ariz. Arizona [traditional]<br />
Ark. Arkansas [traditional]<br />
ARL Army Research Laboratory<br />
ARMS AMDF Retrieval Micr<strong>of</strong>orm System<br />
ARNG Army National Guard<br />
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency<br />
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network<br />
ARRC Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps (UK Military)<br />
ARSPACE Army Space Command<br />
art. article<br />
ARTCC Air Route Traffic Control Center<br />
arts. articles<br />
ARVN Army <strong>of</strong> the Republic <strong>of</strong> Vietnam<br />
AS antiscintillation<br />
antispo<strong>of</strong>ing<br />
American Samoa [USPS]<br />
As arsenic [element]<br />
ASAC Automated System for Army Commissaries<br />
ASAFM Assistant Secretary Army Financial Management<br />
ASARC Army Systems Acquisition Review Council<br />
ASARDA Assistant Secretary Army Research Development Acquisition<br />
ASARS Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System<br />
ASAS All Source Analysis System<br />
ASAT antisatellite<br />
Army Kinetic Energy Anti-Satellite program<br />
ASATMS Army Security Assistance Training Management System<br />
ASB Army Science Board<br />
ASC Army Service Component<br />
ASCC Army Service Component Command<br />
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange<br />
ASCM antiship cruise missile<br />
ASD application system developer<br />
ASD(HA) Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Health Affairs<br />
ASD(HD) Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Homeland Defense<br />
ASD(ISA) Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for International Security Affairs<br />
ASD(LA) Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Legislative Affairs<br />
ASD(NII/DoD Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Networks and Information Integration/Chief Information Officer<br />
CIO)<br />
ASD(PA) Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Public Affairs<br />
ASD(RA) Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Reserve Affairs<br />
ASD(SO/LIC) Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict<br />
ASD(IO) Assistant to the Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Intelligence Oversight<br />
ASEAN Association <strong>of</strong> Southeast Asian Nations<br />
ASF Army Stock Fund<br />
ASH Assistant Secretary for Health, Department <strong>of</strong> Health and Human Services<br />
ASHRAE American Society <strong>of</strong> Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers<br />
ASI additional skill identifier<br />
ASIM Automated Security Incident Measurement<br />
ASIMS Army Standard Information Management System<br />
ASIOE Associated Support Items <strong>of</strong> Equipment<br />
ASIP Army Stationing and Installation Plan<br />
ASL Authorized (or Assigned) Stockage List<br />
ASLP Army Strategic Logistics Plan
ASME American Society <strong>of</strong> Mechanical Engineers<br />
ASMFC Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission<br />
ASMP Army Strategic Mobility Program<br />
ASMRO Armed Services Medical Regulating Office [DoD]<br />
ASN Army Serial Number<br />
assistant secretary <strong>of</strong> the Navy<br />
ASNFM Assistant Secretary Navy Financial Management<br />
ASOC Air Support Operations Center<br />
ASP Ammunition Supply Point [U.S. Army]<br />
ASPG Army Strategic Planning Guidance<br />
ASPJ Airborne Self Protection Jammer (Marine)<br />
ASPUR Automated System for Processing Unit Requirements<br />
ASSIST Automated Systems Security Incident Support Team (DoD)<br />
assoc. associate<br />
ASSSC Automated Self Service Supply Center<br />
ASST C/S Assistant Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff<br />
asst. assistant<br />
ASTERX [a commercial e-mail system used in CTAPS]<br />
ASTM American Society for Testing Materials<br />
ASTMP Army Science and Technology Master Plan<br />
AT along track<br />
At astatine [element]<br />
AT&L Acquisition Technology & Logistics<br />
ATAC-AF Advanced Traceability and Control for Air Force<br />
ATACC Advanced Tactical Air Command Central<br />
ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System<br />
ATACS Army Tactical Communications System<br />
ATB Advanced Training Base<br />
ATC Aberdeen Test Center [U.S. Army]<br />
air traffic control<br />
ATCA Allied Tactical Communications Agency [NATO]<br />
ATCCS Army Tactical Command and Control System<br />
ATCIS Automated Tool Control and Inventory System<br />
ATCL Army TRADOC CASCOM Lee (Ft. Lee)<br />
ATCMD Advance Transportation Control and Movement Document<br />
ATCOM Aviation and Troop Command [U.S. Army]<br />
ATD Advanced Technology Demonstrations<br />
ATF Bureau <strong>of</strong> Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms<br />
ATGM Anti-Tank Guided Missile<br />
ATHS Automatic Target Hand-<strong>of</strong>f System<br />
ATLASS Asset Tracking for Logistics and Supply System [Marine Corps]<br />
ATM asynchronous transfer mode<br />
Airborne Topographic Mapper<br />
air traffic management<br />
atm atmosphere<br />
ATMCT Air Terminal Movement Control Team<br />
ATN air traffic notice<br />
ATO air tasking order<br />
ATP Acquisition and Technology Policy Center (NSRD)<br />
ATP Ammunition Transfer Point [U.S. Army]<br />
ATPC Automatic Transmit Power Control<br />
ATR automatic target recognition<br />
ATRRS Army Training Resources and Requirements System
Atty. attorney<br />
Atty. Gen. attorney general<br />
Au gold [element]<br />
AUC average unit cost<br />
AUEL Automated Unit Equipment List<br />
AUS Army <strong>of</strong> the United States<br />
AUTO Automated<br />
AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network<br />
AUTOROS Automated Retail Outlet System<br />
AUTOVON Automatic Voice Network<br />
AV Asset Visibility<br />
Ave. avenue<br />
AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System<br />
AWDS Automated Weather Distribution System<br />
AWE Advanced Warfighting Experiments<br />
AWGN additive white gaussian noise<br />
AWN Automated Weather Network<br />
AWOL absent without leave<br />
AWP awaiting parts<br />
Az azimuth<br />
AZ Arizona [USPS]<br />
B<br />
B boron [element]<br />
B&P bid and proposal<br />
B.A. bachelor <strong>of</strong> arts<br />
B.C. British Columbia [traditional]<br />
B.S. bachelor <strong>of</strong> science<br />
B/O back ordered<br />
Ba barium [element]<br />
BAI battlefield air interdiction<br />
BARCAP barrier combat air patrol<br />
BAS Battlefield Automated Systems<br />
BASN Bay Area Services Network (substance abuse)<br />
BAT Brilliant Anti-Tank (munition)<br />
BBS Bulletin Board System<br />
BC British Columbia [USPS]<br />
BCAS Base Contracting Automated System<br />
BCE battlefield coordination element<br />
BCM basic capability modules<br />
BCR Battlefield Communications Review<br />
BCT Brigade Combat Team [U.S. Army]<br />
BD Battlefield Distribution<br />
BDA battle damage assessment<br />
BDA bomb damage assessment<br />
BDAR battle damage assessment and repair<br />
BDE brigade<br />
Be beryllium [element]<br />
BEA Bureau <strong>of</strong> Economic Analysis<br />
BEQ Best Estimated Quantity<br />
BER bit error rate
BFA Battlefield Functional Area<br />
BFACS Battlefield Functional Area Control Systems<br />
BFD Baseline Force Density<br />
bfe base flood elevation<br />
BFP Baseline Force Package<br />
BG brigadier general [U.S. Army]<br />
BGen. brigadier general [Marine Corps]<br />
Bi bismuth [element]<br />
BIA Bureau <strong>of</strong> Indian Affairs<br />
BIFC Boise Interagency Fire Center<br />
BII Basic Issue Items<br />
BIS Battlefield Information Services [U.S. Army]<br />
BITS Battlefield Information Transmission System (Army-CECOM)<br />
Bk berkelium [element]<br />
BLAST blocked asynchronous transmission [compression protocol]<br />
Bldg. building<br />
BLM Bureau <strong>of</strong> Land Management<br />
BLOS beyond line <strong>of</strong> sight<br />
BLS Bureau <strong>of</strong> Labor Statistics<br />
Blvd. boulevard<br />
BM Battle Management<br />
BMCT Branch Movement Control System<br />
BMD ballistic missile defense<br />
BMDO Ballistic Missile Defense Organization<br />
BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System<br />
BMO Biometrics Management Office<br />
BMP Boevaya Mashina Pekhota (Russian designation for infantry fighting vehicle)<br />
BN battalion<br />
BNC Bayonet Navy Connector<br />
BOA basic ordering agreement<br />
board <strong>of</strong> advisors<br />
BOP Bureau <strong>of</strong> Prisons<br />
BOR Bureau <strong>of</strong> Reclamation<br />
BPI boost-phase intercept<br />
BPS bits per second<br />
BPSK binary phase shift keying<br />
Br bromine [element]<br />
Br. brother<br />
BRAC base realignment and closures<br />
Brig Gen brigadier general [U.S. Air Force]<br />
BRL Ballistic Research Laboratory [U.S. Army]<br />
Bros. brothers<br />
BSA brigade support area<br />
BSD battlefield situation display<br />
BSF Bell Shock Force<br />
BSM business systems modernization<br />
BSS Brigade Support System<br />
BTU British thermal unit<br />
BUR Bottom-Up Review<br />
BW beamwidth<br />
BWO backward-wave oscillator
C<br />
C carbon [element]<br />
c curie<br />
coulomb (derived SI unit)<br />
C.C.A. Circuit Court <strong>of</strong> Appeals<br />
C.O.D. cash on delivery<br />
C.P.A. certified public accountant<br />
C/A course acquisition<br />
C 2 command and control<br />
C 2 V Command and Control Vehicle<br />
C 3 command, control, and communications<br />
C 3 A command, control, communications, and automation<br />
C 3 I command, control, communications, and intelligence<br />
C 3 ISR command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance<br />
C 4 command, control, communications, and computers<br />
C 4 I command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence<br />
C 4 ISR command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance<br />
C 4 RDP C 4 Requirements Definition Process<br />
CA civil affairs<br />
commercial activities<br />
California [USPS]<br />
Ca calcium [element]<br />
ca. about, circa [refers to an approximate time, usually but not always in years]<br />
CAA the Clean Air Act<br />
Command Arrangement Agreement<br />
CAAA the Clean Air Act Amendments<br />
CAAS Contract Advisory and Asst Services<br />
CAB Civil Aeronautics Board<br />
CAC combined arms center<br />
CACDA Combined Arms Combat Development Activity [U.S. Army]<br />
CAD Computer Aided Design<br />
CAEMS Computer Aided Embarkation Management System [Marine Corps]<br />
CAFE Corporate Average Fuel Economy<br />
CAFMS Computer Assisted Force Management System<br />
CAFWSP Combat Air Forces Weather S<strong>of</strong>tware Program<br />
CAG Concept Action Group<br />
CAGE commercial and government entity<br />
CAGEC Commercial and Government Entity Code<br />
CAIMS Conventional Ammunition Information Management System<br />
CAISI CSS Automated Information Systems Interface<br />
CAIV cost as an independent variable (acquisitions)<br />
Cal/EPA California Environmental Protection Agency<br />
CALCM conventional air-launched cruise missile<br />
Calif. California [traditional]<br />
CALMS Computer Aided Load Manifesting System [Marine Corps]<br />
CALS Computer Aided Logistics Support<br />
CalWORKs California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids<br />
CAM Chemical Agent Monitor (a UK detection device)<br />
CAM centralized asset management<br />
CAMIS Crisis Action Management System<br />
CAMO-PAC Central Ammunition Management Office-Pacific
CAMS Core Automated Maintenance System<br />
CAP combat air patrol<br />
community advisory panel<br />
Civil Air Patrol<br />
crisis action planning<br />
CAPS Consolidated Aerial Port System [U.S. Army]<br />
CAPT captain [U.S. Navy]<br />
Capt captain [U.S. Air Force]<br />
Capt. captain [Marine Corps]<br />
CAR congressional affairs representative<br />
CARS Contingency Airborne Reconnaissance System<br />
CARTS CONUS Automated Rate System<br />
CAS close air support<br />
CAS 3 Combined Arms and Services Staff School<br />
CASA Cost Analysis Strategy Assessment [U.S. Army]<br />
CASCOM Combined Arms Support Command [U.S. Army]<br />
CASE computer-aided s<strong>of</strong>tware engineering<br />
CAT crisis action team<br />
CATEX categorical exclusion<br />
CATS combined arms training strategy<br />
CAV commercial asset visibility<br />
CB chemical and biological<br />
CBO Congressional Budget Office<br />
CBP Chesapeake Bay Program<br />
CBRS Combat Based Requirements System [U.S. Army]<br />
CBS-X Continuing Balance System - Expanded [U.S. Army]<br />
CBT combat<br />
CBU cluster bomb unit<br />
CBW chemical and biological weapons<br />
CC crisis counseling<br />
cc cubic centimeter (medicine)<br />
CC&D camouflage, concealment, and deception<br />
CCAAWP Central Collection Activity for the Army Warranty Program<br />
CCAFS Cape Canaveral Air Force Station<br />
CCB configuration control board<br />
CCC Commodity Credit <strong>Corporation</strong><br />
CCEP Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program<br />
CCIR commander’s critical information requirements<br />
CCN carton control number<br />
CCP casualty collection point<br />
CCPC Civil Communications Planning Committee [NATO]<br />
CCPDS Command Center Processing and Display System [U.S. Air Force]<br />
CCPR Consolidation and Containerization Point Receipt (Army LIF)<br />
CCPS Consolidation and Containerization Point Ship (Army LIF)<br />
CCS command and control system<br />
CCSS commodity command standard system<br />
CCT combat control team<br />
CD consolidation and distribution<br />
Cd cadmium [element]<br />
cd candela (SI unit)<br />
CDA catalog data activity [U.S. Army]<br />
CDB communications database<br />
CDBG community development block grant
CDC Centers for Disease Control [U.S. Public Health Service]<br />
child development center<br />
Combat Development Command<br />
CDCP central data collection point<br />
CDDB central demand database<br />
CDDP cataloging distribution data processing<br />
CDERA Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency<br />
CDL common data link<br />
CDLAMP Center for Defense Leadership and Management Program<br />
CDMA code division multiple access<br />
CDPD cellular digital packet data<br />
CDR commander<br />
critical design review<br />
CDRG Catastrophic Disaster Response Group<br />
CDRL Contract Data Requirements List [U.S. Army]<br />
CD-ROM compact disc-read only memory<br />
CDSS California Department <strong>of</strong> Social Services<br />
CDTI cockpit display <strong>of</strong> traffic information<br />
Ce cerium [element]<br />
CEAC Cost and Economic Analysis Center [U.S. Army]<br />
CEAMA Center for Euro-Atlantic Military Analysis<br />
CEC Cooperative Engagement Capability<br />
CECOM Communications-Electronics Command [U.S. Army]<br />
CEGE Combat Equipment Group Europe<br />
CENTAF Central Command Air Forces<br />
CENTCOM U.S. Central Command (formerly RDF)<br />
CEO Communications-Electronics Office (ISMO)<br />
CEP circular error probable<br />
Concept Evaluation Program<br />
CEPPO Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office<br />
CEQ Council <strong>of</strong> Environmental Quality<br />
CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act<br />
CERDEC Communications-Electronics R&D and Engineering Center<br />
CERT computer emergency response team<br />
CEVR circular equivalent vulnerability radius<br />
CEWI combat electronic warfare intelligence<br />
Cf californium [element]<br />
cf. compare<br />
CFE contractor furnished equipment<br />
CFE Conventional Forces in Europe Agreement [NATO treaty]<br />
CFLS Cross Functional Logistics System<br />
CFM contractor furnished material<br />
CONUS Freight Management<br />
CFMS CONUS Freight Management System<br />
CFR Code <strong>of</strong> Federal Regulations<br />
CFS Center for Standards (JIEO)<br />
container freight station<br />
CFT contractor field team<br />
CG commanding general<br />
CGO cargo<br />
CGS continental ground station<br />
CGSC Command and General Staff College [U.S. Army]<br />
CGTS Coast Guard Telecommunications System
ch. chapter<br />
CHAMPUS Civilian Health and Medical Program <strong>of</strong> the Uniformed Services<br />
ChE Cholinesterase<br />
CHIP Children’s Health Insurance Program<br />
CHS Common Hardware and S<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
chs. chapters<br />
CIA Central Intelligence Agency<br />
Cia company [Italian]<br />
CIC Combat Information Centre<br />
Counterintelligence Command<br />
CID Criminal Investigation Command [Bosnia]<br />
Cie company [French]<br />
CIEMIS Clothing and Individual Equipment Management Information System<br />
CIF Candidate Item File<br />
CIFS Central Issue Facility System<br />
CIG/SS Common Imagery Ground and Surface System<br />
CIM Center for Information Management<br />
Corporate Information Management<br />
CINC Commander in Chief [as <strong>of</strong> 2002, only the President <strong>of</strong> the United States is Commander in Chief] 2<br />
CINCACOM obsolete: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command [see CINC]<br />
CINCCENT obsolete: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command [see CINC]<br />
CINCEUR obsolete: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command [see CINC]<br />
CINCLANTFLT obsolete: Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet [see CINC]<br />
CINCMAC obsolete: Commander in Chief, Military Airlift Command [see CINC]<br />
CINCPAC obsolete: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command [see CINC]<br />
CINCSOC obsolete: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Special Forces [see CINC]<br />
CINCSOUTH obsolete: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command [see CINC]<br />
CINCSPACE obsolete: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Space Command [see CINC]<br />
CINCSTRAT obsolete: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Strategic Command [see CINC]<br />
CINCTRANS obsolete: Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Transportation Command [see CINC]<br />
CINCUSNAVEUR obsolete: Commander in Chief, U.S. Navy Europe [see CINC]<br />
CIP critical infrastructure protection<br />
CIRA Center for Information-Revolution Analysis<br />
CIS Combat Intelligence System<br />
Communications and Information Systems [NATO]<br />
CISIL Centralized Integrated System-International Logistics<br />
CISS Center for Information Systems Security<br />
CJCS Chairman <strong>of</strong> the Joint Chiefs <strong>of</strong> Staff<br />
CJTF commander, Joint Task Force<br />
Cl chlorine [element]<br />
CLASP Comprehensive Logistics Automated Support Program<br />
CLIN Contract Line Item Number<br />
CLO Congressional Liaison Officer<br />
CLRP Command Logistics Review Program [U.S. Army]<br />
CLSSA Cooperative Logistics Supply Support Arrangements<br />
CLT Cellular Logistics Team<br />
CLU Command Launch Units<br />
Cm curium [element]<br />
cm 3 cubic centimeter (SI unit)<br />
2 All others once referred to as CINCs are now referred to as combatant commanders. Occasionally, it<br />
may be necessary to use quotations and the like from historical material using this abbreviation, but it<br />
is best to avoid using the abbreviation, if possible.
