A2C2S Airborne Command and Control System

AAA anti-aircraft artillery

AAAV Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle

AAM air-to-air missile

AAP Abbreviated Acquisition Program

AARGM Advanced-Antiradiation Guided Missile

AATC amphibious air traffic control

AAV amphibious assault vehicle

AAW anti-air warfare

AAWC anti-air warfare commander

AAWS-H Advanced Antitank Weapon System­Heavy

AAWS-M Advanced Antitank Weapon System­Medium

ABCCC Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center

ABC/M activity-based costing and management

ABDR aircraft battle damage repair

ABF Advanced Bomb Family

ABFC advanced base functional component

ABM antiballistic missile

ABT air breathing targets

ABV Assault Breaching Vehicle

AC active component

ACADA Automatic Chemical Agent Detector Alarm

ACAT acquisition category

ACC Air Combat Command

ACDS Advanced Combat Direction System

ACDUTRA active duty for training

ACE aviation combat element

ACM Air Contingency MAGTF

ACEVAL air combat evaluation

ACF air contingency forces

ACINT acoustic intelligence

ACLS Automated Carrier Landing System

ACM air combat maneuver; Advanced Cruise Missile; Air-Contingency MAGTF

ACMR air combat maneuver range

ACNO Assistant Chief of Naval Operations

ACO airborne communications officer

ACP aviation continuation pay

ACS Advanced Countermine System

ACTD Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration

ACV air cushion vehicle

AD destroyer tender

ADA a DOD computer programming language

ADC auxiliary dry cargo ship

ADCAP advanced capability

ADCP air-defense communications platform

ADC(X) Auxiliary Dry Cargo Ship (new design)

ADFC Advanced Digital Fire Control (system)

ADI Air Defense Initiative

ADIZ Air Defense Identification Zone

ADM Acquisition Decision Memorandum

ADP automated data processing

ADR aircraft damage repair

ADS active dipping sonar; Advanced Deployable System; advanced distributed simulation

ADVCAP advanced capability

AE assault echelon

AESA active electronically-scanned-array (radar)

AEW airborne early warning

AFATDS Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System

AFCT Armed Forces Classification Test

AFOE assault follow-on echelon

AFV Armored Fighting Vehicle

AGF miscellaneous command ship

AGLEP Advanced Ground Laser Eye Protection

AGS Advanced Gun System

AGM aircraft ground mishap

AGOR auxiliary general oceanographic research (ship)

AGSS auxiliary research submarine

AI air intercept; artificial intelligence

AIC air-intercept controller

AICUZ Air Installation Compatibility Use Zone

AIEWS Advanced Integrated Electronic-Warfare System

AIM air-intercept missile

AIMD aircraft intermediate-maintenance department

AIMVAL air-intercept missile evaluation

AIP Antisurface Warfare Improvement Program

AIRS Aircraft Inventory Reporting System

AIS Acoustic Intercept System

AIT Automated Identification Technology

ALAM Advanced Land-Attack Missile

ALC area learning center

ALEP Amphibious Lift Enhancement Plan

ALF Auxiliary Landing Field

ALFS Airborne Low Frequency Sonar

ALICE All-Purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment

ALMDS Airborne Laser Mine-Detection System

ALSS Aircraft Life Support System

AMB Aircraft Mishap Board

AMC Air Mobility Command

AMCM airborne mine countermeasures

AMDS Aircraft Maintenance Data System

AMNS Airborne Mine Neutralization System

AMRAAM Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile

ANBACIS Automated Nuclear Biological and Chemical Information System

ANG Air National Guard

ANZUS Australia-New Zealand-United States

AO acquisition objective; area of operation

AOA amphibious objective area; analysis of alternatives; angle of attack

AOE fast combat support ship

AOR area of responsibility

AP Anti-Personnel

ARC Aviation Refueler Capability

APAM Antipersonnel Attack Munition

APC approach power compensator

APF Afloat Prepositioning Force

APN Aircraft Procurement, Navy

APOBS Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching System

APS Active Protection System

APU auxiliary power unit

ARBS Angle Rate Bombing System

ARC American Red Cross; aviation refueler capability

ARDEC Army Research, Development, and Engineering Center

AREC air resources coordinator

ARG amphibious ready group

ARH antiradiation homing

ARM antiradiation missile

ARNG Army National Guard

ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency

ARS aerial refueling store; salvage ship

AS submarine tender; analysis substation

ASARS Advanced Synthetic-Aperture Radar System

ASAT antisatellite

ASCM antiship cruise missile

ASD(PA) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)

ASDS Advanced SEAL Delivery System

ASDV Advanced Swimmer Delivery Vehicle

ASE aviation support equipment

ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASIP all-source imagery processor

