Joint Military Intelligence College

November 1997
DVP-2600-1828-97

DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE

DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

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 DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE
ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

JOINT MILITARY INTELLIGENCE COLLEGE

WASHINGTON, DC
NOVEMBER 1997

This document has been approved for unrestricted public release by the
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 CONTENTS

Foreword................................................................................... V

Abbreviations and Acronyms.................................................... 1

Codes for Geopolitical Areas.................................................... 230

Geopolitical Areas by Codes...................................................... 239

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 DEFENSE AND INTELLIGENCE ABBREVIATIONS
AND ACRONYMS

Foreword

This comprehensive list of intelligence abbreviations and acronyms includes

those used presently, as well as those in use for approximately the last ten years.
Sources for this list include the last DIA Lexicon published in 1991, numerous
glossaries from Unified Command and Combat Support Agency documents, and
contributions, from the faculty of the Joint Military Intelligence College. The
expansion of any item may vary somewhat from one organization to another,
but this list will hopefully contribute to greater standardization.

This editor is indebted to kSgt Hannah Reddy (USA) and SSgt Angela Wimbush
(USAF) of the College, who spent many hours in collating this list. Debbie
Linesberry of the U.S. Special Operations Command collaborated by adding
that command’s most frequently used acronyms. 2LT Vincent Littrell (USAF)
and SFC Mark McCurry (USA) helped ensure that the list contains as few errors
as possible, and the editor extends his thanks for that dedicated assistance.

All users are invited to submit additions and corrections. To promote the usefulness
of the list, older or superseded acronyms will be discarded only if their retention
would create confusion. This list is also published under the JMIC home page on
Intelink, where it will be updated regularly. Readers are urged to send new acronyms
or abbreviations by mail to: Defense Intelligence Agency, Joint Military Intelligence
College, MC Attn: Dr. R. Swenson, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC 20340-5100:
by Ingternet to AFswerg@dia.osis.gov, or by Fax to (202) 231-2171.

Dr. Russell G. Swenson, Editor and Director, Office of Applied Research

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 ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
A
A2 Air Force Intelligence Staff Officer (component level)
AA (1) Attack Assessment; (2) Attrition Analysis; (3) Antiaircraft;
(4) Avenue of Approach; (5) Automatic Associator
AAA (1) Antiaircraft Artillery; (2) Air Avenue of Approach
AAAOB Antiaircraft Artillery Order of Battle
AABNCP Advanced Airborne National Command Post
AAC Alaskan Air Command
AACB Aeronautics and 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
AADC (1) Army Air Defense Command;
(2) Area Air Defense Commander
AADCCS Area Air Defense Command and Control System
AADP Area Air Defense Plan
AADS Antiaircraft Defense System
AAE Army Acquisition Executive
AAF Army Airfield
AAFES Army & Air Force Exchange Service
AAFIF Automated Air Facilities Information File
AAG Army Artillery Group
AAI Air-to-Air Intercept
AAIFF Air-to-Air Identification Friend or Foe
AAM Air-to-Air Missile
AAO Analysis of the Area of Operations
AAR (1) Active Array Radar; (2) After Action Report
AAS Analyst Automation Segment
AASLT Air Assault
AATS Automated Architecture Tool Suite
AAVS Aerospace Audiovisual Service
AAW Anti Air Warfare
AAWC Anti Air Warfare Commander
AB Air Base
AB2 Air Battle Command System (ABCS) Brigade and Below
ABC Airborne Corps
ABCCC Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center
ABCOMM Alternate/Backup Communications

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ABCS Army Battle Command System
ABIC Army Battlefield Interface Concept
ABIT (1) Airborne Imagery Transmission;
(2) Airborne Information Transmission Program
ABM (1) Antiballistic Missile; (2) Automatic Building Machines
ABMA Army Ballistic Missile Agency
ABN/Abn Airborne
ABNCP (1) Airborne Command Post;
(2) Airborne National Command Post
ABR Available Bit Rate
ABW Air Base Wing
AC (1) Air Crew; (2) Active Component;
(3) Air Conditioning; (4) Alternating Current
A/C Aircraft
A2C2 Army Airspace Communications and Control
AC-130 AFSOF Spectre Gunship
AC2SMAN Alaskan Command and Control System Military
Automated Network
AC2MP Army Command and Control Master Plan
ACA (1) Alternate Command Authority;
(2) Airspace Control Authority
ACAAM Air Courses of Action Assessment Model
ACACS Army Command and Area Communications System
ACAT Acquisition Category
ACC (1) Access Control Center; (2) Air Control Center; (3) Aviation
Component Commander, (4) Air Component Commander,
(5) Air Combat Command; (6) Army Component Command
ACCB Army Configuration Control Board
ACCHAN Allied Command Channel
ACCIS Allied Command and Control Information System
ACCISS (1) Automated Command and Control Intelligence
Support System; (2) Alaskan C2 Intelligence Support System
ACCO Army Central Control Office
ACCS (1) Airborne Command and Control Squadron;
(2) Airborne Command and Control System;
(3) Advanced Communications Control System
ACDA Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
ACDS Advanced Combat Direction system
ACDUTRA Active Duty Training
ACE (1) Allied Command, Europe; (2) Advance Communications
Element; (3) Aviation Combat Element; (4) Analysis Control
Element; (5) Assistant Corps of Engineers;
(6) Airborne Command Element
ACES Automated Command and Control Evaluation System
ACEVAL Air Combat Evaluation
ACF Alternate Command Facility
ACFT Aircraft
ACI Airborne Controlled Intercept

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ACINT Acoustic Intelligence
ACIS Arms Control Intelligence Staff
ACL Access Control List
ACLANT Allied Commander Atlantic
ACO (1) Access Control Officer; (2) Airspace Control Officer
ACOC (1) Area Communications Operations Center;
(2) Air Combat Operations Center
ACOM Atlantic Command
ACOS Assistant Chief of Staff
ACOS/I Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (Navy)
ACOUSTINT Acoustical Intelligence
ACP (1) Alternate Command Post; (2) Assault CP; (3) Allied Commu-
nications Publications; (4) Airspace Control Plan
ACPERS Army Civilian Personnel System
ACQ Acquisition
ACR (1) Armored Cavalry Regiment;
(2) Automated Change Recognition
ACS (1) Afloat Correlation System; (2) Aerial Common
Sensor; (3) AUTODIN Switching Center; (4) Airborne
COMINT System; (5) Assistant Chief of Staff
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
ACT (1) Air Combat Tactics;
(2) Advanced Concepts and Technology Program
ACTD Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
ACTEDS Army Civilian Training, Education, & Development System
ACTS (1) Advanced Communications Technology;
(2) Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
ACUS (1) Area Common User Systems;
(2) Army Common User System
ACV (1) Armored Command Vehicle; (2) Air Cushion Vehicle;
(3) Armored Combat Vehicle
ACW (1) Aircraft Control and Warning; (2) Anticarrier Warfare;
(3) Air Control Wing
AD (1) Air Defense; (2) Destroyer Tender; (3) Air Division;
(4) Artillery Division; (5) Active Duty
A/D Analog/Digital
ADA Air Defense Artillery
ADACP Alcohol & Drug Abuse Control Program
ADAPCP Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention & Control Program
ADAPT Automated Decisionmaking and Program Timeline
ADARS Army Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement
ADATS Air Defense Antitank System
ADBT Advanced Data Base Technology

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ADC (1) Aide-de-Camp; (2) Air Direction Center;
(3) Assistant Division Commander;
(4) Air Data Computer; (5) Air Defense Coordinator
ADCAP Advanced Capability
ADCC Air Defense Command Center
ADCCP Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures
ADCOM (1) Aerospace Defense Command (now SPACECOM);
(2) Administrative Command
ADCON Administrative Control
ADCSOPS Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans
ADD (1) Air Defense District; (2) Assistant Deputy Director (DIA)
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
(DIA)
ADDO(MS) Associate Deputy Director of Operations for Military Support
(NSA)
ADDS Army Data Distribution System
ADDU Additional Duty
ADE (1) Audio Deception Emitter; (2) Aerial Delivery Equipment
ADEW Airborne Directed Energy Weapons
ADF Automatic Direction Finding
ADFH Air Deployable Forward Headquarters
ADG Deperming Ship
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
ADL (1) Ada Design Language; (2) Armistice Demarcation Line
ADLP Advanced Datalink Protocol
ADM (1) Atomic Demolition Munitions; (2) Advanced Development
Model; (3) Acquisition Decision Memorandum
Admin Administration/Administrative
ADN ACE DGZ Number (NATO)
ADNET Antidrug Network
ADOC Air Defense Operations Center
ADP (1) Automated Data Processing; (2) Airborne Data Processing
ADP-MIS Automated Data Processing Management Information System

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ADP-T (1) Automated Data Processing and Associated
Telecommunications; (2) Automated Data Processing and
Associated Training
ADPCM Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation
ADPE Automated Data Processing Equipment
ADPS (1) ASARS Deployable Processing Station;
(2) Automated Data Processing System
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
ADS (1) Automated Data System; (2) Air Defense Sector;
(3) Airlift Defensive System; (4) Acoustic SOF Detection
System; (5) Advanced Distributed Simulation
ADSS Aerospace Defense Systems Subcommittee
ADSTAR Advanced Document Storage & Retrieval System
ADSW Active Duty for Special Work
ADT (1) Active Duty For Training; (2) Additional Duty Training
ADTLP Army Doctrine and Training Literature Program
ADTOC Air Defense Tactical Operations Center
ADTS Adversary Threat Squadron
ADV Advance(d)
ADVAL Air Defense Evaluation Test
ADVON Advanced Echelon
ADW Air Defense Warning
ADX Air Defense Exercise
ADZ Air Defense Zone
AE (1) Atomic Energy; (2) Assault Echelon; (3) Ammunition Ship;
(4) Aerial Exploitation; Application Entity
AEAO Airborne Emergency Action Officer
AEB Aerial Exploitation Battalion
AEC ASARS Exploitation Cell
AEDS Atomic Energy Detection System
AEELS (1) Automatic ELINT Emitter Location System;
(2) Airborne ELINT Emitter Location System
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
AES (1) Atomic Energy Site; (2) Airborne ELINT System
AESC Aerospace Environmental Support Center
AETC Air Education and Training Command
AETCAE Army Europe Technical Control and Analysis Element
AEV Armored Engineer Vehicle

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AEW Airborne Early Warning
AEW&C Airborne Early Warning and Control
AF (1) Air Force; (2) Armed Forces; (3) Stores Ship
AFAC Airborne Forward Air Controller
AF ACSI Air Force Chief of Staff Intelligence
AFAITC Armed Forces Air Intelligence Training Center
(Goodfellow AFB, TX).
AFAL Air Force Armament Laboratory
AFAMPE USAF Automated Message Processing Exchange
AFAMRL Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
AFAP Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile
AFARN Air Force Air Request Net
AFAS Advanced Field Artillery System
AFATDS Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
AFB (1) Air Force Base; (2) Airframe Bulletin;
(3) Antifriction Bearing
AFC (1) Automatic Frequency Control;
(2) All-source Fusion Center (Marine Corps)
AFC4A USAF Command, Control, Communications and
Computer Agency
AFCA Air Force Collection Assets
AFCC (1) Air Force Communications Command;
(2) Air ForceComponent Command
AFCEA Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association
AFCENT Allied Forces Central Europe (NATO)
AFCS (1) Automatic Flight Control System;
(2) Army Facility Component System
AFCSC Air Force Cryptologic Support Center
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
AFGWC Air Force Global Weather Central
AFGWC/FNOC Air Force Global Weather Center/Fleet Numerical
Operations Center
AFGWS Air Force Ground Weather Stations
AFIA Air Force Intelligence Agency
AFIC (1) Air Force Information Center; (2) Air Force Intelligence
Command; (3) Air Force Intelligence Center

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AFICE Air Forces Iceland
AFICP Air Force Intelligence Communications Plan
AFIES Armed Forces Imagery Exploitation System
AFIISP Air Force Intelligence Information Systems Plan
AFIO Association of Former Intelligence Officers
AFIP Air Force Intelligence Plan
AFIS Air Force Intelligence Service/Study
AFISA Air Force Intelligence Support Agency
AFIT Air Force Institute of Technology
AFITC Air Force Intelligence Training Center
AFIWC Air Force Information Warfare Center
AFLAN AFSOC Local/Wide Area Network
AFLANT U.S. Air Forces, Atlantic
AFLC Air Force Logistics Command
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
AFMC Air Force Materiel Command
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
AFNET (1) Air Force Network; (2) Air Force Data Network
AFNORTH Allied Forces Northern Europe (NATO)
AFNORTHWEST (1) Allied Forces Northwest Europe (NATO);
(2) Air Forces Northwest Region
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
AFOTEC Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center
AFR (1) Air Force Reserve; (2) Air Force Regulation
AFRES Air Force Reserve
AFS (1) Air Force Station; (2) Combat Stores Ship
AFSAA Air Force Studies and Analyses Agency
AFSAC Air Force Special Activities Center
AFSAT Air Force Satellite
AFSATCOM Air Force Satellite Communications System
AFSC (1) Air Force Systems Command; (2) Air Force Specialty Code;
(3) Armed Forces Staff College
AFSCOORD Assistant Fire Support Coordinator
AFSCF Air Force Satellite Control Facility
AFSCN Air Force Satellite Control Network

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AFSIP Air Force Satellite Intelligence Program
AFSOB Air Force Special Operations Base
AFSOC Air Force Special Operations Command
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 (NATO)
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
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
AFV Armored Fighting Vehicle
AF/VC Air Force Vice Chief of Staff
AFWAL Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory
AFWARNS Air Force Warning System
AFWCCS Air Force Wing Command and Control System
AFWL Air Force Weapons Laboratory
AG (1) Adjutant General; (2) Miscellaneous Auxiliary Ship
AGARD Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and
Development (NATO)
AGB Icebreaker
AGC Automatic Gain Control
AGCCS Army’s Global Command and Control System
AGDS Deep Submergence Support Ship
AGE Experimental Auxiliary
AGEF Frigate Research Ship
AGEH Experimental Auxiliary (Hydrofoil)
AGER Intelligence Research Ship
AGES Advanced Ground Exploitation System
AGF Miscellaneous Command Ship
AGHS Patrol Combatant Support Ship
AGI Intelligence Collection Ship
AGL (1) Buoy Tender; (2) Above Ground Level
AGM (1) Air-to-Ground Missile;
(2) Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
AGMR Major Communications Relay Ship

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AGMS Armored Ground Mobility System
AGOR Oceanographic Research Ship
AGOS (1) Ocean Surveillance Ship; (2) Air-Ground Operations School
(NATO); (3) Air-Ground Operations System
AGP Patrol Craft Tender
AGR Army Guard Reserve
AGS (1) Hydrographic Survey Ship;
(2) FSU Automatic Grenade Launcher
AGT Agent
AGZ Actual Ground Zero
AH (1) Hospital Ship; (2) Alternate Headquarters
AHFEWS Army High Frequency Electronic Warfare System
AI (1) Airborne Intercept; (2) Air Intelligence; (3) Artificial Intelli-
gence; (4) Air Interdiction; (5) Airborne Interceptors; (6) Area of
Interest; (7) All-Source Intelligence
A3I Accelerated Architecture Acquisition Initiative
AIA (1) Army Intelligence Agency; (2) ACE Intelligence
Architecture; (3) ACE Interface Architecture;
(4) Air Intelligence Agency
AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AIA/IRD Air Intelligence Agency/Intelligence Reserve Detachment
AIAWS Automated Intelligence Analyst Workstation
AIB Atlantic Intelligence Board
AIC (1) Atlantic Intelligence Command;
(2) Afloat Intelligence Center
AICBM Anti-Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
AID (1) U.S. Agency for International Development;
(2) Aerospace Information Digest; (3) Army Information Digest;
(4) Accident, Incident, Deficiencies;
(5) Active Integral Defense
AIDES (1) Analyst Intelligence Information Display and
Exploitation System; (2) Automated Intelligence Display and
Exploitation System
AIDS (1) Acoustic Intelligence Data System; (2) Advanced Identifica-
tion System; (3) Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AIF (1) Automated Installations Intelligence File; (2) Army Industrial
Fund; (3) Airfield Installation File; (4) Air Intelligence Flight;
(5) Automated Installation File
AIFV Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle
AIG (1) Address Indicator Group; (2) Air Intelligence Group
AIIC Advanced Imagery Interpretation Course
AIIF Automated Installation Intelligence File
AIIRS Automated Intelligence Information Retrieval System
AIM (1) Air Intercept Missile; (2) Active Inert Missile;
(3) ADCOM Intelligence Memorandum
AIMD Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department
AIMP (1) Army Intelligence Management Plan;
(2) Army Intelligence Master Plan;
(3) Advanced Imagery Management Program;
(4) Automated Information Management Program

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AIMTB Artificial Intelligence Module Testbed
AIN Advanced Intelligence Network
AIO Air Intelligence Officer
AIOEC Association of Iron Ore Exporting Countries
AIP (1) Architecture Implementation Plan;
(2) Anti-Surface-Warfare Improvement Program
AIPR Automated Information Processing Request
AIR American Institute for Research
AIRA Air Attache
AIRCENT (1) Air Forces Central Region (NATO);
(2) Allied Air Forces Central Europe
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
AIR (1) Replenishment Oiler; (2) American Institute of Research
AIRS (1) Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere;
(2) Automated Information Retrieval Systems
AIRTAPS Aerial Imagery Reconnaissance Tracking and Plotting System
AIS (1) Automated Indicator System; (2) Advanced Indications
Structure; (3) Advanced Indications System; (4) Army
Intelligence Survey; (5) Automated Information System;
(6) Air Intelligence Squadron
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
A/JSIC Alternate JSIC
AK (1) Cargo Ship; (2) FSU Kalashnikov Family of Assault Rifles;
(3) Automatic Remote Rekeying
AKA Also Known As
AKDC Automatic Key Distribution Center
AKD/RCU Automatic Key Distribution/Rekeying Control Unit
AKL Light Cargo Ship
AKM (1) Apogee Kick Motor; (2) AK-47 Assault Rifle
AKMC Automated Key Management Center

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AKMS Automated Key Management System
AKR Vehicle Cargo Ship
AKTCAE Army Korea Technical Control And Analysis Element
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
ALCATS Automated Lines of Communication and Target System
ALCC Airlift Control Center
ALCE Airlift Control Element
ALCM Air-Launched Cruise Missile
ALCOM Alaskan Command
ALCOP Alternate Command Post
ALCOR ARPA Lincoln C-Band Observable Radar
ALCS Airborne Launch Control System
ALD Airlift Division
ALE (1) AIRES Lifecycle Extension;
(2) Automated Link Establishment
ALERT Attack and Launch Early Report to Theater (AF)
ALES AIRES Life Extension System
ALF Auxiliary Landing Field
ALFA Advanced Liaison Forward Area
ALL Airborne Laser Laboratory
ALMS Automated Logistics Management System
ALO (1) Air Liaison Officer; (2) Authorized Level of Organization
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 (1) Active Laser Seeker; (2) Airborne Link Segment
ALSA Air-Land-Sea Application (Center)
ALSS Advanced Location Strike System
ALT (1) Alternate; (2) Altitude
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

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AM (1) Ante Meridian (Before Noon);
(2) Amplitude Modulation; (3) Asset Manager;
(4) Aerographers Mate
AMAB Air Mobile Assault Brigade
AMASS (1) Advanced Marine Airborne SlGlNT System;
(2) Advanced Marine Air Support System
AMBISS Automated Map-Based Intelligence Support System
AMC (1) Airspace Management and Control; (2) Army Materiel
Command (Formerly DARCOM); (3) Air Mobility Command;
(4) Air Mission Commander
AMCC (1) Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications;
(2) Ashore Mobile Command Center
AMC/IN AMC Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence
AMCIT American Citizen
AMCM Airborne Mine Countermeasures
AMD Activated Metal Decoy
AMDT AEELS Mobile Downlink Terminal
AME Airspace Management Element
AMEMB American Embassy
AMETS Artillery Meteorological System
AMF Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (NATO)
AMH Automated Message Handling
AMHA Army Management Headquarters Activity
AMHS Automated Message Handling System
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
AMM Army Modernization Memorandum
Ammo Ammunition
AMMS (1) Allowance Material Management System;
(2) Acquisition Milestone Management System
AMOPES Army Mobilization and Operations Planning and Execution
System
AMOPS Army Mobilization Operations and Planning System
AMOS Air Force Maui Optical System
AMP (1) Amplification; (2) Army Modernization Plan;
(3) Acquisition Master Plan
AMPDS Automated Message Processing Dissemination System
AMPE Automated Message Processing Exchange
AMPHI Aerial Mission Photographic Indoctrination
AMPHIB Amphibious
AMPL Amplitude
AMPS (1) Automated Mission Planning System; (2) Automated Mes-
sage Processing System; (3) Aim Point System
AMRAAM Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile

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AMRWS Advanced Remote Miniaturized Weather Station
AMS (1) Automated Message System; (2) Auto-Manual System;
(3) Autonomous Message Switch;
(4) Advanced Mapping Spectrometer
AMSAT Amateur Radio Satellite
AMSC Advanced Military Spaceflight Capability
AMS-H Advanced Missile System Heavy
AMSSA Assured Mission Support Space Architecture
AMST Advanced Medium STOL Transport
AMT ACTS Mobile Terminal
AMTF Airmobile Task Force
AMTP Army Mission Training Plan
AMU Astronaut Maneuvering Unit
AMW Amphibious Warfare
AN (1) Net Tender; (2) Army/Navy
ANALIT Analyst-to-Analyst Message Format
ANC African National Congress
ANCC (1) Ashore Navy Communications Capability;
(2) Automated Network Control Center
ANDVT Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal
ANEX Analyst-to-Analyst Exchange Message Format
ANFO Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil
ANG Air National Guard
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 (1) Alaskan NORAD Region; (2) Active Noise Reduction
ANRPC Association of Natural Rubber-Producing Countries
ANSI American National Standards Institute
ANVIS Aviator’s Night Vision Imaging System
AN/VRC Army Navy Vehicle Radio Communications
ANZUS Australia, New Zealand, United States
AO (1) Action Officer; (2) Oiler; (3) Authenticator Organization;
(4) Area of Operations; (5) Aerial Observer
AOA (1) Amphibious Objective Area; (2) Angle of Attack;
(3) Angle of Arrival; (4) Airborne Optical Adjunct
AOB (1) Air Order of Battle; (2) Advanced Operational Base
AOBTS Air Order of Battle Textual Summary
AOC (1) Air Officer Commanding (U.K.); (2) Air Operations Center;
(3) Army Operations Center
AOCC Area Operations Control Center
AOCS Aviation Officers Candidate School
AOE Fast Combat Support Ship
AOFDA U.S. AID Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance

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AOG Gasoline Tanker
AOI (1) Area of Influence; (2) Area of Interest
AOIC Assistant Officer in Charge
AOIR (1) ACE Operational Intelligence Requirements;
(2) Area of Intelligence Responsibility
AOL Area of Limitation
AO&M/NM Administration, Operations, and Maintenance/Network
Management
AOO Air Operations Order
AOP (1) Area of Probability; (2) Air Operations Plan
AOR Area of Responsibility
AOS (1) Special Liquids Tanker; (2) Amphibious Objective Study;
(3) Area of Separation
AOSG Amphibious Operation Support Graphic
AOSS Automated Office Support System
AOT Transport Oiler
AOTF Acoustic-Optic Tunable Filter
AP (1) Armor-Piercing; (2) Air Police; (3) Transport Ship;
(4) Associated Press; (5) Ammonium Perchlorate;
(6) Antipersonnel; (7) Application Processor
AP-I Armor Piercing Incendiary
APB (1) Self-Propelled Barracks Ship; (2) All Points Bulletin;
(3) Antipersonnel Bomb; (4) Acquisition Program Baseline
APC (1) Armored Personnel Carrier; (2) Area of Positive Control;
(3) Adaptive Predictive Coding
APCC Alternate Processing and Correlation Center
APFSDS Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding Sabot
APHIS USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
APL (1) Barracks Craft (non self-propelled);
(2) Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University)
APM Army Program Memorandum
APMS (1) Automated Production Management System;
(2) Advanced Precision Measurement System
APO (1) Army Post Office; (2) Air Post Office
APOD Aerial Port of Debarkation
APOE Aerial Port of Embarkation
APORTS Aerial Ports File (JOPES)
APP Application
APPS Applications
Appl Application
Approx Approximately
APPS Analytical Photogrammetric Position System
APS (1) ASARS-II Processing Segment; (2) Air Planning System
APT (1) Automatic Picture Transmission; (2) Airport
APU Auxiliary Power Unit
APVO FSU Air Defense Aviation
APW American Prisoner of War

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AQF Advanced QUICKFIX
AR (1) Advanced Readiness; (2) Army Regulation;
(3) Action Required; (4) Repair Ship; (5) Agent Report;
(6) Army Reserve; (7) Army
ARABSAT Arab Satellite (Communications Organization)
ARB Battle Damage Repair Ship
ARC (1) Cable Ship; (2) Acquisition Review Committee;
(3) Armored Reconnaissance Carrier;
(4) Air Reserve Component
ARCENT U.S. Army Forces Central Command
ARCENT-K USACENT forward element-Kuwait
ARCENT-SA USACENT forward element-Saudi Arabia
ARCH Architecture
ARCOM Army Command
ARDC Air Research and Development Command
AREC Air Element Coordinator
ARCS (1) Automated Reproduction and Collating System;
(2) Acquisition Radar and Control System
ARD Auxiliary Repair Drydock
ARDF Airborne Radio Direction Finding
ARDM Auxiliary Repair Drydock
AREPT Agent Report
ARF Airborne Relay Facility
ARFCOS Armed Forces Courier Service
ARFOR Army Force(s)
ARG (1) Amphibious Readiness Group;
(2) Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship
ARIS Advanced Range Instrumentation Ship
ARL (1) Landing Craft Repair Ship; (2) Airborne Reconnaissance
Low; (3) Army Research Lab; (4) Aerial Reconnaissance Liaison
ARL-I Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Imagery
ARLANT U.S. Army Forces, LANTCOM
ARLEA Army Logistics Evaluation Agency
ARLO Air Reconnaissance Liaison Officer
ARM (1) Antiradiation Missile;
(2) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement
ARMA Army Attache
ARMISE Army Reserve Military Intelligence Support Element
ARMLO Army Liaison Officer
ARMS Automated Resource Management System
ARNG Army National Guard
ARO (1) Area Records Officer; (2) Auxiliary Readout
ARP Alert Response Plan
ARPA Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPAC Army Pacific
ARPANET Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
ARPS Advanced Radar Processing System

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ARPV Advanced Remotely Piloted Vehicle
ARR Radiological Repair Ship
ARRC (1) ACE Rapid Reaction Corps; (2) Allied Rapid Reaction Corps
ARRN Andean Ridge Radar Network
ARRS Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service
ARS (1) Salvage and Rescue Ship; (2) Aerial Reconnaissance and
Surveillance; (3) Airborne Receiver System;
(4) Air Rescue Service
ARSA (1) Annual Reevaluation of Safe Areas;
(2) Airborne Reconnaissance and Surveillance Architecture
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
ARSP Advanced Reconnaissance Support Program
ARSPACE Army Space Command
ARSPACECOM Army Space Command
ARSPOC Army Space Operations Center
ARSST Army Space Command Space Support Team
ARSTAF Army Staff
ART (1) Aerial Reconnaissance Team; (2) Amateur Radio Transceiver
ARTADS Army Tactical Data System
ARTAS-K Army Training and Support-Kuwait
(former name for ARCENT-K)
ARTBASS Army Training Battle Simulation Systems
ARTCC Air Route Traffic and Control Center
ARTEP (1) Army Readiness Training Evaluation Program;
(2) Army Training and Evaluation Program
ARTISS Advanced Requirements Tasking Information and
Support System
ARTPP Airborne Reconnaissance Technology Program Plan
ARTS Automated Remote Tracking Station
ARTY Artillery
ARV (1) Armored Recovery Vehicle; (2) Armored Reconnaissance
Vehicle; (3) Aircraft Repair Ship
ARW Air Refueling Wing

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AS (1) Submarine Tender; (2) Air Surveillance; (3) Analysis Sub-
system; (4) Air Station; (5) Anti Spoofing; (6) Advanced Sensors
ASA Army Space Agency
ASA (M&RA)Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and
Reserve Affairs)
ASAB All-Source Analysis Branch
ASAC All-Source Analysis Center
ASAP (1) As Soon As Possible;
(2) Advanced Sensor Applications Program
ASAR Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
ASARC Army Systems Acquisition Review Council
ASARS Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System
ASART (1) AEELS Support Analysis Reporting Terminal;
(2) Analysis Support and 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
ASAT (1) Antisatellite; (2) Antisatellite Treaty;
(3) Advance Satellite Antenna Technology
ASB (1) Air Surveillance Broadcast; (2) Army Science Board
ASC (1) AUTODlN Switching Center; (2) Army Service Component;
(3) Army Space Command; (4) Advanced Systems Course
ASCAMP Advanced Single-Channel Manpack
ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCC (1) Air Standardization Coordinating Committee;
(2) Alternate Space Control Center
ASCII American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCM Antiship Cruise Missile
ASCON Automatic Switched Communications Network
ASD Assistant Secretary of Defense
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

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ASDS (1) Automated SlGlNT Dissemination System;
(2) Advanced SEAL Delivery System
ASDV Auxiliary SEAL Delivery Vehicle
ASE (1) Aircraft Survivability Equipment;
(2) Airborne Support Element
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
ASG Area Support Group
ASGOBS Army Standard Ground Order of Battle System
ASI (1) Additional Skill Indicator; (2) U.S. Army Space Institute;
(3) All-Source Intelligence
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
ASM (1) Air-to-Surface Missile; (2) Antiship Missile;
(3) Attache Support Message
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 Ammunition Supply Point
ASPAC Asian and Pacific Council
ASPADOC Alternate Space Defense Operations Command
ASPB Assault Patrol Support Boat (Riverine Warfare Craft)
ASPIC Armed Services Personnel Interrogation Center
ASPJ Airborne/Advanced Self-Protection Jammer
ASPO Army Space Program Office
ASPS All-Source Production Section
ASR (1) Submarine Rescue Ship; (2) Airport Surveillance Radar;
(3) Adaptive Situation Recognizer
ASRP (1) Airborne SlGlNT Reconnaissance Program;
(2) Airborne SIOP Reconnaissance Plan
ASRRS Army Survivable, Recovery and Reconstitution System
ASSC Alternate Space Surveillance Center
ASSET All Source Satellite Evaluation Tool

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ASSIST (1) Army System for Standard Intelligence Support
Terminals; (2) Automated Special Security Terminals;
(3) Automated Special Security Information System;
(4) Automated Information System Security Incident
Support Team
ASSM Antiship Surface Missile
ASSOTW Airfields and Seaplane Stations of the World
ASSR Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
ASST (1) Antiship Surveillance and Tracking; (2) Assistant
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
ASU (1) FSU Airborne Self-Propelled Antitank Gun;
(2) Approved for Service Use
ASUW Antisurface Warfare
ASU SWA Administrative Support Unit Southwest Asia
ASUWC Antisurface Warfare Commander
ASV Armored Support Vehicle
ASW (1) Antisubmarine Warfare; (2) Aircrew Survival Weapon
ASWC Antisubmarine Warfare Commander
ASWCCS Antisubmarine Warfare Command and Control System
ASWOC Antisubmarine Warfare Operations Center
ASWTF Antisubmarine Warfare Task Force
AT (1) Antitank; (2) Air Transit; (3) Simple Antenna
(Electronic Component); (4) Air Technician; (5) Awaiting Trans-
portation; (6) Antiterrorism, (7) Annual Training
ATA (1) Actual Time of Arrival; (2) Ocean Tug; (3) Air Transport
Association; (4) Advanced Tactical Aircraft; (5) Air Traffic
Agency
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 (1) Analyst-to-Analyst Communications Service;
(2) Army Tactical Communications System
ATAF Allied Tactical Air Force (NATO)
ATARS Advanced Tactical Aerial Reconnaissance System
ATAS (1) Air-To-Air Stinger; (2) Automatic Terrain Avoidance System
ATB (1) Air Technical Battalion; (2) Advanced Technology Bomber
ATBM Antitactical Ballistic Missile
ATC (1) Air Traffic Control; (2) Air Training Command, USAF;
(3) Air Target Chart; (4) Mini-Armored Troop Carrier (Riverine
Warfare Craft)
ATCAE Army Technical Control and Analysis Element

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ATCC Air Traffic Control Center
ATCCS Army Tactical Command and Control System
ATCH ASW Torpedo-Carrying Helicopter
ATCU Airfield Traffic Control Unit
ATD (1) Actual Time of Departure;
(2) Advanced Technology Demonstration
ATDB ACE Target Data Base
ATD/IFD Advanced Technology Demonstration/Integrated
Feasibility Demonstration
ATDL Automated Tactical Data Link
ATDS Airborne Tactical Data System
ATE Automatic Test Equipment
ATETS Atomic Heat and Powerplant
ATF (1) Advanced Tactical Fighter; (2) Amphibious Task Force;
(3) Fleet Ocean Tug; (4) Aviation Turbine Fuel;
(5) After the Fact
ATFD Automated Tactical Fusion Division
ATGIN Atomic Ground Intercept
ATGL Antitank Guided Launcher
ATGM Antitank Guided Missile
ATH Above The Horizon
ATI Automated Tactical Intelligence
ATIC Aircraft Technical Intelligence Conference
ATIMS Advanced Technical Information Management System
ATL ACE Threat List
ATLIS Airborne Tracking Laser Identification System
atm Atmosphere
ATM (1) Antitank Missile; (2) Air Target Materials; (3) Air
Target Mosaic; (4) Antitactical Missile; (5) Asynchronous Trans-
fer Mode; (6) Air Tasking Message
A-TM Alpha Team (Special Forces Operational Detachment)
ATMDE Army Theater Missile Defense Element
ATMG Arms Transfer Management Group
ATMOS Atmospheric Trace Molecules Spectroscopy
ATMP Air Target Materials Program
ATO (1) Air Tasking Order; (2) Abort-To-Orbit
ATOC Allied Tactical Operations Center (NATO)
AFTOCONF Air Tasking Order Confirmation
ATOL Assisted Takeoff & Landing
ATOS Atlantic Theater Operational Intelligence System
ATP (1) Allied Tactical Publication (NATO); (2) Advanced Technol-
ogy Program; (3) Advanced Tracking Prototype; (4) Advanced
Tactical Planner
ATP-FO Automated Tracking Prototype Follow-On
ATP/RMBUX Advance Tracking Prototype/Rocky Mountain Basic UNIX
ATR Automatic Target Recognition
ATRS Advanced Tactical Reconnaissance System

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ATS (1) Salvage and Rescue Ship; (2) Automated Tasking System;
(3) Audit Trail Server; (4) Applications Technology Satellite
ATSS Alaskan Transportable Satellite System
AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph
ATT Technical Assistance Training Team
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
ATWC Atmospheric Tactical Warning Connectivity
AU Air University
AUD Arbitrary Unit Designator
AUGTDA Augmentation Table of Distribution and Allowances
AUM Air-to-Underwater Missile
AUS Army of the United States
AUSA Association of the United States Army
AUSCANUKUS Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States
AUSD Assistant Deputy Under Secretary for Defense
AutoID Automatic Identification
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 (1) Armored Vehicle; (2) Audio-Visual; (3) Air Vehicle;
(4) Auxiliary Vector
AVCS Attitude and Velocity Control System
AVF All-Volunteer Force
AVGAS Aviation Gasoline
AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer
AVIM Aviation Intermediate Maintenance
AVLB Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge
AVMF FSU Naval Aviation
AVMT Aviation Maintenance Trainer
AVN Aviation
AVP Authorized Vendor Program
AVR Aircraft Rescue Vehicle
AVSAT Aviation Satellite System
AVSCOM Aviation System Command
AVT Auxiliary Aircraft Landing Training Ship
AVUM Aviation Unit Maintenance

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AW (1) Air Warning; (2) Automatic Weapon(s);
(3) Water Tanker; (4) All-Weather
AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System
AWADS Adverse Weather Aerial Delivery System
AWARS All-Weather Reconnaissance System
AWC (1) Air War College; (2) Army War College;
(3) Air Warfare Center
AWDS Automated Weather Distribution System
AWE Advanced Warfighting Experiment
AWESS I Automatic Weapon Effect Signature Simulator
AWGN Additive White Gaussian Noise
AWIS (1) Army WWMCCS Information System;
(2) Aircraft Wireless Intercom System
AWN Automated Weather Network
AWOP (1) Absent Without Pay;
(2) Automated Weaponeering Optimization Program
AWS (1) Air Weather Service; (2) Advance Warning System;
(3) Analyst Workstation
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

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B
BA (1) Budget Authority; (2) Budget Activity
BAA Broad Agency Announcement
BAC (1) Budget Activity Code; (2) Broad Area Coverage
BAD Baseline Assessment Document
BADGE FINDER Proper Name of System
BADGE KEEPER Proper Name of System
BAE Battlefield Area Evaluation
BAG Battalion Artillery Group
BAI (1) Battlefield Air Interdiction; (2) Backup Aircraft
Inventory; (3) Battlefield Artificial Intelligence
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
BARB Beacon-Aided Radar Bombing
BARCS Battlefield Area Reconnaissance System
BAS (1) Broad Area Search; (2) Battlefield Automated Systems;
(3) Billet Access System
BASIC Battle Area Surveillance & Integrated Communications
BASOPS Base Operations
BASS Battlefield Surveillance System
BAT-D Battlefield Deception
BATF Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
BATO Balloon-Assisted Take-Off
BATS Ballistic Aerial Target System
BAWB Bomber Activity Weekly Brief
BB Battleship
BBBG Battleship Battle Group
BBLS Barrels
BBO Booster Burnout
BBS Brigade/Battalion Simulation
B2C2 Brigade and Below Command and Control System
BCA Broadcast Control Authority
BC2A Bosnia Command and Control Augmentation
BCBL Battle Command Battle Lab
BCC Base Communications Center
BCDSS Battle Command Decision Support System
BCE Battlefield Coordination Element
BCI Bit-Count Integrity
BCR (1) Battlefield Communications Review;
(2) Baseline Change Request
BCS Broadcast Control Station

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BCT (1) Base Consolidated Telecommunications;
(2) Betac Command Team
BCTP Battle Command Training Program
BCV Battle Command Vehicle
Bd Baud
BDA (1) Battle Damage Assessment; (2) Bomb Damage Assessment
BDA/PSA Bomb Damage Assessment/Post Strike Assessment
BDE/Bde Brigade
BDM Budget Decision Memorandum
BDP Battlefield Development Plan
BDS (1) Base Development Survey; (2) Bulk Data Service
BDSP Battle Dress System Project
BE Basic Encyclopedia
BEMT Basic Electronic Maintenance Trainer
BENELUX Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
BER Bit Error Rate
BES Budget Estimate Submission
BETA Battlefield Exploitation and Target Acquisition
BEYOND DUTY Proper Name of System
BF Battle Force
BFA Battlefield Function Area
BFACS BFA Control System
BF(S)BL Battle Focus (Support) Battle Lab
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
BG (1) Battle Group; (2) Brigadier General
BGN Board on Geographic Names
BGPHES Battle Group Passive Horizon Extension System
BGW Battlefield Guided Weapon
BGWU Battle Group Workup
BH Busy Hour
B-H Bosnia-Hercegovina
BI Background Investigation
BIACC Basic Integrated Aircraft Command and Control
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

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BIFF Bistatic Identification Friend or Foe
BIIB Basic Imagery Interpretation Brief
BIIR Basic Imagery Interpretation Report
BIM Ballistic Intercept Missile
BIOLDEF Biological Defense
BIOLOPS Biological Operations
BIOLWPN Biological Weapons
BISS Baseline Intelligence Summary Supplement
BIT Binary Digit
BITE Built-In Test Equipment
BITS Base Information Transfer System
BIU Bus Interface Unit
Bks Barracks
BKS Broadcast Keying Station
BL Bomb Line
BLDG Building
BLEST Berm-Loaded Explosive Simulation Technique
BLEU Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union
BLIP Background Limited IR Photography
BLOS Beyond Line-of-Sight
BLSS Base Level Self-Sufficiency Spares
BLT Battalion Landing Team
BLUE FLAG ACC command and control exercise
BM (1) FSU Truck-Mounted Multiple Rocket Launcher;
(2) Ballistic Missile
BMATT Briefcase Multi-Mission Advanced Tactical Terminal
BM/C2 Battle Management/Command and Control
BM/C3 Battle Management/Command, Control, and Communications
BMC Battle Management Cell
BMCT Beginning of Morning Civil Twilight
BMD (1) Ballistic Missile Defense; (2) FSU Airborne Combat Vehicle
BMDO (1) Ballistic Missile Defense Organization;
(2) Ballistic Missile Defense Office
BMDSCOM U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command
BMEWS Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
BMG Basic Mission Guidance
BMNT Beginning of Morning Nautical Twilight
BMP FSU Armored Infantry Combat Vehicle
BMSS Ballistic Missile Systems Subcommittee
BN/Bn Battalion
BND Bundesrepublik Nachrichtendienst
(German Intelligence Service)
BOA Broad Ocean Area
BOCCA Board for Coordination of Civil Aircraft (NATO)
BOIP Basis of Issue Plan

