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| /s/ | Signature | |
| 3M | Material, Maintenance, Management | |
| 5D | Demand-Driven Direct Digital Dissemination | |
| a | Acting Rank | |
| A-TM | Alpha Team (Special Forces Operational Detachment) | |
| A/C | Aircraft Commander | |
| A/D | Analog/Digital | |
| A/JSIC | Alternate JSIC | |
| A2 | Air Force Intelligence Staff Officer | |
| a2c2 | Army Airspace Communications and Control | |
| A3I | Accelerated Architecture Acquisition Initiative | |
| AA | Anti-Aircraft | |
| AAA | anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A" | |
| AAAOB | Antiaircraft Artillery Order of Battle | |
| AAAV | Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle | |
| AABNCP | Advanced Airborne National Command Post | |
| AAC | Alaskan Air Command | |
| AACB | Aeronautics & Astronautics Coordinating Board | |
| AACE | Army Alternate Command and Control Element | |
| AACOMS | Army Area Communications System | |
| AACS | Attitude and Antenna Control Subsystem | |
| AAD | Airborne Assault Division | |
| AAD | Armoured Amphibious Dozer | |
| AADCCS | Area Air Defense Command and Control System | |
| AADP | Area Air Defense Plan | |
| AADS | antiaircraft defense system | |
| AAE | Army Acquisition Executive | |
| AAFES | Army and Air Force Exchange Service | |
| AAFIF | Automated Air Facilities Information File | |
| AAG | Anti-Aircraft Gun | |
| AAG | Army Artillery Group | |
| AAI | Air-to-Air Intercept | |
| AAIFF | Air-to-Air Identification Friend or Foe | |
| AAK | Appliqué armor kit (US) | |
| AAN | Army After Next | |
| AAO | Analysis of the Area of Operations | |
| AAPC | Advanced Armoured Personnel Carrier (Turkey) | |
| AAPCI | Atlantic Agri-Products Competitiveness Initiative | |
| AAR | After Action Review | |
| AARADCOM | Army Armament Research and Development Command | |
| AAS | Analyst Automation Segment | |
| AASLT | Air Assault | |
| AATS | Automated Architecture Tool Suite | |
| AAV | Assault Amphibious Vehicle | |
| AAVS | Aerospace Audiovisual Service | |
| AAW | Anti-Air Warfare | |
| AAWC | Anti-Air Warfare Commander | |
| AB | Air Base | |
| AB | Air Burst | |
| AB(C) | Aviation battalion(combat) |
| AB2 | Air Battle Command System Brigade and Below | |
| ABC | Automatic Brightness Control | |
| ABC | Airborne Corps | |
| ABC | Atomic, Biological, Chemical | |
| ABCCC | Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center | |
| ABCOMM | Alternate/Backup Communications | |
| ABE | Automated Buyer Environment (Bilingual client/server that automates the federal government's procurement operations) | |
| ABIC | Army Battlefield Interface Concept | |
| ABIT | advanced built-in test | |
| ABM | anti-ballistic missile | |
| ABM | air bursting munition | |
| ABMA | Army Ballistic Missile Agency | |
| ABMS | air bursting ammunition system | |
| ABN | Airborne | |
| ABR | Available Bit Rate | |
| ABRO | Army Base Repair Organisation | |
| abs | ANTI-SKID BRAKING SYSTEM | |
| ABSV | Armoured Battlegroup Support Vehicle | |
| AC | Alternating Current | |
| AC-130 | AFSOF Spectre Gunship | |
| AC2MP | Army Command & Control Master Plan | |
| AC2SMAN | Alaskan Command and Control System Military utomated Network | |
| aca | Ammunition Container Assembly | |
| ACAAM | Air Courses of Action Assessment Model | |
| ACACS | Army Command & Area Communications System | |
| ACAVP | Advanced Composite Armoured Vehicle Platform | |
| ACCB | Army Configuration Control Board | |
| ACCE | Abrams/Crusader Common Engine | |
| ACCHAN | Allied Command Channel | |
| ACCIS | Allied Command and Control Information System | |
| ACCO | Army Central Control Office | |
| ACCV | Armored Cavalry Cannon Vehicle (US) | |
| acda | Arms Control and Disarmament Agency's | |
| ACDS | Advanced Combat Direction System | |
| ACDUTRA | Active Duty Training | |
| ACE | Armored Combat Earthmover (US) | |
| ACES | Automated Command and Control Evaluation System | |
| ACEVAL | Air Combat Evaluation | |
| ACF | Alternate Command Facility | |
| ACFT | Aircraft | |
| ACH | Advanced Combat Helmet (MICH TC-2000 Combat Helmet) | |
| ACI | Airborne Controlled Intercept | |
| ACINT | Acoustic Intelligence | |
| ACIS | Arms Control Intelligence Staff | |
| ACIS (now BIS) | Automated Customs Information Service | |
| ACL | Access Control List | |
| ACLANT | Allied Commander Atlantic | |
| ACLOS | Automatic Command to Line of Sight | |
| ACOG | Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight | |
| ACOS/I | Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence |
| ACOUSTINT | Acoustical Intelligence | |
| ACP | Automatic Colt Pistol | |
| ACPERS | Army Civilian Personnel System | |
| ACR | Armored Cavalry Regiment | |
| ACR | Advanced Combat Rifle | |
| ACRV | Armoured Command and Reconnaissance Vehicle | |
| ACS | Artillery communications system | |
| ACS/I | Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence | |
| ACSA | Allied Communications Security Agency | |
| ACSB | Amphibious Contingency Support Briefs | |
| ACSC | Air Command and Staff College | |
| ACSI | Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence, HQ USAF | |
| ACST | Advisory Council on Science and Technology | |
| ACTEDS | Army Civilian Training, Education & Development System | |
| ACU | Army Combat Uniform | |
| ACV | Aardvark Cleaning Vehicle (US) | |
| ACVT | Armored Combat Vehicle Technology Program (US) | |
| ADA | Air Defense Artillery | |
| ADACP | Alcohol & Drug Abuse Control Program | |
| ADAM | Area Denial Artillery Munition | |
| ADAMS | Air Defense Advanced Mobile System (US) | |
| ADAPCP | Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention & Control Program | |
| ADAPT | Automated Decisionmaking and Program Timeline | |
| ADARS | Army Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement | |
| ADATS | Agricultural Development And Training Society - Air Defence Anti-Tank System - Australian Defence Air Traffic System | |
| ADATS | Air Defense Antitank System Threat Simulators | |
| ADBT | Advanced Data Base Technology | |
| ADC-A | Assistant Division Commander – Fire and Maneuver | |
| ADC-B | Assistant Division Commander – Combat Support | |
| ADCAP | Advanced Capability | |
| ADCC | Air Defense Command Center | |
| ADCCP | Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures | |
| ADCON | Administrative Control | |
| ADCSOPS | Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations & Plans | |
| ADDIS | Advanced Deployable Digital Imagery System | |
| ADDISS | Advanced Deployable Digital Imagery Support System | |
| ADDO | Associate Deputy Director of Operations | |
| ADDO(MA) | Associate Deputy Director of Operations for Military Affairs | |
| ADDO(MS) | Associate Deputy Director of Operations for Military Support | |
| ADDS | Army Data Distribution System | |
| ADDU | Additional Duty | |
| ADEA | Army Development & Employment Agency | |
| ADEW | Airborne Directed Energy Weapons | |
| ADF | Australian Defence Force | |
| ADF | Automatic Direction Finding | |
| ADFH | Air Deployable Forward Headquarters | |
| ADG | Deperming Ship | |
| ADI | Australian Defence Industries Ltd | |
| ADI | Air Defense Initiative | |
| ADIC | Aerospace Defense Intelligence Center |
| ADIEC | Army Deployable Imagery Exploitation Capability | |
| ADIO | Additional Duty Intelligence Officer | |
| ADISS | Advanced Defense Intelligence Support System | |
| ADIZ | Air Defense Identification Zone | |
| ADJ | Adjutant | |
| ADLP | Advanced Datalink Protocol | |
| ADN | ACE DGZ Number | |
| ADNET | Antidrug Network | |
| ADOC | Air Defense Operations Center | |
| ADP-MIS | Automated Data Processing Management Information System | |
| ADPCM | Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation | |
| ADPE | Automatic Data Processing Equipment | |
| ADPSSM | Automated Data Processing Systems Security Manual | |
| ADPSSO | ADP Special Security Officer | |
| ADPSSP | Automated Data Processing System Security Program | |
| ADRG | Advanced Digitized Raster Graphics | |
| ADRI | Arc Digital Raster Imagery | |
| ADSS | Aerospace Defense Systems Subcommittee | |
| ADSTAR | Advanced Document Storage & Retrieval System | |
| ADSW | Active Duty for Special Work | |
| ADTLP | Army Doctrine and Training Literature Program | |
| ADTOC | Air Defense Tactical Operations Center | |
| ADTS | Adversary Threat Squadron | |
| ADVAL | Air Defense Evaluation Test | |
| ADVON | Advanced Echelon | |
| ADX | Air Defense Exercise | |
| ADZ | Air Defense Zone | |
| AE | Action Express | |
| AEAO | Airborne Emergency Action Officer | |
| AEC | ASARS Exploitation Cell | |
| AECB | Atomic Energy Control Board | |
| aecl | Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's | |
| AEDS | Atomic Energy Detection System | |
| AEF | Allied Expeditionary Force | |
| AEICC | Area Emergency Information Coordination Center | |
| AEM | Missile Tender | |
| AEMS | Automated Edge Measurement System | |
| AEN | Arbitrary ELINT Notation | |
| AEOS | Advanced Electro-Optical Sensor | |
| AEROFLOT | Former Soviet Union Civil Airline | |
| AESA | Active Electronically Scanned Array | |
| AESC | Aerospace Environmental Support Center | |
| aetc | Air Education and Training Command's | |
| AETCAE | Army Europe Technical Control and Analysis Element | |
| AEV | Armored Engineer Vehicle | |
| AEV | Armoured engineer vehicle | |
| AEW | Airborne Early Warning | |
| AEW&C | Airborne Early Warning and Control | |
| AEXDP | Accelerated Executive Development Program(Learning program under CCMD) | |
| AF | Air Force |
| AF ACSI | Air Force Chief of Staff Intelligence | |
| AF/VC | Air Force Vice Chief of Staff | |
| AFA | Aerial Field Artillery | |
| AFAITC | Armed Forces Air Intelligence Training Center | |
| AFAL | Air Force Armament Laboratory | |
| AFAMPE | USAF Automated Message Processing Exchange | |
| AFAP | Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile | |
| AFARN | Air Force Air Request Net | |
| AFARV | Armored, Forward Area, Re-arm Vehicle (US) | |
| AFAS | Advanced Field Artillery System | |
| AFC | Australian Flying Corps | |
| AFC4A | USAF Command, Control, Communications and Computer Agency | |
| AFCA | Air Force Collection Assets | |
| AFCEA | Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association | |
| AFCS | automatic fire-control systems | |
| AFCSC | Air Force Cryptologic Support Center | |
| AFD | Alternative Forms of Delivery(PWGSC initiative) | |
| AFD | Automatic Feeding Device | |
| AFDB | Auxiliary Floating Drydock (large) | |
| AFDD | Air Force Doctrine Document | |
| AFDIGS | Air Force Digital Graphic Systems | |
| AFDL | Auxiliary Floating Drydock (small) | |
| AFDM | Auxiliary Floating Drydock Medium | |
| AFDT | AEELS Fixed Downlink Terminal | |
| AFEOC | Air Force Emergency Operations Center | |
| AFEWC | Air Force Electronic Warfare Center | |
| AFFIS | Airfield Facilities Information System | |
| AFFOR | Air Force (Component) Forces | |
| AFGCCS | USAF Global Command and Control System | |
| AFGL | Air Force Geophysics Laboratory | |
| AFGWS | Air Force Ground Weather Stations | |
| AFIA | Air Force Intelligence Agency | |
| AFICE | Air Forces Iceland | |
| AFICP | Air Force Intelligence Communications Plan | |
| AFIES | Armed Forces Imagery Exploitation System | |
| AFIISP | Air Force Intelligence Information Systems Plan | |
| AFIP | Air Force Intelligence Plan | |
| AFIS | Air Force Intelligence Service/Study | |
| AFISA | Air Force Intelligence Support Agency | |
| AFITC | Air Force Intelligence Training Center | |
| AFIWC | Air Force Information Warfare Center | |
| AFLAN | AFSOC Local/Wide Area Network | |
| AFLANT | Air Forces, Atlantic | |
| aflc | Air Force Logistics Command's | |
| AFLE | Air Force Liaison Element | |
| AFLO | Air Force Liaison Office | |
| AFM | Air Force Manual | |
| AFMD/GF | Air Forces of the Military District/Group of Forces | |
| AFMIC | Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center | |
| AFMPC | Air Force Military Personnel Center |
| AFMSIS | Air Force Modeling and Simulation Information System | |
| AFMSS | Air Force Mission Support System | |
| AFNORTH | Air Force North; Allied Forces Northern Europe (NATO) | |
| AFOC | Air Force Operations Center | |
| AFOE | Assault Follow-On Echelon | |
| AFOSI | Air Force Office of Special Investigations | |
| AFOSP | Air Force Office of Security Police | |
| AFOSR | Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA) | |
| AFOTEC | Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center's | |
| AFSAA | Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency | |
| AFSAC | Air Force Special Activities Center | |
| AFSAT | Air Force Satellite | |
| AFSATCOM | Air Force Satellite Communications System | |
| AFSC | United States Air Force specialty code | |
| AFSCF | Air Force Satellite Control Facility | |
| AFSCN | Air Force Satellite Control Network | |
| AFSCOORD | Assistant Fire Support Coordinator | |
| AFSIP | Air Force Satellite Intelligence Program | |
| AFSOB | Air Force Special Operations Base | |
| AFSOD | Air Force Special Operations Detachment | |
| AFSOE | Air Force Special Operations Element | |
| AFSOF | Air Force Special Operations Forces | |
| AFSOS | Air Force Special Operations School | |
| AFSOUTH | Allied Forces, Southern Europe | |
| AFSOUTHCOM | Air Force Southern Command | |
| AFSPACECOM | Air Force Space Command | |
| AFSPC | Air Force Space Command | |
| AFSPCIP | Air Force Space Command Intelligence Plan | |
| AFSPOC | Air Force Space Operations Center | |
| AFSSE | Air Force Space Surveillance Element | |
| AFSST | Air Force Space Support Team | |
| AFSTC | Air Force Space Technology Center | |
| AFSV | armoured fire support vehicle | |
| AFTAC | Air Force Technical Applications Center | |
| AFTACIES | Air Force Tactical Imagery Exploitation System | |
| AFTF | Air Force Task Force | |
| AFTFWC | Air Force Tactical Fighter Weapons Center | |
| AFTOCONF | Air Tasking Order Confirmation | |
| AFV | Armored Fighting Vehicle | |
| AFV | Armored Family of Vehicles (US) | |
| AFWAL | Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory | |
| AFWARNS | Air Force Warning System | |
| AFWCCS | Air Force Wing Command and Control System | |
| AFWL | Air Force Weapons Laboratory | |
| AGARD | Advisory Group for Aerospace Research & Development | |
| AGB | Icebreaker | |
| AGC | Automatic Gain Control | |
| AGCCS | Army's Global Command and Control System | |
| AGDS | Deep Submergence Support Ship (misc) | |
| AGE | Experimental Auxiliary |
| AGEF | Frigate Research Ship | |
| AGEH | Experimental Auxiliary (Hydrofoil) | |
| AGER | Intelligence Research Ship | |
| AGES | Advanced Ground Exploitation System | |
| AGF | Army ground forces | |
| AGF | Miscellaneous Command Ship | |
| AGHS | Patrol Combatant Support Ship | |
| AGL | Automatic Grenade Launcher | |
| AGL | Above Ground Level | |
| AGLS | Automatic Gun Laying System | |
| AGMET | Agriculture and Meteorology | |
| AGMR | Major Communications Relay Ship | |
| AGMS | Armored Ground Mobility System | |
| AGOR | Oceanographic Research Ship (misc) | |
| AGP | Patrol Craft Tender (misc) | |
| Agr | Army Guard Reserve | |
| AGS | armored gun system (US) | |
| AGT | Agent | |
| agv | Assault Gun Vehicle | |
| AGVT | Advanced Ground Vehicle Technology | |
| AGZ | Actual Ground Zero | |
| AH | Ampere-Hour | |
| AHC | Attack Helicopter Company (USA) | |
| AHFEWS | Army High Frequency Electronic Warfare System | |
| AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. | |
| AIAWS | Automated Intelligence Analyst Workstation | |
| AIB | Atlantic Intelligence Board | |
| AICBM | Anti-Intercontinental Ballistic Missile | |
| AICS | Accuracy International Chassis System | |
| AICW | Advanced Individual Combat Weapon | |
| AIF | Australian Imperial Force (Australia, WWI) | |
| AIFS | Advanced Indirect Fire System | |
| AIFV | Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle | |
| AIIC | Advanced Imagery Interpretation Course | |
| AIIF | Automated Installation Intelligence File | |
| AIIRS | Automated Intelligence Information Retrieval System | |
| AIM | Air Intercept Missile | |
| AIMD | Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department | |
| AIMP | Army Intelligence Management Plan | |
| AIMTB | Artificial Intelligence Module Testbed | |
| AIN | Advanced Intelligence Network | |
| AIO | Air Intelligence Officer | |
| AIOEC | Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries | |
| AIP | Architecture Implementation Plan | |
| AIPR | Automated Information Processing Request | |
| AIPS | Advanced Integrated Propulsion System (US) | |
| AIRA | Air Attache | |
| AIRCENT | Air Forces Central Region (NATO) | |
| AIRCOM | Air Command | |
| AIRCOMTERM | Airborne Communications Terminal |
| AIRES | Advanced Imagery Requirements and Exploitation System | |
| AIRES II | Airborne Reconnaissance Electronic System II | |
| AIREW | Airborne Infrared Early Warning | |
| AIRK | Area Interswitch Rekeying Key | |
| AIRLO | Air Liaison Officer | |
| AIRREQRECON | Air Request Reconnaissance | |
| AIRS | Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere | |
| AIRTAPS | Aerial Imagery Reconnaissance Tracking And Plotting System | |
| AIS | Automated Indicator System | |
| AISA | Automated Intelligence Support Activity | |
| AISS | Automated Information Systems Security | |
| AIST | Air Intelligence Support Team | |
| AITE | Advanced Indications Technology Experiment | |
| AIU | Army Interrogation Unit | |
| AIWO | Air Intelligence Warning Officer | |
| AIWS | Advanced Interdiction Weapon System | |
| AJ | Antijamming | |
| AJCC | Alternate Joint Communications Center | |
| AJFP | Adaptive Joint Force Package | |
| AJNPE | Airborne Joint Nuclear Planning Element | |
| AKA | Also Know As | |
| AKD/RCU | Automatic Key Distribution/Rekeying Control Unit | |
| AKDC | Automatic Key Distribution Center | |
| AKL | Light Cargo Ship | |
| AKM | Apogee Kick Motor | |
| AKMC | Automated Key Management Center | |
| AKMS | Automated Key Management System | |
| AKR | Vehicle Cargo Ship | |
| AKTCAE | Army Korea Technical Control And Analysis Element | |
| ALAAVS | Advanced Light Armored/Amphibious Vehicle System (US) | |
| ALAIRCOM | Alaskan Air Command | |
| ALARM | Alert Locate And Report Missiles | |
| ALASAT | Air-Launched Antisatellite | |
| ALASCOM | Alaskan Communications Inc. | |
| ALB | Air-Land Battle Doctrine (FM 100-5) | |
| ALBM | Air-Launched Ballistic Missile | |
| ALC | Accounting Legend Code | |
| ALC | Advanced Land Combat (US) | |
| ALCATS | Automated Lines of Communication and Target System | |
| ALCC | Airlift Control Center | |
| ALCE | Airlift Control Element | |
| ALCM | Air-Launched Cruise Missile | |
| ALCOP | Alternate Command Post | |
| ALCOR | ARPA Lincoln CBand Observable Radar | |
| ALCS | Airborne Launch Control System | |
| ALD | Airlift Division | |
| ALE | AIRES Lifecycle Extension | |
| ALERT | Attack and Launch Early Report to Theater (AF) | |
| ALES | AIRES Life Extension System | |
| ALF | Auxiliary Landing Field |
| ALFA | Advanced Liaison Forward Area | |
| ALICE | All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment | |
| ALL | Airborne Laser Laboratory | |
| ALMS | Automated Logistics Management System | |
| ALO | Air Liaison Officer | |
| ALOC(S) | Air Line(s) of Communication | |
| ALPS | Accidental Launch Protection System | |
| ALRAAM | Air-Launched Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile | |
| ALRP-S | Army Long-Range Plan for Space | |
| ALRPG | Army Long-Range Planning Guidance | |
| ALS | Advanced laying system | |
| ALS | Active Laser Seeker | |
| ALSA | Air-Land-Sea Application (Center) | |
| ALSS | Advanced Location Strike System | |
| alsv | Armoured Logistics Support Vehicle | |
| ALT | Armoured Launching Turret | |
| ALTAlR | ARPA Long-Range Tracking and Instrumentation Radar | |
| ALTREV | Altitude Reservation | |
| ALUSNA | American Legation U.S. Naval Attache | |
| ALUSNLO | American Legation U.S. Naval Liaison Officer | |
| ALWT | Advanced Lightweight Torpedo | |
| ALWTIC | Annual Land Warfare Technical Intelligence Conference | |
| AM | Ante Meridian | |
| AMAB | Air Mobile Assault Brigade | |
| AMASS | Advanced Marine Airborne SlGlNT System | |
| AMBISS | Automated Map-Based Intelligence Support System | |
| AMC | Airspace Management and Control | |
| AMC | Advanced Mortar Carrier (Turkey) | |
| AMC/IN | AMC Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence | |
| AMCC | Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications | |
| AMCCOM | Armament Munitions and Chemical Command | |
| AMCIT | American Citizen | |
| AMD | Activated Metal Decoy | |
| amds | Anti-Missile Discarding Sabot | |
| AMDT | AEELS Mobile Downlink Terminal | |
| AME | Airspace Management Element | |
| AMEMB | American Embassy | |
| AMES | Aerospace, Marine and Electronics Systems Sector (Procurement organization within PWGSC) | |
| AMF | Amphibische Mehrzweck-Fahrzeuge (multipurpose amphibious vehicle) | |
| AMF | Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (NATO) | |
| AMH | Automated Message Handling | |
| AMHA | Army Management Headquarters Activity | |
| AMIDS | Airborne Mine Detection System | |
| AMIM | Army Modernization Information Memorandum | |
| AMIP | Army Model Improvement Plan | |
| AMIRS | Army Multispectral Imagery Requirements Study | |
| AMIS | Advanced Microwave Imaging Sensor | |
| AML | Automitrailleuse Légère (light armoured car) | |
| AMLCD | Active-matrix liquid crystal display | |
| AMMS | Allowance Material Management System |
| AMOPES | Army Mobilization and Operations Planning and Execution System | |
| AMOPS | Army Mobilization Operations and Planning System | |
| AMOS | Advanced Mortar System | |
| AMOS | Air Force Maui Optical System | |
| AMP | Amplification | |
| AMPDS | Automated Message Processing Dissemination System | |
| AMPE | Automated Message Processing Exchange | |
| AMPHI | Aerial Mission Photographic Indoctrination | |
| AMPHIB | Amphibious | |
| Ampl | Amplitude | |
| AMPS | Automated Mission Planning System | |
| AMR | Anti-materiel rifle | |
| AMRAAM | Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile | |
| AMRWS | Advanced Remote Miniaturized Weather Station | |
| AMRWS | Advanced Multi-Role Weapon Station | |
| ams | Armoured Mortar System | |
| AMS | Automated Message System | |
| AMS-H | Advanced Missile System - Heavy | |
| AMSAT | Amateur Radio Satellite | |
| AMSC | Advanced Military Spaceflight Capability | |
| AMSSA | Assured Mission Support Space Architecture | |
| AMST | Advanced Medium STOL Transport | |
| AMT | ACTS Mobile Terminal | |
| AMTF | Airmobile Task Force | |
| AMTP | Army Mission Training Plan | |
| AMTRAC | APC used by the Marines AO: Area of Operations. | |
| AMU | Astronaut Maneuvering Unit | |
| AMX | Atelier de Construction d'Issy-les-Moulineaux | |
| AN | Net Tender | |
| AN/VRC | Army Navy Vehicle Radio Communications | |
| ANAD | Anniston Army Depot | |
| ANALIT | Analyst-to-Analyst Message Format | |
| ANCC | Ashore Navy Communications Capability | |
| ANDVT | Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal | |
| ANEX | Analyst-to-Analyst Exchange Message Format | |
| ANFO | Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil Explosive | |
| ANGB | Army National Guard Base | |
| ANGLlCO | Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company | |
| ANL | Net-Laying Ship | |
| ANLYS | Analysis | |
| ANMCC | Alternate National Military Command Center | |
| ANMIC | Alternate National Military Intelligence Center | |
| ANR | Alaskan NORAD Region | |
| ANRPC | Association of Natural Rubber-Producing Countries | |
| ANSI | American National Standards Institute, Inc. | |
| ANVIS | Aviator's Night Vision Imaging System | |
| ANZAC | Australia and New Zealand Army Corps | |
| ANZUS | Australia-New Zealand-United States Treaty | |
| AO | Area of operations | |
| AO&M/NM | Administration, Operations, and Maintenance/Network Management |
| AOA | Amphibious Objective Area | |
| AOB | Air Order of Battle | |
| AOBTS | Air Order of Battle Textual Summary | |
| AOCC | Area Operations Control Center | |
| AOCS | Aviation Officer's Candidate School | |
| AOE | Fast Combat Support Ship (underway Replenishment) | |
| AOFDA | U.S. AID Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance | |
| AOG | Gasoline Tanker (misc) | |
| AOI | Area of Influence | |
| AOI | Arab Organisation for Industrialisation | |
| AOIC | Assistant Officer in Charge | |
| AOIR | ACE Operational Intelligence Requirements | |
| AOL | Area of Limitation | |
| AOO | Air Operations Order | |
| AOR | Area of Responsibility. The assigned area to any given unit. | |
| AOS | Special Liquids Tanker | |
| AOS | Add-on stabilisation | |
| AOSG | Amphibious Operation Support Graphic | |
| AOSS | automated office support system | |
| AOT | Transport Oiler | |
| AOTF | Acoustic-Optic Tunable Filter | |
| AP | Armor-Piercing | |
| AP | Anti-personnel | |
| AP-I | Armor Piercing Incendiary | |
| APAM | Anti-personnel, anti-matériel | |
| APB | Self-propelled Barracks Ship (misc) | |
| APBC | Armour-piercing ballistic cap | |
| APC | Armoured personnel carrier | |
| APC-T | Armour-piercing capped – tracer | |
| APCBC | Armour-piercing capped ballistic cap | |
| APCC | Alternate Processing and Correlation Center | |
| apcnr | Armour-piercing Composite Non-rigid | |
| APCR | Armour-piercing composite rigid | |
| APCRBC | Armour-piercing composite rigid ballistic cap | |
| APCT-BF | Armour-piercing capped tracer – base fuze | |
| APDS | Armour-piercing discarding sabot | |
| APDS-T | Armour-piercing discarding sabot - tracer | |
| APE | Amphibisches Pionier-Erkundungsfahrzeug (amphibious front-line reconnaissance vehicle) | |
| APEP | Armour-Piercing Enhancement Programme | |
| APERS | Anti-Personnel | |
| APERS-T | Anti-personnel tracer | |
| APFIDS | Armour-piercing fragmentation incendiary discarding sabot | |
| APFSDS | Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding Sabot | |
| APFSDS(P) | Armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (practice) | |
| APFSDS-T | Armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot - tracer | |
| APFSDSDU | Armour piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot, depleted uranium | |
| APG | Aberdeen Proving Ground | |
| APGM | Autonomous precision-guided munition | |
| APHC | Armour-piercing hard core | |
| aphe | Armour-Piercing High Explosive |
| APHIS | U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | |
| API | Armour-piercing incendiary | |
| APIT | Armour-piercing incendiary tracer | |
| APL | Barracks Craft (non self-propelled) | |
| APM | Anti-Personnel Mine | |
| APM | Army Program Memorandum | |
| APMS | Automated Production Management System | |
| APOD | Aerial Port of Debarkation | |
| APOE | Aerial Port of Embarkation | |
| APORTS | Aerial Ports File (JOPES) | |
| APPL | Application | |
| approx | Approximate | |
| APS | ASARS-II Processing Segment | |
| aps | Artillery Pointing System | |
| APSA | Armour piercing secondary effect | |
| APSE | Armour-piercing secondary effect | |
| APSE-T | Armour-piercing secondary effect – tracer | |
| APT | Automatic Picture Transmission | |
| APT | Armour-piercing tracer | |
| APTE | Abrams Power Train Evolution (US) | |
| APU | Auxiliary Power Unit | |
| APV | Armoured Patrol Vehicle | |
| APVO | FSU Air Defense Aviation | |
| APW | American Prisoner of War | |
| AQF | Advanced QUICKFIX | |
| AR | Assault Rifle | |
| AR | Advanced Readiness | |
| AR/AAV | Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle (US) | |
| ARA | Aerial Rocket Artillery | |
| Arabsat | Arab Satellite Communications | |
| ARB | Battle Damage Repair Ship | |
| ARC | Cable Ship | |
| ARCENT | U.S. Army Forces Central Command | |
| ARCENT-K | USACENT forward element-Kuwait | |
| ARCENT-SA | USACENT forward element-Saudi Arabia | |
| Arch | Architect | |
| ARCOM | Army Command | |
| ARCS | Automated Reproduction and Collating System | |
| ARD | Anti-Reflective Device | |
| ARDC | Air Research and Development Command | |
| ARDEC | Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center | |
| ARDF | Airborne Radio Direction Finding | |
| ARDM | Auxiliary Repair Drydock | |
| ARDNOT | Automatic day/night optical tracker | |
| ARE | Atelier de Construction Roanne | |
| AREC | Air Element Coordinator | |
| AREPT | Agent Report | |
| ARETS | Armour Remote Target System | |
| ARF | Airborne Relay Facility | |
| ARFCOS | Armed Forces Courier Service |
| ARFORGEN | Army Force Generation | |
| ARIS | Advanced Range Instrumentation Ship | |
| ARL | Landing Craft Repair Ship | |
| ARL-I | Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Imagery | |
| ARLANT | U.S. Army Forces | |
| ARLEA | Army Logistics Evaluation Agency | |
| ARLO | Air Reconnaissance Liaison Officer | |
| ARMA | Army Attache | |
| ARMAD | Armoured and Mechanised Unit Air Defence | |
| ARMISE | Army Reserve Military Intelligence Support Element | |
| ARMLO | Army Liaison Officer | |
| ARMSCOR | Armament Manufacturing Corporation (South Africa) | |
| ARMVAL | Anti-armor vehicle evaluation (US) | |
| ARO | Area Records Officer | |
| ARP | Alert Response Plan | |
| ARP | Anti-Radiation Projectile | |
| ARPA | Advanced Research Projects Agency (made early internet) | |
| ARPANET | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet) | |
| ARPS | Advanced Radar Processing System | |
| ARPV | Advanced Remotely Piloted Vehicle | |
| ARR | Radiological Repair Ship | |