ASM air-to-surface missile; antiship missile

ASMD antiship missile defense

ASPARCS Air Surveillance and Precision Approach Radar Control System

ASPJ Airborne Self-Protection Jammer

ASR air-surveillance radar

ASRAAM Advanced Short-Range Air-to-Air Missile

ASTOVL advanced short takeoff/vertical landing

ASTP Advanced Space Technology Program

ASUW antisurface warfare

ASUWC antisurface warfare commander

ASW antisubmarine warfare

ASWC antisubmarine warfare commander

ASWEX antisubmarine warfare exercise

AT antiterrorism

ATACC Advanced Tactical Air Command Center

ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System

ATAP antitank/antipersonnel

ATARS Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System

ATC air traffic control

ATD advanced technology development

ATDS Airborne Tactical Data System

ATF amphibious task force

ATLASS Asset Tracking Logistics and Supply System

ATM asynchronous transfer mode

ATO air tasking order

ATWCS Advanced Tomahawk Weapon Control System

AUTODIN Automated Digital Network

AUW Advanced Underseas Weapon

AVCAL Aviation Consolidated Allowance List

AVDLR aviation depot-level repairable

AVDTV Armored Vehicle Driver's Thermal Viewer

AVDVE Armored Vehicle Driver's Vision Enhancer

AVIM aviation intermediate-level maintenance

AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System

AWE Advanced Warfighting Experiment

AXBT air-expendable bathythermograph

BA budget activity/authority

BAI battlefield air interdiction

BARCAP barrier combat air patrol

BAT Brilliant Antitank

BDA battle damage assessment

BDU bomb dummy unit

BFIT battle force in-port training

BFV Bradley Fighting Vehicle

BGPHES Battle Group Passive Horizon Extension System

BIS Board of Inspection and Survey

BLSS base-level self-sufficiency spares

BLU bomb live unit

BM/C3 battle management/command, control, and communications

BMAR backlog of maintenance and repair

BMDO Ballistic Missile Defense Organization

BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System

BMUP Block Modification Upgrade Program

BOS base operating support

BPA blanket purchasing agreement

BRAC Base Closure and Realignment

BRC base recovery course

BST Basic Skills Trainer

BSTS Boost Surveillance and Tracking System

BTI Balanced Technology Initiative

BU block upgrade

BUMED Bureau of Medicine

BUR Bottom-Up Review

BV base vehicle

BVR beyond visual range

BW biological warfare

C2 command-and-control

C2PC command-and-control personal computer

C3 command, control, and communications

C3I command, control, communications, and intelligence

C4I command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence

C4ISR command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

CA civil affairs

CAC2S Common Aviation Command-and-Control System

CAEMS Computer-Aided Embarkation Management System

CAFMS Computer-Aided Force Management System

CAG carrier air wing commander

CAINS Carrier Aircraft Inertial Navigation System

CAM chemical agent monitor

CANTRAC Catalog of Navy Training Courses

CAP combat air patrol

CAPS Conventional Armaments Planning System

CAPTOR encapsulated torpedo

CARGRU carrier group

CARQUAL carrier qualifications

CAS calibrated air speed; close air support

CASREP Casualty Reporting System

CASS Command-Activated Sonar System

CASTFOREM Combined Arms and Support Task Force Evaluation Model

CAT crisis action team

CATCC carrier air traffic control center

CATF Commander Amphibious Task Force

CAX combined-arms exercise

CBASS Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System

CBIRF Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force

CBIS chemical/biological individual sampler

CBR chemical, biological, radiological

CBRP Concept-Based Requirements Process

CBRS Concept-Based Requirements System

CBU cluster bomb unit

CBV combat breacher vehicle

CCA carrier-controlled approach

CCD camouflage, concealment, and deception

CCL concentric-canister launcher

CCP Consolidated Cryptological Program

CCS Combat Control System; COMINT Collection Subsystem

CCS-OS CCS Outstation

CD counterdrug

CDA concept demonstration aircraft

CDC Combat Direction Center

CDI Conventional Defense Improvements

CDIP Combined Defense Improvements Projects

CDPU computer data processing unit

CDR critical design review

CDS Combat Development System

CE command element

CEC cooperative engagement capability

CECM communications electronics countermeasures

CENTCOM U.S. Central Command

CEP circular error probable

CFAC clear facilities

CFE contractor-furnished equipment

CFR crash, fire, and rescue

CG commanding general; guided-missile cruiser

CI Counter Intelligence

CIC combat integration capability

CGAF Coast Guard Air Facility

CGAS Coast Guard Air Station

CGATC Coast Guard Air Training Center

CGN nuclear-powered guided-missile cruiser

CH Channel

CHAMPUS Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services

CHBDL Common High-Band Data Link

CHINFO Chief of Naval Information

CHOP change of operational control

CIA Central Intelligence Agency

CIC combat information center; Combat Integration Capability

CID Combat Identification

CIGSS Common Imagery Ground/Surface System

CILOP conversion in lieu of procurement

CINC Commander in Chief

CINCCENT Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command

CINCEUR Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command

CINCLANTFLT Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

CINCPAC Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command

CINCPACFLT Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet

CINCSOC Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command

CINCSOUTH Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command

CINCSPACE Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command

CINCUSACOM Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command

CINCUSNAVEUR Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe

CIS Commonwealth of Independent States

CIWS close-in weapon system

CJCS Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

CJTF Commander, Joint Task Force

CLASS Closed-Loop Artillery Simulation System

CLAWS Complementary Low-Attitude Weapon System

CLF Combat Logistics Force

CMC Commandant of the Marine Corps

CMOS Cargo Movement Operations System

CMTC Combat Maneuver Training Center

CMV combat mobility vehicle

CNA Center for Naval Analyses

COBRA Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis

CNASP Chairman's Net Assessment of Strategic Planning

CNATECHTRA Chief of Naval Air Technical Training

CNATRA Chief of Naval Air Training

CNAVRES Chief of Naval Reserve

CNET Chief of Naval Education and Training

CNO Chief of Naval Operations

CO commanding officer

COBRA coastal battlefield reconnaissance and analysis

COC combat operations center

COD carrier on-board delivery

COE common operating environment; concept of employment

COEA cost and operational effectiveness analysis

COLDS Cargo Offload and Discharge System

COMCARAEWWING Commander, Carrier Airborne Early Warning Wing

COMCARAIRWING Commander, Carrier Air Wing

COMCARGRU Commander, Carrier Group

COMCRUDESGRU Commander, Cruiser Destroyer Group

COMCVWR Commander, Reserve Carrier Air Wing

COMDESRON Commander, Destroyer Squadron

COMFAIR Commander, Fleet Air

COMFIFTHFLT Commander, U.S. Fifth Fleet

COMFITWING Commander, Fighter Wing

COMFLELOGSUPWING Commander, Fleet Logistics Support Wing

COMHELTACWING Commander, Helicopter Tactical Wing

COMHELWINGRES Commander, Helicopter Wing Reserve

COMHSLWING Commander, Helicopter Anti-submarine Light Wing

COMHSWING Commander, Helicopter Anti-submarine Wing

COMINT communications intelligence

COMNAVAIRESFOR Commander, Naval Air Reserve Force

COMNAVAIRFOR Commander, Naval Air Forces

COMNAVAIRLANT Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

COMNAVAIRPAC Commander, Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

COMNAVAIRSYSCOM Commander, Naval Air Systems Command

COMOPTEVFOR Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force

COMPATRECONFOR Commander Patrol and Reconnaissance Force

COMPATRECONWING Commander Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing

COMPUSEC computer security

COMRESPATWING Commander, Reserve Patrol Wing

COMSAT communications satellite

COMSEACONWING Commander, Sea Control Wing

COMSEC communications security

COMSECONDFLT Commander, U.S. Second Fleet

COMSEVENTHFLT Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet

COMSIXTHFLT Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet

COMSTRIKFIGHTWING Commander, Strike Fighter Wing

COMSUBFOR Commander, Submarine Forces

COMSUBLANT Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

COMSUBPAC Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

COMSURFLANT Commander, Surface Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