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BOMREP Bombing Report
BOQ Bachelor Officers’ Quarters
BOS (1) Battlefield Operating System; (2) Base Operating Support
BP (1) Battle Position; (2) Bandpass
BPA (1) Battlefield Psychological Activities;
(2) Blanket Purchase Agreement
BPE Beacon Precision Enlarger
BPF Bandpass Filter
BPI Bits Per Inch
BPPBS Biennial Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System
BPR Business Process Reengineering
BPS (1) Basic Psychological Operations Study; (2) Bits Per Second;
(3) Beachman Processing System
BPSK Burst Pulse Shift Key
BR Blade Rate
B/R Bridge/Router
BR/Br Branch
BRAC Base Realignment and Closure (Commission)
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 (1) Beachman Reporting System; (2) Backup and Recovery
System (3) Beach Reconnaissance System
BRU Bomb Release Unit
BS Broadcast Service
BSA Brigade Support Area
BSD (1) Battlefield Surveillance Device;
(2) Battlefield Surveillance Display
BSS Broadcast Satellite Service
BSSC Battle Staff Support Center
BSSG Brigade Service Support Group
BST (1) Battle Staff Team; (2) Betac Support Team
BSTS (1) Boost Surveillance and Tracking System;
(2) Boost Phase Surveillance and Tracking System
BT Basic Training
BTA Best Technical Approach
BTF Battalion Task Force
BTG Basic Target Graphic
BTI Balanced Technology Initiative
BTR FSU Armored Personnel Carrier
BTRY (1) Battery; (2) Field Artillery
BTU British Thermal Unit
BTW By The Way

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BUD/S Basic Underwater Demolition/Sea-Air-Land (SEAL)
BUIC Back-Up Intercept Control
BUNT British Underground Nuclear Test
BUR Bottom Up Review
BVITS Baseline Video Imagery Transmission System
BVR Beyond Visual Range
BW (1) Biological Warfare; (2) Bandwidth; (3) Beamwidth;
(4) Bomb Wing
B&W Black and White
BWC Biological Weapons Convention
BWP Basic Working Paper
BZ Buffer Zone

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C
C (1) Crisis; (2) Confidential; (3) Coniferous
C1 Combined Staff Personnel Officer
C2 (1) Command and Control; (2) Combined or Coalition Forces
Intelligence Staff
C2S2LAN Command and Control Support System LAN
C2W Command & Control Warfare
C3 Command, Control, and Communications
C3OB C3 Order of Battle
C3S Command, Control, and Communications Systems
C4 Command, Control, Communications, and Computers
C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence,
Surveillance and Reconnaissance
C4S Command, Control, Communications, and Computer System
C5 Combined Staff Strategic Planning and Policy Officer
C6 Combined Staff Command, Control and Communications
Systems Officer
CA (1) Cryptanalysis; (2) Heavy Cruiser; (3) Civil Affairs;
(4) Combat Assessment; (5) Controlling Authority;
(6) COMSEC Account; (7) Command Authority;
(8) Counterair
CAA (1) Concepts Analysis Agency (U.S. Army);
(2) Combined Arms Army (FSU);
(3) Command Arrangement Agreement
CAB (1) Current Analysis Branch; (2) Civil Affairs Brigade;
(3) Civil Affairs Battalion
CAC (1) Combined Arms Center; (2) Collection Advisory
Center; (3) Control and Analysis Center; (4) Crisis Action Cen-
ter; (5) Civil Affairs Command; (6) Civil Applications Commit-
tee; (7) 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 (1) Computer-Assisted Design;
(2) Conceptual Architecture Document
CADES COMIREX Advanced Exploitation System
CADIZ (1) Canadian Air Defense Identification Zone;
(2) Coastal 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 (1) Crisis Augmentation Facility; (2) Combat Air Forces
CAFMS Computer-Assisted Force Management System
CAG (1) Carrier Air Group; (2) Collective Address Group;
(3) Commander, Air Group
CAI Computer-Aided Instruction
CAIF Command Automated Intelligence File

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CAIMS Conventional Ammunition Information Management System
CAJIT Central America Joint Intelligence Team
CaLANdar Da Vinci E-Mail Application
CALS Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support
CALT Civil Affairs Liaison Team
CAM (1) Computer-Assisted Modeling;
(2) Computer Aided Manufacturing
CAMO Computer-Aided Manual Operation
CAMPS (1) Computer-Aided Management Planning System;
(2) Computer-Aided Mission Planning System;
(3) Compartmented All-Source Analysis System Message
Processing System
CAMS (1) COMIREX Automated Management System;
(2) Communications Area Master Station
CANDOB Consolidated Aerospace Defense Order of Battle
CANR Canadian NORAD Region
CAN Coastal Air Navigation Supplement
CANT Chinese Atmospheric Nuclear Test
CANUK US Canada, United Kingdom, United States
CANUS Canadian - United States
CANUS LANDOP Canada-United States Land Operations Plan
CAO (1) Crisis Action Organization; (2) Chief Administrative Officer;
(3) Central Action Office
CAO(SOP) Coordination of Atomic Operations
(Standard Operating Procedure)
CAOC Combined Air Operations Center
CAOCC Combined Air Operations Coordination Center
CAP (1) Combat Air Patrol; (2) Civil Air Patrol;
(3) Countermeasures Advisory Panel; (4) Crisis Action Planning;
(5) Crisis Action Procedures; (6) Capabilities
CAPSULE JACK Proper Name of System
CAR (1) Canadian Airborne Regiment; (2) Chief, Army Reserve
CARC Corrective Action Review Committee
CARDA (1) Continental Airborne Reconnaissance for Damage
Assessment; (2) CONUS 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
CARICOM Caribbean Common Market
CARIFTA Caribbean Free Trade Association
CARL Category Assignment Responsibility List
CARP Computed Air Release Point
CARS (1) Contingency Airborne Reconnaissance System;
(2) Common Automated Recovery System

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CARVE Criticality, Accessibility, Recuperability, Vulnerability, and
Effect
CARVER Criticality, Accessibility, Recuperability, Vulnerability, Effects
and Recognizability
CAS (1) Close Air Support; (2) Calibrated Air Speed;
(3) Collision Avoidance System; (4) Crisis Action System;
(5) Crisis Action Staff; (6) Combined Arms and Services Staff
School
CASC Crisis Action Support Cell
CASE Computer-Assisted Software Engineering
CASIC Combined All-Source Intelligence Center
CASLAN Command Automated Software Local Area Network
CASS (1) Collection Analysis Support Subsystem;
(2) Command Activated Sonobuoy System
CAST (1) Catalogue of Approved Scientific and Technical
Intelligence Tasks; (2) Canadian Air/Sea Transport Group;
(3) Computer-Assisted Self Training; (4) Computer Assisted
Satellite Track
CAT (1) Conventional Arms Transfer; (2) Crisis Action Team;
(3) Combined Arms Team; (4) Crisis Augmentation Team;
(5) Category
CAT-1 RECategory-1 Receive Equipment
CATF (1) Commander, Amphibious Task Force;
(2) Civil Affairs Task Force
CATIS (1) Computer-Aided Tactical Information System;
(2) Computer-Aided Tactical Intelligence System
CATIS/IESS Computer-Aided Tactical Information System/Imagery
Exploitation Support System
CATS (1) Combined Arms Training Systems;
(2) Combat Airlift Tactics’ School
CATSS Cartographic Applications for Tactical and Strategic Systems
CAV Cavalry
CAVU Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited
CAWS Commercial Analyst Work Station
CB Chemical, Biological
C-band 3.9 to 6.2 GHz Communications Band
CBD Commerce Business Daily
CBF Common Budget Framework
CBI (1) Complete Background Investigation;
(2) Computer Based Instruction
CBI/T Computer-Based Instruction/Training
CBJB Congressional Budget Justification Book
CBM Confidence Building Measure(s)
CBO Congressional Budget Office
CBR (1) Chemical, Biological, and Radiological;
(2) Case Based Reasoning; (3) Constant Bit Rate
CBRN Caribbean Basin Radar Network
CBRS Concept Based Requirements System
CBS Combat Battle Simulation
CBT (1) Computer-Based Training; (2) Combating Terrorism

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CBTDEV Combat Developer
CBTI Combat Intelligence
CBU Cluster Bomb Unit
CBW Chemical and Biological Warfare
CBZ Confidence Building Zone
CC (1) Command Center; (2) Command Ship; (3) Cloud Cover;
(4) Collection Center; (5) Computer Compatible;
(6) Communications Controller; (7) Commander
C-C3 Counter Command, Control, and Communications
CCA Communications Control Authority
CCB Configuration Control Board
CCC (1) CARDA Control Center; (2) Consolidated Command Center;
(3) Command and Control Center
CCD (1) Conference of the Committee on Disarmament;
(2) Charged Coupled Device; (3) Camouflage,
Concealment, and Deception
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
CCG (1) Combat Control Group; (2) Crisis Coordination Group;
(3) Combat Communications Group
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 (1) Command, Control, and Intelligence Support;
(2) Common Channel Intelligence Signaling
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

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CCJ6 USCENTCOM Command, Control, Communications, and
Computer Systems Directorate
CCJA USCENTCOM Staff Judge Advocate
CCM (1) Cross-Country Movement; (2) Counter-Countermeasure
C3CM Command, Control, and Communications Countermeasures
CCMF Consolidated Collection Management Facility
CCN Crisis Communications Network (CIA)
CCO (1) Communication Collection Outstation; (2) COMINT
Collection Outstation; (3) Circuit Control Officer;
(4) Chief, Combat Operations
CCO/SCO Central Control Office/Sub-Control Office
CCP (1) Consolidated Cryptologic Program;
(2) Communications Checkpoint; (3) Contingency
Communications Package
CCPC Critical Collection Problems Committee
CCPDS Command Center Processing and Display System
CCPDS-R Command Center Processing and Display System Replacement
CCS (1) Collection Capabilities Statement (HUMINT);
(2) COMINT Collection Subsystem (3) Combat Control Squad-
ron; (4) Communications Control Set; (5) Command and Control
Systems; (6) Constellation Control Station
CCS2 Command and Control Subordinate System
CCSA USCENTCOM Scientific and Technical Advisor
CCSC Cryptologic Combat Support Console
CCT (1) Combat Control Team; (2) Combat Coordination Team
CCTC Command and Control Technical Center
CCTF (1) Contingency Communications Test Facility;
(2) Combined Coalition Task Force
CCTP Continuously Computed Target Point
CCTS Combat Crew Training Squadron
CCTT Close Combat Tactical Trainer
CCTV Closed Circuit Television
CCTW Combat Control Training Wing
CCWT Command Center Watch Team
CD (1) Controlled Dissemination; (2) Certificate of Destruction;
(3) Civil Defense; (4) Coastal Defense; (5) Calendar Day;
(6) Committee on Disarmament; (7) Collateral Damage;
(8) Compact Disc; (9) Command Ship; (10) Counter Drug;
(11) Command Director; (12) Combat Developments;
(13) Community/Service-Developed
C&D Cover and Deception
CDA Congressionally Directed Action
CDC (1) Career Development Course; (2) Combat Direction Center;
(3) Combat Development Center
CD-ROM Compact Disk-Read-Only Memory
CDAS Central Data and Applications Support
C-Day Day in Which Movement From Origin Begins
CDB Central Data Base
CDCS Communications Distribution Control Segment

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CDE (1) Conference on Disarmament in Europe;
(2) Compound Damage Expectancy;
(3) Center of Distance Education
CDEC Captured Document Exploitation Center
CDF Central Document File
CDI Compact Disc Interactive
CDIP (1) Consolidated Defense Intelligence Program;
(2) Council of Defense Intelligence Producers
CDIS (1) Communications Data Interface System;
(2) Counterdrug Intelligence System
CDIST Canadian Department of Industry, Science, and
Technology
CDL Common (high bandwidth) Data Link
CDLF Consolidated Domestic Launch Forecast
CDM Common Digital Map
CDMA Code Division Multiple Access
CDP (1) Central Data Processor; (2) Company Distributing Point
CDPS Coherent Data Processing System
CDR (1) Critical Design Review; (2) Commander
CDRL Contract Data Requirements List
CDRUSAJFKSWC Commander, United States Army John F. Kennedy
Special Warfare Center
CDRUSELEMNORAD Commander, U.S. Element NORAD
CDRWESTCOM Commander, U.S. Army Western Command
CDS (1) Chief of Defence Staff (Canadian); (2) Combat
Delivery System; (3) Cryptographic Device Services;
(4) Combat Direction System
CDSE Cryptologic Direct Support Element
CDSORG Civil Direction of Shipping Organization
CDST C3CM Data Support Team
CDT (1) Central Daylight Time; (2) Communications Data Terminal
CDTS Computer-Directed Training System
CDU Control Display Unit
CDV Compressed Digital Video
CE (1) Circular Error; (2) Cost Effectiveness; (3) Civil Engineer;
(4) Communications-Electronics; (5) Corps of Engineers
(U.S. Army); (6) Current Exploitation; (7) Counterespionage;
(8) Command Element; (9) Collection Emphasis
C&E Collection and Exploitation
C-E Communications Electronics
CEAO West African Economic Community
CEC (1) Cooperative Engagement Capability;
(2) Consolidated Expenditure Center
CECOM Communications and Electronics Command
CED (1) Collection, Exploitation, and Dissemination;
(2) Captured Enemy Document
CEE Captured Enemy Equipment
CEI Communications Electronic Instructions

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CEL Celestial
CELT Current Emitter Location Testbed
CEM Concepts Evaluation Model
CEMA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
CENTAF (1) Central Region Air Forces (NATO);
(2) U.S. Air Force Component, USCENTCOM
CENTAG Central Army Group (NATO)
CENTAM Central America
CENTCOM U.S. Central Command
CENTJIC Joint Intelligence Center USCENTCOM
CENTLANT Central Sub-Area of Eastern Atlantic Area
CENTO Central Treaty Organization
CEO (1) Communications Electronic Officer (USMC);
(2) Chief Executive Officer
CEOI Communications Electronics Operations Instructions
CEP (1) Circular Error Probable; (2) Construction Electrician
(Power); (3) Common Electronic Parts; (4) Civil Emergency
Planning; (5) Committee for Energy Policy of OECD;
(6) Capital Equipment Plan; (7) Concept Evaluation Program
CEPG Combined Exercise Planning Group
CEPIR Current Exploitation Photographic Interpretation Report
CEPR Compromising Emanation Performance Requirement
CER (1) Cryptographic Equipment Room;
(2) Communication Equipment Room
CERP (1) Combined Economic Reporting Program;
(2) Capital Equipment Replacement Program
CERT Computer Security Emergency Response Team
CES Concept Exploration Studies
CESM Cryptologic Electronic Warfare Support Measures
CEST Contingency Exploitation Support Team
CETA Chinese-English Translation Assistance
CEWI Combat Electronic Warfare Intelligence
CF Canadian Forces
C6F Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet
C7F Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet
CFA (1) Combined Field Army (Korea); (2) Covering Force Area;
(3) Combined Force Air Component Commander
CFB Canadian Forces Base
CFC (1) Combined Field Command (Korea); (2) Combined Forces
Command (ROK/US); (3) Combined Federal Campaign
CCFC Commander in Chief, ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command
CFD Common Fill Device
CFE (1) Conventional Forces Europe; (2) Communications Front-End
CFER CFE Replacement
CFE-U Communications Front-End-Upgrade
CFI&I Center for Integration and Interoperability
CFIS Combined Forces Command Information System, (CFC)

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CFL (1) Coordinated Fire Line; (2) Cease-Fire Line
CFMS Combat Fuels Management System
CFP (1) Contingency Force Pool; (2) Concept Formulation Process
CFR Commander Force Reconnaissance
CFSO Counterintelligence Force Protection Source Operations
CFSR Contract Funds Status Report
CFV Cavalry Fighting Vehicle
cg Center of Gravity
CG (1) Guided-Missile Cruiser; (2) Consolidated Guidance;
(3) Commanding General; (4) Coast Guard; (4) Chairman’s
Guidance
CGEUSA Commanding General, 8th US Army
CGF Central Group of Forces (FSU Forces in Czechoslovakia)
CGFMFLANT Commanding General, Fleet Marine Forces Atlantic
CGM Computer Graphics Metafile
CGN Guided Missile Cruiser Nuclear Powered
CGS (1) Coast & Geodetic Survey; (2) Common Ground Station;
(3) CONUS Ground Station
CGSC Command and General Staff College (U.S. Army)
CGUSARPAC Commanding General U.S. Army Pacific
cGy/hr CentiGray hour
CH (1) Aviation Cruiser; (2) Channel; (3) Communication Helmet
CHAALS Communications High Accuracy Airborne Location System
CHAALS-X CHAALS Exploitation
CHABNCP Chief, Airborne Command Post
CHAMPUS Civilian Health And Medical Program of the Uniformed
Services
CHARS Characters
CHB Cargo Handling Battalion
CHBDL Communications High Bandwidth Data Link
CHCMSA Chief, Cruise Missile Support Activity
CHCSS (1) Chief, Central Security Service;
(2) Chief, Cryptologic Support Service
CHG Guided-Missile Aviation Cruiser
CHGN Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile Aviation Cruiser
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
CHN Nuclear-Powered Aviation Cruiser
CHODC INDIA Chief, Office of Defense Cooperation, India
CHOP (1) Change of Operational Command;
(2) Change of Operational Control
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CHUSMLO Chief, U.S. Military Liaison Office
CI (1) Counterintelligence; (2) Counterinsurgency;
(3) Current Intelligence
C2I Command, Control, & Intelligence
C3I Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers, &
Intelligence
C4I2 Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence
and Information
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIAC Computer Incident Assessment Capability
CIAD (1) Combat Intelligence Applications Division;
(2) Command Intelligence Architecture Document
CIAP (1) CIA Program; (2) Command Intelligence
Architecture/Planning Program
CIARDSCIA Retirement and Disability System
CIAS Counterintelligence Analysis Section
CIB Combat Infantryman’s Badge
CIC (1) Combat Information Center; (2) Combat Intelligence Center;
(3) Combined Intelligence Center
C3IC Coalition Coordination and Communications Integration Center
CICAC Counterintelligence Control and Analysis Center
CICC Consolidated Intelligence Communications Center
CIC Server Combined Intelligence Center Server
CICWS Combined Intelligence Center Workstation
CID (1) Criminal Investigation Division;
(2) Combat Intelligence Division
CIDBS Combined Intelligence Center Integrated Database Server
CIDC Combined Interview and Debriefing Center
CIE Communication Intercept and Exploitation
CIEF Consolidated Imagery Exploitation Facility
CIF (1) Corps Interrogation Facility;
(2) Consolidated Intelligence Facility
CIFAX Enciphered Facsimile
C4IFTW C4I For The Warrior
CIG (1) Computer Image Generation;
(2) Combined Intelligence Group
CIGSS Common Imagery Ground Surface System
CIHS Classified Information Handling System
CIK Crypto-Ignition Key
CIIC Current Intelligence and Indications Center
CIID Command Intelligence Implementation Document
CILMS Covert Infrared Lighting and Marking System
CILO Counterintelligence Liaison Office(r)
CILOP Conversion in Lieu of Procurement
CIM Corporate Information Management
CIMAS CENTCOM Iranian Military Activities Summary
CIMEX Civil Military Exercise (NATO)

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C-IMINT Counter Imagery Intelligence
CIMOC Civil Military Operations Center
CIMP COMSEC Interoperability Master Plan
CIN Cargo Increment Number
CINC (1) Commander in Chief;
(2) Commander of a Combatant Command
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
CINCSOC Commander in Chief, Special Operations Command
CINCSO Commander in Chief, Southern 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, U.S. 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