CMA C4ISR Mission Assessment<br />
CMAC Central Management <strong>of</strong> Army Commissaries<br />
CMC Commandant <strong>of</strong> the Marine Corps<br />
CMD catalog management data<br />
command<br />
Cmd command<br />
cruise missile defense<br />
CMF career management field<br />
CMI Commercial Military Integration<br />
CML Contract Management Library [U.S. Navy]<br />
CMMA Cooperative Military Airlift Agreement<br />
CMMC Corps Materiel Management Center<br />
CMO Communications Management Officers [U.S. Army]<br />
CMOS Cargo Movements Operations System [Air Force, Army]<br />
complementary metal-oxide semiconductor<br />
CMR Center for Military Readiness<br />
CMRB Contract Maintenance Review Board<br />
CMRC Combined Major Regional Conflict<br />
CMS Container Management System<br />
CMT crisis management team<br />
critical mobile target<br />
CMTC Combat Maneuver Training Center [U.S. Army]<br />
CMU Carnegie Mellon University<br />
CNA computer network attack<br />
CNAD Conference <strong>of</strong> National Armaments Directors [NATO]<br />
CNARS Current News Analysis & Research Service<br />
CND Computer Network Defense<br />
CNN Cable News Network<br />
CNO Chief <strong>of</strong> Naval Operations<br />
CNR Combat Network Radio<br />
CNS communications, navigation, surveillance<br />
CO Colorado [USPS]<br />
commanding <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
company<br />
Co cobalt [element]<br />
Co. company [business]<br />
COA course <strong>of</strong> action<br />
COB close <strong>of</strong> business<br />
COBOL Common Business Oriented Language<br />
COCO Contractor Owned, Contractor Operated<br />
COCOM combatant command<br />
Coordinating Committee on Multilateral Export Controls<br />
CODES computerized deployment system<br />
COE center <strong>of</strong> excellence<br />
common operating environment<br />
Corps <strong>of</strong> Engineers<br />
COFM correlation <strong>of</strong> forces and means<br />
COG Cognizance <strong>of</strong> Navy Material<br />
consensus <strong>of</strong> group<br />
COL cost <strong>of</strong> living<br />
colonel [U.S. Army]<br />
Col colonel [U.S. Air Force]<br />
colonel [Marine Corps]
col. column<br />
COLA cost-<strong>of</strong>-living adjustment<br />
Colo. Colorado [traditional]<br />
cols. columns<br />
COM communication<br />
commander<br />
COMACC Commander, Air Combat Command<br />
COMAFFOR commander, Air Force forces<br />
COMAFSOC Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command<br />
COMAIRLANT Commander, Air Atlantic<br />
COMAIRPAC Commander, Air Pacific<br />
COMALF Commander, Airlift Forces<br />
COMARFOR commander, Army forces<br />
COMM communications<br />
COMINT communications intelligence<br />
COMMIT Common Item Materiel Management System [NATO]<br />
COMMZ communications zone<br />
COMPASS Computerized Movement Planning and Status System<br />
Computerized Optimization Model for Predicting and Analyzing Support Structures [U.S. Army]<br />
COMPES Contingency and Mobility Planning and Execution System [U.S. Air Force]<br />
COMPLAN communications plan<br />
COMSAT communication satellite<br />
Communications Satellite <strong>Corporation</strong><br />
COMSEC communications security<br />
COMSOC Commander, Special Operations Command<br />
COMSOF commander, special operations forces<br />
COMSR communication support requirement<br />
COMSTAC Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee<br />
COMSUBLANT Commander, Submarines Atlantic<br />
COMSUBPAC Commander, Submarines Pacific<br />
COMSURFLANT Commander, Surface Atlantic<br />
COMSURFPAC Commander, Surface Pacific<br />
COMUSLANTFLT Commander, U.S. Atlantic Fleet<br />
COMUSPACFLT Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet<br />
Cong. Congress (only in citations)<br />
Conn. Connecticut [traditional]<br />
CONOP concept <strong>of</strong> operation<br />
CONUS continental United States<br />
COOP continuity <strong>of</strong> operations plan<br />
COP common operational picture<br />
COPARS contractor operated parts store<br />
COPE centers <strong>of</strong> policy excellence<br />
COR contracting <strong>of</strong>ficer’s representative<br />
CORBA common object request broker architecture<br />
CORE Contingency Response Program<br />
CORM Commission on Roles and Missions<br />
Corp. corporation<br />
COSCOM Corps Support Command<br />
COSIS Care <strong>of</strong> Supplies in Storage<br />
COTS commercial <strong>of</strong>f-the-shelf<br />
CPAF cost plus award fee [contracting]<br />
CPARS Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System<br />
CPDLC controller-pilot data link communications
CPE customer premises equipment<br />
CPG Contingency Planning Guidance<br />
CPIR Corporate Preparedness Industrial Representative<br />
CPM Civilian Personnel Manual<br />
CPSM continuous phase shift modulation<br />
CPT Captain [U.S. Army]<br />
CPU central processing unit<br />
CPX Command post exercise [U.S. Army]<br />
Cr chromium [element]<br />
CRAF Civil Reserve Air Fleet<br />
CRC Combat and Recording Center<br />
CRE combat reporting element<br />
Center for Russia and Eurasia [<strong>RAND</strong>]<br />
CRFMP Cable Repair Force Management Plan<br />
CRIM Cargo Routing Information Management [U.S. Navy]<br />
CRLCMP Computer Resources Life Cycle Management Plan [U.S. Army]<br />
CRM Communications Resource Models<br />
Crisis Resource Manager<br />
CRO Congressional Relations Officer<br />
CRPA Controlled Radiation Pattern Antenna<br />
CRT cathode ray tube<br />
CS combat support<br />
close support<br />
Cs cesium [element]<br />
CS/CSS combat support and combat service support<br />
CSA Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff, U.S. Army]<br />
corps storage area [U.S. Army<br />
CSAF Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff, U.S. Air Force<br />
CSAR combat search and rescue<br />
CSB corps support battalion [U.S. Army]<br />
CSC Computer Sciences <strong>Corporation</strong><br />
CSC 3 combat support command, control, and communications [U.S. Air Force]<br />
CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe<br />
CSEL combat survivor evader locator [U.S. Air Force]<br />
CSG corps support group<br />
CSIO Communications-Computer System Integration Office [U.S. Air Force]<br />
CSLC coherent sidelobe cancellation<br />
CSO communications-computer systems <strong>of</strong>ficer [U.S. Air Force]<br />
CSOC Consolidated Space Operations Center<br />
CSS combat service support<br />
CSS C 2 combat service support command and control<br />
CSSAMO Combat Service Support Automation Management Office [U.S. Army]<br />
CSSCS Combat Service Support Control System [U.S. Army]<br />
CSV combat support vehicle<br />
CSW Center for S<strong>of</strong>tware (DISA)<br />
CSWG Communications Systems Working Group [NATO]<br />
CT cross track<br />
Ct. court<br />
Connecticut [USPS]<br />
CTAPS Contingency Theater Automated Planning System<br />
CTAS Center-TRACON (terminal radar control) Automation System [NASA]<br />
CTASC Corps and Theater Automatic Data Processing Service Center [U.S. Army]<br />
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (UN)
CTC combat training center<br />
CTEM Conventional Targeting Effectiveness Model<br />
CTF combined task force<br />
CTI obsolete: Critical Technologies Institute [became the Science and Technology Policy Institute (S&TPI), which is<br />
no longer a <strong>RAND</strong> program]<br />
CTIL CSSCS Tracked Items List<br />
CTO Corps Transportation <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
CTOL Conventional Take-<strong>of</strong>f and Landing<br />
CTR Cooperative Threat Reduction program (Nunn-Lugar initiative)<br />
CTRL control<br />
CTU consolidated TOE update<br />
Cu copper [element]<br />
CUCV commercial utility cargo vehicle<br />
CUM communication user models<br />
CV carrier version<br />
CVBG carrier battle group<br />
CVN aircraft carrier, nuclear<br />
CVRS Central Vehicle Registration System<br />
CVS Cargo Visibility System<br />
CW continuous wave<br />
CW chemical weapon<br />
CWA Clean Water Act<br />
CWDA California Welfare Directors’ Association<br />
CWS collision warning system<br />
CY calendar year<br />
Cyber-IPB Intelligence Preparation <strong>of</strong> the Cyber-Battlefield<br />
D<br />
d day<br />
d.b.a. doing business as<br />
D.C. District <strong>of</strong> Columbia [traditional]<br />
doctor <strong>of</strong> chiropractic<br />
D&D denial and deception<br />
D.D.S. doctor <strong>of</strong> dental surgery<br />
D.O. doctor <strong>of</strong> osteopathy<br />
DA Department <strong>of</strong> the Army<br />
DAAS Defense Automatic Addressing System<br />
DAASC Defense Automatic Addressing System Center [DLA]<br />
DAB Defense Acquisition Board<br />
DACG Departure Airfield Control Group<br />
DAE disaster assistance employee<br />
DAL digitized aviation logistics<br />
DALO-PLA Directorate <strong>of</strong> Plans and Operations (Army DCSLOG)<br />
DAMA demand assigned multiple access<br />
DAMAGES Disaster Assistance Management Accountability System<br />
DAMMS Department <strong>of</strong> the Army Movement Management System<br />
DAMMS-CMM DAMMS-Cargo Movement Module<br />
DAMMS-MPM DAMMS-Movement Planning Module<br />
DAMMS-R DAMMS-Redesign<br />
DAMPL Department <strong>of</strong> the Army Master Priority List<br />
DAO Defense Accounting Office
Division Ammunition Officer<br />
DAR Defense Acquisition Regulations<br />
DARO Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office<br />
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency<br />
DARS Division Administration and Research Support<br />
DAS Defense Automated (Logistics) System<br />
DAS 3 Decentralized Automated Service Support System<br />
DASC DLA Administrative Support Center<br />
DASD(H&RA) Deputy Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense (Humanitarian and Refugee Affairs)<br />
DASD(I) Deputy Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense (Intelligence)<br />
DASD(PK/HA) Deputy Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense (Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Assistance)<br />
DASD(S&IO) Deputy Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense (Security and Information Operations)<br />
DASH deployable automation support host [Army communications]<br />
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health [DHHS]<br />
DASIM Director <strong>of</strong> the Army Staff Information Manager<br />
DASN Deputy Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> the Navy<br />
DASPS Department <strong>of</strong> the Army Standard Port System<br />
DATA Defense Air Transport Administration<br />
DATMS Department <strong>of</strong> the Army Technical Manuals<br />
DAWE Division Advanced Warfighting Experiment<br />
dB decibel<br />
DBMS database management system<br />
DBOF Defense Business Operations Fund [U.S. Air Force]<br />
DBS direct broadcast satellite<br />
dBsm decibel square meter<br />
DC direct current<br />
damage control<br />
District <strong>of</strong> Columbia [USPS]<br />
DCA Defense Communications Agency<br />
DCAS Defense Contract Administration Services<br />
DCC digital cross-connect [same as DCS]<br />
DCD directorate combat developments<br />
DCE distributed computing environment<br />
DCF DISA’s C4ISR Federation<br />
DCGS distributed common ground system<br />
DCI Director <strong>of</strong> Central Intelligence<br />
DCLO Deputy Congressional Liaison Officer<br />
DCMAO Defense Contracting Management Area Office<br />
DCMC Defense Contract Management Command<br />
DCMDW Defense Contract Management District West<br />
DCO defense coordinating <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
DCS deputy chief <strong>of</strong> staff<br />
digital cross-connect system.<br />
damage control system [U.S. Navy]<br />
Defense Communications System<br />
DCSLOG U.S. Army Deputy Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff, Logistics<br />
DCSO Defense Communications System Organization<br />
DCSOPS U.S. Army Deputy Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff, Operations and Plans<br />
DCST DLA Contingency Support Team<br />
DCTDPO DoD Counterdrug Technology Development Program Office<br />
DCTN Defense Commercial Telecommunication Network<br />
DDAA Defense Distribution Depot Anniston Alabama<br />
DDAG Defense Distribution Depot Albany Georgia
DDASS Division DSU Automated Supply System<br />
DDCI Deputy Director <strong>of</strong> Central Intelligence<br />
DDN Defense Data Network<br />
DDNV Defense Distribution Depot Norfolk Virginia<br />
DDO Deputy Director <strong>of</strong> Operations (CIA)<br />
DDR&E Director Defense Research & Engineering<br />
DDRE Defense Distribution Region East<br />
DDRM Deputy Disaster Recovery Manager<br />
DDRS Defense Dictionary Repository System<br />
DDS defense data system<br />
distributed database system<br />
DE Delaware [USPS]<br />
DEA Drug Enforcement Agency<br />
DECCO Defense Commercial Communications Office (DCA)<br />
DEFI data entry file inquiry<br />
Del. Delaware [traditional]<br />
DEP Department <strong>of</strong> Environmental Protection<br />
DEPLOY Deployment Supportability Assessment<br />
DEPSECDEF Deputy Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense<br />
Dept department<br />
DEQ Department <strong>of</strong> Environmental Quality<br />
DES Distribution Execution System [U.S. Army]<br />
DESCOM Depot Systems Command [U.S. Army]<br />
DET detachment<br />
DEUCE Deployable Universal Combat Earthmover (Army bulldozer)<br />
DF direction finding<br />
DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting Service<br />
DFCO Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer<br />
DFO dining facility operation<br />
disaster field <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
DFRID Defense Freight Railway Interchange Fleet<br />
DFSC Defense Fuel Supply Center<br />
Disaster Financial Services Group<br />
DFSR Detailed functional system requirements<br />
DGCM DGPS-guided cruise missile<br />
DGPS differential GPS<br />
DHHS U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Health and Human Services<br />
DHS Defense HUMINT Service (DoD)<br />
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency<br />
DIC document identifier code<br />
DID data item description<br />
DIDS Defense Integrated Data System<br />
DIFS Defense Integrated Financial System<br />
DII defense information infrastructure<br />
DINET Defense Information Network<br />
DIO Director <strong>of</strong> Industrial Operations<br />
DIOR Defensive Information Operations Research<br />
DIRMOBFOR Director <strong>of</strong> Mobility Forces<br />
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency<br />
DISA/D8 DISA C4I Modeling, Simulation, and Assessment Directorate<br />
DISC Defense Industrial Supply Center<br />
Disaster Information System Clearinghouse<br />
DISC 4 Director <strong>of</strong> Information Systems for C4 [U.S. Army]
DISCOM division support command<br />
DISN Defense Information Systems Network<br />
DISNET Defense Integrated Secure Network<br />
Dist. Atty. district attorney<br />
Dist. Ct. district court<br />
DITCO Defense Information Technology Contracting Office<br />
DLA Defense Logistics Agency<br />
DLDED division-level data-entry device<br />
DLL delay-lock loop<br />
DLOGS division logistics system<br />
DLR depot-level repairables<br />
DLSA Direct Support Level Supply Automation<br />
DLSC Defense Logistics Support Center<br />
DLSIE Defense Logistics Studies Information Exchange<br />
DM data manipulation<br />
deutsche mark<br />
DMA Defense Mapping Agency<br />
DMAS Dyna-METRIC Microcomputer Analysis System<br />
DMAT disaster medical assistance team<br />
DMBA depot maintenance business area<br />
DMC defense megacenter<br />
defense movement coordinator<br />
distribution management center<br />
DMDB depot maintenance database<br />
DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center<br />
DMES Deployable Mobility Execution Systems<br />
DMIF Depot Maintenance Industrial Fund<br />
DMIS Director <strong>of</strong> Management Information Systems<br />
DMMC division materiel management center<br />
DMMIS Depot Maintenance Management Information System<br />
DMOC Defense Management Oversight Committee<br />
DMORT disaster mortuary response team (NDMS)<br />
DMRD Defense Management Report Decisions<br />
DMS Defense Message System<br />
DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program<br />
DMSP Distributed Mail System Protocol (email)<br />
DMSS Depot Maintenance Standard Systems<br />
DMSTD Data Standardization, Administration, and Management<br />
DMZ demilitarized zone<br />
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid<br />
Defense Nuclear Agency<br />
DNS domain name server<br />
DNSC Defense National Stockpile Center<br />
DO Directorate <strong>of</strong> Operations (CIA)<br />
DOC Department <strong>of</strong> Commerce<br />
documentation<br />
DoD U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Defense<br />
DODAAC DoD Activity Address Code<br />
DODAAD DoD Activity Address Directory<br />
DoDD DoD Directive<br />
DODDS DoD Dependents School System<br />
DODI DoD Instruction<br />
DODIC DoD Identification Code
DoD Interest Computer System<br />
DoDSA DoD Space Architect<br />
DODSASP DOD Small Arms Serialization Program<br />
DOE U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Energy<br />
DOEd U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Education<br />
DOI U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> the Interior<br />
DOJ U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Justice<br />
DoL U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Labor<br />
DOL Director <strong>of</strong> Logistics<br />
DOMS Directorate <strong>of</strong> Military Support<br />
DOP designated overhaul point<br />
DOPMA Defense Officer Personal Management Act<br />
DOS U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> State<br />
DOS Direct Ordering System [Marine Corps]<br />
DOS disk operating system<br />
DOSS District Operated Store System<br />
DOT U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Transportation<br />
doz dozen<br />
DPAO Deputy Public Affairs Officer<br />
DPC Defense Planning Committee [NATO]<br />
DPG Defense Planning Guidance<br />
DPI data processing installation<br />
DPICM Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions<br />
DPRK Democratic Peoples Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea<br />
DPSC Defense Personnel Support Center<br />
DPW Director <strong>of</strong> Public Works<br />
DPWL Director <strong>of</strong> Public Works and Logistics<br />
Dr. drive<br />
DRA Defence Research Agency (U.K.)<br />
DRAM dynamic random access memory<br />
DRB Defense Review Board<br />
division ready brigade<br />
DRC disaster recovery center<br />
DRD deputy regional director<br />
DRIVE Distribution and Repair in Variable Environments<br />
DRM Director <strong>of</strong> Resource Management<br />
disaster recovery manager<br />
DRMO Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office<br />
DRMS Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service<br />
DRRB Data Requirements Review Board<br />