COMSURFOR Commander, Surface Forces

COMSURFPAC Commander, Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

COMTHIRDFLT Commander, U.S. Third Fleet

COMVAQWING Commander, Electronic Attack Wing

CONREP connected replenishments

CONUS continental United States

COP common operational picture

CORE National Contingency Response

CORM Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces

COTS Cargo Offload and Transfer System; commercial-off-the-shelf

CP Command Post

CPE collective protection environment

CPG Commandant's Planning Guidance

CPH cost per hour

CPS combat prepositioning ship

CPU central processing unit

CPX Command Post Exercise

CQ carrier qualification

CQB close quarters battle

CR combat requirement

CRAF Civil Reserve Air Fleet

CRAG Contractor Risk Assessment Guide

CRDEC Chemical Research, Development, and Engineering Center

CRS Canteen Refilling System

CS communication subsystem

CSA Common Support Aircraft

CSAR combat search and rescue

CSI Competitive Strategies Initiative

CSP contingency support package

CSR crew-seat ratio

CSS combat service support

CSSCS Combat Service Support Control System

CSSE Combat Service Support Element

CSSE SDE Combat Service Support Element Shared Data Environment

CSSE SE Combat Service Support Element Supporting Establishment

CT counterterrorism

CTAPS Contingency Theater Automated Planning System

CTB Comprehensive Test Ban

CTF Commander Task Force

CTJTF Counterterrorist Joint Task Force

CTOL conventional takeoff and landing

CTT Commander's Tactical Terminal

CU Cooperating Unit

CV conventionally powered aircraft carrier

CVAT Combat Vehicle Appended Trainer

CVBG aircraft carrier battle group

CVIC aircraft carrier intelligence center

CVN nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

CVNX Next-Generation Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carrier

CVW carrier air wing

CVWR reserve carrier air wing

CW chemical warfare

CWAR continuous wave acquisition radar

CWC composite warfare commander

CWL Commandant's Warfighting Laboratory

DAB Defense Acquisition Board

DACM defensive air combat maneuvering

DACT Digital Automated Communications Terminal; dissimilar air combat training

DAIR direct altitude indicator read-out

DAMA demand-assigned multiple access

DARP Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Program

DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DAS direct air support

DASC Direct Air Support Central

DAWMS Deep Attack Weapons Mix Study

DBBL Dismounted Battlespace Battle Lab

DBOF Defense Business Operations Fund

DCAA Defense Contract Audit Agency

DCIMI Defense Council on Integrity and Management Improvement

DCNO Deputy Chief of Naval Operations

DCP Defense Cryptologic Program

DCS Defense Communications System

DCS/P&R Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs and Resources

DCU Dynamic Component Upgrade

DD destroyer

DDG guided-missile destroyer

DDN Defense Data Network

DDS data distribution system

DEA Drug Enforcement Agency

DEAD destruction of enemy air defenses

DECM deceptive electronic countermeasures

DEM/VAL demonstration/validation

DEPMEDS deployable medical systems

DEPTEMPO deployment tempo

DET distributed explosive technology; detachment

DEW directed-energy weapon; distant early warning

DF direction-finding

DFT deployment for training

DGIAP Defense General Intelligence and Applications Program

DHS Defense HUMINT Service

DIA Defense Intelligence Agency

DICASS Directional Command-Activated Sonar System

DICP Defense Intelligence Counterdrug Program

DIFAR directional frequency analysis and ranging

DII COE Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment

DIMAP Defense Intelligence and Mapping Program

DINET Defense Industrial Network

DIS distributed interactive simulation

DISA Defense Information Systems Agency

DISTP Defense Special Technology Program

DITP Defense Intelligence Tactical Program

DJCIP Defense Joint Counterintelligence Program

DL distance learning

DLA Defense Logistics Agency

DLC distance learning center

DME distance-measuring equipment

DMRD Defense Management Review Decision

DMS Defense Message System

DMSS Defense Medical Surveillance System

DMSO Defense Modeling and Simulation Office

DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

DNA Defense Nuclear Agency

DOA days of ammunition

DOD Department of Defense

DOE Department of Energy

DON Department of the Navy

DOPMA Defense Officer Personnel Management Act

DOS days of supply; Department of State

DOT Department of Transportation

DPA Defense Production Act

DPE data processing equipment

DPG Defense Planning Guidance

DPP Defense Program Projection

DPPDB digital point positioning database

DPRB Defense Planning and Resources Board

DPRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea

DPRO Defense Plant Representative Office

DR digital radiography

DRPM direct-reporting program manager

DSB Defense Science Board

DSC Defense Space Council

DSCS Defense Satellite Communications System

DSMAC digital scene matching area correlation

DSN Defense Switching Network

DSRP Defense Space Reconnaissance Program

DSRV deep-submergence rescue vehicle

DST destructor

DT developmental test

DTC digital technical control

DTS Defense Transportation System

DTSA Defense Technology Security Administration

DWIS PIP Digital Wideband Transmission System Product Improvement Program

DWT deadweight tons

e-mail electronic mail

EA electronic attack

EAF expeditionary airfield

EB enlistment bonus

EBFL extended-boom forklift

EC electronic combat

ECCM electronic counter-countermeasures

ECM electronic countermeasures

ECMO electronic countermeasures officer

ECP engineering change proposal

EDM engineering development model

EHF extremely high frequency

ELF extremely low frequency

ELINT electronics intelligence

ELV expendable launch vehicle

EMCON emission control

EMD engineering and manufacturing development

EMI electromagnetic interference

EMP electromagnetic pulse

EMSP enhanced modular signal processor

EMW expeditionary maneuver warfare

E-NBC enhanced NBC capability

EO electro-optical

EOB electronic order of battle

EOD explosive ordnance disposal

EP electronic protection

EPLRS Enhanced Position Location Reporting System

EPUU Enhanced PLRS User Units

ERGM extended-range guided munition

ERIP Engine Reliability Improvement Program

EROWPU Enhanced Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit

ES equipment suite

ESM electronic surveillance measures

ESP Extended Service Program

ESS ELINT Support System

ESSM Evolved SeaSparrow Missile

ETSS Extended Training Service Specialist

EUCOM European Command

EUL economic useful life

EUT end-user terminal

EVAL electronic warfare tactical evaluator

EW electronic warfare

EWAC electronic warfare aircraft commander

EWC electronic warfare coordinator

EWOP electronic warfare operator

EXCAP expanded capability

FAA Federal Aviation Administration

FAADS Forward Area Air-Defense System

FAC fast attack craft; forward air controller

FACSFAC Fleet Air Control and Surveillance Facility

FAD fleet air defense; Force Activity Designator

FAE fuel-air explosive

FAM familiarization

FAMMO full ammunition

FAPES Force Augmentation Planning and Execution System

FARP forward arming and refueling point

FAST fleet antiterrorism security team

FATS Firearms Training System

FAV Fast Attack Vehicle

FBU front power unit

FCIP Foreign CounterIntelligence Program

FCLP field carrier landing practice

FDC fire direction center

FDP FAST Deployment Program

FDR/FA flight data recorder/fault analyzer

FDS Field Development System

FE flight engineer

FEBA forward edge of battle area

FEP Firepower Enhancement Program

FEWS Follow-on Early Warning System

FEX field exercise

FFAR folding-fin aircraft rocket

FFG guided-missile frigate

FH frequency hopping

FHN&MC family housing, Navy & Marine Corps

FHP Flying Hour Program

FIE fly-in echelon

FIIU Force Imagery Interpretation Unit

FIM Family of Improved Mortars

FISP fly-in support package

FIST Fleet Imagery Support Terminal

FITCOMPRON fighter composite squadron

FITRON fighter squadron

FITWING fighter wing

FLAGE Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment

FLC functional learning center

FLDO Flying Limited Duty Officer

FLE fatigue life extension

FLECOMPRON fleet composite squadron

FLELOGSUPRON fleet logistics support squadron

FLIP Flight Information Publication

FLIR forward-looking infrared

FLOLS Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System

FLPP foreign language proficiency pay

FLTSAT fleet satellite

FLTSATCOM fleet satellite communications

FOPEN foliage penetration (radar)

FOTS Follow-on-to-Shoulder-Launched Multi-purpose Assault Weapon (SMAW)

FM flight mishap; frequency modulation

FMC Federal Maritime Commission; fully mission-capable

FMF Fleet Marine Force

FMFLANT Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic

FMFP Foreign Military Financing Program

FMFPAC Fleet Marine Force, Pacific

FMS Foreign Military Sales

FMSCR Foreign Military Sales Credit (Financing)

FO forward observer

FOB forward operating base

FOC full operational capability

FOD foreign object damage

FOF floating offshore facility

FOG-M fiber-optic guided missile

FORCAP force combat air patrol

FOSP follow-on support package

FOTT Follow-on-to-TOW

FPLIF field pack large with internal frame

FPM feet per minute

FRAMP Fleet Replacement Aviation Maintenance Personnel

FRM flight-related mishap

FRP full-rate production

FRS fleet readiness squadron

FRSS Forward Resuscitative Surgery System

FSC family service center

FSC2S fire support command-and-control system

FSCC Fire Support Coordination Center

FSD Flight Support Detachment; full-scale development

FSED full-scale engineering development

FSSG force service support group

FTE full-time equivalent

FTS full-time support

FTSS Family of Tactical Soft Shelters

FY fiscal year

FYDP Future-Years Defense Plan

FYEP Five-Year Experimentation Plan

GAO General Accounting Office

GAU aircraft gun unit

GBS Global Broadcast Service

GBTS Ground-Based Training System

GBU guided bomb unit

GC general counsel

GCA ground-controlled approach

GCC Gulf Cooperation Committee

GCCS Global Command-and-Control System

GCE ground combat element

GCI ground-controlled intercept

GCS ground control station

GCU guidance control unit

GDIP General Defense Intelligence Program

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GFE government-furnished equipment

GLCM ground-launched cruise missile

GLPS gun laying and positioning system

GMF ground mobile forces

GMLS guided-missile launching system

GNA Goldwater-Nichols (DOD Reorganization) Act

GNP Gross National Product

GOTS government-off-the-shelf

GPB general-purpose bomb

GPETE general-purpose electronic test equipment

GP general purpose

GPR ground processing requirement

GPS Global Positioning System

GPWS ground proximity warning system

GS ground speed

GSE ground-support equipment

GTN Global Transportation Network

GWEN Ground Wave Emergency Network

HAC helicopter aircraft commander

HALE high-altitude/low-endurance

HARM high-speed antiradiation missile

HASC House Armed Services Committee

HAW heavy anti-armor weapon

HC helicopter combat support squadron

HCS helicopter combat support squadron special

HDC helicopter direction control

HE high explosive

HEC helicopter element coordinator

HEDI High Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptor

HEED Helicopter Emergency Escape Device

HEELS Helicopter Emergency Egress Lighting System

HEL high-energy laser

HEMTT Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck

HERCULES Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility Lift and Evacuation System