| ARRADCOM | Armament Research and Development Command | |
| ARRN | Andean Ridge Radar Network | |
| ARRS | Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service | |
| ARRV | Armoured repair and recovery vehicle | |
| ARS | Salvage and Rescue Ship | |
| ARSA | Annual Reevaluation of Safe Areas | |
| ARSGS | Airborne Reconnaissance SIGINT Ground Systems | |
| ARSO | Assistant Regional Security Officer | |
| ARSOA | Army Special Operations Aviation | |
| ARSOC | Army Special Operations Command | |
| ARSOF | Army Special Operations Forces | |
| ARSOFE | Army Special Operations Forces, Europe | |
| ARSOFSUPCOM | Army Special Operations Forces Support Command | |
| ARSOTF | Army special operations task force (US DoD) | |
| ARSP | Advanced Reconnaissance Support Program | |
| ARSPACECOM | Army Space Command | |
| ARSPOC | Army space operations center (US DoD) | |
| ARSST | Army Space Command Space Support Team | |
| ARSV | Armored Reconnaissance Scout Vehicle (US) | |
| ART | Armoured Recon Transport | |
| ART | Aerial Reconnaissance Team | |
| ARTADS | Army Tactical Data System | |
| ARTAS-K | Army Training and Support-Kuwait | |
| ARTBASS | Army Training Battle Simulation Systems | |
| ARTCC | Air Route Traffic and Control Center | |
| ARTEP | Army Readiness Training Evaluation Program | |
| ARTISS | Advanced Requirements Tasking Information and Support System | |
| ARTPP | Airborne Reconnaissance Technology Program Plan | |
| ARTS | Automated Remote Tracking Station |
| ARTY | Artillery | |
| ARV | Armed Robotic Vehicle | |
| ARV | Armored Recovery Vehicle | |
| ARV | Armoured Recovery Vehicle | |
| ARW | Air Refueling Wing | |
| AS | Submarine Tender (material Support) | |
| asa | Advanced Security Agency | |
| ASAB | All-Source Analysis Branch | |
| ASAC | All-Source Analysis Center | |
| ASAP | As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap) | |
| ASAR | Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar | |
| ASARC | Army Systems Acquisition Review Council | |
| ASART | AEELS Support Analysis Reporting Terminal | |
| ASAS | All-Source Analysis System | |
| ASAS-AS | All-Source Analysis System All-Source Workstation | |
| ASAS-E | All-Source Analysis System-Extended | |
| ASAS-SS | All-Source Analysis System Single-Source Workstation | |
| ASAS-W | All-Source Analysis System WARRIOR | |
| ASB | Air Surveillance Broadcast | |
| ASC | AUTODlN Switching Center | |
| ASCAMP | Advanced Single-Channel Manpack | |
| ASCM | Antiship Cruise Missile | |
| ASCOD | Austrian Spanish Co-operative Development | |
| ASCON | Automatic Switched Communications Network | |
| ASD(C3I) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence) | |
| ASD(C4I) | Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence) | |
| ASD(ISA) | Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs | |
| ASD(S&R) | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Requirements | |
| ASD(SO/LIC) | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict | |
| ASDC | Advanced Space Data Corporation | |
| ASDEP | Army Space Exploitation Demonstration Programs | |
| ASDIA | All-Source Document Index | |
| ASDIAZ | All-Source Document Index Automated File-Compartmented | |
| ASDIAZO | All-Source Document Index Automated File-ORCON | |
| ASDIC | Armed Services Documents Intelligence Center | |
| ASDS | Automated SlGlNT Dissemination System | |
| ASDV | Auxiliary SEAL Delivery Vehicle | |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations | |
| ASED | Army Space Exploitation Demonstration | |
| ASEDP | Army Space Exploitation Demonstration Program | |
| ASEMA | Army Special Electronic Mission Aircraft | |
| ASF | All-Source Format | |
| ASFC | All-Source Fusion Center | |
| ASGOBS | Army Standard Ground Order of Battle System | |
| ASI | Additional Skill Indicator | |
| ASIC | All-Source Intelligence Center | |
| ASICC | All-Source Intelligence Coordinating Center | |
| ASIDS | Airborne Secondary Imagery Dissemination System | |
| ASIP | All-Source Imagery Processor | |
| ASIPS | Army Standard Intelligence Plotter System |
| ASIS | Army Space Initiatives Study | |
| ASIT | Adaptable Surface Interface Terminal | |
| ASK kit | Armor Survivability Kit. A kit designed in response to the high number of casualties produced by IEDs hitting unarmored vehicles. The kits consist of armor encapsulating the personnel compartment AT-4 | |
| ASM | Armored Systems Modernisation (US) | |
| ASMD | Antiship Missile Defense | |
| ASMT | Assessment | |
| ASN(RDA) | Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) | |
| ASOC | Air Support Operations Center | |
| ASOG | Air Support Operations Group | |
| ASOS | Air Support Operations Squadron | |
| asp | Automatic, Self-Powered | |
| ASP | Ammunition Supply Point | |
| ASPAC | Asian and Pacific Council | |
| ASPADOC | Alternate Space Defense Operations Command | |
| ASPB | Assault Patrol Support Boat | |
| ASPIC | Armed Services Personnel Interrogation Center | |
| ASPJ | Airborne/Advanced Self-Protection Jammer | |
| ASPS | All-Source Production Section | |
| ASR | Submarine Rescue Ship (fleet Support) | |
| ASRP | Airborne SlGlNT Reconnaissance Program | |
| ASRRS | Army Survivable, Recovery and Reconstitution System | |
| ASSC | Alternate Space Surveillance Center | |
| ASSET | All-Source Satellite Evaluation Tool | |
| ASSIST | Army System for Standard Intelligence Support Terminals | |
| ASSM | Antiship Surface Missile | |
| ASSOTW | Airfields and Seaplane Stations of the World | |
| ASSR | Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic | |
| ASST | Antiship Surveillance and Tracking | |
| ASSW | Antisurface Ship Warfare | |
| ASTAG | Army Service and Technology Advisory Group | |
| ASTEC | Advanced Satellite Technology and Extremely High Frequency Communications | |
| ASTERIX | Automated Analyst Support Tools | |
| ASTMP | Army Science and Technology Master Plan | |
| ASTP | APOLLO-SOYUZ Test Program | |
| ASTROS | Artillery Saturation Rocket System (Brazil) | |
| ASU | FSU Airborne Self-Propelled Antitank Gun | |
| ASU SWA | Administrative Support Unit Southwest Asia | |
| ASUW | Antisurface Warfare | |
| ASUWC | Antisurface Warfare Commander | |
| ASV | Armored Security Vehicle (US) | |
| ASV | Armored Support Vehicle | |
| ASV | Ammunition Supply Vehicle | |
| ASWCCS | Antisubmarine Warfare Command and Control System | |
| ASWOC | Antisubmarine Warfare Operations Center | |
| ASWTF | Antisubmarine Warfare Task Force | |
| AT | Anti-Tank | |
| AT | Antitank | |
| at | Ape Tape | |
| AT&T | American Telephone and Telegraph (U.S. company, also known as "Ma Bell") | |
| ATA | Actual Time of Arrival |
| ATAC | ASAP Technical Advisory Committee | |
| ATACC | Advanced Tactical Air Command Center | |
| ATACMS | (U.S.) Army Tactical Missile System | |
| ATACMS ER | Army Tactical Missile System Extended Range | |
| ATACS | Advanced tank cannon system (US) | |
| ATACS | Analyst-to-Analyst Communications Service | |
| ATAF | Allied Tactical Air Force (NATO) | |
| ATARS | Advanced Tactical Aerial Reconnaissance System | |
| ATAS | Air-To-Air Stinger (missile) | |
| ATAS | Automatic Target Acquisition System | |
| ATB | Air Technical Battalion | |
| ATBM | Antitactical Ballistic Missile | |
| ATC | Air traffic control | |
| ATCAE | Army Technical Control and Analysis Element | |
| ATCAS | Advanced Towed Cannon System | |
| ATCC | Air Traffic Control Center | |
| ATCCS | Army Tactical Command and Control System | |
| ATCH | ASW Torpedo-Carrying Helicopter | |
| ATCU | Airfield Traffic Control Unit | |
| ATD | Automatic Target Detection | |
| ATD | Advanced technology demonstrator (US) | |
| ATD | Actual Time of Departure | |
| ATD/IFD | Advanced Technology Demonstration/Integrated Feasibility Demonstration | |
| ATDB | ACE Target Data Base | |
| ATDL | Automated Tactical Data Link | |
| ATDS | Airborne Tactical Data Systems (USN) | |
| atdt | Automatic Target Detection and Tracking | |
| ATDU | Armoured Trials and Development Unit (UK) | |
| ATE | Automatic Test Engineer | |
| ATETS | Atomic Heat and Powerplant | |
| ATFCS | Automated Targeting and Fire Control System | |
| ATFD | Automated Tactical Fusion Division | |
| ATG | Antitank Gun | |
| ATGIN | Atomic Ground Intercept | |
| ATGL | Antitank Guided Launcher | |
| ATGL | Anti-Tank Grenade Launcher | |
| ATGM | Anti-tank Guided Missile | |
| ATGW | Anti-Tank Guided Weapon | |
| ATH | Above the Horizon | |
| ATI | Automated Tactical Intelligence | |
| ATIC | Aircraft Technical Intelligence Conference | |
| ATIMS | Advanced Technical Information Management System | |
| ATK | Alliant Techsystems Inc. | |
| ATL | ACE Threat List | |
| atlas | Advanced Technology Light Artillery System | |
| atlv | Artillery Target Location Vehicle | |
| ATM | Anti-Tank Mine | |
| ATMDE | Army Theater Missile Defense Element | |
| ATMG | Arms Transfer Management Group | |
| ATMOS | Atmospheric Trace Molecules Spectroscopy |
| ATMP | Air Target Materials Program | |
| ATOC | Allied Tactical Operations Center (NATO) | |
| ATOL | Assisted Takeoff & Landing | |
| ATOS | Atlantic Theater Operational Intelligence System | |
| ATP | Allied Tactical Publication (NATO) | |
| ATP-FO | Automated Tracking Prototype Follow-On | |
| ATP/RMBUX | Advance Tracking Prototype/Rocky Mountain Basic UNIX | |
| ATR | Automatic Target Recognition | |
| ATR | Automotive Test Rig | |
| ATRS | Advanced Tactical Reconnaissance System | |
| ATS | Atelier de Construction de Tarbes | |
| ATSS | Alaskan Transportable Satellite System | |
| ATT | Technical Assistance Training Team | |
| att'd | attached | |
| ATTC | All Terrain Tracked Carrier | |
| ATTCS | Army Tactical Command and Control System | |
| ATTD | Advanced Technology Transition Demonstration | |
| ATTE | Assistant Theater Topographic Engineer | |
| ATTG | Automated Tactical Target Graphic | |
| ATTN/Attn | Attention (to the attention of) | |
| ATTP | ACOM Tactics, Techniques and Procedures | |
| atts | Air-Transportable Towed System | |
| ATV | Armoured TOW vehicle (Turkey) | |
| ATWC | Atmospheric Tactical Warning Connectivity | |
| AUD | Arbitrary Unit Designator | |
| AUG | Armee-Universal-Gewehr | |
| AUGTDA | Augmentation Table of Distribution & Allowances | |
| AUM | Air-to-Underwater Missile | |
| AUS | Army of the United States | |
| ausa | Association of the United States Army's | |
| AUSCANUKUS | Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States | |
| AUSD | Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Defense | |
| auth | authorized, authority | |
| AUTODIN | Automatic Digital Network | |
| AUTOSEC | Automation Security | |
| AUTOSEVOCOM | Automatic Secure Voice Communications Network | |
| AUTOVON | Automatic Voice Network | |
| AUTUMN FORGE | NATO Exercise | |
| AUXCP | Auxiliary Command Post | |
| AV | Armored Vehicle | |
| AVCS | Attitude and Velocity Control System | |
| AVF | All-Volunteer Force | |
| AVGAS | Aviation Gasoline | |
| AVGP | Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (Canada) | |
| avh | Armoured Vehicle Heavy | |
| AVHRR | Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer | |
| avl | Armoured Vehicle Light | |
| AVLB | Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge | |
| AVLB | Armoured vehicle-launched bridge | |
| avm | Armoured Vehicle Medium |
| AVMF | FSU Naval Aviation | |
| AVMT | Aviation Maintenance Trainer | |
| AVP | Authorized Vendor Program | |
| AVR | Aircraft Rescue Vehicle | |
| AVR | Armoured Vehicle Reconnaissance | |
| AVRE | Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (UK) | |
| AVSAT | Aviation Satellite System | |
| AVT | Auxiliary Aircraft Landing Training Ship (misc) | |
| AVT | Advanced Vehicle Technologies (US) | |
| AVUM | Aviation Unit Maintenance | |
| AW | Air Warning | |
| AWACS | Airborne Warning And Control System | |
| AWADS | Adverse Weather Aerial Delivery System | |
| AWARS | All-Weather Reconnaissance System | |
| AWC | Air War College | |
| AWDS | Automated Weather Distribution System | |
| AWE | Advanced Warfighting Experiment | |
| AWESS I | Automatic Weapon Effect Signature Simulator | |
| AWGN | Additive White Gaussian Noise | |
| AWIS | Army WWMCCS Information System | |
| AWL | Absent Without Leave | |
| AWOP | Absent Without Pay | |
| AWS | Air Weather Service | |
| AWSS | Area Weapon Scoring System | |
| AWT | Water Transport | |
| AWWIMS | Automated Worldwide Warning Indicator Monitoring System | |
| AWX | All-Weather | |
| AXAF | Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility | |
| AXP | Allied Exercise Publication | |
| AXT | Training Ship | |
| AZ | Azimuth | |
| B&W | Babcock & Wilcox - Black And White - Bowers & Wilkins | |
| B-H | Bosnia-Hercegovina | |
| B/R | Bridge/Router | |
| B2C2 | Brigade and Below Command and Control System | |
| BA | Budget Authority | |
| BAA | Broad Agency Announcement | |
| BAC | Budget Activity Code | |
| BAD | Baseline Assessment Document | |
| BADGE FINDER | Proper Name of System | |
| BADGE KEEPER | Proper Name of System | |
| BAE | Battlefield Area Evaluation | |
| BAE | British Aerospace Systems, LTD | |
| BAF | Bagram Air Field | |
| BAG | Battalion Artillery Group | |
| BALTAP | Baltic Approaches (NATO Naval Command) | |
| BAN | Base Area Network | |
| BANDIT | Bragg Area Network for Digital Intelligence Transmission | |
| BAO | Basic Attack Option | |
| BAOR | British Army of the Rhine |
| BAR | M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle | |
| BARB | Beacon-Aided Radar Bombing | |
| BARCS | Battlefield Area Reconnaissance System | |
| BARV | Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle | |
| BAS | Broad Area Search | |
| BASE | British Aerospace Systems and Equipment | |
| BASIC | Battle Area Surveillance & Integrated Communications | |
| BASS | Battlefield Surveillance System | |
| BAT | Biometrics Automated Toolset | |
| BAT-D | Battlefield Deception | |
| BATES | Battlefield Artillery Target Engagement System | |
| BATF | Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, & Firearms | |
| BATO | Balloon-Assisted Take-Off | |
| BATS | Ballistic Aerial Target System | |
| BAWB | Bomber Activity Weekly Brief | |
| BB | Battleship | |
| BB | Base Bleed | |
| BBBG | Battleship Battle Group | |
| BBLS | Barrels | |
| BBO | Booster Burnout | |
| BBS | Brigade/Battalion Simulation System | |
| BBSP | Blowback shifted pulse | |
| BC | Battery Commander | |
| BC2A | Bosnia Command and Control Augmentation | |
| BCA | Broadcast Control Authority | |
| BCC | Battery Control Centre (Hawk) | |
| BCC | Base Communications Center | |
| BCDSS | Battle Command Decision Support System | |
| BCE | Battlefield Coordination Element | |
| BCI | Bit-Count Integrity | |
| BCP | Battery Command Post | |
| BCR | Battlefield Communications Review | |
| BCRD | British Columbia Regimental Depot | |
| BCS | Broadcast Control Station | |
| BCT | Basic Combat Training (familiarly Basic Training Or Basic) | |
| BCT | Base Consolidated Telecommunications | |
| BCV | Battle Command Vehicle | |
| BD | Base Detonating | |
| BD | Baud | |
| BDA | Bomb Damage Assessment | |
| BDA | Browning Double Action | |
| BDA/PSA | Bomb Damage Assessment/Post Strike Assessment | |
| BDC | Business Development Bank of Canada | |
| BDE | Brigade | |
| BDE/Bde | Brigade | |
| BDM | Budget Decision Memorandum | |
| BDM | Bunker Demolition Munition | |
| BDS | Base Development Survey | |
| BDSP | Battle Dress System Project | |
| BDU | Battle Dress Uniform |
| BE | Base Ejection | |
| BE | Basic Encyclopedia | |
| BEF | British Expeditionary Force | |
| BEMT | Basic Electronic Maintenance Trainer | |
| BER | Bit-Error Rate | |
| BES | Budget Estimate Submission | |
| BETA | Battlefield Exploitation and Target Acquisition | |
| BEYOND DUTY | Proper Name of System | |
| BF | Battle Force | |
| BF(S)BL | Battle Focus (Support) Battle Lab | |
| BFA | Battlefield Function Area | |
| BFA | Blank-firing adaptor or blank-firing attachment | |
| BFACS | BFA Control System | |
| BFCS | Ballistic Framing Camera System | |
| BFE | BLACKER Front End | |
| BFI | Battlefield Interdiction | |
| BFM | Basic Flight Maneuvers | |
| BFMA | Battlefield Functional Mission Area | |
| BFOV | Broad Field of View | |
| BFV | Bradley Fighting Vehicle | |
| BG | Battle Group (naval) | |
| BGN | United States Board on Geographic Names | |
| BGT | Brigade combat team | |
| BGW | Battlefield Guided Weapon | |
| BGWU | Battle Group Workup | |
| BH | Busy Hour | |
| BHP | Brake Horse Power | |
| BI | Background Investigation | |
| BIACC | Basic Integrated Aircraft Command & Control | |
| BIAP | Baghdad International Airport | |
| BIC | Battlefield Information Center | |
| BICC | Battlefield Information Coordination Center | |
| BICES | Battlefield Information Collection and Exploitation Systems (NATO) | |
| BICM | Battlefield Intelligence Collection Model | |
| BIDS | Battlefield Information Distribution System | |
| BIF | Basic Imagery File | |
| BIFF | Bistatic Identification Friend or Foe | |
| BIFF | Battlefield Identification Friend or Foe | |
| BIIB | Basic Imagery Interpretation Brief | |
| BIIR | Basic Imagery Interpretation Report | |
| bill | Bofors Infantry Light and Lethal | |
| BIM | Ballistic Intercept Missile | |
| BIOLDEF | Biological Defense | |
| BIOLOPS | Biological Operations | |
| BIOLWPN | Biological Weapons | |
| BIS (formerly ACIS) | Border Information Service | |
| BISS | Baseline Intelligence Summary Supplement | |
| BIT | Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1) | |
| BITE | Built-In Test Equipment | |
| BITS | Base Information Transfer System |
| BIU | Bus Interface Unit | |
| BL | Bomb Line | |
| BL | Blank | |
| bl | Blank Line | |
| BL-T | Black tracer | |
| BLDG | Building | |
| BLEST | Berm-Loaded Explosive Simulation Technique | |
| BLEU | Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union | |
| BLIP | Background Limited IR Photography | |
| BLITS | Beta Lighted Infantry telescope System | |
| BLR | Blindado Ligero de Ruedas | |
| BLSS | Base Level Self-Sufficiency Spares | |
| BLT | Battalion Landing Team | |
| BLUE FLAG | ACC command and control exercise | |
| BM | FSU Truck-Mounted Multiple Rocket Launcher | |
| BM/C2 | Battle Management/Command and Control | |
| BM/C3 | Battle Management/Command, Control, and Communications | |
| BMATT | Briefcase Multi-Mission Advanced Tactical Terminal | |
| BMC | Battle Management Cell | |
| BMCT | Beginning of Morning Civil Twilight | |
| BMD | Ballistic Missile Defense; Boyevaya Mashina Desantika (Russian: airborne combat vehicle) | |
| BMDO | (U.S.) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (bim-do) | |
| BMDSCOM | Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command | |
| BMEWS | Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (bee-mews) | |
| bmf | Belgian Mechanical Fabrication | |
| BMG | Basic Mission Guidance | |
| BMNT | Begin Morning Nautical Twilightight | |
| BMNT | beginning (of) morning nautical twilight | |
| BMP | FSU Armored Infantry Combat Vehicle | |
| BMP | Pronounced "bimp". A Former Warsaw Pact IFV | |
| BMR | Blindado Medio de Ruedas | |
| BMS | Battalion Mortar System | |
| BMS | Battlefield Management System | |
| BMSS | Ballistic Missile Systems Subcommittee | |
| BN | Battalion | |
| BN/Bn | Battalion | |
| BNCC | Base Network Control Center | |
| BND | Bundesrepublik Nachrichtendienst (German Intelligence Service) | |
| bns | Bill Night Sight | |
| BOA | Broad Ocean Area | |
| BOCCA | Board for Coordination of Civil Aircraft (NATO) | |
| bocv | Battery Operations Centre Vehicle | |
| BOG-Dwell | Boots on the ground – dwell (down time) | |
| BOHICA | Bend Over, Here It Comes Again | |
| BOIP | Basis Of Issue Plan | |
| BOL | Bearing-only launch | |
| BOLTS | Bolt-on loading tray system | |
| BOMREP | Bombing Report | |
| BOQ | Bachelor Officers'Quarters | |
| BOSS | Ballistic Optimizing Shooting System |
| Boulogne | Boulogne | |
| BPA | Battlefield Psychological Activities | |
| BPE | Beacon Precision Enlarger | |
| BPF | Bandpass Filter | |
| bpi | bits per inch | |
| BPPBS | Biennial Planning, Programming, & Budgeting System | |
| BPR | Business Process Re-engineering | |
| BPS | Basic Psychological Operations Study | |
| BPS | Battery Power Source | |
| BPSK | Burst Pulse Shift Key | |
| BR | Blade Rate | |
| BR/Br | Branch | |
| BRAC | Base Realignment and Closure (Commission) | |
| Bramshott | Bramshott | |
| BRDM | FSU Wheeled Amphibious Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle | |
| BRET | Bistatic Reflected Energy Target | |
| BRI | Basic Rate Interface | |
| BRIXMIS | British Commanders-In-Chief Military Liaison Mission | |
| BRL | Bomb Release Line | |
| BRP | Bomb Release Point | |
| BRS | Beachman Reporting System | |
| BRU | Bomb Release Unit | |
| BS | Broadcast Service | |
| BSD | Battlefield Surveillance Device | |
| BSP | Bright Source Protection | |
| BSS | Broadcast Satellite Service | |
| BSSC | Battle Staff Support Center | |
| BSSG | Brigade Service Support Group | |
| BST | Basic Skills Trainer | |
| BST | Battle Staff Team | |
| BSTS | Boost Surveillance Tracking System | |
| bt | Bullet Trap | |
| BT | Boat Tail | |
| BT | Basic Training | |
| BTA | Best Technical Approach | |
| BTF | battalion task force | |
| BTG | Basic Target Graphic | |
| BTI | Balanced Technology Initiative | |
| BTR | FSU Armored Personnel Carrier | |
| btu | Bullet Trap Universal | |
| BTU | British Thermal Unit | |
| BTW | By The Way | |
| BTY | Battery | |
| BUA | Built-Up Area | |
| BUD/S | Basic Underwater Demolition/Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) | |
| BUIC | Backup Intercept Control | |
| BUNT | British Underground Nuclear Test | |
| BUR | Bottom Up Review | |
| BVITS | Baseline Video Imagery Transmission System | |
| BVR | Beyond Visual Range |
| BW | Biological Warfare | |
| BW | Bacteriological Warfare | |
| BWC | Biological Weapons Convention | |
| BWP | Basic Working Paper | |
| BX | Bionix AFV | |
| BZ | Buffer Zone | |
| c | Crisis | |
| C&D | Cover & Deception | |
| C&E | Collection and Exploitation | |
| C&J | Collection and Jamming | |
| C&LB | Coasts and Landing Beaches | |
| C&P | Characteristics & Performance | |
| C-band | 3.9 to 6.2 GHz Communications Band | |
| C-C3 | Counter Command, Control, and Communications | |
| C-Day | Day in Which Movement From Origin Begins | |
| C-E | Communications-Electronics | |
| C-HUMINT | Counter Human Resources Intelligence | |
| C-IMINT | Counter-Imagery Intelligence | |
| C-LAMP | Community Laser Measurement Program | |
| C-MASINT | Counter-Measures and Signature Intelligence | |
| C-P | Counterproliferation | |
| C-QUIP | Combined Quarterly Intelligence Production Listing | |
| C-RISTA | Counter-Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition | |
| C-SIGINT | Counter-Signals Intelligence | |
| C/E | Crew/enlisted (enlisted aircrew member) | |
| C/MC | Command Master Chief | |
| C/No | Ratio of carrier to noise in a 1Hz bandwidth | |
| C/W | Crisis/Wartime | |
| c1 | Combined Staff Personnel Officer | |
| C2 | Command and Control Class C2 | |
| C2I | Command, Control, & Intelligence | |
| c2ips | C2 Information Processing System | |
| C2S2LAN | Command and Control Support System LAN | |
| C2W | Command and Control Warfare | |
| C2X | CCTF C2 OBI/CI Support Element | |
| C3 | Command, Control, and Communications | |
| C3CM | Command, Control, and Communications Countermeasures | |
| C3I | Command, Control, Communications & Intelligence | |
| c3ic | Coalition Coordination and Communications Integration Center | |
| C3ISC | C3I Systems Committee | |
| C3NET | Command, Control, and Communications Networks | |
| C3OB | C3 Order of Battle | |
| C3S | Command, Control, and Communications Systems | |
| C3SMP | Command, Control, Communications System Master Plan | |
| C4 | Command, Control, Communications, and Computers | |
| C4I | Command, Control, Communications, Computers, & Intelligence | |
| C4I2 | Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence and Information | |
| c4iftw | C4I for the Warrior | |
| C4ISR | Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance | |
| C4S | Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems |
| c5 | Combined Staff Strategic Planning and Policy Officer | |
| c6 | Combined Staff Command, Control and Communications Systems Officer | |
| C6F | Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet | |
| C7F | Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet | |
| CA | Cryptanalysis | |
| CAA | Concepts Analysis Agency (U.S. Army) | |
| CAB | Combat Aviation Battalion | |
| CAC | U.S. Army Combined Arms Command | |
| CACDA | Combined Arms Combat Development Activity | |
| CACM | Central American Common Market | |
| CACTIS | Community/Computer Automated Counterterrorism Intelligence System | |
| CAD | Computer-Assisted Design | |
| CADC | Canadian Army Dental Corps | |
| CADES | COMIREX Advanced Exploitation System | |
| CADIZ | Canadian Air Defense Identification Zone | |
| CADOB | Consolidated Air Defense Order of Battle | |
| CADS | Containerized Ammunition Distribution System | |
| CADST | Civil Affairs Direct Support Team | |
| CAE | Computer-Aided Engineering | |
| CAF | Crisis Augmentation Facility | |
| CAFI | Canadian Agriculture and Food International | |
| CAFMS | Computer-Assisted Force Management System | |
| CAG | Commander of the Air Group | |
| CAI | Computer-Aided Instruction | |
| CAIF | Command Automated Intelligence File | |
| CAIMS | Conventional Ammunition Information Management System | |
| CAJIT | Central America Joint Intelligence Team | |
| CAL | Canadian Arsenals Limited | |
| CAL | Canadian Agriculture Library | |
| CaLANdar | Da Vinci E-Mail Application | |
| CALS | Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CAALS) | |
| CALT | Civil Affairs Liaison Team | |
| CAM | Computer-Assisted Modeling | |
| CAMC | Canadian Army Medical Corps | |
| CAMO | Computer-Aided Manual Operation | |
| CAMPS | Computer-Aided Management Planning System | |
| CAMS | COMIREX Automated Management System | |
| CAN | Coastal Air Navigation Supplement | |
| CANARIE | Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research Industry and Education | |
| CANDOB | Consolidated Aerospace Defense Order of Battle | |
| CANMET | Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology(An arm of NRCan) | |
| CANR | Canadian NORAD Region | |
| CANSIM | Canadian Socio-Economic Information Management System | |
| CANSIS | Canadian Soil Information System | |
| CANT | Chinese Atmospheric Nuclear Test | |
| Canterbury | Canterbury | |
| CANUK | US Canada, United Kingdom, United States | |
| CANUS | Canadian - United States | |
| CANUS LANDOP | Canada-United States Land Operations Plan | |
| CAO | Crisis Action Organization |
| CAO(SOP) | Coordination of Atomic Operations (Standard Operating Procedure) | |
| CAOCC | Combined Air Operations Coordination Center | |
| CAP | Civil Air Patrol | |
| CAP | Combat Air Patrol | |
| CAPS | Canadian Annual Procurement Strategy | |
| CAPSULE JACK | Proper Name of System | |
| CAR | Canadian Airborne Regiment | |
| CARC | Corrective Action Review Committee | |
| CARDA | Continental Airborne Reconnaissance for Damage Assessment | |
| CARE | Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere, Inc. | |
| CARG | Crisis Action Review Group | |
| CARGRU | Carrier Group | |
| CARIBJIC | Caribbean Joint Intelligence Center | |
| CARIBROC | Caribbean Regional Operations Center | |
| CARIFTA | Caribbean Free Trade Association | |
| CARL | Category Assignment Responsibility List | |
| CARRV | Challenger armoured repair and recovery vehicle | |
| CARVE | Criticality, Accessibility, Recuperability, Vulnerability, and Effect | |
| CARVER | Criticality, Accessibility, Recuperability, Vulnerability, Effects and Recognizability | |
| CAS | Close Air Support | |
| CASAP | Canadian Submarine Aquisition Program | |
| CASEVAC | Casualty Evacuation | |
| CASIC | Combined All-Source Intelligence Center | |
| CASLAN | Command Automated Software Local Area Network | |
| CAST | Catalogue of Approved Scientific and Technical Intelligence Tasks | |
| CAT | Conventional Arms Transfer | |
| CAT-1 | RECategory-1 Receive Equipment | |
| CAT/FCS | Command adjusted trajectory/fire-control system (US) | |
| CAT/LCV | Combined arms team/lightweight combat vehicle (US) | |
| CATF | Commander, Amphibious Task Force | |
| CATIS | Computer-Aided Tactical Information System | |
| CATIS/IESS | Computer-Aided Tactical Information System/Imagery Exploitation Support System | |
| CATS | Combined Arms Training Systems (pmtrade) | |
| CATSS | Cartographic Applications for Tactical and Strategic Systems | |
| CATT | Combined arms tactical trainer (UK) | |
| CATT-B | Component Advanced Technology TestBed (US) | |
| CAV | Composite armored vehicle (US) | |
| CAVU | Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited | |
| CAWS | Commercial Analyst Work Station | |
| CAWS | Cannon Artillery Weapons Systems (US) | |
| CAX | Combined Arms Exercise | |
| CB | Chemical, Biological | |
| CBC | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Christmas Bird Count - Cipher-Block Chaining - Cornering Brake Control | |
| CBEC | Canadian Book Exchange Centre | |
| CBF | Common Budget Framework | |
| CBI | Complete Background Investigation | |
| CBI/T | Computer-Based Instruction/Training | |
| CBJB | Congressional Budget Justification Book | |
| CBM | Confidence Building Measure(s) | |
| CBO | Congressional Budget Office |