DRS Deficiency Reporting System<br />
DS direct support<br />
DSA direct support activity<br />
DSA division support area<br />
DSAA Defense Security Assistance Agency<br />
DSACS Defense Standard Ammunition Computer System<br />
DSB Defense Science Board<br />
deployment support brigade<br />
DSC deployment support command<br />
DSCC Defense Supply Center, Columbus<br />
DSCLOG Deputy Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff for Logistics<br />
DSCOPS Deputy Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff for Operations<br />
DSCPER Deputy Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff for Personnel
DSCR Defense Supply Center, Richmond<br />
DSCS Defense Satellite Communication System<br />
DSD Deputy Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense<br />
DSDC DLA Systems Design Center<br />
DSI defense simulation internet<br />
DSMAC digital scene-matching area correlator<br />
DSN defense switched network<br />
DSNET defense secure network<br />
DSP Defense Support Program<br />
DSR damage survey report<br />
DSREDS Digital Storage and Retrieval Engineering Drawing System<br />
DSS direct supply support<br />
Defense Standard System<br />
Depot Standard System [U.S. Army]<br />
Distribution Standard System [U.S. Navy]<br />
DSS-W Defense Supply Service-Washington<br />
DSU direct support unit<br />
DSVT digital secure voice terminal<br />
DTACC Deployed Tanker Airlift Control Center<br />
DTAO Defense Technology Analysis Office<br />
DTAV DoD Total Asset Visibility<br />
DTED digital terrain elevation data<br />
DTG date time group<br />
DTIB defense technology industrial base<br />
DTIC Defense Technical Information Center<br />
DTLOMS Doctrine, Training, Leader Development, Organizations, Materiel, and Soldiers<br />
DTO Defense Technology Objective<br />
Direct Turn Over “Local Delivery” [U.S. Navy]<br />
division transportation <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
DTP Defense and Technology Planning Department<br />
DTRA Defense Threat Reduction Agency<br />
DTS Defense Transportation System<br />
DTTS Defense Transportation Tracking System<br />
DUSD/AT Deputy Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Advanced Technology<br />
DUSD-space Deputy Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Space<br />
DUSD(AS&C) Deputy Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts<br />
DUSD(CPP) Deputy Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy<br />
DUSD(EO) Deputy Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Equal Opportunity<br />
DUSD(IP) Deputy Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Industrial Policy<br />
DUSD(I&E) Deputy Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Installations and Environment<br />
DUSD(L&MR) Deputy Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Logistics and Material Readiness<br />
DUSD(MC&FP) Deputy Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Military Community and Family Policy<br />
DUSD(P&R) Deputy Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Personnel and Readiness<br />
DVA Department <strong>of</strong> Veterans Affairs<br />
DVD direct vendor delivery<br />
DVE driver vision enhancer<br />
DWI disaster welfare inquiry<br />
DX direct exchange<br />
Dy dysprosium<br />
DynaMETRIC Dynamic METRIC [<strong>RAND</strong> model]
E<br />
E east<br />
E(K) expected kills<br />
e.g. for example<br />
EA economic analysis<br />
ea. each<br />
environmental assessment<br />
evolutionary acquisition<br />
EAC echelon above corps<br />
estimates at completion<br />
European-American Center for policy analysis<br />
EAD echelon above division<br />
EAFB Edwards Air Force Base<br />
EAM emergency action message<br />
EC emergency coordinator<br />
European Community<br />
ECB echelons corps and below<br />
ECBRS Enhanced Combat Based Requirements System [U.S. Army]<br />
ECC Electronic Commercial Catalog<br />
ECCM electronic counter-countermeasures<br />
ECIT enhanced communications interface terminal<br />
ECM electronic countermeasures<br />
ECOS Environmental Council <strong>of</strong> the States<br />
ECS emergency communications staff<br />
ECS equipment concentration sites<br />
ED U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Education<br />
ed. editor, edition<br />
Ed.D. doctor <strong>of</strong> education<br />
EDC Eastern Distribution Center<br />
EDD estimated delivery date<br />
EDI electronic data interchange<br />
EDS Electronic Data Systems <strong>Corporation</strong><br />
eds. editors, editions<br />
EEA essential elements <strong>of</strong> analysis<br />
EEC element <strong>of</strong> expense code<br />
European Economic Community<br />
EEG electroencephalogram<br />
EEI essential elements <strong>of</strong> information<br />
EELV evolved expendable launch vehicle<br />
EEM early entry module(s)<br />
EEPROM electronic erasable programmable read only memory<br />
EFOG-M enhanced fiber-optic guided missile<br />
EHF extremely high frequency<br />
EHS environmental health, and safety<br />
EICC emergency information and coordination center<br />
EIR equipment improvement recommendation<br />
EIRP effective isotropic radiated power<br />
EIS environmental impact statement<br />
EITC Earned Income Tax Credit<br />
EJ Environmental Justice<br />
EKG electrocardiogram
El elevation<br />
ELINT electronic intelligence<br />
ELISA enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay<br />
ELN Army <strong>of</strong> National Liberation<br />
ELO environmental liaison <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
ELRF eye-safe laser rangefinder<br />
ELS Exportable Logistics System<br />
EMAS European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme<br />
EMC electromagnetic compatibility<br />
EMD engineering and manufacturing development<br />
EMF electromotive force<br />
electromagnetic field<br />
EMI electromagnetic interference<br />
EMIS executive management information system<br />
EMP electromagnetic pulse<br />
EMPRS Equipment and Maintenance Performance Reporting System<br />
EMS environmental management system<br />
ENG engineer<br />
Eng. engineer<br />
ENS ensign<br />
emergency medical services<br />
EO executive order<br />
EO electro-optical<br />
EOB electronic order <strong>of</strong> battle<br />
EOC emergency operations center<br />
enhanced operating capability<br />
EOS earth observing system [NASA]<br />
EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<br />
EPLRS Enhanced Position Location Reporting System<br />
EPW enemy prisoner <strong>of</strong> war<br />
Er erbium [element]<br />
ERB Economic Resources Board<br />
ERC emission reduction credit<br />
emergency response coordinator<br />
equipment readiness code [U.S. Army]<br />
ERDB Emerging Requirements Database [U.S. Air Force]<br />
ERIM Environmental Research Institute <strong>of</strong> Michigan<br />
ERISA Employees Retirement Income Security Act<br />
ERP effective radiated power<br />
ERPS Equipment Release Priority System<br />
ERPSL Essential Repair Parts Stockage List<br />
ERS Earth Resources Satellite<br />
ERT emergency response team<br />
ES equipment specialist<br />
Es einsteinium [element]<br />
ESA Endangered Species Act<br />
electronically steerable antenna<br />
electronically steerable array<br />
ESAMS enhanced surface-to-air missile simulation<br />
ESAR enhanced synthetic aperture radar<br />
eSB enhanced separate brigades<br />
ESC Electronic Security Command<br />
ESD Electronic Systems Division [U.S. Air Force]
ESF emergency support function<br />
ESH environmental, safety, and health<br />
ESL English as a second language<br />
ESM electronic support measures<br />
ESMB explosive stand<strong>of</strong>f minefield breacher (Army, Marine Corps)<br />
ESOP enhanced standard operating system<br />
esp. especially<br />
Esq. esquire<br />
EST emergency support team<br />
et al. and others<br />
et seq. and the following<br />
etc. and so forth<br />
ETRAC enhanced tactical radar airborne correlator<br />
EU European Union<br />
Eu europium [element]<br />
EUCOM European Command<br />
EURAAF European Activity Address File<br />
EURCOR European Commissary Region<br />
EUSA Eighth U.S. Army<br />
EW electronic warfare<br />
eligibility worker<br />
early warning<br />
EXFOR Experimental Force<br />
F<br />
F farad (derived SI unit)<br />
fluorine [element], franc (currency)<br />
f. and the following (page, section, etc.)<br />
F/F fixed to fixed<br />
F/M fixed to mobile<br />
F/T fixed to transportable<br />
FA field artillery<br />
FAA Federal Aviation Administration<br />
FAAD Forward Area Air Defense<br />
FAADC2 Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control System<br />
FAASV Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle [U.S. Army]<br />
FAAT foreign asset assessment team<br />
FAC forward air controller<br />
FACO final assembly and checkout<br />
FAD force activity designator [U.S. Army]<br />
FAE fuel air explosive<br />
FAESHED fuel air explosive, helicopter delivered<br />
FAG forced air gas<br />
FANS future air navigation system<br />
FAQ frequently asked question<br />
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation<br />
Federal Aviation Regulation<br />
FARC Revolutionary Armed Forces <strong>of</strong> Colombia<br />
FARS Financial Accounting and Reporting System<br />
FAST forward area support team<br />
FASTALS Force Analysis Simulation <strong>of</strong> Theater Logistics and Administrative Support
FAX facsimile<br />
FBI Federal Bureau <strong>of</strong> Investigation<br />
FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information Service<br />
FCC Family Child Care<br />
Federal Communications Commission<br />
FCCOM Facilities Capital Cost <strong>of</strong> Money<br />
FCG functional coordinating group<br />
FCO federal coordinating <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
FCS Federal Catalog System<br />
future combat systems<br />
FCX fire coordination exercise [U.S. Army]<br />
FD functional description<br />
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration<br />
FDDI fiber distributed data interface<br />
FDM frequency division multiplex<br />
FDOA frequency difference <strong>of</strong> arrival<br />
FDP Future Defense Plan<br />
future distribution platform<br />
FDT first destination transportation<br />
Fe iron [element]<br />
FEBA forward edge <strong>of</strong> the battle area<br />
FECC Federal Emergency Communications Coordinator<br />
FEHBP Federal Employees Health Benefit Program<br />
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency<br />
FEMF foreign electromotive force<br />
FEP FLTSATCOM EHF Package<br />
FERC FEMA Emergency Response Capability<br />
FESC Federal Emergency Support Coordinator<br />
FEWS Follow-on Early Warning System<br />
FF failure factors<br />
ff. and the following (pages, sections, etc.)<br />
F, FF franc, francs (currency; alternative form)<br />
FFRDC federally funded research and development center<br />
FH flying hours<br />
FHA Federal Housing Administration<br />
FHWA Federal Highway Administration<br />
FIA Future Imagery Architecture<br />
FICA Federal Insurance Contributions Act<br />
FIFO first in, first out<br />
fig. figure<br />
figs. figures<br />
FIIGs Federal Item Identification Guides<br />
FILDR Federal Item Logistics Data Record<br />
FILL Fleet Issue Load List [DLA]<br />
FINPIT Finance Process Improvement Team<br />
FINS Freight Information System<br />
FISC Fleet Industrial Supply Center [U.S. Navy]<br />
FIST fire support team<br />
FL flight level<br />
Florida [USPS]<br />
fl. oz. fluid ounce<br />
Fla. Florida [traditional]<br />
Flap Lid code name for a fire control system
FLCCS Force-Level Command and Control System<br />
FLEX Force-Level Execution Support System<br />
FLIR forward-looking infrared<br />
FLOGEN flow generator<br />
FLOT forward line <strong>of</strong> troops<br />
FLOTUS first lady <strong>of</strong> the United States<br />
FLTSATCOM Fleet Satellite Communications (a system <strong>of</strong> satellites)<br />
FM field manual<br />
Field Manual (Army document series)<br />
force module<br />
Federated States <strong>of</strong> Micronesia [USPS]<br />
frequency modulation<br />
Fm fermium [element]<br />
FMC Federal Maritime Commission<br />
Field Mission Capable [U.S. Army]<br />
FMCS Freight Movement Control System<br />
FMEP Force Modernization and Employment Program (<strong>RAND</strong> PAF)<br />
FMF Fleet Marine Force<br />
FMIS Financial Management Information System [U.S. Army]<br />
FMMP Force Modernization Master Plan<br />
FMMRS Force Modernization Milestone Reporting System<br />
FMP force management policy<br />
force modernization package<br />
FMS Financial Management Service (U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> the Treasury)<br />
Financial Management Systems [U.S. Army MTMC]<br />
foreign military sales<br />
FMTV family <strong>of</strong> medium tactical vehicles [U.S. Army]<br />
FNMA Federal National Mortgage Association (aka “Fannie Mae”)<br />
FNS Food and Nutrition Services<br />
FOA field operating agency<br />
FOBS fractional orbital bombardment system<br />
FOC full operational capability<br />
FOG-M fiber-optic guided missile<br />
FOPEN foliage penetration<br />
FORDTIS Foreign Disclosure and Technical Information System<br />
FORSCOM U.S. Army Forces Command<br />
FOT&E follow-on operational test and evaluation [U.S. Army]<br />
FOV field <strong>of</strong> view<br />
FP force protection<br />
functional proponent<br />
FPDS Federal Procurement Data System<br />
FR Federal Register<br />
Fed. Reg. Federal Register (<strong>of</strong>ten in legal citations)<br />
Fr francium [element]<br />
franc (currency; alternative form)<br />
Fr. father (religious title)<br />
FRA Federal Railroad Administration<br />
forward repair activity<br />
FRCM FEMA Regional Communications Manager<br />
FRERP Federal Radiological Emergency Response Plan<br />
FRET Federal Retail Excise Tax<br />
FRP federal response plan<br />
Forces and Resources Policy Center (NSRD)
FRPA fixed radiation pattern antenna<br />
FRY Former Republic <strong>of</strong> Yugoslavia<br />
FS U.S. Forest Service<br />
FSA Family Support Act <strong>of</strong> 1988<br />
FSB forward support battalion<br />
FSC federal supply class<br />
full-service contracting<br />
FSCM Federal Supply Code for Maintenance<br />
FSG Future Studies Group<br />
FSLIC Federal Savings and Loan Insurance <strong>Corporation</strong><br />
FSP Contingency Force Support Packages<br />
FSR Former Soviet Republic<br />
FSS Federal Supply Service<br />
FSSP fuel system supply point<br />
FSU former Soviet Union<br />
ft foot<br />
Ft. fort<br />
ft/s feet per second<br />
ft/s 2 feet per second squared<br />
ft 2 square foot<br />
ft 3 cubic foot<br />
FTC Federal Trade Commission<br />
FTE full-time-equivalent<br />
FTP file transfer protocol<br />
FTS federal telecommunications systems<br />
FTX field training exercise [U.S. Army]<br />
FUE first unit equipped<br />
FWD forward<br />
FWE fighter wing equivalent [U.S. Air Force]<br />
FWPCA Federal Water Pollution Control Act<br />
FY fiscal year<br />
FYPD Future Years Defense Plan<br />
G<br />
g unit <strong>of</strong> acceleration equal to the force on a body at rest on the earth’s surface<br />
G gyrotron<br />
G giga (SI prefix for 1 x 10 9 )<br />
G.m.b.H equivalent <strong>of</strong> Ltd. or Inc.<br />
G1 Assistant Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff, G1 (Personnel)<br />
G2 Assistant Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff, G2 (Intelligence)<br />
G3 Assistant Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff, G3 (Operations and Plans)<br />
G4 Assistant Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff, G4 (Logistics)<br />
G7 group <strong>of</strong> seven heads <strong>of</strong> state <strong>of</strong> major economic powers<br />
G8 group <strong>of</strong> eight heads <strong>of</strong> state <strong>of</strong> major economic powers<br />
GA general <strong>of</strong> the army<br />
Ga gallium<br />
Georgia [USPS]<br />
Ga. Georgia [traditional]<br />
GaAs gallium arsenide<br />
GAC geographic area code<br />
GAL gallon
gal. gallon<br />
GAO Government Accountability Office (formerly the U.S. General Accounting Office)<br />
GAR Governor’s Authorized Representative<br />
GATM Global Air Traffic Management<br />
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade<br />
GAU gun aircraft unit<br />
GBL government bill <strong>of</strong> lading<br />
Gbps gigabits per second<br />
GBS Global Broadcast System<br />
GBU guided bomb unit<br />
GCC Gulf Cooperation Council (Sheikdoms)<br />
GCC ground component commander<br />
GCCS global command and control system<br />
GCI ground control intercept<br />
GCM GPS-guided cruise missile<br />
GCS ground control station<br />
GCSS Global Combat Support System<br />
GCT Greenwich Civil Time (same as Universal Time or GMT)<br />
GCW gross combined weight<br />
GD gimbaled dish antenna<br />
Gd gadolinium<br />
GDOP geometric dilution <strong>of</strong> precision<br />
GDP gross domestic product<br />
GDSS Global Decision Support System<br />
Ge germanium<br />
GEMI Global Environmental Management Initiative<br />
GEN general [U.S. Army]<br />
Gen general [U.S. Air Force]<br />
Gen. general [Marine Corps]<br />
GEO Geostationary Earth Orbit (satellite)<br />
GFE government furnished equipment<br />
GFI government furnished information<br />
GFM government furnished material<br />
GFP government furnished property<br />
GFSIS Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies<br />
GH Global Hawk<br />
GHz gigahertz<br />
GIF graphics interchange format<br />
GIS geographic information system<br />
GKS graphics kernel system<br />
GLCM ground-launched cruise missile<br />
GLONASS Russian Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System [a Russian system similar to the U.S. GPS]<br />
GMESC Greater Middle East Studies Center<br />
GMF ground mobile forces<br />
GMLR guided missiles and large rockets<br />
GMT Greenwich Mean Time (same as Universal Time or GCT)<br />
GMTI ground moving-target indicator<br />
GMTT ground moving-target tracking<br />
GNIA Group for National Infrastructure Assurance<br />
GNMA Government National Mortgage Association (“Ginnie Mae”)<br />
GNP gross national product<br />
GNSS Civilian Global Navigation Satellite System<br />
GOCO government owned, contractor operated
GOPARS government operated parts store<br />
GOPAX GROUPS Operational Passenger System<br />
GOS grade <strong>of</strong> service<br />
GOTS government-built, <strong>of</strong>f-the-shelf<br />
Gov. governor<br />
Gov. Gen. governor general<br />
GP group<br />
Gp group<br />
GPO U.S. Government Printing Office<br />
GPR ground penetration radar<br />
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act<br />
GPS Global Positioning System<br />
GROUPS group movement system<br />
GS general support<br />
GSA General Services Administration<br />
GSD ground sample distance<br />
GSU general support unit<br />
GTA Grafenwoehr Training Area [U.S. Army]<br />
GTE General Telephone and Electric<br />
GTN global transportation network<br />
GTOW gross take<strong>of</strong>f weight<br />
GU Guam [USPS]<br />
Guam Guam [traditional]<br />