HERO hazard of electronic radiation to ordnance

HF high frequency

HFAJ high-frequency antijam

HFDF high-frequency direction-finding

HFE human factors engineering

HIMARS High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System

HLA high-level architecture

HLS Helicopter Landing System

HM helicopter mine countermeasures squadron

HMD high mobility downsize

H-HMMWV Heavy Variant High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle

HMH Marine heavy helicopter squadron

HMLA Marine light-attack helicopter squadron

HMM Marine medium helicopter squadron

HMM(T) Marine medium helicopter training squadron

HMMWV High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle ("Humvee")

HMT Marine helicopter training squadron

HMX Marine helicopter squadron

HOL high order language

HOMS Hellfire Optimized Missile System

HOTAS hands-on throttle and stick

HQMC Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps

HR hazard report

HS helicopter antisubmarine squadron

HSI hyperspectral imaging

HSL helicopter antisubmarine squadron light

HSLWING helicopter antisubmarine light wing

HSWING helicopter antisubmarine wing

HT helicopter training squadron

HUD head-up display

HULTEC hull-to-emitter correlation

HUMINT human intelligence

HWTS heavy weapons thermal sight

I&W indications & warning

I2 image intensification

IA information assurance

IAC Intelligence Analysis Center

IADS Integrated Air-Defense System

IAM inertially aided munitions

IAS indicated air speed; Intelligence Analysis System

ICAD individual chemical agent detector

ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization

ICAP Improved Capability

ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile

ICCE individual combat clothing and equipment

ICDS Integrated Combat Direction System

ICLS Instrument Carrier Landing System

ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross

ICS internal communications system

IDASC Improved Direct Air Support Central

IDECMS Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures System

IDM improved data modem

IDTC interdeployment training cycle

IELD Improved External Lift Device

IEWCS Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Common Sensor

IFARS Individual Flight Activity Reporting System

IFF identification, friend or foe

IFOR Implementation Force

IFR in-flight refueling

IFT in-flight technician

IG inspector general

IHPTET Integrated High Performance Turbine Engine Technology

IICS Integrated Infantry Combat System

IIR imaging infrared

ILC integrated logistics capability

ILMS Inner-Layer Missile System

ILS Instrument Landing System; integrated logistics support

IMA intermediate maintenance activity

IMC instrument meteorological conditions

IMET international military education and training

IMI interactive multimedia instruction

IMINT imagery intelligence

INFOSEC information security

IMIP Industrial Modernization Incentives Program

IMMACCS Integrated Marine Multi-Agent Command-and-Control System

IMO International Maritime Organization

INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite

INS inertial navigation system

INSURV Inspection and Survey

INTEL intelligence

INVG integrated night-vision goggles

IOC initial operational capability

IOT initial operational test

IOT&E initial operational test & evaluation

IOW intelligence operations workstations

IP initial point; instructor pilot

IPADS Improved Processor and Display System

IPCOT In-Place Continuation of Overseas Tour

IPO International Programs Office

IPPD Integrated Product and Process Development

IPT Integrated Process Team

IR infrared

IR3B Integrated Resources and Requirements Review Board

IRAM improved reliability and maintainability

IRBM intermediate-range ballistic missile

IRDS infrared detection set

IRR Individual Ready Reserve

IRST infrared search and track

IRV Improved Recovery Vehicle

IS interim standardization

ISAR inverse synthetic-aperture radar

ISD integrated ship defense

ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network

ISMT Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer

ISMT-E Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer­Enhanced

ISR Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

ISSA interservice support agreement

IST Infantry Squad Trainer

ISTEA Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act

ISW integrated strike warfare

IT Information Technology

IT-21 Information Technology for the 21st Century

ITF intelligence task force

ITV Internally Transportable Vehicle

IUSS Integrated Undersea Surveillance System

IX miscellaneous ship

JAC Joint Analysis Center

JASSM Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile

JAST Joint Advanced Strike Technology

JATO jet-assisted takeoff

JBD jet blast deflector

JBPDS Joint Biological Point-Detection System

JCACC Joint Contract Administration Coordinating Council

JCAD Joint Chemical Agent Detector

JCATS Joint Conflict and Tactical Simulation

JCCC joint communications control center; Joint Combat Camera Command

JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff

JDAM Joint Direct-Attack Munition

JFACC joint forces air component commander

JFC joint forces commander

JFLCC joint forces land component commander

JFMCC joint forces maritime component commander

JFSOCC joint forces special operations component commander

JIC Joint Intelligence Center

JINTCCS Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command-and-Control Systems

JIPC Joint Imagery Processing Center

JM JTIDS module

JMA joint mission area

JMA/SA joint mission area/support area

JMASS Joint Modeling and Simulation System

JMCIS Joint Maritime Command Information System

JMCIS UB Joint Maritime Command Information System Unified Build

JMIP Joint Military Intelligence Program

JNLWD Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate

JNMS Joint Network Management System

JOPES Joint Operations Planning and Execution System

JOTS Joint Operational Tactical System

JPATS Joint Primary Aircraft Training System

JPO joint project office

JPO-BIO Joint Program Office for Biological Defense

JRC Joint Reconnaissance Center

JROC Joint Requirements Oversight Council

JS Joint Staff

JSCP Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan

JSEAD Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses

JSF Joint Strike Fighter

JSFXD joint service fixed-site decontamination

JSIG Joint Service Integration Group

JSIMS Joint Simulation System

JSIPS Joint-Service Imagery Processing System

JSIPS TEG Joint-Service Imagery Processing System Tactical Exploitation Group

JSLIST Joint Service Lightweight Integrated Suit Technology

JSLNBCRS Joint Service Light NBC Reconnaissance System

JSLCASD Joint Service Lightweight Chemical Standoff Agent Detector

JSOW Joint Standoff Weapon

JSPS Joint Strategic Planning System

JSTARS Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System

JTF joint task force

JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution System

JTTP Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures

JV2010 Joint Vision 2010

JWARN Joint Warning and Reporting Network

JWCA Joint Warfighting Capability Assessment

JWFC Joint Warfighting Center

JWID Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration

KEW kinetic energy weapon

KIA killed in action

KIAS knots indicated air speed

KKV kinetic kill vehicle

LAAD low-altitude air defense

LAAM light anti-aircraft missile

LAI light armored infantry

LAMPS Light Airborne Multipurpose System

LAN local area network

LANDSAT Land Satellite (NASA/NOAA satellite program)

LANTFLT U.S. Atlantic Fleet

LANTIRN Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared System (Night)

LASER light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

LASM Land-Attack Standard Missile

LAU launcher armament unit

LAV light armored vehicle

LAV-AD light armored vehicle­air defense

LAV-FIST LAV-Full-Crew Interactive Simulator Trainer

LAW Lightweight Anti-armor Weapon

LAWS Land-Attack Warfare System

LCAC landing craft, air cushion

LCC amphibious command ship

LCS Low-Cost Sonobuoy

LCU utility landing craft

LDC lesser-developed country

LDGP Laser-Designated General Purpose

LDO Limited Duty Officer

LEAP Lightweight Exo-Atmospheric Projectile

LEDET Law Enforcement Detachment

LEIP Link Eleven Improvement Program

LEWDD Lightweight Early Warning Detection Device

LF low frequency

LFA low-frequency active

LFT live fire testing

LGB laser-guided bomb

LGTR laser-guided training round

LHA amphibious assault ship (general purpose)

