| Abbreviation
|
Meaning
|
| 18 AF
|
Eighteenth Air Force
|
| 1MC
|
general announcing system
|
| 1NCD
|
1st Naval Construction Division
|
| 2-D
|
two-dimensional
|
| 2E
|
Role 2 enhanced
|
| 2LM
|
Role 2 light maneuver
|
| 2X
|
counterintelligence and human intelligence staff element
|
| 3-D
|
three-dimensional
|
| 618 AOC (TACC)
|
618th Air Operations Center (Tanker Airlift Control Center)
|
| A/C
|
aircraft
|
| A/DACG
|
arrival/departure airfield control group
|
| A1
|
director of manpower, personnel, and services (USAF)
|
| A2
|
antiaccess
|
| A-2
|
intelligence staff officer (USAF)
|
| A-3
|
operations directorate (COMAFFOR staff); operations staff officer (USAF)
|
| A4
|
director of logistics, engineering, and force protection (USAF)
|
| A-5
|
plans directorate (COMAFFOR staff)
|
| A-6
|
communications staff officer (USAF)
|
| AA
|
assessment agent; avenue of approach
|
| AA&E
|
arms, ammunition, and explosives
|
| AAA
|
antiaircraft artillery
|
| AAC
|
activity address code
|
| AACG
|
arrival airfield control group
|
| AADC
|
area air defense commander
|
| AADP
|
area air defense plan
|
| AAFES
|
Army and Air Force Exchange Service
|
| AAFS
|
amphibious assault fuel system
|
| AAG
|
aeronautical assignment group
|
| AAGS
|
Army air-ground system
|
| AAM
|
air-to-air missile
|
| AAMDC
|
Army air and missile defense command
|
| AAP
|
Allied administrative publication
|
| AAR
|
after action report; after action review; air-to-air refueling area
|
| AATCC
|
amphibious air traffic control center
|
| AAV
|
amphibious assault vehicle
|
| AB
|
air base
|
| ABCANZ
|
American, British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand
|
| ABCT
|
armored brigade combat team
|
| ABFC
|
advanced base functional component
|
| ABFDS
|
aerial bulk fuel delivery system
|
| ABI
|
activity-based intelligence
|
| ABLTS
|
amphibious bulk liquid transfer system
|
| ABP
|
air battle plan
|
| AC
|
Active Component
|
| ACA
|
airspace control authority; airspace coordination area
|
| ACAMS
|
Army Container Asset Management System
|
| ACC
|
air component commander; area coordination center
|
| ACCE
|
air component coordination element
|
| ACD
|
automated cargo documentation
|
| ACE
|
aviation combat element (USMC)
|
| ACEOI
|
automated communications-electronics operating instructions
|
| ACL
|
allowable cabin load
|
| ACM
|
airspace coordinating measure
|
| ACO
|
administrative contracting officer; airspace control order
|
| ACOS
|
assistant chief of staff
|
| ACP
|
airspace control plan; Allied communications publication
|
| ACS
|
airspace control system
|
| ACSA
|
acquisition and cross-servicing agreement
|
| ACT
|
advance civilian team
|
| ACU
|
assault craft unit
|
| AD
|
air defense; area denial
|
| ADA
|
air defense artillery; Antideficiency Act
|
| ADAFCO
|
air defense artillery fire control officer
|
| ADAM
|
air defense airspace management
|
| ADAM/BAE
|
air defense airspace management/brigade aviation element
|
| ADC
|
area damage control
|
| ADCON
|
administrative control
|
| ADCS
|
air defense coordination section
|
| ADM
|
air defense measure
|
| ADOS
|
active duty for operational support
|
| ADP
|
Army doctrine publication; automated data processing
|
| ADR
|
airfield damage repair
|
| ADRP
|
Army doctrine reference publication
|
| ADS
|
air defense sector; authoritative data source
|
| ADUSD(TP)
|
Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Transportation Policy
|
| ADVON
|
advanced echelon
|
| ADWC
|
air defense warning condition
|
| ADZ
|
amphibious defense zone
|
| AE
|
aeromedical evacuation; assault echelon
|
| AECA
|
Arms Export Control Act
|
| AECT
|
aeromedical evacuation control team
|
| AEF
|
air expeditionary force
|
| AELT
|
aeromedical evacuation liaison team
|
| AEODP
|
allied explosive ordnance disposal publication
|
| AEODPS
|
Automated Explosive Ordnance Disposal Publication System
|
| AEOT
|
aeromedical evacuation operations team
|
| AESC
|
aeromedical evacuation support cell
|
| AETF
|
air expeditionary task force
|
| AF
|
Air Force; Air Force (form); amphibious force
|
| AF/A2
|
Deputy Chief of Staff of the Air Force for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
|
| AFATDS
|
Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
|
| AFB
|
Air Force base
|
| AFCAP
|
Air Force Contract Augmentation Program
|
| AFCEC
|
Air Force Civil Engineer Center
|
| AFDA
|
Air Force doctrine annex
|
| AFDD
|
Air Force doctrine document
|
| AFE
|
Armed Forces Entertainment
|
| AFFOR
|
Air Force forces
|
| AFH
|
Air Force handbook
|
| AFHSB
|
Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch (DHA)
|
| AFI
|
Air Force instruction
|
| AFIC
|
Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council
|
| AFJI
|
Air Force joint instruction
|
| AFLE
|
Air Force liaison element
|
| AFMAN
|
Air Force manual
|
| AFME
|
Armed Forces Medical Examiner
|
| AFMES
|
Armed Forces Medical Examiner System
|
| AFMS
|
Air Force Medical Service
|
| AFNORTH
|
Air Force North
|
| AFNWC
|
Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center
|
| AFOE
|
assault follow-on echelon
|
| AFOSI
|
Air Force Office of Special Investigations
|
| AFOSIMAN
|
Air Force Office of Special Investigations manual
|
| AFPD
|
Air Force policy directive
|
| AFRC
|
Air Force Reserve Command
|
| AFRCC
|
Air Force Rescue Coordination Center
|
| AFRRI
|
Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
|
| AFRTS
|
American Forces Radio and Television Service
|
| AFSB
|
afloat forward staging base; Army field support brigade
|
| AFSMO
|
Air Force Spectrum Management Office
|
| AFSOAE
|
Air Force special operations air element
|
| AFSOC
|
Air Force Special Operations Command
|
| AFSOF
|
Air Force special operations forces
|
| AFSPC
|
Air Force Space Command
|
| AFTRANS
|
Air Forces Transportation
|
| AFTTP
|
Air Force tactics, techniques, and procedures
|
| AFTTP(I)
|
Air Force tactics, techniques, and procedures (instruction)
|
| AGILE
|
Advanced Global Intelligence Learning Environment
|
| AGL
|
above ground level
|
| AGO
|
Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation
|
| AGS
|
authorized government support; aviation ground support
|
| AGT
|
Automated Global Force Management Tool
|
| AH
|
attack helicopter
|
| AHA
|
alert holding area
|
| AHD
|
antihandling device
|
| AI
|
acquisition instruction; air interdiction
|
| AIDPMO
|
Army Intermodal and Distribution Platform Management Office
|
| AIP
|
aeronautical information publication
|
| AIRCOR
|
air corridor
|
| AIRSUPREQ
|
air support request
|
| AIS
|
automated information system
|
| AIT
|
automatic identification technology
|
| AJA
|
annual joint assessment
|
| AJBPO
|
area joint blood program office
|
| AJD
|
Allied joint doctrine
|
| AJODWG
|
Allied Joint Operations Doctrine Working Group
|
| AJP
|
Allied joint publication
|
| AKRCC
|
Alaska Rescue Coordination Center
|
| ALARA
|
as low as reasonably achievable
|
| ALCF
|
airlift control flight
|
| ALCOM
|
United States Alaskan Command
|
| ALCT
|
airlift control team
|
| ALD
|
available-to-load date
|
| ALEP
|
amphibious lift enhancement program
|
| ALERTORD
|
alert order
|
| ALLOREQ
|
allocation request
|
| ALO
|
air liaison officer
|
| ALOC
|
air line of communications
|
| ALSA
|
Air Land Sea Application (Center)
|
| ALT
|
acquisition, logistics, and technology
|
| ALTRV
|
altitude reservation
|
| AM
|
amplitude modulation
|
| AMC
|
airborne mission coordinator; Air Mobility Command
|
| AMC/SGXM
|
Air Mobility Command/Command Surgeon’s Office
|
| AMCC
|
allied movement coordination center
|
| AMCM
|
airborne mine countermeasures
|
| AMCT
|
air mobility control team
|
| AMD
|
air and missile defense; air mobility division
|
| AMDC
|
air and missile defense commander
|
| AMedP
|
Allied medical publication
|
| Americas’ Security Affairs)
|
|
| AMETL
|
agency mission-essential task list
|
| AMLO
|
air mobility liaison officer
|
| AMOC
|
Air and Marine Operations Center (DHS)
|
| AMOG
|
air mobility operations group
|
| AMOS
|
air mobility operations squadron
|
| AMOW
|
air mobility operations wing
|
| AMP
|
analysis of mobility platform
|
| AMP-PAT
|
analysis of mobility platform suite of port analysis tools
|
| AMPS
|
Automated Mail Postal System
|
| AMS
|
air mobility squadron
|
| AMS-TAC
|
Automated Manifesting System-Tactical
|
| AMT
|
aerial mail terminal
|
| amu
|
atomic mass unit
|
| AMX
|
air mobility express
|
| AN/VRC
|
Army Navy vehicle radio communications
|
| ANG
|
Air National Guard
|
| ANGLICO
|
air-naval gunfire liaison company
|
| ANR
|
Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region
|
| ANSI
|
American National Standards Institute
|
| ANW2
|
Adaptive Networking Wideband Waveform
|
| AO
|
action officer; air officer; area of operations
|
| AOA
|
amphibious objective area
|
| AOC
|
air operations center
|
| AOD
|
air operations directive
|
| AODB
|
air operations database
|
| AOF
|
azimuth of fire
|
| AOG
|
Army Operations Group
|
| AOI
|
area of interest
|
| AOR
|
area of responsibility
|
| AOS
|
aircraft on station
|
| AOTR
|
aviation operational threat response
|
| AP
|
antipersonnel
|
| APAN
|
All Partners Access Network
|
| APE
|
airfield pavement evaluation
|
| APEX
|
Adaptive Planning and Execution
|
| APF
|
afloat pre-positioning force
|
| APHIS
|
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA)
|
| APL
|
antipersonnel land mine
|
| APO
|
Army post office
|
| APOD
|
aerial port of debarkation
|
| APOE
|
aerial port of embarkation
|
| APS
|
Army pre-positioned stocks
|
| APS-3
|
Army pre-positioned stocks-3
|
| APTD
|
aircraft attack position target designation
|
| AR
|
air refueling; Army regulation
|
| ARC
|
air Reserve Components; American Red Cross
|
| ARCENT
|
United States Army Central Command
|
| ARCT
|
air refueling control team
|
| ARDEC
|
United States Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center
|
| ARFOR
|
Army forces
|
| ARG
|
amphibious ready group
|
| ARM
|
air reference measure
|
| ARNG
|
Army National Guard
|
| ARS
|
acute radiation syndrome
|
| ARSOAD
|
Army special operations aviation detachment
|
| ARSOF
|
Army special operations forces
|
| ARSST
|
Army space support team
|
| ASAT
|
antisatellite
|
| ASBP
|
Armed Services Blood Program
|
| ASBPO
|
Armed Services Blood Program Office
|
| ASC
|
Army Sustainment Command
|
| ASCC
|
Army Service component command; Army Service component commander
|
| ASCOPE
|
areas, structures, capabilities, organizations, people, and events
|
| ASCS
|
air support control section
|
| ASD(GSA)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs
|
| ASD(HA)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs)
|
| ASD(HD&ASA)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and
|
| ASD(HD&GS)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland
|
| ASD(NII)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration)
|
| ASD(OEPP)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy Plans and Programs
|
| ASD(RA)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs)
|
| ASD(S)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Sustainment
|
| ASD(SO/LIC&IC)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict and Interdependent Capabilities
|
| ASD(SO/LIC)
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low- Intensity Conflict
|
| ASG
|
Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence
|
| ASIC
|
Air and Space Interoperability Council
|
| ASLT
|
air support liaison team; assault support landing table
|
| ASM
|
air-to-surface missile; Army Spectrum Manager
|
| ASMO
|
Army Spectrum Management Office
|
| ASOC
|
air support operations center
|
| ASOG
|
air support operations group
|
| ASOS
|
air support operations squadron
|
| ASP
|
Allied spectrum publication
|
| ASPR
|
Office of Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (DHHS)
|
| ASW
|
antisubmarine warfare
|
| ASWC
|
antisubmarine warfare commander
|
| AT
|
antiterrorism
|
| ATACMS
|
Army Tactical Missile System
|
| ATC
|
air traffic control
|
| ATCM
|
air traffic control measure
|
| ATCS
|
air traffic control section
|
| ATF
|
amphibious task force; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (DOJ)
|
| ATI
|
asset target interaction
|
| ATO
|
air tasking order; antiterrorism officer
|
| ATOC
|
air terminal operations center
|
| ATP
|
Allied tactical publication; Army techniques publication
|
| ATSD(PA)
|
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs
|
| ATSDR
|
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (DHHS)
|
| ATTP
|
Army tactics, techniques, and procedures
|
| AU
|
African Union
|
| AUF
|
airborne use of force
|
| AUSCANNZUKUS
|
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
|
| AV
|
asset visibility
|
| AVC
|
Bureau of Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance (DOS)
|
| AVL
|
anti-vehicle land mine
|
| AVS
|
asset validation system
|
| AWACS
|
Airborne Warning and Control System
|
| AWG
|
Asymmetric Warfare Group (USA)
|
| AWNIS
|
Allied Worldwide Navigational Information System
|
| AXO
|
abandoned explosive ordnance
|
| B
|
|
| BAE
|
brigade aviation element
|
| BAH
|
basic allowance for housing
|
| BALS
|
berthing and loading schedule
|
| BAS
|
basic allowance for subsistence
|
| bbl
|
barrel (42 US gallons)
|
| BCC
|
battle control center
|
| BCD
|
battlefield coordination detachment (USA)
|
| BCG
|
beach control group
|
| BCL
|
battlefield coordination line
|
| BCOC
|
base cluster operations center
|
| BCT
|
brigade combat team
|
| BD
|
barge derrick
|
| BDA
|
battle damage assessment
|
| BDAREP
|
battle damage assessment report
|
| BDE
|
brigade
|
| BDOC
|
base defense operations center
|
| BDS
|
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
|
| BEAR
|
base expeditionary airfield resources (USAF); basic expeditionary airfield resources
|
| BEB
|
brigade engineer battalion
|
| BEI
|
biometrics-enabled intelligence
|
| BEST
|
border enforcement security task force
|
| BEWL
|
biometric-enabled watchlist
|
| BI
|
battlefield illumination; battle injury
|
| BIA
|
behavioral influences analysis
|
| BICES
|
battlefield information collection and exploitation system (NATO)
|
| BIFS
|
Border Intelligence Fusion Section (DHS)
|
| BIS
|
Bureau of Industry and Security (DOC)
|
| BLCP
|
beach lighterage control point
|
| BLOS
|
beyond line-of-sight
|
| BLT
|
battalion landing team
|
| BM
|
ballistic missile; beach module
|
| BMD
|
ballistic missile defense
|
| BMET
|
biomedical electronics technician
|
| BMU
|
beachmaster unit
|
| BN
|
battalion
|
| BOC
|
bomb on coordinate
|
| BOG
|
beach operations group
|
| BOS
|
base operating support
|
| BOS-I
|
base operating support-integrator
|
| BOT
|
bomb on target
|
| BP
|
battle position
|
| BPA
|
blanket purchase agreement
|
| BPC
|
building partnership capacity
|
| BPG
|
beach party group
|
| BPLAN
|
base plan
|
| BPT
|
beach party team
|
| BSA
|
beach support area
|
| BSB
|
brigade support battalion
|
| BSC
|
behavioral science consultant
|
| BSI
|
base support installation
|
| BSZ
|
base security zone
|
| BT
|
bathythermograph
|
| BTC
|
blood transshipment center
|
| BTU
|
beach termination unit
|
| BTWC
|
Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention
|
| BVR
|
beyond visual range
|
| BZ
|
buffer zone
|
| C
|
|
| C
|
Celsius
|
| C2
|
command and control
|
| C2CRE
|
command and control chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response element
|
| C-2X
|
coalition Intelligence Directorate counterintelligence and human intelligence staff element
|
| CA
|
civil affairs; combat assessment; coordinating altitude; credibility assessment
|
| CAA
|
combat aviation advisor; command arrangement agreement
|
| CAAF
|
contractors authorized to accompany the force
|
| CAB
|
commander’s assessment board
|
| CAC
|
common access card
|
| CACOM
|
civil affairs command
|
| CAD
|
Canadian air division
|
| CAF
|
combat air forces; Conflict Assessment Framework (USAID)
|
| CAG
|
civil affairs group
|
| CAGO
|
contractor-acquired, government-owned
|
| CAIS
|
civil authority information support
|
| CAL
|
critical asset list
|
| CALICS
|
communication, authentication, location, intentions, condition, and situation
|
| CAMOC
|
Caribbean Air and Marine Operations Center
|
| CAMPS
|
Consolidated Air Mobility Planning System
|
| CANR
|
Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command Region
|
| CANUS
|
Canada-United States
|
| CAO
|
civil affairs operations;
|
| CAP
|
Civil Air Patrol; civil assistance plan; civil augmentation program; combat air patrol
|
| CAPM
|
credibility assessment program manager
|
| CAPT
|
civil affairs planning team
|
| CARVER
|
criticality, accessibility, recuperability, vulnerability, effect, and recognizability
|
| CAS
|
close air support
|
| CASEVAC
|
casualty evacuation
|
| CAT
|
category; civil affairs team; crisis action team
|
| CATF
|
commander, amphibious task force
|
| CBCP
|
Customs and Border Clearance Program (DOD)
|
| CBEC
|
Contingency Basing Executive Council
|
| CBG
|
coalition building guide
|
| CBIRF
|
Chemical-Biological Incident Response Force
|
| CBMU
|
construction battalion maintenance unit
|
| CBP
|
capabilities-based planning; Customs and Border Protection (DHS)
|
| CBR
|
chemical, biological, and radiological
|
| CBRN
|
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
|
| CBRNE
|
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives (USA/NGB/USCG)
|
| CbT
|
combating terrorism
|
| CC
|
component commander; critical capability
|
| CCA
|
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-controlled activity; contract construction agent; country container authority
|
| CCAS
|
contingency contract administration services
|
| CCATT
|
critical care air transport team
|
| CCC
|
coalition coordination center
|
| CCD
|
camouflage, concealment, and deception
|
| CCDB
|
consolidated counterdrug database
|
| CCDR
|
combatant commander
|
| CCEB
|
Combined Communications-Electronics Board
|
| CCG
|
combat communications group
|
| CCICA
|
command counterintelligence coordinating authority
|
| CCIF
|
Combatant Commander Initiative Fund
|
| CCIR
|
commander’s critical information requirement
|
| CCLI
|
commerce control list item
|
| CCMD
|
combatant command
|
| CCMF
|
Cyber Combat Mission Force
|
| CCO
|
central control officer; container control officer
|
| CCORB
|
commander’s contract oversight review board
|
| CCP
|
combatant command campaign plan; consolidation and containerization point
|
| CCS
|
commander’s communication synchronization; core capability set
|
| CCW
|
1980 United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons
|
| CD
|
counterdrug; customer direct
|
| CDC
|
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (DHHS)
|
| CDE
|
collateral damage estimation
|
| CDI
|
cargo disposition instructions
|
| CDIO
|
collateral duty intelligence officer
|
| CDIPO
|
counterdrug intelligence preparation for operations
|
| CDM
|
collateral damage methodology
|
| CDO
|
commander, detainee operations
|
| CDRAFNORTH
|
Commander, Air Force North
|
| CDRJSOTF
|
commander, joint special operations task force
|
| CDRNORAD
|
Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command
|
| CDRSOJTF
|
commander, special operations joint task force
|
| CE
|
circular error; command element (USMC)
|
| C-E
|
communications-electronics
|
| CEB
|
combat engineer battalion
|
| CEHC
|
Counter Explosive Hazards Center (USA)
|
| CEMA
|
cyberspace electromagnetic activities (USA)
|
| CEMIRT
|
civil engineer maintenance, inspection, and repair team
|
| Center
|
|
| CENTRIXS
|
Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System
|
| CEP
|
Chairman’s Exercise Program
|
| CERFP
|
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives enhanced response force package
|
| CERP
|
Commanders’ Emergency Response Program
|
| CERT
|
contingency
|
| CEW
|
civilian expeditionary workforce
|
| CEWCC
|
combined electronic warfare coordination cell
|
| CEXC
|
combined explosives exploitation cell
|
| CF
|
carrier-furnished; causeway ferry; conventional forces
|
| CFA
|
critical factors analysis
|
| CFB
|
Canadian forces base
|
| CFE-DM
|
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance (USINDOPACOM)
|
| CFL
|
coordinated fire line
|
| CFLCC
|
coalition forces land component commander
|
| CFPM
|
causeway ferry power module
|
| CFR
|
Code of Federal Regulations
|
| CFSCC
|
Combined Forces Space Component Command (USSPACECOM)
|
| CFST
|
coalition forces support team
|
| CG
|
Coast Guard; commanding general
|
| CG-652
|
Coast Guard Spectrum Management and Telecommunications Policy Division
|
| CGCIS
|
Coast Guard Counterintelligence Service
|
| CGDEFOR
|
Coast Guard defense force
|
| CGICC
|
Coast Guard Intelligence Coordination Center
|
| CGIS
|
United States Coast Guard Investigative Service
|
| CGTTP
|
Coast Guard tactics, techniques, and procedures
|
| CHCSS
|
Chief, Central Security Service
|
| CHD
|
counterintelligence and human intelligence detachment
|
| CHE
|
cargo-handling equipment; container handling equipment
|
| CI
|
counterintelligence
|
| CI/KR
|
critical infrastructure and key resources
|
| CIA
|
Central Intelligence Agency
|
| CIB
|
Common Interactive Broadcast; controlled image base
|
| CICA
|
counterintelligence coordinating authority
|
| CICR
|
counterintelligence collection requirement
|
| CID
|
combat identification
|
| CIE
|
collaborative information environment; cultural intelligence element
|
| CIEA
|
classification, identification, and engagement area
|
| C-IED
|
counter-improvised explosive device
|
| C-IEDTF
|
counter-improvised explosive device task force