GUI graphical user interface<br />
GUI gross unit income<br />
GVW gross vehicle weight<br />
GW gigawatt<br />
H<br />
H henry<br />
h hour<br />
hydrogen [element]<br />
H&H hydraulics and hydrology<br />
H.R. House resolution<br />
H.R. House bill<br />
HAE high-altitude, long-endurance<br />
HAP hazardous air pollutant<br />
HARM high-speed antiradiation missile<br />
Hawaii Hawaii [traditional]<br />
HAZMAT hazardous materials<br />
HB Comms highband communications<br />
HCFA Health Care Financing Administration<br />
HCI human-computer interface<br />
HCTR high-capacity truck radio (Army-CECOM)<br />
HD distilled mustard<br />
hdqrs. headquarters<br />
HDR high data rate<br />
HDRTSAT High Data Rate Tactical Satellite<br />
HE high explosives<br />
He helium [element]<br />
HEMMT heavy expanded mobility tactical truck
HEMP high-altitude electromagnetic pulse<br />
HEMTT heavy expanded mobility tactical truck<br />
HEO highly elliptical orbit (satellite)<br />
HERCULES Hand-Held Earth-Oriented Real-Time Cooperative User-Friendly Location Targeting and Environmental System<br />
[U.S. Army]<br />
HET heavy equipment transporter (Army truck)<br />
HETS heavy equipment transport system<br />
HEU highly enriched uranium<br />
HF high frequency<br />
Hf hafnium [element]<br />
HFDL high-frequency data link<br />
HFE heavy fuel engine (UAV)<br />
HFMS Highway Fleet Management System<br />
Hg mercury [element]<br />
HHC headquarters and headquarters company<br />
HHD headquarters and headquarters detachment<br />
HHS Department <strong>of</strong> Health and Human Services<br />
HI Hawaii [USPS]<br />
HLM hierarchical linear modeling<br />
HM hazard mitigation<br />
HMCT highway movement control team<br />
HMDS Hazardous Materials Data System [U.S. Army]<br />
HMGP Hazard Mitigation Grant Program<br />
HMMWV high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle [U.S. Army]<br />
HMMWV high-mobility multiwheeled vehicle<br />
HMO health maintenance organization<br />
HMS her (his) Majesty’s ship<br />
HN host nation<br />
HNS host-nation support<br />
Ho holmium [element]<br />
Hon. honorable<br />
HOW handover word<br />
HP horsepower<br />
H-P Hewlett-Packard<br />
HPA high-power amplifier<br />
HPM high-power microwave<br />
HQ headquarters<br />
HQ AMC/IN Headquarters, Air Mobility Command, Intelligence<br />
HQDA Headquarters, Department <strong>of</strong> the Army<br />
HQMC Headquarters, Marine Corps<br />
HQUSACE Headquarters, United States Army Corps <strong>of</strong> Engineers<br />
HS human system<br />
HSC Health Services Command<br />
HSI hyperspectral imaging<br />
HT [a mixture <strong>of</strong> distilled mustard and Agent T]<br />
HT-2 Hydrolyzed T-2<br />
HTML hypertext markup language<br />
HTS HARM Targeting System<br />
HTTP hypertext transfer protocol<br />
HUD U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Housing and Urban Development<br />
HUMINT human intelligence<br />
HVAC heating, ventilation, and air conditioning<br />
HVY (Hvy) heavy
HWC Health and Welfare Canada<br />
Hz hertz (derived SI unit)<br />
I<br />
I iodine [element]<br />
I&A identification and authentication<br />
I&O intermediate and objective<br />
I&S interchangeability and substitutability<br />
i.e. that is<br />
I/O input and output<br />
I 2 R imaging infrared<br />
IA imagery analysis<br />
interoperability and substitutability<br />
individual assistance<br />
information assurance<br />
Iowa [USPS]<br />
Ia. Iowa [traditional]<br />
IAC Information Analysis Center [U.S. Navy]<br />
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency<br />
IAI [a company name]<br />
IAO individual assistance <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
IAP information architecture plan<br />
IATA International Air Transport Association<br />
IAW in accordance with<br />
IBA integrated battlefield architecture<br />
ibid. in the same place<br />
IBS integrated broadcast service<br />
integrated bridge system [U.S. Navy]<br />
IBTA integrated battlefield targeting architecture<br />
IC 3 integrated command and control, and communications system<br />
ICAN International Commission for Air Navigation<br />
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization<br />
ICAR Integrated Command Accounting and Reporting System<br />
ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile<br />
ICC Interstate Commerce Commission<br />
ICD international classification <strong>of</strong> diseases code<br />
ICDB Integrated Communications Database (DoD Joint Staff)<br />
ICIRM Interagency Committee on Information Resources Management<br />
ICJ Institute for Civil Justice [<strong>RAND</strong>]<br />
ICM Intelligence Correlation Module<br />
ICODES Improved Computerized Deployment System<br />
ICON Imagery Communication Operations Node<br />
ICPAE Interagency Committee on Public Affairs in Emergencies<br />
ICPS International Center for Policy Studies<br />
ICRC International Committee <strong>of</strong> the Red Cross<br />
ICS Incident Command System<br />
ICS 3 Integrated Combat Service Support System<br />
ID identification<br />
Idaho [USPS]<br />
IDA Institute for Defense Analysis<br />
Ida. Idaho [traditional]
IDCSIP Institute for Defense Computer Security and Infrastructure Protection<br />
IDHS Intelligence Data Handling System<br />
IDM improved data modem<br />
IDPS interim digital processing system<br />
IDSN Integrated Services Digital Network<br />
IEA International Energy Agency<br />
IEEE Institute <strong>of</strong> Electrical and Electronics Engineers<br />
IEMS Installation Equipment Management System<br />
IETF Internet Engineering Task Force<br />
IEW intelligence and electronic warfare<br />
IF intermediate frequency<br />
IFB invitation for bid (used when buying spares)<br />
IFF identification friend or foe<br />
IFFN identify friend, foe ,or neutral<br />
IFG individual and family grant<br />
IFMIS Integrated Financial Management Information System<br />
IFOR Implementation Force (Bosnian troops)<br />
IFR instrument flight rules<br />
IFTS internal FLIR tracking system<br />
IFV infantry fighting vehicle<br />
IG/SFW inertially guided sensor-fuzed weapon dispenser<br />
IGO intergovernmental organization<br />
IGW inertially guided weapon<br />
internal gateway<br />
IHAWK Intermediate HAWK<br />
IHFR Improved High Frequency Radio<br />
IHVR Integrated Hierarchical Variable-Resolution Modeling<br />
IIR imaging infrared<br />
IL Illinois [USPS]<br />
ILAP Integrated Logistics Assessment Program<br />
ILAPS Integrated Logistics Automated Processing System [U.S. Army]<br />
Ill. Illinois [traditional]<br />
ILOGS integrated logistics system<br />
ILP International Logistics Program<br />
ILS integrated logistics support [U.S. Army]<br />
ILSDP International Logistics Supply Delivery Plan<br />
ILSMRS Integrated Logistics Support Milestone Reporting System<br />
ILSP Integrated Logistics Support Plan [U.S. Army]<br />
ILT inland terminal<br />
IM item management (or manager)<br />
IMA information mission area [U.S. Army]<br />
IMAP Internet message access protocol<br />
IMC instrument meteorological conditions<br />
IMES International Military Education and Training Management Information System<br />
IMET International Military Education and Training<br />
IMF International Monetary Fund<br />
IMINT imagery intelligence<br />
IMINT Imaging Intelligence Directorate (NRO)<br />
IMM integrated material manager<br />
IMMIS Integrated Modernization Management Information System<br />
IMMP Information Management Master Plan [U.S. Army]<br />
IMOM improved many-on-many<br />
IMP Incremental Maintenance Program
Information Management Plan [U.S. Army]<br />
IMPA isopropyl methylphosphonic acid<br />
IMS International Military Staff [NATO]<br />
information management system<br />
IMSC Installation Management Support Council [U.S. Army]<br />
IMU inertial measurement unit<br />
IN Indiana [USPS]<br />
In indium [element]<br />
in. inch<br />
in 2 square inch<br />
in 3 cubic inch<br />
INA Iraqi News Agency<br />
INAAP Indiana Army Ammunition Plant<br />
INC internetwork controller<br />
Inc. incorporated<br />
Ind. Indiana [traditional]<br />
INDRSA independent reserve storage activity<br />
INF intermediate-range nuclear forces<br />
INFOSEC information security<br />
INFRA Infrastructure Committee [NATO]<br />
INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite Organization<br />
INS Immigration and Naturalization Service<br />
inertial navigation system<br />
Immigration and Naturalization Service<br />
INSAR interferometric SAR<br />
INSCOM Intelligence and Security Command [U.S. Army]<br />
Insp. Gen. inspector general<br />
INT intelligence<br />
INTACS Integrated Tactical Communications System [U.S. Army]<br />
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization<br />
Interpol International Criminal Police Organization<br />
IO information operations<br />
IOC Industrial Operations Command<br />
initial operational capability<br />
IOM Institute <strong>of</strong> Medicine<br />
IOT&E initial operational testing and evaluation [U.S. Army]<br />
IP International Policy [<strong>RAND</strong>]<br />
IP Internet protocol<br />
IPBS Installation Property Book System (USAREUR)<br />
IPM integrated pest management<br />
IPPC Infrastructure Payments and Progress Committee [NATO]<br />
IPR in-process review<br />
IPS integrated procurement system<br />
Internet protocol stack<br />
IPT information processing and telecommunications<br />
IR infrared<br />
integrated product team<br />
Ir iridium [element]<br />
IR&D independent research and development<br />
IRA Irish Republican Army<br />
IRF immediate reaction force<br />
IRGC Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps<br />
IRIGF Islamic Republic <strong>of</strong> Iran Ground Forces
IRIS Interrogation Requirements Information System [DLA]<br />
IRM information resources manager<br />
IRMS Information Resources Management Service<br />
IRP Installation Restoration Program<br />
Inventory Reduction Plan<br />
IRR Individual Ready Reserve<br />
internal rate <strong>of</strong> return<br />
IRST infrared search and track<br />
IRTF Internet Research Task Force<br />
IRTGSM infrared terminally guided munitions<br />
ISAB International Security Advisory Board<br />
ISAP Individual System Automation Plan<br />
ISAR inverse synthetic aperture radar<br />
ISB intermediate staging base<br />
ISD installation supply division<br />
ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network<br />
ISDP International Security and Defense Policy Center (NSRD)<br />
ISIS Integrated Surveillance Intelligence System<br />
Information Superiority Investment Strategy<br />
ISM installation support modules<br />
Integrated Sustainment Maintenance [U.S. Army]<br />
ISMO Information Systems Management Office (CEO)<br />
ISM-X Integrated Sustainment Maintenance-Expanded [U.S. Army]<br />
ISO Information Systems Office (DARPA)<br />
Organization <strong>of</strong> International Standards<br />
ISP Internet service provider<br />
ISR installation situation reports<br />
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance<br />
ISSAA Information Systems Selection and Acquisition Agency [U.S. Army]<br />
ISSC information service support center [U.S. Army]<br />
IST information systems technology (DARPA)<br />
ISWG Information Systems Working Group [NATO]<br />
IT information technologies<br />
ITASC interim theater ADP service center<br />
ITO installation transportation <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
ITU International Telecommunication Union<br />
ITV in-transit visibility<br />
ITW/AA integrated tactical warning and attack assessment<br />
IV intravenously<br />
IVIS Integrated Vehicular Information System<br />
IW information warfare<br />
IWAR Integrated Warfare Architecture Review<br />
IXC Interexchange Carrier.<br />
J<br />
J joule (derived SI unit)<br />
J.D. doctor <strong>of</strong> law<br />
J/S jamming-to-signal ratio<br />
J-1 Joint Staff Personnel Directorate<br />
J-3 Joint Staff Operations Directorate<br />
J-4 Joint Staff Logistics Directorate
J-4/JCS Office <strong>of</strong> the Joint Chiefs <strong>of</strong> Staff<br />
J-5 Joint Staff Directorate for Strategic Plans and Policy<br />
J-6 Joint Staff Command, Control and Communications Systems<br />
J-7 Joint Staff Operational Plans & Policy Directorate<br />
J-8 Joint Staff Director for Force Structure, Resources and Assessments, Joint Staff<br />
JACS JUMPS Automated Coding System<br />
JAG judge advocate general<br />
JAOP joint air operations plan<br />
JASSM joint air-to-surface stand<strong>of</strong>f missile<br />
JAST Joint Advanced Strike Technology [U.S. Air Force]<br />
JAST Joint Strike Fighter Program<br />
JBI joint battlespace infrastructure<br />
JCALS Joint Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support<br />
JCCO Joint Container Control System<br />
JCMT Joint Collection Management Tool<br />
JCS Joint Chiefs <strong>of</strong> Staff<br />
JDA Joint Deployment Agency<br />
JDAM joint direct attack munition<br />
JDISS Joint Intelligence Support System<br />
JDSSC Joint Data Systems Support Center (DCA)<br />
JDTAV Joint Defense Total Asset Visibility<br />
JERS Japanese Earth Resources Satellite<br />
JFACC Joint Forces Air Component Commander<br />
JFC joint force commander<br />
JFCOM joint force command<br />
JHTS joint HARM targeting system<br />
JIC joint information center<br />
JICM joint integrated contingency model<br />
JIEO Joint Interoperability and Engineering Organization<br />
JIG Jane’s Information Group<br />
JIPTL Joint Integrated Prioritized Target List<br />
JIRD joint interim requirements document<br />
JIS Joint Interconnection Service<br />
JIS joint information system<br />
JIT just-in-time<br />
JITA joint in-theater injector<br />
JITC Joint Interoperability Test Center (DCA-JTC 3 A)<br />
JITF Joint Interface Test Force (DCA-JTC 3 A)<br />
JL-ACTD Joint Logistics-Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration [U.S. Army]<br />
JLOG Joint Logistics Management Information System<br />
JLOGS Joint Logistics (Also Joint THEATER Logistics) Automated System<br />
JLSC Joint Logistics Systems Center<br />
JLSC Joint Logistics Systems Command<br />
JMCIS Joint Maritime Command Information System<br />
JMEM Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manual<br />
JMMO Joint Medical Mobilization Office<br />
JMP Joint MILSATCOM Panel<br />
JOBS Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (training program)<br />
JOPES Joint Operations Planning and Execution System [Marine Corps]<br />
JOPS Joint Operations Planning System<br />
JOTS Joint Operational Tactical Systems<br />
JP Joint Pubication<br />
JPATS Joint Primary Aircraft Training System (Air Force, Navy)
JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group<br />
JPM joint project manager<br />
JPO joint program <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
JPRS Joint Publications Research Service<br />
JPT joint planning tool<br />
Jr. junior<br />
JROC Joint Requirements Oversight Council<br />
JS Joint Staff<br />
JSAAWS Joint Semiautonomous Air Weapon System [U.S. Navy]<br />
JSAF Joint Signals Intelligence Avionics Family<br />
JSC Johnson Space Center [NASA]<br />
JSCP Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan<br />
JSF Joint Strike Fighter<br />
JSIPS Joint Service Imagery System<br />
JSMB Joint Space Management Board [U.S. Air Force]<br />
JSOW joint stand<strong>of</strong>f weapon<br />
JSPS Joint Strategic Planning System (JCS)<br />
JSTARS joint surveillance target attack radar system<br />
JT&E Joint Test and Evaluation Program (ODS)<br />
JTC 3 A Joint Tactical C 3 Agency (DCA)<br />
JTCB Joint Targeting Coordination Board<br />
JTCTS Joint Tactical Combat Training System (Navy, Air Force)<br />
JTF joint task force<br />
JTF-CNO Joint Task Force Computer Network Operations<br />
JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution System<br />
JTIWG Joint Test Integration Working Group [U.S. Army]<br />
JTL joint target list<br />
JTRB Joint Telecommunications Resources Board<br />
JT-UAV joint tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (Army, Marine Corps)<br />
JUMPS Joint Uniform Military Pay System<br />
JWARS joint warfare system<br />
JWCA joint warfighting capabilities assessment<br />
JWICS Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System<br />
JWID Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration<br />
K<br />
K kindergarten<br />
potassium [element]<br />
kelvin (SI unit)<br />
carat (gemstone weight)<br />
k kilo (SI prefix for 1 x 10 3 )<br />
K9 canine (K9 corps army dogs)<br />
K–12 kindergarten through 12th grade<br />
Kan. Kansas [traditional]<br />
KAT kinematic automated tracker<br />
KBLPS Knowledge-Based Logistics Planning System [U.S. Army]<br />
KBPS kilobits per second<br />
kcal kilocalorie<br />
KCCO Kansas City Commodity Office<br />
KCNA Korea Central News Agency<br />
KDA knowledge and development programs
KEDO Korea Energy Development Organization<br />
kg kilogram (SI unit)<br />
kHz kilohertz<br />
KIAS knot indicated air speed<br />
KIDA Korean Institute for Defense Analyses<br />
km kilometer<br />
KPI key performance indicators<br />
Kr krypton [element]<br />
KS Kansas [USPS]<br />
KSC Kennedy Space Center<br />
kVA kilovolt amperes<br />
kW kilowatt<br />
kWh kilowatt hour<br />
KY Kentucky [USPS]<br />
Ky. Kentucky [traditional]<br />
L<br />
l wavelength<br />
L lira<br />
L/D lift-to-drag ratio<br />
LA Louisiana [USPS]<br />
La lanthanum [element]<br />
La. Louisiana [traditional]<br />
LACM land-attack cruise missile<br />
LADAR laser radar<br />
LAEFF Laboratorio de Astr<strong>of</strong>isica Espacial y Fisica Fundamental (in Madrid)<br />
LAGEOS Laser Geodynamics Satellite<br />
LAM TF Louisiana Maneuvers Task Force [U.S. Army]<br />
LAMP Logistics Automation Master Plan<br />
LAN local area network<br />
LANTIRN Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night [U.S. Air Force]<br />
LAO Logistics assistance <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
LAP Logistics Assistance Program<br />
LAPES Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System [U.S. Army]<br />
LAR logistics assistance representative<br />
lasercom laser communications<br />
LASSO Logistics Automation System Support Office<br />
LATA local access transport area<br />
lb. pound<br />
LC Library <strong>of</strong> Congress<br />
LCA logistics control activity [U.S. Army]<br />
LCC life-cycle cost<br />
LCDR lieutenant commander<br />
LCE logistics capability estimator<br />
LCE&S life-cycle engineering and support<br />
LCL0 lowest reported lethal concentration<br />
LCM life-cycle management<br />
LCOE logistics center <strong>of</strong> excellence<br />
LD/HD low density, high demand<br />
LDC less-developed country<br />
LDGPS local DGPS
LDR low data rate<br />
LEA law enforcement agency<br />
Logistics Evaluation Agency [U.S. Army]<br />
LEAP Lightweight Exoatmospheric Projectile (Hughes)<br />
LEC local exchange carrier<br />
LEIDS Logistics Electronic Information Delivery System<br />
LEN large extension nodes<br />
LEO low earth orbit<br />
LEP limited English pr<strong>of</strong>iciency<br />
LEU low enriched uranium reactor fuel<br />