LHD amphibious assault ship (multipurpose)

LIC low-intensity conflict

LIDAR laser illumination detection and ranging

LKA amphibious cargo ship

LLD light landing device

LLDR lightweight laser designator rangefinder

LLI long-lead item

LLLTV low-light-level television

LMCC logistics movement control center

LME Lightweight Maintenance Enclosure

LMRS Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System

LMS lightweight multipurpose shelter

LMSR large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off (ship)

LNBCRS Light Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Reconnaissance System

LO low observable

LOC line of communication

LOE level of effort; limited objective experiment

LOFAR low-frequency analysis and ranging

LOGAIR logistics airlift

LOGAIS Logistics Automated Information System

LORAN long-range aid to navigation

LOS line of sight

LOTS logistics over-the-shore

LOX liquid oxygen

LP/OP listening post/observation post

LPD amphibious transport dock (ship)

LPH amphibious assault ship (helicopter)

LPS logistics prepositioning ship

LRA local registration authority

LRC lesser regional contingency; Logistics Readiness Center

LRD laser-ranging device

LRIP low-rate initial production

LRU line replacement units

LSC Light Strike Craft

LSD landing ship dock

LSE landing signal enlisted

LSO landing signal officer

LST landing ship tank; laser spot tracker

LTA Launch Tube Assembly

LTVR Light Tactical Vehicle Remanufacture

LUT limited user test

LVS Logistics Vehicle System

LW155 Lightweight 155mm Howitzer

LWH Lightweight Helmet

LWTC littoral warfare training complex

2MTW Two Major Theater Wars

M&S modeling and simulation

MAA mission area analysis

MACCS Marine Air Command-and-Control System

MACG Marine air control group

MACS Magnetic Countermine System; Marine air control squadron

MAD magnetic anomaly detection

MAG Marine aircraft group

MAGIS Marine air-ground intelligence system

MAGTF Marine air-ground task force

MALS Marine aviation logistics squadron

MALSE Marine aviation logistics support element

MAP Military Assistance Program

MARCENT U.S. Marine Forces Central Command

MARCORSYSCOM Marine Corps Systems Command

MARDEZ Maritime Defense Zone

MARDIV Marine division

MARFORLANT Marine Forces Atlantic

MARFORPAC Marine Forces Pacific

MARFORRES Marine Forces Reserve

MARINENET Marine Corps Learning Network

MARTD Marine Air Reserve Training Detachment

MASINT measurement and signature intelligence

MASS Marine air support squadron

MATCALS Marine Air Traffic Control and Landing System

MATCD Marine air traffic control detachment

MATSG Marine air training support group

MATT Multimission Advanced Tactical Terminal

MAW Marine aircraft wing; Medium Anti-armor Weapon

MAWS Missile Approach Warning System

MAWTS Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron

Mbps megabits per second

MBC Mortar Ballistic Computer

MBST Marine Battle Skills Training

MBT main battle tank

MC mission-capable; mission commander; mission control

MC&G mapping, charting, and geodesy

MCAF Marine Corps Air Facility

MCAGCC Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center

MCALF Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field

MCARMS Marine Corps Ammunition Requirements Management System

MCAS Marine Corps Air Station

MCASS Marine Common Application Support Software

MCATD Marine Corps Air Training Detachment

MCB Marine Corps Base; mine clearing blade

MCCDC Marine Corps Combat Development Command

MCCPIP Marine Corps Continuous Process Improvement Program

MCDN Marine Corps Data Network

MCEN Marine Corps Enterprise Network

MCFSS Marine Corps Fire Support System

MCHS Marine Corps Common Hardware Suite

MCI Marine Corps Institute

MCIA Marine Corps Intelligence Activity

MCISU Marine Corps Imagery Support Unit

MCM mine countermeasures

MCMP Marine Corps Master Plan

MCMSO Marine Corps Modeling and Simulation Management Office

MCMWTC Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center

MCN Military Construction, Navy

MCNR Military Construction, Naval Reserve

MCON military construction

MC(O)TEA Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity

MCRC Marine Corps Recruiting Command

MCRD Marine Corps Recruiting Depot

MCS mine countermeasure support ship

MCSF Marine Corps Security Force

MCSSC2 Marine Combat Service Support Command and Control

MCT Marine combat training

MCTEEP Marine Corps Training Exercise Employment Plan

MCTSSA Marine Corps Tactical System Support Activity

MCU mission computer upgrade

MCWL Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory

MDL MAGTF Data Library

MDSS MAGTF Deployment Support System

ME/SWA Middle East/Southwest Asia

MEB Marine expeditionary brigade

MEDEVAC Medical Evacuation

MEF Marine expeditionary force

MEP Marine enhancement program; mobile electric power

MER multiple ejector rack

MEU Marine expeditionary unit

MEU(SOC) Marine expeditionary unit (special-operations-capable)

MEWSS Mobile Electronic Warfare Support System

MEWSS-PIP Mobile Electronic Warfare Support System­Product Improvement Program

MFD multiformat display

MFK mobile field kitchen

MFR multifunction radar

MHC coastal minehunter

MHE material-handling equipment

MHIP Missile Homing Improvement Program

MHSS Military Health Service System

MHz megahertz

MIA missing in action

MIDS-LVT Multifunction Information Distribution System­Low-Volume Terminal

MIF Maritime Interdiction Force

MIlDS Military Integrated Intelligence Data System

MIJI meaconing, intrusion, jamming, interference

MILCON Military Construction

MILES Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System

MILSATCOM Military Satellite Communications

MILSPEC military specification

MILSTAR Military Strategic and Tactical Relay (system)

MILSTRIP Military Standard Requisition and Issue Procedure

MIM maintenance instruction manual

MIO maritime intercept operations

MIR mishap investigative report

MIRV multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle

MIW mine warfare

MLA medium-lift alternative

MLR medium-lift replacement

MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System

MLSF Mobile Logistics Support Force (Ships)

MMA Multimission Maritime Aircraft

MMAS Material Management and Accounting System

MMW multimodal watchstation; millimeter-wave

MNS Mine Neutralization System; Mission Needs Statement

MOA Memorandum of Agreement; military operating area

MOB mobile offshore base

MOCC Mobile Operations Command Center

MOD modification

MOL Marine on line

MOLLE Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment

MOOTW military operations other than war

MOPP mission-oriented protective posture

MORE military operations in a riverine environment

MOS military occupational specialty

MOU Memorandum of Understanding

MOUT military operations on urbanized terrain

MPA maritime patrol aircraft

MPF Maritime Prepositioning Force

MPF(E) Maritime Prepositioning Force (Enhanced)

MPF(F) Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future)