|
| CIL
|
critical information list
|
| CIM
|
civil information management
|
| CIMIC
|
civil-military cooperation
|
| CIO
|
chief information officer
|
| CIOC
|
counterintelligence operations cell
|
| CIOTA
|
counterintelligence operational tasking authority
|
| CIP
|
critical infrastructure protection
|
| CIRT
|
Collaborative Issue Resolution Tool
|
| CISAR
|
catastrophic incident search and rescue
|
| CITE
|
computer intrusion technical exploitation
|
| CITP
|
counter-improvised explosive device targeting program
|
| CIVMAR
|
civil service mariner
|
| CJ-4
|
combined-joint logistic office
|
| CJCS
|
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
|
| CJCSI
|
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff instruction
|
| CJCSM
|
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff manual
|
| CJE
|
component joint data networks operations officer equivalent
|
| CJEODC
|
combined joint explosive ordnance disposal cell
|
| CJFC
|
combined joint force commander
|
| CJLOTS
|
combined joint logistics over-the-shore
|
| CJOC
|
Canadian Joint Operations Command
|
| CJSART
|
Criminal Justice Sector Assessment Rating Tool
|
| CJSMPT
|
Coalition Joint Spectrum Management Planning Tool
|
| CJSOTF
|
combined joint special operations task force
|
| CJTF
|
combined joint task force (NATO); commander, joint task force
|
| C-JWICS
|
Containerized Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
|
| CL
|
contingency location; coordination level
|
| CLA
|
critical logistics asset; landing craft, air cushion launch area
|
| CLB
|
combat logistics battalion
|
| CLF
|
combat logistics force; commander, landing force
|
| CLIA
|
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988
|
| CLIP
|
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Program
|
| CLML
|
contingency location master list
|
| CLPSB
|
combatant commander logistics procurement support board
|
| CLR
|
combat logistics regiment
|
| CLS
|
contractor logistics support
|
| CLZ
|
landing craft, air cushion landing zone
|
| CM
|
combination module; cruise missile
|
| cm
|
centimeter(s)
|
| CMA
|
collection management authority
|
| CMAA
|
cooperative military airlift agreement
|
| CMC
|
Commandant of the Marine Corps; Office of Civilian- Military Cooperation (USAID)
|
| CMCB
|
civil-military coordination board
|
| CMCC
|
combined movement coordination center
|
| CMDO
|
command military deception officer
|
| CME
|
civil-military engagement
|
| CMF
|
Cyber Mission Force
|
| CMM
|
Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation (USAID)
|
| CMO
|
civil-military operations
|
| CMOC
|
civil-military operations center
|
| CMOS
|
cargo movement operations system; Cargo Movement Operations System (USAF)
|
| CMP
|
contractor management plan
|
| CMPF
|
commander, maritime pre-positioning force
|
| CMSE
|
civil-military support element
|
| CMST
|
consequence management support team
|
| CMT
|
combat mission team
|
| CNBG
|
commander, naval beach group
|
| CNGB
|
Chief, National Guard Bureau
|
| CNGBI
|
Chief, National Guard Bureau instruction
|
| CNMF
|
Cyber National Mission Force
|
| CNMF-HQ
|
Cyber National Mission Force-Headquarters
|
| CNMI
|
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
|
| CNO
|
Chief of Naval Operations
|
| CNR
|
combat net radio
|
| CO
|
cyberspace operations
|
| COA
|
course of action
|
| COB
|
contingency operating base
|
| COC
|
combat operations center
|
| CoC
|
Code of Conduct
|
| COCO
|
contractor-owned, contractor-operated
|
| COCOM
|
combatant command (command authority)
|
| COD
|
combat operations division
|
| COE
|
concept of employment
|
| COF
|
conduct of fire
|
| COG
|
center of gravity; continuity of government
|
| COI
|
community of interest
|
| COIC
|
Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Operations/ Intelligence Integration Center (JIEDDO)
|
| COIN
|
counterinsurgency
|
| CO-IPE
|
cyberspace operations-integrated planning element
|
| COLDS
|
cargo offload and discharge system
|
| COLISEUM
|
community on-line intelligence system for end-users and managers
|
| COLPRO
|
collective protection
|
| COLS
|
concept of logistics support
|
| COM
|
chief of mission; collection operations management
|
| COMAFFOR
|
commander, Air Force forces
|
| COMAFSOAC
|
commander, Air Force special operations air component
|
| COMALOC
|
commercial air line of communications
|
| COMARFOR
|
commander, Army forces
|
| COMCAM
|
combat camera
|
| COMDTINST
|
Commandant instruction (USCG) COMFLTCYBERCOM
|
| Command
|
|
| COMMARFOR
|
commander, Marine Corps forces
|
| COMNAVFOR
|
commander, Navy forces
|
| COMNET
|
communications network
|
| COMPACAF
|
Commander, Pacific Air Forces
|
| COMPASS
|
Computerized Movement Planning and Status System
|
| COMSC
|
Commander, Military Sealift Command
|
| COMSCINST
|
Commander, Military Sealift Command instruction
|
| COMSEC
|
communications security
|
| COMSUBLANT
|
Commander Submarine Force, United States Atlantic Fleet COMSUBPAC
|
| COMUSPACFLT
|
Commander, United States Pacific Fleet
|
| CONOPS
|
concept of operations
|
| CONPLAN
|
concept plan; operation plan in concept format
|
| CONR
|
continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region
|
| controlled asset operation
|
|
| CONUS
|
continental United States
|
| COOP
|
continuity of operations
|
| COP
|
common operational picture
|
| COR
|
contracting officer’s representative
|
| CORIVRON
|
coastal riverine squadron
|
| COS
|
chief of staff
|
| COSC
|
combat and operational stress control
|
| COTP
|
captain of the port
|
| COTS
|
commercial off-the-shelf
|
| CP
|
command post; contact point
|
| CPA
|
campaign plan assessment
|
| CPD
|
combat plans division
|
| CPF
|
Cyber Protection Force
|
| CPG
|
Contingency Planning Guidance
|
| CPO
|
chief petty officer
|
| CPT
|
cyberspace protection team
|
| CR
|
civil reconnaissance; critical requirement
|
| CRA
|
continuing resolution authority; coordinating review authority
|
| CRAF
|
Civil Reserve Air Fleet
|
| C-RAM
|
counter-rocket, artillery, mortar
|
| CRC
|
coastal riverine company; control and reporting center; crisis reaction center
|
| CRE
|
contingency response element
|
| CREstT
|
Casualty Rate Estimation Tool
|
| CREW
|
counter radio-controlled improvised explosive device electronic warfare
|
| CRF
|
coastal riverine force; contingency response force
|
| CRG
|
contingency response group
|
| CRM
|
collection requirements management; comment resolution matrix
|
| CRMx
|
collection requirements matrix
|
| CRSP
|
centralized receiving and shipping point
|
| CRT
|
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosives response team; contingency response team
|
| CRTS
|
casualty receiving and treatment ship
|
| CRW
|
contingency response wing
|
| CS
|
combat support
|
| CS&C
|
Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (DHS)
|
| CSA
|
combat support agency
|
| CSAR
|
combat search and rescue
|
| CSC
|
convoy support center
|
| CSCS
|
country-specific security cooperation section
|
| CSE
|
contingency support element
|
| CSEL
|
command senior enlisted leader
|
| CSG
|
carrier strike group; cryptologic services group
|
| CSL
|
cooperative security location
|
| CSNP
|
causeway section, nonpowered
|
| CSO
|
Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (DOS)
|
| CSP
|
campaign support plan; career sea pay
|
| CSPOC
|
Combined Space Operations Center (USSPACECOM)
|
| CSS
|
Central Security Service (NSA); combat service support
|
| CSSA
|
combat service support area
|
| CSSAMO
|
combat service support automation management office
|
| CSSB
|
combat sustainment support battalion
|
| CSSP
|
cybersecurity service provider
|
| CST
|
combat support team
|
| CSTO
|
combined space tasking order
|
| CSW
|
coordinate seeking weapons
|
| CT
|
computed tomography; counterterrorism
|
| CTBT
|
Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty
|
| CTF
|
commander, task force; counter threat finance
|
| CTF IAMD
|
commander, task force integrated air and missile defense
|
| CTFP
|
Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program
|
| CTIP
|
combating trafficking in persons
|
| CTITF
|
Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (UN)
|
| CTL
|
candidate target list
|
| CTN
|
countering threat networks
|
| CTP
|
common tactical picture
|
| CTR
|
cooperative threat reduction
|
| CTS
|
commodity tracking system; Contingency Tracking System; controlled technical services
|
| CTU
|
commander, task unit
|
| C-UAS
|
counter-unmanned aircraft system
|
| CUI
|
controlled unclassified information
|
| CUL
|
common-user logistics
|
| CULT
|
common-user land transportation
|
| CV
|
critical vulnerability
|
| CVE
|
countering violent extremism
|
| CVS
|
commercial vendor services
|
| CVT
|
criticality-vulnerability-threat
|
| CVW
|
carrier air wing
|
| CW
|
chemical warfare; continuous wave
|
| CWA
|
chemical warfare agent
|
| CWC
|
Chemical Weapons Convention; composite warfare commander
|
| CWG
|
counterdeception working group
|
| CWMD
|
countering weapons of mass destruction
|
| CWP
|
causeway pier
|
| CWT
|
customer wait time
|
| CZTE
|
combat zone tax exclusion
|
| D
|
|
| D&F
|
determinations and findings
|
| D&M
|
detection and monitoring
|
| D/CIA
|
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
|
| D/T/ID
|
detect/track/identify
|
| D3A
|
decide, detect, deliver, and assess
|
| DA
|
Department of the Army; direct action; double agent
|
| DAADC
|
deputy area air defense commander
|
| DACAS
|
digitally aided close air support
|
| DACO
|
directive authority for cyberspace operations
|
| DAF
|
Department of the Air Force
|
| DAFL
|
directive authority for logistics
|
| DAL
|
defended asset list
|
| DALIS
|
Disaster Assistance Logistics Information System
|
| DAO
|
defense attaché office
|
| DART
|
disaster assistance response team
|
| DASC
|
direct air support center
|
| DASD(CN>)
|
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counternarcotics and Global Threats
|
| DASD(Log)
|
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics)
|
| DASD(SO/CT)
|
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Combating Terrorism
|
| DATT
|
defense attaché
|
| DAWIA
|
Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act
|
| DBIDS
|
Defense Biometric Identification System
|
| DBSMC
|
Defense Business Systems Management Committee
|
| DC
|
Deputies Committee; directed communication; dislocated civilian
|
| DC3
|
Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center
|
| DCA
|
defense cooperation agreement; defensive counterair
|
| DCAA
|
Defense Contract Audit Agency
|
| DCAPES
|
Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning and Execution Segments
|
| DCCC
|
Defense Collection Coordination Center (DIA)
|
| DCE
|
defense coordinating element
|
| DCGS
|
distributed common ground/surface system
|
| DCGS-A
|
distributed common ground system-Army
|
| DCGS-MC
|
distributed common ground/surface system Marine Corps
|
| DCHA
|
Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID)
|
| DCHC
|
Defense Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Center
|
| DCI
|
defense critical infrastructure
|
| DCID
|
Director of Central Intelligence directive
|
| DCIP
|
Defense Critical Infrastructure Program
|
| DCISE
|
Defense Industrial Base Collaborative Information Sharing Environment
|
| DCJTF
|
deputy commander, joint task force
|
| DCM
|
defense collection manager; deputy chief of mission; directed communication model
|
| DCMA
|
Defense Contract Management Agency
|
| DCME
|
Defense Collection Management Enterprise
|
| DCO
|
defense coordinating officer; defensive cyberspace operations
|
| DCO-IDM
|
defensive cyberspace operations-internal defensive measures
|
| DCO-RA
|
defensive cyberspace operations-response actions
|
| DCP
|
data collection plan; detainee collection point
|
| DCR
|
doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy change recommendation
|
| DCRF
|
defense chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response force
|
| DCS
|
Defense Collaboration Services
|
| DCTC
|
Defense Combating Terrorism Center (DIA)
|
| DD
|
Department of Defense (form)
|
| DDA
|
deputy development advisor
|
| DDE
|
Defense Logistics Agency distribution expeditionary
|
| DDM
|
Defense Logistics Agency Distribution Mapping
|
| DDOC
|
Deployment and Distribution Operations Center (USTRANSCOM)
|
| DDR
|
disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration
|
| DDS
|
Deployable Disbursing System
|
| DDSBn
|
deployment and distribution support battalion
|
| DDSM
|
Defense Distinguished Service Medal
|
| DDST
|
deployment and distribution support team
|
| DDXX
|
Defense Logistics Agency distribution expeditionary
|
| DE
|
decedent effects; directed energy
|
| DEA
|
Drug Enforcement Administration (DOJ)
|
| DEERS
|
Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
|
| DEPORD
|
deployment order
|
| DepSecDef
|
Deputy Secretary of Defense
|
| DERP
|
Defense Environmental Restoration Program
|
| DES
|
deception event schedule
|
| DF
|
dangerous fallout; direction finding
|
| DFARS
|
Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
|
| DFAS
|
Defense Finance and Accounting Service
|
| DFBA
|
Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency
|
| DFC
|
detention facility commander
|
| DFE
|
Defense Intelligence Agency forward element
|
| DFRIF
|
Defense Freight Railway Interchange Fleet
|
| DFU
|
dry filter unit
|
| DGT
|
designated ground target
|
| DHA
|
Defense Health Agency; detainee holding area
|
| DHE
|
defense human intelligence executor
|
| DHE-M
|
Defense Human Intelligence Enterprise-manual
|
| DHHS
|
Department of Health and Human Services
|
| DHM
|
defense human intelligence manager
|
| DHP
|
Defense Health Program
|
| DHS
|
Department of Homeland Security
|
| DI
|
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Directorate for Analysis
|
| DIA
|
Defense Intelligence Agency
|
| DIAP
|
Defense Intelligence Analysis Program
|
| DIB
|
defense industrial base; defense institution building
|
| DIE
|
deception intelligence estimate
|
| DIFC
|
Defence Intelligence Fusion Centre
|
| DIMOC
|
Defense Imagery Management Operations Center
|
| DINFOS
|
Defense Information School
|
| DIO
|
defense intelligence officer
|
| DIRI
|
Defense Institution Reform Initiative
|
| DIRINT
|
Director of Intelligence (USMC)
|
| DIRLAUTH
|
direct liaison authorized
|
| DIRMOBFOR
|
director of mobility forces
|
| DIRNSA
|
Director, National Security Agency
|
| DIRSPACEFOR
|
director of space forces (USSF)
|
| DISA
|
Defense Information Systems Agency
|
| DISN
|
Defense Information Systems Network
|
| DISO
|
deception in support of operations security
|
| DISR
|
Department of Defense Information Technology Standards Registry
|
| Division
|
|
| DJ-7
|
Director, Joint Force Development
|
| DJS
|
Director, Joint Staff
|
| DLA
|
Defense Logistics Agency
|
| DLD
|
digital liaison detachment
|
| DLEA
|
drug law enforcement agency
|
| DLM
|
defense logistics manual
|
| DLMS
|
Defense Logistics Management System
|
| DM
|
docking module
|
| DMA
|
Defense Media Activity
|
| DMDC
|
Defense Manpower Data Center
|
| DMSM
|
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
|
| DMT
|
disaster management team (UN)
|
| DMZ
|
demilitarized zone
|
| DNA
|
deoxyribonucleic acid
|
| DNBI
|
disease and nonbattle injury
|
| DNC
|
digital nautical chart
|
| DNDO
|
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DHS)
|
| DNI
|
Director of National Intelligence
|
| DNWS
|
Defense Nuclear Weapons School
|
| DOC
|
Department of Commerce
|
| DOD
|
Department of Defense
|
| DODD
|
Department of Defense directive
|
| DODFMR
|
Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation
|
| DODI
|
Department of Defense instruction
|
| DODIIS
|
Department of Defense Intelligence Information System
|
| DODIN
|
Department of Defense information network
|
| DODM
|
Department of Defense manual
|
| DODS-CWMD
|
Department of Defense Strategy for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
|
| DOE
|
Department of Energy
|
| DOEHRS-IH
|
Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System – Industrial Hygiene
|
| DOI
|
Department of the Interior
|
| DOJ
|
Department of Justice
|
| DOL
|
Department of Labor
|
| DOMEX
|
document and media exploitation
|
| DON
|
Department of the Navy
|
| DOS
|
days of supply; Department of State
|
| DOT
|
Department of Transportation
|
| DOTMLPF
|
doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities
|
| DOTMLPF-P
|
doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy
|
| DOWG
|
deception operations working group
|
| DOX-T
|
direct operational exchange-tactical
|
| DP
|
decisive point; displaced person
|
| DPA
|
danger pay allowance
|
| DPAA
|
Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Agency
|
| DPAS
|
Defense Priorities and Allocation System
|
| DPC
|
deception planning cell Defense Pricing and Contracting
|
| DPG
|
Defense Planning Guidance
|
| dpi
|
dots per inch
|
| DPI
|
desired point of impact
|
| DPIP
|
departing initial point
|
| DPM
|
dissemination program manager
|
| DPO
|
Defense Press Office; distribution process owner
|
| DPPDB
|
digital point positioning database
|
| DR
|
disaster relief
|
| DRL
|
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DOS)
|
| DRO
|
departmental requirements officer
|
| DRP
|
digital reference point
|
| DRRS
|
Defense Readiness Reporting System
|
| DRRS-S
|
Defense Readiness Reporting System-Strategic
|
| DRS
|
detainee reporting system
|
| DRT
|
directed readiness table
|
| DS
|
direct support
|
| DSC
|
defensive space control; dual-status commander
|
| DSCA
|
Defense Security Cooperation Agency; defense support of civil authorities
|
| DSE
|
direct support element
|
| DSF
|
deployable specialized force; District Stability Framework (USAID)
|
| DSM
|
decision support matrix
|
| DSN
|
Defense Switched Network
|
| DSO
|
Defense Spectrum Organization (DISA)
|
| DSPD
|
defense support to public diplomacy
|
| DSR
|
defense strategy review
|
| DSRSG
|
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General
|
| DSS/ALOC
|
direct support system/air line of communications
|
| DSSM
|
Defense Superior Service Medal
|
| DSSR
|
Department of State Standardized Regulation
|
| DST
|
decision support template; Defense Logistics Agency support team; district support team
|
| DTA
|
dynamic threat assessment
|
| DTD
|
Deployable Training Division
|
| DTED
|
digital terrain elevation data
|
| DTG
|
date-time group
|
| DTIRP
|
Defense Treaty Inspection Readiness Program
|
| DTL
|
deployable team leader
|
| DTM
|
directive-type memorandum
|
| DTO
|
drug trafficking organization
|
| DTPA
|
diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid
|
| DTR
|
Defense Transportation Regulation
|
| DTRA
|
Defense Threat Reduction Agency
|
| DTS
|
Defense Transportation System; Defense Travel System
|
| DTSA
|
Defense Technology Security Administration
|
| DURC
|
dual-use research of concern
|
| DVD
|
digital video disc
|
| DVIDS
|
Defense Video and Imagery Distribution System
|
| DWAS
|
Defense Working Capital Accounting System
|
| DWT
|
deadweight tonnage
|
| DZ
|
drop zone
|
| DZST
|
drop zone support team
|
| E
|
|
| E
|
enhanced
|
| E3
|
electromagnetic environmental effects
|
| EA
|
electromagnetic attack; executive agent
|
| EAC
|
emergency action committee
|
| EACA
|
electromagnetic attack control authority
|
| EAD
|
earliest arrival date
|
| EADRCC
|
Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre
|
| EADRU
|
Euro-Atlantic disaster response unit
|
| EADS
|
Eastern Air Defense Sector
|
| EAF
|
expeditionary airfield
|
| EAP
|
emergency action plan
|
| EAPC
|
Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
|
| EBS
|
environmental baseline survey
|
| ECC
|
engineer coordination cell; evacuation control center
|
| ECHO
|
European Commission Directorate General for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
|
| ECM
|
electromagnetic countermeasures; electronic countermeasures
|
| ECOSOC
|
Economic and Social Council (UN)
|
| ECS
|
environmental condition study; expeditionary combat support
|
| EDA
|
excess defense articles
|
| EDI
|
electronic data interchange
|
| EDTA
|
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
|
| EEE
|
emergency and extraordinary expense
|
| EEI
|
essential element of information
|
| EEO
|
equal employment opportunity
|
| EER
|
enlisted employee review
|
| EEZ
|
exclusive economic zone
|
| EFT
|
electronic funds transfer
|
| eGPL
|
Enhanced Geospatial Product Library (USAF)
|
| EH
|
explosive hazard
|
| EHCC
|
explosive hazards coordination cell
|
| EHDB
|
explosive hazard database
|
| EHSA
|
environmental health site assessment
|
| EJPME
|
enlisted joint professional military education
|
| EL
|
enduring location
|
| ELCAS
|
elevated causeway system
|
| ELCAS(M)
|
elevated causeway system (modular)
|
| ELINT
|
electronic intelligence
|
| ELIST
|
enhanced logistics intratheater support tool
|
| ELML
|
enduring location master list
|
| ELOS
|
extended line-of-sight
|
| ELT
|
emergency locator transmitter
|
| EM
|
electromagnetic; emergency management
|
| EMAC
|
emergency management assistance compact
|
| EMBM
|
electromagnetic battle management
|
| EMC
|
electromagnetic compatibility
|
| EMCON
|
emission control
|
| EMD
|
expeditionary military information support detachment
|
| EME
|
electromagnetic environment
|
| EMEDS
|
expeditionary medical support
|
| EMF
|
expeditionary medical facility
|
| EMI
|
electromagnetic interference
|
| EMIO
|
expanded maritime interception operations