| CBR | Chemical, Biological, and Radiological | |
| CBR | California Bearing Ratio | |
| CBRN | Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear | |
| CBRS | Concept Based Requirements System | |
| CBS | Combat Battle Simulation | |
| CBSA | Canada Border Services Agency | |
| CBSCs | Canada Business Service Centres | |
| CBT | Computer Based Training | |
| CBTDEV | Combat Developer | |
| CBTI | Combat Intelligence | |
| CBW | Chemical and Biological Warfare | |
| CBZ | Confidence Building Zone | |
| CCA | Communications Control Authority | |
| CCAC | Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre | |
| CCB | Configuration Control Board | |
| ccc | Combustible Cartridge Case | |
| cccc | Canadian Corps Composite Company | |
| CCD | Charge Coupled Device - a device for the movement of electrical charge. | |
| CCE | Contingency Communications Element | |
| CCEB | Combined Communications Electronic Board | |
| CCEP | Commercial COMSEC Endorsement Program | |
| CCF | Collection Coordination Facility | |
| CCF-SS | Collection Coordination Facility-Support System | |
| CCFC | Commander in Chief, ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command | |
| CCG-NB | Communications Control Ground-Narrowband | |
| CCGD | Commander, Coast Guard District | |
| CCGP | Combat Communications Group | |
| CCHC | Headquarters Commandant | |
| CCI | Controlled Cryptographic Item | |
| CCIC | Concentrated Counterdrugs Intelligence Collection | |
| CCIP | Command Center Improvement Program | |
| CCIR | International Radio Consultative Committee (French Acronym) | |
| CCIRID | Charge-Coupled Infrared Imaging Device | |
| CCIRM | Collection Coordination and Intelligence Requirements Management | |
| CCIS | Command, Control and Intelligence Support | |
| CCISCMO | Community Counterintelligence and Security Countermeasures Office | |
| CCISS | Command & Control Intelligence Support Squadron | |
| CCITT | Consultative Committee for International Telephone and Telegraph | |
| CCJ1 | USCENTCOM Manpower, Personnel, and Administration Directorate | |
| CCJ2 | USCENTCOM Intelligence Directorate | |
| CCJ3 | USCENTCOM Operations Directorate | |
| CCJ4/J7 | USCENTCOM Logistics and Security Assistance Directorate | |
| CCJ5 | USCENTCOM Plans and Policy Directorate | |
| CCJ6 | USCENTCOM Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems Directorate | |
| CCJA | USCENTCOM Staff Judge Advocate | |
| CCM | Cross-Country Movement | |
| CCMD | Canadian Centre for Management Development | |
| CCMF | Consolidated Collection Management Facility | |
| CCN | Crisis Communications Network (CIA) | |
| CCO | Communication Collection Outstation |
| CCO | Close Combat Optic | |
| CCO/SCO | Central Control Office/Sub-Control Office | |
| CCOHS | Canadian Centre for Occupational Safety and Health | |
| CCP | Computer Control Panel | |
| CCPC | Critical Collection Problems Committee | |
| CCPDS | Command Center Processing and Display System | |
| CCPDS-R | Command Center Processing & Display System Replacement | |
| CCPP | Cover Crop Protection Program | |
| ccr | Crown Copyright Reserved | |
| CCRC | Canadian Corps Reinforcement Centre | |
| CCS2 | Command and Control Subordinate System | |
| CCSA | USCENTCOM Scientific and Technical Advisor | |
| CCSC | Cryptologic Combat Support Console | |
| CCTB | Canada child tax benefit | |
| CCTC | Command & Control Technical Center | |
| CCTF | Contingency Communications Test Facility | |
| CCTP | Continuously Computed Target Point | |
| CCTS | Combat Crew Training Squadron | |
| CCTT | Close Combat Tactical Trainer | |
| CCTV | Closed-circuit television | |
| CCTW | Combat Control Training Wing | |
| CCU | Central Control Unit | |
| CCV | Command and control vehicle (US) | |
| CCV-L | Close combat vehicle – light | |
| CCWT | Command Center Watch Team | |
| cd | Candela | |
| CD | Controlled Dissemination | |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disk-Read-Only Memory | |
| cda | Combat Defensive Action | |
| CDA | Congressionally Directed Action | |
| CDAC | Canadian Divisional Ammunition Depot | |
| CDAS | Central Data and Applications Support | |
| CDB | Central Data Base | |
| CDC | Career Development Course | |
| CDCS | Communications Distribution Control Segment | |
| CDD | Canadian Discharge Depot | |
| CDE | Conference on Disarmament in Europe | |
| CDEC | Captured Document Exploitation Center | |
| cdf | Central Document File | |
| CDIC | Canadian Deposit Insurance Corporation | |
| CDIP | Consolidated Defense Intelligence Program | |
| CDIS | Communications Data Interface System | |
| CDIST | Canadian Department of Industry, Science, and Technology | |
| CDL | Common (high bandwidth) Data Link | |
| CDLF | Consolidated Domestic Launch Forecast | |
| cdm | Coastal Defence Missile | |
| CDM | Common Digital Map | |
| CDMA | Code Division Multiple Access (voice/data transmission) | |
| CDP | Central Data Processor | |
| CDPS | Coherent Data Processing System |
| CDR | Critical Design Review | |
| CDRUSAJFKSWC | Commander, United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center | |
| CDRUSELEMNORAD | Commander, US Element, NORAD | |
| CDRWESTCOM | Commander, U.S. Army Western Command | |
| CDS | Chief of Defence Staff (Canadian) | |
| CDSE | Cryptologic Direct Support Element | |
| CDSORG | Civil Direction of Shipping Organization | |
| CDST | C3CM Data Support Team | |
| CDT | Central Daylight Time | |
| CDTS | Computer-Directed Training System | |
| CDU | Command Display Unit | |
| CDU | Control Display Unit | |
| CDU | Computer Display Unit | |
| CDV | Compressed Digital Video | |
| CE | Chemical Energy | |
| CEAO | West African Economic Community | |
| CEC | Cooperative Engagement Capability | |
| CECOM | Communications-electronics command | |
| CECOM | U.S. Army Communications And Electronics Command | |
| CED | Collection, Exploitation and Dissemination | |
| CEDO | Community Economic Development Opportunity | |
| CEE | Captured Enemy Equipment | |
| CEF | Canadian Expeditionary Force | |
| CEFO | Combat equipment fighting order (webbing contents) | |
| CEI | Communications Electronic Instructions | |
| CEL | Celestial | |
| CELT | Current Emitter Location Testbed | |
| CEM | Concepts Evaluation Model | |
| CEMA | Council for Mutual Economic Assistance | |
| CENTAF | Central Region Air Forces (NATO) | |
| CENTAG | Central Army Group (NATO) | |
| CENTAM | Central America | |
| CENTCOM | Central Command (U.S. Army) | |
| CENTJIC | Joint Intelligence Center USCENTCOM | |
| CENTLANT | Central Sub-Area of Eastern Atlantic Area | |
| CENTO | Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact) | |
| CENTO | Central Treaty Organisation or Baghdad Pact | |
| CEO | Communications Electronic Officer (USMC) | |
| CEOI | Communications electronics operating instruction | |
| CEOI | Communications Electronics Operations Instructions | |
| CEP | Circular Error Probable | |
| CEP | Circular error of probability | |
| CEPA | Canadian Environmental Protection Act | |
| CEPG | Combined Exercise Planning Group | |
| CEPIR | Current Exploitation Photographic Interpretation Report | |
| CEPP | Controlled Effect Police Projectile | |
| CEPR | Compromising Emanation Performance Requirement | |
| CER | Cryptographic Equipment Room | |
| CERD | Canadian Engineer Reinforcement Depot | |
| CERP | Combined Economic Reporting Program |
| CERT | Computer Security Emergency Response Team | |
| CES | Concept Exploration Studies | |
| CESARS | Chemical Evaluation Search and Retrieval System(Database containing environmental and health information on chemicals) | |
| CESD | Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development | |
| CESM | Cryptologic Electronic Warfare Support Measures | |
| CEST | Contingency Exploitation Support Team | |
| CET | Combat Engineer Tractor | |
| CETA | Chinese-English Translation Assistance | |
| CETC | CANMET Energy Technology Centre | |
| ceu | Computer Electronics Unit | |
| CEV | Combat Engineer Vehicle | |
| CEWI | Combat Electronic Warfare Intelligence | |
| CF | Canadian Forces | |
| CFB | Canadian Forces Base | |
| CFBAS | Canadian Farm Business Advisory Services | |
| CFD | Common Fill Device | |
| CFDC | Community Futures Development Corporation | |
| CFE | Conventional forces Europe | |
| CFE-U | Communications Front-End-Upgrade | |
| CFER | CFE Replacement | |
| CFI | Canadian Foundation for Innovation | |
| CFI&I | Center for Integration and Interoperability | |
| CFIS | Combined Forces Command Information System, (CFC) | |
| CFMS | Combat Fuels Management System | |
| CFP | Contingency Force Pool | |
| CFR | Commander Force Reconnaissance | |
| CFSO | Counterintelligence Force Protection Source Operations | |
| CFSQP | Canadian Food Safety and Quality Program | |
| CFSR | Contract Funds Status Report/ing | |
| CFSSU | Canadian Forces Supply System Upgrade | |
| CFV | Cavalry Fighting Vehicle (M-3 Bradley) | |
| CG | Commanding General | |
| CGA | Canadian Garrison Artillery | |
| CGEUSA | Commanding General, 8th US Army | |
| CGF | Central Group of Forces (FSU Forces in Czechoslovakia) | |
| CGFMFLANT | Commanding General, Fleet Marine Forces, Atlantic | |
| CGH | Canadian General Hospital | |
| CGN | Guided Missile Cruiser, Nuclear Powered | |
| CGR | Canadian Garrison Regiment | |
| cgs | Crew Gunnery Simulator | |
| CGS | Coast & Geodetic Survey | |
| CGSC | Command and General Staff College (U.S. Army) | |
| CGUSARPAC | Commanding General U.S. Army Pacific | |
| cGy/hr | CentiGray hour | |
| CH | Aviation Cruiser | |
| CHA | Cast homogeneous armour | |
| CHAALS | Communications High Accuracy Airborne Location System | |
| CHAALS-X | CHAALS Exploitation | |
| CHABNCP | Chief, Airborne Command Post | |
| CHAH | Canada Health Accredited Herd |
| CHARM | Challenger chieftain armament | |
| CHARS | Characters | |
| CHBDL | Communications High Bandwidth Data Link | |
| CHCMSA | Chief, Cruise Missile Support Activity | |
| CHCSS | Chief, Central Security Service | |
| CHG | Guided-Missile Aviation Cruiser | |
| CHGN | Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile Aviation Cruiser | |
| CHIP | Challenger improvement programme | |
| CHIP | Communications Handbook for Intelligence Planners | |
| CHJUSMAGK | Chief, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group, Korea | |
| CHJUSMAGPHIL | Chief, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group, Philippines | |
| CHJUSMAGTHAI | Chief, Joint U.S. Military Assistance Group, Thailand | |
| CHMAAGDOMREP | Chief, Military Assistance and Advisory Group, Dominican Republic | |
| CHMDO JAPAN | Chief, Military Defense Office, Japan | |
| CHODC INDIA | Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation, India | |
| CHT | Canada Health Transfer | |
| CHUSMLO | Chief, U.S. Military Liaison Office | |
| CI/SCM | Counterintelligence and Security Countermeasures | |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency | |
| CIAC | Computer Incident Assessment Capability | |
| CIAD | Combat Intelligence Applications Division | |
| CIAP | CIA Program | |
| CIARDSCIA | Retirement and Disability System | |
| CIAS | Counterintelligence Analysis Section | |
| CIB | Combat Infantryman's Badge | |
| CICAC | Counterintelligence Control and Analysis Center | |
| CICC | Consolidated Intelligence Communications Center | |
| CICWS | Combined Intelligence Center Workstation | |
| CIDBS | Combined Intelligence Center Integrated Database Server | |
| CIDC | Combined Interview and Debriefing Center | |
| CIDF | Cultural Industries Development Fund | |
| CIE | Communication Intercept and Exploitation | |
| cIEF | Consolidated Imagery Exploitation Facility | |
| CIF | Corps Interrogation Facility | |
| CIFAX | Enciphered Facsimile | |
| CIFV | Composite infantry fighting vehicle | |
| CIG | Computer Image Generation | |
| CIGSS | Common Imagery Ground/Surface System | |
| CIHR | Canadian Institutes of Health Research | |
| CIHS | Classified Information Handling System | |
| CIIC | Current Intelligence and Indications Center | |
| CIID | Command Intelligence Implementation Document | |
| CIK | crypto-ignition key | |
| CILAS | Compagnie Industrielle des Lasers | |
| CILMS | Covert Infrared Lighting and Marking System | |
| CILO | Counterintelligence Liaison Officer | |
| CILOP | Conversion In Lieu Of Procurement | |
| CIMAS | CENTCOM Iranian Military Activities Summary | |
| CIMEX | Civil Military Exercise (NATO) | |
| CIMOC | Civil Military Operations Center |
| CIMP | COMSEC Interoperability Master Plan | |
| CIN | Cargo Increment Number | |
| CINC | Commander in Chief | |
| CINCACOM | Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command | |
| CINCAFLANT | Commander in Chief, United States Air Forces, Atlantic | |
| CINCAL | Commander in Chief, Alaska | |
| CINCARLANT | Commander in Chief, United States Army Forces, Atlantic | |
| CINCCENT | Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Central Europe (NATO) | |
| CINCCFC | Commander in Chief, Combined Forces Command, Korea | |
| CINCEASTLANT | Commander in Chief, Eastern Atlantic (NATO) | |
| CINCENT | Commander in Chief, Allied Forces, Central Europe | |
| CINCEUR | Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces Europe | |
| CINCFOR | Commander in Chief, Forces Command | |
| CINCFORSCOM | Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Forces | |
| CINCHAN | Commander in Chief, Channel (NATO) | |
| CINCIBERLANT | Commander-In-Chief Iberian Atlantic Area | |
| CINCLANT | Commander in Chief, Atlantic Command | |
| CINCLANTFLT | Commander-in-chief (atlantic Fleet) | |
| CINCLANTFLTDETSO | Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet Detachment SOUTHCOM | |
| CINCMAC | Commander in Chief, Military Airlift Command (archaic) | |
| CINCNORAD | Commander in Chief North American Air Defense Command | |
| CINCNORTH | Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Northern Europe (NATO) | |
| CINCONAD | Commander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command | |
| CINCPAC | Commander in Chief, Pacific Command | |
| CINCPACAF | Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Force | |
| CINCPACFLT | Commander-in-chief (pacific Fleet) | |
| CINCPACREP | Commander in Chief, Pacific Representative | |
| CINCSAC | Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command | |
| CINCSO | Commander in Chief, Southern Command | |
| CINCSOC | Commander in Chief, Special Operations Command | |
| CINCSOUTH | Commander in Chief, Allied Forces Southern Europe (NATO) | |
| CINCSPACE | Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command | |
| CINCSPECOMME | Commander in Chief, Specified Command, Middle East | |
| CINCTAC | Commander in Chief, Tactical Air Command | |
| CINCTRANS | Commander in Chief, Unified Transportation Command | |
| CINCTRANSCOM | Commander in Chief, US Transportation Command | |
| CINCUKAIR | Commander in Chief, United Kingdom Air Defense Region (NATO) | |
| CINCUNC | Commander in Chief, United Nations Command | |
| CINCUSACOM | Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command | |
| CINCUSAFE | Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Forces, Europe | |
| CINCUSAREUR | Commander in Chief, United States Army, Europe | |
| CINCUSARPAC | Commander in Chief, United States Army, Pacific | |
| CINCUSNAVEUR | Commander in Chief, US Naval Forces, Europe | |
| CINCWESTLANT | Commander in Chief, Western Atlantic (NATO) | |
| CINF | Community Imagery Needs Forecast | |
| CINSGCY | Counterinsurgency | |
| CIO | Central Imagery Office | |
| CIOB | Chief Information Officer Branch | |
| CIOC | Combined Intelligence Operations Center (Korea) | |
| CIOP | Controlled Intelligence Operational Proposal |
| CIP | Consolidated Intelligence Program | |
| CIPE | (US) CENTCOM Imagery Production Element | |
| CIPHONY | Enciphered Telephone | |
| CIPL | ClNC's Integrated Priority List | |
| CIPMS | Career Intelligence Professional Management System | |
| CIPO | Canadian Intellectual Property Office | |
| CIPR | Consolidated Intelligence Production Requirement | |
| CIPS | Counterintelligence Periodic Summary | |
| CIR | Central Intelligence Report | |
| CIRC | Central Information Reference and Control | |
| CIRCOL | Central Information Reference and Control On-Line System | |
| CIRIS | Consolidated Intelligence Resources Information System | |
| CIRK | Common Interswitch Rekeying Key | |
| CIRL | Current Intelligence Requirements List | |
| CIRT | Computer Security Incident Response Team | |
| CIRVlS | Communications Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings | |
| CIS | Chartered Industries of Singapore | |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States | |
| CIS | Country Intelligence Study | |
| CISA | (U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity | |
| CISC | Counterintelligence Support Cell | |
| CISD | Command Intelligence Strategy Document | |
| CISE | (US) CENTCOM Intelligence Support Element | |
| CISION | Enciphered Television | |
| CISPOTREP | CI Spot Report | |
| CISR | Communications Intelligence Security Regulation | |
| CIT | Counterintelligence Team | |
| CITA | Combat Intelligence and Targeting on Arrival | |
| CITP | Canadian Integrated Traceability Program | |
| CITS | CENTCOM Imagery Transmission System | |
| CIV | Civil | |
| CIVC | Carrier Intelligence Center | |
| CIVIC | Civilian Vulnerability Indicator Code | |
| CIW | Consolidated Intelligence Watch | |
| CIWC | CIW Commander | |
| CIWG | Cooperative Interaction Working Group | |
| CIWS | Close-in weapons system | |
| CIWS | Close-In Weapon System | |
| CJB | Congressional Justification Book | |
| CJCS | Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| CJCSI | Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction | |
| CJIATF-E | Commander, Joint Interagency Task Force-East | |
| CJIATF-W | Commander, Joint Interagency Task Force-West | |
| CJIT | Combined Joint Interrogation Team | |
| CJTF-AK | Commander, Joint Task Force-Alaska | |
| CJTF-FA | Commander, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting | |
| CK | Compartment Key | |
| CKG | Cooperative Key Generation | |
| CL/TECH | Clear Language Technical Report | |
| CLAMS | Clear lane marking system (US) |
| CLASS | Computerised Laser Sight System | |
| CLAWS | Close combat light armor weapon system (US) | |
| CLF | cantilever lifting frame; combat logistics force; commander, landing force | |
| CLGP | Cannon-launched guided projectile (US) | |
| CLH | Canadian Light Horse | |
| CLMD | COMSEC Local Management Device | |
| CLNC | Clearance | |
| CLO | Counterdrug Liaison Officer | |
| CLOCE | Contingency Lines Of Communication, Europe | |
| CLOS | Command to line of sight | |
| CLRB | Canada Labour Relations Board | |
| CLS | Contractor Logistics Support | |
| CLSC | COMSEC Logistics Support Center | |
| CLSP | Composite Launch Sequence Plan | |
| CLU | Command Launch Unit | |
| CM | Continue Mission | |
| cm | Colour-Marking | |
| CM&D | Collection Management & Dissemination | |
| CMA | Countermission Analysis | |
| CMAA | Command Master at Arms | |
| CMAFB | Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base | |
| CMAFS | Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station | |
| CMAH | CINC Mobile Alternate Headquarters | |
| CMAS | Cheyenne Mountain Air Station | |
| CMB | Collection Management Branch | |
| CMC | Cheyenne Mountain Complex | |
| CMCA | Cruise Missile Carrier Aircraft | |
| CMCC | Commander in Chief, Mobile Command Center | |
| CMCDS | Community Multilateral Counterterrorism Database System | |
| CMCI | Computed Mission Coverage Index | |
| CMCM | Commandant, U.S. Marine Corp Memorandum | |
| CMCS | COMSEC Material Control System | |
| CMD | Collection Management Division | |
| CMDC | Command Cell | |
| CMDR | Commander | |
| CME | Communications Monitoring Equipment | |
| CMEA | Council for Mutual Economic Assistance | |
| CMF | Combat Mission Folder | |
| CMFC | Combined Marine Forces Command | |
| CMGC | Canadian Machine Gun Corps | |
| CMIC | Combined Military Interrogation Center | |
| CMISE | Corps Military Intelligence Support Element | |
| CMOS | Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor | |
| CMOTF | Civil Military Operations Task Force | |
| CMP | Combat Mission Planning | |
| CMPF | Confidential Military Purpose Funds | |
| CMPS | Compartmented Mode Processing System | |
| CMRS | Collection Management Requirements System | |
| cms | Common Missile System | |
| cms | Compact Modular Sight |
| CMS/RMG | Community Management Staff, Resource Management Group | |
| CMSA | Cruise Missile Support Activity | |
| CMSI | Civilian Multi-Spectral Imagery | |
| CMSS | Collection Management Support System | |
| CMST | Collection Management Support Terminal | |
| CMT | Cadmium–mercury telluride | |
| CMT | Crisis Management Team | |
| CMTC | Combat Maneuver Training Center | |
| CMTC-IS | CMTC-Instrumentation System | |
| CMTS | Critical Mobile Target Server | |
| CMV | Combat mobility vehicle (US) | |
| CMW/CMWS | Compartmented Mode Workstation | |
| CN-CMS | Counternarcotics Command and Management System | |
| CNA | Center for Naval Analysis | |
| CNAC | Customs National Air Command, Oklahoma City | |
| CNAD | Conference on NATO Armament Directors | |
| CNAVSPACECOM | Commander, Navy Space Command | |
| CNC | Counternarcotics Center | |
| CNCS | Cryptonet Control Station | |
| CNES | Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (French National Space Agency) | |
| CNET | Chief of Naval Education and Training | |
| CNFJ | Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Japan | |
| CNFK | Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea | |
| CNFM | Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Marianas | |
| CNI | Communicating NATO Intentions | |
| CNIC | Combined Naval Intelligence Center | |
| CNIN | Composite Network, Front-End Internal Network | |
| CNIPS | Counternarcotics Information Processing System | |
| CNK | Cryptonet Key | |
| CNMI | Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands | |
| CNO | Chief of Naval Operations | |
| CNOC | Counternarcotics Operations Center | |
| cnom | Chief of Naval Operations Memorandum | |
| CNOR | Command Not Operationally Ready | |
| CNR | Chief of Naval Research | |
| CNRIU | Combat Net Radio Interface Unit | |
| CNS | Commercial Network Survivability | |
| CNSWTG | Commander, Naval Special Warfare Task Group | |
| cntl | Command Nuclear Target List | |
| CNVD | Clip-on night vision device | |
| CNVFD | Color Night Vision Fusion Device | |
| CNWDI | Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information | |
| CO | Commanding officer | |
| CO3 | Combined Staff Public and Governmental Affairs Officer | |
| CO6 | Combined Staff Judge Advocate | |
| co7 | Combined Staff Command Surgeon | |
| Cob | close of business (End of duty day) | |
| COBOL | Common Business-Oriented Language | |
| COC | Combat Operations Center | |
| COD | Carrier On-board Delivery |
| CODIS | Continuity of Defense Intelligence Systems | |
| COEA | Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis | |
| COEF | Canada-Ontario Export Forum | |
| CofI | Court of Inquiry | |
| COFIR | Compendium of Future Intelligence Requirements | |
| CofS | Chief Of Staff | |
| COG | Course Over Ground | |
| COG | Combined Operations Group | |
| COI | Communities of Interest | |
| COIC | Combat Operations Intelligence Center (USAFE) | |
| COINS | Consolidated On-Line Intelligence System | |
| COINS-II | Community On-Line Intelligence System-II | |
| COIR | Commander's Operational Intelligence Requirements | |
| COIS | Combat Operations Intelligence System | |
| COLISEUM | Community On-Line Intelligence System for End Users and Managers | |
| COLL | Collect | |
| COLOP | Collection Opportunity (messages) | |
| COLT | Combat Observation and Laser Team | |
| COMA | Court Of Military Appeals | |
| COMAAFCE | Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe | |
| COMACC | Commander, Air Combat Command | |
| COMAFFOR | Commander, Air Force Forces | |
| COMAFOSI | Commander, Air Force Office of Special Investigations | |
| COMAFSOC | Commander, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command | |
| COMAFSPACE | Commander, Air Force Space Command | |
| COMAINT | Command Maintenance | |
| COMAIR-BALTAP | Commander, Allied Air Forces, Baltic Approaches | |
| COMAIRSOUTH | Commander, Allied Air Forces, Southern Europe | |
| COMALCOM | Commander, Alaskan Command | |
| COMALF | Commander of Airlift Forces | |
| COMAMC | Commander, Air Mobility Command | |
| COMANR | Commander, Alaskan NORAD Region | |
| COMANTDEF-COM | Commander, Antilles Defense Command | |
| COMARFOR | Commander, Army Forces | |
| COMARSOC | Commander, U.S. Army Special Operations Command | |
| COMARSOF | Commander, U.S. Army Special Operations Forces | |
| COMARSPACECOM | Commander, Army Space Command | |
| COMASPC | Commander, Air Force Space Command | |
| COMATF | Commander, Amphibious Task Force | |
| COMBALTAP | Commander, Allied Forces, Baltic Approaches | |
| COMBAT DF | Combat Direction Finding | |
| COMBENE-CHAN | Commander, Benelux Sub-Area Channel | |
| COMBISCLANT | Commander, Bay of Biscay Submarine Area | |
| COMCANLANT | Commander, Canadian Atlantic Submarine Area | |
| COMCARGRU | Commander, Carrier Group | |
| COMCENTAG | Commander, Central Army Group, Central Europe | |
| COMCENTLANT | Commander, Central Submarine Area | |
| COMCM | Communication Countermeasures & Deception | |
| COMCO | Canadian SSO | |
| COMCRUDESGRU | Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group |
| COMDT COGARD | Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard | |
| COMECON | Council For Mutual Economic Assistance (economic Counterpart Of The Warsaw Pact | |
| COMEDCENT | Commander, Central Mediterranean Area | |
| COMEDEAST | Commander, Eastern Mediterranean Area | |
| COMEDNOREAST | Commander, Northeast Mediterranean Area | |
| COMEDOC | Commander, Western Mediterranean Area | |
| COMEDS | CONUS Meteorological Data System | |
| COMEDSOUEAST | Commander, Southeast Mediterranean Area | |
| COMEX | Committee on Exchanges | |
| COMFAIRKEF | Commander, Fleet Air Keflavik | |
| COMFIVEATAF | Commander, Fifth Allied Tactical Air Force, Southern Europe | |
| COMFLDCOMDASA | Commander, Field Command, Defense Atomic Support Agency | |
| COMFOURATAF | Commander, Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force Central Europe | |
| COMGIB | Naval Commander, Gibraltar | |
| COMGIBMED | Commander, Gibraltar Mediterranean Command | |
| COMGTMODEFCOM | Commander, Guantanamo Defense Command | |
| COMICEDEFOR | Commander, Iceland Defense Force | |
| COMIDEASTFOR | Commander, Middle East Force (USN) | |
| COMINEWARCOM | Commander, Mine Warfare Command | |
| COMINT | Communications Intelligence | |
| COMINTADTSK | COMINT Advisory Tasking Message | |
| COMIREX | Committee On Imagery Requirements & Exploitation | |
| COMIS | Collection Management Information System | |
| COMJAM | Communications Jamming | |
| COMJSOC | Commander, Joint Special Operations Command | |
| COMJSOTF | Commander, Joint Special Operations Task Force | |
| COMJTF | Commander, Joint Task Force | |
| COMJUWATF | Commander, Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force | |
| COMLANDFOR | Commander, Land Forces | |
| COMLANDJUT | Commander, Allied Land Forces, Schleswig-Holstein & Jutland | |
| COMLANDNORWAY | Commander, Allied Land Forces, Norway | |
| COMLANDSOUTH | Commander, Allied Land Forces, Southern Europe | |
| COMLANDZEALAND | Commander, Allied Land Forces, New Zealand | |
| COMLANTAREA | Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area | |
| COMLOGNET | Combat Logistics Network | |
| COMM(S) | Communication(s) | |
| COMMAIRCHAN | Commander, Allied Maritime Air Force, Channel | |
| COMMAIRNORLANT | Maritime Air Commander, Northern Submarine Area | |
| COMMARBASPAC | Commander, Marine Corps Base, Pacific | |
| COMMARDEZSECAK | Commander, U.S. Maritime Defense Zone Sector, Alaska | |
| COMMARFOR | Commander Marine Forces | |
| COMMARFORJAPAN | Commander, Marine Forces, Japan | |
| COMMARFORK | Commander, Marine Forces, Korea | |
| COMMARFORPAC | Commander Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | |
| COMMARFORSOUTH | Commander, Marine Corps Forces, South | |
| COMMCEN | Communications Center | |
| COMMDET | Communications Detachment | |
| COMMO | Communications Officer | |
| COMMS CTR | Communications Center | |
| COMMZ | Communications Zone (military) |
| COMNAVAIR | Commander, Naval Air Forces | |
| COMNAVAIRLANT | COMmander, NAVal AIR forces, atLANTic | |
| COMNAVAIRPAC | COMmander, NAVal AIR forces, PACific | |
| COMNAVBALTAP | Commander, Allied Naval Forces, Baltic Approaches | |
| COMNAVFOR | Commander Naval Forces | |
| COMNAVFORK | Commander, Naval Forces, Korea | |
| COMNAVINTCOM | Commander, Naval Intelligence Command | |
| COMNAVLOG | Commander, Naval Logistics | |
| COMNAVMARIANAS | Commander, Naval Forces, Marianas | |
| COMNAVNON | Commander, Allied Naval Forces, North Norway | |
| COMNAVSCAP | Commander, Allied Naval Forces, Scandinavian Approaches | |
| COMNAVSEASYSCOM | Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command | |
| COMNAVSECGRU | Commander, Naval Security Group | |
| COMNAVSOF | Commander, Naval Special Operations Forces | |
| COMNAVSPACECOM | Commander, Naval Space Command | |
| COMNAVSPECWARCOM | Commander, Naval Special Warfare Command | |
| COMNAVSURF | Commander, Naval Surface Forces | |