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CINCUSARPAC Commander in Chief, United States Army, Pacific
CINCUSNAVEUR Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
CINCWESTLANT Commander in Chief, Western Atlantic (NATO)
CINF Community Imagery Needs Forecast
CINSGCY Counterinsurgency
CIO (1) Central Imagery Office; (2) Chief Information Officer
CIOC (1) Combined Intelligence Operations Center (Korea);
(2) Combat Intelligence Operations Center
CIOP (1) Controlled Intelligence Operational Proposal;
(2) CIO Program
CIP (1) Consolidated Intelligence Program; (2) Country
Information Package; (3) Critical Intelligence Parameter;
(4) Combined Interoperability Program; (5) Crypto-Ignition Plug;
(6) Correlation and Integration Processor
CIPE (US) CENTCOM Imagery Production Element
CIPEC Intergovernmental Council of Copper Exporting Countries
CIPHONY Enciphered Telephone
CIPL ClNC’s Integrated Priority List
CIPMS Career Intelligence Professional Management System
CIPR (1) Consolidated Intelligence Production Requirement;
(2) Counterintelligence Production Registry
CIPS Counterintelligence Periodic Summary
C2IPS C2 Information Processing System
CIR (1) Central Intelligence Report;
(2) Continuing Intelligence Requirement
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 (1) Country Intelligence Study; (2) Communications Intercept
System; (3) Compensated Imaging System;
(4) Canadian Intelligence Service; (5) Chief, Intelligence and
Security (Canadian); (6) Combat Instruction Set;
(7) Combat Information System; (8) Commonwealth of Indepen-
dent States; (9) Combat Intelligence System
CISA C4I Integration Support Activity
CISC Counterintelligence Support Cell
C3ISC C3I Systems Committee
CI/SCM Counterintelligence and Security Countermeasures
CISD Command Intelligence Strategy Document
CISE (1) (US) CENTCOM Intelligence Support Element;
(2) Corps Intelligence Support Element
CISO (1) Counterintelligence Support Officer;
(2) Counterintelligence Staff Officer
CISPOTREP CI Spot Report

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CISR Communications Intelligence Security Regulation
C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computers,
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
CIT Counterintelligence Team
CITA Combat Intelligence and Targeting on Arrival
CITS CENTCOM Imagery Transmission System
CIV Civilian
CIVC Carrier Intelligence Center
CIVIC Civilian Vulnerability Indicator Code
CISION Enciphered Television
CIW (1) Consolidated Intelligence Watch;
(2) CMOC Intelligence Watch
CIWC CIW Commander
CIWG Cooperative Interaction Working Group
CIWS Close-In Weapon System
C&J Collection and Jamming
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 Commander, Joint Task Force
CJTF-AK Commander, Joint Task Force-Alaska
CJTF-FA Commander, Joint Task Force-Full Accounting
CK Compartment Key
CKG Cooperative Key Generation
CL Light Cruiser
C-LAMP Community Laser Measurement Program
CLASS Close Air Support System
Class Classification/Classified
C&LB Coasts and Landing Beaches
CLF Commander, Landing Force
CLMD COMSEC Local Management Device
CLNC Clearance
CLO (1) Counterdrug Liaison Officer; (2) Chief Logistics Officer
CLOCE Contingency Lines of Communication, Europe
CLS (1) Contractor Logistics Support;
(2) Clandestine Lighting System
CLSC COMSEC Logistics Support Center
CLSP Composite Launch Sequence Plan
CL/TECH Clear Language Technical Report
cm Centimeter
CM (1) Memorandum by the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff;
(2) Collection Management; (3) Countermeasure(s); (4) Cruise
Missile; (5) Collection Manager; (6) Collection Management
Division; (7) Countermine; (8) Countermine Activities

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CMA (1) Countermission Analysis; (2) Collection Management
Authority; (3) Community Management Account
CMAA (1) Command Master at Arms; (2) Chief 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
C-MASINT Counter-Measures and Signature Intelligence
CMB Collection Management Branch
CMC (1) Cheyenne Mountain Complex; (2) Commandant, U.S Marine
Corps; (3) Command Master Chief
C/MC Command Master Chief
CMCA Cruise Missile Carrier Aircraft
CMCC (1) Commander in Chief, Mobile Command Center;
(2) Component Mobile Command Center
CMCDS Community Multilateral Counterterrorism Database System
CMCI Computed Mission Coverage Index
CMCM Commandant, U.S. Marine Corp Memorandum
CMCS (1) COMSEC Material Control System;
(2) COMINT Mission Control System
CMD (1) Collection Management Division; (2) Command
CMDC Command Cell
CMDR Commander
CM&D Collection Management and Dissemination
CME Communications Monitoring Equipment
CMEA Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
CMEC Captured Material Exploitation Center
CMF Combat Mission Folder
CMFC Combined Marine Forces Command
CMIC Combined Military Interrogation Center
CMISE Corps Military Intelligence Support Element
CML Chemical
CMO (1) Collection Management Office; (2) Civil Military
Operations; (3) Central MASINT Office
CMOC (1) Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center; (2) Civil Military
Operations Center; (3) Central MASINT Operations Cell
CMOS Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
CMOTF Civil Military Operations Task Force
CMP (1) Combat Mission Planning;
(2) Configuration Management Plan
CMPF Confidential Military Purpose Funds
CMPS Compartmented Mode Processing System
CMR Crisis Management Room
CMRS Collection Management Requirements System
CMS (1) Combat Mission Section; (2) Command and Management
System; (3) Community Management Staff; (4) Collection
Management System; (5) Common Mapping Standard

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CMS/RMG Community Management Staff, Resource Management Group
CMSA Cruise Missile Support Activity
CMSI Civilian Multi-Spectral Imagery
CMSS Collection Management Support System
CMST (1) Collection Management Support Terminal;
(2) Collection Management System Tools
CMT (1) Crisis Management Team; (2) Critical Mobile Target
CMTC Combat Maneuver Training Center
CMTC-IS CMTC-Instrumentation System
CMTS (1) Critical Mobile Target Server;
(2) Compliance Monitoring Tracking System
CMW/CMWS Compartmented Mode Workstation
CN Counternarcotics
CNA (1) Center for Naval Analysis; (2) Coordinates Not Available;
(3) Critical Node Analysis
CNAC (1) Customs National Air Command, Oklahoma City;
(2) Customs National Aviation Center
CNAD Conference on NATO Armament Directors
CNAVSPACECOM Commander, Navy Space Command
CNC (1) Counternarcotics Center;
(2) Computerized Numerical Control
CNCS Cryptonet Control Station
CN-CMS Counternarcotics Command and Management System
CNES Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (French National Space
Agency)
CNET (1) Chief of Naval Education and Training;
(2) Centre National d’Etudes Des Telecommunications
C3NET Command, Control, and Communications Networks
CNFJ Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Japan
CNFK Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Korea
CNFM Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Marianas
CNI (1) Communicating NATO Intentions;
(2) Communications, Navigation, or Identification
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
CNN Cable News Network
CNO Chief of Naval Operations
C/No Ratio of carrier to noise in a 1Hz bandwidth
CNOC (1) Counternarcotics Operations Center;
(2) Combined Naval Operations Center
CNOM Chief of Naval Operations Memorandum
CNOR Command Not Operationally Ready
CNR (1) Chief of Naval Research; (2) Combat Net Radio
CNRIU Combat Net Radio Interface Unit
CNS Commercial Network Survivability

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CNSWTG Commander, Naval Special Warfare Task Group
CNTL Command Nuclear Target List
CNVFD Color Night Vision Fusion Device
CNWDI Critical Nuclear Weapons Design Information
CO (1) Commanding Officer; (2) Company
CO3 Combined Staff Public and Governmental Affairs Officer
CO6 Combined Staff Judge Advocate
CO7 Combined Staff Command Surgeon
COA Course of Action
COB (1) Close of Business; (2) Collated Operating Base;
(3) Chief of Base; (4) Command Operating Budget
COBE Cosmic Background Explorer
COBOL Common Business Oriented Language
COC Combat Operations Center
COCOM (1) Coordinating Committee; (2) Combatant Command
COD Carrier On-board Delivery
CODIS Continuity of Defense Intelligence Systems
COE Common Operating Environment
COEA Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis
COFIR Compendium of Future Intelligence Requirements
COFs Central Operating Facilities
CofS Chief of Staff
COG (1) Combined Operations Group;
(2) Continuity of Government; (3) Center of Gravity
COI Communities of Interest
COIC Combat Operations Intelligence Center (USAFE)
COIN Counterinsurgency
COINS (1) Consolidated On-Line Intelligence System;
(2) Community On-Line Intelligence Network Systems
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 Collection
COLLECT Collection
COLOP Collection Opportunity (messages)
COLT Combat Observation and Laser Team
COM (1) Computer Output to Microform; (2) Chief of Mission
(U.S. Embassy); (3) Collection Operations Management;
(4) Commander
COMA Court of Military Appeals
COMACC Commander, Air Combat Command
COMAAFCE Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe
COMAFFOR Commander, Air Force Forces
COMAFOSI Commander, Air Force Office of Special Investigations

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COMAFSOC Commander, U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command
COMAFSPACE Commander, Air Force Space Command
COMALCOM Commander, Alaskan Command
COMAMC Commander, Air Mobility Command
COMARSPACECOM Commander, Army Space Command
COMASPC 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
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
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
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 (1) Committee on Exchanges; (2) Communications Exercise
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

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COMIDEASTFOR Commander, Middle East Force (USN)
COMINEWARCOM Commander, Mine Warfare Command
COMINT Communications Intelligence
COMINTADTSK COMINT Advisory Tasking Message
COMIREX Committee on Imagery Requirements and 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
COML Commercial
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 (1) Communication; (2) Commercial
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
COMMS CTR Communications Center
COMMZ Communications Zone
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

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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, U.S. 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
COMPACAF Commander, Pacific Air Forces
COMPASS Computerized Movement Planning and Status System
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
COMSC Commander, Military Sealift Command
COMSEC Communications Security
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

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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, U.S. 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
COMUSFOR KOREA Commander, U.S. Forces Korea
COMUSFK Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea
COMUSFORAZ Commander, U.S. Forces, Azores
COMUSFORCARIB Commander, U.S. Forces, Caribbean
COMUSFORCNTY Commander US Forces Country
COMUSJ Commander, U.S. Forces, Japan
COMUSJAPAN Commander, U.S. Forces, Japan (also COMUSJ)
COMUSJTF Commander, United States Joint Task Force
COMUSJUWTF Commander, United States Joint Unconventional WarfareTask
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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, U.S. Naval Forces, Philippines
COMUSNAVSO Commander, U.S. Naval Forces South
COMUSNAVTF Commander, United States Naval Task Force
COMZEALAND Commander, Allied Land Forces, New Zealand
CON Control(led)
CONAD Continental Air Defense Command
CONDECA Central America Defense Council
CONF Confidential
CONFIG Configuration
CONG Congress
CONGEN Consul General
CONGINT Congressional Interest
ConNMJIC Contingency NMJIC
CONOBJTR Conscientious Objector
CONOP(S) Concept of Operation(s)
CONOPS (1) United States Army Intelligence Command Continental
(United States) Operations; (2) Concept of Operations
CONPG Chairman, Operational Nuclear Planning Group
CONPLAN (1) Concept Plan; (2) Contingency Plan
CONR CONUS NORAD Region
CONTEXT Conferencing and Text Manipulation System
CONTRA- Against, Opposite (Prefix)
CONUS Continental United States
CONUSA Continental United States Army
CONVL Conventional
COOP Continuity of Operations Plan
COORD Coordination
COP (1) Command Observation Post; (2) Crashout Package
COPG Chairman, Operational Planners Group
COPRA Comparative Postwar Recovery Analysis
COPRL Command Operations Priority Requirements List

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COPSTRAT Continuity of Operations Plan (USSTRATCOM)
COR (1) Command Operationally Ready; (2) Central Office of
Record; (3) Contracting Officer’s Representative
CORCEN Correlation Center
CORE Contingency Response (Program)
CORL (1) Collection Opportunity Requirements List;
(2) Chief of Receive Location
CORM Commission on Roles and Missions
CORPS SAM Corps Surface-to-Air Missile
CORTRAIN Corps/Division Training Coordination Program
COS (1) Combat Operations Staff; (2) Chief of Station;
(3) Chief of Staff; (4) Communications Segment
cos Cosine
COSAL Consolidated Ship/Squadron Allowance
COSCOM Corps Support Command
COSIN Control Staff Instructions
COSA Commander, Oceanographic Systems, Atlantic
COSP Commander, Oceanographic Systems, Pacific
COSPO Community Open Source Program Office Cotangent
COTP Captain of the Port
COTR Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
COTS (1) Commercial Off-the-Shelf;
(2) Container Offloading Transfer System
COUNTERMASINT Counter Measurements and Signature Intelligence
COVCOM Covert Communications
CoVRT Commanders (and Staff) Visualization Research Tool
CP (1) Contingency Planning; (2) Command Post; (3) Character
Position; (4) Communications Processor; (5) Central Processor;
(6) Career Program; (7) Counterproliferation
C&P Characteristics and Performance
C-P Counterproliferation
CPA (1) Chairman’s Program Assessment; (2) Collection
Planning Aid; (3) CJCS Preparedness Assessment
CPAT Collection Planning and Targeting
CPB Charged Particle Beam
CPBS (1) Capabilities Programming and Budgeting System;
(2) Consolidated Program and Budgeting System
CPC (1) Coastal Patrol Boat; (2) Collection and Processing Center;
(3) Central Processing Center
CPE (1) Circular Probable Error; (2) Central Production Element
CPFL Contingency Planning Facilities List
CPI Communications Processor and Interface
CPIA Chemical Propulsion Information Agency
CPIC Coastal Patrol and Interdiction Craft
CPM Cycles Per Minute
CPMIEC China Precision Machinery Import Export Corporation
CPNET Custom Product Network

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CPO (1) Command Project Officer; (2) Chief Petty Officer
CPP Communist Party of the Philippines
CPR (1) Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation; (2) Chairman’s
Program Recommendations
CPS (1) Collection Problem Set; (2) Correlation Processing Sub-
system; (3) Characters Per Second;
(4) COMSEC Parent Switch; (5) Craft Positioning System
CPSB Career Program Selection Board
CPSS Computer Systems Squadron
CPSU Communist Party of the Soviet Union
CPT Command Post Terminal
CPU (1) Central Processing Unit; (2) Communications
Processing Unit; (3) Computer Processing Unit
CPX Command Post Exercise
CP OSCAR Command Post Operations Support Center and Rear
CP TANGO Command Post Tactical Air, Naval, Ground Operations
CQB Close Quarter Battle
C-QUIP Combined Quarterly Intelligence Production Listing
CR (1) Crisis Relocation; (2) Combat Radius; (3) Collection
Request; (4) Close Range; (5) Collections Requirement
CRAF Civil Reserve Air Fleet
CRB Contingency Reference Book
CRBIF Crisis Basis Imagery File
CRC (1) Command and Reporting Center; (2) Control and Reporting
Center; (3) CONUS Replacement Center
CRDC United States Army Chemical Research & Development Center
CRDL Collateral Recurring Document Listing
CRE (1) Combat Readiness Evaluation;
(2) Control and Reporting Element
CREST Covert Reconnaissance/Strike
CRF (1) Crisis Response Force; (2) Cable Reports File
CRIMP Crisis Management Plan
CRIS Command Resources Information System
CRISCON Crisis Condition (I&W System)
C-RISTA Counter-Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Target
Acquisition
CRITIC (1) Critical Intelligence; (2) Critical Intelligence Message;
(3) Critical Intelligence Communication
CRITICOM Critical Intelligence Communications Network
CRJOIC Central Region Joint Operational Intelligence Center
CRL Certificate Revocation List
CRM Collection Requirements Management
CRMA Collection Requirements Management Architecture/Application
CRMO Collection Requirements Management Office(r)
CRMP Collection Requirements Management Program or Plan
CRMS Collection Requirements Management System
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CROF Crete Remote Operating Facility
CROM Continuous Read-Only Memory
CRP (1) Control and Reporting Post; (2) COMSEC Resources Program
CRRC Combat Rubber Raiding Craft
CRRES Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
CRRS Customer Requirements Registration System
CRS (1) COMIREX Requirements Structure; (2) Combined Record-
ing Site; (3) Comprehensive Retrieval Subsystem; (4) Catholic
Relief Service; (5) Congressional Research Service; (6) Commu-
nity Relations Service
CRT (1) Cathode Ray Tube (Terminal); (2) Combat Readiness
Training; (3) Crisis Response Team
CRTA Chief of Rocket Troops and Artillery
CRUDESGRU Cruiser-Destroyer Group
CRWG Current Requirements Working Group
CRYPTO (1) Cryptography/Cryptographic; (2) Cryptologic
CS (1) Combat Support; (2) Communications Subsystem;
(3) Constant Source; (4) Chief of Staff; (5) Central Servers;
(6) Coalition Support
CS1 Critical-Sensitive Level 1
CSA (1) Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; (2) Central Supplies Agency of
NATO; (3) Corps Support Activity; (4) Combat Support
Agency(ies)
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
CSAR Combat Search and Rescue
CSAW Cryptologic Support to Amphibious Warfare
CSB (1) Close Silo Basing; (2) Collection Support Brief (HUMINT);
(3) Current Situation Branch
CSBR Commander, Special Boat Squadron
CSC (1) Community Support Center; (2) Customer Support Center;
(3) Combat Support Cell
CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
CSCG Communications Security Control Group
CSCI (1) Commercial Satellite Communications Initiative;
(2) Computer Software Configuration Interface
CSCR Computer System Change Request
CSDS Command Spatial Display System
CSCT Combat Support Coordination Team
CSE (1) Cryptologic Support Element(s); (2) Command Support
Element; (3) Client Server Environment; (4) Canadian SIGINT
Establishment; (5) Communi-cations Security Element
CSE-SS Client Server Environment-System Services
CSEL Combat Survivor-Evader Locator
CSENCNET Satellite Education Network
CSF Command Support Functions

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CSFOCI Force Protection Operations
CSG (1) Cryptologic Support Group; (2) Chairman’s Staff Group;
(3) Combat Support Group; (4) Corps Support Group
CSG-SOCOM Cryptologic Support Group/USSOCOM
CSGN Nuclear Strike Cruiser
CSI Commercial Satellite Interconnectivity
C-SIGINT Counter Signals Intelligence
CSIS Canadian Security and Investigative Service
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
CSMO Cryptologic Support to Military Operations
C3SMP Command, Control, Communications System Master Plan
CSMR Coarse Spatial Resolution, Multispectral
CSOC Consolidated Space Operations Center
CSP (1) Communications Support Processor; (2) Crisis Staffing Pro-
cedures; (3) Contingency Support Package
CSP/HOL Communications Support Processor/High Order Language
CSPAR (1) Central Strategic Processing, Analysis, and Reporting;
(2) CINC’s Preparedness Assessment Report
CSPO Consolidated SAFE Project Office
CSR (1) Current Situation Room; (2) Coastal Surveillance Radar;
(3) Controlled Supply Rate; (4) Collection Support Require-
ment; (5) Combat Search & Rescue
CSRD Communication-Computer Systems Requirement Document
CSRS Civil Service Retirement System
CSS (1) Communications Security System; (2) Communications Sup-
port System; (3) Central Security Service; (4) Combat Service
Support; (5) Collateral Support System; (6) Contingency Sup-
port Study; (7) Communications System Segment; (8) Common
Sensor System; (9) COMSEC Subordinate Switch; (10) Combat
Surveillance Service; (11) Continuous Signature Service;
(12) Coded Switch System; (13) Command Specific Server
CSSA Cryptologic Shore Support Activity
CSSCS (1) Combat Service Support Control System;
(2) Combat Service Support Computer System
CSSD Combat Service Support Detachment
CSSE Combat Service Support Element
CSSO Contractor Special Security Officer
CSSP Combined Services Support Program
CSSOC Combat Service Support Operations Center
CSSR CSS Replacement
CSST Combat Service Support Team
CST (1) Central Standard Time; (2) Coastal Survey Team;
(3) Coalition 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 (1) Training Cruiser; (2) Counterterrorism; (3) Combating
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CTA (1) Central Technical Authority; (2) Common Table of Allowances
CTAI Continuous-Tone Aerial Imagery
CTAK Cypher-Text Auto-Key
CTAPS Contingency Theater Automated Planning System
CTB Comprehensive Test Ban
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CTC (1) Combat Targeting Center; (2) Counterterrorism Center;
(3) Combat Training Center
CTD (1) Collective Training Directorate; (2) Charge Transfer Device
CTDR Commercial Training Device Requirements
CT&E Certification Test and Evaluation
CTE Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
CTEA Cost and Training Effectiveness Analysis
CTF/JTF (1) Crisis Task Force; (2) Commander Task Force;
(3) Central Training Flight; (4) Combined Task Force;
(5) Joint Task Force; (6) Consolidated Training Facility
CTF-B Combined Task Force-Bomber
CTF-BM Combined Task Force-Battle Management
CTF-C2 Combined Task Force Director of Intelligence
CTF PC II CTF Provide Comfort II
CTG Commander, Task Group
CTH Aviation Training Cruiser
CTIA Counter Technical Intelligence Activities
CTIS Commander’s Tactical Information System
CTL Critical Task List
CTLZ Control Zone
CTOC Corps Tactical Operations Center
CTOCSE CTOC Support Element
CTOL Conventional Take-Off and Landing
CTP Consolidated Telecommunications Program
CTR Center
CTRL Control
CTS (1) Course Training Standards;
(2) Communications Technology Satellite
CTSCR Critical Time-Sensitive Collection Requirement
CTT (1) Commanders’ Tactical Terminal; (2) Common Task Test;
(3) Combat Control Team
CTTA Certified TEMPEST Technical Authority
CTT-H Commanders’ Tactical Terminal-Hybrid
CTTP (1) USCENTCOM Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures Manual;
(2) Component 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