|
| EMP
|
electromagnetic pulse
|
| EMRE
|
Expeditionary Medicine Requirements Estimator
|
| EMS
|
electromagnetic spectrum
|
| EMSCA
|
electromagnetic spectrum coordinating authority
|
| EMSO
|
electromagnetic spectrum operations
|
| EMSOC
|
electromagnetic spectrum operations cell (USMC)
|
| EMT
|
expeditionary military information support team
|
| EMU
|
expeditionary medical unit
|
| engineering response team
|
|
| EO
|
electro-optical; executive order
|
| EOB
|
electromagnetic order of battle
|
| EOC
|
emergency operations center
|
| EOCA
|
explosive ordnance clearance agent
|
| EOD
|
explosive ordnance disposal
|
| EODB
|
explosive ordnance disposal bulletin
|
| EODESU
|
explosive ordnance disposal expeditionary support unit
|
| EODGRU
|
explosive ordnance disposal group (USN)
|
| EODIMS
|
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Information Management System
|
| EODMU
|
explosive ordnance disposal mobile unit
|
| EODMU-1
|
explosive ordnance disposal mobile unit one
|
| EODT&T
|
explosive ordnance disposal technology and training
|
| EODTEU
|
explosive ordnance disposal training and evaluation unit
|
| EODTIC
|
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technical Information Centre (NATO)
|
| EO-IR
|
electro-optical-infrared
|
| EO-IR CM
|
electro-optical-infrared countermeasure
|
| EP
|
electromagnetic protection; emergency preparedness; excess property
|
| EPA
|
Environmental Protection Agency; evasion plan of action
|
| EPBS
|
expeditionary prime base engineer emergency force squadron
|
| EPF
|
expeditionary fast transport
|
| EPH
|
emergency planning handbook
|
| EPIC
|
El Paso Intelligence Center
|
| EPIRB
|
emergency position-indicating radio beacon
|
| EPLO
|
emergency preparedness liaison officer
|
| EPU
|
expeditionary port unit
|
| EPW
|
enemy prisoner of war
|
| ERC
|
en route care; expeditionary railway center
|
| ERDC
|
Engineer Research and Development Center
|
| ERG
|
Emergency Response Guidebook
|
| ERIMP
|
En Route Infrastructure Master Plan (USTRANSCOM)
|
| ERPSS
|
En Route Patient Staging System
|
| ERSG
|
executive representative of the Secretary-General
|
| ERT
|
engineer reconnaissance team
|
| ERU
|
emergency response unit
|
| ERW
|
explosive remnants of war
|
| ES
|
electromagnetic support; expeditionary salvage
|
| ESB
|
engineer support battalion; expeditionary sea base
|
| ESC
|
expeditionary sustainment command
|
| ESCS
|
environmental site closure survey
|
| ESD
|
expeditionary transfer dock
|
| ESEO
|
environmental science and engineering officer
|
| ESF
|
Economic Support Fund; emergency support function
|
| ESG
|
executive steering group; expeditionary strike group
|
| ESGR
|
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve
|
| ESO
|
Expeditionary Support Organization (DFAS)
|
| ESORTS
|
Enhanced Status of Resources and Training System
|
| ESP
|
engineer support plan; Estimating Supplies Program
|
| ESR
|
external supported recovery
|
| EST
|
embarked security team
|
| ET
|
electronics technician
|
| ETF
|
electronic target folder
|
| ETM
|
essential tasks matrix
|
| ETO
|
Emergency Transportation Operations (DOT)
|
| EU
|
European Union
|
| Europol
|
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation
|
| EUSCS
|
effective United States-controlled ships
|
| EV WHS
|
Enhanced View Web Hosting Service
|
| EVC
|
evasion chart
|
| EVE
|
equal value exchange
|
| EW
|
electromagnetic warfare
|
| EWC
|
electronic warfare cell
|
| EWCA
|
electronic warfare control authority
|
| EWCC
|
electromagnetic warfare coordination cell
|
| EWO
|
electromagnetic warfare officer
|
| EXORD
|
execute order
|
| EXU-1
|
Expeditionary Exploitation Unit One
|
| EZ
|
exchange zone
|
| F
|
|
| F/AD
|
force/activity designator
|
| F2T2EA
|
find, fix, track, target, engage, and assess
|
| F3EAD
|
find, fix, finish, exploit, analyze, and disseminate
|
| FA
|
field artillery
|
| FAA
|
Federal Aviation Administration (DOT); Foreign Assistance Act
|
| FAC
|
forward air controller
|
| FAC(A)
|
forward air controller (airborne)
|
| FACT
|
field advance civilian team; field assessment and coordination team
|
| FAD
|
forward area detachment
|
| FADM
|
force allocation decision matrix
|
| FAH
|
final attack heading; foreign affairs handbook
|
| FAO
|
Food and Agriculture Organization (UN)
|
| FAR
|
Federal Acquisition Regulation; formal assessment report
|
| FARC
|
flyaway recompression chamber
|
| FARP
|
forward arming and refueling point
|
| FAS
|
Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA)
|
| FAST
|
fleet antiterrorism security team
|
| FB
|
forward boundary
|
| FBI
|
Federal Bureau of Investigation (DOJ)
|
| FC
|
final coordination; fires cell (USA); floating causeway
|
| FCA
|
Foreign Claims Act
|
| FCC
|
federal coordinating center
|
| FCE
|
forward command element
|
| FCO
|
federal coordinating officer
|
| FCP
|
functional campaign plan
|
| FCP-CWMD
|
Functional Campaign Plan for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
|
| FCT
|
firepower control team
|
| FD
|
first draft; from temporary duty (USMC)
|
| FDA
|
Food and Drug Administration (DHHS)
|
| FDC
|
fire direction center
|
| FDO
|
flexible deterrent option; foreign disclosure officer
|
| FDPMU
|
forward-deployable preventive medicine unit
|
| FDR
|
foreign disaster relief
|
| FE
|
fires element
|
| FEA
|
front-end analysis
|
| FEBA
|
forward edge of the battle area
|
| FEC
|
facilities engineering command; fires and effects coordinator
|
| FECC
|
fires and effects coordination center (USMC)
|
| FEI
|
forensic-enabled intelligence
|
| FEMA
|
Federal Emergency Management Agency (DHS)
|
| FEP
|
foreign excess property
|
| FEPP
|
foreign excess personal property
|
| FES
|
fire emergency services
|
| FEST
|
foreign emergency support team
|
| FEZ
|
fighter engagement zone
|
| FFA
|
free-fire area
|
| FFC
|
force fires coordinator
|
| FFCC
|
force fires coordination center (USMC)
|
| FFE
|
field force engineeringt
|
| FFIR
|
friendly force information requirement
|
| FFP
|
fresh frozen plasma; Office of Food for Peace (USAID)
|
| FFT
|
friendly force tracking
|
| FGS
|
final governing standard; Force Generation Service (UN)
|
| FHA
|
foreign humanitarian assistance
|
| FHP
|
force health protection
|
| FHWA
|
Federal Highway Administration (DOT)
|
| FID
|
foreign internal defense
|
| FIE
|
foreign intelligence entity
|
| FIOP
|
federal interagency operational plan
|
| FISINT
|
foreign instrumentation signals intelligence
|
| FIST
|
fire support team (USA); fleet intelligence support team
|
| FLIR
|
forward-looking infrared
|
| FLITE
|
federal legal information through electronics
|
| FLN
|
Front de Libération Nationale
|
| FLO/FLO
|
float-on/float-off
|
| FLOT
|
forward line of own troops
|
| FM
|
field manual (USA); financial management; frequency management; frequency modulation
|
| FMA
|
foreign materiel acquisition
|
| FMF
|
Fleet Marine Force (USN); foreign military financing
|
| FMS
|
foreign military sales
|
| FMTS
|
Fourth Estate Manpower Tracking System
|
| FMV
|
full-motion video
|
| FN
|
foreign nation
|
| FOB
|
forward operating base
|
| FORCE
|
fuels operational readiness capability equipment (USAF)
|
| FORSCOM
|
United States Army Forces Command
|
| FOS
|
forward observer system; forward operating site
|
| FOUO
|
for official use only
|
| FOV
|
field of view
|
| FP
|
firing point; force protection; force provider
|
| FPCON
|
force protection condition
|
| FPD
|
force protection detachment; foreign post differential
|
| FPE
|
force provider expeditionary (USA)
|
| FPF
|
final protective fire
|
| FPO
|
fleet post office
|
| FPS
|
Federal Protective Service (DHS)
|
| FPWG
|
force protection working group
|
| FRA
|
Federal Railroad Administration (DOT)
|
| FRAGORD
|
fragmentary order
|
| FRC
|
forward resuscitative care
|
| FRO
|
flexible response option
|
| FSA
|
fire support area
|
| FSC
|
fire support coordinator (USMC)
|
| FSCC
|
fire support coordination center (USMC)
|
| FSCL
|
fire support coordination line
|
| FSCM
|
fire support coordination measure
|
| FSCOORD
|
fire support coordinator (USA)
|
| FSEM
|
fire support execution matrix
|
| FSF
|
foreign security forces
|
| FSO
|
fire support officer
|
| FSP
|
functional support plan
|
| FSS
|
fast sealift ship; fire support station
|
| FSSP
|
fuel system supply point
|
| FST
|
fire support task
|
| FSW
|
feet of seawater
|
| ft
|
feet; foot
|
| FTM
|
free text message
|
| FTN
|
force tracking number
|
| FTO
|
foreign terrorist organization
|
| FW
|
fixed-wing
|
| FWA
|
fraud, waste, and abuse
|
| FWRA
|
food and water risk assessment
|
| FXL
|
forensic exploitation laboratory
|
| FY
|
fiscal year
|
| FY1
|
current fiscal year
|
| FY2
|
budget year
|
| FY3
|
program year
|
| FY4
|
out year
|
| FY5
|
out year
|
| FYDP
|
Future Years Defense Program
|
| G
|
|
| G-1
|
Army component manpower or personnel staff officer (Army division or higher staff); assistant chief of staff, personnel/personnel staff section (USMC)
|
| G-2
|
Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence; Army component intelligence staff officer (Army division or higher staff); assistant chief of staff, intelligence/intelligence staff section (USMC)
|
| G-2X
|
Army counterintelligence and human intelligence staff element
|
| G-3
|
Army or Marine Corps component operations staff officer (Army division or higher staff, Marine Corps brigade or higher staff); assistant chief of staff, operations
|
| G-4
|
Army or Marine Corps component logistics staff officer (Army division or higher staff, Marine Corps brigade or higher staff); assistant chief of staff, logistics/logistics staff section (USMC)
|
| G-5
|
assistant chief of staff, plans (USA); assistant chief of staff, plans/plans staff section (USMC)
|
| G-6
|
Army component command, control, communications, and computer systems staff officer (Army division or higher staff); assistant chief of staff, communications/communications system staff section (USMC)
|
| G-7
|
Army component information operations staff officer; assistant chief of staff, information engagement/information operations staff section (USMC)
|
| GA
|
tabun
|
| GABA
|
gamma-aminobutyric acid
|
| GAFS
|
General Accounting and Finance System
|
| GAMSS
|
Global Air Mobility Support System
|
| GAO
|
Government Accountability Office
|
| GAP CITE
|
Global Adaptive Planning Collaborative Information Technology Environment
|
| GARS
|
Global Area Reference System
|
| GAT
|
governmental assistance team
|
| GATES
|
Global Air Transportation Execution System
|
| GB
|
sarin
|
| GBS
|
Global Broadcast Service
|
| GC
|
general counsel; Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
|
| GCCC
|
global contingency construction contract
|
| GCCMAC
|
Global Contingency Construction Multiple Award Contract (USN)
|
| GCCS
|
Global Command and Control System
|
| GCCS-A
|
Global Command and Control System-Army
|
| GCCS-I3
|
Global Command and Control System-Integrated Imagery and Intelligence
|
| GCCS-J
|
Global Command and Control System-Joint
|
| GCE
|
ground combat element (USMC)
|
| GCI
|
ground control intercept
|
| GCM
|
global container manager
|
| GC-MS
|
gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
|
| GCP
|
global campaign plan
|
| GCSC
|
global contingency service contract
|
| GCSMAC
|
Global Contingency Services Multiple Award Contract (USN)
|
| GCSS
|
Global Command Support System
|
| GCSS-J
|
Global Combat Support System-Joint
|
| GD
|
soman
|
| GDP
|
global defense posture
|
| GDSS
|
Global Decision Support System
|
| GE
|
general engineering
|
| GENTEXT
|
general text
|
| GEO
|
geosynchronous Earth orbit
|
| GEOINT
|
geospatial intelligence
|
| GEOREF
|
geographic reference
|
| GETM
|
Geospatially Enabled Target Materials (NGA)
|
| GETS
|
Geospatial Intelligence Enterprise Tasking, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination Services
|
| GFE
|
government-furnished equipment
|
| GFM
|
global force management
|
| GFMAP
|
Global Force Management Allocation Plan
|
| GFMB
|
Global Force Management Board
|
| GFMIG
|
Global Force Management Implementation Guidance
|
| GFP
|
government-furnished property
|
| GI&S
|
geospatial information and services
|
| GIBCO
|
geospatial-intelligence base for contingency operations
|
| GICNT
|
Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
|
| GIF
|
global integration framework
|
| GIMS
|
Geospatial Intelligence Information Management Services
|
| GIS
|
geographic information system
|
| GL
|
government-leased
|
| GLD
|
ground liaison detachment
|
| GLINT
|
gated laser intensifier
|
| GLO
|
ground liaison officer
|
| GLOC
|
ground line of communications
|
| GLONASS
|
Global Navigation Satellite System
|
| GLTD
|
ground laser target designator
|
| GMD
|
ground-based midcourse defense
|
| GME
|
global mobility enterprise
|
| GMI
|
general military intelligence
|
| GMLRS
|
Global Positioning System Multiple Launch Rocket System
|
| GMSC
|
Global Mission Support Center (USSOCOM)
|
| GNSS
|
global navigation satellite system
|
| GNZ
|
Geospatial Intelligence New Zealand
|
| GO
|
government-owned
|
| GO/FO
|
general officer/flag officer
|
| GPC
|
geospatial planning cell; government purchase card
|
| GPE
|
geospatial intelligence preparation of the environment
|
| GPEC
|
Global Posture Executive Council
|
| GPM
|
gallons per minute; global pallet manager
|
| GPMRC
|
Global Patient Movement Requirements Center
|
| GPOI
|
Global Peace Operations Initiative
|
| GPS
|
Global Positioning System
|
| GPW
|
Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
|
| GRG
|
gridded reference graphic
|
| GROOVE
|
Geospatial Requirements One-Stop Visualization Environment
|
| GS
|
general service; general support
|
| GSA
|
General Services Administration
|
| GSORTS
|
Global Status of Resources and Training System
|
| GSR
|
ground surveillance radar
|
| GTAS
|
ground-to-air signals
|
| GTL
|
gun-target line
|
| GTM
|
global transportation management
|
| G-TSCMIS
|
Global Theater Security Cooperation Management Information System
|
| GWS
|
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field
|
| GWS Sea
|
Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick, and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces at Sea
|
| H
|
|
| HA
|
holding area; humanitarian assistance
|
| HAC
|
human intelligence analysis cell
|
| HACC
|
humanitarian assistance coordination center
|
| HAP
|
humanitarian assistance program
|
| HAST
|
humanitarian assistance survey team
|
| HC
|
humanitarian coordinator
|
| HCA
|
head of a contracting activity; humanitarian and civic assistance
|
| HCCC
|
harbormaster command and control center
|
| HCR
|
human intelligence collection requirement
|
| HD
|
homeland defense
|
| HDC
|
harbor defense commander; helicopter direction center
|
| HDM
|
Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief, and Mine Action (DSCA); humanitarian demining
|
| HDR
|
humanitarian daily ration
|
| HDTC
|
Humanitarian Demining Training Center
|
| HE
|
high explosives
|
| HEMP
|
high-altitude electromagnetic pulse
|
| HEO
|
highly elliptical orbit
|
| HERF
|
hazards of electromagnetic radiation to fuels
|
| HERO
|
hazards of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance
|
| HERP
|
hazards of electromagnetic radiation to personnel
|
| HEVR
|
high-explosive violent reaction
|
| HEWSweb
|
Humanitarian Early Warning Service
|
| HF
|
high frequency
|
| HFP
|
hostile fire pay
|
| HHQ
|
higher headquarters
|
| HHR
|
hand-held radio
|
| HIDACZ
|
high-density airspace control zone
|
| HIFLD
|
homeland infrastructure foundation-level data
|
| HIMARS
|
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System
|
| HIMEZ
|
high-altitude missile engagement zone
|
| HIU
|
Humanitarian Information Unit (DOS)
|
| HIV
|
human immunodeficiency virus
|
| HMA
|
humanitarian mine action
|
| HMCS
|
helmet-mounted cueing system
|
| HMIRS
|
Hazardous Material Information Resource System
|
| HN
|
host nation
|
| HNA
|
host-nation agreement
|
| HNC
|
host-nation coordination
|
| HNCC
|
host nation coordination center
|
| HNS
|
host-nation support
|
| HNSCC
|
host-nation support coordination cell
|
| HNSF
|
host-nation security forces
|
| HOB
|
height of burst
|
| HOC
|
human intelligence operations cell; humanitarian operations center
|
| HOD
|
head of delegation
|
| HOM
|
head of mission
|
| HPT
|
high-payoff target
|
| HQ
|
headquarters
|
| HQCOMDT
|
headquarters commandant
|
| HQMC
|
Headquarters, United States Marine Corps
|
| HR
|
helicopter request; hostage rescue
|
| HRB
|
high-risk billet
|
| HRC
|
high-risk-of-capture
|
| HRF
|
homeland response force
|
| HRI
|
high risk of isolation
|
| HRP
|
high-risk personnel
|
| HRT
|
health response team
|
| HS
|
homeland security
|
| HSC
|
Homeland Security Council
|
| HSI
|
hyperspectral imagery; Office of Homeland Security Investigations (DHS)
|
| HSIN
|
Homeland Security Information Network (DHS)
|
| HSM
|
humanitarian service medal
|
| HSPD
|
homeland security Presidential directive
|
| HSS
|
health service support
|
| HST
|
high-speed transport
|
| HSV
|
high-speed vessel
|
| HTH
|
high-test hypochlorite
|
| HUD
|
Department of Housing and Urban Development
|
| HUMINT
|
human intelligence
|
| HVA
|
high-value asset
|
| HVAA
|
high-value airborne asset
|
| HVCDS
|
high-velocity container delivery system
|
| HVE
|
homegrown violent extremist
|
| HVT
|
high-value target
|
| HW
|
health and welfare
|
| HW
|
hazardous waste
|
| I
|
|
| I
|
interservice (USAF)
|
| I&A
|
Office of Intelligence and Analysis (DHS)
|
| I/T
|
interpreter and translator
|
| I2
|
identity intelligence
|
| I2SP
|
identity intelligence support packet
|
| I2WD
|
Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (USA)
|
| IA
|
individual augmentee; information assurance
|
| IAA
|
incident awareness and assessment
|
| IADS
|
integrated air defense system
|
| IAM
|
inertially aided munition
|
| IAMD
|
integrated air and missile defense
|
| IAMSAR
|
International Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue
|
| IAP
|
incident action plan; integrated assessment and planning
|
| IAPP
|
Interagency Partnership Program
|
| IAS
|
International Assistance System
|
| IASC
|
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (UN)
|
| IAW
|
in accordance with
|
| IBCT
|
infantry brigade combat team
|
| IBET
|
integrated border enforcement team
|
| IBS
|
Integrated Booking System; integrated broadcast service
|
| IC
|
incident commander; intelligence community
|
| ICAF
|
Interagency Conflict Assessment Framework (DOS)
|
| ICAM
|
improved chemical agent monitor
|
| ICAO
|
International Civil Aviation Organization
|
| ICBM
|
intercontinental ballistic missile
|
| ICBRN-R
|
international chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear response
|
| ICC
|
Intelligence Coordination Center (USCG); International Criminal Court
|
| ICD
|
intelligence community directive
|
| ICDS
|
improved container delivery system
|
| ICE
|
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (DHS)
|
| ICF
|
intelligence contingency funds
|
| ICIS
|
integrated consumable item support
|
| ICITAP
|
International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (DOJ)
|
| ICJ
|
International Court of Justice
|
| ICM
|
image city map
|
| ICODES
|
Integrated Computerized Deployment System
|
| ICP
|
integrated contingency plan; intertheater communications security package; inventory control point
|
| ICPO-INTERPOL
|
International Criminal Police Organization-International
|
| ICRC
|
International Committee of the Red Cross
|
| ICS
|
incident command system; integrated country strategy; intelligence community standard; interim contractor support
|
| ICU
|
intensive care unit
|
| ICVA
|
International Council of Voluntary Agencies
|
| ICW
|
in coordination with
|
| ID
|
identification; identifier; initiating directive
|
| IDAD
|
internal defense and development
|
| IDENT
|
Automated Biometric Identification System (DHS)
|
| IDF
|
indirect fire
|
| IDL
|
initialization data load; integrated distribution lane
|
| IDP
|
imagery derived product; imminent danger pay; internally displaced person
|
| IDSRS
|
Integrated Defense Source Registration System
|
| IED
|
improvised explosive device
|
| IEM
|
installation emergency management
|
| IER
|
information exchange requirement
|
| IFF
|
identification, friend or foe
|
| IFO
|
integrated financial operations; intermediate fuel oil
|
| IFRC
|
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
|
| IG
|
inspector general
|
| IGC
|
Integrated Data Environment/Global Transportation Network Convergence
|
| IGL
|
intelligence gain/loss
|
| IHS
|
international health specialist
|
| IIP
|
Bureau of International Information Programs (DOS); interagency implementation plan
|
| IIR
|
intelligence information report
|
| IJSTO
|
integrated joint special technical operations
|
| ILAB
|
Bureau of International Labor Affairs (DOL)
|
| ILOC
|
integrated line of communications
|
| IM
|
information management; intermediate module
|
| IMA
|
individual mobilization augmentee
|
| IMAAC
|
Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center
|
| IMAT
|
incident management assistance team
|
| IMDG
|
international maritime dangerous goods (UN)
|
| IMET
|
international military education and training
|
| IMINT
|
imagery intelligence
|
| IMM
|
integrated materiel management
|
| IMO
|
information management officer; International Maritime Organization
|
| IMP
|
information management plan; inventory management plan
|
| IMT
|
incident management team
|
| INCLE
|