LFADS Landing Force Asset Distribution System [Marine Corps]<br />
LFSR linear feedback shift register<br />
LG/LOG logistics<br />
LGB laser-guided bomb<br />
Li lithium [element]<br />
LIA Logistics Integration Agency<br />
linear induction accelerator<br />
LID light infantry division<br />
LIDB Logistics Integrated Database<br />
LIF Logistics Intelligence File [U.S. Army]<br />
Li-ion lithium ion<br />
LIPS Logistics Information Processing System<br />
LL.B. bachelor <strong>of</strong> laws<br />
LL.D. doctor <strong>of</strong> laws<br />
LMARS Logistics Metrics Analysis Reporting System [DLA]<br />
LMI Logistics Management Institute<br />
LMSR large medium-speed roll-on and roll-<strong>of</strong>f<br />
LMTV light medium tactical vehicle (Army 2.5-ton truck)<br />
Ln. lane<br />
LNA low-noise amplifier<br />
LOC line <strong>of</strong> communication<br />
loc. cit. in the place cited<br />
LOCAAS low-cost autonomous attack submunition<br />
LOG logistics<br />
LOGAIS logistics automated information systems [Marine Corps]<br />
LOGC Logistics Center [U.S. Army]<br />
LOGCAP Logistics Civil Augmentation Program [U.S. Army]<br />
LOGDUS Logistics Dial-Up System (Army DLSIE, Ft. Lee)<br />
LOGMARS Logistics Marking and Reading System (Army barcodes)<br />
LOGNET logistics data network<br />
LOGPARS Logistics Planning and Requirements System [U.S. Army]<br />
LOGPLAN logistics plan<br />
LOGRUN Logistics Remote Users Network<br />
LOGSA logistics support activity (Army, Redstone Arsenal, AL)<br />
LOGSACS Logistics Structure and Composition System<br />
LORA level-<strong>of</strong>-repair analysis<br />
LOS line-<strong>of</strong>-sight<br />
LPA logistics performance analyzer [U.S. Army]<br />
LPD low probability <strong>of</strong> detection<br />
LPI low probability <strong>of</strong> intercept<br />
LPT logistics preparation <strong>of</strong> the theater<br />
LR logical region<br />
Lr lawrencium [element]
LRC lesser regional conflict<br />
lesser regional contingency<br />
LRCM long-range cruise missile<br />
LRE launch recovery element<br />
LRFS Logistics Requirements Funding Summary [U.S. Army]<br />
LRIP low-rate initial production<br />
LRs logistics reassignments<br />
LRT logistics response time<br />
LRU line-replaceable unit<br />
LSA logistics support analysis<br />
LSAR logistics support analysis record<br />
LSDA Life Sciences Data Archive [NASA]<br />
LSE logistics support element<br />
LSI large-scale integration<br />
LSIS Logistics Standard Information Systems<br />
LSRC Logistics System Review Committee<br />
LSSA logistics systems support activity [U.S. Army]<br />
LSSC logistics systems support center<br />
LSV logistics support vessel<br />
LT light<br />
LT lieutenant<br />
Lt Col lieutenant colonel [U.S. Air Force]<br />
Lt Gen lieutenant general [U.S. Air Force]<br />
LT(jg) lieutenant, junior grade<br />
Lt. Gov. lieutenant governor<br />
LTA lighter-than-air<br />
LTC long-term contracts<br />
LTC lieutenant colonel [U.S. Army]<br />
LtCol. lieutenant colonel [Marine Corps]<br />
Ltd. Limited<br />
LTG lieutenant general [U.S. Army]<br />
LtGen. lieutenant general [Marine Corps]<br />
LTI limited technical inspection<br />
LTIF long-term investment funds<br />
Lu lutetium [element]<br />
LWIR long-wavelength infrared<br />
M<br />
m meter<br />
meter (SI unit)<br />
minute (time)<br />
milli (SI prefix for 1 x 10 –3 )<br />
M marshalling area<br />
magnetron<br />
M. mister<br />
m. noon<br />
mega (SI prefix for 1 x 10 6 )<br />
M&IE miscellaneous and incidental expenses<br />
M.A. master <strong>of</strong> arts<br />
M.D. doctor <strong>of</strong> medicine<br />
M.P. member <strong>of</strong> Parliament
M.S. master <strong>of</strong> science<br />
M/M mobile to mobile<br />
MA message analysis<br />
mission assignment<br />
Massachusetts [USPS]<br />
MAA mission area assessment<br />
MAAP master air attack plan<br />
MAC Military Airlift Command<br />
MACOM major command<br />
MACT maximum achievable control technology<br />
MAD mass air delivery<br />
MAINT maintenance<br />
mutual assured destruction<br />
MAIRS Military Airlift Integrated Reporting System<br />
MAIS Major Automated Information System [U.S. Air Force]<br />
MAISRC Major Automated Information Systems Review Council (OSD)<br />
MAJ major [U.S. Army]<br />
Maj major [U.S. Air Force]<br />
Maj Gen major general [U.S. Air Force]<br />
Maj. major [Marine Corps]<br />
MALD miniature air-launched decoy<br />
MAMB Military Acquisition Management Branch<br />
MAMS Maintenance Activity Management System<br />
MAN metropolitan area network<br />
Manitoba [traditional]<br />
MAPS Mobility Analysis and Planning System<br />
MARAD Maritime Administration<br />
MARC manpower requirements criteria<br />
MARS U.S. Army Military Affiliate Radio System<br />
MARV maneuvering reentry vehicle<br />
MARVS Materiel Acquisition Requirements and Validation System<br />
MASF mobile aeromedical staging facility<br />
MASH mobile army surgical hospital<br />
MASINT measurement and signals intelligence<br />
MASS Mobilization Movement Control Automated Support System<br />
Mass. Massachusetts [traditional]<br />
MATCALS Marine Air Traffic-Control and Landing System<br />
MATS mechanical automated carrier interface<br />
MB Manitoba [USPS]<br />
MBA multibeam antenna<br />
Mbit megabit<br />
Mbps megabits per second<br />
MBSAD mobilization station and destination arrival date<br />
MC mission computer<br />
military committee [NATO]<br />
MC mobilization center<br />
MCA movement control activity<br />
Movements Control Agency<br />
MCAGCC Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center<br />
MCAS Marine Corps Air Station<br />
MCC Mission Control Center [NASA]<br />
monitor command code (Marine primary commands)<br />
Movement Control Center
MCCDC Marine Corps Combat Development Command<br />
MCDP Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication<br />
MCE modular control equipment<br />
mission control element<br />
MCEB Military Communications-Electronics Board<br />
MCF military computer family<br />
MCG magnetocumulative generator<br />
MCLB Marine Corps logistics base<br />
MCN management control number<br />
Military Communication Network<br />
MCR Military Communications Representative<br />
MCRD Marine Corps Recruiting Depot<br />
MCRDAC Marine Corps Research, Development and Acquisition Command<br />
MCS maneuver control system<br />
MCSR materiel condition status report<br />
MCT movement control team<br />
MCWL Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory<br />
MD Maryland [USPS]<br />
Md mendelevium [element]<br />
Md. Maryland [traditional]<br />
MDAA mutual defense assistance agreement<br />
MDAC Marine Data Analysis Center, Albany<br />
MDAO Mutual Defense Assistance Office<br />
MDL management data list<br />
MDMS Maintenance Data Management System<br />
MDR medium data rate<br />
MDRC Manpower Demonstration Research <strong>Corporation</strong><br />
MDS Mission Design Series<br />
MDSS MAGTF Deployment Support System [Marine Corps]<br />
ME Maine [USPS]<br />
Me. Maine [traditional]<br />
MEADS Medium Extended Air Defense system<br />
MEB Marine expeditionary brigade<br />
MECHTRAM Mechanization <strong>of</strong> selected transportation movement reports<br />
MECOBO Military Export Cargo Booking Office<br />
MED medical<br />
MEDEX Medical Air Express<br />
MediCal Medicaid California<br />
MEDPV medical prime vendor<br />
MEDTCU medical tactical computer unit<br />
MEF Marine expeditionary force<br />
MEIDS Maintenance Electronic Information Delivery System<br />
MELCO Mitsubishi Electronics <strong>Corporation</strong><br />
MEM microelectronic mechanical (system or device)<br />
MEO medium earth orbit (satellite)<br />
MERA Molecular Electronics for Radar Applications<br />
MERS Mobile Emergency Response Support<br />
Messrs. misters<br />
MET Milstar Engineering Development Model Terminal [U.S. Army]<br />
METEOR Multiple Experiment Transporter to Earth Orbit and Return [NASA]<br />
METL mission essential task list<br />
METRIC Multi-Eschelon Technique for Recoverable Item Control [<strong>RAND</strong>]<br />
METS Military Export Traffic System
METT-T Mission, enemy terrain, time, and troops [U.S. Army]<br />
MEU Marine expeditionary unit<br />
MFDS multifunction display set<br />
mfg. manufacturing<br />
MFN most favored nation (U.S. trade status)<br />
MFO multinational force and observers<br />
MFP materiel fielding plan<br />
MG major general [U.S. Army]<br />
MG military government<br />
Mg magnesium [element]<br />
MGen. major general [Marine Corps]<br />
MGIB Montgomery GI Bill<br />
mgr. manager<br />
MHE materiel-handling equipment<br />
MHI Mitsubishi Heavy Industries<br />
MHS Military Health System<br />
MHSS Military Health Services System<br />
MHz megahertz<br />
MI military intelligence<br />
MI Michigan [USPS]<br />
mi mile<br />
MI&L manpower, installations and logistics<br />
mi/h miles per hour<br />
mi 2 square mile<br />
MIA missing in action<br />
MIAD Miesau Army Depot<br />
MIC monolithic integrated circuit<br />
MICAP mission capable<br />
Mich. Michigan [traditional]<br />
MICO management information control <strong>of</strong>ficer [U.S. Army]<br />
MICOM missile command<br />
MIDB major item database<br />
MIDF major item distribution and history file<br />
MIE military information environment<br />
MIES Modernized Imagery Exploitation System<br />
MIIDS Military Intelligence Integrated Database System<br />
MIL military<br />
MILAN Missile d’Infantrie Leger Antichar [Light Infantry Anti-Tank Missile]<br />
MILNET military network<br />
MILO magnetically insulated line oscillator<br />
MILPER military personnel<br />
MILSATCOM military satellite communications<br />
MILSPEC military specifications<br />
MILSTAMP military standard transportation and movement procedures<br />
MILSTAR Military Strategic and Tactical Relay System<br />
MILSTD military standard<br />
MILSTEP Military Supply and Transport Evaluation Procedures<br />
MILSTICCS Military Standard Item Characteristics Coding Structures<br />
MILSTRAP Military Standard Transaction and Accounting Procedures<br />
MILSTRIP Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures<br />
MIMIS Major Item Management Information System<br />
MIMS Maintenance Information Management System<br />
MINET Movement Information Network
Minn. Minnesota [traditional]<br />
MIPR Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request<br />
MIPS millions <strong>of</strong> instructions per second<br />
MIPT Memorial Institute for the Prevention <strong>of</strong> Terrorism<br />
MIRP Master Inventory Record Posting (Army LIF)<br />
MIS management information system<br />
MISER Management Information System for Energy Resources<br />
MISO Management Information System Office<br />
MIS-Q Management Information System for Quality<br />
Miss. Mississippi [traditional]<br />
MISSI Multilevel Information System Security Initiative<br />
MIT Massachusetts Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology<br />
MITI Ministry <strong>of</strong> International Trade and Industry<br />
MITLA microcircuit technology for logistics applications (RF tags)<br />
MITRE MIT Research and Engineering<br />
MLRC Multiple Lesser Regional Conflict<br />
MLRS multiple launch rocket system<br />
MLS multilevel security<br />
MM. misters<br />
MMBHMF mean miles between hardware mission failure<br />
MMBOMF mean miles between operational mission failure<br />
MMC materiel management center<br />
MMCN medical management control number<br />
MMD mean mission duration<br />
MMHPOM maintenance man hour or operating mile<br />
MMI maintenance management information<br />
man-machine interface<br />
MMIC monolithic microwave integrated circuit<br />
MMSS Materiel Management Standard System<br />
MMW millimeter wave<br />
MMWR morbidity and mortality weekly report<br />
MMWTGSM millimeter-wave terminally guided munitions<br />
MN Minnesota [USPS]<br />
Mn manganese [element]<br />
MNC major NATO commander<br />
MND Ministry <strong>of</strong> National Defense (ROC)<br />
MND SW Multinational Division South West (Bosnia)<br />
MNS mission need statement<br />
MO Missouri [USPS]<br />
Mo molybdenum [element]<br />
mo month<br />
Mo. Missouri [traditional]<br />
MoA memorandum <strong>of</strong> agreement<br />
MOA military operations area<br />
MOADS Movement Oriented Ammunition Distribution System [U.S. Army]<br />
MOB TDA Mobilization Table <strong>of</strong> Distribution and Allowances<br />
MOBERS Mobilization Equipment Redistribution System<br />
MOBSS mobilization support system<br />
MOBTRAN mobilization and deployment transportation<br />
MOC military occupational code<br />
MOD Ministry <strong>of</strong> Defense<br />
MODELS Modernization <strong>of</strong> Defense Logistics Standard System<br />
MODEM modulator and demodulator
MOE maintenance <strong>of</strong> effort<br />
major organizational entity<br />
measures <strong>of</strong> effectiveness<br />
MOF Ministry <strong>of</strong> Finance<br />
MOFA Ministry <strong>of</strong> Foreign Affairs<br />
MOG maximum on ground (aircraft)<br />
MoI memorandum <strong>of</strong> implementation<br />
MOIA memorandum <strong>of</strong> implementation and agreement<br />
mol mole (SI unit)<br />
Mont. Montana [traditional]<br />
MOOTW military operations other than war<br />
MOP measures <strong>of</strong> performance<br />
memorandum <strong>of</strong> policy<br />
MORS Military Operations Research Society<br />
MOS military occupational specialty<br />
MOTCA Military Ocean Terminal Clearance Authority<br />
MoU memorandum <strong>of</strong> understanding<br />
MOUT military operations on urban terrain [U.S. Army]<br />
MOV materiel obligation validation<br />
MP management plan (OSD)<br />
management pr<strong>of</strong>ile<br />
military police<br />
MPE monthly performance evaluation<br />
MPF maritime prepositioning force [Marine Corps]<br />
MPL mandatory parts list<br />
MPM microwave power module<br />
MPS maritime prepositioning ships [Marine Corps]<br />
MR military region<br />
MRAF military region air force<br />
MRC major regional conflict<br />
major regional contingency<br />
Mitsubishi Rayon <strong>Corporation</strong><br />
multiregional conflict<br />
Materiel Readiness Command [U.S. Army]<br />
MRDB Materiel Returns Database<br />
MRE meals ready to eat<br />
MRF multirole fighter<br />
Manager Review File (Army SARSS)<br />
MRIS Modernization Resource Information System<br />
MRM Maintenance Reporting and Management System<br />
MRP material requirements planning<br />
MRSA Materiel Readiness Support Activity [U.S. Army]<br />
MS military science<br />
moderately stealthy<br />
Mississippi [USPS]<br />
ms. manuscript<br />
MSAAP Mississippi Army Ammunition Plant<br />
MSB main support battalion<br />
MSBS mission support base supply (Air Force Space Command)<br />
MSC major subordinate command [U.S. Army]<br />
Military Sealift Command [U.S. Navy]<br />
MSDF Maritime Self Defense Force<br />
MSDS materials safety data sheets
MSE mobile subscriber equipment<br />
MSF mobile strike force<br />
MSFD multiservice force deployment<br />
MSFS Maintenance Shop Floor System<br />
Msgr. monsignor<br />
MSI medium-scale integration<br />
MSIC Missile and Space Intelligence Center<br />
MSL mean sea level<br />
MSR missile strike warning<br />
main supply route<br />
MSRT mobile subscriber radio terminal<br />
mss. manuscripts<br />
MST maintenance support team<br />
MT Montana [USPS]<br />
maintenance<br />
Mt. mount<br />
MTA Metropolitan Transportation Authority<br />
MTBR mean time between replacements<br />
MTC materiel-technical cooperation<br />
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime<br />
MTF military treatment facilities<br />
MTF modulation transfer function<br />
MTI moving-target indicator<br />
MTMC Military Traffic Management Command [U.S. Army]<br />
Mtn. mountain<br />
MTOE Modified Table <strong>of</strong> Organization and Equipment<br />
MTOF Mission Task Organized Forces [U.S. Army]<br />
MTR Military Technical Revolution<br />
MTS member <strong>of</strong> the technical staff<br />
movement tracking system<br />
MTV medium tactical vehicle (Army 5-ton truck)<br />
MTW major theater war<br />
MUFFIN multiuse file for interagency news (GSA)<br />
MUSARC major U.S. Army Reserve Command<br />
MVMT movement<br />
MW megawatt<br />
mw molecular weight<br />
MWEAC Mount Weather Emergency Assistance Branch<br />
MWR Morale, Welfare, and Recreation<br />
N<br />
N nitrogen<br />
north<br />
nitrogen [element]<br />
newton (derived SI unit)<br />
n nano (SI prefix for 1 x 10 –9 )<br />
nmi nautical mile<br />
N.B. New Brunswick [traditional], nota bene<br />
N.C. North Carolina [traditional]<br />
N.D. North Dakota [traditional]<br />
n.d. no date
N.F. Newfoundland [traditional]<br />
N.H. New Hampshire [traditional]<br />
N.J. New Jersey [traditional]<br />
N.M. New Mexico [traditional]<br />
n.p. no place, no publisher<br />
N.S. Nova Scotia [traditional]<br />
N.W.T. Northwest Territories [traditional]<br />
N.Y. New York [traditional]<br />
NA net assessment<br />
Na sodium [element]<br />
Na2CO3<br />
sodium carbonate<br />
NAACP National Association for the Advancement <strong>of</strong> Colored People<br />
NAAG NATO Army Armaments Group<br />
NAB NDRI Advisory Board<br />
NAC North Atlantic Council<br />
NACCSA NATO Air Command and Control System Agency<br />
NACISA NATO Communications and Information Systems Agency<br />
NACISC NATO Communications and Information Systems Committee<br />
NaCl sodium chloride<br />
NADC NATO Air Defense Committee<br />
NADEP naval aviation depot<br />
NADGE NATO Air Defense Ground Environment<br />
NAE navy acquisition executive<br />
NAEP National Assessment <strong>of</strong> Educational Progress<br />
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement<br />
NAIC National Air Intelligence Center [U.S. Air Force]<br />
NAL National Aerospace Laboratory<br />
NALCOMIS Naval Air Logistics Communications Management Information System<br />
NALE naval and amphibious liaison element<br />
NALGEP National Association <strong>of</strong> Local Government Environmental Pr<strong>of</strong>essionals<br />
NAM network assessment model<br />
nonaligned movement<br />
NAMSA NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency<br />
NAMSO NATO Maintenance and Supply Organisation<br />
NaOH sodium hydroxide<br />
NAPA National Academy <strong>of</strong> Public Administration<br />
NARDAC Navy Regional Data Automation Center<br />
NARDIC Navy Acquisition Research and Development Information Center<br />
NAS National Academy <strong>of</strong> Science<br />
Naval Air Station<br />
New Attack Submarine<br />
national airspace system<br />
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration<br />
NASM National Air and Space Museum<br />
NASNI Naval Air Station North Island<br />
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization<br />
NAVICP naval inventory control point<br />
NAVMIC Naval and Maritime Intelligence Center (Navy, Marine Corps)<br />
NAVMTO Navy Material Transportation Office<br />
NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command<br />
NAVSEA 01 Naval Sea Systems Command Financial Directorate<br />