| COMNAVSURFLANT | Commander, Naval Surface Force, US Atlantic Fleet | |
| COMNAVSURFPAC | Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific | |
| COMNORECHAN | Commander, Northern Submarine Area, Channel | |
| COMNORLANT | Commander, Northern Submarine Area | |
| COMNORTHAG | Commander, Northern Army Group, Central Europe | |
| COMNSWU | Commander, Naval Special Warfare Unit | |
| COMOCEANLANT | Commander, Ocean Atlantic | |
| COMOCEANSYSLANT | Commander, Oceanographic Systems Atlantic | |
| COMOCEANSYSPAC | Commander, Oceanographic Systems Pacific Company | |
| COMOPS | Communications Operations Summary | |
| Comp | Compatible | |
| Comp | company | |
| COMPACAF | Commander, Pacific Air Forces | |
| COMPATWINGSLANT | Commander, Patrol Wings Atlantic | |
| COMPHIBGRU | Commander, Amphibious Group | |
| COMPLYMCHAN | Commander, Plymouth Submarine Area, Channel | |
| COMPUINT | Computer Intelligence | |
| COMPUSEC | Computer Security | |
| COMPW | Composite Wing | |
| COMPWING | Composite Wing | |
| COMS | Collection Operations Management System (HUMINT) | |
| COMSAT | Communications Satellite Corporation | |
| COMSC | Commander, Military Sealift Command | |
| COMSEC | Communications Security (military) | |
| COMSECONDFLT | Commander, U.S. Second Fleet | |
| COMSEVENTHFLT | Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet | |
| COMSIXATAF | Commander, Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force, Southeastern Europe | |
| COMSIXTHFLT | Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet | |
| COMSOC | Commander, Special Operations Command | |
| COMSOC-K | Commander, Special Operations Command, Korea | |
| COMSOCEUR | Commander, Special Operations Command, Europe | |
| COMSOCLANT | Commander, Special Operations Command, Atlantic | |
| COMSOCPAC | Commander, Special Operations Command, Pacific |
| COMSOCSOUTH | Commander, Special Operations Command, Southern Command | |
| COMSOTFE | Commander, Support Operations Task Force, Europe | |
| COMSPOT | Communications Spot Report | |
| COMSTAT | Communication Status Report | |
| COMSTRATCOMWING ONE | Commander, Strategic Communications Wing One | |
| COMSTRICKFLANT | Commander, Striking Fleet Atlantic (Afloat) | |
| COMSTRIKFLTLANT | Commander, Striking Fleet Atlantic | |
| COMSTRIKFORSOUTH | Commander, Striking Force, South | |
| COMSTS | Commander, Military Sea Transportation Service | |
| COMSUBACLANT | Commander, Submarine Forces, Allied Command, Atlantic | |
| COMSUBEASTLANT | Commander, Submarine Force, Eastern Atlantic | |
| COMSUBGRU | Commander Submarine Group | |
| COMSUBGRU 8/CTF MED | Commander Submarine Group (Mediterranean)/Commander Task Force Mediterranean | |
| COMSUBLANT | Commander, Submarine Force, US Atlantic Fleet | |
| COMSUBMED | Commander, Submarines, Mediterranean | |
| COMSUBPAC | Commander, Submarine Forces, Pacific | |
| COMSUBWESTLANT | Commander, Submarine Force, Western Atlantic Area | |
| COMSUPNAVFOR | Commander, Supporting Naval Forces | |
| COMTAFNORNOR | Commander, Allied Tactical Air Force, North Norway | |
| COMTAFSONOR | Commander, Allied Tactical Air Force, South Norway | |
| COMTASKFORNON | Commander, Allied Task Force North Norway | |
| COMTECHREP | Complementary Technical Report | |
| COMTHIRDFLT | Commander, Third Fleet | |
| COMTRAPAC | Commander, Training Command, Pacific | |
| COMTWOATAF | Commander, Second Allied Tactical Air Force, Central Europe | |
| COMUKADR | Commander, UK NATO Air Defense Region | |
| COMUSAFAK | Commander, U.S. Air Forces, Alaska | |
| COMUSAFFOR | Commander, United States Air Force Forces | |
| COMUSAFJ | Commander, U.S. Air Forces, Japan | |
| COMUSAFK | Commander, U.S. Air Forces, Korea | |
| COMUSAFTF | Commander, United States Air Force Task Force | |
| COMUSARAK | Commander, U.S. Army Forces, Alaska | |
| COMUSARCENT | Commander, U.S. Army Forces Central Command | |
| COMUSARFOR | Commander, United States Army Forces | |
| COMUSARSO | Commander, United States Army Forces Southern Command | |
| COMUSARSPACE | Commander, U.S. Army Space Command | |
| COMUSARTF | Commander, United States Army Task Force | |
| COMUSASOC | Commander, U.S. Army Special Operations Command | |
| COMUSFK | Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea | |
| COMUSFOR KOREA | Commander, U.S. Forces Korea | |
| COMUSFORAZ | Commander, U.S. Forces, Azores | |
| COMUSFORCARIB | Commander, US Forces, Caribbean | |
| COMUSFORCNTY | Commander US Forces Country | |
| COMUSJ | Commander, US Forces Japan | |
| COMUSJAPAN | Commander, U.S. Forces, Japan (also COMUSJ) | |
| COMUSJTF | Commander, United States Joint Task Force | |
| COMUSJUWTF | Commander, United States Joint Unconventional WarfareTask Force | |
| COMUSKOREA | Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea (also COMUSK) | |
| COMUSLANDFOR | Commander, United States Land Forces | |
| COMUSMACTHAI | Commander, United States Military Assistance Command, Thailand |
| COMUSMARCENT | Commander, U.S. Marine Forces Central Command | |
| COMUSMARDEZLANT | Commander, U.S. Maritime Defense Zone, Atlantic | |
| COMUSMARDEZPAC | Commander, U.S. Maritime Defense Zone, Pacific | |
| COMUSMARFOR | Commander, United States Marine Forces | |
| COMUSMARTF | Commander, United States Marine Task Force | |
| COMUSMILGP | Commander, United States Military Group | |
| COMUSNAVAK | Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Alaska | |
| COMUSNAVCENT | Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command | |
| COMUSNAVEUR | Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe | |
| COMUSNAVFOR | Commander, United States Naval Forces | |
| COMUSNAVPHIL | Commander, US Naval Forces, Philippines | |
| COMUSNAVSO | Commander, US Naval Forces, South | |
| COMUSNAVTF | Commander, United States Naval Task Force | |
| COMVAT | Combat vehicles armament technology (US) | |
| COMZ | Communications Zone | |
| COMZEALAND | Commander, Allied Land Forces, New Zealand | |
| CON | Control(led) | |
| CONDECA | Central America Defense Council | |
| CONF | Confidential | |
| CONGEN | Consul General | |
| CONGINT | Congressional Interest | |
| ConNMJIC | Contingency NMJIC | |
| CONOBJTR | Conscientious Objector | |
| CONOP(S) | Concept of Operation(s) | |
| CONOPS | United States Army Intelligence Command Continental (United States) Operations | |
| CONPG | Chairman, Operational Nuclear Planning Group | |
| CONR | CONUS NORAD Region | |
| CONTEXT | Conferencing and Text Manipulation System | |
| CONTRA- | Against, Opposite (Prefix) | |
| CONUS | Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC) | |
| CONUSA | Continental United States Army | |
| CONV | Convalescent | |
| CONVL | Conventional | |
| COOP | Continuity of Operations | |
| cop | Combat Out-Post | |
| COP | Command Observation Post | |
| COPG | Chairman, Operational Planners Group | |
| COPRA | Comparative Postwar Recovery Analysis | |
| COPRL | Command Operations Priority Requirements List | |
| COPSTRAT | Continuity of Operations Plan (USSTRATCOM) | |
| COR | Command Operationally Ready | |
| CORCEN | Correlation Center | |
| CORD | Central Ontario Regimental Depot | |
| CORE | Contingency Response Program | |
| CORL | Collection Opportunity Requirements List | |
| CORPS SAM | Corps Surface-to-Air Missile | |
| CORTRAIN | Corps/Division Training Coordination Program | |
| COS | Chief of Section | |
| COS | Combat Operations Staff | |
| COSA | Commander, Oceanographic Systems, Atlantic |
| COSAL | Consolidated Ship/Squadron Allowance | |
| COSCOM | Corps support command (US Army) | |
| COSIN | Control Staff Instructions | |
| COSP | Commander, Oceanographic Systems, Pacific | |
| COSPO | Community Open Source Program Office Cotangent | |
| COTAC | Conduite de Tir Automatique pour Char (tank automatic fire) | |
| COTP | Captain Of The Port | |
| COTR | Contracting Officer Technical Representative | |
| COTS | Commercial Off the Shelf Software | |
| COTS | Commercial-off-the-shelf | |
| COUNTERMASINT | Counter Measurements and Signature Intelligence | |
| COV | Counter obstacle vehicle (US) | |
| COVCOM | Covert Communications | |
| CoVRT | Commanders (and Staff) Visualization Research Tool | |
| CP | Concrete-Piercing | |
| CP OSCAR | Command Post Operations Support Center and Rear | |
| CP TANGO | Command Post Tactical Air, Naval, Ground Operations | |
| CPA | Chairman’s Program Assessment | |
| cpat | Collection Planning and Targeting | |
| CPB | Charged Particle Beam | |
| CPBS | Capabilities, Programming, and Budgeting System | |
| CPC | Coastal Patrol Boat | |
| CPE | Circular Probable Error | |
| CPFL | Contingency Planning Facilities List | |
| CPI | Communications Processor and Interface | |
| CPIA | Chemical Propulsion Information Agency | |
| CPIC | Coastal Patrol & Interdiction Craft | |
| CPM | Cycles Per Minute | |
| CPMIEC | China Precision Machinery Import Export Corporation | |
| CPNET | Custom Product Network | |
| CPO | Command Project Officer | |
| cpr | Common Practice Round | |
| CPR | Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation | |
| CPS | Collection Problem Set | |
| CPS | Cardinal points specification (UK) | |
| CPSB | Career Program Selection Board | |
| CPSS | Computer Systems Squadron | |
| cpsu | Communist Party of the Soviet Union's | |
| CPT | Command Post Terminal | |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit | |
| CPV | Command Post Vehicle | |
| CPX | Command Post Exercise | |
| CQB | Close quarters battle | |
| CQB | Close Quarter Battle | |
| CQBW | Close-Quarters Battle Weapon | |
| CR | Crisis Relocation | |
| cr | Capability Requirement | |
| CRA | Canada Revenue Agency | |
| CRAF | Civil Reserve Air Fleet | |
| CRB | Contingency Reference Book |
| CRBIF | Crisis Basis Imagery File | |
| CRC | Command and Reporting Center | |
| CRCR | Canadian Reserve Cavalry Regiment | |
| CRDC | United States Army Chemical Research & Development Center | |
| CRDL | Collateral Recurring Document Listing | |
| CRE | Combat Readiness Evaluation | |
| CREST | Covert Reconnaissance/Strike | |
| CRF | Crisis Response Force | |
| CRFID | Canadian Radio Frequency Identification | |
| CRIMP | Crisis Management Plan | |
| CRIS | Command Resources Information System | |
| CRISAT | Collaborative research into small arms technology | |
| CRISCON | Crisis Condition (I&W System) | |
| CRITICOM | Critical Intelligence Communications Network | |
| CRJOIC | Central Region Joint Operational Intelligence Center | |
| CRL | Certificate Revocation List | |
| CRM | Collection Requirements Management | |
| CRM | Composite risk management (US) | |
| CRMA | Collection Requirements Management Architecture/Application | |
| CRMO | Collection Requirements Management Officer | |
| CRMP | Collection Requirements Management Program or Plan | |
| CRMS | Collection Requirements Management System | |
| CRN | Combat Radio Net | |
| CROF | Crete Remote Operating Facility | |
| CROM | Continuous Read-Only Memory | |
| CROWS | Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station | |
| CRP | Committee To Re-elect The President - Control And Reporting Post | |
| CRR | Carro de Reconhecimento Sobre Rodas (reconnaissance tracking scout car) | |
| CRRC | Combat Rubber Raiding Craft | |
| CRRES | Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite | |
| CRRS | Customer Requirements Registration System | |
| CRS | COMIREX Requirements Structure | |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV) | |
| CRTA | Chief of Rocket Troops and Artillery | |
| crtc | Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's | |
| cru | Cable Reel Unit | |
| CRUDESGRU | Cruiser-Destroyer Group | |
| CRWG | Current Requirements Working Group | |
| CS | Communications subsystem | |
| CS | Confined Space | |
| CS | Communications squadron | |
| CS1 | Critical-Sensitive Level 1 | |
| CSA | Chief of Staff, U.S. Army | |
| CSABE | Central and South African Basic Encyclopedia | |
| CSAF | Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force | |
| CSAFM | Chief of Staff, Air Force Memorandum | |
| CSAM | Chief of Staff, Army Memorandum | |
| CSAS | Canadian Stock Assessment Secretariat | |
| CSAW | Cryptologic Support to Amphibious Warfare | |
| CSB | Combat Support Boat |
| CSBR | Commander, Special Boat Squadron | |
| CSCE | Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Now OSCE) | |
| CSCG | Communications Security Control Group | |
| CSCR | Computer System Change Request | |
| CSCT | Combat Support Coordination Team | |
| CSDS | Command Spatial Display System | |
| CSE | Cryptologic Support Element(s) | |
| CSE-SS | Client Server Environment-System Services | |
| CSEL | Combat Survivor-Evader Locator | |
| CSENCNET | Satellite Education Network | |
| CSF | Command Support Functions | |
| CSF | Combined service forces | |
| CSFOCI | Force Protection Operations | |
| CSG-SOCOM | Cryptologic Support Group/USSOCOM | |
| CSGB | Canadian General Standards Board | |
| CSGN | Nuclear Strike Cruiser | |
| CSH | Combat Support Hospital | |
| CSI | Commercial Satellite Interconnectivity | |
| CSI | computer-synthesised image | |
| CSM | Company Sergeant-Major | |
| CSMA/CD | Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection | |
| CSMO | Cryptologic Support to Military Operations | |
| CSMR | Coarse Spatial Resolution, Multispectral | |
| CSOC | Consolidated Space Operations Center | |
| CSP | Communications Support Processor | |
| CSP/HOL | Communications Support Processor/High Order Language | |
| CSPAR | Central Strategic Processing, Analysis and Reporting | |
| CSPO | Consolidated SAFE Project Office | |
| CSR | Current Situation Room | |
| CSRD | Communication-Computer Systems Requirement Document | |
| CSRS | Civil Service Retirement System | |
| CSS | Communications Security System | |
| css | Computer Sighting System | |
| CSSA | Cryptologic Shore Support Activity | |
| CSSCS | Combat Service Support Control System | |
| CSSD | Combat Service Support Detachment | |
| CSSO | Contractor Special Security Officer | |
| CSSOC | Combat Service Support Operations Center | |
| CSSP | Combined Services Support Program | |
| CSSR | CSS Replacement | |
| CSST | Combat Service Support Team | |
| CSTC | Consolidated Space Test Center | |
| CSTIP | Combined Strategic Intelligence Training Program | |
| CSTOL | Cargo Short Take-Off & Landing | |
| CSTVRP | Computer Security Technical Vulnerability Reporting Program | |
| CT | Training Cruiser | |
| CT&E | Certification Test and Evaluation | |
| CTA | Central Technical Authority | |
| CTA | Case Telescoped Ammunition | |
| CTAI | Continuous-Tone Aerial Imagery |
| ctak | Cypher-Text Auto-Key | |
| CTAPS | Contingency Theater Automated Planning System | |
| CTBT | Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty | |
| CTC | Combat Targeting Center | |
| CTD | Concept Technology Demonstrator | |
| CTD | Collective Training Directorate | |
| CTDR | Commercial Training Device Requirements | |
| CTE | Coefficient of Thermal Expansion | |
| CTEA | Cost & Training Effectiveness Analysis | |
| CTEM | Canadian Terrestrial Ecosystem Model | |
| CTF PC II | CTF Provide Comfort II | |
| CTF-B | Combined Task Force-Bomber | |
| CTF-BM | Combined Task Force-Battle Management | |
| CTF-C2 | Combined Task Force Director of Intelligence | |
| CTF/JTF | Crisis Task Force | |
| CTG | Commander, Task Group | |
| CTH | Aviation Training Cruiser | |
| CTI | Central Tyre Inflation | |
| CTIA | Counter Technical Intelligence Activities | |
| CTIS | Central tyre inflation system | |
| CTIS | Commander's Tactical Information System | |
| CTL | Critical Task List | |
| CTLZ | Control Zone (formerly CTR) | |
| CTO | Central Treaty Organisation | |
| CTOC | Corps Tactical Operations Center (Main) | |
| CTOCSE | CTOC Support Element | |
| CTOL | Conventional Takeoff & Landing | |
| CTP | consolidated telecommunications program | |
| CTR | Close Target Recce | |
| CTRA | Carro de Transporte Sobre Rodas Anfibo (amphibious tracking scout car) | |
| CTS | Course Training Standards | |
| CTSCR | Critical Time-Sensitive Collection Requirement | |
| ctt | Challenger Training Tank | |
| CTT | Commanders'Tactical Terminal | |
| CTT-H | Commanders'Tactical Terminal-Hybrid | |
| CTTA | Certified TEMPEST Technical Authority | |
| CTTP | USCENTCOM Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures Manual | |
| CTU | Commander Task Unit | |
| CU | Channel Unit | |
| CUBB | Collateral Users Bulletin Board | |
| CUBIC | Common User Baseline for the Intelligence Community | |
| CUCV | Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle | |
| CUDIXS | Common-User Digital Information Exchange System | |
| CUL | Combined User Language | |
| CUP | COMSEC Utility Program | |
| CUPE | Canadian Union of Public Employees(Pronounced: KEW-pee.) | |
| CUPW | Canadian Union of Postal Workers(Pronounced: CUP-DUB-uhl-yoo) | |
| CURR | Current | |
| CUSRPG | Canadian-U.S. Regional Planning Group (NATO) | |
| CUWTF | Combined Unconventional Warfare Task Force |
| CV90 | Combat Vehicle 90 | |
| CVA | Clandestine Vulnerability Analysis | |
| CVAN | CINCPAC Voice Alert Network | |
| CVAST | Combat vehicle armament system technology (US) | |
| CVBG | Carrier Battle Group | |
| CVG | Guided-Missile Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVGN | Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVH | V/STOL Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVHG | Guided-Missile V/STOL Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVHGN | Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile V/STOL Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVHN | Nuclear-Powered V/STOL Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVIC | Carrier-Based Intelligence Center | |
| CVL | Light Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVLGN | Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile Light Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVLN | Nuclear-Powered Light Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVN | Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVR(T) | Combat vehicle reconnaissance(tracked) | |
| CVR(W) | Combat vehicle reconnaissance(wheeled) | |
| CVRDE | Combat vehicle research and development establishment (India) | |
| CVRT | Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked | |
| CVS | Antisubmarine Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVSD | Continuously Variable-Slope Delta Modulation | |
| CVT | Controlled variable time | |
| CVT | Training Aircraft Carrier | |
| CVTS | Compressed Video Transmission Service | |
| CVTTS | Combat vehicle targeting system | |
| CVW | Carrier Air Wing (US Navy) | |
| CW | Chemical Warfare | |
| CWG | Coordinates Working Group | |
| CWI | Conventional Weapons Index | |
| CWIS | Crisis Window Information System | |
| CWR | Continuous Wave Radar | |
| CWS | Cupola weapon station | |
| CWS | Compartmented Work Station | |
| CWT | Chemical Weapons Treaty | |
| CY | Calendar Year | |
| CYCLOPS | Fleet Support Message | |
| CZ | Combat Zone | |
| D | Deciduous | |
| D of W | Died of Wounds | |
| D&D | Denial and Deception | |
| D&M | Detection and Monitoring | |
| D&SA | Depth & Simultaneous Attack | |
| D&SABL | Depth & Simultaneous Attack Battle Lab | |
| D-cell | Deployment Cell | |
| D-Day | Day in which a particular operation begins | |
| D/A | Digital/Analog | |
| D/DARO | Director, DARO | |
| D/TWP | Director, Tactical Warfare Programs | |
| D2 | Data Distribution |
| DA | Department of the Army's | |
| DA | double action | |
| DAA | Designated Approval Authority | |
| DAB | Defense Acquisition Board | |
| DABM | Defense Against Ballistic Missiles (Now SDI) | |
| DABS | Dynamic Air Blast Simulator | |
| DACCO | Department of the Army Central Control Office | |
| DACCS | Digital Access Cross-Connect System/Switch | |
| DACOM | Data Communications | |
| DACOS | Deputy Assistant Chief of Station | |
| DACOS/I | Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff-Intelligence | |
| DACT | Dissimilar Air Combat Tactics | |
| DACU | Device Access Control Unit | |
| DAD | Dual Air Density | |
| DAES | Defense Acquisition Executive Summary | |
| DAF | Department of the Air Force | |
| DAG | Defense Special Security Communications Systems Address Group | |
| DAHA | Dual-Axis Head Assembly | |
| DAIRSDIA | Advanced Imagery Reproduction System | |
| DAISY | Daily Summary | |
| DAJDIA | Office Symbol for JMITC | |
| DALASP | Defense Advanced Language and Area Studies Program | |
| DALATS | Data Logging and Transmission System | |
| DAMA | Demand Assigned Multiple Access | |
| DAMI | Department of the Army Military Intelligence | |
| DAMPL | Department of the Army Master Priority List | |
| DAO | Double Action Only | |
| DAPA | Drug and Alcohol Program Advisor | |
| DAR | Designated Area for Recovery | |
| DARC | District Area Command | |
| DARCOM | US Army Matériel Development and Readiness Command | |
| DAREOD | damaged airfield reconnaissance explosive ordnance disposal | |
| DARP | Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Program | |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (US) | |
| DARS | Daily Aerial Reconnaissance and Surveillance | |
| DARSC | Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Steering Committee | |
| DARSP | Defense Academic Research Support Program | |
| DARTS | Digital Antijam Radio Teletype System | |
| DAS | Defense Attache System | |
| das | Defensive Aid Suite | |
| DAS | Deep Air Support | |
| DASD | (U.S.) Deputy Assistant Secretary Of Defense | |
| DASD(I&S) | Deputy ASD (Intelligence and Security) | |
| DASH | Deployable Automated Support Host | |
| dasp | Demountable Artillery Surveillance Pod | |
| DASPA | Defense Attache System Property Accounting | |
| DASR | Defense Analysis Special Report | |
| DASVA | Defense Attache System Vehicle Accounting | |
| DAT | Direct Action Team | |
| DATAINT | Data Intelligence |
| DATEXT | Data Extract | |
| DATPS | Diver Active Thermal Protection System | |
| DATS | Data Automated Tower Simulation | |
| DATT | Defense Attache | |
| DAWN | Defense Attache Worldwide Network | |
| DAWS | Defense Automated Warning System | |
| DAYLT | Daylight | |
| dB/K | Decibels per Degrees Kelvin | |
| DBA | Data Base Administrator | |
| DBAS | Data Base Applications System | |
| DBC | Data Base Correlation | |
| DBCTRL | Data Base Control | |
| DBD | Data Burst Device | |
| dBi | Decibel (referenced to isotropic radiator) | |
| DBIDI | Data Base of Imagery-Derived Information | |
| DBK | Dominant Battlefield Knowledge | |
| DBM | decibels referred to 1 milliwatt | |
| DBMAINT | Data Base Administrator | |
| DBMS | dead bodies make sense | |
| DBQ | Data Base Query | |
| dBSM | Decibels Per Square Meter | |
| dBw | Decibels Referenced to One Watt of Power | |
| DC | Direct Current | |
| DC | District Commissioner | |
| DCA | défense contre avions (anti-aircraft) | |
| DCAEUR | Defense Communications Agency Europe | |
| DCAOC | DCA Operations Control Center | |
| DCAPSS | Dual Criteria Aimpoint Selection System | |
| DCAS | Deployable Consolidated Applications Server | |
| DCCC | Defense Collection Coordination Center | |
| DCCT | Dismounted Close Combat Trainer | |
| DCE | Defensive Counter Espionage | |
| DCF | DOCS Certification Facility | |
| DCG | Deputy Commanding General | |
| DCI&S | Director of Counterintelligence and Security | |
| DCIA | Director, Central Intelligence Agency | |
| DCIB | Defense Counterintelligence Board | |
| DCID | Director of Central Intelligence Directive | |
| DCII | Defense Central Index of Investigations | |
| DCIIS | Defense CI Integrated Information System | |
| DCINC | Deputy Commander in Chief | |
| DCIP | Defense Counterdrug Intelligence Program | |
| DCL | Direct Communications Link | |
| DCMM | Database Creation and Management Module | |
| DCMS | Database Creation and Management Segment | |
| DCN | Defense Communications Network | |
| DCO | Defense Communications Office | |
| DCOS | Deputy Chief Of Staff | |
| DCOSIPR | Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence Plans and Requirements | |
| DCP | Disaster Control Plan |
| DCR | Data Change Request | |
| DCRSI | Digital Cassette Recording System - Improved | |
| DCS/I | Deputy Chief of Staff Intelligence | |
| DCS/IN | Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence | |
| DCS/SSI | Deputy Chief of Staff for Safety, Security, and Intelligence | |
| DCSCA | Defense Communications System Central Area | |
| DCSEC | Deputy Chief of Staff, Security | |
| DCSI | Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence | |
| DCSI/DCSINT | Deputy Chief of Staff Intelligence (USAREUR) | |
| DCSIM | Deputy Chief of Staff, Information Management | |
| DCSINT | Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (U.S. Army) | |
| DCSLOG | Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, US Army | |
| DCSO | Deputy Commander for Space Operations | |
| DCSOPS | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans | |
| DCSP | Design Controlled Spare Part(s) | |
| DCSTOP | Damage Criteria Study Target Data Base | |
| DCTN | Defense Commercial Telecommunications/Teleconferencing Network | |
| DD | Detroit Diesel | |
| DDA | Detroit Diesel-Allison | |
| DDAC | Foreign Denial and Deception Analysis Committee | |
| DDCMP | Digital Data Communications Message Protocol | |
| DDDDD | Demand-Driven Direct Digital Dissemination System | |
| DDG | Guided Missile Destroyer (US) | |
| DDGN | Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile Destroyer | |
| DDH | Aviation Destroyer (ASW) | |
| DDHG | Guided-Missile Aviation Destroyer | |
| DDHGN | Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile Aviation Destroyer | |
| DDHN | Nuclear-Powered Aviation Destroyer | |
| DDI | Deputy Director of Intelligence | |
| DDL | Direct Data Link | |
| DDP | Defense Dissemination Program | |
| DDPO | Defense Dissemination Program Office | |
| DDR&E | Director, Defense Research and Engineering | |
| DDRS | Defense Data Repository System | |
| DDS | Department of Defense Support | |
| DDS/RL | Defense Dissemination System/Receive Location | |
| DDSP | Defense Development Sharing Project | |
| DDSS | Document Dissemination and Storage Segment | |
| DDT | Training Destroyer | |
| DDU | Distant Device Unit | |
| DDU | Digital Display Unit | |
| DE-U | Dissemination Element-Upgrade | |
| DE/EW | Directed Energy/Electronic Warfare | |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Administration (U.S. Department of Justice) | |
| DEACON | Defense Estimates Analytical Computer On-Line Network | |
| DEB | Digital European Backbone | |
| DEC | Digital Equipment Corporation | |
| DEC(VAX) | Digital Equipment Corporation (Virtual Address Extension) | |
| DECA | Digital Electronic Control Assembly | |
| DECCO | Defense Commercial Contracting Office (now DITCO) |
| DECM | Defense Electronic Countermeasures | |
| DECON | Decontaminate(ion) | |
| DEDAC | Deception and Denial Analysis Committee | |
| DEDDF | Digital Elevation Data Dubbing Facility | |
| DEFA | direction des études et fabrications d'armement | |
| DEFCON | Defense Condition | |
| DEFCOS | Defense Courier System | |
| DEFPLAN | Defense Plan | |
| DEFSMAC | Defense Special Missile & Astronautics Center | |
| Degrad | Degradation | |
| DELORME | a Digital Mapping Computer Program | |
| DEMEX | Demonstration Exercise | |
| DEMONS | Demonstration System | |
| DEMPC | Data Exploitation, Mission Planning, Communications/Center | |
| DENAS | Daily European Naval Activity Summary | |
| DEP | Deflection Error Probable | |
| DEPCOMNAVCENT | Deputy COMNAVCENT | |
| DEPCOMUSNAVCENT | Deputy Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command | |
| DEPSECDEF | (U.S.) Deputy Secretary Of Defense | |
| DERA | British Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (1995–2001) | |
| DES | Digital Exploitation System | |
| DESA | Defense Evaluation Support Activity | |
| DESC | Defense Electronics Supply Center | |
| DESIGN | Designator (U.S. Navy) | |
| DESIST | Decision Support and Information System for Terrorism | |
| DESO | Defence Export Sales Organisation (UK) | |
| DESRON | Destroyer Squadron | |
| DESS | Defense Exploitation Support System | |
| DET/Det | Detachment | |
| DEW | distant early warning (radar) | |
| DEW (Line) | Distant Early Warning(Radar system) | |
| DEWLINE | Distant Early Warning Line | |
| DFAA | Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements | |
| DFAC | Dining Facility | |
| DFAD | Digitized Feature Analysis Data | |
| DFCS | digital fire-control system | |
| DFDS | Data Facility Dataset Services | |
| DFED | Digitized Features Data | |
| DFH | Deployed Forward Headquarters | |
| DFLP | Defense Foreign Language Program | |
| DFM | Deterrent Force Modules | |
| DFO | Department of Fisheries and Oceans(Pronounced: DEE-fete) | |
| DFOV | Dual Field of View | |
| DFRIF | Defense Freight Railway Interchange Fleet | |
| DFS | Direction Finding Subsystem | |
| DFSV | Direct-Fire Support Vehicle | |
| DFT | Deployed for Training Team | |
| dfv | Desert Fighting Vehicle | |
| DG | Defense Guidance | |
| DGCS | Downsized Ground Control Station |
| DGCT | Downsized Ground Control Terminal | |
| DGIAP | Defense General Intelligence Applications Program | |
| DGIF | Deployable Ground Intercept Facility | |
| DGIS | Director General Intelligence and Security | |
| DGITS | Digital Graphics Information Tailoring System | |
| DGS | Deployable Ground Station | |
| DGU | Downgrade to Unclassified | |
| DGZ | Desired Ground Zero | |