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement (DOS)
|
| IND
|
improvised nuclear device
|
| INFLTREP
|
inflight report
|
| INL
|
Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (DOS)
|
| INLS
|
improved Navy lighterage system
|
| INR
|
Bureau of Intelligence and Research (DOS)
|
| INS
|
inertial navigation system
|
| INSARAG
|
International Search and Rescue Advisory Group
|
| INSCOM
|
United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
|
| InterAction
|
American Council for Voluntary International Action
|
| IO
|
information operations
|
| IOCB
|
information operations coordination board
|
| IOII
|
information operations intelligence integration
|
| IOM
|
International Organization for Migration
|
| IOSS
|
Interagency Operations Security Support Staff
|
| IOWG
|
information operations working group
|
| IP
|
initial point; integrated policy (USAF); intelligence planning; Internet protocol
|
| IPB
|
intelligence preparation of the battlespace
|
| IPC
|
interagency planning cell; interagency policy committee
|
| IPDP
|
inland petroleum distribution plan
|
| IPDS
|
inland petroleum distribution system (USA)
|
| IPE
|
individual protective equipment; integrated planning element
|
| IPG
|
isolated personnel guidance
|
| IPI
|
indigenous populations and institutions
|
| IPR
|
in-progress review
|
| IPT
|
intelligence planning team
|
| IR
|
information requirement; infrared; intelligence requirement
|
| IRA
|
Provisional Irish Republican Army
|
| IRBM
|
intermediate-range ballistic missile
|
| IRC
|
information-related capability; Internet relay chat
|
| IROM
|
infrared operations manager
|
| IRR
|
Individual Ready Reserve
|
| IRTPA
|
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act
|
| IS
|
information system
|
| ISA
|
individual Service augmentee; international standardization agreement
|
| ISAF
|
International Security Assistance Force
|
| ISB
|
intermediate staging base
|
| ISDDC
|
Integrated Mission Support for Surface Deployment and Distribution Cargo
|
| ISE
|
information sharing environment
|
| ISG
|
isolated Soldier guidance
|
| ISIL
|
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
|
| ISIR
|
identify, separate, influence, and renunciation
|
| ISN
|
Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (DOS); internment serial number
|
| ISO
|
International Organization for Standardization
|
| ISOPAK
|
International Organization for Standardization package
|
| ISOPREP
|
isolated personnel report
|
| ISP
|
Internet service provider
|
| ISPR
|
intelligence support to personnel recovery
|
| ISR
|
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
|
| ISRD
|
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance division
|
| ISRLO
|
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance liaison officer (USAF)
|
| IT
|
information system technician; information technology
|
| ITA
|
International Trade Administration (DOC)
|
| ITF
|
integrated task force; intelligence task force (DIA)
|
| ITO
|
installation transportation officer
|
| ITU
|
International Telecommunications Union
|
| ITV
|
in-transit visibility
|
| ITW/AA
|
integrated tactical warning and attack assessment
|
| IVA
|
intermediate volatility agent
|
| IW
|
irregular warfare
|
| IWC
|
information operations warfare commander
|
| IWG
|
intelligence working group
|
| IWW
|
inland waterway
|
| IWWS
|
inland waterway system
|
| J
|
|
| J-1
|
manpower and personnel directorate of a joint staff
|
| J-2
|
intelligence directorate of a joint staff
|
| J-2E
|
joint force exploitation staff element
|
| J-2X
|
joint force counterintelligence and human intelligence staff element
|
| J-3
|
operations directorate of a joint staff
|
| J-31
|
Joint Force Coordinator (Joint Staff)
|
| J-35
|
future operations cell
|
| J-39 DDGO
|
Joint Staff, Deputy Director for Global Operations
|
| J-4
|
logistics directorate of a joint staff
|
| J-5
|
plans directorate of a joint staff
|
| J-6
|
communications system directorate of a joint staff
|
| J-7
|
engineering staff section of a joint staff; operational plans and interoperability directorate of a joint staff; training and education directorate of a joint staff; training directorate of a joint staff
|
| J-8
|
force structure, resource, and assessment directorate of a joint staff; resource management and financial support directorate of a joint staff
|
| J-9
|
civil-military operations/interagency cooperation directorate of a joint staff; civil-military operations directorate/interagency operations directorate of a joint staff; civil-military operations directorate of a joint staff
|
| JA
|
judge advocate
|
| JA/ATT
|
joint airborne and air transportability training
|
| JAARS
|
Joint After-Action Reporting System
|
| JAC
|
joint analysis center
|
| JACCE
|
joint air component coordination element
|
| JACE
|
joint air coordination element
|
| JACS
|
joint automated communication-electronics operating instructions system
|
| JADOC
|
Joint Air Defense Operations Center (NORAD)
|
| JADOCS
|
Joint Automated Deep Operations Coordination System
|
| JAG
|
judge advocate general
|
| JAGIC
|
joint air-ground integration center
|
| JAMMS
|
Joint Asset Movement Management System
|
| JAOC
|
joint air operations center
|
| JAOP
|
joint air operations plan
|
| JARN
|
joint air request net
|
| JASSM
|
joint air-to-surface standoff missile
|
| JAT
|
joint assessment team
|
| JBPO
|
joint blood program office
|
| JCA
|
joint capability area
|
| JCASO
|
Joint Contingency Acquisition Support Office (DLA)
|
| JCC
|
joint collaboration cell; joint contracting center; joint cyberspace center
|
| JCCA
|
joint combat capability assessment
|
| JCCC
|
Joint Combat Camera Center; joint communications control center
|
| JCCSE
|
Joint Continental United States Communications Support Environment
|
| JCEOI
|
joint communications-electronics operating instructions
|
| JCET
|
joint combined exchange training
|
| JCEWR
|
joint coordination of electromagnetic warfare reprogramming
|
| JCEWS
|
joint force commander’s electronic warfare staff
|
| JCISA
|
Joint Command Information Systems Activity
|
| JCIU
|
joint counterintelligence unit
|
| JCM
|
Joint Container Management
|
| JCMA
|
joint communications security monitoring activity
|
| JCMB
|
joint collection management board
|
| JCMEB
|
joint civil-military engineering board
|
| JCMEC
|
joint captured materiel exploitation center; Joint Captured Materiel Exploitation Center (DIA)
|
| JCMO
|
joint communications security management office
|
| JCMOTF
|
joint civil-military operations task force
|
| JCMS
|
Joint Construction Management System
|
| JCN
|
joint communications network; joint communications node
|
| JCRM
|
Joint Capabilities Requirements Manager
|
| JCS
|
Joint Chiefs of Staff
|
| JCSB
|
joint contracting support board
|
| JCSE
|
joint communications support element; Joint Communications Support Element (USTRANSCOM)
|
| JDAB
|
Joint Doctrine Analysis Branch
|
| JDAM
|
Joint Direct Attack Munition
|
| JDAT
|
joint deployable analysis team
|
| JDB
|
Joint Doctrine Branch
|
| JDD
|
joint doctrine distribution
|
| JDDAS
|
Joint Doctrine Development and Assessment Schedule
|
| JDDC
|
Joint Deployment and Distribution Coordinator (USTRANSCOM); joint doctrine development community
|
| JDDE
|
joint deployment and distribution enterprise
|
| JDDOC
|
joint deployment and distribution operations center
|
| JDDT
|
Joint Doctrine Development Tool
|
| JDEC
|
joint document exploitation center
|
| JDEIS
|
Joint Doctrine, Education, and Training Electronic Information System
|
| JDET
|
joint distribution enabling team
|
| JDIGS
|
Joint Digital Information Gathering System
|
| JDISS
|
joint deployable intelligence support system
|
| JDN
|
joint data network; joint doctrine note
|
| JDNC
|
joint data network operations cell
|
| JDNO
|
joint data network operations officer
|
| JDOMS
|
Joint Director of Military Support
|
| JDPC
|
Joint Doctrine Planning Conference
|
| JDPI
|
joint desired point of impact
|
| JDPO
|
joint deployment process owner
|
| JDTC
|
Joint Deployment Training Center
|
| JECC
|
Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (USTRANSCOM)
|
| JED
|
Joint Education and Doctrine
|
| JEDD
|
Joint Education and Doctrine Division
|
| JEFF
|
Joint Expeditionary Forensic Facility (USA)
|
| JEL
|
Joint Electronic Library
|
| JEL+
|
Joint Electronic Library Plus
|
| JEMB
|
joint environmental management board
|
| JEMSO
|
joint electromagnetic spectrum operations
|
| JEMSOC
|
joint electromagnetic spectrum operations cell
|
| JENM
|
joint enterprise network manager
|
| JEODOC
|
joint explosives ordnance disposal operations center
|
| JEODTF
|
joint explosives ordnance disposal task force
|
| JEP
|
Joint Exercise Program
|
| JEPAC
|
Joint Electromagnetic Preparedness for Advanced Combat (USSTRATCOM)
|
| JEPES
|
Joint Engineer Planning and Execution System
|
| JET
|
joint expeditionary team; Joint Operation Planning and Execution System editing tool
|
| JETS
|
joint equipment, tactical, and space
|
| JEWC
|
Joint Electromagnetic Warfare Center (USSTRATCOM)
|
| JEWCS
|
joint electronic warfare core staff (NATO)
|
| JEZ
|
joint engagement zone
|
| JFACC
|
joint force air component commander
|
| JFAST
|
Joint Flow and Analysis System for Transportation
|
| JFC
|
joint force commander
|
| JFCC
|
joint functional component command
|
| JFCC NW
|
Joint Functional Component Command for Network Warfare
|
| JFCC Space
|
Joint Functional Component Command for Space (USSTRATCOM)
|
| JFCC-GS
|
Joint Functional Component Command for Global Strike
|
| JFCC-IMD
|
Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense
|
| JFCC-ISR
|
Joint Functional Component Command for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (USSTRATCOM)
|
| JFCH
|
joint force chaplain
|
| JFE
|
joint fires element
|
| JFHQ
|
joint force headquarters
|
| JFHQ-C
|
joint force headquarters-cyberspace
|
| JFHQ-DODIN
|
Joint Force Headquarters-Department of Defense Information Network (USCYBERCOM)
|
| JFHQ-NCR
|
Joint Force Headquarters-National Capital Region
|
| JFHQ-State
|
joint force headquarters-state
|
| JFLCC
|
joint force land component commander
|
| JFM
|
joint functional manager
|
| JFMC
|
joint fleet mail center
|
| JFMCC
|
joint force maritime component commander
|
| JFMO
|
joint frequency management office
|
| JFO
|
joint field office; joint fires observer
|
| JFP
|
joint force provider; Joint Frequency Panel (MCEB)
|
| JFRG II
|
joint force requirements generator II
|
| JFRR
|
Joint Force Readiness Review
|
| JFS
|
joint force surgeon
|
| JFSA
|
Joint Force Sufficiency Assessment
|
| JFSCC
|
Joint Force Space Component Commander (USSTRATCOM)
|
| JFSOCC
|
joint force special operations component commander
|
| JFTR
|
joint Federal travel regulations
|
| JFUB
|
joint facilities utilization board
|
| JG
|
joint guide
|
| JGWE
|
joint global warning enterprise
|
| JHNS
|
Joint Hometown News Service
|
| JHSV
|
joint high-speed vessel
|
| JIA
|
joint individual augmentation; joint individual augmentee
|
| JIACG
|
joint interagency coordination group
|
| JIATF
|
joint interagency task force
|
| JIATF-S
|
Joint Interagency Task Force-South
|
| JIATF-W
|
Joint Interagency Task Force-West
|
| JIC
|
joint information center
|
| JICC
|
joint interface control cell
|
| JICO
|
joint interface control officer
|
| JIDC
|
joint interrogation and debriefing center
|
| JIDO
|
Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (DTRA)
|
| JIEE
|
Joint Information Exchange Environment
|
| JIEP
|
joint intelligence estimate for planning
|
| JIMB
|
joint information management board
|
| JIMPP
|
joint industrial mobilization planning process
|
| JIO
|
joint interrogation operations
|
| JIOC
|
joint intelligence operations center
|
| JIOCPAC
|
Joint Intelligence Operations Center, Pacific
|
| JIOC-SOUTH
|
Joint Intelligence Operations Center, South
|
| JIOC-TRANS
|
Joint Intelligence Operations Center–Transportation
|
| JIOWC
|
Joint Information Operations Warfare Center
|
| JIPCL
|
joint integrated prioritized collection list
|
| JIPOE
|
joint intelligence preparation of the operational environment
|
| JIPTL
|
joint integrated prioritized target list
|
| JIS
|
joint information system
|
| JISE
|
joint intelligence support element
|
| JIVU
|
Joint Intelligence Virtual University
|
| JKnIFE
|
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization Knowledge and Information Fusion Exchange
|
| JLB
|
joint logistics board
|
| JLCC
|
joint lighterage control center; joint logistics coordination center
|
| JLE
|
joint logistics environment
|
| JLEnt
|
joint logistics enterprise
|
| JLLIS
|
Joint Lessons Learned Information System
|
| JLLP
|
Joint Lessons Learned Program
|
| JLOA
|
joint logistics over-the-shore operation area
|
| JLOC
|
joint logistics operations center
|
| JLOP
|
joint land operations plan
|
| JLOTS
|
joint logistics over-the-shore
|
| JLRC
|
joint logistics readiness center
|
| JLSB
|
joint line of communications security board
|
| JLSE
|
joint legal support element
|
| JLSG
|
joint logistic support group
|
| JMAA
|
joint mission assurance assessment
|
| JMAC
|
Joint Mortuary Affairs Center (USA)
|
| JMAO
|
joint mortuary affairs office
|
| JMAR
|
joint medical asset repository
|
| JMAT
|
joint medical analysis tool
|
| JMC
|
joint movement center
|
| JMCG
|
joint movement control group
|
| JMD
|
joint manning document
|
| JMEEL
|
joint mission-essential equipment list
|
| JMEM
|
Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manual
|
| JMET
|
joint mission-essential task
|
| JMETL
|
joint mission-essential task list
|
| JMIC
|
joint modular intermodal container
|
| JMICS
|
Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System mobile integrated communications system
|
| JMIE
|
joint maritime information element
|
| JMIP
|
joint military intelligence program
|
| JMISTF
|
joint military information support task force
|
| JMITC
|
Joint Military Intelligence Training Center
|
| JMMT
|
joint military mail terminal
|
| JMO
|
joint maritime operations; joint meteorological and oceanographic officer; joint munitions office
|
| JMOC
|
joint medical operations center
|
| JMP
|
joint manpower program
|
| JMPA
|
joint military postal activity
|
| JMPAB
|
Joint Materiel Priorities and Allocation Board
|
| JMPS
|
Joint Mission Planning System
|
| JMPT
|
Joint Medical Planning Tool
|
| JMRR
|
Joint Monthly Readiness Review
|
| JMTCA
|
joint munitions transportation coordinating activity
|
| JMUA
|
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
|
| JMWG
|
joint medical working group
|
| JNCC
|
joint network operations control center
|
| JNMS
|
joint network management system
|
| JNSC
|
Joint Navigation Warfare Center Navigation Warfare Support Cell
|
| JNWC
|
Joint Navigation Warfare Center
|
| JOA
|
joint operations area
|
| JOAF
|
joint operations area forecast
|
| JOC
|
joint operations center
|
| JOCC
|
joint operations command center
|
| JOERAD
|
joint spectrum center ordnance electromagnetic environmental effects risk assessment database
|
| JOG
|
joint operations graphic
|
| JOPC
|
Joint Overhead Persistent Infrared Center
|
| JOPES
|
Joint Operation Planning and Execution System
|
| JOPG
|
joint operations planning group
|
| JOPPA
|
joint operation planning process for air
|
| JOSE
|
Joint Operations Security Support Element (Joint Staff)
|
| JOTC
|
joint operations tasking center
|
| JP
|
joint publication
|
| JP4
|
jet propulsion fuel, type 4
|
| JP5
|
jet propulsion fuel, type 5
|
| JP8
|
jet propulsion fuel, type 8
|
| JPAC
|
joint planning augmentation cell; Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command
|
| JPADS
|
joint precision airdrop system
|
| JPAG
|
Joint Planning Advisory Group
|
| JPARR
|
joint personnel accountability reconciliation and reporting
|
| JPASE
|
joint public affairs support element; Joint Public Affairs Support Element (USTRANSCOM)
|
| JPAT
|
joint planning and advisory team
|
| JPC
|
joint postal cell
|
| JPEC
|
joint planning and execution community
|
| JPED
|
joint personal effects depot
|
| JPEG
|
Joint Photographic Experts Group
|
| JPERSTAT
|
joint personnel status and casualty report
|
| JPG
|
joint planning group
|
| JPME
|
joint professional military education
|
| JPMRC
|
joint patient movement requirements center
|
| JPN
|
joint planning network
|
| JPO
|
joint petroleum office; Joint Program Office
|
| JPOC
|
joint personnel operations center; joint planning orientation course
|
| JPP
|
joint planning process
|
| JPPA
|
joint planning process for air
|
| JPPC
|
joint personnel processing center
|
| JPRA
|
Joint Personnel Recovery Agency
|
| JPRC
|
joint personnel recovery center
|
| JPSE
|
Joint Planning Support Element (USTRANSCOM)
|
| JPTTA
|
joint personnel training and tracking activity
|
| JRC
|
joint reconnaissance center
|
| JRCC
|
joint reception coordination center
|
| JRERP
|
Joint Radiological Emergency Response Plan
|
| JRFL
|
joint restricted frequency list
|
| JRIC
|
joint reserve intelligence center
|
| JRIP
|
Joint Reserve Intelligence Program
|
| JROC
|
Joint Requirements Oversight Council
|
| JRRB
|
joint requirements review board
|
| JRS
|
joint reporting structure
|
| JRSOI
|
joint reception, staging, onward movement, and integration
|
| JRTC
|
joint readiness training center
|
| JS
|
Joint Staff
|
| JSA
|
joint security area
|
| JSAM
|
Joint Service Achievement Medal
|
| JSAP
|
Joint Staff action processing
|
| JSC
|
joint security coordinator; Joint Spectrum Center (DISA)
|
| JSCC
|
joint security coordination center
|
| JSCM
|
Joint Service Commendation Medal
|
| JSDS
|
Joint Staff doctrine sponsor
|
| JSETS
|
Joint Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking Electronic Tracking System
|
| JSF
|
joint support force
|
| JSHO
|
joint shipboard helicopter operations
|
| JSIR
|
joint spectrum interference resolution
|
| JSME
|
joint spectrum management element
|
| JSO
|
joint security operations
|
| JSOA
|
joint special operations area
|
| JSOAC
|
joint special operations air component; joint special operations aviation component
|
| JSOACC
|
joint special operations air component commander
|
| JSOC
|
joint special operations command
|
| JSOTF
|
joint special operations task force
|
| JSOU
|
Joint Special Operations University
|
| JSPA
|
joint satellite communications panel administrator
|
| JSPOC
|
Joint Space Operations Center
|
| JSPS
|
Joint Strategic Planning System
|
| JSR
|
joint strategy review
|
| JSTARS
|
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
|
| JSTO
|
joint space tasking order
|
| JT&E
|
joint test and evaluation
|
| JTA
|
joint technical architecture
|
| JTAC
|
joint terminal attack controller
|
| JTAIC
|
Joint Technical Analysis and Integration Cell (USA)
|
| JTAR
|
joint tactical air strike request
|
| JTB
|
Joint Transportation Board
|
| JTCB
|
joint targeting coordination board
|
| JTCC
|
joint transportation coordination center
|
| JTCG/ME
|
Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness
|
| JTCOIC
|
Joint Training Counter-Improvised Explosive Device Operations Integration Center
|
| JTD
|
joint table of distribution
|
| JTF
|
joint task force
|
| JTF-AK
|
Joint Task Force-Alaska
|
| JTFCEM
|
joint task force contingency engineering management
|
| JTF-CM
|
joint task force - consequence management
|
| JTF-CS
|
Joint Task Force-Civil Support
|
| JTF-E
|
Joint Task Force-East (DHS); joint task force-elimination
|
| JTF-GNO
|
Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations
|
| JTF-HD
|
Joint Task Force-Homeland Defense
|
| JTF-I
|
Joint Task Force-Investigations (DHS)
|
| JTF-MAO
|
joint task force - mortuary affairs office
|
| JTF-N
|
Joint Task Force-North
|
| JTF-PO
|
joint task force-port opening
|
| JTF-SD
|
Joint Task Force-Space Defense (USSPACECOM)
|
| JTF-State
|
joint task force-state
|
| JTF-W
|
Joint Task Force-West (DHS)
|
| JTIDS
|
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
|
| JTL
|
joint target list
|
| JTLM
|
joint theater logistics management
|
| JTMD
|
joint table of mobilization and distribution; Joint Terminology Master Database
|
| JTMS
|
joint theater movement staff; joint training master schedule
|
| JTP
|
joint test publication; joint training plan
|
| JTR
|
Joint Travel Regulations
|
| JTS
|
Joint Training System
|
| JTSCC
|
joint theater support contracting command
|
| JTTF
|
joint terrorism task force
|
| JTWG
|
joint targeting working group
|
| JU
|
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System unit
|
| JUH-MTF
|
Joint User Handbook-Message Text Formats
|
| JUIC
|
joint unit identification code
|
| JUO
|
joint urban operation
|
| JUON
|
joint urgent operational need
|
| JVB
|
joint visitors bureau
|
| JWAC
|
Joint Warfare Analysis Center
|
| JWG
|
joint working group
|
| JWICS
|
Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
|
| K
|
|
| k
|
thousand
|
| Ka
|
Kurtz-above band
|
| kbps
|
kilobits per second
|
| kg
|
kilogram(s)
|
| K-Kill
|
catastrophic kill
|
| KLE
|
key leader engagement
|
| km
|
kilometer
|
| kph
|
kilometers per hour
|
| KQ ID
|
tactical location identifier
|
| KS
|
knowledge sharing
|
| kt
|
kiloton(s); knot (nautical miles per hour)
|
| Ku
|
Kurtz-under band
|
| kW
|
kilowatt
|
| L
|
|
| LA
|
lead agent; legal adviser
|
| LAD
|
latest arrival date; launch area denied
|
| LAN
|
local area network
|
| LARC
|
lighter, amphibious resupply, cargo
|
| LARC-V
|
lighter, amphibious resupply, cargo, 5 ton
|
| LASH
|
lighter aboard ship
|
| LAV
|
light armored vehicle
|
| lb
|
pound
|
| lbs.