NAVSEA 08 Naval Sea Systems Command Nuclear Propulsion Directorate<br />
NAVSPACECOM Naval Space Command
NAVSTAR Navigation Satellite with Timing and Ranging<br />
NAVSUP Naval Supply Systems Command<br />
NAVTRANS Naval Transportation Support Command<br />
NAVWAR navigation warfare<br />
NAVXPRESS Navy local truck deliveries<br />
NB New Brunswick [USPS]<br />
Nb niobium [element]<br />
NBC nuclear, biological, and chemical<br />
NBMD NATO Business Management Directory<br />
NBS National Bureau <strong>of</strong> Standards<br />
NC node centers<br />
NC North Carolina [USPS]<br />
NCA National Command Authority [since 2002, not to be used; specify president, secretary <strong>of</strong> defense]<br />
NCC National Coordinating Center<br />
NCCS Navy Command and Control System<br />
NCES National Center for Educational Statistics<br />
NCO noncommissioned <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
NCP National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan<br />
NCS National Communications System.<br />
NCSC National Computer Security Center<br />
NCSP National Communications Support Plan<br />
NCSRM National Communications System Regional Manager<br />
ND North Dakota [USPS]<br />
Nd neodymium [element]<br />
NDAA National Defense Authorization Act<br />
NDMOC National Disaster Medical Operations Center<br />
NDMS National Disaster Medical System<br />
NDMSOSC National Disaster Medical System Operations Support Center<br />
NDP National Defense Panel<br />
NDPO National Defense Program Outline<br />
NDRI National Defense Research Institute<br />
NDSM National Defense Service Medal [U.S. Army]<br />
NE northeast<br />
Nebraska [USPS]<br />
Ne neon [element]<br />
NEACP National Emergency Airborne Command Post<br />
Neb. Nebraska [traditional]<br />
NEC Nippon Electronics Company<br />
NECC National Emergency Coordination Center (FEMA)<br />
NEIS National Earthquake Information Service<br />
NELS National Education Longitudinal Study<br />
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act<br />
NEPPS National Environmental Performance Partnership System<br />
NES network encryption system<br />
NESDIS National Environment Satellite, Data, and Information Service<br />
NET noise equivalent temperature<br />
Nev. Nevada [traditional]<br />
NF Newfoundland [USPS]<br />
NFDA National Funeral Directors Association<br />
NFIP National Foreign Intelligence Program<br />
NFoV narrow field <strong>of</strong> view<br />
NGAF next-generation attack fighter [U.S. Air Force]<br />
NGB National Guard Bureau
NGC Northrop Grumman <strong>Corporation</strong><br />
NGIC National Ground Intelligence Center<br />
NGO nongovernmental organization<br />
NH New Hampshire [USPS]<br />
NHPA National Historic Preservation Act<br />
Ni nickel [element]<br />
NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism<br />
NIC National Intelligence Council<br />
NICC National Interagency Coordination Center<br />
NICHD National Institute <strong>of</strong> Child Health and Human Development<br />
NIDA National Institute on Drug Abuse<br />
NIDES Next-Generation Intrusion Detection Expert System<br />
NIDRR National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research<br />
NIFCC National Interagency Fire Coordination Center (USFS)<br />
NIH National Institutes <strong>of</strong> Health<br />
NiH2 nickel hydride (battery)<br />
NII national information infrastructure<br />
NIIRS national imagery interpretation rating scale<br />
NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency<br />
NIMH National Institutes <strong>of</strong> Mental Health<br />
NIMMS Naval Inventory Material Management System<br />
NIMSRs nonconsumable item materiel support requests<br />
NIO-CMI National Intelligence Officer for Conventional Military Issues<br />
NIPRNet Nonsecure Internet Protocol Router Network<br />
NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology<br />
NJ New Jersey [USPS]<br />
NKA North Korean Army<br />
NKPA North Korean People’s Army<br />
NLL Naval Logistical Library<br />
NLOS non-line <strong>of</strong> sight<br />
NLPS National Level Provider System<br />
NLRB National Labor Relations Board<br />
NM New Mexico [USPS]<br />
N-MCRL NATO Master Cross Reference List (COMMIT)<br />
NMCS National Military Command and Control System<br />
NMD national missile defense<br />
NMFS National Marine Fisheries Service<br />
nm nanometer<br />
nmi nautical mile<br />
NMOP National Mail Order Pharmacy Program<br />
NMP national maintenance point<br />
NMS national military strategy<br />
NMSA NATO Maintenance Supply Activity<br />
NNOB National Network Operations Branch<br />
NNOC National Network Operations Center<br />
NNS Newport News Shipbuilding<br />
NNSC Neutral National Supervisory Commission<br />
No nobelium [element]<br />
No. number<br />
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration<br />
NODS night optical device system<br />
NOFORN not releasable to foreign nationals<br />
NON-DIV nondivisional
NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command<br />
NORTEL Northern Telecom<br />
NOS night observation system<br />
Nos. numbers<br />
NP national preparedness<br />
Np neptunium [element]<br />
NPES Nuclear Planning and Execution System<br />
NPOESS National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System<br />
NPPR National Pollution Prevention Roundtable<br />
NPR Nuclear Posture Review<br />
NPS National Park Service<br />
Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA<br />
NPT Nonproliferation Treaty<br />
NPV net present value<br />
NRC National Research Council [part <strong>of</strong> the National Academy <strong>of</strong> Science]<br />
Nuclear Regulatory Commission<br />
NRCS National Resources Conservation Service<br />
NRL Naval Research Laboratory<br />
NRO National Reconnaissance Office<br />
NRT National Response Team<br />
NRTS Network Resources and Training Sites [NASA]<br />
ns nanosecond<br />
NS nonstealthy<br />
Nova Scotia [USPS]<br />
NS/EP National Security and Emergency Preparedness<br />
NSA National Security Agency<br />
NSC National Safety Council<br />
National Security Council<br />
NSEP National Security Emergency Preparedness<br />
NSF National Science Foundation<br />
National Strike Force<br />
NSIA National Security Industrial Association<br />
NSMM National Sustainment Maintenance Manager [U.S. Army]<br />
NSRA National Security Revitalization Act<br />
NSRD National Security Research Division [<strong>RAND</strong>]<br />
NSS National Security Strategy<br />
NSSDC National Space Science Data Center [NASA]<br />
NT Northwest Territories [USPS]<br />
NTC National Training Center<br />
NTDS Navy Tactical Data System<br />
NTF National Test Facility [U.S. Air Force]<br />
NTI near-term initiatives<br />
NTIA National Telecommunications and Information Administration<br />
NTISA Naval Tactical Interoperability Support Agency<br />
NTSB National Transportation Safety Board<br />
NTSP National Telecommunications Support Plan<br />
NU Nunavut [USPS]<br />
NV Nevada [USPS]<br />
NVA North Vietnamese Army<br />
NVEOL Night Vision Electro-Optics Laboratory<br />
NVOAD National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster<br />
NW northwest<br />
NWS National Weather Service
NY New York [USPS]<br />
O<br />
O oxygen [element]<br />
O&M operations and maintenance<br />
O&O operational and organizational [U.S. Army]<br />
O&S operations and support<br />
OAS Office <strong>of</strong> Applied Studies<br />
Organization <strong>of</strong> American States<br />
OASA(FM) Office <strong>of</strong> the Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> the Army (Financial Management)<br />
OASA(IL) Office <strong>of</strong> the Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> the Army (Installation and Logistics)<br />
OASA(RDA) Office <strong>of</strong> the Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> the Army (Research, Development, and Acquisition)<br />
OASD(C 3 I) Office <strong>of</strong> the Assistant Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense (C 3 I)<br />
OASH Office <strong>of</strong> the Assistant Secretary for Health (DHHS)<br />
OAT outside air temperature<br />
OBP objectives-based planning<br />
OBRM objectives-based resource management<br />
OC oversight committee<br />
opto-electronic components<br />
OCAR Office <strong>of</strong> the Chief <strong>of</strong> the Army Reserve<br />
OCE organized criminal enterprise<br />
OCHAMPUS Office <strong>of</strong> Civilian Health and Medical Program <strong>of</strong> the Uniformed Services (DoD)<br />
OCIE organizational clothing and individual equipment<br />
OCM operational communications models<br />
OCONUS outside the continental United States<br />
OCR operational capability requirement<br />
OD ordnance<br />
ODB occupational database<br />
ODCSLOG Office <strong>of</strong> the Deputy Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff for Logistics<br />
ODCSOPS Office <strong>of</strong> the Deputy Chief <strong>of</strong> Staff for Operations<br />
ODM operational development model<br />
ODS Operation Desert Storm<br />
Operation Desert Shield (or Storm)<br />
OE operating expenses<br />
operational element<br />
OEM original equipment manufacturer<br />
OEP Office <strong>of</strong> Emergency Preparedness [U.S. Public Health Service]<br />
OET Office <strong>of</strong> Emergency Transportation<br />
OFA operational field assessment<br />
other federal agency<br />
OFAC Office <strong>of</strong> Foreign Assets Control (U.S. Treasury)<br />
OFDA Office <strong>of</strong> U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance<br />
OGS overseas ground station<br />
OH Ohio [USPS]<br />
OH- hydroxide ion<br />
Ohio Ohio [traditional]<br />
OIA Office <strong>of</strong> Imagery Analysis<br />
OJCS Office <strong>of</strong> the Joint Chiefs <strong>of</strong> Staff<br />
OJT on-the-job training<br />
OK Oklahoma [USPS]<br />
Okla. Oklahoma [traditional]
OLS ordinary least squares<br />
OMB Office <strong>of</strong> Management and Budget<br />
ON Ontario [USPS]<br />
ONAP Office <strong>of</strong> National AIDS Policy<br />
ONDCP Office <strong>of</strong> National Drug Control Policy<br />
ONR Office <strong>of</strong> Naval Research<br />
Ont. Ontario [traditional]<br />
OOTW operations other than war<br />
op. cit. in the work<br />
OPA Oil Pollution Act<br />
OPCOM operational command<br />
OPDS <strong>of</strong>f-shore petroleum discharge system<br />
OPEC Organization <strong>of</strong> Petroleum Exporting Countries<br />
OPELINT operational electronic intelligence<br />
OPFAC operations facility<br />
OPFOR opposing force<br />
OPIDN Organophosphate-induced delayed neuropathy<br />
OPLAN operations plan<br />
OPLOC operating location<br />
OPM Office <strong>of</strong> Personnel Management<br />
OPNAV Office <strong>of</strong> the Chief <strong>of</strong> Naval Operations<br />
OPNS operations<br />
OPP <strong>of</strong>f-load preparation party<br />
OPTEMPO operational tempo<br />
OR Oregon [USPS]<br />
ORA operational requirements analysis (Army CECOM)<br />
ORCON dissemination and extraction <strong>of</strong> information controlled by originator<br />
ORD operational requirements document<br />
Oreg. Oregon [traditional]<br />
ORF operational readiness float<br />
ORG organization or organizational<br />
ORSA operations research systems analysis (Army LEA)<br />
Os osmium [element]<br />
OSAGWI Office <strong>of</strong> the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses<br />
OSC objective supply capability<br />
on-scene coordinator<br />
other service component(s)<br />
OSCE Organization <strong>of</strong> Security and Cooperation in Europe<br />
OSD Office <strong>of</strong> the Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense<br />
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Administration<br />
OSI open systems interconnection<br />
OSINT open-source intelligence<br />
OSMIS Operating and Support Management Information System [U.S. Army]<br />
OSRAP Optimum Stockage Requirements Analysis Program<br />
OSRD Office <strong>of</strong> Scientific Research and Development<br />
OSTP Office <strong>of</strong> Science Technology Policy<br />
OTA Office <strong>of</strong> Technology Assessment<br />
OTDR optical time-domain reflectometry<br />
OTOE Objective Table <strong>of</strong> Organization and Equipment<br />
OUSDRE Office <strong>of</strong> the Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Research and Engineering<br />
oz. ounce
P<br />
P phosphorous [element]<br />
p pico (SI prefix for 1 x 10 –12 )<br />
P&R personnel and readiness<br />
p. page<br />
P.E.I. Prince Edward Island [traditional]<br />
p.m. post meridiem, afternoon<br />
P.O. Box Post Office box (Abbreviate only with number)<br />
P.R. Puerto Rico [traditional]<br />
P/L pr<strong>of</strong>it and loss<br />
P2 pollution prevention<br />
P 2 C 4 I Power Projection C 4 Improvement Program<br />
PA Procurement Army<br />
programmatic agreement<br />
proponent agency<br />
public affairs<br />
public assistance<br />
Pennsylvania [USPS]<br />
Pa pascal (derived SI unit)<br />
protactinium [element]<br />
PA&E program analysis and evaluation<br />
Pa. Pennsylvania [traditional]<br />
PAA primary assigned aircraft<br />
primary authorized aircraft<br />
PABX private automatic branch exchange<br />
PAC presidential advisory committee<br />
political action committee<br />
PAC3 Patriot (Advanced Capability)<br />
PACAF Pacific Air Forces<br />
PADDS Procurement Automated Data and Document System<br />
PADP Panel on Air Defense Philosophy [NATO]<br />
PADS POMCUS Authorization Document System<br />
PADW Panel on Air Defense Weapons [NATO]<br />
PAF Project AIR FORCE<br />
PAHO Pan American Health Organization<br />
PALOS Planning Assistance for Logistics Systems [U.S. Army]<br />
PAMCS Panel on Airspace Management and Control Systems [NATO]<br />
PAMS-A/PAMS-M Predictive Aircraft Maintenance System-Analysis and Migration<br />
PAO public affairs <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
par. paragraph<br />
public assistance <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
PARR program analysis resource review<br />
pars. paragraphs<br />
PASS parametric analysis <strong>of</strong> ship systems<br />
pass. throughout<br />
PAVN People’s Army <strong>of</strong> Vietnam<br />
PAX passengers<br />
PB property book<br />
Pb lead<br />
PBS Public Building Service (GSA)<br />
PBV post-boost vehicle
PBX private branch exchange (communications)<br />
PC personal computer<br />
PCAST President’s Committee <strong>of</strong> Advisors on Science and Technology<br />
PCCIP Presidential Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection<br />
PCGD probability cost growth distribution<br />
PCLSAR Personal Computer Logistics Support Analysis Record [U.S. Army]<br />
PCM plug compatible machine<br />
PCN program control number<br />
PCO procurement contracting <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
PCS permanent change <strong>of</strong> station [U.S. Army]<br />
personal communications service<br />
PCSD President’s Council on Sustainable Development<br />
PC-TARE personal computer-time and attendance report<br />
PCTE portable common tool environment<br />
PD priority designator [U.S. Army]<br />
Pd palladium [element]<br />
PDA preliminary damage assessment<br />
personal digital assistant<br />
PDD presidential decision directive<br />
PDF precision direction finder<br />
PDIP program data increment package<br />
PDM program decision memorandum [U.S. Army]<br />
PDOP position dilution <strong>of</strong> precision<br />
PDR preliminary design review<br />
PDRR program definition risk reduction<br />
PDS primary distribution site<br />
PDV project definition and validation<br />
PE Prince Edward Island [USPS]<br />
PED process, exploit, and disseminate<br />
PEM program element monitor<br />
PEO procurement executive <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
program executive <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
PERC Program Evaluation and Resources Center<br />
PERSCOM Personnel Command<br />
PERSTEMPO personnel tempo<br />
PfP Partnership for Peace<br />
PFT permanent full time<br />
PG processing gain<br />
PGM precision-guided munitions<br />
PGP Pretty Good Privacy (public key encryption package)<br />
Ph.D. doctor <strong>of</strong> philosophy<br />
PHS U.S. Public Health Service (DHHS)<br />
PIC Private Industry Council<br />
PICA Primary Inventory Control Activity<br />
PICS Protocol Interface Conformance Specifications<br />
PIN positive-intrinsic-negative<br />
PIO public information <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
PIP primary injection points<br />
PIT process improvement team [U.S. Army]<br />
Pk probability <strong>of</strong> kill<br />
PKG package<br />
PKK Kurdistan Worker Party<br />
Pkwy. parkway
PL public law<br />
Pl. place<br />
PLA People’s Liberation Army (China)<br />
PLAAF People’s Liberation Army Air Force<br />
PLL phase-locked loop<br />
prescribed load list<br />
PLO Palestine Liberation Organization<br />
PLS palletized loading system<br />
PLT platoon<br />
PM project manager<br />
program manager<br />
Pm promethium [element]<br />
PMCS preventive maintenance checks and services [U.S. Army]<br />
PMD pounds per man per day<br />
PMI politico-military interactions<br />
PMP project management plan<br />
PMR provisioning master record<br />
PMS production management specialist<br />
PO purchase <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
Po polonium [element]<br />
POA point <strong>of</strong> arrival<br />
POC point <strong>of</strong> contact<br />
POD point <strong>of</strong> departure<br />
port <strong>of</strong> debarkation (<strong>of</strong>fload point)<br />
POE point <strong>of</strong> embarkation<br />
POET phase one engineering team<br />
POG psychological operations group<br />
POL petroleum, oil, and lubricants<br />
POLA performance-oriented logistics assessment<br />
POLWAR political warfare<br />
POM program objectives memorandum<br />
POMCUS prepositioned overseas materiel configured to unit sets<br />
PoP point <strong>of</strong> presence<br />
POP post <strong>of</strong>fice protocol (email)<br />
pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> principle<br />
PORTER performance-oriented tracking <strong>of</strong> equipment repair<br />
POS point <strong>of</strong> sale<br />
POTUS President <strong>of</strong> the United States<br />
POW prisoner <strong>of</strong> war<br />
PP&C production planning and control<br />
pp. pages<br />
PPBES Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution System<br />
PPBS Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System<br />
PPC planning production and control<br />
ppm parts per million<br />
PPO personal property <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
preferred provider organization<br />
PPP point to point protocol (internet communications)<br />
PPS public perception survey<br />
precise positioning service<br />
PPSO personal property shipping <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
PQ Quebec [USPS]<br />
PQT product qualification testing [U.S. Army]