MPIM Multipurpose Individual Munition

MPMC military personnel, Marine Corps

MPN military personnel, Navy

MPS maritime prepositioning ship; maritime prepositioning squadron

MPSRON maritime prepositioning ships squadron

MR mishap report

MRC major regional conflict

MRE Meals Ready to Eat

MRRS Multi-Role Radar System

MRS Mobility Requirements Study

MRT maximum rated thrust

MSA Maritime Security Act

MSI multispectral imagery

MSBL MAGTF C4I Software Baseline

MSC major subordinate command; Military Sealift Command

MSE major subordinate element; Mobile Subscriber Equipment

MSG Marine Security Guard

MSIP Multistage Improvement Program

MSO ocean minesweeper

MSP Maritime Security Program

MSR mobile sea range

MSTRAP Multisensor Torpedo Recognition and Alertment Processor

MTACCS Marine Tactical Command-and-Control System

MTACS Marine tactical air command squadron

MTBF mean time between failures

MTI moving target indicator

MTID MILES Target Interface Device

MTIP Maintenance Training Improvement Program

MTM/D million ton-miles per day

MTMC Military Traffic Management Command

MTT mobile training team

MTVR Medium Tactical Vehicle Remanufacturing

MTW major theater war

MTWS MAGTF Tactical Warfare Simulation

MULE Modular Universal Laser Equipment

MWCS Marine wing communications squadron

MWR morale, welfare, and recreation

MWSG Marine wing support group

MWSS Marine wing support squadron

MWTS Medium Weapon Thermal Sight

MYP multiyear procurement

NAC Naval Aircrewman

NACES Naval Aircrew Common Ejection Seat

NADEP Naval Aviation Depot

NAESU Naval Air Engineering Support Unit

NAF naval air facility

NALC Naval Aviation Logistics Center

NALCOMIS Naval Aviation Logistics Command Management Information System

NALMEB Norway Air-Landed MEB

NAMP Naval Aviation Maintenance Program

NAMPSOP Naval Aviation Maintenance Program Standard Operating Procedures

NAMRL Naval Aviation Medical Research Laboratory

NAMSO Naval Aviation Maintenance Support Office

NAMTRAGRU Naval Air Maintenance Training Group

NAMTRAGRUDET Naval Air Maintenance Training Group Detachment

NAO naval aviation observer

NAOMI Naval Aerospace Operational Medical Institute

NAPDD non-acquisition category program definition document

NAR Naval Air Reserve

NAS Naval Air Station

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASC Naval Air Systems Command

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NATOPS Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization

NATTC Naval Air Technical Training Center

NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command

NAVCENT U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command

NAVFAC Naval Facility

NAVFLIR Navigation Forward-Looking Infrared

NAVFOREUR Naval Forces Europe

NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command

NAVSTA Naval Station

NAVSTAR Navigation Satellite Timing and Ranging

NAVSUP Naval Supply Systems Command

NAWC Naval Air Warfare Center

NAWC-AD Naval Air Warfare Center­Aircraft Division

NAWC-WD Naval Air Warfare Center­Weapons Division

NAWS Naval Air Weapons Station

NBC nuclear, biological, and chemical

NCA National Command Authority

NCO noncommissioned officer

NCS-E(D) downsized enhanced net control station

NCTR Noncooperative Target Recognition

NCW network-centric warfare

NDB nuclear depth bomb

NDI nondevelopmental item

NDFS National Defense Sealift Fund

NDP National Defense Panel

NDSS Network Data Storage Solution

NEC Naval Enlisted Classification

NEF naval expeditionary force

NEO Noncombatant Evacuation Operation

NEPA National Environmental Policy Act

NESEA Naval Electronics System Engineering Activity

NFCS Naval Fires Control System

NESP Navy EHF Satellite Program

NFIP National Foreign Intelligence Program

NFO naval flight officer

NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency

NIPO Navy International Programs Office

NIPRNET Nonsecure Internet Protocol Router Network

NITF National Imagery Transmission Format

NLCC Navy League Cadet Corps

NLUS Navy League of the United States

NLW nonlethal weapon

NM nautical mile

NMAC near mid-air collision

NMCB naval mobile construction battalion

NMCC National Military Command Center

NMCI Navy-Marine Corps Intranet

NMCM not-mission-capable­maintenance

NMCS not-mission-capable­supply

NMD National Missile Defense

NMIC National Military Intelligence Center

NMIST National Military Intelligence Support Team

NMS National Military Strategy

NNSC non-nuclear strategic capabilities

NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOC Navy Operational Concept

NOPF naval ocean processing facility

NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command

NOS network operating system

NPG Nuclear Planning Group

NRAC Naval Research Advisory Council

NRF Naval Reserve Force

NRL Naval Research Laboratory

NROTC Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps

NRRC Nuclear Risk Reduction Center

NRT Near Real Time

NS Naval Station

NSA National Security Agency

NSAWC Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center

NSC National Security Council

NSCC Naval Sea Cadet Corps

NSDD National Security Decision Directive

NSE Naval Support Equipment

NSF Navy Stock Fund

NSFS naval surface fire support

NSSMS NATO SeaSparrow Missile System

NSSN New Attack Submarine

NSW Naval Special Warfare

NTACMS Navy Tactical Missile System

NTCS-A Naval Tactical Command System Afloat

NTCSS Naval Tactical Command Support System

NTDS Navy Tactical Data System

NTIS Night Thermal Imagery System

NTS Night Targeting System

NTPF Near-Term Prepositioning Force

NTW Navy Theater Wide

NUWC Naval Undersea Warfare Center

NVG night-vision goggles

NWC National War College; Naval War College

NWDC Naval Warfare Development Command

NWP Naval Warfare Publication

NWS Naval Weapons Station

O&M Operations and Maintenance

O&MMC Operations and Maintenance, Marine Corps

O&MMCR Operations and Maintenance, Marine Corps Reserve

O&MN Operations and Maintenance, Navy

O&MNR Operations and Maintenance, Naval Reserve

OAB outer air battle

OASD (DR&E) Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Defense Research & Engineering)

OASD (SO/LIC) Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict)

OASIS organic airborne and surface influence sweep

OB order of battle

OCU operator console upgrade

ODC Office of Defense Cooperation

OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OEO other expeditionary operations

OFT operational flight trainer

OINC officer in charge

OJCS Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

OLF outlying landing field

OMB Office of Management and Budget

OMFTS Operational Maneuver from the Sea

ONR Office of Naval Research

OOD officer of the day; officer of the deck

OOTW operations other than war

OPCON operational control

OPEVAL operational evaluation

OPFOR opposing forces

OPLAN operations plan

OPN other procurement, Navy

OPNAV Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

OPP offload preparation party

OPSEC operations security

OPSO operations officer

OPTAR operating target (funding)

OPTEMPO operational tempo

OPTEVFOR Operational Test and Evaluation Force

ORD operational requirements document

ORE operational readiness evaluation

OSA open system architecture

OSAP ocean surveillance air patrol

OSCAR open-systems core avionics requirement

OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSIA On-Site Inspection Agency

OSS Operations Support System

OST order ship time

OT&E operational test and evaluation

OTC officer in tactical command

OTCIXS Officer in Tactical Command Information Exchange System

OTEIP Overseas Tour Extension Incentive Program

OTH over-the-horizon

OTH-B over-the-horizon backscatter (radar)

OTV Outer Tactical Vest

P3I preplanned product improvement

PAA programmed aircraft authorization

PACFLT U.S. Pacific Fleet

PALCON pallet containers

PANMC Procurement of Ammunition, Navy and Marine Corps

PAR precision approach radar

PASGT Personal Armor System Ground Troops

PATRON patrol squadron

PC plane commander; coastal patrol (ship)

PCITF Positive Combat Identification Task Force

PCS permanent change of station

PD probability of detection

PDEA power-driven excavating arm

PDR primary design review

PDRR Program Definition and Risk Reduction

PEO program executive officer

PERSTEMPO personnel tempo

PGM precision-guided munitions

PGS precision gunnery system

PGTS Precision Gunnery Training System

PIM position and intended movement

PIOB President's Intelligence Oversight Board

PIP Product Improvement Program

PITS Portable Infantry Target System

PKI public key infrastructure

PLAT pilot landing-aid television

PLGR Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver

PLRS Position Location Reporting System

PLS Palletized Loading System

PM Periodic Maintenance; Preventive Maintenance

PMA Program Manager Air

PMC partially mission capable; Procurement, Marine Corps

PMCM partially mission capable­maintenance

PMCS partially mission capable­supply

PME professional military education

PMRF Pacific Missile Range Facility

PNET Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty

POE Port of Embarkation

POG psychological operation group

POL petroleum, oil, and lubricants

POM Program Objective Memorandum

POMCUS Prepositioning of Material Configured to Unit Sets

POSIT position

POW prisoner of war

PPBS Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System

PPC patrol plane commander

PQS personnel qualification standard

PRC People's Republic of China

PREPO prepositioned

PRG Program Review Group

PRT physical readiness training

PSD Propulsion System Demonstrator

PSYOP psychological operation

PTR pilot training rate

PUMA Precision Underwater Mapping and Navigation

PWG POM Working Group

PWRMS Prepositioned War Reserve Material Stocks

QA quality assurance

QDR Quadrennial Defense Review

QEC quick engine change

QOL quality of life

QRMC Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation

QUADCON quadruple containers

R&D research and development

R&M reliability and maintainability

R2D2 Radio Reconnaissance Distribution Device

R3B Resources and Requirements Review Board

RAC risk assessment code; riverine assault craft

RACWETS Riverine Assault Craft Weapons Engagement Training System

RADAR radio detection and ranging

RADHAZ radiation hazard

RAIDS Rapid Antiship Integrated Defense System

RAM radar absorptive material; Rolling Airframe Missile; reliability, availability, & maintainability