|
pounds
|
| LC
|
legal counsel
|
| LCAC
|
landing craft, air cushion
|
| LCADS
|
low-cost aerial delivery system
|
| LCC
|
amphibious command ship; land component commander; lighterage control center
|
| LCE
|
logistics combat element (USMC)
|
| LCM
|
landing craft, mechanized; letter-class mail; life-cycle management
|
| LCO
|
landing craft air cushion control officer
|
| LCP
|
lighterage control point
|
| LCS
|
landing craft air cushion control ship
|
| LCU
|
landing craft, utility
|
| LD
|
light damage; line of departure
|
| LDA
|
limited depository account
|
| LDF
|
local defense force
|
| LDO
|
laser designator operator
|
| LDR
|
low data rate
|
| LE
|
law enforcement; low-order explosives
|
| LEA
|
law enforcement agency
|
| LEC
|
lead environmental component
|
| LED
|
light emitting diode
|
| LEDET
|
law enforcement detachment (USCG)
|
| LEGAT
|
legal attaché
|
| LEIP
|
Law Enforcement Intelligence Program (USCG)
|
| LEMP
|
low-altitude electromagnetic pulse
|
| LEO
|
law enforcement operations; low Earth orbit
|
| LEP
|
law enforcement professional
|
| L-EWE
|
land-electronic warfare element
|
| LF
|
landing force
|
| LFA
|
lead federal agency
|
| LFOC
|
landing force operations center
|
| LFORM
|
landing force operational reserve material
|
| LFSP
|
landing force support party
|
| LG
|
deputy chief of staff for logistics
|
| LGB
|
laser-guided bomb
|
| LGM
|
laser-guided missile; loop group multiplexer
|
| LGW
|
laser-guided weapon
|
| LHA
|
amphibious assault ship (general purpose)
|
| LHD
|
amphibious assault ship (multipurpose)
|
| LIDAR
|
light detection and ranging
|
| LIMDIS
|
limited distribution
|
| LIPS
|
Logistics Information Processing System
|
| LJDAM
|
laser-guided joint direct attack munition
|
| LL
|
lessons learned
|
| LLLTV
|
low-light level television
|
| LLTR
|
low-level transit route
|
| LM
|
light maneuver
|
| LMARS
|
Logistics Metrics Analysis Reporting System
|
| LMSR
|
large, medium-speed roll-on/roll-off
|
| LN
|
lead nation; local national
|
| LNI
|
Library of National Intelligence
|
| LNO
|
liaison officer
|
| LO/LO
|
lift-on/lift-off
|
| LO/RO
|
lift-on/roll-off
|
| LOA
|
letter of assist; letter of authorization; letter of offer and acceptance; logistics over-the-shore operation area
|
| LOAC
|
law of armed conflict
|
| LOAL
|
lock-on after launch
|
| LOBL
|
lock-on before launch
|
| LOC
|
line of communications
|
| LOD
|
line of departure
|
| LOE
|
letter of evaluation; line of effort
|
| LOG
|
logistics
|
| LOGCAP
|
Logistics Civil Augmentation Program (USA)
|
| LOI
|
letter of instruction
|
| LOMEZ
|
low-altitude missile engagement zone
|
| LOO
|
line of operation
|
| LOR
|
launch on remote
|
| LOS
|
line of sight
|
| LOTS
|
logistics over-the-shore
|
| LOX
|
liquid oxygen
|
| LPD
|
amphibious transport dock; low probability of detection
|
| LPI
|
low probability of intercept
|
| LRC
|
logistics readiness center
|
| LRF
|
laser range finder
|
| LRN
|
Laboratory Response Network (DHHS)
|
| LRO
|
lighterage repair officer
|
| LRP
|
load and roll pallet
|
| LRST
|
long-range surveillance team
|
| LRT
|
logistics response time
|
| LSA
|
logistics support analysis; logistics supportability analysis
|
| LSC
|
lead Service for contracting
|
| LSCC
|
lead Service for contracting coordination
|
| LSD
|
dock landing ship
|
| LSS
|
laser spot search; logistics support system; low, slow, and small
|
| LSSS
|
logistics support, supplies, and services
|
| LST
|
laser spot tracker
|
| LSV
|
logistics support vessel
|
| LT
|
long ton
|
| LTD
|
laser target designator
|
| LTF
|
logistics task force
|
| LTIOV
|
latest time information is of value
|
| LTL
|
laser-to-target line
|
| LZ
|
landing zone
|
| M
|
|
| M
|
million
|
| M&E
|
monitoring and evaluation
|
| m³
|
cubic meter(s)
|
| MA
|
mission assurance; mortuary affairs
|
| MAA
|
mission assurance assessment
|
| MAAP
|
master air attack plan
|
| MAC
|
mobility assault company
|
| MACB
|
multinational acquisition and contracting board
|
| MACCS
|
Marine air command and control system
|
| MACG
|
Marine air control group
|
| MACP
|
mortuary affairs collection point
|
| MACRMS
|
mortuary affairs contaminated remains mitigation site
|
| MACS
|
Marine air control squadron
|
| MAF
|
mobility air forces
|
| MAG
|
Marine aircraft group; maritime assessment group; military assignment group
|
| MAGTF
|
Marine air-ground task force (USMC)
|
| MAJCOM
|
major command (USAF)
|
| MANPADS
|
man-portable air defense system
|
| MAOC-N
|
Maritime Analysis and Operations Center-Narcotics
|
| MARAD
|
Maritime Administration
|
| MARAD RRF
|
Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Force
|
| MARCORLOGCOM
|
Marine Corps Logistics Command
|
| MARDIV
|
Marine division
|
| MARFOR
|
Marine forces
|
| MARFOR NORTHCOM
|
Marine Forces Northern Command MARFOR STRATCOM
|
| Marine TACC
|
Marine tactical air command center
|
| MARLE
|
Marine liaison element
|
| MARO
|
mass atrocity response operations
|
| MARPOL
|
International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
|
| MARS
|
Military Auxiliary Radio System
|
| MARSOC
|
Marine Special Operations Command
|
| MARSOF
|
Marine special operations forces
|
| MARTS
|
Mortuary Affairs Reporting and Tracking System
|
| MAS
|
maritime air support
|
| MASA
|
mutual airlift support agreement
|
| MASF
|
mobile aeromedical staging facility
|
| MASINT
|
measurement and signature intelligence
|
| MASLO
|
measurement and signature intelligence liaison officer
|
| MAST
|
mobile ashore support terminal
|
| MAW
|
Marine aircraft wing
|
| MAXORD
|
maximum ordinate
|
| Mbps
|
megabytes per second
|
| MC
|
Military Committee (NATO); mission-critical; mobile communications
|
| MC/FI
|
mass casualty/fatality incident
|
| MC4EB
|
Military Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Executive Board
|
| MCA
|
mail control activity; military civic action; movement control agency
|
| MCAG
|
maritime civil affairs group
|
| MCAS
|
Marine Corps air station
|
| MCAST
|
maritime civil affairs and security training
|
| MCAT
|
maritime civil affairs team
|
| MCB
|
movement control battalion
|
| MCC
|
military coordinating committee; military counterintelligence collections; mission control center; mobility control center; movement control center
|
| MCCC
|
Marine Corps component command
|
| MCCDC
|
Marine Corps Combat Development Command
|
| MCD
|
medical crew director
|
| MCDP
|
Marine Corps doctrinal publication
|
| MCEB
|
Military Communications-Electronics Board
|
| MCESG
|
Marine Corps Embassy Security Group
|
| MCI
|
multinational communications integration
|
| MCIA
|
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
|
| MCIO
|
military criminal investigative organization
|
| MCIOC
|
Marine Corps Information Operations Center
|
| MCIP
|
Marine Corps interim publication; military customs inspection program
|
| MCISRE
|
Marine Corps Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Enterprise
|
| MCM
|
maneuver control measure; Manual for Courts-Martial; military committee memorandum (memorandum issued in the name of the Chairman); mine countermeasures
|
| MCMC
|
mine countermeasures commander
|
| MCMO
|
medical civil-military operations
|
| MCMOPS
|
mine countermeasures operations
|
| MCMREP
|
mine countermeasure report
|
| MCMRON
|
mine countermeasures squadron
|
| MCO
|
major combat operation; Mapping Customer Operations (Defense Logistics Agency); Marine Corps order
|
| MCOO
|
modified combined obstacle overlay
|
| MCRP
|
Marine Corps reference publication
|
| MCS
|
modular causeway system
|
| MCSB
|
Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion
|
| MCSFR
|
Marine Corps Security Forces Regiment
|
| MCT
|
movement control team
|
| MCTB
|
Military Committee Terminology Board
|
| MCTOG
|
Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group
|
| MCTP
|
Marine Corps tactical publication
|
| MCWL
|
Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
|
| MCWP
|
Marine Corps warfighting publication
|
| MCX
|
Marine Corps Exchange
|
| MD
|
missile defense; moderate damage
|
| MDA
|
maritime domain awareness; Missile Defense Agency
|
| MDBS
|
medical detachment, blood support
|
| MDCO
|
Military Department counterintelligence organization
|
| MDDOC
|
Marine air-ground task force deployment and distribution operations center
|
| MDIOC
|
Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center (MDA)
|
| MDM
|
maritime defense measure
|
| MDMA
|
methylenedioxymethamphetamine
|
| MDO
|
military deception officer
|
| MDRO
|
mission disaster response officer
|
| MDS
|
Message Dissemination Subsystem; mobile diving and salvage
|
| MDSS II
|
Marine Air-Ground Task Force Deployment Support System II
|
| MDSU
|
mobile diving and salvage unit
|
| ME/C
|
medical examiner and/or coroner
|
| MEA
|
munitions effectiveness assessment
|
| MEB
|
maneuver enhancement brigade; Marine expeditionary brigade
|
| MEDCC
|
medical coordination cell
|
| MEDCOM
|
US Army Medical Command
|
| MEDCOM (DS)
|
medical command (deployment support) (USA)
|
| MEDEVAC
|
medical evacuation
|
| MEDINT
|
medical intelligence
|
| MEDLOG
|
medical logistics
|
| MEDLOG support
|
medical logistics support
|
| MEDNEO
|
medical noncombatant evacuation operation
|
| MEF
|
Marine expeditionary force
|
| MEJA
|
Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act
|
| MEO
|
medium Earth orbit; military equal opportunity
|
| MEP
|
mobile electric power
|
| MESF
|
maritime expeditionary security force
|
| MESFC
|
maritime expeditionary security force commander
|
| MESO
|
maritime expeditionary security operations
|
| MET
|
mobile environmental team
|
| METCON
|
control of meteorological information (roughly translated from French)
|
| METL
|
mission-essential task list
|
| METOC
|
meteorological and oceanographic
|
| METSAT
|
meteorological satellite
|
| METT-T
|
mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available-time available
|
| METT-TC
|
mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available-time available and civil considerations (USA)
|
| MEU
|
Marine expeditionary unit
|
| MEZ
|
missile engagement zone
|
| MF
|
mobile facility
|
| MFC
|
multinational force commander
|
| MFE
|
mobile field exchange
|
| MFO
|
multinational force and observers
|
| MGRS
|
military grid reference system
|
| MGW
|
maximum gross weight
|
| MHD
|
maritime homeland defense
|
| MHE
|
materials handling equipment
|
| MHS
|
maritime homeland security; Military Health System
|
| MHz
|
megahertz
|
| MI
|
military intelligence; movement instructions
|
| MIA
|
missing in action
|
| MIB
|
Military Intelligence Board
|
| MIC
|
Multinational Interoperability Council
|
| MIDAS
|
model for intertheater deployment by air and sea
|
| MIDB
|
modernized integrated database; modernized intelligence database
|
| MIFC
|
maritime intelligence fusion center (USCG)
|
| MILAIR
|
military airlift
|
| MILALOC
|
military air line of communications
|
| MILCO
|
minelike contact
|
| MILCON
|
military construction
|
| MILDEC
|
military deception
|
| MILDEP
|
Military Department
|
| MILSATCOM
|
military satellite communications
|
| MILSPEC
|
military specification
|
| MILSTAMP
|
military standard transportation and movement procedures
|
| MIL-STD
|
military standard
|
| MILSTRAP
|
military standard transaction reporting and accounting procedure
|
| MILSTRIP
|
military standard requisitioning and issue procedure
|
| MILTECH
|
military technician
|
| MILU
|
multinational integrated logistic unit
|
| MIMP
|
Mobilization Information Management Plan
|
| MIO
|
maritime interception operations
|
| MIOC
|
maritime interception operations commander
|
| MIP
|
military intelligence program
|
| MIPOE
|
medical intelligence preparation of the operational environment
|
| MIPR
|
military interdepartmental purchase request
|
| MIR
|
multisensor imagery reconnaissance
|
| MIRCS
|
mobile integrated remains collection system
|
| MIS
|
military information support
|
| MISG
|
military information support group
|
| MISO
|
military information support operations
|
| MISREP
|
mission report
|
| MIST
|
mechanism of injury, injury type, signs, treatment; military information support team
|
| MISTF
|
military information support task force
|
| MITAM
|
mission tasking matrix
|
| MIW
|
mine warfare
|
| MIWC
|
mine warfare commander
|
| MIWG
|
multinational interoperability working group
|
| MJLC
|
multinational joint logistics center
|
| M-Kill
|
mobility kill
|
| MLA
|
mission load allowance
|
| MLEA
|
Maritime Law Enforcement Academy
|
| MLEM
|
Maritime Law Enforcement Manual
|
| MLG
|
Marine logistics group
|
| MLI
|
munitions list item
|
| MLMC
|
medical logistics management center
|
| MLP
|
mobile landing platform
|
| MLRS
|
multiple launch rocket system
|
| MLS
|
multilevel security
|
| MLSA
|
mutual logistics support agreement
|
| MLT
|
military liaison team
|
| MLW
|
mean low water
|
| MMAC
|
military mine action center
|
| MMG
|
Department of Defense Master Mobilization Guide
|
| MMIM
|
Modeled Meteorological Information Manager
|
| MMS
|
marine mammal system
|
| MMT
|
military mail terminal
|
| MNC
|
multinational corporation
|
| MNCC
|
multinational coordination center
|
| MNEODCC
|
multinational explosives ordnance disposal control center
|
| MNF
|
multinational force
|
| MNFACC
|
multinational force air component commander
|
| MNFC
|
multinational force commander
|
| MNFLCC
|
multinational force land component commander
|
| MNFMCC
|
multinational force maritime component commander
|
| MNFSOCC
|
multinational force special operations component commander
|
| MNJLC
|
multinational joint logistics component
|
| MNL
|
master net list; multinational logistics
|
| MNLC
|
multinational logistic center
|
| MNTF
|
multinational task force
|
| MOA
|
memorandum of agreement
|
| MOB
|
main operating base; mobilization
|
| MOBREP
|
military manpower mobilization and accession status report; mobilization report
|
| MOC
|
maritime operations center; media operations center
|
| MOD
|
ministry of defense; modification
|
| Mod
|
model
|
| MODA
|
ministry of defense advisor
|
| MOE
|
measure of effectiveness
|
| MOEI
|
measure of effectiveness indicator
|
| MOG
|
maximum (aircraft) on ground
|
| MOGAS
|
motor gasoline
|
| MOMAT
|
mobility matting
|
| MOP
|
measure of performance; memorandum of policy
|
| MOPP
|
mission-oriented protective posture
|
| MOS
|
military occupational specialty
|
| MOTR
|
maritime operational threat response
|
| MOU
|
memorandum of understanding
|
| MOVREP
|
movement report
|
| MP
|
military police (USA and USMC); multinational publication
|
| MPA
|
maritime patrol aircraft; mission planning agent
|
| MPAT
|
military patient administration team; Multinational Planning Augmentation Team
|
| MPE/S
|
maritime pre-positioning equipment and supplies
|
| MPF
|
maritime pre-positioning force
|
| MPFUB
|
maritime pre-positioning force utility boat
|
| mph
|
miles per hour
|
| MPICE
|
measuring progress in conflict environments
|
| MPNTP
|
Master Positioning Navigation and Timing Plan
|
| MPO
|
military post office
|
| MPP
|
maritime procedural publication
|
| MPR
|
maritime patrol and reconnaissance
|
| MPS
|
maritime pre-positioning ship; Military Planning Service (UN); Military Postal Service
|
| MPSA
|
Military Postal Service Agency
|
| MPSRON
|
maritime pre-positioning ships squadron
|
| MPTk
|
Medical Planners’ Toolkit
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| MR
|
milliradian
|
| MRAT
|
medical radiobiology advisory team
|
| MRBM
|
medium-range ballistic missile
|
| MRI
|
magnetic resonance imaging
|
| MRO
|
mass rescue operation; materiel release order; medical regulating office; medical regulating officer
|
| MRR
|
Marine Raider Regiment; minimum-risk route
|
| MRS
|
measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT) requirements system
|
| MRT
|
maintenance recovery team
|
| MRX
|
mission readiness exercise
|
| MS
|
Microsoft
|
| MSA
|
Maritime Security Act
|
| MSC
|
major subordinate command; Military Sealift Command
|
| MSCA
|
military support to civilian authorities
|
| MSCAT
|
maritime security center augment team
|
| MSCO
|
Military Sealift Command Office
|
| MSD
|
mobile security division
|
| MSE
|
mission support element
|
| MSF
|
mission support force; mobile security force
|
| MSG
|
Marine security guard; message
|
| MSGID
|
message identification
|
| MSI
|
modified surface index
|
| MSIC
|
Missile and Space Intelligence Center
|
| MSL
|
mean sea level; military shipping label
|
| MSO
|
map support office; maritime security operations; military source operation; military strategic objective; military support operations
|
| MSOC
|
Marine special operations company
|
| MSOG
|
Multinational Strategy and Operations Group
|
| MSOR
|
Marine Special Operations Regiment
|
| MSP
|
Maritime Security Program; mission support plan
|
| MSR
|
main supply route; mission support request
|
| MSRP
|
mission strategic resource plan
|
| MSRT
|
Maritime Security Response Team (USCG)
|
| MSST
|
Marine space support team; maritime safety and security team
|
| MST
|
mission support team
|
| MT Bn
|
motor transport battalion
|
| MTAB
|
Military Technical Acceptance Board
|
| MTAC
|
Multiple Threat Alert Center (DON)
|
| MTCR
|
Missile Technology Control Regime
|
| mtDNA
|
mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid
|
| MTF
|
medical treatment facility; military information support operations task force
|
| MTFP
|
mission-tailored force package
|
| MTN
|
multi-tactical data link network
|
| MTO
|
mission type order
|
| MTON
|
measurement ton
|
| MTP
|
mission tasking packet
|
| MTS
|
Marine tactical system; Movement Tracking System
|
| MTT
|
mobile training team
|
| MTW
|
major theater war
|
| MUSE
|
mobile utilities support equipment
|
| MV
|
merchant vessel
|
| MWC
|
Missile Warning Center (USSPACECOM)
|
| MWD
|
military working dog
|
| MWG
|
mobilization working group
|
| MWR
|
morale, welfare, and recreation
|
| MWSD
|
Marine wing support detachment
|
| MWSG
|
Marine wing support group
|
| MWSS
|
Marine wing support squadron
|
| MWT
|
modular warping tug
|
| N
|
|
| N-2
|
Director of Naval Intelligence; Navy component intelligence staff officer
|
| N-6
|
Director of Naval Communications Networks
|
| NA5CRO
|
non-Article 5 crisis response operation (NATO)
|
| NAC
|
North Atlantic Council (NATO)
|
| NAD 83
|
North American Datum 1983
|
| NADR
|
nonproliferation, antiterrorism, demining, and related programs
|
| NAEC-ENG
|
Naval Air Engineering Center - Engineering
|
| NAF
|
nonappropriated funds; numbered air force
|
| NAI
|
named area of interest
|
| NALC
|
Navy ammunition logistics code
|
| NALE
|
naval and amphibious liaison element
|
| NALSS
|
naval advanced logistic support site
|
| NAMS
|
National Air Mobility System
|
| NAR
|
nonconventional assisted recovery; notice of ammunition reclassification
|
| NARAC
|
national atmospheric release advisory capability; National Atmospheric Release Advisory Center (DOE)
|
| NARP
|
Nuclear Weapon Accident Response Procedures
|
| NAS
|
naval air station
|
| NASA
|
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
|
| NASIC
|
National Air and Space Intelligence Center
|
| NATO
|
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
|
| NATOPS
|
Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization
|
| NAVAIDS
|
navigational aids
|
| NAVAIR
|
Naval Air Systems Command
|
| NAVCYBERFOR
|
Navy Cyber Forces
|
| NAVELSG
|
Navy expeditionary logistics support group
|
| NAVEODTECHDIV
|
Naval Explosives Ordnance Disposal Technology
|
| NAVFAC
|
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
|
| NAVFAC EXWC
|
Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare
|
| NAVFACENGCOM
|
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
|
| NAVFOR
|
Navy forces
|
| NAVMED
|
Navy medicine
|
| NAVMTO
|
Navy Material Transportation Office
|
| NAVOCEANO
|
Naval Oceanographic Office
|
| NAVSAT
|
navigation satellite
|
| NAVSCOLEOD
|
Naval School Explosive Ordnance Disposal
|
| NAVSEA
|
Naval Sea Systems Command
|
| NAVSEAINST
|
Naval Sea Systems Command instruction
|
| NAVSOC
|
Naval Satellite Operations Center; naval special operations command
|
| NAVSOF
|
Navy special operations forces
|
| NAVSPACECOM
|
Naval Space Command NAVSPECWARCOM
|
| NAVWAR
|
navigation warfare
|
| Navy TACC
|
Navy tactical air control center
|
| NAWCAD
|
Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division
|
| NBC
|
nuclear, biological, and chemical
|
| NBG
|
naval beach group
|
| NBI
|
nonbattle injury
|
| NBVC
|
Naval Base Ventura County Agency
|
| NC2
|
nuclear command and control
|
| NC3
|
nuclear command, control, and communications
|
| NCAGS
|
naval cooperation and guidance for shipping
|
| NCAPS
|
naval coordination and protection of shipping
|
| NCB
|
noncompliant boarding
|
| NCC
|
Navy component command; Navy component commander
|
| NCCS
|
Nuclear Command and Control System
|
| NCDC
|
National Climatic Data Center
|
| NCES
|
Net-Centric Enterprise Services
|
| NCESGR
|
National Committee of Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve
|
| NCF
|
naval construction force
|
| NCG
|
naval construction group
|
| NCH
|
natural and cultural resources and historic properties (DOI)
|
| NCHB
|
Navy cargo-handling battalion
|
| NCIJTF-AG
|
National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force-Analytical Group (DOD)
|
| NCIS
|
Naval Criminal Investigative Service
|
| NCIX
|
National Counterintelligence Executive
|
| NCL
|
National System for Geospatial-Intelligence Consolidated Library
|
| NCMI
|
National Center for Medical Intelligence
|
| NCMP
|