PR Puerto Rico [USPS]<br />
Pr praseodymium [element]<br />
PRA patient reporting activity<br />
PRAG Program Risk Assessment Group<br />
PRAMS Passenger Reservation and Manifesting System<br />
PRB Personnel Replacement Base<br />
PRC People’s Republic <strong>of</strong> China<br />
PRC portable radio communications [U.S. Air Force]<br />
PRC Program Review Committee<br />
PRDA program research and development activity<br />
Pres. president<br />
PRF pulse repetition frequency<br />
PRIMIRS product improvement management information reports<br />
PRN pseudo-random number<br />
pro tem. for the time being<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>. pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />
PROFIT provisioning <strong>of</strong> file items [NATO]<br />
PRP primary responsible party<br />
PRR pulse repetition rate<br />
PRWORA Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act<br />
PSA port support activity<br />
PSF pounds per square foot<br />
psi pounds per square inch<br />
PSM purchasing and supply management<br />
PSN public switched network<br />
PSP programmable signal processor<br />
PSR personal service radio<br />
PSSG protocol standards steering group<br />
PSTN public switched telephone network<br />
PSYOP psychological operations<br />
Pt platinum [element]<br />
Pt. Port<br />
pt. part (document), pint<br />
PTD provisioning technical documentation<br />
PTSD Post-traumatic stress disorder<br />
Pu plutonium [element]<br />
Pub. L. public law (Used in legal citations, followed by the abbreviation No. and a number.)<br />
PVC permanent virtual circuits<br />
PVO private volunteer organizations<br />
PWC public works center<br />
PWD procurement word directive<br />
PWRM preposition war reserve materiel stocks<br />
Q<br />
Q.E.D. which was to be demonstrated<br />
q.v. which see (refer to this topic)<br />
Q/R query and response<br />
QA quality assurance<br />
QDR Quadrennial Defense Review<br />
quality deficiency report<br />
QM quartermaster
QPA quantity per article<br />
QPSK quaternary phase shift keying<br />
QRF quick reaction force<br />
QRMC Quadrennial Review <strong>of</strong> Military Compensation<br />
qt. quart<br />
Que. Quebec [traditional]<br />
R<br />
R&D research and development<br />
R&R resource and recovery<br />
R&S reconnaissance and surveillance<br />
R.I. Rhode Island [traditional]<br />
RA regular army<br />
Reserve Affairs<br />
resolution advisory<br />
Ra radium [element]<br />
RAAF Royal Australian Air Force<br />
RAAP rapid application <strong>of</strong> air power<br />
RACES Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services<br />
rad radian (SI unit)<br />
RADC Rome Air Development Center [U.S. Air Force]<br />
RADINT radiation intelligence<br />
RADM rear admiral<br />
RADSS Resource Analysis Decision Support System (DFAS)<br />
RAF Royal Air Force<br />
RAID Requirements, Assessment, and Integration Division<br />
RAM radar-absorbing material<br />
random access memory<br />
RASP Reserve Associate Support Program<br />
RAU radio access unit<br />
Rb rubidium [element]<br />
RBA revolution in business affairs<br />
RBC red blood cells<br />
RBMS Retail Readiness-Based Maintenance System<br />
RBOC regional Bell operating company<br />
RBS Readiness Based Sparing<br />
RC reserve component<br />
RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force<br />
RCAS Reserve Component Automation System<br />
RCOH Refueling and Complex Overhauls<br />
RCRA the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act<br />
RCS radar cross section<br />
RCT repair cycle time<br />
RCTPIT Repair Cycle Time Process Improvement Team<br />
RCZ rear combat zone [U.S. Army]<br />
RD range disadvantage<br />
regional director<br />
RD requirements document<br />
Rd. road<br />
RDBMS relational database management system<br />
RDD required delivery date
RDEC research development and engineering center<br />
RDES Requirements Determination and Execution System<br />
RDF obsolete: Rapid Deployment Force [now CENTCOM]<br />
RDO rapid decisive operations<br />
redistribution order<br />
RDODAAC rapid DODAAC change [U.S. Army]<br />
RDOT Regimental Directorate <strong>of</strong> Training<br />
RDS [a modeling program]<br />
RDT&E research, development, test, and evaluation<br />
Re rhenium [element]<br />
REA Rural Electrification Administration<br />
REACT radio emergency associated communication team<br />
Reject Entry and Correction Technique System<br />
REC regional emergency coordinator<br />
RECC regional emergency communications coordinator<br />
RECP regional emergency communications plan<br />
REM route evaluation module<br />
REO regional environmental <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
REP regional evacuation point<br />
Rep. representative<br />
REQCTL requirements control<br />
RET regional emergency transportation<br />
RETCO regional emergency transportation coordinator<br />
RF radio frequency<br />
RFAIT radio frequency automatic identification technology<br />
RFI request for information<br />
RFP request for proposal<br />
RGS <strong>RAND</strong> Graduate School<br />
Rh rhodium [element]<br />
RHA regional health administrator (HHS)<br />
RI Rhode Island [USPS]<br />
RIC routing identifier code<br />
RIC reinforced concrete<br />
RICC reportable item control code<br />
RIDB Readiness Integrated Database<br />
RIF reduction in force<br />
RIIRS radar imagery interpretability rating scale<br />
RIMCS Reparable Item Movement Control System<br />
RIMS Recoverable Items Management System<br />
RIMSTOP Retail Inventory Management Stockage Policy<br />
RISC Regional Interagency Steering Committee<br />
RISTA reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition<br />
RJ Rivet Joint<br />
RLV reusable launch vehicle<br />
RM&A reliability, maintainability, and availability<br />
RMA revolution in military affairs<br />
RMC regular military compensation<br />
RML revolution in military logistics<br />
RMMC regimental materiel management center<br />
RMMT rail movement management team<br />
RMNCS Regional Manager National Communications System<br />
RMP Radar Modernization Program<br />
RMS root mean square
RN Royal Navy<br />
Rn radon [element]<br />
RNA ribonucleic acid<br />
RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force<br />
ROA remotely operated aircraft<br />
ROC regional operations center<br />
required operational capability<br />
receiver operating characteristic<br />
ROD report <strong>of</strong> discrepancy<br />
ROE rules <strong>of</strong> engagement<br />
ROK Republic <strong>of</strong> Korea<br />
ROM read-only memory<br />
ROR rate <strong>of</strong> return<br />
ROST regional operations support team<br />
ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps<br />
ROTHR relocatable over-the-horizon radar<br />
RPG rocket propelled grenade<br />
rpm revolutions per minute<br />
RPSTL repair part special tool list<br />
RPV remotely piloted vehicle<br />
RR railroad<br />
RRS readiness reporting system<br />
RRT regional response team<br />
RSA [a public-key cryptography system named after its inventors: R. Rivest, A. Shamir, and L. Adleman]<br />
RSA reserve storage activity<br />
RSAM Reconnaissance and Surveillance Allocation Model<br />
RSAS <strong>RAND</strong> Strategy Assessment System<br />
RSC regional support center<br />
RSF requisition status file<br />
RSI rationalization, standardization, and interoperability<br />
RSIP Radar System Improvement Program<br />
RSMM regional sustainment maintenance manager [U.S. Army]<br />
RSOI reception, staging, onward movement, and integration<br />
RSTA reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition<br />
RTAIS remote terminal AMDF inquiry system<br />
RTB return to base<br />
RTCM Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Service<br />
RTIC real-time information in the cockpit [U.S. Air Force]<br />
RTIP Radar Technology Improvement Program<br />
RTS remote tracking station<br />
Ru ruthenium [element]<br />
RWA reimbursable work authorization<br />
RWI radio wire integration<br />
RX repairable exchange<br />
Rx receiver<br />
S<br />
S staging area<br />
south<br />
sulfur [element]<br />
siemens (derived SI unit)
s second<br />
s second (SI unit)<br />
S&E salaries and expenses<br />
S&L savings and loan<br />
S&S supply and services<br />
S&T science and technology<br />
S&TF Science and Technology Forum<br />
S&TPI Science and Technology Policy Institute [<strong>RAND</strong>]<br />
S. Senate bill (with a following number, designates a Senate bill, S. 120.)<br />
S.A. equivalent to Ltd.<br />
S.B. scientiae baccalaureus (bachelor <strong>of</strong> science)<br />
S.C. South Carolina [traditional]<br />
S.D. South Dakota [traditional]<br />
s.d. without date (rarely used)<br />
S.M master <strong>of</strong> science<br />
S/N signal-to-noise ratio<br />
SA selective availability<br />
SA system (information) architecture<br />
SA 3 Security Assistance Automation, Army<br />
SAAC Security Assistance Accounting Center<br />
SAACT Surveillance and Accountability Control Team<br />
SAAM Special Assignment Airlift Missions [U.S. Air Force]<br />
SAAMSS Security Assistance Automated Management Support System<br />
SAAS Standard Army Ammunition System<br />
SAB Scientific Advisory Board<br />
SAC school-age care<br />
Strategic Air Command<br />
SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander, Europe<br />
SACIMS Sensor Artificial Intelligence Communications Integrated Maintenance System<br />
SACLANT Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic<br />
SACS Structure and Composition System<br />
SADARM sense-and-destroy armor<br />
SADFAN security assistance dedicated facsimile<br />
SAG senior advisory group<br />
SAGE Student Achievement Guarantee in Education<br />
SAGE-A Safety Assessment for the Ground Environments <strong>of</strong> Airports.<br />
SAIC Science Applications International Corp.<br />
SAILS Standard Army Intermediate Level Supply System<br />
SAIN Security Assistance Information Network<br />
SAIP semiautomated imagery processor<br />
SALOG Security Assistance Logistics System<br />
SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Talks<br />
SALTS Streamlined Automated Logistics Transmission System<br />
SAM special air missions [during Korean War]<br />
surface-to-air missile<br />
SAMAS Structure and Manpower Allocation System<br />
SAMD Studies and Analysis Management Division (J-8)<br />
SAMHSA Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration<br />
SAMMS Standard Automated Materiel Management System [DLA]<br />
Samoa American Samoa [traditional]<br />
SAMPAP Security Assistance Master Planning and Phasing<br />
SAMS Standard Army Maintenance System<br />
SAMSO Space and Missiles Systems Organization
SAO Security Assistance Organization<br />
SAPMS Security Assistance Program Management System<br />
SAPPBG substance abuse performance partnership block grants<br />
SAR selected acquisition report<br />
semiactive radar<br />
synthetic aperture radar<br />
search and rescue<br />
selector application report<br />
SARA Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act<br />
SARSS Standard Army Retail Supply System<br />
SAS [a statistical computer package]<br />
SASC Senate Armed Services Committee<br />
Sask. Saskatchewan [traditional]<br />
SASS school and staffing survey<br />
SAT Scholastic Aptitude Test<br />
satisfactory<br />
s<strong>of</strong>tware acceptance test<br />
SATAN Satellite Access Node System<br />
SATCOM satellite communication<br />
SATFA Security Assistance Training Field Activity<br />
SATMO Security Assistance Training Management Office<br />
SATP Security Assistance Training Program<br />
SAVAR standard Army validation and reconciliation<br />
SB Senate bill<br />
Sb antimony [element]<br />
SBA Small Business Administration<br />
SBI space-based interceptor<br />
SBIRS space-based infrared radar system<br />
SBIS Sustaining Base Information System<br />
SBR space-based radar<br />
SBSS Standard Base Supply System<br />
SC South Carolina [USPS]<br />
Sc scandium [element]<br />
sc. namely<br />
SCADA Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition<br />
SCADC standard central air data computer<br />
SCAMP single-channel antijam man-portable terminal [U.S. Army]<br />
SCARS Serialized Control and Reparable System<br />
SCDL secure communications data link<br />
SCE sister chromatid exchange<br />
SCEPC Senior Civil Emergency Planning Committee [NATO]<br />
SCI Sensitive compartmented information<br />
SCIF Sensitive Compartmentalized Intelligence Facility<br />
SCN shipbuilding and conversion, Navy<br />
SCO state coordinating <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
SCOMP secure communications processor<br />
SCOTT single-channel objective tactical terminal [U.S. Army]<br />
SCP s<strong>of</strong>tware change package<br />
SCR system change request<br />
SCS service center system<br />
Soil Conservation Service<br />
SCSI small computer systems interface<br />
SCT safe computing technologies
SCV subclutter visibility<br />
SCWG Strategic Concepts Working Group<br />
SD spiral development<br />
South Dakota [USPS]<br />
SDC sample data collection<br />
SDF Japanese Self Defense Forces<br />
SDFSC Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities<br />
SDI Strategic Defense Initiative<br />
SDMI Strategic Distribution Management Initiative<br />
SDP system decision paper<br />
SDS Standard Depot System [U.S. Army]<br />
standard distribution system<br />
SDT Second Destination Transportation<br />
SDT system development test<br />
SE southeast<br />
Se selenium [element]<br />
SEA Southeast Asia<br />
SEACOP Strategic Sealift Contingency Planning System<br />
SEAD suppression <strong>of</strong> enemy air defenses<br />
SEAS system effectiveness analysis simulation<br />
SEASTRAT Sealift Strategic Analysis System<br />
SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (1954–1977)<br />
SEC section<br />
sec. section<br />
SECNAV Secretary <strong>of</strong> the Navy<br />
SECRET Space Systems Threat Environment Description<br />
SEES [a contractor s<strong>of</strong>tware design system]<br />
SEM Strategic Environmental Management<br />
SEN small extension nodes (Army comm)<br />
Sen. senator<br />
SEP spherical error probable<br />
SES socioeconomic status<br />
senior executive service<br />
s<strong>of</strong>tware engineering support<br />
SES-FE socioeconomic status-fixed effect<br />
sess. session<br />
SETAF Southern European Task Force<br />
SETI Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence<br />
SF standard form<br />
SFC specific fuel consumption<br />
SFDLR Stock Funding for Depot Level Repairable<br />
SFW sensor fuzed weapon<br />
SFWMD South Florida Water Management District<br />
SG support group<br />
SH support helicopter [UK Military]<br />
SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe<br />
SHARE Stock Holding and Asset Requirements Exchange [NATO]<br />
SHF superhigh frequency<br />
SHPO State Historic Preservation Office<br />
SHRDP Strategic Human Resources Development Plan<br />
SI International System <strong>of</strong> Units<br />
Si silicon [element]<br />
SIAMS Single Integrated Ammunition Management System
SID standard instrument departure<br />
SIG signal<br />
SIGCEN signal center [U.S. Army]<br />
SIGINT signals intelligence<br />
SIM Simulation<br />
SIMA shore intermediate maintenance activity [U.S. Navy]<br />
SIA systems integration and management activity<br />
SIMBUILD simulation building<br />
SIMCAP Simulated Combat Air Patrol [a <strong>RAND</strong> model]<br />
SIMNET Simulations networking<br />
SIMS-X Selected Item Management System-Expanded<br />
SINCGARS single-channel ground and airborne radio system<br />
SIOP single integrated operational plan<br />
SIP self-initiated program<br />
SIPRI Stockholm International Peace Research Institute<br />
SIPRNET Secret Internet Protocol Router Network<br />
SIR signal-to-interference ratio<br />
SIS strategic information systems<br />
SIT site improvement teams<br />
SITREP situation report<br />
SIW strategic information warfare<br />
SK Saskatchewan [USPS]<br />
SLA Strategic Logistics Agency [U.S. Army]<br />
Symbionese Liberation Army<br />
SLAM standard land attack missile<br />
SLBMs submarine-launched ballistic missiles<br />
SLCM sea-launched cruise missile<br />
SLDB Submarine Logistics Database<br />
SLEP Service Life Extension Program<br />
SLL sidelobe level<br />
SLOC source lines <strong>of</strong> code<br />
SLPS State and Local Programs and Support Directorate (FEMA)<br />
SLRP Survey, Liaison, and Reconnaissance Party<br />
SLUFAE Surface Launched Unit, Fuel Air Explosive<br />
SLV space launch vehicle<br />
Sm samarium [element]<br />
SMA sergeant major <strong>of</strong> the army<br />
SMART Supply and Maintenance Assessment and Review Team [U.S. Army]<br />
SMART-T Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal [U.S. Army]<br />
SMCS Standard Monitoring and Control System [U.S. Navy]<br />
SMEX Small Explorer [NASA]<br />
SMTP Simple Mail Transport Protocol<br />
Sn tin [element]<br />
SNMP simple network management protocol<br />
SNR signal-to-noise ratio<br />
SNS secure network server<br />
SNT serial number tracking<br />
SO2<br />
sulfur dioxide<br />
SOCOM Special Operations Command<br />
SOF Special Operations Forces<br />
SOFA Status <strong>of</strong> Forces Agreement (United States and South Korea)<br />
SOLIC special operations and low-intensity conflict<br />
SOM system operations manager
SON statement <strong>of</strong> operational need [U.S. Air Force]<br />
SONET synchronous optical network<br />
SOP standard operating procedures<br />
SOSUS sound surveillance system<br />
SOW statement <strong>of</strong> work<br />
SPAWAR space and naval warfare<br />
SPEAKEASY multimode and multiband radio<br />
SPEAR space electronically agile radar<br />
SPG self-propelled gun<br />
SPINS special instructions<br />
SPO system acquisition program <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
system program <strong>of</strong>fice<br />
SPOD sea port <strong>of</strong> debarkation<br />
SPOE sea port <strong>of</strong> embarkation<br />
SPS standard positioning service<br />
SPT support<br />
Sq. square [location]<br />
SQI special qualification identifier<br />
SQL Structured Query Language<br />
SQT S<strong>of</strong>tware qualification test<br />
Sr strontium [element]<br />
Sr. senior<br />
sister [religious title]<br />
SRAN Stock Record Account Number<br />
SRC Source requirement code<br />
standard requirements code<br />
SRR system requirements review<br />
SS single sideband<br />
ss. namely<br />
SSA source selection authority<br />
standard system application<br />
supply support activity<br />
soldier support activity<br />
Social Security Administration<br />
SSBN nuclear ballistic missile submarine<br />
SSC smaller-scale conflict<br />
SSC smaller-scale contingency<br />
SSM small smart munition<br />
surface-to-surface missile<br />
SSPA solid-state phased array<br />
SSPK single-shot probability <strong>of</strong> kill<br />
St. saint<br />
street<br />
STACCS Theater Strategic Command and Control System<br />
STAMIS Standard Army Management Information System<br />