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CUDIXS Common-User Digital Information Exchange System
CUL Combined User Language
CURR Current
CUSRPG Canadian-U.S. Regional Planning Group (NATO)
CUWTF Combined Unconventional Warfare Task Force
CV (1) Multipurpose Aircraft Carrier; (2) Carrier Vehicle;
(3) Aircraft Carrier
CUP COMSEC Utility Program
CVA Clandestine Vulnerability Analysis
CVAN CINCPAC Voice Alert Network
CVBF Carrier Battle Force
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
CVRT Combat Vehicle (Reconnaissance, Tracked)
CVS (1) Antisubmarine Aircraft Carrier;
(2) Commercial Vendor Services
CVSD Continuously Variable-Slope Delta Modulation
CVT Training Aircraft Carrier
CVTS Compressed Video Transmission Service
CVW Carrier Air Wing
CW (1) Chemical Warfare; (2) Carrier Wave; (3) Continuous Wave; (4)
CONSTANT WATCH; (5) Composite Wing; (6) Commonwealth
C/W Crisis/Wartime
CWC (1) Composite Warfare Commander;
(2) Conventional Weapons Guide
CWG Coordinates Working Group
CWI Conventional Weapons Index
CWIS Crisis Window Information System
CWO (1) Communications Watch Office; (2) Chief Warrant Officer
CWS (1) Compartmented Work Station;
(2) Collateral Workstation (ASAS)
CWT Chemical Weapons Treaty
C2X CCTF C2 OBI/CI Support Element
CY Calendar Year
CYCLOPS Fleet Support Message
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5D Demand-Driven Direct Digital Dissemination
D (1) Deciduous; (2) Density
D2 Data Distribution
DA (1) Department of the Army; (2) Long-Range Aviation (USSR);
(3) Double Agent; (4) Direct Action
D/A Digital/Analog
DAA Designated Approval Authority
DAB Defense Acquisition Board
DABM Defense Against Ballistic Missiles (Now SDI)
DABS Dynamic Air Blast Simulator
DAC (1) Development Assistance Committee of OECD;
(2) Department of Army Civilian; (3) Discretionary Access
Control
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 (1) Device Access Control Unit;
(2) Device Attachment Control Unit
DAD Dual Air Density
DAES Defense Acquisition Executive Summary
DAF Department of the Air Force
DAG (1) Defense Special Security Communications Systems Address
Group; (2) Divisional Artillery Group (FSU)
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 Defense Attache Office
DAP Designated Acquisition Program
DAPA Drug and Alcohol Program Advisor
DAR Designated Area for Recovery
DARC District Area Command
DARO Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
DARP Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Program
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DARS (1) Daily Aerial Reconnaissance and Surveillance;
(2) Daily Apportionment and Reconnaissance Scheduling;
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DARSC Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Steering Committee
DARSP Defense Academic Research Support Program
DART (1) Developmental Air Reports Tracker;
(2) Deployable Automated Remote Terminal
DARTS Digital Antijam Radio Teletype System
DAS (1) Defense Attache System; (2) Data Acquisition Segment
DASC Direct Air Support Center
DASD (1) Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense;
(2) Direct Access Storage Device
DASD(I&S) Deputy ASD (Intelligence and Security)
DASH Deployable Automated Support Host
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 Decibel
DB Data Base
DBA Data Base Administrator
DBAS Data Base Applications System
DBBL Dismounted Battlespace Battle Lab
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
dB/K Decibels per Degrees Kelvin
dBm Decibels (referred to 1 milliwatt)
DBMAINT Data Base Administrator
DBMS Data Base Management System
DBQ Data Base Query
DBS (1) Data Broadcast System (also known as SCAMPI);
(2) Direct Broadcast Service
dBSM Decibels Per Square Meter
dBw Decibels Referenced to One Watt of Power
DC (1) District Commissioner; (2) Damage Control;
(3) Defense Council; (4) Direct Current

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DCA (1) Defense Communications Agency; (2) Defense
Cooperation Agreement; (3) Defensive Counter Air
DCAEUR Defense Communications Agency Europe
DCAOC DCA Operations Control Center
DCAPSS Dual Criteria Aimpoint Selection System
DCAS (1) Deployable Consolidated Applications Server;
(2) Deployable Communications Applications Shelter
DCCC Defense Collection Coordination Center
DCE (1) Defensive Counter Espionage;
(2) Data Communications Equipment
D-Cell Deployment Cell
DCF DOCS Certification Facility
DCG Deputy Commanding General
DCGS Distributed Common Ground System
DCI Director of Central Intelligence
DCIA Director, Central Intelligence Agency
DCIB Defense Counterintelligence Board
DCID Director of Central Intelligence Directive
DCII Defense Central Index of Investigations
DCI&S Director of Counterintelligence and Security
DCIIS Defense CI Integrated Information System
DCINC Deputy Commander in Chief
DCIP Defense Counterdrug Intelligence Program
DCL Direct Communications Link
DCM Deputy Chief of Mission
DCMM Database Creation and Management Module
DCMS Database Creation and Management Segment
DCN Defense Communications Network
DCO (1) Defense Communications Office; (2) Deputy Commander for
Operations (USAFE); (3) Dial Central Office; (4) Deputy Com-
manding Officer
DCOS Deputy Chief of Staff
DCOSIPR Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence Plans and Requirements
DCP (1) Disaster Control Plan; (2) Decision Coordinating Paper;
(3) Defense Cryptologic Program
DCR Data Change Request
DCRSI Digital Cassette Recording System (Improved)
DCS (1) Defense Communications System; (2) Deputy Chief of Staff;
(3) Defense Courier Service
DCS/I Deputy Chief of Staff Intelligence
DCS/IN Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence
DCSCA Defense Communications System Central Area
DCSEC Deputy Chief of Staff, Security
DCSI Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence
DCSIM Deputy Chief of Staff, Information Management
DCSI/DCSINT Deputy Chief of Staff Intelligence (USAREUR)
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DCSLOG Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics
DCSO Deputy Commander for Space Operations
DCSOPS Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations & Plans
DCSP Design Controlled Spare Part(s)
DCSPER Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel
DCS/SSI Deputy Chief of Staff for Safety, Security, and Intelligence
DCSTOP Damage Criteria Study Target Data Base
DCTN Defense Commercial Telecommunications/Teleconferencing
Network
DD (1) Destroyer; (2) Deputy Director;
(3) Department of Defense; (4) Differential Doppler
D&D Denial and Deception
DDAC Foreign Denial and Deception Analysis Committee
D/DARO Director, DARO
D-Day Day in which a particular operation begins
DDC (1) Defense Documentation Center; (2) Data Distribution Center
DDCI Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
DDCMP Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
DDDDD Demand-Driven Direct Digital Dissemination System
DDG Guided Missile Destroyer
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
DDN (1) Defense Data Network; (2) Defense Dissemination Network
DDO (1) Deputy Director of Operations; (2) Deputy Duty Officer
DDP Defense Dissemination Program
DDPO Defense Dissemination Program Office
DDR&E Director, Defense Research and Engineering
DDRS Defense Data Repository System
DDS (1) Defense Dissemination System; (2) Dry Deck Shelter;
(3) Dual Driver Service (courier)
DDS/RL Defense Dissemination System/Receive Location
DDSP Defense Development Sharing Project
DDSS Document Dissemination and Storage Segment
DDT (1) Training Destroyer; (2) Distributed Decision-Aid Terminal
DDU Distant Device Unit
DE (1) Damage Expectancy; (2) Directed Energy;
(3) Directorate for Estimates (DIA)
DE-U Dissemination Element-Upgrade
DE/EW Directed Energy/Electronic Warfare
DEA Drug Enforcement Administration
DEACON Defense Estimates Analytical Computer On-Line Network

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DEB (1) Digital European Backbone; (2) Defense Estimative Brief;
(3) Debris (Orbital)
DEC Digital Equipment Corporation
DEC (VAX) Digital Equipment Corporation (Virtual Address Extension)
DECCO Defense Commercial Contracting Office (now DITCO)
DECM (1) Defense Electronic Countermeasures;
(2) Deceptive Electronic Countermeasures
DECON Decontaminate(ion)
DEDAC Deception and Denial Analysis Committee
DEDDF Digital Elevation Data Dubbing Facility
DEF Defense
DEFCON (1) Defense Condition; (2) Defense Readiness Condition
DEFCOS Defense Courier System
DEFPLAN Defense Plan
DEFSMAC Defense Special Missile and Astronautics Center
Deg Degree
DEGRAD Degradation
DELORME a Digital Mapping Computer Program
DEMEX Demonstration Exercise
DEMOD Demodulator
DEMONS Demonstration System
DEMPC Data Exploitation, Mission Planning, Communications/Center
DENAS Daily European Naval Activity Summary
DEP (1) Deflection Error Probable;
(2) Defense Estimate for Production; (3) Deployed
DEPCOMNAVCENT Deputy COMNAVCENT
DEPCOMUSNAVCENT Deputy Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command
DEPREP Deployment Report
DEPSECDEF Deputy Secretary of Defense
DEPT Department
DES (1) Digital Exploitation System; (2) Data Encryption Standard
DESA Defense Evaluation Support Activity
DESC Defense Electronics Supply Center
DESIGN Designator (U.S. Navy)
DESIST Decision Support and Information System for Terrorism
DESS Defense Exploitation Support System
DESRON Destroyer Squadron
DET/Det Detachment
DEW (1) Distant Early Warning; (2) Directed Energy Weapon
DEWLINE Distant Early Warning Line
DF (1) Direction Finding; (2) Disposition Form;
(3) Deuterium Floride
DFAD Digitized Feature Analysis Data
DFDS Data Facility Dataset Services
DFED Digitized Features Data
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DFLP (1) Defense Foreign Language Program;
(2) Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
DFM Deterrent Force Modules
DFOV Dual Field of View
DFRIF Defense Freight Railway Interchange Fleet
DFS Direction Finding Subsystem
DFT (1) Deployed for Training Team; (2) Deployment for Training
DG Defense Guidance
DGCL Ground Mobile Forces Control Link
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 (1) Desired Ground Zero; (2) Designated Ground Zero
DH-7 deHavilland Dash 7 (Drug Interdiction Aircraft)
DHCA Data Handling Capability Analysis
DHFN Direct Hire Foreign National
DHS Defense HUMINT Service
DI (1) Director of Intelligence (USEUCOM);
(2) Directorate for Foreign Intelligence (DIA)
DIA (1) Defense Intelligence Agency;
(2) Defense Intelligence Assessment
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
DIAM Defense Intelligence Agency Manual
DIAMCP DIA Master Contingency Plan
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 (1) Defense Intelligence Board; (2) Defense Intelligence Brief;
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DIC (1) Defense Intelligence Community; (2) Difference in Condi-
tion; (3) Defense Intelligence College (Now JMIC); (4) Defense
Intelligence Commentary
DICBM Depressed Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
DICP Defense Intelligence Counterdrug Program
DID (1) Data Line Description; (2) Defense Intelligence Digest
(Now Military Intelligence Digest);
(3) Data Item Description
DIDHS Deployable Intelligence Data Handling System
DIDOP Digital Image Data Output Product
DIDS Defense Intelligence Dissemination System
DIDSRS Defense Intelligence Dissemination, Storage and Retrieval
System
DIE Defense Intelligence Estimate
DIEB Defense Intelligence Executive Board
DIEC Deployable Imagery Exploitation Capability
DIEPS Digital Imagery Exploitation and Production System
DIEM Defense Intelligence Estimates Memorandum
DIEOB Defense Intelligence Electronic Order of Battle
DIFAR (1) Directional Frequency Analysis and Recording System;
(2) Directional Frequency and Ranging
DIFAX (1) Defense Intelligence Facsimile;
(2) Defense Intelligence Security Facsimile Network
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 (1) Defense Intelligence Notice;
(2) Defense Intelligence Network; (3) AUTODIN
DINAH Desktop Interface to AUTODIN Host
DINOB Defense Intelligence Naval Order of Battle
DINSUM Defense Intelligence Summary

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DIO (1) Defense Intelligence Officer (DIA); (2) District Intelligence
Officer (U.S. Navy); (3) Defence Intelligence Organisation
(Australian)
DIOB Defense Intelligence Order of Battle
DIOBS Defense Intelligence Order of Battle System
DIOP Defense Intelligence Objectives and Priorities
DIP (1) Defense Intelligence Plan; (2) Defense Imagery Program
DIPC Defense Intelligence Production Council/Conference
DIPFAC (1) U.S. Diplomatic Facilities Graphic; (2) Diplomatic Facility
DIPOLES Defense Intelligence Photoreconnaissance On-Line Exploitation
System
DIPP Defense Intelligence Projection for Planning
DIPS (1) Defense Intelligence Production Schedule;
(2) Digital Imagery Processing System;
(3) Def Intelligence Production Study
DIR (1) Defense Intelligence Report; (2) Directive;
(3) Defense Imagery Report; (4) Director; (5) Direction
DIRCM Direct Infrared Countermeasures
DIRES Defense Imagery Requirements and 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 (1) Defense Intelligence Reference Series;
(2) Defense Imagery Reference Series
DIS (1) Defence Intelligence Staff (U.K.); (2) Defense Investigative
Service; (3) Defense Intelligence Summary; (4) Daily Intelli-
gence Summary; (5) Distributive Interactive Simulation;
(6) Data Integration System; (7) Defense Information System
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DISA-EUR Defense Information Systems Agency-Europe
DISA-PAC DISA-Pacific
DISA WESTHEM DISA Western Hemisphere
DISAM Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management
DISC Daily Intelligence Summary Cable
DISC4 Director of Information Systems Command, Control, Communi-
cations and Computers
DISCAS Defense Intelligence Special Career Automated System
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
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DISOB Defense Intelligence Space Order of Battle
DISP Defense Industrial Security Program
DISPEWT Defense Intelligence Space Electronic Warfare Threat Data Base
DISR (1) Daily Indicator Status Report;
(2) Defense Indications Status Report
DISS (1) Digest of Intelligence and Security Services;
(2) Dissemination
DISSEM Dissemination
DISSO Deputy Information Systems Security Officer
DIST Digital Imagery Support Terminal
DISTAFF Directing Staff (NATO Commands, JECG)
DISTS Defense Intelligence Secure Telephone System
DISTP Defense Intelligence Special Technologies Program
DISUM (1) Daily Intelligence Summary;
(2) Defense Intelligence Summary
DIT Defense Intelligence Thesaurus
DITB Digital Imagery Test Bed
DITCO Defense Information Technology Contracting Office
(formerly DECCO)
DITDS Defense Intelligence Threat Data System
DITEQ Defense Intelligence Thesaurus Equivalency List
DITFOR Defense Intelligence Technical Forum
DITS Digital Imagery Transmission System
DITSUM Defense Intelligence Terrorism Summary
DIV (1) Division; (2) Defense Intelligence Videocassette
DIVARTY Division Artillery
DIVISION Enciphered Television
DIW Dead in Water
DIWO Duty Intelligence Watch Officer
DIWS (1) Digital Imagery Workstation Suite; (2) Defense Indications
and Warning System; (3) DOD Intelligence Warning System
DJ2 Deputy Director of Intelligence
DJS Director, Joint Staff
DJSM DJS Memorandum
DJTF Deployable Joint Task Force
DJTFAC DJTF Augmentation Cell
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DLAB Defense Language Aptitude Battery
DLEA Drug Law Enforcement Agency
DLED Dedicated Loop Encryption Device
DLI Defense Language Institute
DLIFLC Defense Language Institute, Foreign Language Center
DLO Defense Liaison Office
DLPT Defense Language Proficiency Test
DLTV Daylight Television
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DM (1) Dissemination Manager; (2) Decompression Monitor
DMA (1) Defense Mapping Agency; (2) Direct Memory Access
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&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
DMPI Desired Mean Point of Impact
DMS (1) Data Management System; (2) Defense Message System
DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite (or Support) Program
DMZ Demilitarized Zone
DN (1) Data Net; (2) Duplicate Negative;
(3) Department of the Navy
DNA (1) Defense Nuclear Agency; (2) Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DNAS (1) DODIIS Network Access System;
(2) Data Network Access System
DNC (1) Director, Naval Communications; (2) Digital Nautical Chart
DNCC Data Network Control Center
DND Department of National Defence (Canada)
DNI Director of Naval Intelligence
DNSIX DODIIS Network Security for Information Exchange
DNVT Digital Non-Secure Voice Terminal
DO Director of Operations
DOA (1) Department of the Army; (2) Date of Arrival;
(3) Director of Administration; (4) Dead on Arrival
DOAT JAC Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence Analysis Branch
DOB (1) Depth of Burst; (2) Date of Birth; (3) Defense Order of Battle
DOC Department of Commerce
DOCC (1) Defense Communications Agency Operations Center
Complex; (2) Deep Operations Coordination Cell;
(3) DISA Operational Control Complex
DOCEX (1) Document Exploitation; (2) Document Exploitation Center
DOCKLAMP Defense Attache System Message Channel
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DoD, DOD (1) Department of Defense; (2) Date of Death;
(3) Date of Departure
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
DOD SAT COM DOD Satellite Communications
DODSI Department of Defense Security Institute
DODSPECREP DoD Special Representative
DOD TCSEC DOD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria
DOE Department of Energy
DOF Disposition of Forces
DOI (1) Date of Information; (2) Duration of Illumination;
(3) Director of Intelligence; (4) Imagery Division (JAC);
(5) Director of Operations and Intelligence; (6) DSSCS Operat-
ing Instruction; (7) Date of Intercept
DOJ Department of Justice
DOMS Directorate of Military Support
DOMSAT Domestic Satellite
DON Department of the Navy
DOO Daily Operations Order (NATO)
DOPS DIA Outline Plotting System
DOS (1) Department of State; (2) Date of Separation;
(3) Disk Operating System; (4) Direct Operating System
DOSCOM Division Support Command
DoSIP Department of State Intelligence Program
DOSTN Department of State Telecommunications Network
DOT Department of Transportation
DP (1) Duplicate Positive; (2) Development Program;
(3) Displaced Person; (4) Delegated Production;
(5) Directorate of Production; (6) Data Processing;
(7) Decision Point; (8) Director of Personnel
DPAC Defense Program Analysis Center
DPAE Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation
DPAS (1) Digital Patch and Access System;
(2) Defense Priorities and Allocations System
DPC Defense Planning Committee (NATO)
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DPG Defense Planning Guidance
DPI Desired Point of Impact
DPIC (1) Decentralized Pacific Imagery Processing and Interpretation
Center; (2) Defense Photographic Interpretation Center
DPICM Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions
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 (1) Delegated Production Program; (2) Deliberate Planning Pro-
cess; (3) Distributed Production Program
DPPC Deployable Print Production Center
DPPDB Digital Point Positioning Database
DPPG Defense Policy and Planning Guidance
DPQ Defense Planning Questionnaire (NATO)
DPRB Defense Planning and Resources Board
DPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
DPS (1) Delegated Production System; (2) Data Processing Set;
(3) Department of Public Safety
DPSK Digital Pulse Shift Key
DR (1) Director; (2) Dissemination Requirement;
(3) Directorate of Resources; (4) Detection Radar
DRA Defense Research Assessment
DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory
DRASH Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelters
DRB Defense Resources Board
DRC (1) Defense Review Committee (NATO); (2) Defense Research
Comment; (3) Data Reduction Center
DR&E Defense Research and Engineering
DRIC Defense Resource Identification Code
DRM Defense Research Memorandum
DRO Departmental Requirements Officer
DRP Disaster Relief Program
DRS (1) Data Relay Satellite; (2) DoD Imagery Requirements
Structure; (3) Data Retrieval Subsystem;
(4) Data Reconstruction System
DRSA Defense Reconnaissance Support Activities
DRSEM Deployable Receive Segment Engineering Model
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DRSP (1) Defense Reconnaissance Support Program;
(2) Defense Red Switched Program
DRU Direct Reporting Unit
DRZ Deep Reconnaissance Zone
DS (1) Defense Suppression; (2) Direct Support
DS&T Director of Science and Technology
DSA (1) Defense Supply Agency; (2) Direct Service Activities
(SIGINT); (3) Directed Search Area; (4) Division Support Area;
(5) Defense Security Agency (ROK); (6) Digital Signature
Algorithm
D&SA Depth & Simultaneous Attack
DSAA Defense Security Assistance Agency
D&SABL Depth & Simultaneous Attack Battle Lab
DSARC Defense Systems Acquisition Review Council
DSAT (1) Developmental Submarine Analysis Terminal;
(2) Defense Satellite
DSB Defense Science Board
DSC Defense Satellite Communications
DSCIS Daily Space Command Intelligence Summary
DSCS Defense Satellite Communications System
DSC-SLEP Defense Satellite Communications System Service Life
Enhancement Program
DSCSOC Defense Satellite Communications System Operations Center
DSDIO Director, Strategic Defense Initiative
DSE (1) Direct Support Element; (2) Division Support Element
DSEC Directorate of Security
DSFOB Daily Strategic Forces Order of Battle
DSG Defense Steering Group
DSI Defense Simulation Internet
DSIATP Defense Sensor Imagery Application Training Programs
DSIIB Direct Support Imagery Interpretation Brief
DSIMS Deployable SouthCom Intelligence Management System
DSI/TCCS Defense Simulation Internet/Theater Command and
Control System
DSM Data Systems Modernization
DSN (1) Defense Switched Network; (2) Deep Space Network
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 Direct Support Operator/Operations
DSP Defense Support Program
DSPO Defense Special Projects Office
DSR (1) Defense Source Register; (2) Data Service Request
DSRA DODSPECREP-Alameda
DSRP Defense Space Reconnaissance Program
DSRV Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle

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DSS (1) Decision Support System;
(2) Devices, Simulators and Simulations
DSSCC Defense Special Security Communications Center
DSSCS Defense Special Secure Communications System
DSSCS/DIN Defense Special Security Communications System/Digital Intel-
ligence Network
DSSR Deep Space Surveillance Radar
DSSS Defense Special Security System
DST (1) Daylight Savings Time; (2) Decision Support Template;
(3) Decision Support Tools; (4) Direct Support Team; (5) Digital
Support Team
DSTE Digital Subscriber Terminal Equipment
DSTF Decision Support Task Force
DSTP Director, Strategic Target Planning
DSTS Deep Space Tracking System
DSU (1) Direct Support Unit; (2) Disk Storage Unit;
(3) Data Service Unit (DCTN)
DSV Deep Submergence Vehicle
DSVT (1) Digital Subscriber Voice Terminal;
(2) Digital Secure Voice Terminal
DT (1) Developmental Test;
(2) Directorate for Science and Technology
DTA Directorate of Threat Analysis
DTC (1) Digital Tape Cassette; (2) Desktop Computer
DTC-2 Desktop Computer-2 (Navy)
DTD Digital Terrain Data
DT&E Developmental Test and Evaluation
DTE Data Terminal Equipment
DTED Digital Terrain Elevation Data
DTG Date-Time Group
DTI Doppler-Time-Intensity
DTIC 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 (1) Data Transfer Module; (2) Digital Transfer Module;
(3) Digital Target Materials
DTMF Dual-Tone Multi-Frequency
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
DTD Data Transfer Device
DTP Drug Testing Program

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DTS (1) Diplomatic Telecommunications System/Service;
(2) Data Transmission System; (3) Direct Transmission System;
(4) Dedicated Transmission Service
DTSA Defense Technology Security Administration
DTSG Digital Technology Subworking Group
DTSS Digital Topographic Support System
DTU Data Transfer Unit
DTUC Data Transfer Unit Cartridge
DUCA Distributed Users Coverage Antennas
DUG Deep Underground
DUPLEX Simultaneous Transmit and Receive
DVO Direct View Optics
DVM Digital Voice Module
DVTC Digital Voice Transmit Communications
D/TWP Director, Tactical Warfare Programs
DTWS Digital Topographic Work Station
DU (1) Decision Unit; (2) Depleted Uranium
DUA Directory User Agent
DUSD(AT) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Advanced Technology)
DUSD(P) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)
DV Distinguished Visitor
DVI Digital Video Interactive
DVITS Digital Video Imagery Transmission System
DVO Defense Visit Offices
DWIO Duty Watch Intelligence Officer (Canadian)
DWIP Defense-Wide Intelligence Plan
DWS Disaster Warning System
DWT (1) Deadweight Ton; (2) Division Wing Team
DZ/LZ Drop Zone/Landing Zone
DZ/LZ/RZ Drop/Landing/Recovery Zone
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E
e Elipticity
E Evaporites (soil type)
EA (1) Emergency Action(s); (2) Electronic Attack;
(3) Executive Agent
E&A (1) Exploitation and Analysis;
(2) Engineering and Administration
E3 (1) End-to-End Encryption;
(2) Emergency and Extraordinary Expenses
EAC (1) Emergency Action Console; (2) Echelons Above Corps
EACTPC Echelon-Above-Corps Theater Production Center
EACIC Echelon-Above-Corps Intelligence Center
EAD (1) Echelon Above Division; (2) Earliest Arrival Date;
(3) Extended Air Defense
EADSIM Extended Air Defense Simulation
EAM (1) Emergency Action Message; (2) Event Analysis Matrix
EAMA African States Associated with the EEC
EAMAS Emergency Action Message Authentication System
EAP (1) Emergency Action Procedure; (2) Emergency Action Plan
EAS Emergency Action System
EASTLANT Eastern Atlantic Command (NATO)
EASTPAC Eastern Pacific
EATTG Enhanced Automated Tactical Target Graphics
EBS Emergency Broadcast System
EC (1) European Community; (2) Expenditure Center;
(3) Electronic Combat
ECA (1) Enemy Capability Assessment; (2) Earth Central Angle;
(3) Enemy Courses of Action
ECAC Electromagnetic Compatibility Analysis Center
ECB Echelons Corps and Below
ECC (1) Eurasian Communist Countries; (2) European Communist
Countries; (3) European Community Commission
ECCM Electronic Counter-Countermeasures
ECDB EISS Consolidated Database
ECG Emergency Coordination Group
ECI External Communications Interface
ECM (1) Electronic Countermeasures; (2) European Common Market
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
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
ECP (1) Emergency Communications Plan; (2) Entry Control Point
ECPL Endorsed Data Encryption Standard Products List

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ECS (1) Electronic Combat Support; (2) European Communications
Satellite
ECSC European Coal and Steel Community
ECSM (1) Special Assistant for Security Matters;
(2) Enhanced Capability Stand-Off Munition
ECSO European Command Special Operations
ECU Environmental Control Unit (GSM)
ED (1) European Capability Datum; (2) EUCOM Directive
EDA Emergency Dissemination Authority(ies)
E-DAY Start Day of an Exercise
EDI European Defense Initiative
EDL Electric Discharge Laser
EDM Engineering Development Model
EDMS Electronic Dissemination Management System
EDN Emergency Data Network
EDP (1) Electronic Data Processing; (2) ELINT Data Processor
EDPSELINT Data Processing System
E-DRB Expanded Defense (Planning &) Resources Board
EDRE Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercises
E&E Escape and Evasion
EEA Essential Elements of Analysis
EEC (1) European Economic Community; (2) East European
Countries; (3) Enhanced Explosives Charge
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
EFCS Electronic Filmless Camera System
EFD Electronic Fill Device
EFS (1) Electronic Filing System; (2) Proper Name of System
EFTA European Free Trade Association
EFTO Encrypted for Transmission Only
EFVS Electronic Fighting Vehicle System
EGA Enhanced Graphics Adapter
EGADS Electronic Generation, Accounting, and Distribution System
EGIS East German Intelligence Service
EHF Extremely High Frequency
EI Effectiveness Index
EIA Electronics Industry Association

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EIB (1) European Investment Bank; (2) External Intelligence Bureau
EIC Economic Intelligence Committee
EIDB EISS Integrated Database
EIDS Electronic Information Delivery System
EIF (1) ECMC Interface Facility; (2) Enhanced Interface Facility
EIG Explosive Incendiary Grenade
EIP ELlNT Improvement Program
EIRP Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
EIS Enhanced Imagery System
EISI (1) Electrical Interface-SWPS/lDHS 2000;
(2) Electrical IDHS-90/SWPS Interface
EISS EUCOM Intelligence Support System
EITO EUCOM Intelligence Training Office EKIP Enhanced Korean
Information Package
EKMS Electronic Key Management System
ELDO (1) European Space Vehicle Launcher Development
Organization; (2) European Launcher Development
Organization
ELECTRO-OPINT Electro-Optical Intelligence Element
ELECTRO-OPTINT Electro-Optical Intelligence
ELEV Elevation
ELF Extremely Low Frequency
ELI Emitter Location & Identification
Elm Element
ELMT Element
ELINT Electronic Intelligence
ELISA Electronic Intelligence Search & Analysis
ELNET European Liaison Network
ELNOT ELINT Notation
ELOS Extended Line of Sight
ELS Emitter Location System
ELSEC Electronic Security
ELSET (1) Element Set; (2) Proper Name of System
ELT (1) Emergency Locator Transmitter; (2) Electronic Light Table
ELT 3000 Electronic Light Table for UNIX-based system
ELV Expendable Launch Vehicle
EM (1) Electromagnetic; (2) Enlisted Member;
(3) Environmental Monitoring
E-Mail Electronic Mail
EMA European Monetary Agreement
EMAP Electromagnetic Analysis Program
EMATS Emergency Message Automatic Transmission System
EMC Electromagnetic Compatibility
EMCS ELINT Mission Control System
EMCON Emission Control
EMCP Electromagnetic Compatibility Program

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EMD Engineering and Manufacturing Development
E&MD Engineering and Manufacturing Development
EMGTN Equivalent Megatonnage
EMHS EUCOM Message Handling System
EMI Electromagnetic Interference
EMIDS Experiment for Management Information Data Systems
EMINT Emissions Intelligence
E-MIPE Enhanced MIPE
EMIS Early Mission Identification System
EMIT Emergency Message Initiation Terminal
EMP Electromagnetic Pulse
EMR Electromagnetic Reconnaissance
EMSEC Emanations/Emissions Security
EMT (1) Emergency Management Team; (2) Equivalent Megatonnage
EMTR Eastern Missile Test Range
EMUT Enhanced Manpack UHF Terminal
En Enemy
ENDEX End Date of an Exercise
E-NET Ethernet
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 (1) Electro-Optical; (2) Executive Order; (3) Escape Orbit;
(4) End Office
EOA Early Operational Assessment
EOB (1) Electronic Order of Battle; (2) Executive Office Building;
(3) Enemy Order of Battle
EOBS Electronic Order of Battle Server
EOC Emergency Operations Center
EOD (1) Explosive Ordnance Disposal; (2) Erasable Optical Disks
EOINT Electro-Optical Intelligence
EOP Emergency Operating Procedures
E-OPTINT Electro-Optical Intelligence
EORSAT ELINT Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite
EOS Earth Observation Satellite
EOSAT Earth Observation Satellite
EOSS Electro-Optic Sensor System
EOTDA Electro-Optical Tactical Decision Aids
EOW Electro-Optic Warfare
EP (1) ELINT Processor; (2) Electronic Protection
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EPA (1) Environmental Protection Agency;
(2) Evasion Plan of Action
EPAC Eastern Pacific
EPAMS Exercise Planning and Message System
EPAT Earliest Possible Arrival Time
EPDS (1) Electronic Processing and Dissemination System;
(2) ELINT Processing and Dissemination System
EPF Exploitation Products File
EPIC El Paso Intelligence Center
EPIRB Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon
EPL (1) ELINT Parameters List; (2) Evaluated Products List
EPLRS Enhanced Position Location and Reporting System
EPMO European Production Management Office
EPR (1) Extended Planning Annex; (2) Enlisted Performance Report
EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EPS (1) ELINT Processing System; (2) Electronic Publication Sys-
tem; (3) Exploitation Problem Set; (4) Encapsulated Postscript
EPW (1) Earth Penetrator Weapon; (2) Enemy Prisoner of War
EPWG Exploitation Plans Working Group
EPUU Enhanced PLRS User Units
EQV Equivalent
ER (1) Enhanced Radiation; (2) Electronic Reconnaissance;
(3) Eastern Region; (4) EAGLE REACH
ERA (1) Extended Range Ammunition; (2) Equal Rights Amendment
ERADCOM Electronic Research and Development Command
ERAST Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology
ERBM Extended Range Ballistic Missile
ERCS Emergency Rocket Communications System
ERADCOM Electronic Research and Development Command
ERDAS Earth Resources Data Analysis System
ERF Early Reinforcing Force
ERIN Electronic Radio Intercept Network (USCS)
ERINT Extended Range Intercept Missile
ERIR Electronic Reconnaissance Intercept Report
ERIS Exo-atmospheric Reentry Vehicle Interception System
EROS Earth Resources Observational System
ERP Effective Radiated Power
ERPHO Earth Resources Photographic Satellite
ERRS Emergency Regional Reporting System
ERS (1) Emergency Relocation Site; (2) Earth Resources Satellite
ERSSO Emergency Reaction Special Security Officer
ERT Executive Reference Time
ERTM Electronic Intelligence Request Tasking Message
ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite
ERTZ Equipment Radiation TEMPEST Zone
ERW Enhanced Radiation Weapon

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ES (1) Emplacement Site; (2) Exploitation Support;
(3) Electronic Warfare Support; (4) Expert System;
(5) Electronic Support
ESA (1) European Space Agency; (2) Electronically Steered Antenna
ESAA European Special Activities Area (U.S. Air Force)
ESAC El Salvador Analysis Cell
ESAF European Special Activities Facility
ESAMS Enhanced Surface-to-Air Missile Simulation
ESAR Enhanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
ESC Electronic Security Command (U.S. Air Force)
ESD (1) Electronic Systems Division; (2) Ephemeris Support Data;
(3) Exploitation Support Section (JSIPS)
ESF (1) Environmental Scale Factor;
(2) Extended Superframe Formatted
ESG (1) Electronic Security Group; (2) Exploitation Steering Group
ESI Extremely Sensitive Information
ESIAC Electronic Satellite Image Analysis Center
ESJ Escort Jamming
ESM (1) Electronic Warfare Support Measures: (2) Electronic Support
Measures; (3) Electronic Security Measures
ESMC Eastern Space and Missile Center
ESMT External Supply Management Tools
ESP Emergency Special Measures
ESR ELINT Summary Report
ESRO European Space Research Organization
ESS (1) Electronic Security Squadron; (2) ELINT Support System;
(3) Exploitation Support Segment; (4) Exercise Support Sub-
system; (5) Electronic Switching System;
(6) Exploitation Support Section (JSIPS)
ESSA (1) Expert System for Situation Assessment;
(2) Environmental Satellite Service Administration
ESSM Electronic Shop, Shelter-Mounted
Est Estimated
ESV Earth Satellite Vehicle
ESW Electronic Security Wing
ET (1) Enhanced Terminal; (2) Earth Terminal;
(3) Embedded Training
ETA (1) Estimated Time of Arrival; (2) Equivalent Target Area
ETAC Enlisted Terminal Attack Controllers
ETAP Education Training Awareness Program
ETAWG ELINT Technical Analysis Working Group
ETC (1) Estimated Time of Completion; (2) Et Cetera
ETD (1) Estimated Time of Departure; (2) Effective Transfer Date
ETDS Elapsed Time Distribution System
ETF Enhanced Tactical Fighter
ETHICS European Theater High Capacity Intelligence Communications
System
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ETIBS Enhanced Tactical Information Broadcast Service
ETII External-to-Internal Interface
ETIWCS European Theater Intelligence Warning and Communications
System
ETL (1) Endorsed Tools List; (2) Engineer Topographic Laboratories
ETO (1) European Theater of Operations; (2) Earth-To-Orbit
ETP (1) Extended Tether Program; (2) Enhanced Thermal Protection
ETPL Endorsed TEMPEST Products List
ETR (1) Estimated Time of Return; (2) Eastern Test Range
ETRAC Enhanced Tactical Radar Correlator
ETRO Estimated Time Return to Operation
ETS (1) European Telephone System; (2) Estimated Time of Separa-
tion; (3) Expiration of Term of Service; (4) Earth Technology
Satellite; (5) Engineer Test Satellite
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 U.S. European Command
EUCOM/JIC (1) U.S. European Command/Joint Intelligence Command;
(2) EUCOM Joint Intelligence Center
EUDAC European Defense Analysis Center
EUF ECME User Facility
EUL Economically Useful Life
EUMETSAT European Meteorological Satellite (Organization)
EURATOM European Atomic Energy Community
EUSA Eighth U.S. Army (Korea)
EUSC Effective United States Controlled
EUTE Early User Test & Evaluation
EUTELSAT European Telecommunications Satellite (Organization)
EUV Extreme Ultraviolet
EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
EV Enforcement Vector
EVA Extra-Vehicular Activity
EVC DoD Evasion Chart
EVO Event Verification Officer
EVR Enemy Vulnerability Report
EVS Electronic Visual Communications
EW (1) Electronic Warfare; (2) Early Warning
EW/GCI Early Warning/Ground Control Intercept
EWAC Electronic Warfare Anechoic Chamber
EWAS Electronic Workorder Accounting System