Navy Capabilities and Mobilization Plan
|
| NCO
|
noncombat operations; noncommissioned officer
|
| NCOIC
|
noncommissioned officer in charge
|
| NCOS
|
naval control of shipping
|
| NCP
|
National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
|
| NCPC
|
National Counterproliferation Center
|
| NCR
|
National Capital Region (US); National Security Agency/Central Security Service representative; naval construction regiment
|
| NCRCC
|
National Capital Region Coordination Center; United States Northern Command Rescue Coordination Center
|
| NCRDEF
|
national cryptologic representative defense
|
| NCR-IADS
|
National Capital Region-Integrated Air Defense System
|
| NCS
|
National Clandestine Service; National Communications System; net control station
|
| NCSC
|
National Counterintelligence and Security Center
|
| NCSD
|
National Cyber Security Division (DHS)
|
| NCTC
|
National Counterterrorism Center (DNI)
|
| NDAA
|
national defense authorization act
|
| NDAF
|
Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, Air Force
|
| NDB
|
nondirectional beacon
|
| NDCS
|
National Drug Control Strategy
|
| NDDOC
|
North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command Deployment and Distribution Operations Cell
|
| NDHQ
|
National Defence Headquarters, Canada
|
| NDIC
|
National Defense Intelligence College
|
| NDMS
|
National Disaster Medical System (DHHS)
|
| NDP
|
national disclosure policy
|
| NDPC
|
National Disclosure Policy Committee
|
| NDRC
|
National Detainee Reporting Center
|
| NDRF
|
National Defense Reserve Fleet
|
| NDS
|
national defense strategy
|
| NDSF
|
National Defense Sealift Fund
|
| NDT
|
nuclear disablement team
|
| NDU
|
National Defense University
|
| NEA
|
Northeast Asia
|
| NEAT
|
naval embarked advisory team; nuclear employment augmentation team
|
| NEC
|
National Economic Council
|
| NECC
|
Navy Expeditionary Combat Command
|
| NEIC
|
Navy Expeditionary Intelligence Command
|
| NELR
|
Navy expeditionary logistics regiment
|
| NEO
|
noncombatant evacuation operation
|
| NEOCC
|
noncombatant evacuation operation coordination center
|
| NEP
|
National Exercise Program
|
| NEPA
|
National Environmental Policy Act
|
| NES
|
National Exploitation System
|
| NEST
|
nuclear emergency support team (DOE)
|
| NETWARCOM
|
Naval Network Warfare Command
|
| NEW
|
net explosive weight
|
| NFA
|
no-fire area
|
| NFC
|
numbered fleet commander
|
| NFELC
|
Naval Facilities Expeditionary Logistics Center
|
| NFESC
|
Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
|
| NFI
|
national foreign intelligence
|
| NFIB
|
National Foreign Intelligence Board
|
| NFIP
|
National Flood Insurance Program (FEMA)
|
| NFLS
|
naval forward logistic site
|
| NG
|
National Guard
|
| NG JFHQ-State
|
National Guard joint force headquarters-state
|
| NGA
|
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
|
| NGB
|
National Guard Bureau
|
| NGB-OC
|
National Guard Bureau-Office of the Chaplain
|
| NGCC
|
National Guard Coordination Center
|
| NGCDP
|
National Guard Counterdrug Program
|
| NGCDP-State
|
National Guard Counterdrug Program-state
|
| NGCSP
|
National Guard Counterdrug Support Program
|
| NGDS
|
Net-Centric Geospatial-Intelligence Discovery Services
|
| NGFS
|
naval gunfire support
|
| NGIC
|
National Ground Intelligence Center
|
| NG-IFOG
|
National Guard Interoperability Field Operations Guide
|
| NGLO
|
naval gunfire liaison officer
|
| NGO
|
nongovernmental organization
|
| NGP
|
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Program
|
| NHMD
|
National Human Intelligence Manager directive
|
| NIC
|
National Intelligence Council
|
| NICC
|
National Intelligence Coordination Center
|
| NICCL
|
National Incident Communications Conference Line
|
| NICCP
|
National Interdiction Command and Control Plan
|
| NIH
|
National Institutes of Health (DHHS)
|
| NIL
|
National Information Library
|
| NIM
|
national intelligence manager
|
| NIMS
|
National Incident Management System
|
| NIOC
|
Navy Information Operations Command
|
| NIP
|
National Intelligence Program
|
| NIPF
|
National Intelligence Priorities Framework
|
| NIPRNET
|
Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network
|
| NISP
|
national intelligence support plan
|
| NIST
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology
|
| NIT
|
nuclear incident team
|
| NITF
|
national imagery transmission format
|
| NJOIC
|
National Joint Operations and Intelligence Center
|
| NJTTF
|
National Joint Terrorism Task Force (FBI)
|
| NKOCC
|
non-kinetic operations coordination cell (USAF)
|
| NLRP
|
nonlethal reference point
|
| NLT
|
not later than
|
| NLW
|
nonlethal weapon
|
| nm
|
nautical mile
|
| NMA
|
non-mailable article
|
| NMAWC
|
Naval Mine and Anti-Submarine Warfare Command
|
| NMC
|
Navy Munitions Command
|
| NMCB
|
naval mobile construction battalion
|
| NMCC
|
National Military Command Center
|
| NMCS
|
National Military Command System; not mission capable, supply
|
| NMCSO
|
Navy and Marine Corps spectrum office
|
| NMEC
|
National Media Exploitation Center
|
| NMIC
|
National Maritime Intelligence Center
|
| NMIO
|
National Maritime Intelligence-Integration Office
|
| NMIST
|
National Military Intelligence Support Team (DIA)
|
| NMO
|
National Measurement and Signature Intelligence Office
|
| NMS
|
national military strategy
|
| NMSA
|
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Mutual Support Act
|
| NMSC
|
Navy and Marine Corps Spectrum Center
|
| NMS-CO
|
National Military Strategy for Cyberspace Operations
|
| NMS-CWMD
|
National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction
|
| NMSP-WOT
|
National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism
|
| NMT
|
national mission team
|
| NNSA
|
National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE)
|
| NNWC
|
Naval Network Warfare Command
|
| NOAA
|
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DOC)
|
| NOACT
|
Navy overseas air cargo terminal
|
| NOC
|
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Operation Center; National Operations Center (DHS); network operations center
|
| NOE
|
nap-of-the-Earth
|
| NOFORN
|
not releasable to foreign nationals
|
| NOK
|
next of kin
|
| NOLSC
|
Naval Operational Logistics Support Center
|
| NOMWC
|
Navy Oceanographic Mine Warfare Center
|
| non-CAAF
|
contractors not authorized to accompany the force
|
| NORAD
|
North American Aerospace Defense Command
|
| NOSC
|
network operations and security center
|
| NOSSA
|
Navy Ordnance Safety and Security Activity
|
| NOTAM
|
notice to airmen
|
| NPF
|
national planning framework
|
| NPPD
|
National Protection and Programs Directorate (DHS)
|
| NPS
|
National Park Service; nonprior service
|
| NPT
|
Nonproliferation Treaty
|
| NRAT
|
nuclear/radiological advisory team
|
| NRC
|
National Response Center (USCG); non-unit-related cargo
|
| NRCHB
|
Naval Reserve cargo-handling battalion
|
| NRF
|
National Response Framework
|
| NRG
|
notional requirements generator
|
| NRO
|
National Reconnaissance Office
|
| NRP
|
non-unit-related personnel
|
| NRT
|
near real time
|
| NS/EP
|
national security and emergency preparedness
|
| NSA
|
National Security Agency; national shipping authority; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Standardization Agency
|
| NSA/CSS
|
National Security Agency/Central Security Service
|
| NSABB
|
National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NIH)
|
| NSARC
|
National Search and Rescue Committee
|
| NSAT
|
United States Northern Command situational awareness team
|
| NSAWC
|
Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center
|
| NSC
|
National Security Council
|
| NSC/DC
|
National Security Council/Deputies Committee
|
| NSC/IPC
|
National Security Council/interagency policy committee
|
| NSC/PC
|
National Security Council/Principals Committee
|
| NSCS
|
National Security Council System
|
| NSD
|
National Security Directive; National Security Division (FBI)
|
| NSDD
|
national security decision directive
|
| NSDM
|
national security decision memorandum
|
| NSE
|
national support element; Navy support element
|
| NSF
|
national security forces; National Strike Force (USCG)
|
| NSFS
|
naval surface fire support
|
| NSG
|
National System for Geospatial Intelligence
|
| NSHS
|
National Strategy for Homeland Security
|
| NSL
|
no-strike list
|
| NSMS
|
National Strategy for Maritime Security
|
| NSN
|
national stock number
|
| NSOC
|
National Security Operations Center
|
| NSP
|
National Search and Rescue Plan
|
| NSPA
|
North Atlantic Treaty Organization Support and Procurement Agency
|
| NSPD
|
national security Presidential directive
|
| NSPI
|
National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza
|
| NSPM
|
national security Presidential memorandum
|
| NSS
|
National Search and Rescue Supplement; national security strategy; national security system
|
| NSSE
|
national special security event
|
| NST
|
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency support team; national support team
|
| NSTAC
|
National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
|
| NSTS
|
National Secure Telephone System
|
| NSW
|
naval special warfare
|
| NSWC IHEODTD
|
Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technology Division
|
| NSWCDD
|
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
|
| NSWTF
|
naval special warfare task force
|
| NSWTG
|
naval special warfare task group
|
| NSWTU
|
naval special warfare task unit
|
| NTA
|
nontraditional agent
|
| NTACS
|
Navy tactical air control system
|
| NTIA
|
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (DOC)
|
| NTRP
|
Navy tactical reference publication
|
| NTS
|
noncombatant evacuation operation tracking system
|
| NTSB
|
National Transportation Safety Board
|
| NTTP
|
Navy tactics, techniques, and procedures
|
| NUC
|
non-unit-related cargo
|
| NUDET
|
nuclear detonation
|
| NUFEA
|
Navy-unique fleet essential aircraft
|
| NURP
|
non-unit-related personnel
|
| NVD
|
night-vision device
|
| NVDT
|
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency voluntary deployment team
|
| NVG
|
night-vision goggle
|
| NVOAD
|
National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
|
| NWDC
|
Navy Warfare Development Command
|
| NWP
|
Navy warfare publication
|
| NWS
|
National Weather Service
|
| NZ
|
New Zealand
|
| O
|
|
| O&I
|
operations and intelligence
|
| O&M
|
operation and maintenance
|
| O/B
|
outboard
|
| OA
|
objective area; operational area
|
| OAE
|
operational area evaluation
|
| OAF
|
Operation ALLIED FORCE
|
| OAFME
|
Office of the Armed Forces Medical Examiner
|
| OAI
|
oceanographic area of interest
|
| OAM
|
Office of Air and Marine (DHS)
|
| OAP
|
offset aimpoint
|
| OAS
|
offensive air support; Organization of American States
|
| OASD
|
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
|
| OASD(NII/CIO)
|
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Networks and Information Integration/Chief Information Officer)
|
| OASD(RA)
|
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs)
|
| OAU
|
Organization of African Unity
|
| OB
|
order of battle; overcome by
|
| OBA
|
Office of Biotechnology Activities (NIH); oxygen breathing apparatus
|
| OBFS
|
offshore bulk fuel system
|
| OBIM
|
Office of Biometric Identity Management (DHS)
|
| OBP
|
object-based production
|
| OCA
|
offensive counterair; operational control authority
|
| OCBD
|
Office of Capacity Building and Development (USDA)
|
| OCCA
|
ocean cargo clearance authority
|
| OCDETF
|
Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force
|
| OCHA
|
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
|
| OCIE
|
organizational clothing and individual equipment
|
| OCJCS
|
Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
|
| OCO
|
offensive cyberspace operations; offload control officer
|
| OCONUS
|
outside the continental United States
|
| OCP
|
operational capability package
|
| OCS
|
operational contract support
|
| OCSIC
|
operational contract support integration cell
|
| OCU
|
offload control unit
|
| ODC
|
Office of Defense Cooperation
|
| ODCSLOG
|
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics (USA)
|
| ODNI
|
Office of the Director of National Intelligence
|
| OE
|
operational environment
|
| OE&AS
|
organization for embarkation and assignment to shipping
|
| OEBGD
|
Overseas Environmental Baseline Guidance Document
|
| OEC
|
Office of Emergency Communications (DHS)
|
| OECD
|
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
|
| OEF
|
Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
|
| OEG
|
operational experts group; operational exposure guidance; operations security executive group
|
| OEH
|
occupational and environmental health
|
| OER
|
officer evaluation report
|
| OES
|
office of emergency services
|
| OFAC
|
Office of Foreign Assets Control (Treasury)
|
| OFCO
|
offensive counterintelligence operation
|
| OFDA
|
Office of United States Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID)
|
| officer
|
|
| OHDACA
|
Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid (DSCA)
|
| OHDM
|
Office of Humanitarian Assistance, Disaster Relief, and Mine Action
|
| OI
|
operating instruction; operational interest
|
| OIA
|
Office of Insular Affairs (DOI); Office of International Affairs (Treasury)
|
| OIC
|
officer in charge
|
| OICC
|
officer in charge of construction
|
| OIF
|
Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
|
| OIIL
|
Office of Intelligence and Investigative Liaison (CBP)
|
| OIR
|
other intelligence requirements
|
| OJT
|
on-the-job training
|
| OLEM
|
Office of Land and Emergency Management (EPA)
|
| OMA
|
Office of Military Affairs (CIA and USAID)
|
| OMB
|
Office of Management and Budget
|
| OMC
|
office of military cooperation
|
| OMSPH
|
Office of Medicine, Science, and Public Health (DHHS)
|
| ONDCP
|
Office of National Drug Control Policy
|
| ONE
|
Operation NOBLE EAGLE
|
| ONI
|
Office of Naval Intelligence
|
| OOB
|
order of battle
|
| OODA
|
observe, orient, decide, act
|
| OOS
|
out of service
|
| OP
|
observation post; ordnance publication
|
| OPC
|
Ocean Prediction Center (DOC)
|
| OPCON
|
operational control
|
| OPDAT
|
Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (DOJ)
|
| OPDEC
|
operational deception
|
| OPDS
|
offshore petroleum discharge system (USN)
|
| OPDS-Future
|
offshore petroleum discharge system-future (USN)
|
| OPDS-L
|
offshore petroleum discharge system-legacy (USN)
|
| OPE
|
operational preparation of the environment
|
| OPELINT
|
operational electronic intelligence
|
| OPEO
|
Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations (DHHS)
|
| OPFOR
|
opposing force; opposition force
|
| OPG
|
operations planning group
|
| OPGEN
|
operation general matter
|
| OPIR
|
overhead persistent infrared
|
| OPLAN
|
operation plan
|
| OPLAW
|
operational law
|
| OPM
|
Office of Personnel Management
|
| OPMG
|
Office of the Provost Marshal General
|
| OPNAV
|
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
|
| OPNAVINST
|
Chief of Naval Operations instruction
|
| OPORD
|
operation order
|
| OPP
|
off-load preparation party; orderwire patch panel
|
| OPR
|
office of primary responsibility
|
| OPREP
|
operational report
|
| OPROJ
|
operational project
|
| OPS
|
operational project stock
|
| OPSDEPS
|
Service Operations Deputies
|
| OPSEC
|
operations security
|
| OPSTK
|
operational stock
|
| OPT
|
operational planning team
|
| OPTAR
|
operating target
|
| OPTASK
|
operational tasking (message); operation task
|
| OPTASK AMPHIB
|
operational tasking amphibious message
|
| OPTASK COMM
|
operational tasking communication (message) (USN)
|
| OPTASKLINK
|
operations task link
|
| OPTEMPO
|
operating tempo
|
| OR
|
operational readiness
|
| ORBAT
|
order of battle
|
| ORD
|
Office of Research and Development (EPA)
|
| ORM
|
operational risk management
|
| ORP
|
ocean reception point
|
| ORS
|
operationally responsive space
|
| ORSA
|
operations research and systems analysis
|
| OS
|
operating stocks; operating system
|
| OSA
|
operational support airlift
|
| OSC
|
offensive space control; on-scene commander; on-site commander; Open Source Center (CIA)
|
| OSCE
|
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
|
| OSD
|
Office of the Secretary of Defense
|
| OSD/DMDPO
|
Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Military Deception Program Office
|
| OSE
|
operations support element
|
| OSEI
|
operational significant event imagery
|
| OSINT
|
open-source information; open-source intelligence
|
| OSM
|
Office of Spectrum Management (NTIA)
|
| OSOCC
|
on-site operations coordination center
|
| OSR
|
on-station report
|
| OT&E
|
operational test and evaluation
|
| OTA
|
Office of Technical Assistance (Treasury)
|
| OTC
|
officer in tactical command; over the counter
|
| OTERA
|
organize, train, equip, rebuild/build, and advise
|
| OTH
|
over the horizon
|
| OTI
|
Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID)
|
| OUB
|
offshore petroleum discharge system utility boat
|
| OUSD
|
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense
|
| OUSD(A&S)
|
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
|
| OUSD(C)
|
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
|
| OUSD(C/CFO)
|
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller/Chief Financial Officer)
|
| OUSD(I)
|
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence)
|
| OUSD(P)
|
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
|
| OVM
|
Operation VIGILANT MARINER
|
| OWS
|
operational weather squadron
|
| P
|
|
| P
|
publication
|
| PA
|
physician assistant; primary agency; probability of arrival; public affairs
|
| PACAF
|
Pacific Air Forces
|
| PAD
|
patient administration director
|
| PADD
|
person authorized to direct disposition of human remains
|
| PAG
|
public affairs guidance
|
| PALCON
|
pallet container
|
| PAM
|
preventive and aerospace medicine
|
| PaM
|
passage material
|
| PAO
|
public affairs office; public affairs officer
|
| PAR
|
population at risk
|
| PARS
|
Personnel Accountability Reporting System
|
| PAWS
|
phased array warning system
|
| PAX
|
passengers; public affairs plans
|
| PB
|
peace building
|
| PB4T
|
planning board for training
|
| PBA
|
performance-based agreement; production base analysis
|
| PBIED
|
person-borne improvised explosive device
|
| PBOS
|
Planning Board for Ocean Shipping
|
| PBR
|
program and budget review
|
| PC
|
patrol craft; preliminary coordination; Principals Committee
|
| PC&S
|
post, camp, and station
|
| PCA
|
Posse Comitatus Act
|
| PCASS
|
Preliminary Credibility Assessment Screening System
|
| PCC
|
police contributing country; policy coordination committee
|
| PCO
|
primary control officer; procuring contracting officer
|
| PCOF
|
Patient Condition Occurrence Frequency
|
| PCRTS
|
primary casualty receiving and treatment ship
|
| PCS
|
permanent change of station; primary control ship
|
| PCTC
|
pure car and truck carrier
|
| PD
|
position description; priority designator; probability of damage; probability of detection; program directive
|
| PDA
|
preliminary damage assessment
|
| PDAL
|
prioritized defended asset list
|
| PDC
|
Pacific Disaster Center
|
| PDD
|
Presidential decision directive
|
| PDF
|
portable data file
|
| PDSS
|
predeployment site survey
|
| PDT
|
partnership development team
|
| PDUSD(A&S)
|
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
|
| PDUSD(P&R)
|
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)
|
| PE
|
personal effects; preparation of the environment; program element
|
| PECC
|
patient evacuation coordination cell
|
| PED
|
processing, exploitation, and dissemination
|
| PEO
|
peace enforcement operations; program executive office
|
| PEP
|
personnel exchange program
|
| PERMA
|
planning, embarkation, rehearsal, movement, and action
|
| PERMREP
|
permanent representative (NATO)
|
| PERSCO
|
personnel support for contingency operations
|
| PFA
|
primary federal agency
|
| PFDB
|
planning factors database
|
| PFG
|
Preferred Force Generation
|
| PFO
|
principal federal official
|
| PfP
|
Partnership for Peace (NATO)
|
| PGI
|
procedures, guidance, and information
|
| PGM
|
precision-guided munition
|
| PHEO
|
public health emergency officer
|
| PHIBCB
|
amphibious construction battalion
|
| PHIBOP
|
amphibious operation
|
| PHIBRON
|
amphibious squadron
|
| PHIT
|
port handling/in-land transportation
|
| PI
|
pandemic influenza; point of impact; purposeful interference
|
| Pi
|
probability of incapacitation
|
| PI&ID
|
pandemic influenza and infectious disease
|
| PIAB
|
President’s Intelligence Advisory Board
|
| PIC
|
payment in cash
|
| PID
|
plan identification number; positive identification
|
| PII
|
pre-incident indicators
|
| PIO
|
public information officer
|
| PIR
|
priority intelligence requirement
|
| PIREP
|
pilot report
|
| PIRT
|
purposeful interference response team
|
| PISA
|
post isolation support activity
|
| PIT
|
platform information technology
|
| PIU
|
patient isolation unit
|
| PJ
|
pararescue jumper
|
| PK
|
probability of kill
|
| PKB
|
purple kill box
|
| PKO
|
peacekeeping operations
|
| PKSOI
|
Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute
|
| PL
|
phase line
|
| PLA
|
post-launch abort
|
| PLAD
|
plain language address directory
|
| PLANORD
|
planning order
|
| PLB
|
personal locator beacon
|
| PLS
|
palletized load system
|
| PLT
|
platoon
|
| PM
|
Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (DOS); patient movement; peacemaking; preventive medicine; program management; program manager; provost marshal
|
| PMA
|
political/military assessment