| DH-7 | deHavilland Dash 7 (Drug Interdiction Aircraft) | |
| DHCA | Data Handling Capability Analysis | |
| DHFN | Direct Hire Foreign National | |
| DHS | Defense HUMINT Service | |
| DHSS | Data Handling Subsystem | |
| DI | Director of Intelligence (USEUCOM) | |
| DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency (USA) | |
| DIA/CS | Defense Intelligence Agency/Command Support | |
| DIAAPR | Defense Intelligence Agency Appraisal | |
| DIAC | Defense Intelligence Analysis Center | |
| DIAI | DIA Instruction | |
| DIAIAPPR | DIA Intelligence Appraisal | |
| DIAL | Defense Intelligence Agency Liaison | |
| DIAL-J | DIA Liaison Office for Japan | |
| DIALO | DIA Liaison Office | |
| DIALOG | DIA Information Retrieval System | |
| DIAMCP | DIA Master Contingency Plan | |
| DIAND | Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development | |
| DIANM | DIA Analytical Memorandum | |
| DIAOB | Defense Intelligence Air Order of Battle | |
| DIAOLS | DIA On-Line System | |
| DIAPF | DIA Part File | |
| DIAR | DIA Regulation | |
| DIATP | DIA Tactical Program | |
| DIATS | DIA Terrorism Summary | |
| DIB | Defense Intelligence Board | |
| DIC | Defense Intelligence Community | |
| DICBM | Depressed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile | |
| DICON | Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria | |
| DICP | Defense Intelligence Counterdrug Program | |
| DID | Data Line Description | |
| DIDHS | Deployable Intelligence Data Handling System | |
| DIDOP | Digital Image Data Output Product | |
| DIDS | Defense Intelligence Dissemination System | |
| DIDSRS | Defense Intelligence Dissemination, Storage & Retrieval System | |
| DIE | Defense Intelligence Estimate | |
| DIEB | Defense Intelligence Executive Board | |
| DIEC | Deployable Imagery Exploitation Capability | |
| DIEM | Defense Intelligence Estimates Memorandum | |
| DIEOB | Defense Intelligence Electronic Order of Battle | |
| DIEPS | Digital Imagery Exploitation and Production System | |
| DIFAR | Directional Frequency Analysis and Recording System |
| DIFAX | Defense Intelligence Facsimile | |
| DIFM | Defense Intelligence Functional Manager | |
| DIFR | Defense Intelligence Facility Report | |
| DIGITS | Digital Geographic Information Tailoring System | |
| DIGOB | Defense Intelligence Ground Order of Battle | |
| DIH | Daily Intelligence Highlights | |
| DIHEST | Direct Induced High-Explosives Simulation Technique | |
| DII | Defense Information Infrastructure | |
| DIIN | Defense Imagery Intelligence Notice | |
| DIIP | Defense Intelligence Interoperability Panel | |
| DIIPS | Digital Imagery Interactive Processing System | |
| DIIS | DIA Integrated Intelligence System | |
| DILC | Dedicated Intelligence Loop Circuit | |
| DIM | Defense Intelligence Memorandum | |
| DIMES | Digital Image Manipulation & Enhancement System | |
| DIMMD | Diver Integral Magnetic Mine Detector | |
| DIMOB | Defense Intelligence Missile Order of Battle | |
| DIMSS | DSN Integrated Management Support System | |
| DIN | Defense Intelligence Notice | |
| DINAH | Desktop INterface to AUTODIN Host | |
| DINOB | Defense Intelligence Naval Order of Battle | |
| DINSUM | Defense Intelligence Summary | |
| DIO | Defense Intelligence Officer (DIA) | |
| DIOB | Defense Intelligence Order of Battle | |
| DIOBS | Defense Intelligence Order of Battle System | |
| DIOP | Defense Intelligence Objectives & Priorities | |
| DIP | Driver Instrument Panel | |
| DIP | Defense Intelligence Plan | |
| DIPC | Defense Intelligence Production Council/Conference | |
| DIPFAC | U.S. Diplomatic Facilities Graphic | |
| DIPOLES | Defense Intelligence Photoreconnaissance On-Line Exploitation System | |
| DIPP | Defense Intelligence Projection for Planning | |
| DIPS | Defense Intelligence Production Schedule | |
| DIR | Defense Intelligence Report | |
| DIRCM | Direct Infrared Countermeasures | |
| DIRES | Defense Imagery Requirements & Exploitation System | |
| DIRINT | Director of Intelligence | |
| DIRLAUTH | Direct Liaison Authorized | |
| DIRNSA | Director, National Security Agency | |
| DIRNSA/CHCSS | Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service | |
| DIROI | Directorate Operating Instruction | |
| DIRS | Defense Intelligence Reference Series | |
| DISA | U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency | |
| DISA WESTHEM | DISA Western Hemisphere | |
| DISA-EUR | Defense Information Systems Agency-Europe | |
| DISA-PAC | DISA-Pacific | |
| DISAM | Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management | |
| DISC | Daily Intelligence Summary Cable | |
| DISC4 | Director of Information Systems Command, Control, Communications and Computers | |
| DISCAS | Defense Intelligence Special Career Automated System |
| DISCOM | Division Support Command | |
| DISE | Deployable Intelligence Support Element | |
| DISECS | Defense Intelligence Space Exploitation and Correlation System | |
| DISES | Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service | |
| DISIDS | Display and Information Distribution System/Subsystem | |
| DISMOB | Defense Intelligence Strategic Missile Order of Battle | |
| DISN | Defense Information Systems Network | |
| DISNET | Defense Integrated Secure Network | |
| DISO | Defense Intelligence Support Office | |
| DISOB | Defense Intelligence Space Order of Battle | |
| DISP | Defense Industrial Security Program | |
| DISPEWT | Defense Intelligence Space Electronic Warfare Threat Data Base | |
| DISR | Daily Indicator Status Report | |
| DISS | Digest of Intelligence and Security Services | |
| DISSEM | Dissemination | |
| DISSO | Deputy Information Systems Security Officer | |
| DIST | Digital Imagery Support Terminal | |
| DISTAFF | Directing Staff (NATO Commands, JECG) | |
| DISTP | Defense Intelligence Special Technologies Program | |
| DISTS | Defense Intelligence Secure Telephone System | |
| DISUM | Daily Intelligence Summary;(2) Defense Intelligence Summary | |
| DIT | Defense Intelligence Thesaurus | |
| DITB | Digital Imagery Test Bed | |
| DITCO | Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (formerly DECCO) | |
| DITEQ | Defense Intelligence Thesaurus Equivalency List | |
| DITFOR | Defense Intelligence Technical Forum | |
| DITS | Digital Imagery Transmission System | |
| DITSUM | Defense Intelligence Terrorism Summary | |
| DIV | Division | |
| DIVARTY | Division Artillery | |
| DIVISION | Enciphered Television | |
| DIW | Dead In Water | |
| DIWO | Duty Intelligence Watch Officer | |
| DIWS | Digital Imagery Workstation Suite | |
| DJ2 | Deputy Director of Intelligence | |
| DJS | Director, Joint Staff | |
| DJSM | DJS Memorandum | |
| DJTF | Deployable Joint Task Force | |
| DJTFAC | DJTF Augmentation Cell | |
| DLA | U.S. Defense Logistics Agency | |
| DLAB | Defense Language Aptitude Battery | |
| DLEA | Drug Law Enforcement Agency | |
| DLED | Dedicated Loop Encryption Device | |
| DLIFLC | Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center | |
| DLPT | Defense Language Proficiency Test | |
| DLTV | Daylight Television | |
| DM | Dissemination Manager | |
| DMA | U.S. Defense Mapping Agency | |
| DMAAC | Defense Mapping Agency Aerospace Center | |
| DMACSC | Defense Mapping Agency Combat Support Center |
| DMAHTC | DMA Hydrographic and Topographic Center | |
| DMAI | Defense Mapping Agency Instruction | |
| DMAL | Defense Mapping Agency Liaison | |
| DMAR | Deferred Maintenance And Repair | |
| DMB | DoDIIS Management Board | |
| DMC | Digital Magnetic Compass | |
| DMC&GP | Defense MC&G Program | |
| DMD | Digital Message Device | |
| DMDG | Digital Message Device Group | |
| DME | Distance Measuring Equipment | |
| DMED | Digital Message Entry Device | |
| DMFE | DAWS Message Front End | |
| DMI | Directorate of Military Intelligence | |
| DMOB | Defensive Missile Order of Battle | |
| dmos | Daily Maritime OPINTEL Summary | |
| DMPC | Deployment Media Production Center Project | |
| dmr | Dedicated Marksman Rifle | |
| DMS | Data Management System | |
| DMSP | Defense Meteorological Satellite (or Support) Program | |
| DMU | Distance Measurement Unit | |
| DMZ | Demilitarized Zone | |
| dn | Data Network | |
| DNA | Defense Nuclear Agency | |
| DNAS | DODIIS Network Access System | |
| DNC | Director, Naval Communications | |
| DNCC | Data Network Control Center | |
| DNRS | Day/Night Range Sight | |
| DNSIX | DODIIS Network Security for Information Exchange | |
| DNVT | Digital Non-secure Voice Terminal | |
| DOAT | JAC Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence Analysis Branch | |
| DOB | Depth Of Burst | |
| DOC | United States Department of Commerce | |
| DOCC | Defense Communications Agency Operations Center Complex | |
| DOCKLAMP | Defense Attache System Message Channel | |
| DOCS | DSCS Operations Control System | |
| DOD | United States Department of Defense | |
| DOD SAT COM | DOD Satellite Communications | |
| DOD TCSEC | DOD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria | |
| DoD, DOD | Department of Defense | |
| DoDCI | DoD Computer Institute | |
| DODCSC | Department Of Defense Computer Security Center | |
| DODD | DoD Directive | |
| DODEX | DoDIIS Extended | |
| DODFCIP | DoD Foreign Counterintelligence Program | |
| DODFDCO | Department Of Defense Foreign Disclosure Coordinating Office | |
| DODFIP | DoD Futures Intelligence Program | |
| DoDIIS | DoD Intelligence Information System | |
| DODIIS SCINET | DoDIIS Sensitive Compartmented Information Network | |
| DODIMS | DoD Intelligence Management System | |
| DODIPP | DoD Intelligence Production Program |
| DODNACC | Department Of Defense National Agency Check Center | |
| DODSATCOM | DoD Satellite Communications Program | |
| DODSI | Department of Defense Security Institute | |
| DODSPECREP | DoD Special Representative | |
| DOE | United States Department of Energy (government) | |
| DOF | Disposition of Forces | |
| DOI | Date of Information | |
| DOIM | Directorate Of Information Management | |
| DOJ | Department of Justice (US) | |
| DOMS | Directorate Of Military Support | |
| DON | Department Of the Navy | |
| DOO | Daily Operations Order (NATO) | |
| dop | Department of Productivity | |
| DOPS | DIA Outline Plotting System | |
| DOSCOM | Division Support Command | |
| DoSIP | Department of State Intelligence Program | |
| DOSTN | Department Of State Telecommunications Network | |
| DOT | Department of Transport | |
| DP | Duplicate Positive | |
| dp | Demonstration Purpose | |
| DP | Dual-Purpose | |
| DPA | Defence Procurement Agency (UK) | |
| DPAC | Defense Program Analysis Center | |
| DPAE | Director, Program Analysis & Evaluation | |
| DPAS | Digital Patch & Access System | |
| DPF | Digital Processing Facility | |
| DPG | Defense Planning Guidance | |
| DPI | Desired Point of Impact | |
| DPIC | Decentralized Pacific Imagery Processing and Interpretation Center | |
| DPICM | Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions | |
| DPICM | dual-purpose improved conventional munition (US) | |
| DPKO | Department of Peacekeeping Operations | |
| DPL | Degausser Products List | |
| DPM | Dissemination Program Manager | |
| DPOB | Date, Place of Birth | |
| DPOM | Directorate of Plans, Operations and Mobilization | |
| DPOMIS | Directorate of Plans, Operations, Mobilization, Intelligence, and Security | |
| DPP | Delegated Production Program | |
| DPPC | Deployable Print Production Center | |
| DPPDB | Digital Point Positioning Database | |
| DPPG | Defense Policy & Planning Guidance | |
| DPQ | Defense Planning Questionnaire (NATO) | |
| DPRB | Defense Planning and Resources Board | |
| DPRK | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | |
| DPS | Delegated Production System | |
| DPSK | Digital Pulse Shift Key | |
| DPTR | diopter | |
| DR&E | Defense Research and Engineering | |
| DRA | Defence Research Agency (UK) | |
| DRA | Defense Research Assessment |
| DRAM | Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing) | |
| DRASH | Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelters | |
| DRB | Defense Resources Board | |
| DRC | Defense Review Committee (NATO) | |
| DRDC | Defence R&D Canada | |
| DRIC | Defense Resource Identification Code | |
| DRM | Defense Research Memorandum | |
| DRO | Departmental Requirements Officer | |
| drops | Demountable Rack Offloading and Pick-up System | |
| dRP | Disaster Relief Program | |
| DRS | Data Relay Satellite | |
| DRSA | Defense Reconnaissance Support Activities | |
| DRSEM | Deployable Receive Segment Engineering Model | |
| DRSN | Defense Red Switch Network | |
| DRSP | Defense Reconnaissance Support Program | |
| DRU | Direct Reporting Unit | |
| DRZ | Deep Reconnaissance Zone | |
| DS | Defense Suppression | |
| DS&T | Director of Science and Technology | |
| DS/T | practice discarding sabot/tracer | |
| DSA | Defense Supply Agency | |
| DSAA | (U.S.) Defense Security Assistance Agency | |
| DSACS | direct support armored cannon system (US) | |
| DSARC | Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council | |
| DSAT | Developmental Submarine Analysis Terminal | |
| DSC | Defense Satellite Communications | |
| DSC-SLEP | Defense Satellite Communications System Service Life Enhancement Program | |
| DSCIS | Daily Space Command Intelligence Summary | |
| DSCSOC | Defense Satellite Communications System Operations Center | |
| DSDIO | Director, Strategic Defense Initiative | |
| DSE | Direct Support Element | |
| DSEC | Directorate of Security | |
| DSETS | Direct Support Electrical Test System | |
| DSFOB | Daily Strategic Forces Order of Battle | |
| DSG | Defense Steering Group | |
| DSI | Defense Simulation Internet | |
| DSI/TCCS | Defense Simulation Internet/Theater Command and Control System | |
| DSIATP | Defense Sensor Imagery Application Training Programs | |
| DSIIB | Direct Support Imagery Interpretation Brief | |
| DSIMS | Deployable SouthCom Intelligence Management System | |
| DSM | Data Systems Modernization | |
| DSNET | Defense Integrated Secure Network | |
| DSNET 1 | Defense Integrated Secure Network 1 (SECRET level) | |
| DSNET 2 | Defense Integrated Secure Network 2 (TOP SECRET level) | |
| DSNET 3 | Defense Integrated Secure Network 3 (TS/SCI level) | |
| DSO | Defence Sales Organisation | |
| DSO | Direct Support Operator/Operations | |
| DSPO | Defense Special Projects Office | |
| DSR | Defense Source Register | |
| DSRA | DODSPECREP-Alameda |
| DSRP | Defense Space Reconnaissance Program | |
| DSRV | Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle (US) | |
| DSS | Decision Support System | |
| DSSCC | Defense Special Security Communications Center | |
| DSSCS | Defense Special Secure Communications System | |
| DSSCS/DIN | Defense Special Security Communications System/Digital Intelligence Network | |
| DSSR | Deep Space Surveillance Radar | |
| DSSS | Defense Special Security System | |
| DST | Daylight Savings Time | |
| DSTE | Digital Subscriber Terminal Equipment | |
| DSTF | Decision Support Task Force | |
| DSTP | Director, Strategic Target Planning | |
| DSTS | Deep Space Tracking System | |
| DSU | Direct Support Unit | |
| DSV | Deep Submergence Vehicle | |
| DSVT | Digital Subscriber Voice Terminal | |
| DSWS | Division Support Weapon System | |
| DT&E | Developmental Test & Evaluation | |
| DTA | Directorate of Threat Analysis | |
| dtat | Direction Technique des Armements Terrestres | |
| DTC | Digital Tape Cassette | |
| DTC-2 | Desktop Computer-2 (Navy) | |
| DTE | Data Terminal Equipment | |
| DTI | Doppler-Time-Intensity | |
| DTIC | (U.S.) Defense Technical Information Center | |
| DTIO | Deputy Target Intelligence Officer | |
| DTIR | Defense Technical Intelligence Report | |
| DTLOMS | Doctrine, Training, Leadership, Organization, Material, Soldiers | |
| DTLS | Descriptive Top-Level Specification | |
| DTM | Data Transfer Module | |
| DTMF | Dual-Tone MultiFrequency | |
| DTNSRDC | David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research & Development Center | |
| DTOC | Division Tactical Operations Center | |
| DTOCSE | Division Tactical Operations Center Support Element | |
| DTOLM | Doctrine, Training, Organization, Leader Development and Material | |
| DTP | Drug Testing Program | |
| DTS | Diplomatic Telecommunications System/Service | |
| DTSA | (U.S.) Defense Technology Security Administration | |
| DTSG | Digital Technology Subworking Group | |
| dtt | Driver Training Tank | |
| DTU | Data Transfer Unit | |
| DTUC | Data Transfer Unit Cartridge | |
| DTWS | Digital Topographic Work Station | |
| DU | Depleted Uranium | |
| DU | Decision Unit | |
| DUA | Directory User Agent | |
| DUCA | Distributed Users Coverage Antennas | |
| DUG | Deep Underground | |
| DUPLEX | Simultaneous Transmit and Receive | |
| DUSD(AT) | Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Advanced Technology) |
| DUSD(P) | Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Policy) | |
| dv | Demining Vehicle | |
| DV | Distinguished Visitor | |
| DVE | Driver's Vision Enhancer | |
| DVI | Digital Video Interactive | |
| DVITS | Digital Video Imagery Transmission System | |
| DVM | Digital Voice Module | |
| DVTC | Digital Voice Transmit Communications | |
| DWFK | Deep Water Fording Kit | |
| DWIO | Duty Watch Intelligence Officer (Canadian) | |
| DWIP | Defense-Wide Intelligence Plan | |
| DWS | Disaster Warning System | |
| DZ | Drop Zone | |
| DZ/LZ | Drop Zone/Landing Zone | |
| DZ/LZ/RZ | Drop/Landing/Recovery Zone | |
| DZS | Drop Zone Study | |
| e&a | Exploitation and Analysis | |
| E&E | Escape And Evasion (training) | |
| E&MD | Engineering & Manufacturing Development | |
| E-DAY | Start Day of an Exercise | |
| E-DRB | Expanded Defense (Planning &) Resources Board | |
| Electronic Mail | ||
| E-MIPE | Enhanced MIPE | |
| E-NET | Ethernet | |
| E-OPTINT | Electro-Optical Intelligence | |
| E3 | End-to-End Encryption | |
| EA | Emergency Action(s) | |
| EAAK | Enhanced Appliqué Armor Kit (US) | |
| EAC | Emergency Action Console | |
| EACIC | Echelon-Above-Corps Intelligence Center | |
| EACTPC | Echelon-Above-Corps Theater Production Center | |
| EAD | Echelon Above Division | |
| EADSIM | Extended Air Defense Simulation | |
| EAM | Emergency Action Message | |
| EAMA | African States Associated with the EEC | |
| EAMAS | Emergency Action Message Authentication System | |
| eaos | Enhanced Artillery Observation System | |
| EAS | Emergency Action System | |
| EASTLANT | Eastern Atlantic Command (NATO) | |
| EASTPAC | Eastern Pacific Ocean | |
| EATTG | Enhanced Automated Tactical Target Graphics | |
| EBG | Engin Blindé Génie (armoured combat vehicle) | |
| EBR | Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance (armoured reconnaissance vehicle) | |
| EBRC | Engine Blindé à roues de Contact | |
| EBS | Emergency Broadcast System | |
| ec | Enhanced Carbine | |
| EC | European Community | |
| ECA | Enemy Capability Assessment | |
| ECAC | Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Center | |
| ECB | Engineering and Construction Bulletins |
| ECC | Eurasian Communist Countries | |
| ECDB | EISS Consolidated Database | |
| ECG | Emergency Coordination Group | |
| ECI | External Communications Interface | |
| ECM | Error Correcting Memory | |
| ECMA | European Computer Manufacturer's Association | |
| ECMC | Enhanced Crisis Management Capability | |
| ECMO | European Collection Management Office | |
| ECO | Electronic Collection Outstations | |
| ECOA | Enemy Courses of Action | |
| ECOS | Enhanced Combat Optical Sight | |
| ECP | Emergency Communications Plan | |
| ECPL | Endorsed Data Encryption Standard Products List | |
| ECS | Electronic Combat Support | |
| ECS | Environmental Control Subsystem | |
| ECSM | Special Assistant for Security Matters | |
| ECSO | European Command Special Operations | |
| ECU | Environmental Control Unit (GSM) | |
| ECV | Enhanced Capacity Vehicle | |
| ED | European Capability Datum | |
| EDA | Emergency Dissemination Authorityies | |
| EDD | Explosive Detonation Disruption | |
| EDI | European Defense Initiative | |
| EDL | Electric Discharge Laser | |
| EDM | Engineering Development Model | |
| EDMS | Electronic Dissemination Management System | |
| EDN | Emergency Data Network | |
| EDP | Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE]) | |
| EDPSELINT | Data Processing System | |
| EDRE | Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercises | |
| EDS | Electric Drive System | |
| EEA | Essential Elements of Analysis | |
| EEC | European Economic Community (predecessor of the European Union|EU) | |
| EECT | End of Evening Civil Twilight | |
| EEFI | Essential Elements of Friendly Information | |
| EEI | Essential Elements of Information | |
| EELS | Early Entry, Lethality, and Survivability | |
| EELV | Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle | |
| EENT | End Evening Nautical Twilight | |
| EEO | Equal Employment Opportunity | |
| EEOB | enemy electronic order of battle | |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission | |
| EES | Emergency Evacuation Study | |
| EFAB | Etablissement d'Etudes et de Fabrications d'Armement de Bourges | |
| EFC | Equivalent Full Charge | |
| EFCR | equivalent full charge rounds | |
| EFCS | Electronic Filmless Camera System | |
| EFD | Electronic Fill Device | |
| EFM | Explosives Factory Maribyrnong | |
| EFP | Explosively Formed Penetrator |
| efp | Expanded Feasibility Phase | |
| EFP | Environmental Farm Plans | |
| EFTA | European Free Trade Association (Geneva) | |
| EFTO | Encrypt(ed) for Transmission Only | |
| EFV | Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (New name for AAAV) | |
| EFVS | Electronic Fighting Vehicle System (US) | |
| eg | External Gun | |
| EGA | Enhanced Graphics Adapter | |
| EGADS | Electronic Generation, Accounting, & Distribution System | |
| EGIS | East German Intelligence Service | |
| EGLM | Enhanced Grenade Launcher Module | |
| EHF | Extremely High Frequency | |
| EI | Engineering and Installation | |
| EI | Effectiveness Index | |
| EI (formerly UI) | Employment Insurance | |
| EI SIT | Engineering and Installation Site Implementation Team | |
| EIA | Electronics Industry Association (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia) | |
| EIB | European Investment Bank | |
| EIC | Economic Intelligence Committee | |
| EIDB | EISS Integrated Database | |
| EIDS | Electronic Information Delivery System | |
| EIF | ECMC Interface Facility | |
| EIG | Explosive Incendiary Grenade | |
| EIP | ELlNT Improvement Program | |
| EIRP | Effective Isotropic Radiated Power | |
| EIS | Engineering and Installation Squadron | |
| EIS | Enhanced Imagery System | |
| EISI | Electrical Interface-SWPS/lDHS 2000 | |
| EISS | EUCOM Intelligence Support System | |
| EITO | EUCOM Intelligence Training Office EKIP Enhanced Korean Information Package | |
| EKMS | Electronic Key Management System | |
| elb | Extended Life Barrel | |
| ELDO | European Space Vehicle Launcher Development Organization | |
| ELECTRO-OPINT | Electro-Optical Intelligence Element | |
| ELECTRO-OPTINT | Electro-Optical Intelligence | |
| ELEV | Elevator | |
| ELF | Extremely Low Frequency | |
| ELI | Emitter Location & Identification | |
| ELINT | Electronic Intelligence Satellite | |
| ELISA | Electronic Intelligence Search & Analysis | |
| ELKE | Elevated Kinetic Energy Weapon (US) | |
| ELMT | Element | |
| ELNET | European Liaison Network | |
| ELNOT | ELINT Notation | |
| ELOS | Extended Line Of Sight | |
| ELS | Emitter Location System | |
| els | Electromagnetic Launcher System | |
| ELSAP | Elektronische Schiessanlage für Panzer (electronic fire system for tanks) | |
| ELSEC | Electronic Security | |
| ELSET | Element Set |
| ELV | Expendable Launch Vehicle | |
| EM | Electromagnetic | |
| EMA | European Monetary Agreement | |
| EMAP | Electromagnetic Analysis Program | |
| EMATS | Emergency Message Automatic Transmission System | |
| emb | embarked | |
| EMC | Executive Management Committee | |
| EMC | Electromagnetic Compatibility | |
| EMCON | Electromagnetic Emission Control | |
| EMCP | Electromagnetic Compatibility Program | |
| EMCS | ELINT Mission Control System | |
| EMD | Engineering and Manufacturing Development | |
| EMDG | Euromissile Dynamics Group | |
| EMEW | Electromagnetically-Augmented High Explosive Warhead | |
| EMG | externally mounted gun | |
| EMGTN | Equivalent Megatonnage | |
| EMHS | EUCOM Message Handling System | |
| EMI | Electromagnetic interface | |
| EMIDS | Experiment for Management Information Data Systems | |
| EMINT | Emissions Intelligence | |
| EMIS | Early Mission Identification System | |
| EMIT | Emergency Message Initiation Terminal | |
| EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse | |
| EMPG | Electromagnetic Pulse Grenade | |
| EMSEC | Emanations/Emissions Security | |
| EMT | Emergency Management Team | |
| EMTR | Eastern Missile Test Range | |
| EMUT | Enhanced Manpack UHF Terminal | |
| EN | Enemy | |
| ENDEX | End Date of an Exercise | |
| ENGESA | Engesa Engenheiros Especializados (Brazil) | |
| Engr | Engineer | |
| ENL | Enlisted | |
| ENMCC | Expanded National Military Command Center | |
| ENSCD | Enemy Situation and Correlation Division | |
| ENSCE | Enemy Situation Correlation Element | |
| ENSIT | Enemy Situation | |
| ENTNAC | Entrance National Agency Check | |
| EO | Engineering Order | |
| EOA | Early Operational Assessment | |
| EOBS | Electronic Order of Battle Server | |
| EOC | Essential Operational Capability | |
| EOD | Explosive Ordnance Disposal | |
| EOINT | Electro-Optical Intelligence | |
| EOP | Emergency Operating Procedures | |
| EOR | Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance | |
| EORD | Eastern Ontario Regimental Depot | |
| EORSAT | ELINT Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite | |
| EOS | Earth Observation Satellite | |
| EOSAT | Earth Observation Satellite Co. |
| EOSS | Electro-Optic Sensor System | |
| EOTDA | Electro-Optical Tactical Decision Aids | |
| EOTS | Electro-Optical Tracking System | |
| EOW | Electro-Optic Warfare | |
| EP | ELINT Processor | |
| EP-3 | U.S. Navy Reconnaissance Aircraft | |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency (US) | |
| EPAMS | Exercise Planning and Message System | |
| EPAT | Earliest Possible Arrival Time | |
| EPC | Engin Principal de Combat (future main battle tank) | |
| EPDS | Electronic Processing and Dissemination System | |
| epg | European Programme Group | |
| EPG | Enhanced Performance Grenade | |
| EPG | European Production Group | |
| EPIC | El Paso Intelligence Center | |
| EPIRB | Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon | |
| EPL | ELINT Parameters List | |
| EPLRS | Enhanced Position Location and Reporting System | |
| EPMO | European Production Management Office | |
| EPR | Extended Planning Annex | |
| EPROM | Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory | |
| EPS | Electrical Power Subsystem | |
| EPS | ELINT Processing System | |
| EPU | Electronics Processing Unit | |
| EPUU | Enhanced PLRS User Units | |
| EPWG | Exploitation Plans Working Group | |
| ER | Extended Range | |
| ER | Enhanced Radiation | |
| ERA | Explosive Reactive Armour | |
| ERA | Extended Range Ammunition | |
| ERADCOM | Electronic Research and Development Command | |
| ERAP | Economic Recovery Assistance Program | |
| ERAST | Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology | |
| ERBM | Extended Range Ballistic Missile | |
| ERC | Engin de Reconnaissance Canon | |
| ERCS | Emergency Rocket Communications System | |
| ERDA | Economic and Regional Development Agreement | |
| ERDAS | Earth Resources Data Analysis System | |
| ERF | Early Reinforcing Force | |
| ERFB | extended range full-bore | |
| ERFB-BB | extended range full-bore - base bleed | |
| ERGFCDS | Extended Range Gunnery Fire-Control Demonstration System | |
| ERGP | Extended Range Guided Projectile | |
| ERIN | Electronic Radio Intercept Network (USCS) | |
| ERINT | Extended Range Intercept Missile | |
| ERIR | Electronic Reconnaissance Intercept Report | |
| ERIS | Exo-atmospheric Reentry Vehicle Interception System | |
| ERMIS | Extended Range Modification Integration System | |
| EROS | Earth Resources Observational System | |
| ERP | Extended Range Projectile |
| ERP | Effective Radiated Power | |
| ERPHO | Earth Resources Photographic Satellite | |
| ERRS | Emergency Regional Reporting System | |
| ERS | Emergency Relocation Site | |
| ERSC | extended range subcalibre | |
| ERSSO | Emergency Reaction Special Security Officer | |
| ERT | Executive Reference Time | |
| ERTM | Electronic Intelligence Request Tasking Message | |
| ERTS | Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat) | |
| ERTZ | Equipment Radiation TEMPEST Zone | |
| ERV | Emergency Rescue Vehicle | |
| ERV | Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle | |
| ERW | Enhanced Radiation Weapon | |
| ES | Extreme Spread | |
| ES | Emplacement Site | |
| ESA | European Space Agency | |
| ESAA | European Special Activities Area (U.S. Air Force) | |
| ESAC | El Salvador Analysis Cell | |
| ESAF | European Special Activities Facility | |
| ESAF | Electronic Safety and Arm Function | |
| ESAMS | Enhanced Surface-to-Air Missile Simulation | |
| ESAR | Enhanced Synthetic Aperture Radar | |
| ESC | Electronic Security Command (U.S. Air Force) | |
| ESD | Electronique Serge Dassault | |
| ESD | Electronic Systems Division | |
| ESF | Environmental Scale Factor | |