RAMICS Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System

RAM/RS reliability, availability, & maintainability/rebuild to standard

RAN Royal Australian Navy

RAST Recovery Assist, Securing, and Traversing System

RAT ram-air turbine

RBA Revolution in Business Affairs

RBE remain-behind equipment

RBU rear body units

RC reserve component

RCOH refueling and comprehensive overhaul

RCS radar cross-section

RCT repair cycle time

RDK rapid deployment kitchen

RDT&E research, development, test, and evaluation

RDT&EN research, development, test, and evaluation, Navy

REACT Rapid Execution and Combat Targeting

RETS Remote Engagement Target System

RF radio frequency

RFF ready for ferry

RFI ready for issue

RFP request for proposals

RHC Ruggedized Handheld Computer

RIF reduction in force

RIO radar intercept officer

RIS Range Instrument System

RLST Remote Landing Site Tower

RMA Revolution in Military Affairs

RMP reprogramable microprocessor

RMS Remote Mine Hunting System

RN Royal Navy

RO/RO roll-on/roll-off

ROC Republic of China (Taiwan); required operational capability

ROE rules of engagement

ROK Republic of Korea

ROS reduced operating status

ROTHR Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar

ROV remotely operated vehicle

ROWPU Reverse-Osmosis Water Purification Unit

RPM real property maintenance; revolutions per minute

RPMC Reserve Personnel, Marine Corps

RPN Reserve Personnel, Navy

RPV remotely piloted vehicle

RREP Radio Reconnaissance Equipment Program

RRF Ready Reserve Force

RRR rapid runway repair; residual reserve requirement

RRT radio reconnaissance team

RSTA reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition

RV reentry vehicle

RVL rolling vertical landing (V/STOL)

RVTO rolling vertical takeoff (V/STOL)

RWR radar warning receiver

RWY runway

S&T science and technology

SAAWC sector anti-air warfare coordinator

SAAWF sector anti-air warfare coordination facility

SABRE shallow-water assault breaching (system)

SACC supporting arms coordination center

SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander Europe

SADARM Seek and Destroy Armor Munition; Sense and Destroy Armor

SALT Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

SAM surface-to-air missile

SAPI small arms protective insert

SAR search and rescue; synthetic-aperture radar

SAS Sea-Air-Space Exposition (Navy League)

SASC Senate Armed Services Committee

SASP Single Advanced Acoustic Processor

SATCOM satellite communications

SCI special compartmented information

SCN Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy

SCT Smart Card Technology

SDAF Special Defense Acquisition Fund

SDLM standard depot-level maintenance

SDS Strategic Defense System

SE support equipment

SEAD suppression of enemy air defenses

SEAL Sea-Air-Land

SECDEF Secretary of Defense

SECNAV Secretary of the Navy

SEMP Supporting Establishment Master Plan

SENSO sensor operator

SERE survival, evasion, resistance, and escape

SES Senior Executive Service

SESAMS Special Effects Small Arms Marking System

SEVAL senior electronic warfare tactical evaluator

SEW space and electronic warfare

SF standard form

SFG special forces group

SFW sensor-fuzed weapon

SHADE shared data environment

SHF super high frequency

SHORAD Short-Range Air Defense

SIC Senior Intelligence Committee

SIDS Secondary Imagery Dissemination System

SIE systems integration environment

SIGINT signals intelligence

SINCGARS Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System

SIOP Single Integrated Operations Plan

SIPRNET Secret Internet Protocol Router Network

SITREP situation report

SLAM Standoff Land-Attack Missile

SLAM-ER Standoff Land-Attack Missile­Expanded Response

SLAP Service Life Assessment Program

SLAR side-looking airborne radar

SLBM submarine-launched ballistic missile

SLCM surface-launched cruise missile

SLEP Service Life Extension Program

SLOC sea line of communication

SM Standard missile

SMART-T Secure Mobile Antijam Reliable Tactical Terminal

SMAW Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon

SMCM surface mine countermeasures

SMCR Selected Marine Corps Reserve

SNCO staff noncommissioned officer

SNDL Standard Navy Distribution List

SOA sustained operations ashore

SOAD Standoff Outside Area Defense

SOC special-operations-capable; special operations craft

SOCCENT Special Operations, Central Command

SOF special operations forces

SOI School of Infantry

SONET Synchronization Optical Network

SOP standard operating procedure

SOSUS Sound Surveillance System

SPAWAR Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command

SPMAGTF Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force

SPMAGTF(X) Special-Purpose MAGTF (Experimental)

SRAM short-range attack missile

SRAW short-range assault weapon

SRB selective reenlistment bonus

SRBM short-range ballistic missile

SRI surveillance, reconnaissance, and intelligence

SRIG SRI Group

SRP Sustained Readiness Program

SRR Strategic and Residential Requirement

SRU shop replacement units

SSBN nuclear-powered ballistic-missile submarine

SSDS Ship Self-Defense System

SSGN nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine

SSM surface-to-surface missile

SSN nuclear-powered attack submarine

SSTD Surface Ship Torpedo Defense

ST science and technology

STAMIS Standard Management Information Systems

STAR-T SHF Tri-band Advanced-Range Extension Terminal

START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

STOL short takeoff/landing

STOM ship-to-objective maneuver

STOVL short takeoff/vertical landing

STU secure telephone unit

SUBD small-unit biological detector

SUBLANT Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

SUBPAC Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet

SUPPO supply officer

SURC small unit riverine craft

SURTASS surveillance towed-array sensor system

SUS sound underwater signal

SWA Southwest Asia

SWAN shipboard wide-area network

SWATH small waterplane area, twin-hull

SWMS shallow-water minesweeping system

SWMCM shallow-water mine countermeasures

SYSCOM systems command

TACOM U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments command

TACTOM Tactical Tomahawk

TADIL Tactical Digital Information Link

T-AE ammunition ship (MSC-operated)

T-AFS combat store ship (MSC-operated)

T-AG miscellaneous ship (MSC-operated)

T-AGM missile-range instrumentation ship (MSC-operated)

T-AGOR oceanographic research ship (MSC-operated)

T-AGOS ocean surveillance ship (MSC-operated)

TAGS theater air-ground system

T-AGS oceanographic surveying ship (MSC-operated)

T-AH hospital ship (MSC-operated)

T-AK sealift ship (MSC-operated)

TAK-E auxiliary cargo and ammunition ship (MSC-operated)

T-AKR fast sealift ship (MSC-operated)

TALCE tactical airlift control element

T-AO oiler (MSC-operated)

T-ARC cable repair ship (MSC-operated)

T-ATF fleet ocean tug (MSC-operated)

T-AVB aviation logistics support ship (MSC-operated)

T&E test and evaluation

T/M/S type/model/series

TACAIR tactical aircraft or aviation

TACAMO "Take Charge and Move Out" (strategic communications aircraft)