|
| PMC
|
passenger, mail, and cargo; private military company
|
| PMCF
|
post maintenance check flight
|
| PME
|
professional military education
|
| PMESII
|
political, military, economic, social, information, and infrastructure
|
| PMGM
|
program manager’s guidance memorandum
|
| PMI
|
patient movement item; prevention of mutual interference
|
| PMI-ATS
|
Patient Movement Items-Asset Tracking System
|
| PMITS
|
Patient Movement Item Tracking System
|
| PMO
|
production management office(r); program management office
|
| PMR
|
patient movement request; patient movement requirement
|
| PMRC
|
patient movement requirements center
|
| PN
|
partner nation
|
| PNA
|
postal net alert
|
| PNT
|
positioning, navigation, and timing
|
| PO
|
peace operations; petty officer
|
| POA
|
plan of action
|
| POB
|
persons on board
|
| POC
|
point of contact
|
| POCD
|
port operations cargo detachment
|
| POD
|
plan of the day; port of debarkation; probability of detection
|
| POE
|
port of embarkation; port of entry
|
| POES
|
polar operational environment satellite
|
| POF
|
priority of fires
|
| POG
|
port operations group; psychological operations group
|
| POI
|
person of interest; point of injury
|
| POL
|
petroleum, oils, and lubricants
|
| POLAD
|
policy advisor; political advisor
|
| POLCAP
|
bulk petroleum capabilities report
|
| Police
|
|
| POLMIL
|
political-military
|
| POM
|
program objective memorandum
|
| PORTSIM
|
port simulation model
|
| POS
|
point of sale; Point-of-Service; probability of success
|
| POTUS
|
President of the United States
|
| POV
|
privately owned vehicle
|
| POW
|
prisoner of war
|
| POW/MIA
|
prisoner of war/missing in action
|
| PPAG
|
proposed public affairs guidance
|
| PPBE
|
Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution
|
| PPD
|
Presidential policy directive
|
| PPE
|
personal protective equipment
|
| PPF
|
personnel processing file
|
| PPLI
|
precise participant location and identification
|
| PPTO
|
petroleum pipeline and terminal operating
|
| PPW
|
patient protective wrap
|
| PR
|
personnel recovery; Phoenix Raven; preliminary review; production requirement; program review
|
| PRA
|
patient reception area; primary review authority
|
| PRAP
|
Personnel Reliability Assurance Program
|
| PRC
|
populace and resources control; Presidential Reserve Call- up; primary receiving center
|
| PRCC
|
personnel recovery coordination cell; personnel recovery coordination center
|
| PRCS
|
personnel recovery coordination section
|
| PRD
|
personnel readiness division; Presidential review directive
|
| PRDO
|
personnel recovery duty officer
|
| PREPO
|
pre-positioned force, equipment, or supplies; pre- positioning
|
| PREREP
|
pre-arrival report
|
| PRF
|
pulse repetition frequency
|
| PRG
|
personnel recovery guidance
|
| Prime BEEF
|
prime base engineer emergency force
|
| PRISM
|
Planning Tool for Resource, Integration, Synchronization, and Management
|
| PRM
|
Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (DOS)
|
| PRMS
|
personnel recovery mission software
|
| PRMx
|
production requirements matrix
|
| PROVORG
|
providing organization
|
| prowords
|
procedure words
|
| PRP
|
Personnel Retrieval and Processing
|
| PRRP
|
personnel recovery reference product
|
| PRT
|
patient reception team; provincial reconstruction team
|
| PRTF
|
personnel recovery task force
|
| PS
|
port security
|
| PSA
|
port support activity; primary staff assistant; principal staff assistant
|
| PSC
|
private security contractor
|
| PSD
|
port security detachment
|
| PSI
|
Proliferation Security Initiative
|
| psi
|
pounds per square inch
|
| PSO
|
peace support operations (NATO); post security officer
|
| PSS
|
personnel services support
|
| PSS-SOF
|
Precision Strike Suite-Special Operations Forces
|
| P-STATIC
|
precipitation static
|
| PSU
|
port security unit
|
| PSYOP
|
psychological operations (forces)
|
| PTDO
|
prepare to deploy order
|
| PTL
|
pointer-to-target line
|
| PTM
|
personnel transport module
|
| PTTI
|
precise time and time interval
|
| Pu-239
|
plutonium-239
|
| Pu-240
|
plutonium-240
|
| PV
|
prime vendor
|
| PVNTMED
|
preventive medicine
|
| PVT
|
positioning, velocity, and timing
|
| PWCS
|
port, waterways, and coastal security
|
| PWG
|
protection working group
|
| PWRM
|
pre-positioned war reserve materiel
|
| PWRR
|
pre-positioned war reserve requirements
|
| PWRS
|
petroleum war reserve stocks; pre-positioned war reserve stock
|
| PWT
|
precision weapons team
|
| Q
|
|
| QA
|
quality assurance
|
| QAR
|
quality assurance representative
|
| QAT
|
quality assurance team
|
| QC
|
quality control
|
| QDR
|
quadrennial defense review
|
| QHDA
|
qualified hazardous duty area
|
| QIP
|
quick impact project
|
| QM
|
quartermaster
|
| QOL
|
quality of life
|
| QRF
|
quick reaction force; quick response force
|
| QRP
|
quick response posture
|
| QS
|
quality surveillance
|
| QSTAG
|
quadripartite standardization agreement
|
| QUADCON
|
quadruple container
|
| R&D
|
research and development
|
| R&R
|
rest and recuperation
|
| R&S
|
reconstruction and stabilization
|
| R2P2
|
rapid response planning process
|
| RA
|
response action; risk analysis
|
| RAC-OT
|
readiness assessment system - output tool
|
| RAD
|
routine aerial distribution
|
| RADBN
|
radio battalion
|
| RADC
|
regional air defense commander
|
| RADCON
|
radiological control team
|
| RAF
|
Royal Air Force (UK)
|
| RAM
|
raised angle marker; random antiterrorism measure; rockets, artillery, and mortars
|
| RAMCC
|
regional air movement control center
|
| RAP
|
Radiological Assistance Program (DOE)
|
| RAS-OT
|
readiness assessment system-output tool
|
| RATE
|
refine, adapt, terminate, execute
|
| RBA
|
reimbursable budget authority
|
| RBC
|
red blood cell
|
| RC
|
Reserve Component; resident coordinator (UN)
|
| RCA
|
riot control agent
|
| RCAT
|
Rapid Course of Action Analysis Tool
|
| RCC
|
regional contracting center; rescue coordination center
|
| RCD
|
regional collection detachment
|
| RCEM
|
regional contingency engineering management
|
| RCIED
|
radio-controlled improvised explosive device
|
| RCM
|
Rules for Courts-Martial
|
| RCMP
|
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
|
| RCO
|
regional contracting office
|
| RCP
|
regional campaign plan
|
| RCT
|
regimental combat team; rescue coordination team (USN)
|
| RDCFP
|
Regional Defense Counterterrorism Fellowship Program
|
| RDCTFP
|
Regional Defense Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program
|
| RDD
|
radiological dispersal device; required delivery date
|
| RDO
|
request for deployment order
|
| RDT&E
|
research, development, test, and evaluation
|
| REA
|
Rapid Environmental Impact Assessment
|
| REAC/TS
|
radiation emergency assistance center/training site (DOE)
|
| RED
|
radiological exposure device
|
| RED HORSE
|
rapid engineer deployable heavy operational repair squadron engineer
|
| REF
|
Rapid Equipping Force (USA)
|
| REPOL
|
bulk petroleum contingency report
|
| REPUNIT
|
reporting unit
|
| RES
|
radiation exposure status
|
| RESCAP
|
rescue combat air patrol
|
| RESCORT
|
rescue escort
|
| RESPROD
|
responsible production
|
| RF
|
radio frequency; reserve force
|
| RF CM
|
radio frequency countermeasures
|
| RFA
|
request for assistance; restrictive fire area
|
| RFC
|
request for capabilities; revision final coordination
|
| RFD
|
revision first draft
|
| RFF
|
request for feedback; request for forces
|
| RFI
|
radio frequency interference; request for information
|
| RFID
|
radio frequency identification
|
| RFL
|
restrictive fire line
|
| RFP
|
request for proposal
|
| RFS
|
request for service; request for sourcing; request for support
|
| RGS
|
remote geospatial intelligence services
|
| Rh
|
Rhesus
|
| Rh(D)
|
Rhesus (D antigen)
|
| RHIB
|
rigid hull inflatable boat
|
| RICO
|
regional interface control officer
|
| RIK
|
replacement in kind
|
| RLT
|
regimental landing team
|
| RM
|
ramp module; records management; recovery mechanism; resource; management; risk management
|
| RMC
|
rescue mission commander
|
| RMP
|
religious ministry professional
|
| RMT
|
response management team
|
| RNIFC
|
Regional Narcotics Interagency Fusion Cell (USCENTCOM)
|
| RO/RO
|
roll-on/roll-off
|
| ROC
|
rehearsal of concept
|
| ROE
|
rules of engagement
|
| ROICC
|
resident officer in charge of construction
|
| ROK
|
Republic of Korea
|
| ROM
|
restriction of movement; rough order of magnitude
|
| ROMO
|
range of military operations
|
| RON
|
remain overnight
|
| ROS
|
reduced operating status
|
| ROTC
|
Reserve Officer Training Corps
|
| ROWPU
|
reverse osmosis water purification unit
|
| ROZ
|
restricted operations zone
|
| RP
|
red phosphorus; religious program specialist; retained personnel
|
| RPG
|
rocket-propelled grenade
|
| RPM
|
revolutions per minute
|
| RPO
|
rendezvous and proximity operations
|
| RPOE
|
rapid port opening element
|
| RQT
|
rapid query tool
|
| RR
|
reattack recommendation
|
| RRCC
|
regional response coordination center
|
| RRDF
|
roll-on/roll-off discharge facility
|
| RRF
|
rapid response force; Ready Reserve Force
|
| RRS
|
remote replication system
|
| RS
|
religious support
|
| RSC
|
regional service center; rescue sub-center
|
| RSE
|
retrograde support element
|
| RSF
|
recovery support function
|
| RSI
|
rationalization, standardization, and interoperability
|
| RSN
|
role specialist nation
|
| RSO
|
reception, staging, and onward movement; regional security officer; remote split operations
|
| RSOF
|
routing and safety of flight
|
| RSOI
|
reception, staging, onward movement, and integration
|
| RSS
|
really simple syndication
|
| RSSC
|
regional space support center
|
| RSSC-LO
|
regional space support center liaison officer
|
| RST
|
religious support team
|
| RSTA
|
reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition
|
| RT
|
recovery team; rough terrain
|
| RTB
|
return to base
|
| RTCC
|
rough terrain container crane
|
| RTCH
|
rough terrain container handler
|
| RTD
|
returned to duty
|
| RTF
|
return to force
|
| RTL
|
restricted target list
|
| RTSO
|
real-time spectrum operations
|
| RUF
|
rules for the use of force
|
| RV
|
rendezvous
|
| RW
|
rotary-wing
|
| RWR
|
radar warning receiver
|
| S
|
|
| S&R
|
search and recovery
|
| S&T
|
science and technology; scientific and technical
|
| S&TI
|
scientific and technical intelligence
|
| S/CRS
|
Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (DOS)
|
| S/CT
|
Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (DOS)
|
| S-1
|
battalion or brigade manpower and personnel staff officer; personnel officer/personnel office (USMC)
|
| S-2
|
battalion or brigade intelligence staff officer (USA); intelligence officer/intelligence office (USMC)
|
| S-3
|
battalion or brigade operations staff officer (USA); operations and training officer/operations and training office (USMC)
|
| SA
|
security assistance; situational awareness; staging area
|
| SAA
|
senior airfield authority
|
| SAAFR
|
standard use Army aircraft flight route
|
| SAAM
|
special assignment airlift mission
|
| SAC
|
special actions cell; supporting arms coordinator
|
| SACC
|
supporting arms coordination center (USMC)
|
| SACEUR
|
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO)
|
| SACT
|
Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
|
| SADC
|
sector air defense commander
|
| SADL
|
situation awareness data link
|
| SADO
|
senior air defense officer
|
| SAFE
|
secure analyst file environment; selected area for evasion; sexual assault forensic examination
|
| SAG
|
surface action group
|
| SALM
|
single-anchor leg mooring
|
| SALT
|
supporting arms liaison team
|
| SAM
|
surface-to-air missile
|
| SAO
|
security assistance office; security assistance officer
|
| SAP
|
special access program
|
| SAPO
|
subarea petroleum office
|
| SAPR
|
sexual assault prevention and response
|
| SAR
|
satellite access request; search and rescue; special access requirement; suspicious activity report; synthetic aperture radar
|
| SARC
|
sexual assault response coordinator
|
| SARDOT
|
search and rescue point
|
| SARIR
|
search and rescue incident report
|
| SAROPS
|
Search and Rescue Optimal Planning System
|
| SARREQ
|
search and rescue request
|
| SARSAT
|
search and rescue satellite-aided tracking
|
| SARSIT
|
search and rescue situation summary report
|
| SATCOM
|
satellite communications
|
| SAWG
|
strategic assessment working group
|
| SBACP
|
Southern Border and Approaches Campaign Plan (DHS)
|
| SBCT
|
Stryker brigade combat team
|
| SBU
|
sensitive but unclassified
|
| SC
|
security cooperation
|
| SCA
|
sociocultural analysis; space coordinating authority; support to civil administration
|
| SCAR
|
strike coordination and reconnaissance
|
| SCC
|
Service component command; service cryptologic component; Service cyberspace component; shipping coordination center
|
| SCC-WMD
|
United States Strategic Command Center for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
|
| SCF(US)
|
Save the Children Federation (United States)
|
| SCG
|
Security Cooperation Guidance
|
| SCHBT
|
shape, clear, hold, build, and transition
|
| SCI
|
sensitive compartmented information
|
| SCIF
|
sensitive compartmented information facility
|
| SCL
|
standard conventional load
|
| SCM
|
security countermeasure; Service container manager
|
| SCO
|
secondary control officer; security cooperation organization; senior contracting official; state coordinating officer
|
| SCP
|
security cooperation plan; service control point
|
| SCRM
|
supply chain risk management
|
| SCT
|
shipping coordination team
|
| SD
|
severe damage; strategy division
|
| SDA
|
senior development advisor
|
| SDB
|
Satellite Communications Database; small diameter bomb
|
| SDDC
|
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
|
| SDDCTEA
|
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering Agency
|
| SDF
|
self defense force
|
| SDO
|
senior defense official; ship’s debarkation officer
|
| SDO/DATT
|
senior defense official/defense attaché
|
| SDOB
|
Secretary of Defense Orders Book
|
| SDP
|
strategic distribution plan
|
| SDP&M
|
sustainment distribution planning and management
|
| SDZ
|
self-defense zone
|
| SE
|
site exploitation; spherical error
|
| SEA
|
ships’ bunkers easy acquisition; Southeast Asia
|
| Seabee
|
Navy construction engineer
|
| SEAD
|
suppression of enemy air defenses
|
| SEC
|
submarine element coordinator
|
| SECAF
|
Secretary of the Air Force
|
| SECARMY
|
Secretary of the Army
|
| SecDef
|
Secretary of Defense
|
| SECDHS
|
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security
|
| SECHS
|
Secretary of Homeland Security
|
| SECNAV
|
Secretary of the Navy
|
| SECNAVINST
|
Secretary of the Navy instruction
|
| SECOMP
|
secure en route communications package
|
| SECSTATE
|
Secretary of State
|
| SECTRANS
|
Secretary of Transportation
|
| SEF
|
sealift enhancement feature
|
| SEL
|
senior enlisted leader
|
| SELEC
|
Southeast European Law Enforcement Center
|
| SEMA
|
special electronic mission aircraft
|
| SEPLO
|
state emergency preparedness liaison officer
|
| SERE
|
survival, evasion, resistance, and escape
|
| SES
|
senior executive service
|
| SEW
|
shared early warning
|
| SEWOC
|
signals intelligence/electronic warfare operations centre (NATO)
|
| SF
|
special forces; standard form
|
| SFA
|
security force assistance
|
| SFAF
|
standard frequency action format
|
| SFAT
|
spectrum flyaway team
|
| SFC
|
single-fuel concept
|
| SFCP
|
shore fire control party
|
| SFG
|
special forces group
|
| SFMS
|
special forces medical sergeant
|
| SFODB
|
Special Forces Operational Detachment-Bravo
|
| SFOR
|
Stabilization Force
|
| SG
|
steering group; surgeon general
|
| SGS
|
strategic guidance statement
|
| SGXM
|
Headquarters, Air Mobility Command/Surgeon
|
| SHAPE
|
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe
|
| SHF
|
super-high frequency
|
| SHORAD
|
short-range air defense
|
| SHORADEZ
|
short-range air defense engagement zone
|
| SI
|
United States Strategic Command strategic instruction
|
| SIC
|
supporting intelligence center
|
| SICO
|
sector interface control officer
|
| SIDO
|
senior intelligence duty officer
|
| SIF
|
selective identification feature
|
| SIGCON
|
signature control
|
| SIGINT
|
signals intelligence
|
| SIM
|
system impact message
|
| SIMLM
|
single integrated medical logistics manager
|
| SINCGARS
|
single-channel ground and airborne radio system
|
| SIO
|
senior intelligence officer
|
| SIOC
|
Strategic Information and Operations Center (FBI)
|
| SIPRNET
|
SECRET Internet Protocol Router Network
|
| SIR
|
specific information requirement; Strategic Military Intelligence Review
|
| SITREP
|
situation report
|
| SIV
|
special interest vessel
|
| SJA
|
staff judge advocate
|
| SJFHQ(CE)
|
standing joint force headquarters (core element)
|
| SJFHQ-E
|
standing joint force headquarters – elimination
|
| SJOA
|
space joint operating area
|
| SJS
|
Secretary, Joint Staff
|
| SLA
|
special leave accrual
|
| SLBM
|
submarine-launched ballistic missile
|
| SLCM
|
sea-launched cruise missile
|
| SLCP
|
ship lighterage control point; ship’s loading characteristics pamphlet
|
| SLO
|
space liaison officer
|
| SLOC
|
sea line of communications
|
| SLRP
|
survey, liaison, and reconnaissance party
|
| SLS
|
shoot-look-shoot
|
| SLWT
|
side loadable warping tug
|
| SM
|
spectrum management; standard missile
|
| SMB
|
spectrum management branch
|
| SMC
|
search and rescue mission coordinator
|
| SMCA
|
single manager for conventional ammunition
|
| SMCM
|
surface mine countermeasures
|
| SME
|
subject matter expert
|
| SMO
|
senior meteorological and oceanographic officer; strategic mobility office(r)
|
| SMRC
|
Specialized Medical Response Capabilities
|
| SMS
|
Single Mobility System
|
| SMU
|
special mission unit
|
| SMWDC
|
Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center
|
| SN
|
serial number
|
| SNA
|
social network analysis
|
| SNCO
|
staff noncommissioned officer
|
| SNF
|
strategic nuclear forces
|
| SOA
|
special operations aviation (USA); sustained operations ashore
|
| SOAGS
|
special operations air-ground system
|
| SO-ATP
|
special operations-advanced tactical practitioner
|
| SOC
|
special operations commander
|
| SOCCE
|
special operations command and control element
|
| SOCCET
|
special operations critical care evacuation team
|
| SOC-FWD
|
special operations command-forward
|
| SOCM
|
special operations combat medic
|
| SOCNORTH
|
United States Special Operations Command, North
|
| SOCPAC
|
Special Operations Command Pacific
|
| SOD
|
special operations division
|
| SOE
|
special operations executive
|
| SOF
|
special operations forces
|
| SOFA
|
status-of-forces agreement
|
| SOF-CF
|
special operations forces-conventional forces
|
| SOFLE
|
special operations forces liaison element
|
| SOG
|
special operations group
|
| SOI
|
signal operating instructions
|
| SOIC
|
senior officer of the intelligence community
|
| SOJTF
|
special operations joint task force
|
| SOLE
|
special operations liaison element
|
| SOLO
|
special operations liaison officer
|
| SOM
|
structured observation management
|
| SOMA
|
status-of-mission agreement
|
| SOMARDS
|
Standard Operation and Maintenance Army Research and Development System
|
| SOMARDS NT
|
Standard Operation and Maintenance Army Research and Development System Non-Technical
|
| SOP
|
standard operating procedure
|
| SORTIEALOT
|
sortie allotment message
|
| SORTS
|
Status of Resources and Training System
|
| SOSB
|
special operations support battalion
|
| SOSI
|
space object surveillance and identification
|
| SOST
|
special operations support team
|
| SOTA
|
signals intelligence operational tasking authority
|
| SOTF
|
special operations task force
|
| SOW
|
standoff weapon; statement of work
|
| SP
|
security police
|
| SPD
|
space policy directive
|
| SPE
|
senior procurement executive
|
| SPECAT
|
special category
|
| SPG
|
Strategic Planning Guidance
|
| SPI
|
sensor point of interest; special investigative (USAF)
|
| SPINS
|
special instructions
|
| SPM
|
service postal manager; single port manager
|
| SPMAGTF
|
special purpose Marine air-ground task force
|
| SPOD
|
seaport of debarkation
|
| SPOE
|
seaport of embarkation
|
| SPOT
|
Synchronized Predeployment and Operational Tracker
|
| SPOTREP
|
spot report
|
| SPP
|
Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America; State Partnership Program
|
| SR
|
special reconnaissance
|
| SRBM
|
short-range ballistic missile
|
| SRG
|
Seabee readiness group
|
| SRM
|
sustainment, restoration, and modernization
|
| SROE
|
standing rules of engagement
|
| SRR
|
search and rescue region
|
| SRSG
|
special representative of the Secretary-General
|
| SRUF
|
standing rules for the use of force
|
| SS
|
steamship
|
| SSA
|
security sector assistance; software support activity; space situational awareness; special support activity (NSA); supply support activity
|
| SSB
|
single side band
|
| SSBN
|
ballistic missile submarine (nuclear-powered)
|
| SSC
|
small scale contingency; special security center
|
| SSCO
|
shipper’s service control office
|
| SSE
|
space support element
|
| SSI
|
standing signal instruction
|
| SSM
|
surface-to-surface missile
|
| SSN
|
Social Security number
|
| SSO
|
special security office(r)
|
| SSPM
|
single-service postal manager
|
| SSR
|
security sector reform
|
| SSS
|
Selective Service System
|
| SST
|
special support team (National Security Agency)
|
| SSTR
|
stability, security, transition, and reconstruction
|
| SSWG
|