| ESG | Electronic Security Group | |
| ESI | Extremely Sensitive Information | |
| ESIAC | Electronic Satellite Image Analysis Center | |
| ESJ | Escort Jamming | |
| ESLDE | Eyesafe Laser Daylight Elbow | |
| ESM | Experiment Support Module | |
| ESMC | Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR) | |
| ESMT | External Supply Management Tools | |
| ESP | Emergency Special Measures | |
| ESPAWS | Enhanced Self-Propelled Artillery Weapon System (US) | |
| ESR | ELINT Summary Report | |
| ESRO | European Space Research Organisation | |
| ESRS | electro-slag refined steel | |
| ESS | Electronic Security Squadron | |
| ESSA | Expert System for Situation Assessment | |
| ESSM | Electronic Shop, Shelter-Mounted | |
| ESV | Earth Satellite Vehicle | |
| ESW | Electronic Security Wing | |
| ET | Enhanced Terminal | |
| ETA | Estimated Time of Arrival | |
| ETAC | Enlisted Terminal Attack Controllers | |
| ETAP | Education Training Awareness Program | |
| ETAWG | ELINT Technical Analysis Working Group | |
| ETC | ElectroThermal Cannon |
| ETC | Estimated Time of Completion | |
| ETD | Estimated Time of Departure | |
| ETDS | Elapsed Time Distribution System | |
| ETE | Estimated Time of Endurance | |
| ETF | Enhanced tactical fighter | |
| ETHICS | European Theater High Capacity Intelligence Communications System | |
| ETI | Estimated Time of Impact | |
| ETIBS | Enhanced Tactical Information Broadcast Service | |
| ETII | External-to-Internal Interface | |
| ETIWCS | European Theater Intelligence Warning and Communications System | |
| ETL | Endorsed Tools List | |
| ETM | Electronic Technical Manuals | |
| ETO | European Theater of Operations | |
| ETP | Extended Tether Program | |
| ETPL | Endorsed TEMPEST Products List item | |
| ETRAC | Enhanced Tactical Radar Correlator | |
| ETRO | Estimated Time Return to Operation | |
| ETS | Elevated TOW System | |
| ETS | European Telephone System | |
| ets | Engineer Tank System | |
| ETSC | Electronic and Telecommunications Subcommittee | |
| ETSS | Electronic Telecommunications Switching System | |
| ETTP | EUCOM Tactics, Techniques and Procedures | |
| ETUT | Enhanced Tactical User Terminal | |
| EU | Expenditure Unit | |
| EUCI | Endorsed for Unclassified Cryptographic Information | |
| EUCOM | European Command | |
| EUCOM/JIC | U.S. European Command/Joint Intelligence Command | |
| EUDAC | European Defense Analysis Center | |
| EUF | ECME User Facility | |
| EUL | Economically Useful Life | |
| EUMETSAT | European Meteorological Satellite | |
| EURATOM | European Atomic Energy Community | |
| EUSA | Eighth U.S. Army (Korea) | |
| EUSC | effective United States controlled shipping | |
| EUTE | Early User Test and Evaluation | |
| Eutelsat | European Telecommunications Satellite Organization | |
| EUV | Extreme Ultraviolet Vertical | |
| EUVE | Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (NASA Satellite) | |
| EV | Enforcement Vector | |
| EVA | Extra-Vehicular Activity | |
| EVC | DoD Evasion Chart | |
| EVO | Event Verification Officer | |
| EVR | Enemy Vulnerability Report | |
| EVS | Electronic Visual Communications | |
| EW | Electronic Warfare | |
| EW/GCI | Early Warning/Ground Control Intercept | |
| EWAC | Electronic Warfare Anechoic Chamber | |
| EWAS | Electronic Workorder Accounting System | |
| EWC | Electronic Warfare Center |
| EWCC | Electronic Warfare Coordination Center | |
| EWCM | Electronic Warfare Coordination Module | |
| EWCS | Electronic Warfare Control System | |
| EWIR | Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming | |
| EWIRS | Electronic Warfare Integrated Reprogramming System | |
| EWK | Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern Gцppner | |
| EWMIS | Electronic Warfare Management Information System | |
| EWMS | EW Mission Summary | |
| EWO | Electronic Warfare Officer | |
| EWOPFAC | Electronic Warfare Operating Facility | |
| EWR | Early Warning Radar | |
| EWRL | Electronic Warfare Reprogrammable Library | |
| EWS | Electronic Warfare Support | |
| EWS | external weapon station | |
| EWSE | EW Support Element | |
| EWSM | Electronic Warfare Support Measures | |
| EWSO | EW Staff Officer | |
| EXCAP | Exercise Capability (simulator) | |
| EXCOM | Executive Committee | |
| EXCRIT | Exercise Critique System | |
| EXDEF | Exercise Deficiency Program | |
| EXDIR/ICA | Executive Director for Intelligence Community Affairs | |
| EXDIS | Exclusive Distribution (Pneumatic Tube Message Precedence) | |
| EXEC | Executive | |
| EXERTAS | Exercise Timeline Analysis System | |
| EXFIL | Exfiltration | |
| EXO | Exoatmosheric | |
| EXOPLAN | Exercise Operations Plan | |
| EXPER | Experience | |
| EXPL | Exploitation | |
| EXPLAN | Exercise Plan | |
| ExPReS | Expoitation Process Reengineering Study | |
| EXRAND | Exploitation Research and Development (COMIREX) | |
| EXSCEN | Exercise Scenario System | |
| EXSUBCOM | Exploitation Subcommittee (COMIREX) | |
| EXSUM | Executive Summary | |
| EXTAC | Experimental Tactics | |
| f | Degrees Fahrenheit | |
| F/d | Ratio of focal-length to diameter (of reflector type antennas) | |
| F/O | Fiber-Optics | |
| F3S | Field Station Support System | |
| FA | Frontal Aviation (FSU) | |
| FAAD | Forward Area Air Defense | |
| FAAD C3I | Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence | |
| FAADS | Forward Area Air Defense System | |
| FAAR | Forward Area Alerting Radar (US) | |
| FAARP | Forward Area Armament and Refuel Point | |
| FAARP | Forward Area Arming & Refueling Point | |
| FAAS | Foreign Affairs Administrative Support | |
| FAASV | Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle (US) |
| FAC | Forward Air Control | |
| FAC | Forward Air Control (Controller) | |
| FAC-A | Forward Air Control(er)-Airborne | |
| FACE | Field Artillery Computer Equipment | |
| FACP | Forward Air Control Post | |
| FACSFAC | Fleet Air Control and Surveillance Facility | |
| FAD | Fleet Air Defense | |
| FADOC | Future Air Defense Operation Concept | |
| FADS | Foreign Area Data System | |
| FAE | Fuel-Air Explosive | |
| FAF | Fast Access Format | |
| FAFIC | Federal Armed Forces Intelligence Center (FRG) | |
| FAI | Fuel Air Incendiary Concussion Bomb | |
| FAIO | Field Artillery Intelligence Officer | |
| FAISA | FORSCOM Automated Intelligence Support Activity | |
| FAISS | FORSCOM Automated Intelligence Support System | |
| FAL | Fusil Automatique Légère | |
| FALD | Field Administration & Logistics Division | |
| FAM | Functional Area Model | |
| FAME | FORSCOM Automated Modernization Effort | |
| FAMP | Foreign Army Materiel Production | |
| FAMS | Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center Analytical Maritime Summary | |
| FAMSIM | Family of Simulation | |
| FANS | Friendly Allied Nation Support Network | |
| FANT | French Atmospheric Nuclear Test | |
| FAO | Foreign Area Officer | |
| FAP | Fisheries Alternative Program | |
| FAPC | Food and Agriculture Planning Committee | |
| FAPDS | Frangible Armour-Piercing Discarding Sabot | |
| FARP | Forward Area Refueling Point | |
| FARP | Forward Area Refuel Point | |
| FARRFAA | Air Replacement Radar | |
| FARRP | Forward Area Rearming and Refueling Point | |
| FARS | Field Artillery Rocket System | |
| FARV-A | Future Armored Resupply Vehicle - Artillery (US) | |
| FAS | (U.S.) Foreign Agriculture Service | |
| FAST | Fleet Antiterrorist Support Teams | |
| FAST | Forward Area Support Team | |
| FAST-I | Forward Area SID and TRAP-Improved | |
| FAST/I2 | Improved FAST/I | |
| FASTC | Foreign Aerospace Science and Technology Center (archaic, now NAIC) | |
| FASTFAX | Tactical Digital Facsimile | |
| FASTL | Future Analytic Strategic Target List | |
| FAV | Fast Attack Vehicle (US) | |
| FB | Fighter Bomber | |
| FBA | Fighter Bomber Attack | |
| FBH | Force Beachhead | |
| FBI | Federal Bureau of Investigation | |
| FBR | Fast Breeder Reactor | |
| FBRV | Future Beach Recovery Vehicle (UK) |
| FBS | Forward-Based Systems | |
| FCA | Foreign Counterintelligence Activity | |
| FCB | Functional Control Board | |
| FCC | Fire Command Centre | |
| FCC | Fire-Control Computer | |
| FCCVS | Future Close-Combat Vehicle System (US) | |
| FCE | fire-control equipment | |
| FCE | Forward Control Element | |
| FCFS | First Come First Served | |
| FCG | Foreign Clearance Guide (military) | |
| FCG2 | FORSCOM G2 | |
| FCIAD | FORSCOM Component Intelligence Architecture Document | |
| FCIP | Foreign Counterintelligence Program | |
| FCISD | FORSCOM Component Intelligence Strategy Document | |
| FCITP | Foreign Counterintelligence and International Terrorism Program (FBI) | |
| FCITTP | FORSCOM Component Intelligence Tactics, Techniques and Procedures | |
| FCLP | FORSCOM Command Language Program | |
| FCLV | Future Command and Liaison Vehicle (UK) | |
| FCO | Facility Control Office | |
| FCRC | Federal Contract Research Center | |
| fcs | Future Combat System | |
| FCSE | Forward Control Support Element | |
| FCT | Foreign Comparative Test | |
| FCU | Fire Control Unit | |
| FCZ | Forward Combat Zone | |
| FDB | Fleet Database | |
| FDBM | functional data base manager | |
| FDBPS | Fleet Data Base Production System | |
| FDC | Fire Direction Centre | |
| FDC | Fire Direction Center | |
| FDCV | fire direction centre vehicle | |
| FDDAC | Foreign Denial and Deception Analysis Committee | |
| FDDI | Fiber Distributed Data Interface | |
| FDDS | Flag Data Display System | |
| FDIU | Fill Device Interface Unit | |
| FDM | Frequency Division Multiplex | |
| FDMA | Frequency Division Multiple Access | |
| FDMS | Farm Debt Mediation Service | |
| FDO | Foreign Disclosure Officer | |
| FDOA | Frequency Difference Of Arrival | |
| FDR | Foreign Disclosure Representative | |
| FDSWS | Future Direct Support Weapon System | |
| FDT&E | Force Development Test & Experimentation | |
| FDU | Force Design Update | |
| FDW | Forward Deployed Workstation | |
| FEA | Front End Analysis | |
| FEAF | Far Eastern Air Forces | |
| FEAI | Federal Environmental Assessment Index | |
| FEBA | Forward Edge of the Battle Area | |
| Fed | Federal Reserve System |
| FedNor | (Federal Economic Development Iniative for Northern Ontario ) | |
| FEDS | Front End Distribution System | |
| FEDSIM | Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center | |
| FEL | Free Electron Laser | |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency | |
| FEMD | Far East Military District | |
| FEMP | Front End Message Processors | |
| FEP | Front End Processor | |
| FEP | Firepower Enhancement Programme | |
| FERS | Federal Employees Retirement System | |
| FET | Field Effect Transistor | |
| FET | Future Engineer Tank | |
| FETVD | Far East Theater of Military Operations | |
| FEWS | Future Early Warning System | |
| FEWSG | Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group | |
| FFA | Free-Fire Area | |
| FFAR | Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket | |
| FFAR | Folding Fin Aerial Rocket | |
| FFE | Fire For Effect | |
| FFED | FIREFINDER Elevation Data | |
| FFG | Guided-Missile Frigate | |
| FFGH | Guided-Missile Aviation Frigate | |
| FFGN | Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile Frigate | |
| FFH | Aviation Frigate | |
| FFHGN | Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile Aviation Frigate | |
| FFHN | Nuclear-Powered Aviation Frigate | |
| FFL | Corvette | |
| FFLG | Guided-Missile Corvette | |
| FFM | Full Face Mask | |
| FFN | Fleet Flash Net | |
| FFR | Radar Picket Frigate | |
| FFS | Fixed Field Site | |
| FFSS | Future Fighting Soldier System (UK) | |
| FFT | Training Frigate | |
| FG | Field Gun | |
| FGHQ | Fighter Group Headquarters (Canada) | |
| FGN | Foreign | |
| FH | Field Howitzer | |
| FH | Frequency Hopping | |
| FH/DS | Frequency Hopping/Direct Sequence | |
| FHAP | Federal Housing Action Program (Canada) | |
| FI | Finished Intelligence | |
| FI&SS | Foreign Intelligence and Security Service(s) | |
| FIA | Foreign Intelligence Agency | |
| FIBUA | Fighting In Built-Up Areas | |
| FIC | Fleet Intelligence Center | |
| FICEURLANT | Fleet Intelligence Center, Europe & Atlantic | |
| FICM | Fleet Intelligence Collection Manual | |
| FICPAC | Fleet Intelligence Center, Pacific | |
| FIDB | Fundamental Intelligence Database |
| FIE | Foreign Intelligence Element | |
| FIFV | Future Infantry Fighting Vehicle (US) | |
| FIGMO | Fuck it, I've got my orders | |
| FIIC | Force Imagery Interpretation Center | |
| FIIU | Force Imagery Interpretation Unit | |
| FIM | Force Integration Master Planner | |
| FIMCLA | Farm Improvement and Marketing Cooperatives Loans Act | |
| FIN | Fixed-Site Intelligence Network | |
| FINPLAN | Financial Plan | |
| FINTRAC | Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada | |
| FIO | Foreign Intelligence Officer | |
| FIP | Force Improvement Plan | |
| FIPA | Farm Income Protection Act | |
| FIPC | Foreign Intelligence Priorities Committee | |
| FIPS | Federal Information Processing Standard | |
| FIR | Field Investigative Region | |
| FIRA | Foreign Investment Review Agency.(Pronounced: FEAR-ah) | |
| FIRCAP | Foreign Intelligence Requirement Capabilities and Priorities | |
| FIRE | Fused Intelligence Report in Europe | |
| FIRF | Future Information Requirements Forecast | |
| FIRM | Floating Integrated Rail Mount | |
| FIRMS | Foreign Intelligence Relations Management System | |
| FIROPS | Freedom of Air Operations | |
| FIRST | Fleet Intelligence Reserve Support Team | |
| FIRSTEURLANT | Fleet Intelligence Reserve Support Team, Atlantic | |
| FIRSTPAC | Fleet Intelligence Reserve Support Team, Pacific | |
| FIS | Fuze Interface System | |
| FIS | Foreign Instrumentation Signals | |
| FISA | Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act | |
| FISAP | FMFPac Intelligence Sub-Architecture Plan | |
| FISH | Fighting in Someone's House | |
| FISINT | Foreign Instrumentation and Signature Intelligence | |
| FISS | Foreign Intelligence and Security Services | |
| FIST | Future Integrated Soldier Technology | |
| FIST-T | Transportable FIST | |
| FISTV | Fire Support Team Vehicle (US) | |
| FITCPAC | Fleet Intelligence Training Center, Pacific | |
| FITD | FORSCOM Intelligence Training Detachment | |
| FITOW | Further Improved TOW (US) | |
| FITT | Forum for International Trade Training | |
| FITWING | Fighter Wing | |
| FLA | Foreign Launch Assessment | |
| FLAGE | Flexible Lightweight Agile-Guided Experiment | |
| FLC | Foreign Language Committee | |
| FLEA | Frangible Low-Energy Ammunition (i.e. a fragmentation grenade or a low-yield IED) | |
| FLENUMOCEANCEN | Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (U.S. Navy) | |
| FLEX | Force-Level Execution System | |
| FLI | Force-Level Information | |
| FLIR | forward-looking infra-red | |
| FLIR | Forward-Looking Infrared (Radar) |
| FLOT | forward line of own troops | |
| FLOT | Forward Line of Troops | |
| FLR | Forward-Looking Radar | |
| FLRA | Federal Labor Relations Authority's | |
| FLSG | Force Logistics Support Group | |
| flsw | Future Light Support Weapon | |
| FLT | Flight | |
| FLTBCST | Fleet Broadcast | |
| FLTCINC | Fleet Commander in Chief | |
| FLTSAT | Fleet Satellite | |
| FLTSATCOM | fleet satellite communications | |
| FM | frequency modulation | |
| FM | Titanium tetrachloride (code designation) | |
| FMA | Foreign Materiel Acquisition | |
| FMAO | Foreign Materiel Acquisition Operation | |
| FMAR | Foreign Materiel Acquisition Requirement | |
| FMAS | foreign media analysis subsystem | |
| FMBS | Family of Muzzle Brake/Suppressors | |
| FMC | Field Maintenance Center | |
| FMC | Food Machinery Corporation | |
| FME | foreign materiel exploitation | |
| FMEC | Foreign Materiel Exploitation Catalogue | |
| FMEP | Foreign Materiel Exploitation Program | |
| FMF | Fleet Marine Force (US) | |
| FMF | Fleet Marine Force(s) | |
| FMFLANT | Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic | |
| FMFM | Fleet Marine Field Manual | |
| FMFPAC | Fleet Marine Force, Pacific | |
| FMIB | Foreign Materiel Intelligence Board | |
| FMIG | Foreign Materiel Intelligence Group | |
| FMIS | Force Management Information System | |
| FMJ | Full Metal Jacket | |
| FMJBT | Full Metal Jacket Boat Tail | |
| FMJLF | Full Metal Jacket Lead Free | |
| FMLM | French Military Liaison Mission | |
| FMOCC | Fleet Mobile Operations Command Center | |
| FMPCP | Foreign Military Personnel Contact Program | |
| FMPDS | Frangible Missile Piercing Discarding Sabot | |
| FMPRB | Foreign Military Program Review Board | |
| FMRL | Foreign Materiel Requirements List | |
| FMS | Foreign Military Sales | |
| FMSF | Foreign Military Sales Financing | |
| FMTV | Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles | |
| FN | Fabrique Nationale (Manufacturer) | |
| FNU | First Name Unknown | |
| FO | Forward Observer | |
| FOA | Field Operating Agency | |
| FOAMP | Foreign Aerospace Materiel Production | |
| FOAP | Foreign Aircraft Production | |
| FOB | Forward Operating Base |
| FOBS | Fractional Orbital Bombardment System | |
| FOC | Final Operating Capability | |
| FOC | Final Operational Capabilities | |
| FOCI | Foreign Owned Controlled or Influenced | |
| FOCUS | Interagency Review of Defense Attache Offices | |
| FOD | Foreign Object Damage | |
| FOFA | Follow-on Forces Attack | |
| FOFF | Field Of Fire | |
| FOG | Fiber-Optics Guided | |
| FOG | Fibre Optic Gyrometer | |
| FOGM | Fiber-Optic Guided Missile | |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act | |
| FOLAN | Fiber-Optic Local Area Network | |
| FOLPEN | Foliage-Penetrating | |
| fom | Fibre Optic Missile | |
| FOM | Figure Of Merit | |
| FOMA | Foreign Military Assistance | |
| FOMCAT | Foreign Materiel Catalogue | |
| FOMP | Foreign Missile Production | |
| FONS | Fleet Operational Needs Statement for Intelligence | |
| FOO | Forward Observation Officer (British) | |
| FOP | Forward Observation Post | |
| FORD-Q | Federal Office of Regional Development - Quebec | |
| FORDTIS | Foreign Disclosure Technical Information System | |
| FORGE | Force Generation | |
| FORMAT | Foreign Materiel | |
| FORMDEPS | FORSCOM Mobilization & Deployment Planning System | |
| FORMICA | Foreign Military Intelligence Collection Activity | |
| FORMMS | Foreign Materiel Management System | |
| FORSTAT | Force Status and Identity Report | |
| FORT | Force Trends Data Base | |
| FORTIS | Forward Observation and Reconnaissance Thermal Imaging System | |
| FOSCAS | Foreign Ship Construction and Shipyards | |
| FOSD | Family of Sabotage Devices | |
| FOSIC | Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center | |
| FOSIC-E | Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center, Europe | |
| FOSICLANT | Fleet Ocean Surveillance Intelligence Center, Atlantic | |
| FOSICPAC | Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center, Pacific | |
| FOSIF/WESTPAC | Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility, Western Pacific | |
| FOT&E | Follow-On Test and Evaluation | |
| FOTARS | Follow-On Tactical Reconnaissance System | |
| FOTELSYS | Foreign Telecommunications Systems | |
| FOTRS | Follow-On Tactical Reconnaissance System | |
| FOTT | Follow On To TOW | |
| FOV | Field Of View (satellite) | |
| FP | Fire Position | |
| FPA | Federal Preparedness Agency | |
| FPA | Focal Plane Array | |
| FPB | Fast Patrol Boat | |
| FPE | Force Planning Estimate |
| FPF | Final Protection Fire | |
| FPI | Foreign Positive Intelligence | |
| FPIR | Force Protection Information Report | |
| FPL | Fire Protective Line | |
| FPN | Field Post Number | |
| FPS | Feet Per Second | |
| FPTOC | Force Projection Tactical Operations Center | |
| FPU | Floating Point Unit | |
| FQ&P | Flying Qualities & Performance | |
| Frac | Fractured | |
| FRAG | Fragmentation | |
| FRAG | Fragmentary Order | |
| FRAGO | FRAGmentary Order. (see OPORD) | |
| FRD | Federal Research Division (Library of Congress) | |
| FRES | Future Rapid Effect System | |
| frg | Federal Republic of Germany's | |
| FRIES | Fast Rope Insertion/Extraction System | |
| FRIF | Finished Recurring Intelligence File | |
| FROG | Free Rocket Over Ground | |
| FROKA | First Republic Of Korea Army | |
| FROSS | Foreign Reliance on Space Systems | |
| FRPG | Facility Reference Point Graphic | |
| FRR | Frequency Resource Records | |
| FRS | Fleet Readiness Squadron | |
| FRY | Former Republic of Yugoslavia | |
| FRYM | Former Republic of Yugoslavia-Macedonia | |
| FS | fire support element | |
| FSA | Forward Sortation Area(first three characters of postal code; see also LDU) | |
| FSAIS | FICEURLANT SCI Analyst Information System | |
| FSB | Fleet Satellite Broadcast (of FLTSATCOM) | |
| FSBS | Fleet Submarine Broadcast System | |
| FSCC | Fire Support Coordination Center | |
| FSCL | Fire Support Coordination Line | |
| FSCM | Fire Support Coordination Measure | |
| FSCOORD | Fire Support Coordinator | |
| fscv | Fire Support Combat Vehicle | |
| FSD | Field Support Division | |
| FSED | full-scale engineering development (US) | |
| FSHB | Fallout Safe Height of Burst | |
| FSI | Foreign Service Institute | |
| FSIC | Forward Sensor Interface and Control | |
| FSK | Field Station, Korea | |
| FSM | Federated States of Micronesia | |
| FSOC | Fairchild Satellite Operations Center | |
| FSOF | Forward Special Operations Facility | |
| FSP | Fire Support Plan | |
| FSRS | Functional Security Requirements Specification | |
| FSS | Fast Sealift Ship | |
| FSSG | force service support group (Marine air-ground task force) | |
| FSSG | Force Service Support Group (USMC) |
| FSST | Forward Space Support in Theater | |
| FST | Future Soviet Tank | |
| FSTC | Foreign Science and Technology Center (archaic; now NGIC) | |
| FSTS | Federal Security Telephone Service | |
| FSV | Fire Support Vehicle | |
| FSV | Future Scout Vehicle (US) | |
| FSVS | Future Secure Voice System | |
| FSWDS | Fixed-Site Warning & Detection System | |
| FT-1 | Fractional T-1 | |
| FTA | Field Training Area | |
| FTA | Frangible Training Ammunition | |
| FTAA | Free Trade Area of the Americas | |
| FTAM | File Transfer Access Management | |
| FTC | Fast Time Constant (ECCM) | |
| FTD | Foreign Technology Division (USAF) | |
| FTDB | Foreign Technology Data Base | |
| FTL | Future Target List | |
| FTLS | Future Target List-Strategic | |
| FTM | Full-Time Manning | |
| FTMA | Future Tank Main Armament | |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol | |
| FTPS | FORSCOM Topographic Production System (Facility) | |
| FTR | Fighter | |
| fts | Future Tank Study | |
| FTSC | Fleet Technical Support Center | |
| FTT | Field Tactical Trainer | |
| FTU | Forecast Tactical Unit | |
| FTX | Field Training Exercise | |
| FU | Forecast Unit | |
| FUBAR | Fucked Up Beyond All Reason | |
| FUBAR | Fouled Up Beyond All Reason | |
| FUBAR BUNDY | fucked up beyond all recognition but unfortunately not dead yet | |
| FUBB | Fucked Up Beyond Belief (A Worst-Case Scenario) | |
| FUD | Full Unit Designator | |
| FUE | First Unit Equipped | |
| fug | Felderitц Usу Gépkosci | |
| FUNT | French Underground Nuclear Test | |
| FUSS | Fleet Undersea Surveillance System | |
| FUWOB | Forward Unconventional Warfare Operations Base | |
| FV | Fighting Vehicle | |
| FV/GCE | fighting vehicle gun control equipment | |
| FVDD | Fighting Vehicle Development Division | |
| FVRDE | Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment (UK) | |
| FVS | Fighting Vehicle System (US) | |
| FVS | Foreign Visits System | |
| FVSC | Fighting Vehicle Systems Carrier (US) | |
| FWAIS | Free-World Air Intelligence Study | |
| FWAOB | Free-World Air Order of Battle | |
| FWD | Forward | |
| FWE | Foreign Weapons Evaluation |
| FWIC | Fighter Weapon School Intelligence Course | |
| FWVP | Fallout Wind Vector Plot | |
| FY | Fiscal Year | |
| FYDP | Fiscal Year Defense Program/Plan | |
| FYI | For Your Information | |
| FYIP | Five-Year Intelligence Plan | |
| FYMOP | Five-Year Master Objectives Plan | |
| FYP | Five-Year Plan (FSU) | |
| FYROM | Federal Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | |
| G | gendarmerie | |
| g | Gain | |
| G-O | Office of Law Enforcement and Defense Operations (USCG) | |
| G-OINS | Intelligence Division (USCG/G-O) | |
| G-OIS | Investigations and Security Division (USCG/G-O) | |
| G/T | Ratio of Antenna Gain to Noise Temperature | |
| G/W | Gateway | |
| G1 | Assistant Chief of Staff, G1 (Personnel) | |
| G2 | Assistant Chief of Staff, G2 (Intelligence) | |
| G3 | Assistant Chief of Staff, G3 (Operations and Plans) | |
| G4 | Assistant Chief of Staff, G4 (Logistics) | |
| G5 | Assistant Chief of Staff, G5 (Civil Affairs) | |
| G6 | Director(ate) of C4 | |
| G8 | Director(ate) of Resource Management | |
| GA | Ground Attack | |
| GACC | Ground Attack Coordination Center | |
| GAD | Guards Artillery Division | |
| GADT | Ground/Air Defense Threat | |
| GAF | Ground Alert Facility (of PAC ABNCP) | |
| GAFIA | German Armed Forces Intelligence Agency | |
| GALE | Generic Area Limitation Environment | |
| GALS | FSU Satellite ("Horizon") | |
| gama | Gun Automatic Multiple Ammunition | |
| GAMO | Ground and Amphibious Military Operations | |
| GAO | Government Accountability Office [formerly the General Accounting Office] | |
| GAP | Gun Aiming Post | |
| GAS | Gray Area Systems | |
| GAT | Government Acceptance Test | |
| GATS | General Agreement on Trade in Services | |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (government) | |
| GB | Gigabyte | |
| GBAD | Ground Based Air Defence | |
| GBCS(-L or -H) | Ground-Based Common Sensor (-Light or -Heavy) | |
| GBI | Ground-Based Interceptor | |
| GBL | Ground-Based Laser | |
| GBMD | Global Ballistic Missile Defense | |
| GBR | Ground-Based Radar | |
| GBU | Guided Bomb Unit | |
| GC Badge | Good Conduct Badge | |
| GCA | Ground-controlled approach | |
| GCC | Government Control Center |
| GCCS | Ground Command and Control System | |
| GCDCAL | Great Circle Distance Calculator | |
| gce | Gun Control Equipment | |
| GCE | Ground Combat Element | |
| GCI | Ground-Controlled Intercept | |
| GCN | Ground Communications Network (A/G Worldwide Net) | |
| GCNTTY | Ground Communications Network Teletype | |
| GCP | Ground-Controlled Processor | |
| GCP-E | Ground-Controlled Processor-ELINT | |
| GCS | Graphics Compatibility System | |
| GCT | Grande Cadence de Tir (high rate of fire) | |
| GCU | Gun Control Unit | |
| gcw | Gross Combat Weight | |
| GD | General Dynamics Corporation | |
| GDA | Gimbaled Dish Antenna | |
| GDBI | Generic Data Base Interface | |
| GDBMS | Generic Data Base Management Server | |
| GDIC | General Defense Intelligence Community | |
| GDIP | General Defense Intelligence Program | |
| GDIPP | General Defense Intelligence Proposed Program | |
| GDL | Gas Dynamic Laser | |
| GDLS | General Dynamics Land Systems | |
| GDOP | Geometric Dilution Of Precision | |
| GDP | General Defense Plan | |
| GDPS | Ground Data Processing System | |
| GDRS | Ground Data Reduction System | |
| GDS | General Declassification Schedule | |
| GDSS | Global Decision Support System | |
| GDT | Ground Data Terminal | |
| GDU | Gun Display Unit | |
| GEDIS | Government Electronic Delivery Infrastructure Service | |
| GEDS | Government Electronic Directory Service | |
| GEM | Ground Effects Machine | |
| GENIC | German National Intelligence Cell (NATO) | |
| GENREP | General Reports | |
| GENSER | General Service (Communications) | |
| GEO | Geosynchronous Earth Orbit | |
| GEODIS | Geographic Display | |
| GEODSS | ground-based electro-optical deep-space surveillance | |
| GEOFILE | Geographic Locations Code File System | |
| GEOREF | Global Reference System, a worldwide position reference system that may be applied to any map or chart graduated in latitude and longitude regardless of projection. | |
| GEOSAT | Geological Satellite | |
| GEP | Ground Entry Point | |
| GEPS | Generic Electronic Publishing System | |
| GES | Ground Entry Station | |
| GFCP | Generic Front-End Communications Package | |
| GFE | Government-Furnished Equipment | |
| GFR | Gap Filler Radar | |
| GFTD | Global Force Trends Data Base | |
| GGI&S | Global Geospatial and Information Services |
| GGs | Governor-General's literary awards(Pronounced: GEE-geez) | |
| GH | gun-howitzer | |
| GHGMP | Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Program(for Canadian Agriculture) | |
| GHQ | General Headquarters | |
| GHz | Gigahertz | |
| GIAT | Groupement Industriel des Armements Terrestres | |
| GIGSTER | NSA Video Teleconferencing System | |
| GIIPS | Geographic Installation Intelligence Production Specifications | |
| GIITS | General Intelligence Imagery Training System | |
| GIN | Greenland-Iceland-Norway | |
| GIPD | General Intelligence Production Detachment | |
| GIPMIS | General Intelligence Production Management Information System | |
| GIPS | Geographic Installation Intelligence Production Specifications | |
| GIPSY | Graphics Information or Presentation System | |
| GIST | Graphical Intelligence Support Terminal | |
| GITAC | General Intelligence Training Advisory Committee | |
| GITC | General Intelligence Training Center | |
| GITS | General Intelligence Training System | |
| GIUK | Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom | |
| GKNT | State Committee for Science and Technology (FSU) | |
| GKS | Graphics Kernel System | |
| GL | Grenade Launcher | |
| GLATGM | Gun Launched Anti-Tank Guided Missile | |
| GLC | gun lay computer | |
| GLCM | Ground-Launched Cruise Missile | |