TACAN Tactical Air Navigation System

TACC tactical air command center

TACCO tactical coordinator

TACGRU tactical air control group

TACINTEL tactical intelligence

TACMEMO tactical memorandum

TACNAV tactical navigation

TACO tactical communications

TACON tactical control

TACRON tactical air control squadron

TACTS Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System

TAD temporary additional duty

TALD Tactical Air-Launched Decoy

TAMPS Tactical Air Mission Planning System

TAOC Tactical Air Operations Center

TAOM Tactical Air Operations Module

TAR Training and Administration of Reserves

TARCAP target combat air patrol

TARPS Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System

TAS true air speed

TASM tactical air-to-surface missile; Tomahawk antiship missile

TAT turnaround time

TBD to be determined

TBIP Tomahawk Baseline Improvement Program

TBM theater ballistic missile

TBMCS Theater Battle Management Core System

TBMD theater ballistic-missile defense

TCAC Technical Control and Analysis Center

TCAS Terrain Collision Avoidance System

TCC tactical communications center

TCDL Tactical Command Data Link

TCIM Tactical Communications Interface Module

TCO tactical combat operations

TCS tactical control system

TD technical directive

TDCP tactical data communications processor

TDMA time division multiple access

TDN tactical data network

TDS tactical data system

TDY temporary duty

TECHEVAL technical evaluation

TEG Tactical Exploitation Group

TEMADD temporary additional duty

TEMDU temporary duty

TEMP Test and Evaluation Master Plan

TENCAP Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities

TEPOP training and education point of presence

TER triple ejection rack

TERCOM terrain contour mapping

TERPES Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance Processing and Evaluation System

TESS Tactical Engagement Simulation System

TETS third echelon test sets

TEU 20-foot equivalent units

TFCC Tactical Flag Command Center

TFDSS Total Force Decision Support System

THAAD Theater High-Altitude Area Defense

THS target handoff subsystem

TIM toxic industrial materials

TINS Tactical Inertial Navigation System

TISS Thermal Imaging Sensor System

TJS Tactical Jamming System

TLAM Tomahawk Land-Attack Missile

TLDHS Target Location, Designation, and Handoff System

TMD theater missile defense

TMDS Towed Mine-Detection System

TN tactical navigation

TOA Total Obligational Authority

TOC total ownership costs

TOT time on target

TOW tube-launched, optically sighted (or tracked), wire-guided (missile)

TPC topographic production capability

TPCS Team-Portable Communications Intelligence System

TPFDD time-phased force deployment data

TRANSCOM U.S. Transportation Command

TQG Tactical Quiet Generator

TQL Total Quality Leadership

TQM Total Quality Management

TR Theater Reserve

TRACOM Training Command

TRAM tractor rubber-tired articulated steering multipurpose

TRAP Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel

TRARON training squadron

TRAWING training air wing

TRE Tactical Receive Equipment

TRHS Tray Ration Heating System

TRI-TAC Tri-Service Tactical Communications

TRNGO training officer

TRSS Tactical Remote Sensor System

TSC tactical support center

TSS Target Sight System

TTNT tactical targeting network technologies

TTP tactical techniques procedure

TUGV Tactical Unmanned Ground Vehicle

TWGSS Tank Weapon Gunnery Simulator System

TWS thermal weapon sight

TWSEAS Tactical Warfare Simulation, Evaluation, and Analysis System

UAV unmanned aerial vehicle

UB unified build

UCARS Unmanned Common Automatic Recovery System

UCAV unmanned combat aerial vehicle

UFO UHF follow-on; unidentified flying object

UHF ultra high frequency

UK United Kingdom

ULCS Unit-Level Circuit Switch

UN United Nations

UNCLAS unclassified

UNK unknown

UNMIH United Nations Mission in Haiti

UNOSOM United Nations Operations Somalia

UNPROFOR United Nations Protection Force

UNREP underway replenishment

UNSC United Nations Security Council

UOC unit operations center

URI University Research Initiative

USA U.S. Army

USACOM U.S. Atlantic Command

USAF U.S. Air Force

USAFR U.S. Air Force Reserve

USAR U.S. Army Reserve

USCENTCOM U.S. Central Command

USCG U.S. Coast Guard

USCGC U.S. Coast Guard Cutter

USCGR U.S. Coast Guard Reserve

USCINCCENT Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command

USCINCEUR Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command

USCINCPAC Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command

USCINCSOC U.S. Commander in Chief, Special Operations Command

USCINCSOUTH Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command

USCINCSPACE Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command

USD (P) Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)

USD (A) Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition)

USCENTCOM U.S. Central Command

USEUCOM U.S. European Command

USJTCOM U.S. Joint Forces Command

USMC U.S. Marine Corps

USMCR U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

USN U.S. Navy

USNR U.S. Naval Reserve

USNS U.S. Naval Ship

USPACOM U.S. Pacific Command

USS U.S. Ship

USSOCOM U.S. Special Operations Command

USSOUTHCOM U.S. Southern Command

USSPACECOM U.S. Space Command

USSTRATCOM U.S. Strategic Command

USTRANSCOM U.S. Transportation Command

USW undersea warfare

UUV unmanned underwater vehicle

VA Veterans Administration

VAQ electronic attack squadron

VAST versatile avionics shop test

VATOL vertical-attitude takeoff and landing

VAW carrier airborne early warning squadron

VC fleet composite squadron

VCJCS Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

VCNO Vice Chief of Naval Operations

VERTREP vertical replenishment

VF fighter squadron

VFA strike fighter squadron

VFC fighter composite squadron

VFR visual flight rules

VGAS Vertical Gun for Advanced Ships

VHF very high frequency

VISA Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement

VLAD vertical linear array DIFAR

VLF very low frequency

VLO very low observable

VLS vertical launching system

VMA Marine attack squadron

VMAQ Marine tactical electronic warfare squadron

VMAT Marine attack training squadron

VMC visual meteorological conditions

VMFA Marine fighter attack squadron

VMFA(AW) Marine all-weather fighter attack squadron

VMFAT Marine fighter attack training squadron

VMFT Marine fighter training squadron

VMGR Marine aerial refueler/transport squadron

VMGRT Marine aerial refueler/transport training squadron

VMMT Marine tiltrotor training squadron

VMU Marine UAV squadron

VOD vertical onboard delivery

VOR visual omni range

VP patrol squadron

VPU special projects patrol squadron

VQ fleet air reconnaissance squadron; strategic communications squadron

VR fleet logistics support squadron

VRC fleet logistics support squadron (carrier onboard delivery)

VS sea control squadron

V/STOL vertical/short takeoff and landing

VSW Very Shallow Water

VT training squadron

VTOL vertical takeoff and landing

VTT video teletraining

VX air test and evaluation squadron

VXE Antarctic development squadron

WAGB icebreaker (USCG)

WAM Wide-Area Mine

WAN Wide-Area Network

WARNET Wide-Area Relay Network

WC work center

WCS weapon control system

WHEC high-endurance cutter (USCG)

WHNS Wartime Host Nation Support

WIX training cutter (USCG)

WLB seagoing buoy tender (USCG)

WLI inland buoy tender (USCG)

WLIC construction tender (USCG)

WLM coastal buoy tender (USCG)

WLR river tender (USCG)

WMD weapon of mass destruction

WMEC medium-endurance cutter (USCG)

WPB patrol boat (USCG)

WPN Weapons Procurement, Navy

WRM war reserve material

WSO weapons systems operator

WST weapon system trainer

WTGB icebreaking tug (USCG)

WTI Weapons and Tactics Instructor

WWMCCS Worldwide Military Command and Control System

WX weather

WYTL small harbor tug (USCG)

X experimental

XMIT transmit

XO executive officer

ZIP-LIP communications minimized

ZT time zone