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EWC (1) Electronic Warfare Center;
(2) Electronic Warfare Coordinator
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
EWMIS Electronic Warfare Management Information System
EWMS EW Mission Summary
EWO (1) Electronic Warfare Officer; (2) Emergency War Order
EWOPFAC Electronic Warfare Operating Facility
EWR (1) Early Warning Radar;
(2) Electronic Warfare Reprogramming
EWRL Electronic Warfare Reprogrammable Library
EWS Electronic Warfare Support
EWSE EW Support Element
EWSM Electronic Warfare Support Measures
EWSO EW Staff Officer
EXCRIT Exercise Critique System
EXDEF Exercise Deficiency Program
EXCAP Exercise Capability (simulator)
EXCOM Community Executive Committee
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
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F (1) Fahrenheit; (2) Frequency
FA (1) Frontal Aviation (FSU); (2) Field Artillery; (3) Forward Area;
(4) Functional Architecture; (5) Frequency Agile; (6) Full
Accounting; (7) Feasibility Assessment
FAA (1) Federal Aviation Agency; (2) Federal Aviation Administra-
tion; (3) Foreign Assistance Act
FAAD C3I Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control,
Communications and Intelligence
FAADS Forward Area Air Defense System
FAAR Forward Area Alerting Radar
FAARP Forward Area Armament and Refuel Point
FAAS Foreign Affairs Administrative Support
FAC (1) Forward Air Control (Controller); (2) Facilities
FACP (1) Forward Air Control Post; (2) Forward Air Control Party
FACSFAC Fleet Air Control and Surveillance Facility
FAD (1) Fleet Air Defense; (2) Force Activity Designator;
(3) Field Arbitrary Designators
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
FALD Field Administration and Logistics Division
FAM Functional Area Model
FAME FORSCOM Automated Modernization Effort
FAMP Foreign Army Materiel Production
FAMS Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center Analytical Mari-
time Summary
FAMSIM Family of Simulation
FANS Friendly Allied Nation Support Network
FANT French Atmospheric Nuclear Test
FAO (1) Foreign Area Officer; (2) Forward Area of Operations;
(3) Food and Agricultural Organization (UN)
FAPC Food and Agriculture Planning Committee (NATO)
FARP Forward Area Refuel Point
FARRFAA Air Replacement Radar
FARRP Forward Area Rearming and Refueling Point
FAS (1) (U.S.) Foreign Agriculture Service;
(2) Frequency Assignment Subcommittee
FAST (1) Fleet Antiterrorist Support Teams; (2) Forward Area Support
Team; (3) Forward Area Support Terminal
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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 (1) Field Assistance Visit; (2) Fast Attack Vehicle
FAX Facsimile
FB Fighter Bomber
FBA Fighter Bomber Attack
FBH Force Beachhead
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBIS Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FBM Fleet Ballistic Missile
FBR Fast Breeder Reactor
FBS (1) Forward-Based Systems; (2) Federal Border Service
FC (1) Fire Control; (2) Fractional Coverage
FCA Foreign Counterintelligence Activity
FCB Functional Control Board
FCC (1) Fleet Command Center; (2) Federal Communications
Commission; (3) Fighter Control Center; (4) Fire Coordination
Center
FCE Forward Control Element
FCFS First Come, First Served
FCG Foreign Clearance Guide (military)
FCG2 FORSCOM G2
FCI Foreign Counterintelligence
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
FCO Facility Control Office
FCRC Federal Contract Research Center
FCS (1) Fire Control System; (2) Flight Control System;
(3) (U.S.) Foreign Commercial Service
FCSE Forward Control Support Element
FCT Foreign Comparative Test
FCZ Forward Combat Zone
FD Functional Design
F/d Ratio of focal-length to diameter (of reflector type antennas)
FDB Fleet Database
FDBM Functional Data Base Manager
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FDC Fire Direction Center
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 Multiplexing
FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access
FDO Foreign Disclosure Officer
FDOA Frequency Difference of Arrival
FDR Foreign Disclosure Representative
FDT&E Force Development Test & Experimentation
FDU Force Design Update
FDW Forward Deployed Workstation
FDX Full Duplex
FEA Front End Analysis
FEAF Far Eastern Air Forces
FEBA Forward Edge of the Battle Area
Fed Federal Reserve System
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 (1) Front End Processor; (2) FLTSATCOM EHF Package
FERS Federal Employees Retirement System
FET Field Effect Transistor
FETVD Far East Theater of Military Operations
FEWS Future Early Warning System
FEWSG Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group
FF Frigate
FFA Free-Fire Area
FFAR Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
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
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FFR Radar Picket Frigate
FFS (1) Fixed Field Site; (2) Formatted File System
FFT Training Frigate
FGHQ Fighter Group Headquarters (Canada)
FGN Foreign
FH Frequency Hopping
FH/DS Frequency Hopping/Direct Sequence
FI (1) Finished Intelligence; (2) Foreign Intelligence
FI&SS Foreign Intelligence and Security Service(s)
FIA Foreign Intelligence Agency
FIC (1) Fleet Intelligence Center; (2) FORSCOM Intelligence Center
FICEURLANT Fleet Intelligence Center, Europe and Atlantic
FICM Fleet Intelligence Collection Manual
FICPAC Fleet Intelligence Center, Pacific
FID (1) Foreign Internal Defense; (2) Force Integration Division
FIDB Fundamental Intelligence Database
FIE Foreign Intelligence Element
FIG Figure
FIIC Force Imagery Interpretation Center
FIIU Force Imagery Interpretation Unit
FIM Force Integration Master Planner
FIN (1) Fixed-Site Intelligence Network; (2) Financial
FINPLAN Financial Plan
FIO Foreign Intelligence Officer
FIP (1) Force Improvement Plan; (2) Federal Information Processing
FIPC Foreign Intelligence Priorities Committee
FIPS (1) Federal Information Processing Standard;
(2) Fleet Intelligence Production System
FIR Field Investigative Region
FIRCAP Foreign Intelligence Requirement Capabilities and Priorities
FIRE Fused Intelligence Report in Europe
FIRF Future Information Requirements Forecast
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 (1) Foreign Instrumentation Signals;
(2) Foreign Intelligence Service
FISA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FISAP FMFPac Intelligence Sub-Architecture Plan
FISINT (1) Foreign Instrumentation and Signature Intelligence;
(2) Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelligence
FISS Foreign Intelligence and Security Services
FIST (1) Fleet Imagery Support Terminal; (2) Fire Support Team

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FIST-T Transportable FIST
FITCPAC Fleet Intelligence Training Center, Pacific
FITD FORSCOM Intelligence Training Detachment
FITWING Fighter Wing
FLA Foreign Launch Assessment
FLAGE Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment
FLC Foreign Language Committee
FLEETSATCOM Fleet Satellite Communications
FLENUMOCEANCEN Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (U.S. Navy)
FLEX Force-Level Execution System
FLI Force-Level Information
FLIR Forward-Looking Infrared (Radar)
FLO Foreign Liaison Office
FLOT Forward Line of Troops
FLR Forward-Looking Radar
FLRA Federal Labor Relations Authority
FLSG Force Logistics Support Group
FLT Fleet; Flight
FLTBCST Fleet Broadcast
FLTCINC Fleet Commander in Chief
FLTSAT Fleet Satellite
FLTSATCOM Fleet Satellite Communications System
FLTSEVOCOM Fleet Secure Voice
FM (1) Frequency Modulation; (2) Foreign Materiel; (3) File Main-
tenance; (4) Factory Marking(s); (5) Functional Manager;
(6) Field Manual; (7) From; (8) Comptroller
FMA (1) Foreign Materiel Acquisition; (2) Foreign Media Analysis
FMAO Foreign Materiel Acquisition Operation
FMAR Foreign Materiel Acquisition Requirement
FMAS Foreign Media Analysis Subsystem
FMC (1) Field Maintenance Center; (2) Force Mobile Command
FME Foreign Materiel Exploitation
FMEC Foreign Materiel Exploitation Catalogue
FMEP Foreign Materiel Exploitation Program
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
FMLM French Military Liaison Mission
FMOCC Fleet Mobile Operations Command Center
FMP Foreign Materiel Program
FMPCP Foreign Military Personnel Contact Program

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FMPRB Foreign Military Program Review Board
FMRL Foreign Materiel Requirements List
FMs Defense Intelligence Functional Managers
FMS Foreign Military Sales
FMSF Foreign Military Sales Financing
FMTV Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
FN Foreign National
FNOC Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center
FNU First Name Unknown
FO Forward Observer
F/O Fiber-Optics
FOA (1) Field Operating Agency; (2) Forward Operating Area
FOAMP Foreign Aerospace Materiel Production
FOAP Foreign Aircraft Production
FOB (1) Forward Operating Base; (2) Foreign Order of Battle
FOBS Fractional Orbital Bombardment System
FOC (1) Final Operational Capabilities; (2) Full Operational Capabil-
ity; (3) FORSCOM Operations Center; (4) Full Operating
Capacity
FOCI Foreign Owned, Controlled or Influenced
FOCUS (1) Interagency Review of Defense Attache Offices;
(2) FORSCOM Objective Communications System
FOD Foreign Object Damage
FOFA Follow-on Forces Attack
FofF Field of Fire
FOG Fiber-Optics Guided
FOGM Fiber-Optic Guided Missile
FOI Freedom of Information
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
FOL (1) Forward Operating Location; (2) Family of Loudspeakers
FOLAN Fiber-Optic Local Area Network
FOLPEN Foliage-Penetrating
FOM Figure of Merit
FOMA Foreign Military Assistance
FOMCAT Foreign Materiel Catalogue
FOMP Foreign Missile Production
FONS Fleet Operational Needs Statement for Intelligence
FOP Forward Observation Post
FORDTIS Foreign Disclosure Technical Information System
FORECON Force Reconnaissance
FORGE Force Generation
FORMAT Foreign Materiel
FORMDEPS FORSCOM Mobilization and Deployment Planning System
FORMICA Foreign Military Intelligence Collection Activity
FORMMS Foreign Materiel Management System

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FORSCOM U.S. Forces Command
FORSTAT Force Status and Identity Report
FORT Force Trends Data Base
FORTRAN Formula Translator
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 Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility
FOSIF Rota Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility, Rota
FOSIF/WESTPAC Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility, Western Pacific
FOTARS Follow-On Tactical Reconnaissance System
FOT&E Follow-On Test and Evaluation
FOTELSYS Foreign Telecommunications Systems
FOTRS Follow-On Tactical Reconnaissance System
FOUO For Official Use Only
FOV Field of View
FP (1) Fire Position; (2) Field Post; (3) Force Package
FPA (1) Federal Preparedness Agency; (2) Focal Plane Array;
(3) Force Projection Army
FPB Fast Patrol Boat
FPE Force Planning Estimate
FPF Final Protection Fire
FPI (1) Foreign Positive Intelligence;
(2) Federal Process Improvement
FPIR Force Protection Information Report
FPL Fire Protective Line
FPN Field Post Number
FPO Fleet Post Office
fps Feet Per Second
FPTOC Force Projection Tactical Operations Center
FPU Floating Point Unit
FQ&P Flying Qualities and Performance
FRAG Fragmentary Order
FRAGO Fragmentary Order
FRD (1) Federal Research Division (Library of Congress);
(2) Formerly Restricted Data;
(3) Functional Requirements Document
FREQ Frequency
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
FRIES Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System
FRIF Finished Recurring Intelligence File
FROG Free Rocket Over Ground
FROKA First Republic of Korea Army

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FROSS Foreign Reliance on Space Systems
FRPG Facility Reference Point Graphic
FRR Frequency Resource Records
FRS (1) Fleet Readiness Squadron; (2) Federal Research Service;
(3) Forward Recording Site
FRY Former Republic of Yugoslavia
FRYM Former Republic of Yugoslavia-Macedonia
FS (1) File Server; (2) Fire Support
F3S Field Station Support System
FSAIS FICEURLANT SCI Analyst Information System
FSB (1) Fleet Satellite Broadcast (of FLTSATCOM);
(2) Forward Staging Base; (3) Fire Support Base
FSBS Fleet Submarine Broadcast System
FSCC Fire Support Coordination Center
FSCL Fire Support Coordination Line
FSCOORD Fire Support Coordinator
FSD (1) Field Support Division; (2) Forward Support Detachment
FSE Fire Support Element
FSHB Fallout Safe Height of Burst
FSI Foreign Service Institute
FSIC Forward Sensor Interface and Control
FSK (1) Field Station, Korea; (2) Frequency Shift Keying
FSM Federated States of Micronesia
FSO (1) Foreign Service Officer; (2) Fire Support Officer
FSOC Fairchild Satellite Operations Center
FSOF Forward Special Operations Facility
FSP Fire Support Plan
FSRS Functional Security Requirements Specification
FSS (1) Fast Sealift Ship; (2) FAISS SID System;
(3) Fixed Satellite Services
FSSG Force Service Support Group (USMC)
FSST Forward Space Support in Theater
FST (1) Future Strategic Targets; (2) Future Soviet Tank
FSTC Foreign Science and Technology Center (archaic; now NGIC)
FSTS Federal Security Telephone Service
FSU Former Soviet Union
FSV Fire Support Vehicle
FSVS Future Secure Voice System
FSWDS Fixed-Site Warning & Detection System
FT (1) Fort; (2) Foot
FT-1 Fractional T-1
FTA (1) Field Training Area; (2) Functions, Tasks, and Activities
FTAM File Transfer Access Management
FTC (1) Fast Time Constant (ECCM);
(2) Federal Trade Commission
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FTI Fixed Target Indicator
FTL Future Target List
FTLS (1) Future Target List-Strategic;
(2) Formal Top-Level Specification
FTM Full-Time Manning
FTP File Transfer Protocol
FTPS FORSCOM Topographic Production System (Facility)
FTR Fighter
FTS (1) Fleet Telecommunications System; (2) Federal
Telecommunications System; (3) Federal Telephone
System; (4) Flight Training Squadron
FTS 2000 Federal Telephone System 2000
FTSC Fleet Technical Support Center
FTU Forecast Tactical Unit
FTX Field Training Exercise
FU Forecast Unit
FUD Full Unit Designator
FUE First Unit Equipped
FUNT French Underground Nuclear Test
FUSS Fleet Undersea Surveillance System
FUWOB Forward Unconventional Warfare Operations Base
FV Fighting Vehicle
FVS Foreign Visits System
FW (1) Fighter Wing; (2) Fixed-Wing
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 (1) Fiscal Year Defense Program/Plan; (2) Five-Year Defense
Program; (3) Future Years Defense Program
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

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G Gain
G1 Assistant Chief of Staff, G1 (Personnel)
G2 or G-2 (1) Assistant Chief of Staff, G2 (Intelligence);
(2) Army or Ground Directorate of Intelligence;
(3) General Corps Staff Intelligence Officer
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
GaAs Gallium Arsenide
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”)
GAMO Ground and Amphibious Military Operations
GAO General Accounting Office
GAS (1) Gray Area Systems; (2) Getaway Special
GAT (1) Government Acceptance Test; (2) Guidance,
Apportionment, and Targeting
GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (UN)
GB (1) Gigabyte; (2) Guardband
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
GBS Global Broadcast System
GBU Guided Bomb Unit
GC Gun Camera
GCA Ground Controlled Approach
GCC (1) Government Control Center;
(2) Ground Component Commander; (3) Gulf Cooperation
Council; (4) Global Control Center
GCCS (1) Ground Command and Control System;
(2) Global Command and Control System
GCDCAL Great Circle Distance Calculator
GCE Ground Combat Element
GCI Ground-Controlled Intercept
GCN Ground Communications Network
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GCP-E Ground-Controlled Processor-ELINT
GCS (1) Graphics Compatibility System; (2) Ground Control Station;
(3) Global Connectivity Services; (4) Global Communications
System
GCSS Global Combat Support System
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
GDOP Geometric Dilution of Precision
GDP (1) General Defense Plan; (2) Gross Defense Product;
(3) Ground Defense Position; (4) Gross Domestic Product
GDPS Ground Data Processing System
GDRS Ground Data Reduction System
GDS (1) General Declassification Schedule; (2) FSU Guards;
(3) Group Decision Support
GDSS Global Decision Support System
GDT Ground Data Terminal
Gen General
GEM Ground Effects Machine
GEN (1) Generation; (2) General
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 System
GEOFILE (1) Geographic Locations Code File System;
(2) Geolocation File (JOPES)
GEOREF Global Reference System, a worldwide position reference sys-
tem 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
GFAC Ground Forward Air Controller
GFCP Generic Front-End Communications Package
GFE Government Furnished Equipment
GFTD Global Force Trends Data Base
GFR Gap Filler Radar
GGI&S Global Geospatial and Information Services
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GIIPS Geographic Installation Intelligence Production Specifications
GIITS General Intelligence Imagery Training System
GIN Greenland-Iceland-Norway
GIPD (1) General Intelligence Production Detachment;
(2) General Intelligence Production Division
GIPMIS General Intelligence Production Management Information
System
GIPS Geographic Installation Intelligence Production Specifications
GIPSY Graphics Information or Presentation System
GIS Geographical Information 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
GLCM Ground-Launched Cruise Missile
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
GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System
GM Guided Missile
GMD Global Missile Defense
GMF Ground Mobile Forces
GMFP Global Military Force Policy
GMFSC Ground Mobile Force Satellite Communications
GMI (1) General Medical Intelligence;
(2) General Military Intelligence
GMIPP General Military Intelligence Production Plan
GMIT Ground Military Intelligence Team (ROK)
GMRD Guards Motorized Rifle Division (FSU)
GMS (1) Ground Mobile System; (2) Geostationary Meteorological
Satellite; (3) Ground Mission Supervisor
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
GNS Global Network Segment
GNST Glossary of Naval Ship Types
GO() Government of (Name of Country)

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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)
GOB Ground Order of Battle
GOC (1) General Officer Commanding (UK); (2) Government of
Canada; (3) Global Operations Center
GOCO Government Owned Contractor Operated
GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
GOLDS General On-Line Display System
GOLDWING Army HF Radio; HF communications system for
meteorological and other operations
GOMS Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite
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 (1) Group; (2) General Purpose
GPALS Global Protection Against Limited Strikes
GPEE General Purpose Encryption Equipment
GPF (1) General Purpose Forces; (2) Ground Processing Facility
gph Gallons Per Hour
GP NAF General Purpose Numbered Air Force
GPNDS Global Positioning & Nuclear Detection System
GPO Government Printing Office
GPS (1) Global Positioning System; (2) Grid Producing Source;
(3) Geographical Positioning System; (4) Ground Processing
Stations
GPSCS General Purpose Satellite Communications System
GR (1) Graphical Reporting; (2) Gateway Router
GRAD Graduate
GRANITE SENTRY Proper Name of System
GRID Brand of Portable PC
GRIPF GUARDRAIL Integrated Processing Facility
GRD Ground Resolved Distance
GREEN FLAG ACC live-fly electronic combat exercise
GRG Gridded Reference Graphic
GRO Gamma Ray Observatory
GROFIS Ground Forces Intelligence Study
GRP Glass Reinforced Plastic
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GRU FSU General Staff Intelligence Organization
GS (1) General Staff, (2) General Support; (3) Geological Survey;
(4) General Schedule; (5) General Service;
(6) Government Service (Federal Civil Service);
(7) Ground Station; (8) Government Civilian
GSA General Services Administration
GSD (1) Ground Sample Distance; (2) Graphical Situation Display
GSE Ground Support Equipment
GSF (1) Ground Support Fighter (FSU); (2) Group of Soviet Forces;
(3) Ground Station Facility
GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center
GSFG Group of Soviet Forces Germany
GSFM Group of Soviet Forces Mongolia
GSICS General Support Interim Contractor Support
GSM (1) Ground Support Module (JSTARS);
(2) Ground Station Module
GSOAF GGI&S Special Operations Applications Facility
GSP General Strike Plan
GSR (1) General Support Reinforcing; (2) Ground Surveillance Radar
GSRS U.S. General Support Rocket System
GSS (1) Global Support System; (2) General System Specification
GST (1) Ground Sensor Terminal; (2) Ground Station Terminal;
(3) Ground Support Terminal
GSTS Ground-Based Surveillance and Tracking System
GSTN General Switched Telephone Network
GSU Geographically Separated Unit
G/T Ratio of Antenna Gain to Noise Temperature
GTA Government Training Aid
GTAB Global Transportation Analysis Bulletin
GTD Guards Tank Division (FSU)
GTN Global Transportation Network
GTS Global Telecommunications Service
GTC Gas Turbine Compressor
GTTC Goodfellow Technical Training Center
GUI Graphics User Interface
GW (1) Guided Weapon; (2) Gateway; (3) Guerrilla Warfare
G/W Gateway
GWC Global Weather Control
GWEN Ground Wave Emergency Network
GWIC Great Wall Industries Corporation (China)
GWIP Global Weather Intercept Program
GWP General Work Plan
GW/R Gateway/Router
GWS Gaps, Weaknesses, and Shortfalls (also GW&S)
GYRO Gyroscope or Gyroscopic
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H Symbol for the magnetic field of the propagated radio wave
H2O Critical life-essential liquid, commonly known as water
HA Humanitarian Assistance
HAA Helicopter Alighting Area
HAB (1) High Altitude Burst; (2) High Altitude Bombing;
(3) High Air Burst; (4) Hardened Aircraft Bunker
HAC (1) House Appropriations Committee;
(2) Historical Area Coverage
HACC Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center
HAE High-Altitude Endurance
HAHO High-Altitude High-Opening
HAIS Hawaiian Air Intelligence System
HAL Helicopter Light Attack
HALE High-Altitude Long-Endurance
HALO High-Altitude Low-Opening
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
HATS Heuristic Automated Transportation System
HATMD High-Altitude Theater Missile Defense
HAV (1) High Acceleration Vehicle;
(2) Heavy Armored Vehicle (non-tactical)
HAWS Hawaii Area Wideband System
HAZCON Hazardous Condition
HAZMAT Hazardous Materials
HB High Burst
HBWP Host-Based Word Processing
HC HUMINT Committee
HCA Humanitarian and Civic Assistance
HCC HUMINT Contingency Cell
HCF High Command of Forces
HCI/DV/AEX Human-Computer Interface/Data Visualization/Automated
Expansion
HCR HUMINT Collection Requirement
HCS Helicopter Combat/Search and Rescue
HCU High Capacity Computer Unit
HD Horizontal Ground Distance
HDL Harry Diamond Laboratories
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HDO Humanitarian Demining Operations
HDX Half Duplex
HX Half Duplex
HE High Explosive
HEAT High-Explosive AntiTank
HEC Helicopter Element Coordinator
HEDI High Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptor
HEF Hostile Establishment File
HEI High-Explosive Incendiary
HEL High-Energy Laser
HELIP HAWK European Limited Improvement Program
HELRATS High Energy Laser Radar Acquisition & Tracking System
HELSTF High-Energy Laser Systems Test Facility
HELW High-Energy Laser Weapons
HELWING Helicopter Wing
HEMP High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse
HEMT High-Electron-Mobility Transistor
HEO (1) High-Earth-Orbit; (2) Highly Elliptical Orbit
HEP High-Explosive Plastic
HERO (1) Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation To Ordnance;
(2) Historical Evaluation and Research Organization
HERT Headquarters Emergency Relocation Team
HES Hardcopy Exploitation Systems
HESS Hangul English Support System
HEST High-Explosive Simulation Technique
HET Heavy Equipment Transporter
HF (1) High Frequency; (2) Height Finder; (3) Hydrogen Fluoride
HFE Human Factors Engineering
HFA High-Frequency Antenna
HF/DF High-Frequency Direction-Finding
HFE Heavy-Fuel Engine
HFEA Human Factors Engineering Assessment
HFP Host Front-End Protocol
HH Hand-Held
HHC Headquarters and Headquarters Company
HHD Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment
HHS (1) Headquarters and Headquarter Services;
(2) Hasty Hide Shelter
HHW Higher High Water
HIL High Interest List
HI-PAR High-Performance Precision-Approach Radar
HI-RES High-Resolution
HIC High-Intensity Conflict
HICOM High Command (CINCPACFLT Voice Network)
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HIFAR High-Frequency Fixed-Array Radar
HIMAD (1) High- to Medium-Altitude Defense;
(2) High to Medium Altitude Adjustment
HIMS HUMINT Information Management System
HIP Howitzer Improvement Program
HIRMS Human Intelligence Requirements Management System
HIROCC Hawaiian Islands Regional Operational Control Center
HIS (1) Honeywell Information System;
(2) Hostile Intelligence Services
HISP Hostile Intelligence Service Profiler System
HIT High-Interest Track
HITS (1) Human Intelligence Tasking System;
(2) Hawaii Information Transfer System
HJ HONEST JOHN (U.S. Surface-to-Surface Rocket)
HL Hand-Launched
HLA Helicopter Landing Areas
HLA/DZ Helicopter Landing Area/Drop Zone
HLA/DZS Helicopter Landing Area/Drop Zone Study
HLLV Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle
HL-UAV Hand-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
HLW Higher Low Water
HLZ Helicopter Landing Zone
HM Helicopter Mine Warfare
HMC HUMINT Management Center
HMCII Higher Military Command, Interior and Islands (Greece)
HMF Handbook of Military Forces
HMI (1) Host-Message Interface; (2) Human-Machine Interface
HMMWV High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
HMS (1) Her Majesty’s Ship; (2) HUMINT Management System
HMTV Head-Mounted Thermal Vision
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 (1) History of Coverage; (2) HUMINT Operations Cell
HOCNET HUMINT Operational Communications Network
HOE Homing Overlay Experiment
HOIS Hostile Intelligence Service(s)
HOJ Home on Jam
HOL High-Order Language
HOM (1) Head of Media; (2) Head of Mission
HOTA HUMINT Operational Tasking Authority