| GLDNSM | Grenade Launcher Day-Night Sight Mount | |
| GLH-H | Ground-Launched Hellfire-Heavy (US) | |
| GLLD | Ground Laser Locator Designator (US) | |
| GLLD | U.S. Ground Laser Locator Designator (for COPPERHEAD) | |
| GLMX | Geological Multi-Source Exploitation (System) | |
| GLOBIXS | Global Information Exchange System | |
| GLOMR | Global Low-Orbiting Message Relay | |
| gls | Gesellschaft für logistischen Service | |
| GM | Guided Missile | |
| GM, MVO | General Motors, Military Vehicle Operations | |
| GMC | General Motors Corporation | |
| GMF | Ground Mobile Forces | |
| GMFP | Global Military Force Policy | |
| GMFSC | Ground Mobile Force Satellite Communications | |
| GMG | Grenade Machine Gun | |
| GMI | General Medical Intelligence | |
| GMIPP | General Military Intelligence Production Plan | |
| GMIT | Ground Military Intelligence Team (ROK) | |
| GMLRS | Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System | |
| GMRD | Guards Motorized Rifle Division (FSU) | |
| GMS | Ground Mobile System | |
| gms | Gun Management System | |
| GMT | Greenwich Mean Time (Zulu) | |
| GMTI | Ground Moving Target Indicator GNAS Gateway Network Access System | |
| GNC | Global Navigation Chart |
| GND | Ground | |
| GNP | gross national product (economics) | |
| GNR | Gunner | |
| GNS | Global Network Segment | |
| GNST | Glossary of Naval Ship Types | |
| GO() | Government of (Name of Country) | |
| GOB | Ground Order of Battle | |
| GOCO | Government Owned Contractor Operated Facility | |
| GOCO | government-owned, contractor-operated (US) | |
| GOES | Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite | |
| GOL | Government On-Line | |
| GOLDS | General On-line Display System | |
| GOLDWING | Army HF Radio; HF communications system for meteorological and other operations | |
| GOMS | Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite | |
| gop | General Out Post | |
| GOP | Generated Option Plan | |
| GOR | General Operational Requirement | |
| GORB | General Officer Review Board | |
| GOS | Grade Of Service | |
| GOSC | General Officer Steering Committee | |
| GOSIA | Government Open System Interconnect Architecture | |
| GOSIP | Government Open Systems Interconnected Profile | |
| GOSPLAN | State Planning Committee (FSU) | |
| GOSSNAB | State Committee for Material-Technical Supply (FSU) | |
| GOTS | Government off-the-shelf | |
| GP | General Purpose | |
| GP NAF | General Purpose Numbered Air Force | |
| GPALS | Global Protection Against Limited Strikes | |
| GPEE | General Purpose Encryption Equipment | |
| GPF | General Purpose Forces | |
| gph | Gallons Per Hour | |
| GPMG | General Purpose Machine Gun | |
| GPNDS | Global Positioning & Nuclear Detection System | |
| GPO | Government Printing Office | |
| GPO | Gun Position Officer | |
| GPS | Gunner's Primary Sight | |
| GPS | Global Positioning System (ex-NAVSTAR) | |
| GPSCS | General Purpose Satellite Communications System | |
| gpss | Gunner's Primary Sight Subsystem | |
| GR | Graphical Reporting | |
| GRANITE SENTRY | Proper Name of System | |
| GRD | Ground Resolved Distance | |
| GREEN FLAG | ACC live-fly electronic combat exercise | |
| GREM | Grenade, Rifle, Entry Munition | |
| GRG | Gridded Reference Graphic | |
| GRID | Brand of Portable PC | |
| GRIPF | GUARDRAIL Integrated Processing Facility | |
| GRO | Gamma Ray Observatory (NASA) | |
| GROFIS | Ground Forces Intelligence Study | |
| GRP | Glass Reinforced Plastic |
| GRT | Gross Registered Tonnage/Tons | |
| gru | Glavnoe Razvedyvatelnoe Upravlenie | |
| GRU | FSU General Staff Intelligence Organization | |
| GSA | U.S. General Services Administration | |
| GSC | Geological Survey of Canada (DEMR) | |
| GSD | Ground Sample Distance | |
| GSF | Ground Support Fighter (FSU) | |
| GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center (Greenbelt, MD) | |
| GSFG | Group of Soviet Forces Germany | |
| GSFM | Group of Soviet Forces Mongolia | |
| GSICS | General Support Interim Contractor Support | |
| GSM | Ground Support Module (JSTARS) | |
| GSOAF | GGI&S Special Operations Applications Facility | |
| GSP | General Strike Plan | |
| GSR | Ground Surveillance Radar; General Support Reinforcing | |
| GSR | General Staff Requirement (UK) | |
| GSR | General Staff Requirement (US) | |
| GSRS | U.S. General Support Rocket System | |
| GSRS | General Support Rocket System (now MLRS) | |
| GSS | Global Support System | |
| GST | General Staff Target | |
| GSTN | General Switched Telephone Network | |
| GSTS | Ground-Based Surveillance and Tracking System | |
| GSW | GunShot Wound | |
| GTA | Government Training Aid | |
| GTAB | Global Transportation Analysis Bulletin | |
| GTC | Gas Turbine Compressor | |
| GTCS | Gun Test and Control System | |
| GTD | Guards Tank Division (FSU) | |
| GTI | German Tank Improvement | |
| GTIS | Government Technical Information Services | |
| GTN | Global Transportation Network | |
| GTS | Global Telecommunications Service | |
| GTTC | Goodfellow Technical Training Center | |
| GUI | Graphics User Interface | |
| GVW | gross vehicle weight (transportation) | |
| GW | Guided Weapon | |
| GW/R | Gateway/Router | |
| GWC | Global Weather Control | |
| GWEN | Ground Wave Emergency Network | |
| GWIC | Great Wall Industries Corporation (China) | |
| GWIP | Global Weather Intercept Program | |
| GWP | General Work Plan | |
| GWS | Gaps, Weaknesses, and Shortfalls (also GW&S) | |
| GYRO | Gyroscope or Gyroscopic | |
| H | Hour | |
| H | Symbol for the magnetic field of the propagated radio wave | |
| H&K | Heckler and Koch | |
| H-SIP | H-Camera Spectral Improvement Program | |
| H2O | Water (vapor) |
| HAA | Helicopter Alighting Area | |
| HAB | Heavy Assault Bridge (US) | |
| HAB | High Altitude Burst | |
| HAC | House Appropriations Committee | |
| HACC | Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center | |
| HACCP | Pathogen Reduction And Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point | |
| HAE | High-Altitude Endurance | |
| HAG | Heavy Artillery Gun | |
| HAIS | Hawaiian Air Intelligence System | |
| HAL | Helicopter Light Attack | |
| HALE | High-Altitude Long-Endurance | |
| HALO | High Altitude Low Opening (parachute Jump) | |
| HAMS | Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron - Marine Aircraft Group (USMC) | |
| HANE | High-Altitude Nuclear Effects | |
| HANG | Hawaii Air National Guard | |
| HARDLOOK | Special Data Analysis Product of NAVSPACECOM/N24 | |
| HARDS | High-Altitude Radiation Detection System | |
| HARM | High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (AGM-88A) | |
| HARV | Harassment Vehicle (Drone) | |
| HAS | Hardened Aircraft Shelter | |
| hasc | House Armed Services Committee's | |
| HATMD | High-Altitude Theater Missile Defense | |
| HATS | Heuristic Automated Transportation System | |
| HAV | High Acceleration Vehicle | |
| HAWK | Homing-All-the-Way-Killer (US) | |
| HAWS | Hawaii Area Wideband System | |
| HAZCON | Hazardous Condition | |
| HB | High Burst | |
| HB | Heavy Barrel | |
| HBAR | Heavy Barrel Assault Rifle | |
| HBWP | Host-Based Word Processing | |
| HC | hexachloroethane | |
| HC | HUMINT Committee | |
| HCA | head of contracting activity; humanitarian and civic assistance | |
| HCC | HUMINT Contingency Cell | |
| HCER | high-capacity extended range | |
| HCF | High Command of Forces | |
| HCHE | High-Capacity High-Explosive | |
| HCI/DV/AEX | Human-Computer Interface/Data Visualization/Automated Expansion | |
| HCR | HUMINT Collection Requirement | |
| HCS | Helicopter Combat/Search and Rescue | |
| HCT | HOT Compact Turret | |
| HCU | High-capacity Computer Unit | |
| HD | Horizontal Ground Distance | |
| HDL | Harry Diamond Laboratories | |
| HDM | Hierarchical Development Methodology | |
| HDO | Humanitarian Demining Operations | |
| HDS | HOLOgraphic Diffraction Sight | |
| HDX | Half Duplex | |
| HE | high-explosive |
| HE-APERS | high-explosive anti-personnel | |
| HE-FRAG | high-explosive fragmentation | |
| HE-FRAG-FS | high-explosive fragmentation - fin-stabilised | |
| HE-FS | high-explosive - fin-stabilised | |
| HE-S | high-explosive spotting | |
| HE-T | High-Explosive Tracer | |
| HE/PR | high-explosive practice | |
| HEAA | High-Explosive Anti-Armour | |
| HEAB | High-Explosive Air Burst | |
| HEAP | High-Explosive Armor-Piercing | |
| HEAP-T | high-explosive anti-personnel - tracer | |
| HEAT | High-Explosive AntiTank | |
| HEAT | high-explosive anti-tank | |
| HEAT-FS | high-explosive anti-tank fin-stabilised | |
| HEAT-MP | high-explosive anti-tank multipurpose | |
| HEAT-MP(P) | high-explosive anti-tank multipurpose (practice) | |
| HEAT-T | high-explosive anti-tank - tracer | |
| HEAT-T-HVY | high-explosive anti-tank - tracer - heavy | |
| HEAT-T-MP | high-explosive anti-tank - tracer - multipurpose | |
| HEAT-TP-T | high-explosive anti-tank - target practice - tracer | |
| HEC | Helicopter Element Coordinator | |
| HED-D | Hybrid Electric Drive - Demonstrator | |
| HEDI | High Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptor | |
| HEDP | High-Explosive Dual-Purpose | |
| HEER | High-Explosive Extended Range (ammunition) | |
| HEF | High-Explosive Fragmentation | |
| HEF | Hostile Establishment File | |
| HEFT | High-Explosive Follow Through | |
| HEI | high-explosive incendiary (ammo) | |
| HEIT | high-explosive incendiary tracer | |
| HEL | U.S. Army Human Engineering Laboratory | |
| HEL | High-Energy Laser (US) | |
| HELIP | HAWK European Limited Improvement Program | |
| HELP | Howitzer Extended Life Program (US) | |
| HELRATS | High Energy Laser Radar Acquisition & Tracking System | |
| HELSTF | High-Energy Laser Systems Test Facility | |
| HELW | High-Energy Laser Weapons | |
| HELWING | Helicopter Wing | |
| HEMAT | Heavy Expanded Mobility Ammunition Trailer (US) | |
| HEMP | High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse | |
| HEMP | High-Explosive Multi-Purpose | |
| HEMT | High-Electron-Mobility Transistor | |
| HEMTT | Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (US) | |
| HEO | High-Earth-Orbit | |
| HEP | High-Explosive Plastic (ammunition) | |
| HEP-T | high-explosive practice - tracer | |
| HEPD | high-explosive point detonating | |
| HERA | high-explosive rocket-assisted | |
| HERO | electromagnetic radiation hazards; hazards of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance | |
| HERT | Headquarters Emergency Relocation Team |
| HES | Hardcopy Exploitation Systems | |
| HESH | High-Explosive Squash Head | |
| HESH-T | high-explosive squash head - tracer | |
| HESS | Hangul English Support System | |
| HEST | High-Explosive Simulation Technique | |
| HET-PF | high-explosive tracer - percussion fuze | |
| hetf | High Explosive Time Fuzed | |
| HETS | Heavy Equipment Transport System | |
| HF | High Frequency | |
| HF/DF | High-Frequency Direction-Finding | |
| HFA | High-Frequency Antenna | |
| HFCC | Howitzer Fire-Control Computer (US) | |
| HFEA | Human Factors Engineering Assessment | |
| HFHTB | Human Factors Howitzer TestBed (US) | |
| HFM | Heavy Force Modernisation (US) | |
| HFP | Host Front-End Protocol | |
| HH | Hand-Held | |
| HHC | Headquarters and Headquarters Company | |
| HHD | Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment | |
| HHS | Headquarters and Headquarter Services | |
| HHW | Higher High Water | |
| HI-PAR | High-Performance Precision-Approach Radar | |
| HI-RES | High-Resolution | |
| HIC | High-Intensity Conflict | |
| HICOM | High Command (CINCPACFLT Voice Network) | |
| HIDSS | Helmet-Integrated Display & Sight System | |
| HIFAR | High-Frequency Fixed-Array Radar | |
| HIFV | Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle | |
| HIL | High Interest List | |
| HIMAD | High- to Medium-Altitude Defense | |
| HIMAG | High-Mobility Agility Test Vehicle (US) | |
| HIMARS | High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (US) | |
| HIMS | HUMINT Information Management System | |
| HIP | Howitzer Improvement Program (US) | |
| HIRE | Hughes Infrared Equipment | |
| HIRMS | Human Intelligence Requirements Management System | |
| HIROCC | Hawaiian Islands Regional Operational Control Center | |
| HISP | Hostile Intelligence Service Profiler System | |
| HIT | High-Interest Track | |
| HITP | High-Ignition Temperature Propellant | |
| HITS | Human Intelligence Tasking System | |
| HIU | Heading Indicator Unit | |
| HJ | HONEST JOHN (U.S. Surface-to-Surface Rocket) | |
| HL | Hand-Launched | |
| HL-UAV | Hand-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | |
| HLA | Helicopter Landing Areas | |
| HLA/DZ | Helicopter Landing Area/Drop Zone | |
| HLA/DZS | Helicopter Landing Area/Drop Zone Study | |
| HLLV | Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle | |
| HLW | Higher Low Water |
| HLZ | Helicopter Landing Zone | |
| HM | Helicopter Mine Warfare | |
| HMC | Howitzer Motor Carriage | |
| HMC | HUMINT Management Center | |
| HMCII | Higher Military Command, Interior and Islands (Greece) | |
| HMCS | Her Majesty's Canadian Ship | |
| HMD | Helmet-mounted display | |
| HMF | Handbook of Military Forces | |
| HMG | Heavy Machine Gun | |
| HMH | Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron | |
| HMI | Host-Message Interface | |
| HML/A | Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron | |
| HMLC | High-Mobility Load Carrier | |
| HMM | Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron | |
| HMMWV | High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle | |
| HMMWV | High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle | |
| HMT | His Majesty's Troopship | |
| HMTV | Head-Mounted Thermal Vision | |
| HMX | Marine Special Mission Helicopter Squadron | |
| HN | Host Nation | |
| HNAF | Host Nation Armed Forces | |
| HNIS | Host Nation Intelligence Support | |
| HNS | Host-Nation Support | |
| HNSC | House National Security Committee | |
| HOB | Height of Burst | |
| HOBO | Homing Optical Bomb | |
| HOC | History Of Coverage | |
| HOCNET | HUMINT Operational Communications Network | |
| HOE | Homing Overlay Experiment | |
| HOE | Holographic Optical Element | |
| HOIS | Hostile Intelligence Service(s) | |
| HOJ | Home On Jam | |
| HOL | High-Order Language | |
| HOM | Head Of Media | |
| HOSP | Hospital | |
| HOT | Haute subsonique Optiquement Téléguidé | |
| HOTA | HUMINT Operational Tasking Authority | |
| HOTOL | Horizontal Takeoff & Landing | |
| HOTPHOTOREP | Hot Photographic Interpretation Report | |
| HOTSIT | Hot Situation Message | |
| HOW | Howitzer | |
| hp | Horsepower (measurement) | |
| HP | Headquarters Pamphlet | |
| HPA | High-Power Amplifier | |
| HPFP | High-Performance Fragmentation Projectile | |
| HPG | Hardcopy Products Group | |
| HPM | High-Power Microwave | |
| HPS | Helmet Pointing System (or Sight) | |
| HPSC | High-Performance Computing Research System | |
| HPSCI | House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence |
| HPT | High-Payoff Target | |
| HPT | high-pressure test | |
| HQ | Headquarters (HDQ Preferred) | |
| HQ USAF | Headquarters, Department of the Air Force | |
| HQ/HQS | Headquarters | |
| HQDA | Headquarters, Department of the Army | |
| HQJTF | Headquarters, Joint Task Force | |
| HQMC | Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps | |
| HQMRHITS | Quarterly Management Report | |
| HR/MR | Human Readable/Machine Readable (Data) | |
| HRC | Human Resources Committee | |
| HRCS | High-Resolution Camera System | |
| HRDC | Human Resources and Skills Development Canada | |
| HRMS | Human Intelligence Requirements Management System | |
| HRPT | High-Resolution Picture Transmissions | |
| HRR | High-Resolution Radar | |
| HRS | Hours | |
| HRTV | High-Resolution Television | |
| HRU | Heading Reference Unit | |
| HRU | Hardcopy Reconstruction Unit | |
| HRV | High-Resolution Visible Range Instruments | |
| HS | Helicopter Squadron | |
| hs | Headquarters Squadron | |
| HSD | HUMINT Support Detachment | |
| HSE | HUMINT Support Element | |
| HSE-E | HSE-Europe | |
| HSE-SOCOM | HSE-USSOCOM | |
| HSI | Human Systems Integration | |
| HSLLADS | High Speed Low Level Aerial Delivery System | |
| HSMS | Human Sources Management System | |
| HSS | Hunter Sensor Suite | |
| HSS | Health Service Support -High-Speed Steel | |
| HSTV(L) | High-Survivability Test Vehicle(Lightweight) | |
| HTACC | Hardened Tactical Air Control Center | |
| HTKP | Hard-Target Kill Potential/Probability | |
| HTLD | High-Technology Light Division | |
| HTOHL | Horizontal Takeoff and Horizontal Landing | |
| HTTB | High-Technology TestBed (US) | |
| HUD | Heads-Up Display | |
| HULTEC | Hull-To-Emitter Correlation | |
| HUMMV | High Utility Mobile Mechanized Vehicle | |
| HUMRO | Humanitarian Relief Operations | |
| HUS | Hardened Unique Storage | |
| HUSK | Hardened Unique Storage Key | |
| HVA | High Value Asset | |
| HVAC | High-Voltage Air Conditioning | |
| HVAP | high-velocity armor-piercing | |
| HVAP | high-velocity armour-piercing | |
| HVAP-T | high-velocity armour-piercing tracer | |
| HVAPDS-T | high-velocity armour-piercing discarding sabot - tracer |
| HVAPFSDS | High Velocity Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding-Sabot | |
| HVAPFSDS | high-velocity armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot | |
| HVAT | High-Velocity Antitank | |
| HVCC | High Velocity Canister Cartridge | |
| HVF | Highly Volatile Fuel | |
| HVIT | High Volume Information Transfer | |
| HVM | Hypervelocity Missile | |
| HVSS | Horizontal Volute Spring Suspension (Sherman Tank suspension system) | |
| HVSW | Hypervelocity Support Weapon | |
| HVT | High-Value Target | |
| HVTP-T | high-velocity target practice - tracer | |
| HW/SW | Hardware/Software | |
| HWAS | High Wycombe Air Station | |
| HWC | Hobart Walk-in Cooler | |
| HWSTD | High Water Speed Technology Demonstrator | |
| HX | Half Duplex | |
| HYPAK | Hydraulic Power Assist Kit | |
| Hz | cycles per second (hertz) | |
| I | Inclination | |
| I | Incendiary | |
| I&A | Imagery and Analysis | |
| I&S | Intelligence and Security | |
| I&SS | Intelligence and Security Service | |
| I&W | Indications and Warning | |
| I-MAE | Interim Medium Altitude Endurance UAV (formerly Tier I) | |
| I/O | Input/Output | |
| I2 | Intelligence Information | |
| I2R | Imaging Infrared | |
| IA | Imagery Analyst | |
| IAB | Imagery Analysis Branch | |
| IAC | Intelligence Analysis Center | |
| IAD | Intelligence Analysis Division | |
| IADB | Inter-American Defense Board | |
| IADS | Integrated Air Defense System | |
| IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency | |
| IAFV | infantry armoured fighting vehicle | |
| IAG | Intelligence Analysis Group (formerly ITAD) | |
| IAGC | Instantaneous Automatic Gain Control | |
| IAGS | Inter-American Geodetic Survey | |
| IAI | Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd. | |
| IAIPS | Integrated Automated Intelligence Processing System | |
| IAL | Infra-red Aiming Light | |
| IAM | Imagery Analysis Memorandum | |
| IAMP | Imagery Acquisition and Management Plan | |
| IAMS | Individual Aerial Mobility System | |
| IAN | Imagery Analysis Notice | |
| IAPF | Inter-American Peace Force | |
| IAR | Imagery Analysis Report | |
| IAS | Intelligence Access System | |
| IAS WS | IAS Work Station |
| IASD | Instant Ammunition Selection Device | |
| IASSA | INSCOM Automated Systems Support Activity | |
| IAT | Intelligence Augmentation Team | |
| IATA | International Air Transport Association | |
| IAW | In Accordance With | |
| IAWG | Interagency Working Group | |
| IAWS | Improved Analyst Workstation | |
| IBA | Individual Body Armor | |
| IBAC | Identity-Based Access Control | |
| IBAS | Improved Bradley Acquisition System | |
| IBBS | Interim Brigade/Battalion Simulation | |
| IBD | Intelligence Baseline Document | |
| IBDTF | IBD Transaction Format | |
| IBE | Field-Initiated BE Number | |
| IBERLANT | Iberian Atlantic Area | |
| IBIP | Industrial Building Incentive Program | |
| IBIS | Imaging Background Limited Infrared System | |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corporation | |
| IBO | Intelligence Baseline Overview | |
| IBOS | Intelligence Battlefield Operating System | |
| IBSSIR | Background Signature Survey | |
| IBTA | Integrated Battlefield Targeting Architecture | |
| IBUR | Intelligence Bottom-Up Review | |
| IC/EC | Intelligence Community/Executive Committee | |
| ICA | Intelligence Center Atlantic | |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization | |
| ICAP | Improved Capabilities Program | |
| ICARIS | Intelligence Communications Architecture and Requirements Information System | |
| ICC | information co-ordination centre | |
| ICC | Integrated Communications Center | |
| ICCC | International Council for Computer Communication | |
| ICDP | Intelligence Career Development Program | |
| ICE | Independent Cost Estimate | |
| ICEDEFOR | Iceland Defense Forces | |
| ICES | International Cooperation in Ocean Exploration | |
| ICF | Intelligence Collection Flight | |
| ICIG | IDHSS CSSR Interface Guard | |
| ICITAP | International Criminal Investigative Training and Assistance Program | |
| ICL | Intelligence Coordination Cell | |
| ICM | Improved Conventional Munitions | |
| ICMC | Intelligence Collection Management Course | |
| ICOD | Intelligence/Information Cut-Off Date | |
| ICOM | Integrated COMSEC (SINCGARS) | |
| ICON | Image Communications and Operations Node | |
| ICP | Intelligence Collection Platform | |
| ICPS | Intelligence Communications Processing Shelter | |
| ICR | Intelligence Collection Requirement | |
| ICRC | Intelligence Contingency Readiness Center | |
| ICRS | Imagery Collection Requirements Subcommittee (COMIREX) | |
| ICS | Intercommunications System |
| ICTF | Interagency Crisis Task Force | |
| ICTT | Improved Commanders Tactical Terminal | |
| ICU | Interface Control Unit | |
| ICV | Infantry Combat Vehicle | |
| ICW | In Coordination With | |
| ICWG | Interface Control Working Group | |
| IDA | Institute for Defense Analysis | |
| IDAD | Internal Defense And Development | |
| IDB | Integrated Data Base | |
| IDB-II | PC-Based Integrated Data Base | |
| IDBM | Integrated Data Base Maintenance | |
| IDBR | Integrated Data Base Retrieval | |
| IDBTF | Intelligence Data Base Transaction Format | |
| IDC | Interagency Defector Committee | |
| IDF | Indirect Fire | |
| IDF | Israel Defense Forces | |
| IDW | Individual Defence Weapon | |
| IED | Improvised Explosive Device | |
| IEPG | Independent European Program Group | |
| IFCS | Integrated Fire-Control System | |
| IFF | Identification Friend or Foe (radar) | |
| IFV | infantry fighting vehicle | |
| IFVwCM | Infantry Fighting Vehicle with Integrated Countermeasures (US) | |
| IGLS | Individual Grenade Launcher System | |
| II | Image Intensification | |
| IIR | Imaging Infrared | |
| ILL | illuminating | |
| ILMS | Improved Launcher Mechanical System | |
| ILS | Instituteument Landing System | |
| IM | Insensitive Munition | |
| IMMLC | Improved Medium Mobility Load Carrier | |
| IMU | Inertial Measurement Unit | |
| INSAS | Indian Small Arms System | |
| InSb | Indium-antimonide | |
| IOC | Initial Operational Capability | |
| IOF | Indian Ordnance Factory | |
| IPB | Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield | |
| IPF | Initial Production Facility | |
| IPO | International Programme Office | |
| IPPD | Integrated Product Process Development | |
| IR | Infrared | |
| IRBM | Intermediate-range ballistic missile | |
| IRU | Inertial Reference Unit | |
| IS | Internal Security | |
| ISD | In Service Date | |
| ISGU | Integrated Sight and Guidance Unit | |
| ISR | Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance | |
| ISU | Integrated Sight Unit | |
| ISV | Internal Security Vehicle | |
| ITAS | Improved Target Acquisition System |
| ITOW | improved TOW | |
| ITPIAL | Infra-red Target Pointer/Illuminator/Aiming Laser | |
| ITT | Invitation To Tender | |
| ITV | Improved TOW Vehicle (US) | |
| IVPDL | Inter-Vehicle Positioning and Data Link (US) | |
| IW | Individual Weapon | |
| IWS | Improved Weapon System | |
| JBMoU | Joint Ballistic Memorandum of Understanding | |
| JDAM | Joint Direct Attack Munition (djay-dam) | |
| jerrv | Joint Engineer Rapid Response Vehicle | |
| JGSDF | Japanese Ground Self-Defence Force | |
| JHP | Jacketed Hollow Point | |
| JLTA | Javelin Composite Launch Tube | |
| JMAC | Joint Medium-calibre Automatic Cannon | |
| JPO | Joint Project Office | |
| JSC | Joint Steering Committee | |
| JSCS | Joint Service Combat Shotgun | |
| JSDFA | Japanese Self-Defence Force Agency | |
| JSP | Jacketed Soft Point | |
| JSSAMP | Joint Services Small Arms Master Plan | |
| JSSAP | Joint Services Small Arms Programme | |
| KAAV | Korean Armoured Amphibious Vehicle | |
| KAC | Knight's Armament Company | |
| KE | Kinetic Energy | |
| kec | Kaman Electromagnetics Corporation | |
| KEM | Kinetic Energy Missile (US) | |
| KIA | Killed in Action | |
| KIFV | Korean Infantry Fighting Vehicle | |
| KPA | Korean People's Army | |
| L/O | Liaison Officer | |
| LAAG | Light Anti-Aircraft Gun | |
| LAAM | Light Anti-Aircraft Missile | |
| laaw | Light Anti-tank Assault Weapon | |
| LACA | Landing Craft Air Cushion | |
| LAD | Light Aid Detachment | |
| LADS | light air defense system (US) | |
| LAG | Light Artillery Gun | |
| LALO | Low Altitude Low Opening | |
| LAM | Laser Aiming Module | |
| LAPES | Low-Altitude Parachute Extraction System | |
| LAR | Light Automatic Rifle | |
| LASER | Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser) | |
| LASIP | Light Artillery System Improvement Plan | |
| lats | Light Armoured Turret System | |
| lau | Light Armoured Unit | |
| LAV | Light Assault Vehicle (US) | |
| LAV-AD | Light Armored Vehicle - Air Defense | |
| LAW | light antitank weapon | |
| LB | Long Barrel | |
| lc | Laser Collimator |
| LCD | Liquid Crystal Display | |
| lcs | Loader Control System | |
| LCU | Landing Craft Utility | |
| LCV | Light Contingency Vehicle (LCV) (US) | |
| LE | Law Enforcement | |
| LED | law enforcement desk; light emitting diode | |
| LEP | Life Extension Programme | |
| LEU | Launcher Erector Unit | |
| lf | Linked Feed | |
| LFHG | LIGHTWEIGHT FRAGMENTATION HAND GRENADE | |
| LFL | Light Fighter Lethality | |
| LF–ATGW | Light Forces' Anti-Tank Guided Weapon | |
| LIA | Linear Induction Accelerator | |
| LIMAWS | Lightweight Mobile Artillery Weapon System | |
| LION | Lightweight Infra-red Observation Night sight | |
| LIW | Lyttleton Engineering Works | |
| LKP | Loader Keyboard Panel | |
| LLAD | low-level air defence | |
| LLLTV | Low-Light-Level Television | |
| LLM | Launcher Loader Module | |
| lmaw | Light Multi-purpose Assault Weapon | |
| LMG | Light Machine Gun | |
| LNS | Land Navigation System | |
| LOAL | Lock-On After Launch | |
| LOBL | Lock-On Before Launch | |
| LOC | Line Of Communication | |
| LOS | Line Of Sight | |
| LOSAT | Line Of Sight Anti-Tank | |
| LP | Liquid Propellant | |
| LPC | Launcher Pod Carrier | |
| LPC | Launch Pod Container | |
| LPG | Liquid Propellant Gun | |
| LPO | Leading Petty Officer | |
| LPT | Low-Profile Turret | |
| lpts | Lightweight Protected Turret System | |
| LR | Long-Range | |
| LRAR | Long Range Artillery Rocket | |
| LRASS | Long-Range Advanced Scout System | |
| LRAT | long-range anti-tank | |
| LRBB | long-range base bleed | |
| LRD | Long Range Deflagrator | |
| LRF | Laser Rangefinder | |
| lrf | Low Recoil Force | |
| LRHB | long-range hollow base | |
| LRIP | Low-Rate Initial Production | |
| lrm | Laser Rangefinder Module | |
| LRN | Lead Round Nose (round, lead bullet with no outer jacket) | |
| LRRP | Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol | |
| LRSA | Long Range Sniper Ammunition | |
| LRSU | Long-Range Surveillance Unit |
| LRU | Line Replacement Unit | |
| LSB | Landing Support Battalion | |
| LSS | Lightweight Shotgun System | |
| LSVW | Light Support Vehicle, Wheeled (Canada) | |
| LSW | Light Support Weapon | |
| LTA | Launch Tube Assembly | |
| LTD | Laser Target Designator | |
| LTFCS | Laser Tank Fire-Control System | |
| LTP | Laser Target Pointer, Luminesant Training Projectile | |
| LUTE | Lightweight Uncooled Thermal Imager Equipment | |
| LVA | landing vehicle assault (US) | |
| lvs | Lightweight Video Sight | |
| LVT | Landing Vehicle Tracked (US) | |
| LVTC | Landing Vehicle Tracked Command (US) | |
| LVTE | Landing Vehicle Tracked Engineer (US) | |
| LVTH | Landing Vehicle Tracked Howitzer (US) | |
| LVTP | Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel (US) | |
| LVTR | Landing Vehicle Tracked Recovery (US) | |
| LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | |
| LWIR | Long-Wave Infrared | |
| LWL | LightWeight Launcher | |
| LWML | LightWeight Multiple Launcher | |
| LWMS | LightWeight Modular Sight | |
| LWS | Laser Warning System | |
| LWT | light weapon turret | |
| LZ | Landing Zone | |
| M | Million | |
| m/s | metres per second | |
| MAB | Marine Amphibious Brigade | |
| MABS | Marine Air Base Squadron | |
| MAC | Medium Armored Car (US) | |
| MAC | Military Airlift Command | |
| MACS | Marine Air Control Squadron | |
| MACS | Modular Artillery Charge System | |
| MADLS | Mobile Air Defence Launching System | |
| MAF | Marine Amphibious Force | |
| MAG | Marine Aircraft Group | |
| MAGTEC | Marine Air/Ground Training & Education Command | |
| MAGTF | Marine Air/Ground Task Force | |
| MAHEM | MAgnetoHydrodynamic Explosive Munition | |