STANFINS Standard Army Financial System<br />
STAR standard terminal arrival route<br />
student-teacher achievement ratio<br />
system threat assessment report<br />
START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty<br />
START Simplified Tool for Assessment <strong>of</strong> Regional Threats [a theater-level campaign model developed by <strong>RAND</strong>]<br />
STATA [a statistical computer package]<br />
STATCO Statistical Passenger Data Collection Application System
STATEX statutory exclusion<br />
STDN secure tactical data network<br />
STE staff year <strong>of</strong> technical effort<br />
Ste. sainte (feminine, French)<br />
STO Science and Technology Objective [U.S. Army]<br />
STOL short take<strong>of</strong>f and landing<br />
STON short ton<br />
STOVL short take<strong>of</strong>f and vertical landing<br />
S&TPI Science and Technology Policy Institute<br />
STRADS strategic deployment system<br />
STRATFOR strategic forces<br />
STS Space Transportation System [NASA; proper term for the space shuttle]<br />
STScI Space Telescope Science Institute<br />
STTE special tools and test equipment<br />
STX situational training exercise [U.S. Army]<br />
SUA special use airspace<br />
subch. subchapter<br />
subpar. subparagraph<br />
subpt. subpart<br />
subsec. subsection<br />
SUPCOM support command<br />
supp. supplement<br />
SUPSHIP supervisor <strong>of</strong> shipbuilding<br />
Supt. superintendent<br />
SVMG Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group<br />
SW southwest<br />
SWA Southwest Asia<br />
SWAT special weapons and tactics<br />
SWC Space Warfare Center [U.S. Air Force]<br />
SWPS Strategic War Planning System [U.S. Air Force]<br />
SYERS Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System<br />
T<br />
T tablespoon<br />
t teaspoon<br />
T&E threatened and endangered<br />
T&M/LH time and materials and labor hours<br />
T/M transportable to mobile<br />
T/R transmit-receive<br />
T/T transportable to transportable<br />
T/W thrust-to-weight ratio<br />
TA technical (information) architecture<br />
territorial army<br />
traffic advisory<br />
Ta tantalum [element]<br />
TAA tactical assembly area<br />
TAACOM Theater Army Area Command<br />
TAADS The Army Authorization Documents System<br />
TAB theater air base<br />
TAC Tactical Air Command<br />
type activity code
Tactical Air Command<br />
TAC CP Tactical Command Post<br />
TAC 2 Theater Army Command and Control System<br />
TACAIR tactical air<br />
TACAMO take charge and move out<br />
TACC Tanker Airlift Control Center<br />
TACCS Tactical Army CSS Computer System<br />
TACFIRE Tactical Fire Control system<br />
TACMS-BAT Tactical Missile System-Brilliant Anti-Armor Submunition [U.S. Army]<br />
TACOM Tank and Automotive Command [U.S. Army]<br />
Tank Automotive Command [U.S. Army]<br />
TACSAT Tactical Satellite Communications<br />
TACSSCS Tactical Army Combat Service Support Computer System<br />
TADIL-J Tactical Data Information Link–JTIDS<br />
TADIX-B Tactical Data Information Exchange System-Broadcast<br />
TADS/PNVS Target Acquisition and Designation System, Pilot Night Vision Sensor<br />
TAEDP Total Army Equipment Distribution Plan<br />
TAES Tactical Aeromedical Evacuation System<br />
TAFIM Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management<br />
TAI total aircraft inventory<br />
TAIM Total Army Inventory Management<br />
TALCE Tanker Airlift Control Element<br />
TAMCA Theater Army Movement Control Agency<br />
TAMCC Theater Army Movement Control Center<br />
TAMIS Training Ammunition Management Information System<br />
TAMMC Theater Army Materiel Management Center<br />
TAMMIS Theater Army Medical Management Information System<br />
TAMMS the Army Maintenance Management System<br />
TANF Temporary Assistance to Needy Families<br />
TAP The Army Plan<br />
TAPS A contractor s<strong>of</strong>tware design system<br />
TARP Theater Army Requirement Program<br />
TASC the Atlantic Sciences <strong>Corporation</strong><br />
Training and Audiovisual Support Center [U.S. Army]<br />
TASDAC tactical secure data communications<br />
TASM tactical air-to-surface missile<br />
TAT technology assessment team<br />
TAV total asset visibility<br />
Tb terbium [element]<br />
TBD to be determined<br />
TBM theater ballistic missile<br />
theater battle management<br />
TBMCS Theater Battle Management Core System<br />
Tc technetium [element]<br />
TCAS traffic collision avoidance system<br />
TCC transportation component command<br />
TCMD transportation movement control document<br />
TCN transportation control number<br />
TCP telecommunications priorities<br />
transmission control protocol<br />
TCTO time compliance technical order<br />
TD/CMS Technical Data Configuration Management System<br />
TDOA time difference <strong>of</strong> arrival
TDP Total Distribution Program<br />
TDY temporary duty<br />
Te tellurium [element]<br />
TED terrain elevation data<br />
TEED tactical end-to-end encryption device<br />
TEL transporter-erector-launcher<br />
TELAR transporter-erector-launcher and radar<br />
TEM Terrain Evaluation Module<br />
TEMPEST Transient Electromagnetic Pulse Standard<br />
TEMPO Technical Military Programming Organization<br />
TENCAP tactical exploitation <strong>of</strong> national capabilities<br />
Tenn. Tennessee [traditional]<br />
TEP task execution plan<br />
TEP theater engagement plans<br />
TEPMIS Theater Engagement Plan Management Information System<br />
TERCOM terrain-contour matching<br />
TEREC Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance [system]<br />
TERMS Terminal Management System [U.S. Army MTMC]<br />
Terr. terrace<br />
TESSA TMD (theater missile defense) Eagle Smart Sensor and ATR (automatic target recognition)<br />
Tex. Texas [traditional]<br />
TGSM terminally guided submunitions<br />
TH temporary housing<br />
Th thorium [element]<br />
THAAD theater high-altitude area defense<br />
THO temporary housing <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
TI Texas Instruments<br />
TI Transportation Information [U.S. Navy]<br />
Ti titanium [element]<br />
TIBS Tactical Information Broadcast Service<br />
TIES technical identification evaluation and selection<br />
TIMS Technical Information Management System<br />
Transportation Information Management System [U.S. Navy]<br />
TIP tactical injection points<br />
tactical Internet protocol<br />
TIR total item record<br />
TKF Taktisches Kamflugneung, German tactical combat aircraft<br />
Tl thallium [element]<br />
TLAA Tactical Logistics Automation Architecture<br />
TLAM Tomahawk land-attack missile<br />
TLAMS Travel and Living Allowance Management System<br />
TLE target location error<br />
TM technical manual<br />
Tm thulium [element]<br />
TMA TRICARE Management Activity<br />
TMD theater missile defense<br />
tactical munitions dispenser<br />
TMDE test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment<br />
TMG tactical multinet gateway<br />
TMMS Transportation Material Management System [U.S. Navy]<br />
TMO transportation movement <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
TN Tennessee [USPS]<br />
TNC threaded navy connector
TNL target nomination list<br />
TNS tactical name server<br />
TO theater <strong>of</strong> operations<br />
TOA theater operational area<br />
TOA total obligational authority<br />
TOE table <strong>of</strong> equipment<br />
table <strong>of</strong> organization and equipment<br />
TOFM Theater Operating Force Module [U.S. Army]<br />
TOGW take<strong>of</strong>f gross weight<br />
TOLS Terminal Management System On-Line [U.S. Army MTMC]<br />
ton ton<br />
TOPS tactical operations support<br />
TOR terms <strong>of</strong> reference<br />
TOW tube launched, optically tracked, wire command linked<br />
TPA Tactical Packet Network<br />
TPED Tasking Processing Exploitation and Dissemination<br />
TPEP Trusted Product Evaluation Program<br />
TPF task performance factor<br />
TPF total package fielding<br />
TPFDD time-phased force deployment data<br />
TPFDL time-phased force deployment list<br />
TPIO TRADOC Program Integration Office<br />
TPN tactical packet network<br />
TPS test program sets<br />
TPT Tactical Petroleum Terminal [U.S. Army]<br />
TQEM total quality environmental management<br />
TQM total quality management<br />
TRACON terminal radar control [NASA]<br />
TRADOC U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command<br />
TRAM transmit-receive antenna module<br />
trans. translator, translated<br />
TRANSCOM Transportation Command<br />
TRAP tactical related applications<br />
TRAP Tactical Recovery <strong>of</strong> Aircraft and Personnel (Marine)<br />
TRDI Technical Research and Development Institute<br />
TREAS Department <strong>of</strong> the Treasury<br />
Treas. Treasurer<br />
TRI Toxic Release Inventory<br />
TRICARE [Military health benefit program]<br />
TRIPS Travel, Reporting and Information Processing System<br />
TRI-TAC Tri-Service Tactical Communication system<br />
TRK truck<br />
TRL technical readiness level<br />
TRM technical reference model<br />
TRR tactical radar receiver<br />
TRW [a former aerospace company]<br />
TS/SCI Top Secret and Sensitive Compartmented Information<br />
TSA theater storage area [U.S. Army]<br />
TSA theater support activity<br />
TSASS TRADOC Security Assistance Support System<br />
TSC technical steering committee<br />
TSC theater support command<br />
TSM TRADOC System Manager
TSP telecommunications service priority<br />
TSP Thrift Savings Plan<br />
TSSAM Tri-Service Stand<strong>of</strong>f Attack Missile<br />
TSSD TRICARE Senior Supplement Demonstration<br />
TT&C telemetry, tracking, and control<br />
TTA tactical terminal adapter (Army communications)<br />
TTHS trainee, transient, holdee, and school<br />
TTP technology transfer procedures annex<br />
tactics, techniques, and procedures<br />
trailer transfer point<br />
TUAV tactical UAV<br />
TUFMIS Tactical Unit Financial Management Information System<br />
TURK Time Utilization Record-Keeping System<br />
TV television<br />
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority<br />
TW/AA tactical warning and attack assessment<br />
TWCF Transportation Working Capital Fund<br />
TWR threat warning receiver<br />
TWT traveling wave tube<br />
TWV tactical wheeled vehicle (Army truck)<br />
TWVMP Tactical Wheeled Vehicle Modernization Plan [U.S. Army]<br />
Tx transmitter<br />
TX Texas [USPS]<br />
(tm) trademark<br />
U<br />
U uranium [element]<br />
U.N. United Nations<br />
U.S. United States<br />
U.S.A. United States <strong>of</strong> America<br />
U.S.C. United States Code<br />
U.S.C.A U.S. Code Annotated<br />
UADPS Uniform Automated Data Processing System [U.S. Navy]<br />
UAPI uniform application program interface<br />
UAV unmanned aerial vehicle<br />
UBL unit basic load<br />
UCA Unified Cryptologic Architecture<br />
UCAV Uninhabited Combat Air Vehicle [U.S. Navy]<br />
UCAV unmanned combat aerial vehicle<br />
UCCIS USAREUR Command and Control Information System<br />
UCP Unified Command Plan<br />
UERE user equivalent range error<br />
UFC unit flyaway cost<br />
UFD user functional description<br />
UFO UHF Follow-On<br />
UG underground<br />
UHF ultrahigh frequency<br />
UIC unit identification code<br />
UIR user interface requirements<br />
UK United Kingdom<br />
UKMSCS U.K. Military Satellite Communication System
ULC unit-level computer<br />
ULLS Unit-Level Logistics System [U.S. Army]<br />
UMMIPS Uniform Materiel Movement and Issue Priority System<br />
UMT Universal Military Training<br />
UN United Nations<br />
UNC United Nations Command<br />
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation<br />
UNI United News <strong>of</strong> India<br />
UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund<br />
UNIKOM United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission<br />
UNIX<br />
UNPROFOR United Nations Protection Force<br />
UNSCM United Nations Special Commission<br />
UPC unit production cost<br />
URL uniform resource locator<br />
US F&WS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service<br />
US&R urban search and rescue<br />
USA U.S. Army<br />
USACE US Army Corps <strong>of</strong> Engineers<br />
USACOM U.S. Atlantic Command<br />
USAES U.S. Army Engineer School<br />
USAF U.S. Air Force<br />
USAFA U.S. Air Force Academy (in Colorado Springs)<br />
USAFE U.S. Air Force Europe<br />
USAISC U.S. Army Information Systems Command<br />
USAISEC U.S. Army Information System Engineering Command<br />
USAISSSC U.S. Army Information Systems S<strong>of</strong>tware Support Command<br />
USALEA U.S. Army Logistics Evaluation Agency<br />
USAMC U.S. Army Materiel Command<br />
USAMRIID U.S. Army Medical Institute <strong>of</strong> Infectious Disease<br />
USAPFO U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer<br />
USAR U.S. Army Reserve<br />
USAREUR U.S. Army Europe<br />
USARPAC U.S. Army Pacific<br />
USARSO U.S. Army South<br />
USASAC U.S. Army Security Assistance Command<br />
USASC U.S. Army Signal Center<br />
USASOC U.S. Army Special Operations Command<br />
USBR U.S. Bureau <strong>of</strong> Reclamation<br />
USC United States Code<br />
USCENTCOM U.S. Central Command<br />
USCG U.S. Coast Guard<br />
USD(C)/CFO Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer<br />
USD(AT&L) Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics<br />
USD(I) Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Intellilgence<br />
USD(P) Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Policy<br />
USD(P&R) Under Secretary <strong>of</strong> Defense for Personnel and Readiness<br />
USDA U.S. Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture<br />
USEUCOM U.S. European Command<br />
USFA U.S.<br />
USFDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration<br />
USFHP Uniformed Services Family Health Plan<br />
USFJ U.S. Forces Japan
USFK U.S. Forces Korea<br />
USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service<br />
USGS U.S. Geological Survey<br />
USIA U.S. Information Agency<br />
USJFCOM U.S. Joint Forces Command<br />
USLANTCOM U.S. Atlantic Command<br />
USMC U.S. Marine Corps<br />
USMTF U.S. Message Text Formats<br />
USN U.S. Navy<br />
USNR U.S. Naval Reserve<br />
USPACOM U.S. Pacific Command<br />
USPHS U.S. Public Health Service<br />
USPS U.S. Postal Service<br />
USS U.S. ship<br />
USSBS U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey<br />
USSOCOM U.S. Special Operations Command<br />
USSOUTHCOM U.S. Southern Command<br />
USSPACECOM U.S. Space Command<br />
USSR Union <strong>of</strong> Soviet Socialist Republics<br />
USTR U.S. Trade Representative<br />
USTRANSCOM U.S. Transportation Command (DoD)<br />
UT Utah [USPS]<br />
Utah Utah [traditional]<br />
UTC unit type code<br />
V<br />
V volt (derived SI unit)<br />
vanadium [element]<br />
v versus (legal cases)<br />
V.I. Virgin Islands [traditional]<br />
VA Veterans’ Administration<br />
Department <strong>of</strong> Veterans Affairs<br />
Virginia [USPS]<br />
Va. Virginia [traditional]<br />
VADM vice admiral<br />
VAFB Vandenberg Air Force Base<br />
VC Viet Cong; Vietnamese Communists<br />
VCCLEA Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act<br />
VCJCS Vice Chief, Joint Chiefs <strong>of</strong> Staff<br />
VCRTF Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund<br />
VERA Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation system<br />
VFR visual flight rules<br />
VG velocity group<br />
VHA Veterans Health Administration (Department <strong>of</strong> Veterans Affairs)<br />
VHF very-high frequency<br />
VHSIC very-high-speed integrated circuit<br />
VI Virgin Islands [USPS]<br />
VIP very important person<br />
viz. namely<br />
VLF very low frequency<br />
VLSI very-large-scale integrated circuits
VM velocity management<br />
VMC visual meteorological conditions<br />
VME [a type <strong>of</strong> data bus]<br />
VNAF Vietnamese Air Force<br />
VOD vertical obstruction data<br />
vol. volume<br />
vols. volumes<br />
VOLTS Virtual Online Logistics Transaction System [DLA]<br />
VPE vertical position error<br />
VR vocational rehabilitation<br />
VREP Vendor Receipts and Expediting Program [U.S. Navy]<br />
VRM variable-resolution modeling<br />
vs. versus (general use)<br />
VSAT very-small-aperture terminal<br />
VSTOL vertical or short take<strong>of</strong>f and landing<br />
VT Vermont [USPS]<br />
Vt. Vermont [traditional]<br />
VTC video teleconference<br />
VTHL vertical take<strong>of</strong>f and horizontal landing [NASA]<br />
VTUAV vertical take<strong>of</strong>f and landing (VTOL) tactical UAV<br />
VTVL vertical take<strong>of</strong>f and vertical landing [NASA]<br />
W<br />
W west<br />
watt (derived SI unit)<br />
tungsten [element]<br />
W. Va. West Virginia [traditional]<br />
WA Washington [USPS]<br />
WAAS World Airline Accident Summary<br />
WAC Women’s Air Corps<br />
WADGPS wide-area DGPS<br />
WAIS Wide-Area Information Server<br />
WAN wide-area network<br />
WARF wartime attrition replacement factors<br />
WARS Worldwide Ammunition Reporting System<br />
WAS Wide-Area Multispectral Surveillance Program<br />
WAS wide-area search<br />
Wash. Washington [traditional]<br />
WBCSD World Business Council on Sustainable Development<br />
WBPS Wholesale Budget Preparation System<br />
WBS work breakdown structure<br />
WCMD wind-corrected munitions dispensers<br />
WEAR Wartime Executive Agency Responsibilities<br />
WESTCOM Western Command [U.S. Army]<br />
WEU Western European Union<br />
WFoV wide field <strong>of</strong> view<br />
WG working group<br />
WHCA White House Communications Agency<br />
WHO World Health Organization<br />
WI Wisconsin [USPS]<br />
WIC California Welfare and Institutions Code
WIN work incentive program<br />
Wisc. Wisconsin [traditional]<br />
WMD weapons <strong>of</strong> mass destruction<br />
WNINTEL Warning Notice—Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved<br />
WOC wing operations center<br />
WOD word <strong>of</strong> the day<br />
WPS Worldwide Port System<br />
WR-ALC Warner Robbins Air Logistics Center<br />
WRAP War Reserve Automated Process<br />
Warfighting Rapid Acquisition Program<br />
WRD Washington Research Department [<strong>RAND</strong>]<br />
WRI World Resources Institute<br />
WSAC weapon system analysis capability<br />
WSMAP Weapon System Management Action Plan<br />
WSSM Weapon System Sustainment Management [<strong>RAND</strong>]<br />
WTW welfare-to-work<br />
WUC work unit code<br />
WV West Virginia [USPS]<br />
WWMCCS World Wide Military Command and Control System<br />
WWW World Wide Web<br />
WY Wyoming [USPS]<br />
Wyo. Wyoming [traditional]<br />
X<br />
Xe xenon [element]<br />
XO executive <strong>of</strong>ficer<br />
XX brigade<br />
XXX corps<br />
Y<br />
Y yttrium [element]<br />
Y.T. Yukon [traditional]<br />
Y2K Year 2000<br />
Yb ytterbium [element]<br />
yd yard<br />
yd 2 square yard<br />
yd 3 cubic yard<br />
YOS year(s) <strong>of</strong> service<br />
yr year<br />
YRTECH year <strong>of</strong> technology<br />
YT Yukon [USPS]<br />
Z<br />
Zn zinc [element]<br />
Zr zirconium [element]
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