space support working group
|
| ST
|
short ton; strike team
|
| STANAG
|
standardization agreement (NATO)
|
| STAR
|
sensitive target approval and review
|
| STARS
|
Standard Accounting and Reporting System
|
| START
|
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
|
| S-Team
|
staff augmentation team
|
| STEP
|
standardized tactical entry point
|
| STO
|
special technical operations
|
| STON
|
short ton
|
| STS
|
special tactics squadron
|
| STT
|
special tactics team
|
| STU
|
secure telephone unit
|
| STW
|
strike warfare
|
| STWC
|
strike warfare commander
|
| SUBOPAUTH
|
submarine operating authority
|
| SUC
|
situation update code
|
| SUPP
|
supplement
|
| SUPPO
|
supply officer
|
| SUROBS
|
surf observation
|
| SUST BDE
|
sustainment brigade
|
| SUW
|
surface warfare
|
| SUWC
|
surface warfare commander
|
| SVC
|
stored value card
|
| SW
|
shallow water
|
| SWO
|
staff weather officer
|
| SWPC
|
Space Weather Prediction Center
|
| SXXI
|
SPECTRUM XXI
|
| SXXI-O
|
SPECTRUM XXI-Online
|
| SYG
|
Secretary-General (UN)
|
| SYSCOM
|
systems command
|
| SZ
|
surf zone
|
| T
|
|
| T&E
|
test and evaluation
|
| T/M/S
|
type, model, and/or series
|
| T2
|
technology transfer
|
| TA
|
target acquisition; target audience; technical arrangement; theater Army
|
| TAA
|
tactical assembly area; target audience analysis
|
| TAACOM
|
theater Army area command
|
| TAAMDCOORD
|
theater Army air and missile defense coordinator
|
| TAC
|
terminal attack control
|
| TAC(A)
|
tactical air coordinator (airborne)
|
| TACAIR
|
tactical air
|
| TACAN
|
tactical air navigation
|
| TACC
|
tanker airlift control center
|
| TAC-D
|
tactical deception
|
| TACLOG
|
tactical-logistical
|
| TACO
|
theater allied contracting office
|
| TACON
|
tactical control
|
| TACOPDAT
|
tactical operational data
|
| TACP
|
tactical air control party
|
| TACRON
|
tactical air control squadron
|
| TACS
|
tactical air control system; theater air control system
|
| T-ACS
|
auxiliary crane ship
|
| TACSAT
|
tactical satellite
|
| TACT
|
tactical aviation control team
|
| TAD
|
tactical air direction; temporary additional duty (non-unit- related personnel); theater air defense
|
| TADC
|
tactical air direction center
|
| TAF
|
tactical air force
|
| TAFT
|
technical assistance field team
|
| TAG
|
technical assistance group; the adjutant general
|
| TAGS
|
theater air-ground system
|
| T-AH
|
hospital ship
|
| TAI
|
target area of interest
|
| TAIS
|
Tactical Airspace Integration System
|
| T-AKR
|
fast logistics ship
|
| TAMP
|
Transitional Assistance Management Program
|
| TAO
|
tactical air officer
|
| TAOC
|
tactical air operations center (USMC)
|
| TAR
|
tactical air request
|
| TARWI
|
target weather and intelligence
|
| TASWC
|
theater antisubmarine warfare commander
|
| TAT
|
tactical analysis team; technical assistance team
|
| TATC
|
tactical air traffic control
|
| T-AVB
|
aviation logistics support ship
|
| TB MED
|
technical bulletin medical
|
| TB(X)
|
transportation brigade (expeditionary)
|
| TBC
|
theater business clearance
|
| TBM
|
theater ballistic missile
|
| TBMCS
|
theater battle management core system
|
| TBMD
|
theater ballistic missile defense
|
| TC
|
training circular
|
| TCA
|
traditional combatant commander activity
|
| TC-AIMS II
|
Transportation Coordinator’s Automated Information for Movement System II
|
| TCC
|
transportation component command; troop contributing country
|
| TCCC
|
tactical combat casualty care
|
| TCCET
|
tactical critical care evacuation team
|
| TCCT
|
tactical critical care transport
|
| TCEM
|
theater contingency engineering management
|
| TCF
|
tactical combat force
|
| TCM
|
theater construction manager; theater container manager
|
| TCMD
|
transportation control and movement document
|
| TCN
|
third-country national; transportation control number
|
| TCO
|
termination contracting officer; transnational criminal organization
|
| TCPED
|
tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination
|
| TCS
|
theater communications system
|
| TCSG
|
United States Transportation Command, Office of the Command Surgeon
|
| TCSP
|
theater consolidation and shipping point
|
| TD
|
temporary duty (USMC); theater distribution; tie down
|
| TDC
|
target development cell
|
| TDCP
|
theater distribution campaign plan
|
| TDD
|
time-definite delivery
|
| TDF
|
theater detention facility
|
| TDL
|
tactical data link
|
| TDN
|
tactical data network; target development nomination
|
| TDP
|
theater distribution plan
|
| TDR
|
transportation discrepancy report
|
| TDRC
|
theater detainee reporting center
|
| TDY
|
temporary duty
|
| TEA
|
Transportation Engineering Agency
|
| TEC
|
theater engineer command
|
| TECHCON
|
technical control
|
| TECHELINT
|
technical electronic intelligence
|
| TECHINT
|
technical intelligence
|
| TEDAC
|
Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (FBI)
|
| TEL
|
transporter-erector-launcher
|
| TEMPER
|
tent extendible modular personnel
|
| TENCAP
|
tactical exploitation of national capabilities program
|
| TEO
|
team embarkation officer
|
| TEP
|
theater engagement plan
|
| TERCOM
|
terrain contour matching
|
| TET
|
targeting effects team
|
| TETK
|
TeleEngineering Toolkit
|
| TEU
|
technical escort unit; twenty-foot equivalent unit
|
| TEWLS
|
Theater Enterprise Wide Logistics System
|
| TF
|
task force
|
| TFC
|
threat finance cell
|
| TFCICA
|
task force counterintelligence coordinating authority
|
| TFE
|
tactical field exchange; threat finance exploitation
|
| TFF
|
total force fitness
|
| TFI
|
threat finance intelligence
|
| TFMS-M
|
Transportation Financial Management System-Military
|
| TG
|
task group; technical guide
|
| TGM
|
terminally guided munitions
|
| TGO
|
terminal guidance operations
|
| THAAD
|
Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
|
| THOC
|
theater head of contracting
|
| THT
|
tactical human intelligence team
|
| THX
|
theater express
|
| TI
|
threat identification
|
| TIA
|
theater intelligence assessment
|
| TIB
|
theater intelligence brigade; toxic industrial biological
|
| TIC
|
target information center; toxic industrial chemical
|
| TIDE
|
Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment
|
| TIM
|
toxic industrial material
|
| TIO
|
target intelligence officer
|
| TIP
|
target intelligence package; trafficking in persons
|
| TIR
|
toxic industrial radiological
|
| TJAG
|
the judge advocate general
|
| T-JTB
|
theater-joint transportation board
|
| TLA
|
theater logistics analysis
|
| TLAM
|
Tomahawk land-attack missile
|
| TLAMM
|
theater lead agent for medical materiel
|
| TLE
|
target location error
|
| TLM
|
target list management; topographic line map
|
| TLO
|
theater logistics overview
|
| TM
|
target materials; technical manual
|
| TMAO
|
theater mortuary affairs office; theater mortuary affairs
|
| TMD
|
theater missile defense
|
| TMEP
|
theater mortuary evacuation point
|
| TMIP
|
theater medical information program
|
| TMM
|
transregional, multi-domain, and multifunctional
|
| TMO
|
target mensuration only; traffic management office; transportation management office
|
| TMT
|
time-phased force and deployment data management tool
|
| TNCC
|
theater network operations control center
|
| TNL
|
target nomination list
|
| TO
|
technical order; theater of operations
|
| TO&E
|
table of organization and equipment
|
| TOA
|
table of allowance; transfer of authority
|
| TOC
|
tactical operations center; transnational organized crime
|
| TOD
|
tactical ocean data
|
| TOI
|
track of interest
|
| TOPINT
|
technical operational intelligence
|
| TOR
|
term of reference
|
| TOS
|
time on station
|
| TOT
|
time on target
|
| TP
|
transportation priority
|
| TPE
|
theater provided equipment
|
| TPED
|
tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination; theater personal effects depot
|
| TPFDD
|
time-phased force and deployment data
|
| TPFDL
|
time-phased force and deployment list
|
| TPMRC
|
United States Transportation Command patient movement requirements center
|
| TPP
|
theater posture plan
|
| TPS
|
transportation protective service
|
| TPT
|
tactical petroleum terminal
|
| TQ
|
tactical questioning
|
| TRA
|
technical review authority
|
| TRAC2ES
|
United States Transportation Command Regulating and Command and Control Evacuation System
|
| TRADOC
|
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
|
| Trans BDE
|
transportation brigade
|
| Trans Det RPO
|
transportation detachment rapid port opening
|
| TRANSEC
|
transmission security
|
| TRAP
|
tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel (USMC); tactical related applications
|
| TRIADS
|
Tri-Wall Aerial Distribution System
|
| TRICON
|
triple container
|
| TRO
|
training and readiness oversight
|
| TROPO
|
tropospheric scatter
|
| TRP
|
target reference point
|
| TS
|
time-sensitive; top secret
|
| TSA
|
target system analysis; Transportation Security Administration (DHS)
|
| TSC
|
theater security cooperation; theater support command; theater sustainment command (USA)
|
| TSCIF
|
temporary sensitive compartmented information facility
|
| TSCM
|
technical surveillance countermeasures
|
| TSCP
|
theater security cooperation plan
|
| TSM
|
target sorting message
|
| TSOC
|
tactical special operations command; theater special operations command
|
| TSS
|
target sensing system
|
| TSSA
|
transitional security sector assistance
|
| TST
|
terminal support team; time-sensitive target
|
| TSWA
|
temporary secure working area
|
| TT&C
|
telemetry, tracking, and commanding
|
| TTAB
|
Technical Training Acceptance Board
|
| TTAN
|
transportation tracking account number
|
| TTD
|
tactical terrain data
|
| TTL
|
tagging, tracking, and locating
|
| TTN
|
transportation tracking number
|
| TTP
|
tactics, techniques, and procedures; trailer transfer point
|
| TTT
|
time to target
|
| TTU
|
transportation terminal unit
|
| TU
|
targeted update; task unit
|
| TUCHA
|
type unit characteristics file
|
| TV
|
television
|
| TW&A
|
threat warning and assessment
|
| TWCF
|
Transportation Working Capital Fund
|
| TWDS
|
tactical water distribution system
|
| TYCOM
|
type commander
|
| U
|
|
| U-233
|
uranium-233
|
| U-235
|
uranium-235
|
| UA
|
unmanned aircraft
|
| UAR
|
unconventional assisted recovery
|
| UARCC
|
unconventional assisted recovery coordination cell
|
| UAS
|
unmanned aircraft system
|
| UAV
|
unmanned aerial vehicle
|
| UCMJ
|
Uniform Code of Military Justice
|
| UCP
|
Unified Command Plan
|
| UCT
|
underwater construction team
|
| UDL
|
unit deployment list
|
| UEWR
|
upgraded early warning radar
|
| UFAC
|
Underground Facilities Analysis Center
|
| UFC
|
Unified Facilities Criteria
|
| UFO
|
ultrahigh frequency follow-on
|
| UGA
|
ungoverned area
|
| UGIRH
|
Urban Generic Information Requirements Handbook
|
| UGO
|
unified geospatial-intelligence operations
|
| UH
|
utility helicopter
|
| UHF
|
ultrahigh frequency
|
| UIC
|
unit identification code
|
| UJT
|
universal joint task
|
| UJTL
|
Universal Joint Task List
|
| UK
|
United Kingdom
|
| ULN
|
unit line number
|
| ULSD
|
ultra-low sulfur diesel
|
| UMCC
|
unit movement control center
|
| UMCM
|
underwater mine countermeasures
|
| UMD
|
unit movement data
|
| UMMIPS
|
Uniform Material Movement and Issue Priority System
|
| UMO
|
unit movement officer
|
| UMS
|
unmanned system
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| UN
|
United Nations
|
| UN CMCoord
|
United Nations humanitarian civil-military coordination
|
| UNCLOS
|
United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
|
| UNCT
|
United Nations country team
|
| UND
|
urgency of need designator
|
| UNDAC
|
United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination
|
| UNDFS
|
United Nations Department of Field Support
|
| UNDP
|
United Nations Development Programme
|
| UNDPKO
|
United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations
|
| UNEP
|
United Nations Environment Programme
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| UNHAS
|
United Nations Humanitarian Air Service
|
| UNHCHR
|
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
|
| UNHCR
|
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
|
| UNHQ
|
United Nations Headquarters
|
| UNICEF
|
United Nations Children’s Fund
|
| UNITAF
|
unified task force
|
| UNMEM
|
United Nations military expert on mission
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| UNO
|
unit number
|
| UNOCHA
|
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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| UNODC
|
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
|
| UNOSOM
|
United Nations Operations in Somalia
|
| UNPA
|
United Nations Participation Act
|
| UNPROFOR
|
United Nations protection force
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| UNSC
|
United Nations Security Council
|
| UNSCR
|
United Nations Security Council resolution
|
| UNSG
|
United Nations Secretary-General
|
| UON
|
urgent operational need
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| URL
|
uniform resource locater
|
| URN
|
unit reference number
|
| US BICES
|
United States Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System
|
| US BICES-X
|
United States Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation System Extended
|
| US&R
|
urban search and rescue
|
| USA
|
United States Army
|
| USACE
|
United States Army Corps of Engineers
|
| USACFSC
|
United States Army Community and Family Support Center
|
| USACHPPM
|
United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
|
| USACIDC
|
United States Army Criminal Investigation Command
|
| USAEDS
|
United States Atomic Energy Detection System
|
| USAF
|
United States Air Force
|
| USAFE
|
United States Air Forces in Europe
|
| USAFR
|
United States Air Force Reserve
|
| USAFRICOM
|
United States Africa Command
|
| USAFSOS
|
United States Air Force Special Operations School
|
| USAID
|
United States Agency for International Development
|
| USAMC
|
United States Army Materiel Command
|
| USAMMA
|
United States Army Medical Materiel Agency
|
| USAMRICD
|
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
|
| USAMRIID
|
United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
|
| USAMRMC
|
United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
|
| USANCA
|
United States Army Nuclear and Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Agency
|
| USAPHC
|
United States Army Public Health Center
|
| USAR
|
United States Army Reserve
|
| USARCENT
|
United States Army, Central Command
|
| USARDECOM
|
United States Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command
|
| USAREUR
|
United States Army, European Command
|
| USARNORTH
|
United States Army, North
|
| USARPAC
|
United States Army, Pacific Command
|
| USARSO
|
United States Army, Southern Command
|
| USASMDC/ARSTRAT
|
United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command
|
| USASOC
|
United States Army Special Operations Command
|
| USC
|
United States Code; universal service contract
|
| USCENTCOM
|
United States Central Command
|
| USCG
|
United States Coast Guard
|
| USCGR
|
United States Coast Guard Reserve
|
| USCIS
|
United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
|
| USCS
|
United States Cryptologic System
|
| USCYBERCOM
|
United States Cyber Command
|
| USD(A&S)
|
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment
|
| USD(C)
|
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
|
| USD(I)
|
Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
|
| USD(P&R)
|
Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
|
| USD(P)
|
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
|
| USDA
|
United States Department of Agriculture
|
| USDAO
|
United States defense attaché office
|
| USELEMNORAD
|
United States Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command
|
| USERID
|
user identification
|
| USERRA
|
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
|
| USEUCOM
|
United States European Command
|
| USFF
|
United States Fleet Forces Command
|
| USFK
|
United States Forces, Korea
|
| USG
|
Under-Secretary-General; United States Government
|
| USGS
|
United States Geological Survey
|
| USINDOPACOM
|
United States Indo-Pacific Command
|
| USIP
|
United States Institute of Peace
|
| USLO
|
United States liaison office
|
| USMC
|
United States Marine Corps
|
| USMCR
|
United States Marine Corps Reserve
|
| USMILGP
|
United States military group
|
| USML
|
United States Munitions List
|
| USMOG
|
United States Military Observer Group
|
| USMOG-W
|
United States Military Observer Group - Washington
|
| USMS
|
United States Marshals Service
|
| USMTF
|
United States message text format
|
| USN
|
United States Navy
|
| USNAVSO
|
US Naval Forces Southern Command
|
| USNMR
|
United States national military representative
|
| USNO
|
United States Naval Observatory
|
| USNORTHCOM
|
United States Northern Command
|
| USNR
|
United States Navy Reserve
|
| USNS
|
United States Naval Ship
|
| USPHS
|
United States Public Health Service (DHHS)
|
| USPS
|
United States Postal Service
|
| USSF
|
United States Space Force
|
| USSOCOM
|
United States Special Operations Command
|
| USSOUTHCOM
|
United States Southern Command
|
| USSPACECOM
|
United States Space Command
|
| USSS
|
United States Secret Service (DHS)
|
| USSTRATCOM
|
United States Strategic Command
|
| USTRANSCOM
|
United States Transportation Command
|
| USUN
|
United States Mission to the United Nations
|
| USW
|
undersea warfare
|
| UTC
|
Coordinated Universal Time; unit type code
|
| UTM
|
universal transverse mercator
|
| UTO
|
unit table of organization
|
| UUV
|
unmanned underwater vehicle; unmanned underwater vessel
|
| UW
|
unconventional warfare
|
| UXO
|
unexploded explosive ordnance; unexploded ordnance
|
| V
|
|
| VA
|
Department of Veterans Affairs; victim advocate
|
| VAAP
|
vulnerability assessment and assistance program
|
| VBIED
|
vehicle-borne improvised explosive device
|
| VBSS
|
visit, board, search, and seizure
|
| VCJCS
|
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
|
| VDL
|
video downlink
|
| VE
|
vertical error; violent extremism
|
| VEE
|
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
|
| VEO
|
violent extremist organization
|
| VFR
|
visual flight rules
|
| VFS
|
validating flight surgeon
|
| VHF
|
very high frequency
|
| VI
|
visual information
|
| VID
|
visual identification
|
| VIP
|
very important person
|
| VIPPSA
|
very important personnel protection support activity
|
| VIRIN
|
visual information record identification number
|
| VIRS
|
verbally initiated release system
|
| VISA
|
Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement
|
| VISION ID
|
visual information professional identifier
|
| VLF
|
very low frequency
|
| VMap
|
vector map
|
| VMAQ
|
Marine tactical electronic warfare squadron
|
| VMD
|
volume median diameter
|
| VMF
|
variable message format
|
| VMI
|
vendor managed inventory
|
| VOD
|
vertical onboard delivery
|
| VPV
|
virtual prime vendor
|
| VSW
|
very shallow water
|
| VTA
|
voluntary tanker agreement
|
| VTC
|
video teleconferencing
|
| VTOL
|
vertical takeoff and landing
|
| VTOL-UAS
|
vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft system
|
| W
|
|
| WADS
|
Western Air Defense Sector
|
| WAI
|
weather area of interest
|
| WAN
|
wide-area network
|
| WANGO
|
World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations
|
| WARMs
|
wartime reserve modes
|
| WARNORD
|
warning order
|
| WARP
|
web-based access and retrieval portal
|
| WAS
|
wide area surveillance
|
| WASP
|
war air service program
|
| WB
|
wideband
|
| WBGTI
|
wet bulb globe temperature index
|
| WBIED
|
waterborne improvised explosive device
|
| WCE
|
weapons of mass destruction coordination element
|
| WCO
|
World Customs Organization
|
| WCS
|
weapons control status
|
| WDCO
|
well deck control officer
|
| Web SM
|
Web Scheduling and Movement
|
| WEBVLIPS
|
Web Visual Logistics Information Processing System
|
| WETM
|
weather team
|
| WEU
|
Western European Union
|
| WEZ
|
weapon engagement zone
|
| WFP
|
World Food Programme (UN)
|
| WG
|
working group
|
| WGS
|
Wideband Global Satellite Communications
|
| WGS 84
|
World Geodetic System 1984
|
| WHNS
|
wartime host-nation support
|
| WHO
|
World Health Organization (UN)
|
| WIA
|
wounded in action
|
| WIF
|
Wales Initiative Fund
|
| WIT
|
weapons intelligence team
|
| WLG
|
Washington Liaison Group
|
| WMD
|
weapons of mass destruction
|
| WMD-CST
|
weapons of mass destruction-civil support team
|
| WMO
|
World Meteorological Organization
|
| WMP
|
Air Force War and Mobilization Plan
|
| WOC
|
wing operations center (USAF)
|
| WOD
|
wind-over deck
|
| WOT
|
war on terrorism
|
| WP
|
white phosphorous; working party
|
| WPB
|
Coast Guard patrol boat
|
| WPR
|
War Powers Resolution
|
| WRA
|
Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (DOS); weapons release authority
|
| WRAIR
|
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
|
| WRM
|
war reserve materiel
|
| WRS
|
war reserve stock
|
| WRSA
|
war reserve stocks for allies
|
| WS
|
weather squadron
|
| WSESRB
|
Weapon System Explosive Safety Review Board
|
| WSM
|
waterspace management
|
| WSR
|
weapon system reliability
|
| WSV
|
weapons system video
|
| WT
|
warping tug
|
| WTI
|
weapons technical intelligence
|
| WWII
|
World War II
|
| WWX
|
worldwide express
|
| WX
|
weather
|
| X
|
|
| XCDS
|
extracted container delivery system
|
| XCVR
|
transceiver
|
| XMPP
|
extensible messaging and presence protocol
|
| XO
|
executive officer
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