| MALOS | Miniature Laser Optical Sight | |
| MALS | Marine Air Logistics Squadron | |
| MAMBA | Mobile Artillery Monitoring Battlefield Radar | |
| MANPADS | Man-Portable Air Defense System | |
| MAOV | Mobile Artillery Observation Vehicle | |
| map | Military Aid Programme | |
| MAPS | Modular Azimuth Position System | |
| MAR | Micro Assault Rifle | |
| MARDI | Mobile Advanced Robotics Defence Initiative (UK) | |
| MARDIV | Marine Division (US) |
| MARS | Multi-purpose Aiming Reflex Sight | |
| mars | Military Amateur Radio Station | |
| MARS | Mini Assault Rifle System | |
| MARS | Multiple Artillery Rocket System | |
| MASS | Marine Air Support Squadron | |
| MATCS | Marine Air Traffic Control Squadron | |
| MATSG | Marine Air Training Support Group | |
| MAU(SOC) | Marine Amphibious Unit (Special Operations Capable) | |
| MAV | maintenance assist vehicle | |
| MAVD | MLRS Aim Verification Device | |
| MAW | Marine Air Wing (US) | |
| MBA | Main Battle Area | |
| MBB | Messerschmitt-Bцlkow-Blohm | |
| MBC | Mortar Ballistic Computer | |
| MBT | Main Battle Tank | |
| MCLOS | Manual Command to Line Of Sight | |
| mcrv | Mechanised Combat Repair Vehicle | |
| mcs | Modular Charge System | |
| mcs | Microclimate Conditioning System | |
| MCSK | Mine Clearance System Kit (US) | |
| MCT | Medium Combat Tractor (US) | |
| MCT | Mercury Cadmium Telluride detector (ir) | |
| MCV | Mechanised Combat Vehicle | |
| MCWL | Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory | |
| MCWS | Minor Calibre Weapons Station (US) | |
| MDMP | Military Decision-Making Process | |
| MDU | Map Display Unit | |
| MEB | Marine Expeditionary Brigade (US) | |
| MEDEVAC | Medical Evacuation | |
| MEF | Marine Expeditionary Force (US) | |
| MENS | Mission Element Need Statement (US) | |
| MEP | Modular Explosive Penetrator | |
| MEPS | Military Entrance Processing Station | |
| METL | Mission Essential Task List (mettle) | |
| METO | Middle East Treaty Organisation; CENTO or Baghdad Pact | |
| METT-TC | Mission, Enemy, Terrain and weather, Troops and support available—Time available, Civilians | |
| MEU(SOC) | Marine Expeditionary Unit(Special Operations Capable) | |
| MEV | medical evacuation vehicle (US) | |
| MEWS | Mobile Electronic Warfare System | |
| MEWSS | Mobile Electronic Warfare Support System | |
| MF | Multifunction | |
| MFC | Mortar Fire Controller | |
| MFCS | Multi-Fire Control System/Mortar Fore Control System | |
| MFCV | Missile Fire-Control Vehicle | |
| MFF | munition filling factory | |
| MG | Machine Gun | |
| MGB | Medium Girder Bridge | |
| MGL | Multiple Grenade Launcher | |
| MGS | Mobile Gun System | |
| MGTS | MultiGun Turret System |
| MGU | Mid-course Guidance Unit | |
| MI | Military Intelligence | |
| MIA | Missing In Action | |
| MICV | Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle | |
| MILES | Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (live Combat Simulation) | |
| MILSPEC | Military Specification | |
| MILSTAN | MILitary STANdard | |
| MILSTAR | MILitary Strategic and Tactical Relay (US) | |
| MIPS | Medium Integrated Propulsion System (US) | |
| MLA | Manufacturing Licence Agreement | |
| MLC | Military Load Classification | |
| MLF | Marine Logistics Force | |
| MLI | Mid-Life Improvement | |
| MLO | Muzzle Loaded Ordnance | |
| MLR | Marine Logistics Regiment | |
| MLRS | Multiple Launch Rocket System (US) | |
| MMBF | mean miles between failures | |
| MMG | Medium Machine Gun | |
| MMS | Mast-Mounted Sight | |
| MNVD | Monocular Night Vision Device | |
| MOA | Memorandum Of Agreement | |
| MOA | Minute Of Angle | |
| MOD | Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries | |
| MODA | Ministry of Defence and Aviation | |
| MOLF | Modular Laser Fire Control (Germany) | |
| MOLLE | Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment | |
| MOPP | Mission Oriented Protective Posture (US) | |
| MOS | Military Occupational Speciality | |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections) | |
| MOUT | Military Operations in Urban Terrain (urban warfare) (US) | |
| MP | Machine Pistol | |
| MPBAV | MultiPurpose Base Armoured Vehicle | |
| MPC | MultiPurpose Carrier (Netherlands) | |
| MPDS | Missile-Piercing Discarding Sabot | |
| MPGS | Mobile Protected Gun System (US) | |
| MPI | Mean Point of Impact | |
| MPIM | Multipurpose Individual Munition | |
| MPM | MultiPurpose Munition | |
| MPS | Maritime Prepositioning Ships (US) | |
| MPV | Multi-Purpose Vehicle | |
| MPWS | Mobile Protected Weapon System (US) | |
| MR | Medium-Range | |
| MRAP | Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (Vehicle) | |
| MRAR | MultiRole Assault Round | |
| MRAV | MultiRole Armoured Vehicle | |
| MRBF | mean rounds before failure | |
| MRBS | mean rounds between stoppages | |
| MRE | Meal Ready To Eat (U.S. Military Rations) | |
| MRS | Multiple Rocket System | |
| MRS | muzzle reference system |
| MRSI | Multiple Round Simultaneous Impact | |
| MRV(R) | Mechanised Recovery Vehicle(Repair) | |
| MRVR | Mechanised Repair and Recovery Vehicle (US) | |
| MSR | Main supply route. Usually a highway with a name designation following it. Largest MSR in Iraq is MSR TAMPA, going from Kuwait to Turkey. | |
| MSR | Missile Simulation Round (Army) | |
| MSSG | MAU/MEU Service Support Group (USMC) | |
| MSTAR | Man-portable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar | |
| MSV | Modular Support Vehicle | |
| MT | Mechanical Time | |
| MTB | Mobility TestBed | |
| MTBF | Mean Time Before Failure | |
| MTI | Moving Target Indication | |
| MTL | Material | |
| MTR | Mobile Test Rig (US) | |
| MTSQ | mechanical time and super-quick | |
| MTSQ | Mechanical Time Semi-Quick | |
| MTU | Motoren- und Turbinen-Union | |
| MTVL | Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light | |
| MUGS | Multipurpose Universal Gunner Sight | |
| MULE | Modular Universal Laser Equipment (US) | |
| MUSS | Multifunctional Selfprotection System | |
| MV | Muzzle Velocity | |
| MVEE | Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment (UK) | |
| MVRS | Muzzle Velocity Radar System | |
| MWCS | Marine Wing Communications Squadron | |
| MWHS | Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron | |
| MWS | Manned Weapon Station (US) | |
| MWSG | Marine Wing Support Group | |
| MWSS | Marine Wing Support Squadron | |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | |
| NBC | Nuclear, Biological, Chemical | |
| NBMR | NATO Basic Military Requirement | |
| NCIS | Naval Criminal Investigative Service (US) | |
| NCO | Non-Commissioned Officer | |
| NCOIC | Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge | |
| NDI | Non-Developmental Item | |
| NDU | Navigation Display Unit | |
| NFOV | Narrow Field Of View | |
| NG | Next Generation | |
| NG | New Generation | |
| Ni/Cd | Nickel Cadmium | |
| NLAW | Next Light (weight) Anti-armour Weapon | |
| NLOS-C | Non-Line Of Sight-Cannon | |
| NLOS-M | Non-Line Of Sight-Mortar | |
| NOD | Night Optical Device | |
| NRF | NATO Response Force | |
| NS | Network Services | |
| NTC | National Training Center (USA) | |
| NUGP | nominal unit ground pressure | |
| NV | Night Vision |
| NVD | Night Vision Device | |
| NVE | Night Vision Equipment | |
| NVESD | Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate | |
| NVG | Night Vision Goggle | |
| NVS | Night Vision System | |
| NZDF | New Zealand Defence Force | |
| NZEF | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | |
| NZSAS | New Zealand Special Air Service | |
| OBR | Optical Beam-Riding | |
| OCC | Obus à Charge Creusé (shaped-charge shell) | |
| OCOKA | Observation and fields of fire, Cover and concealment, Obstacles, Key terrain, and Avenues of Approach. | |
| OCSW | Objective Crew-Served Weapon | |
| OCU | Operational Centre Unit | |
| ODE | Ordnance Development and Engineering (Singapore) | |
| OEG | Occluded Eye Gunsight (a type of Collimator sight) | |
| OEO | Optical and Electro-Optical | |
| OFSA | Objective Family of Small Arms | |
| OFW | Objective Force Warrior | |
| OHWS | Offensive Hand Weapon System | |
| OIC | Officer In Charge | |
| OICW | Objective Individual Combat Weapon (rifle) | |
| OOTW | Operations Other Than War (now SSO) | |
| OP | Operator Panel | |
| OP | Observation Post | |
| OPCON | Operational Control | |
| OPDW | Objective Personal Defense Weapon | |
| OPORD | OPerations Order | |
| OPSEC | Operational Security | |
| OPV | Observation Post Vehicle | |
| OSS | Operational Support Squadron | |
| OSW | Objective Sniper Weapon | |
| OT | Operational Test | |
| OTA | overflight top attack | |
| OTEA | United States Army Operational Test and Evaluation Agency | |
| P | How pack howitzer | |
| PABD | Pay Entry Base Date | |
| PAR | Pulse Acquisition Radar | |
| PAT | power-assisted traverse | |
| PC | Personal computer (host) | |
| PCB | printed circuit board | |
| PCC | Police Compact Carbine | |
| PCI | Pre-combat inspection | |
| PD | Point Defense | |
| PD | Point of Departure | |
| PD | Point Detonating | |
| PDNA | Positioning Determining/Navigation Unit | |
| PDRR | Program Definition and Risk Reduction | |
| PDW | Personal Defence Weapon | |
| PE | Peace Enforcement | |
| PEC | Printed Electronic Circuits |
| PFD | proximity fuze disconnector | |
| PFHE | Prefragmented High-Explosive | |
| PFPX | prefragmented proximity fuzed | |
| PGMM | Precision Guided Mortar Munition | |
| PH | Probability of Hit | |
| PI | Probability Of Incapacitation | |
| PIAT | Projector Infantry Anti-Tank | |
| PIBD | Point Initiating Base Detonated | |
| PID | Positive Identification | |
| PIE | Pyrotechnically Initiated Explosive | |
| PIP | Product Improvement Programme | |
| PL | Phase Line | |
| PLA | People's Liberation Army | |
| PLARS | Position Location And Reporting System (US) | |
| PLC | Programmable Logic Control | |
| PLF | protective line of fire | |
| PLO | Palestinian Liberation Army | |
| PLOS | Predicted Line of Sight | |
| PLS | Palletised Load System (US) | |
| PM | porte mortier (mortar carrier) | |
| PMCS | Preventative Maintenance Checks and Services | |
| PMEE | U.S. Air Force abbreviation for Prime Mission Electronic Equipment | |
| PMO | Program Management Office (US) | |
| PMOD | Platform Modifications | |
| PMS | Pedestal-Mounted Stinger | |
| Pnu | Position Navigation Unit | |
| POA&M | Plan Of Action & Milestones | |
| POF | Pakistan Ordnance Factory | |
| POS | Postes Optiques de Surveillance | |
| POW | Prisoners Of War | |
| PPI | Plan Position Indicator | |
| PPS | Precise Positioning Service | |
| PRAC | Practice and Research: Advancing Collaboration | |
| PRAC | Practice | |
| PRAC-T | practice tracer | |
| PRI | projector reticle image | |
| PRP | Personnel Reliability Program (screening and monitoring of individuals with access to "special" weapons) | |
| PSD | Propulsion System Demonstrator | |
| PSO | Peace Support Operations | |
| PSS | Primary Sight System | |
| PTO | Power Take-Off | |
| PVP | Petit Véhicule Protégé | |
| PW | Prisoner of War | |
| PWI-SR(GR) | Panser Wagen Infanterie-Standaard (Groep) | |
| PWP | Plasticised White Phosphorus | |
| QCB | Quick Change Barrel | |
| QE | Quadrant Elevation | |
| QRF | Quick Reaction Force. On standby to react to any situation. | |
| RA | Royal Artillery | |
| RAA | Royal Australian Artillery |
| RAAF | Royal Australian Air Force | |
| RAAM | Rifle-launched Anti-Armour Munition | |
| RAAMS | Remote Anti-Armor Mine System (US) | |
| RAC | Royal Armoured Corps | |
| RADIRS | Rapid Deployment Multiple Rocket System (US) | |
| RAE | Royal Aircraft Establishment | |
| RAM-D | reliability, availability, maintainability and durability | |
| RAN | Royal Australian Navy | |
| RAO | Rear Area Operations | |
| RAP | Rocket-Assisted Projectile | |
| RAPI | Reactive Armour Protection | |
| RARDE | Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (UK) | |
| RATELO | Radio Telephone Operator | |
| RAW | Rifleman's Assault Weapon | |
| RBL | Range and Bearing Launch | |
| RC/MAS | Reserve Component/Modified Armament System | |
| RCAAS | Remote-Controlled Anti-Armor System (US) | |
| RCAF | Royal Canadian Air Force | |
| RCC | ROLAND Coordination Center (US) | |
| RCDU | Remote-Controlled Defence Unit | |
| RCL | Recoilless rifle | |
| RCN | Royal Canadian Navy | |
| RCS | Radar Cross Section | |
| RCT | Royal Corps of Transport | |
| RCT | Regimental Combat Team | |
| RCV | Robotic Command Vehicle | |
| RDF/LT | Rapid Deployment Force Light Tank (US) | |
| RDJTF | Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (US) | |
| RDT&E | Research, Development, Test & Evaluation | |
| REME | Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | |
| RF | Rimfire | |
| RFA | Royal Field Artillery | |
| RFAS | Russian Federation and Associated States | |
| RFC | Royal Flying Corps | |
| RFI | Request For Information. Sales department shorthand. Special priority when use in conjunction with RFN (see below). | |
| RFPI | Rapid Force Projection Initiative | |
| RGGS | Rifle Grenade General Service | |
| RHA | Royal Horse Artillery | |
| RIN | Royal Indian Navy | |
| RIS | Rail Interface System | |
| RISE | Reliability Improved Selected Equipment | |
| RLC | Royal Logistic Corps | |
| RLEM | Rifle-Launched Entry Munition | |
| RLG | Ring Laser Gyro | |
| RLT | Regimental Landing Team | |
| RMG | ranging machine gun | |
| RN | Royal Navy | |
| RNZAF | Royal New Zealand Air Force | |
| RNZN | Royal New Zealand Navy | |
| RO | Royal Ordnance |
| ROBAT | Robotic Counter-Obstacle Vehicle (US) | |
| ROC | required operational characteristics | |
| ROE | Rules of Engagement. The rules given to every service member on when to engage targets. Changes dependent upon the situation. | |
| ROF | Royal Ordnance Factory (UK) | |
| ROK | Republic Of Korea | |
| ROKIT | Republic Of Korea Indigenous Tank | |
| ROKMC | Republic Of Korea Marine Corps | |
| ROR | Range Only Radar | |
| ROTA | Royal Ordnance Training Ammunition | |
| RP | rocket-propelled | |
| RPC | Rocket Pod Container | |
| RPG | Rocket-Propelled Grenade | |
| RPV | Remotely Piloted Vehicle | |
| RR | Recoilless Rifle | |
| RRPR | Reduced Range Practice Rocket | |
| RRTR | Reduced Range Training Round | |
| RSAF | Royal Small Arms Factory (UK) (now closed) | |
| RSN | Role Specialist Nation (US & NATO) | |
| RSS | Rosette Scanning Seeker | |
| RTE | Rifle Team Equipment | |
| RTT | Roues Transporteur de Troupes | |
| RUC | Royal Ulster Constabulary | |
| RWS | Remote weapon system (or station) | |
| s | second (do NOT use "sec" for "second;" use "sec" for "secant") | |
| S&W | Smith and Wesson | |
| SABCA | Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques | |
| SABR | Selectable Assault Battle Rifle | |
| SABS | Stabilizing Automatic Bomb Sight | |
| sac | Small Arms Collimator | |
| SACLOS | Semi-Automatic Command to Line Of Sight | |
| SADA | Standard Advanced Dewar Assembly | |
| SADARM | Sense And Destroy Armor (US) | |
| SADF | South African Defence Force | |
| SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers | |
| SAF | Small Arms Fire | |
| SAFCS | Small Arms Fire Control System | |
| SAFIRE | Surface-to-Air Fire | |
| SAL | Semi-Active Laser | |
| SAM | Special Airlift Mission | |
| samm | Société d'Applications des Machines Motrices | |
| SANDF | South African National Defence Force | |
| SANG | Saudi Arabian National Guard | |
| SAP | Semi-Armour-Piercing | |
| SAPHEI | Semi-Armour-Piercing High Explosive Incendiary | |
| SAPI | semi-armour-piercing incendiary | |
| SAS | Special Air Service | |
| SAS-EAS | Sealed Authenticator System - Emergency Action Procedures (Nuclear Weapons Release Control) | |
| SASR | Special Air Service Regiment | |
| SASR | Special Application Sniper Rifle | |
| SATCP | Systиme Anti-aérien à Trиs Courte Portée (very short-range anti-aircraft system) |
| SAVA | Standard Army Vectronics Architecture | |
| SAW | Squad Automatic Weapon | |
| SAWS | Squad Automatic Weapon System | |
| SB | Short Barrel | |
| SCORE | Stratified Charge Omnivorous Rotary Engine | |
| SD | Self-Destruct | |
| SEAL | Sea/Air/Land | |
| SEALOCK | Search, Locate, and Communicate or Kill | |
| SEATO | Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation | |
| SEME | School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering | |
| SEN | shell extended range NORICUM | |
| SEP | Soldier Enhancement Programme | |
| sfcs | Simplified Fire-Control System | |
| SFIM | Société de Fabrication d'Instrument de Mesure | |
| SFIRR | solid fuel integral rocket/ramjet | |
| sfm | Sensor Fuzed Munitions | |
| SFMG | Sustained Fire Machine Gun | |
| SFSW | Special Forces Support Weapon | |
| SFW | Special Forces Weapon | |
| SGTS | Second-Generation Tank Sight | |
| SH/PRAC | squash head practice | |
| SHORAD | Short-Range Air Defence System | |
| SHP | Shaft Horsepower | |
| SIC | Second In Command | |
| SICPS | Standard Integrated Command Post Systems | |
| SINCGARS | Single Channel Ground/Air Radio System | |
| SIP | System Improvement Plan | |
| SIPS | Small Integrated Propulsion System | |
| SJFN | Semi-Jacketed Flat Nose | |
| SJHP | Semi-Jacketed Hollow Point | |
| SKOT | Sredni Kolowy Opancerzny Transporter (armoured personnel carrier) | |
| SLAP | saboted light armor penetrator | |
| slaw | Shoulder-Launched Assault Weapon | |
| SLEP | Service Life Extension Program | |
| slr | Super Low Recoil | |
| SLWAGL | Super Light Weight Automatic Grenade Launcher | |
| sm | Smoke | |
| smaw | Shoulder-launched Multi-purpose Assault Weapon | |
| smg | Sub-Machine guns | |
| SMK | Smoke | |
| smp | Surface Mine Plough | |
| SMU | Special Mission Unit | |
| SNAFU | Situation Normal All Fouled Up | |
| SNCO | Staff Non-Commissioned Officer (USMC, E-6 - E-9) | |
| SNCOIC | Staff Non-Commissioned Officer In Charge (USMC) | |
| SOCOM | United States Special Operations Command | |
| SOF | Special Operations Force(s) | |
| SOG | Speed Over Ground | |
| sop | Standart Operational Procedure | |
| SPAAG | self-propelled anti-aircraft gun |
| SPAAM | self-propelled anti-aircraft missile | |
| SPAG | self-propelled assault gun | |
| SPARK | solid propellant advanced ramjet kinetic energy missile | |
| SPAS | Special Purpose Automatic Shotgun | |
| SPATG | self-propelled anti-tank gun | |
| SPAW | self-propelled artillery weapon | |
| SPG | Self-Propelled Gun | |
| SPH | Self-Propelled Howitzer | |
| SPL | self-propelled launcher | |
| SPLL | Self-propelled Loader Launcher | |
| SPM | self-propelled mortar | |
| SPP | Special Purpose Pistol | |
| SPR | Special Purpose Rifle | |
| SPS | Standard Positioning Service (GPS) | |
| SPSM | Sensorgezundete Panzerabwehr SubMunition | |
| SPW | Special Purpose Weapon | |
| SR | Short Rifle | |
| SRAW | Short Range Assault Weapon | |
| SRC | Space Research Corporation | |
| SRG | shell replenishment gear | |
| SRI | Short Range Insert | |
| SRTS | Short Range Thermal Sight | |
| SRU | Shop Replaceable Unit | |
| SRU | Slip Ring Unit | |
| SRV | Surrogate Research Vehicle (US) | |
| ssa | Special Spaced Armour | |
| ssg | Single Shot Gun | |
| SSK | Single Shot Kill | |
| SSW | Squad Support Weapon | |
| ST | Staff Target | |
| STA | shell transfer arm | |
| STAB | Steered Agile Beams | |
| STAFF | Small Target Activated Fire-and-Forget (US) | |
| STANAG | (NATO) Standardisation Agreement | |
| STARTLE | Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar for Tank Location and Engagement (US) | |
| STE/ICE | Simplified Test Equipment/Internal Combustion Engine (US) | |
| STOVL | Short Take Off and Vertical Landing | |
| STUP | Spinning Tubular Projectile | |
| SUB | Substitute | |
| suc | Square Ultra Compact | |
| SUIT | Sight Unit Infantry Trilux | |
| SUSAT | Sight Unit, Small Arms, Trilux | |
| susfu | situation unchanged, still fucked up | |
| SWARM | Stabilised Weapon and Reconnaissance Mount | |
| SWAT | Special Weapons and Tactics | |
| SWC | Semi WadCutter | |
| SWS | Sniper Weapon System | |
| T | Tracer element (US military ammunition) | |
| TACBE | Tacbe | |
| TACMS | Army Tactical Missile System (US) |
| TACOM | Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (US) | |
| TAD | Temporary Additional Duty | |
| TADDS | Target Alert Display Data Set (US) | |
| TADS | Target Acquisition and Designation System (US) | |
| TAM | Tanque Argentino Mediano | |
| TARFU | Things Are Really Fucked Up. A Situation Worse Than SNAFU, But Not Quite FUBAR. | |
| TARFU | Totally And Royally Fucked Up | |
| TAS | Turret Attitude Sensor | |
| TAS | Target Acquisition Subsystem | |
| tas | Tracking Adjunct System | |
| TBAT | TOW/Bushmaster Armored Turret (US) | |
| TC | Tank Commander | |
| TCO | Tactical Combat Operations | |
| TCTO | Time-Compliance Technical Order | |
| TCU | Tactical Control Unit | |
| TD | Tank Destroyer | |
| tdcs | Tank Driver Command System | |
| TDD | Target Detection Device | |
| tdr | Target Data Receiver | |
| te | Tangent Elevation | |
| TEL | Transporter-Erector-Launcher | |
| TELAR | Transporter-Erector-Launcher And Radar | |
| TES | target engagement system | |
| tes | Tactical Environment Simulation | |
| TGMTS | Tank Gunnery Missile Tracking System | |
| TGP | Terminally Guided Projectile | |
| tgs | Tank Gun Sight | |
| TGSM | Terminally Guided Submunition | |
| TGTS | tank gunnery training simulator | |
| TI | Thermal Image | |
| TIC | Troops In Contact | |
| TICM | thermal imaging common modules | |
| TIIPS | Thermal Imaging and Integrated Position System | |
| TIM | Thermal Imaging Module | |
| TIPU | Thermal Image Processing Units | |
| TIRE | Tank Infra-Red Elbow | |
| TIS | Thermal Imaging System | |
| tlc | Transport Launching Container | |
| tld | Top Level Demonstrations | |
| TLE | Treaty Limited Equipment | |
| TLP | Troop Leading Procedures (US) | |
| TLR | Tank Laser Rangefinder | |
| TLS | tank laser sight | |
| TM&LS | Textron Marine & Land Systems | |
| TMBC | Turret Management Ballistic Computer | |
| TMP | Tactical Machine Pistol | |
| tms | Turret Modernisation System | |
| TMUAS | Turreted Mortar Under Armor System (US) | |
| TNT | Trinitrotoluene | |
| TO | Technical Order |
| TOE | Table of Organisation and Equipment | |
| TOGS | Thermal Observation and Gunnery System (UK) | |
| Top | Total Obscuring Power | |
| TOPAS | Transporter Obrneny Pasovy | |
| tote | Tracker, Optical Thermally Enhanced | |
| TOW | Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire command link guided (US) | |
| TP | Target Practice | |
| TP-FL | target practice flash | |
| TP-S | or TPS Target Practice-Spotting/Signature | |
| TP-SM | target practice - smoke | |
| TP-SP | target practice - spotting | |
| TP-T | Target Practice Tracer | |
| TPCM | Target Practice Colour-Marking | |
| TPDS | Target Practice Discarding Sabot | |
| TPFSDS-T | target practice fin-stabilised discarding sabot - tracer | |
| TPTF | Target Practice Time Fuzed | |
| tr | Triple Rail | |
| TRACER | Tactical Reconnaissance Armoured Combat Equipment Requirement (UK) | |
| TRACKSTAR | Tracked Search and Target Acquisition Radar System (US) | |
| TRADOC | United States Army Training and Doctrine Command | |
| TSFCS | Tank Simplified Fire-Control System | |
| TSQ | time and super-quick | |
| TSR | Tavor Sporting Rifle | |
| TT | transport de troupes (troop transporter) | |
| TTB | Tank TestBed (US) | |
| TTD | Transformation Technology Demonstrator | |
| TTG | Time-To-Go | |
| TTS | Tank Thermal Sight | |
| TU | Terminal Unit | |
| TUA | TOW Under Armor (US) | |
| TUR | Tiefflieger-Ьberwachungs-Radar (low-level surveillance radar) | |
| TV | Television | |
| TWD | thermal warning device | |
| Twmp | Track Width Mine Plough | |
| TWS | Thermal Weapon Sight | |
| TYDP | Ten Year Defence Programme (Australia) | |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle | |
| UBLE | Universal Bridge Launching Equipment | |
| UCVP | Universal Combat Vehicle Platform | |
| UDR | Ulster Defence Regiment | |
| UET | Universal Engineer Tractor (US) | |
| UGV | Unmanned Ground Vehicle | |
| ulc | Unit Load Container | |
| UMA | Universal Mounting Adapter | |
| UMP | Universal Machine Pistol | |
| USA | United States Army | |
| USAADS | U.S. Army Air Defense School | |
| USAAF | United States Army Air Forces | |
| Usaarms | Us Army Armor School | |
| USAAVNS | U.S. Army Aviation School |
| USAF | United States Air Force | |
| USCG | United States Coast Guard | |
| USMC | United States Marine Corporation | |
| USN | United States Navy | |
| USP | Universal Self-Loading Pistol | |
| UTL | Universal Tactical Light | |
| UTM | Universal Transverse Mercator (geographical Co-ordinate System) | |
| UTs | Universal Turret System | |
| UV | Ultraviolet (Light) | |
| uw | Urban Warfare | |
| V | Volt (measurement) | |
| vab | Vickers Armoured Bridgelayer | |
| VADS | Vulcan Air Defense System (US) | |
| vae | Vehiculo Armado Exploracion | |
| VAK | Vehicle Adaptor Kit | |
| VAPE | Vehiculo Apoyo y Exploracion | |
| VARRV | Vickers Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle | |
| VARV | Vickers Armoured Recovery Vehicle | |
| VBC | Véhicule Blindé de Combat (armoured combat vehicle) | |
| VBCI | Véhicule Blindé de Combat D'infanterie | |
| VBL | Véhicule Blindé Léger (light armoured vehicle) | |
| vbm | Véhicules Blindés Modulaires | |
| VC | Vehicle Commander | |
| vca | Véhicule Chenillé d'Accompagnement | |
| vcc | Veicolo Corazzato de Combattimento | |
| VCG | Véhicule de Combat du Genie (armoured engineer vehicle) | |
| VCI | Véhicule de Combat d'Infanterie; Vehiculo combate infanteria (infantry combat vehicle) | |
| VCP | Vehicle Check Point | |
| VCR | Variable Compression Ratio for co2-reduction of gasoline engine | |
| VCR | Véhicule de Combat à Roues (wheeled combat vehicle) | |
| VCR/AT | Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Atelier Technique (salvage) | |
| VCR/IS | Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Intervention Sanitaire (stretchers) | |
| VCR/PC | Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Poste de Commandement (HQ) | |
| VCR/TH | Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Tourelle HOT (turret with four HOT ATGW) | |
| VCR/TT | Véhicule de Combat à Roues/Transport de Troupes (troop carrier) | |
| VCTIS | Vehicle Command and Tactical Information System | |
| VCTM | Vehiculo de Combate Transporte de Mortero (armoured mortar carrier) | |
| VCTP | Vehiculo de Combate Transporte de Personal (armoured personnel carrier) | |
| VDA | Véhicule de Défense Anti-aérienne (anti-aircraft defence vehicle) | |
| VDAA | Véhicule d'Auto-Défense Anti-aérienne | |
| VDC | Voltage Direct Current | |
| VDM | viscous damped mount | |
| VDSL | Vickers Defence Systems Ltd | |
| VDU | Visual Display Unit | |
| vec | Vehiculo de Exploraciòn de Caballerie | |
| VEDES | Vehicle Exhaust Dust Ejection System (US) | |
| VERDI | Vehicle Electronics Research Defence Initiative (UK) | |
| VHIS | visual hit indicator system | |
| VIB | Véhicule d'Intervention du Base | |
| VIDS | Vehicle Integrated Defence System |
| VINACS | Vehicle Integrated Navigation and Command System | |
| VIRSS | Visual and InfraRed Smoke Screening System | |
| VITS | Video Image Tracking Systems | |
| VLAP | Velocity-enhanced Long-range Artillery Projectile | |
| VLC | Véhicule Léger de Combat (light armoured car) | |
| VLI | Visible Light Illuminator | |
| VLSMS | Vehicle-Launched Scatterable Mine System | |
| VMA | Marine Light Attack Squadron | |
| VMA(AW) | Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron | |
| VMAQ | Marine Electronic Warfare Attack Squadron | |
| VMBT | Vickers Main Battle Tank | |
| VMF | Marine Fighter Squadron | |
| VMFA | Marine Fighter Attack Squadron | |
| VMFA(AW) | Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron | |
| VMFP | Marine Aerial Reconnaissance Squadron | |
| VMGR | Marine Aerial Refueler/Transport Squadron | |
| VMR | Marine Transport Squadron | |
| VMS | Vehicle Motion Sensor | |
| VNAS | Vehicle Navigation Air System | |
| VRL | Véhicule Reconnaissance Léger (light reconnaissance vehicle) | |
| VSEL | Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd | |
| VTOL | Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft | |
| VTP | véhicule transport de personnel (personnel carrier) | |
| VTT | véhicule transport de troupe (troop transporter) | |
| VVSS | Vertical Volute Spring Suspension | |
| VXB | Véhicule Blindé à Vocations Multiples (multipurpose armoured car) | |
| WAAC | Women's Auxiliary Army Corps | |
| WAC | Women's Army Corporation | |
| WAF | Women Air Force | |
| WAM | Wide Area Mines (US) | |
| WAMI | Wide Area Motion Imagery (US) | |
| WAPC | Wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier (Canada) | |
| WASAD | Wide Angle Surveillance and Automatic Detection Device | |
| WAV | Wide Angle Viewing | |
| WAVES | Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service | |
| WES | Wing Engineer Squadron (USMC) | |
| WFOV | Wide Field Of View | |
| WFSV | Wheeled Fire Support Vehicle (Canada) | |
| wha | Weapons Head Assembly | |
| WHSA | Weapons Head Support Assembly | |
| wlr | Weapon Locating Radar | |
| WM | unofficial acronym for a Woman Marine | |
| WMD | Weapon of mass destruction | |
| WMRV | Wheeled Maintenance and Recovery Vehicle (Canada) | |
| WP | White Phosphorus (ammunition) | |
| WP-T | White Phosphorus Tracer | |
| WSM | Winchester Short Magnum | |
| WTS | Wing Transportation Squadron (USMC) | |
| XO | Executive Officer | |
| YMRS | Yugoslav multiple rocket system |
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