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HOTOL Horizontal Takeoff & Landing
HOTPHOTOREP Hot Photographic Interpretation Report
HOTSIT Hot Situation Message
how Howitzer
HP (1) Headquarters Pamphlet; (2) Horsepower
HPA High-Power Amplifier
HPG Hardcopy Products Group
HPM High-Power Microwave
HPT (1) High-Payoff Target; (2) High-Priority Target
HPSC High-Performance Computing Research System
HPSCI House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
HQ/HQS Headquarters
HQDA Headquarters, Department of the Army
HQJTF Headquarters, Joint Task Force
HQMC Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
HQMRHITS Quarterly Management Report
HQ USAF Headquarters, Department of the Air Force
HR (1) High Resolution; (2) Humanitarian Relief Service
hr Hour
HR/MR Human Readable/Machine Readable (Data)
HRC Human Resources Committee
HRCS High-Resolution Camera System
HRMS Human Intelligence Requirements Management System
HRPT High-Resolution Picture Transmissions
HRR High-Resolution Radar
HRS (1) Hours; (2) Humanitarian Relief Service
HRTV High-Resolution Television
HRU Hardcopy Reconstruction Unit
HRV High-Resolution Visible Range Instruments
HS (1) Helicopter Squadron; (2) Home Station
HSD HUMINT Support Detachment
HSE HUMINT Support Element
HSE-E HSE-Europe
HSE-SOCOM HSE-USSOCOM
HSI (1) Human Systems Integration; (2) Hyperspectral Imagery
H-SIP H-Camera Spectral Improvement Program
HSLLADS High Speed Low Level Aerial Delivery System
HSMS Human Sources Management System
HSS Health Service Support
HTACC Hardened Tactical Air Control Center
HTKP Hard-Target Kill Potential
HTLD High-Technology Light Division
HTOHL Horizontal Take-off and Horizontal Landing
HTML Hypertext Markup Language
HUD Heads-Up Display

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HULTEC Hull-to-Emitter Correlation
HUMINT Human Resources Intelligence
HUMMV High Utility Mobile Mechanized Vehicle
HUMRO Humanitarian Relief Operations
HUS Hardened Unique Storage
HUSK Hardened Unique Storage Key
hv Heavy
HVA High Value Asset
HVAC High-Voltage Air Conditioning
HVAP High-Velocity Armor-Piercing
HVAPFSDS High Velocity Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding-Sabot
HVAT High-Velocity Antitank
HVF Highly Volatile Fuel
HVIT High Volume Information Transfer
HVT High-Value Target
HW (1) High Water; (2) Hardware
HWAS High Wycombe Air Station
HWC Hobart Walk-in Cooler
HW/SW Hardware/Software
HWY Highway
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i Inclination
I2 Intelligence Information
IA (1) Imagery Analyst; (2) Intelligence Assistant; (3) Initial
Assessment; (4) Intelligence Analyst; (5) Intelligence Agent
IAA Interagency Agreement
I&A (1) Imagery and Analysis; (2) Identifcation and Authentication
IAB Imagery Analysis Branch
IAC (1) Intelligence Analysis Center; (2) Intelligence Advisory
Committee; (3) Intelligence Analyst Course (DIA);
(4) Information Analysis Centers
IAD (1) Intelligence Analysis Division; (2) Integrated Air Defense
IADB Inter-American Defense Board
IADS Integrated Air Defense System
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
IAG (1) Intelligence Analysis Group (formerly ITAD);
(2) Imagery Analysis Group
IAGC Instantaneous Automatic Gain Control
IAGS Inter-American Geodetic Survey
IAIPS Integrated Automated Intelligence Processing System
IAM Imagery Analysis Memorandum
IAMP Imagery Acquisition and Management Plan
IAMS Individual Aerial Mobility System
IAN Imagery Analysis Notice
IAP International Airport
IAPF Inter-American Peace Force
IAR Imagery Analysis Report
IAS (1) Intelligence Access System; (2) Interactive
Applications System; (3) Intelligence Analysis System
IAS WS IAS Work Station
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
IBAC Identity-Based Access Control
IBs Issue Books
IBBS Interim Brigade/Battalion Simulation
IBD Intelligence Baseline Document
IBDTF IBD Transaction Format
IBE Field-Initiated BE Number
IBERLANT Iberian Atlantic Area
IBIS Imaging Background Limited Infrared System
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IBO Intelligence Baseline Overview
IBOS Intelligence Battlefield Operating System
IBS (1) Interactive Beacon System; (2) Integrable Base Station;
(3) Integrated Broadcast Service; (4) Intelsat Business Service;
(5) Integrated Bridge System
IBSSIR Background Signature Survey
IBTA Integrated Battlefield Targeting Architecture
IBUR Intelligence Bottom-Up Review
IC (1) Intelligence Community; (2) Intelligence Collection;
(3) Integrated Circuit; (4) Intelligence Center; (5) Irish Concern
IC/EC Intelligence Community/Executive Committee
ICA Intelligence Center Atlantic
ICAF Industrial College of the Armed Forces
ICAO International Civil Aviation Organization
ICAP Improved Capabilities Program
ICARIS Intelligence Communications Architecture and Requirements
Information System
ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ICC (1) Integrated Communications Center; (2) Intelligence Continu-
ity Cell; (3) IMlNT Coordination Cell; (4) Intelligence Coordi-
nation Center (Coast Guard); (5) Initial Connectivity Capability
ICCC International Council for Computer Communication
ICD (1) Interface Control Document; (2) Intelligence Collection
Division; (3) Initiative Communications Deception
ICDP Intelligence Career Development Program
ICE (1) Independent Cost Estimate; (2) Interface Control Element
ICEDEFOR Iceland Defense Forces
ICES International Cooperation in Ocean Exploration
ICF (1) Intelligence Collection Flight; (2) Intelligence Contingency
Funds; (3) Interconnect Facility
ICFTU International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
ICIG IDHSS CSSR Interface Guard
ICITAP International Criminal Investigative Training and Assistance
Program
ICL Intelligence Coordination Cell
ICM (1) Improved Conventional Munitions; (2) Intelligence Correla-
tion Module; (3) Integrated Common Modules
ICMC Intelligence Collection Management Course
ICOD Intelligence/Information Cut-Off Date
ICOM Integrated COMSEC (SINCGARS)
ICON Image Communications and Operations Node
ICP (1) Intelligence Collection Platform; (2) Interface Change
Proposals; (3) Incremental Change Packages
ICPS Intelligence Communications Processing Shelter
ICR Intelligence Collection Requirement
ICRC (1) Intelligence Contingency Readiness Center;
(2) International Committee of the Red Cross
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ICS (1) Intercommunications System;
(2) Intelligence Community Staff
ICTF Interagency Crisis Task Force
ICTT (1) Improved Commander’s Tactical Terminal;
(2) Interim Commander’s Tactical Terminal
ICU Interface Control Unit
ICV Infantry Combat Vehicle
ICW In Coordination With
ICWG (1) Interface Control Working Group;
(2) Imagery Coordination Working Group
ID (1) Identification; (2) Infantry Division; (3) Intelligence Division
IDA Institute for Defense Analysis
IDAD Internal Defense and Development
IDB (1) Integrated Data Base; (2) Inter-American Development Bank
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
IDCSP Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program
IDEAS Intelligence Data Element Authorization Standards
IDES Installation Damage Expectancy Summary
IDEX Imagery Data Exploitation System
IDEX II Imagery Data Exploitation System II
IDF (1) Israeli Defense Force; (2) Installation Data File
IDHS Intelligence Data Handling System
IDHS IDHS for the mid-1990s
IDHS-2000 Intelligence Data Handling System for the Year 2000
IDHS-II Intelligence Data Handling System, Second Iteration
IDHSC Intelligence Data Handling System Communications
IDHSC-II Intelligence Data Handling System Communications, Version II
IDIMS Interactive Digital Image Manipulation System
IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity
IDIRA Introduction to Defense Intelligence Research and
Analysis (DIA)
IDL Interoperable Data Link
IDM Improved Data Modem
IDMS IPAC Document Management System
IDN Integrated Data Network
IDNX Integrated Digital Network Exchange
IDP Intelligence Data Processor
IDPS (1) Imagery Data Processing System; (2) Integrated Deployable
Processing System; (3) Interim Deployable Processing System
IDS (1) Intrusion Detection System; (2) Infrared Detection Set
IDSCS Initial Defense Satellite Communications System
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IDSF Intelligence Defector Source File
IDTT Inactive Duty Training Travel
IDZ Inner Defense Zone
IEA International Energy Agreement
IEBL Inter-Entity Boundary Line
IEC (1) Imagery Exploitation Center; (2) Intelligence Exchange
Conference
IED (1) Improvised Explosive Device;
(2) Imitative Electronic Deception
IEG Imagery Exploitation Group
IEMATS Improved Emergency Message Automated Transmission System
IEP Independent Evaluation Plan
IEPG Independent European Program Group
IEPR Information Exchange and Processing Requirements Report
IER Independent Evaluation Report
IES Imagery Exploitation System
IESS Imagery Exploitation Support Segment
IEW Intelligence and Electronic Warfare
IEWCS IEW Common Sensor
IEWD Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Directorate
IEWFAM IEW Functional Area Model
IEWSE IEW Support Element
IEWTAC IEW Technology Assessment Center
IEWTPT IEW Tactical Proficiency Trainer
IF (1) Interrogation Facility; (2) Identification Frequency;
(3) Intermediate Frequency
IFAC International Federation of Automatic Control
IFF Identification, Friend or Foe
IFFN Identification, Friend, Foe or Neutral
IFOR Implementation Force (Operation JOINT ENDEAVOR)
IFOV Instantaneous Field-of-View
IFPS Interformation Position System
IFR Instrument Flight Rules
IFRB International Frequency Registration Board
IFS Imagery File Server
IFTE Integrated Family Test Equipment
IFV Infantry Fighting Vehicle
IG (1) Interagency Group; (2) Inspector General;
(3) Intelligence Group (Air Force)
IGCP Intelligence Guidance for COMINT Programming
IGD Intelligence Guidance Document
IGR Improved GUARDRAIL
IGRV Improved GUARDRAlL V
IGS Image Generation System
IGSM Interim Ground Station Module
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IGY International Geophysical Year
IHC Intelligence Information Handling Committee
IHE Insensitive High Explosive
IHFR Improved High Frequency Radio
IHO (1) International Hydrographic Organization; (2) In Honor of
IHR In-Extremis Hostage Rescue
II (1) Imagery Interpretation; (2) Imagery Interpreter
IIC Imagery Interpretation Center
IICT Interagency Intelligence Committee on Terrorism
IID Integrated Information Display
IIDP Integrated Intelligence Development Plan (USCINCEUR)
IIE Installation Identification Element
IIF Imagery Interpretation Facility
IIG (1) Imagery Intelligence Group (formerly USAlIC);
(2) Intelligence Inspector General
IIM Interagency Intelligence Memorandum
IIN Imagery Interpretation Note
IINCOMNET Intratheater Intelligence Community Network
IINS Imagery Information Need Statement
IIPL Integrated Intelligence Priority List
IIR (1) Imaging Infrared; (2) Intelligence Information Report;
(3) Imagery Interpretation Report
IIRES Imagery Interpretation, Reporting, and Exploitation System
IIRK Interarea Interswitch Rekeying Key
IIRS Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale
IIS (1) Indirect Identification System; (2) IPAC Intelligence
Summary; (3) Imagery Interpretation Segment
IISE Intelligence Information System Enhancement
IISS Intelligence Information Subsystem
IITLPC Inter/Intra Team Low Power Communications
IITS (1) Intra-Theater Imagery Transmission System;
(2) Installation Information Transfer Systems
IIU (1) Imagery Interpretation Unit; (2) Imagery Interface Unit
IJMS Interim JTIDS Message Standard
ILAM Improved Limpet Assembly Modular
ILC International Lines of Communication
ILD Injection Laser Diode
ILE Intelligence Liaison Element
ILEA International Law Enforcement Academy
ILO Intelligence Liaison Officer
ILP Intelligence Liaison Party
ILS (1) Instrument Landing System; (2) Integrated Logistic Support
ILSA Improved Lightweight Satellite Antenna
IM (1) Information Management; (2) Intermodulation
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IMA (1) Institute for Military Assistance; (2) Intelligence
Mobilization Augmentee; (3) Information Mission Area
I-MAE Interim Medium Altitude Endurance UAV (formerly Tier I)
IMAF 1st Marine Amphibious Force
IMAP Interim Mission Assessment Program
IMB (USCENTCOM) Intelligence Management Board
IMC The International Medical Corps
IMCO Intergovernmental Maritime Consultative Organization
IMD Intelligence Management Document
IMEF First Marine Expeditionary Force
IMET (1) International Military Education and Training;
(2) Integrated Management Evaluation Team
IMETS Integrated Meteorological System
IMF International Monetary Fund
IMINT Imagery Intelligence
IMIS (1) Intelligence Management Information System;
(2) Integrated Management Information System
IMLETT International Maritime Law Enforcement Training Team
IMMP Information Management Master Plan
IMNET Imagery Network
IMOM Intelligence Many-on-Many
IMOC International Maritime Officer Course
IMP (1) Interface Message Processor; (2) Input Message Processor;
(3) Image Product; (4) Information Management Program
IMPs Imagery Products
IMS International Military Staff (NATO)
IMSAT Imagery Satellite
IMSE Imagery Management Support Element
IMSO International Maritime Satellite Organization
IMTT Intelligence Mobile Training Team
IN (1) International Negotiations; (2) Intelligence; (3) Infantry;
(4) Director of Intelligence (Air Force Component) (also A2)
INA Information Not Available
INCA (1) Intelligence Communications Architecture;
(2) Integrated Nuclear Communications Assessment
INCOLLNOM Intelligence Collection Requirement Nomination
INCOMNET Intratheater Intelligence Communications Network
INCSEA Incidents at Sea
INDICOM (1) Indications Communication Network;
(2) Indications and Warning Communications
INDICOMM Indications Intelligence Communications
INEWS Integrated Electronic Warfare System
inf Infantry
INF Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
INFIL Infiltration
INFLIGHTREP Inflight Reports
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INFO Information
INFOSEC (1) Information Security; (2) Information Systems Security
INGO International Nongovernmental Organizations
INI Initiation
INL International Narcotics and Law
INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite
INMS Integrated Network Management System
INR Bureau of Intelligence and Research (State Department)
INS (1) Inertial Navigation System;
(2) Immigration and Naturalization Service
INSAT Indian Satellite
INSICOM Integrated Special Intelligence Communications
INSCOM U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
INST Instruction
INSTA Automated Installations File (DIAOLS)
INSTAL Installation
instl Installation
INSUM Intelligence Summary
INT/INTEL Intelligence
INTACS (1) Integrated Tactical Communications System;
(2) Integrated Tactical Communications Study
INTCP Intercept
INTEL Intelligence
INTELCAST Intelligence Broadcast
INTELCOM Worldwide Intelligence Communication
INTELDATA Intelligence Data
INTELINK Proper Name of System
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
Intelink Command server/client system that allows secure SCI connectiv-
ity to all commands on the network, and access to available files
without additional log-on.
INTELNET Intelligence Network
Internet International Network
INTI CI database
intg Interrogation
INTRA International Travel by Selected Foreign Officials
Intranet Internet with local scope
INTREP Intelligence Report
INREQ Intelligence Request
INTSUM Intelligence Summary
INUT Indian Nuclear Underground Test
IO (1) Indian Ocean; (2) Intelligence Officer; (3) Information
Objectives; (4) Intelligence Objective; (5) Intelligence Opera-
tions (Division); (6) Information Operations;
(7) Information Objectives
I/O Input/Output
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IOB Intelligence Oversight Board
IOC (1) Initial Operational Capability;
(2) Intelligence Operations Center
IOCTL Indian Ocean Conventional Target List
IOD Intelligence Operations Division (USEUCOM)
IOF Intelligence Operations Facility
IOIC Integrated Operational Intelligence Center
IOM Input/Output Module
IOMDWG Interagency Offensive Missile Deployment Working Group
IONDS Integrated Operational Nuclear Detection System
IOR Individualized Operational Ration
IONDS Integrated Operational Nuclear Detection System
IOS (1) Intelligence Operations Specialist;
(2) International Organization for Standards
IOSS (1) Integrated Operational Support Study;
(2) Intelligence Organization Stationing Study
IOT&E Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
IP (1) Initial Point; (2) Imagery Processing; (3) Intelligence Prob-
lem; (4) Instrumentation Point; (5) Immediate Permanent Inca-
pacitation Dose; (6) Internet Protocol
IP/MP Inphase/Midphase
IPA (1) Intelligence Production Activity;
(2) Imagery Product Archive
IPAT Intelligence Planning/Programming Analysis Tool
IPB Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield/Battlespace
IPC (1) Industrial Planning Committee; (2) Intelligence Producers’
Council; (3) Intelligence Production Center
IPCP Intelligence Production Campaign Plan
IPCS Intelligence Producers Council Staff
IPD (1) Intelligence Planning Document; (2) Intelligence Plans
Division (USEUCOM); (3) Intelligence Production Division
IPDB Intelligence Production Data Base
IPDS Imagery Processing and Dissemination System
IPE Intelligence Production Element
IPF (1) Integrated Processing Facility;
(2) Intelligence Processing Facility (Guardrail)
IPG Implementation Planning Group
IPIR (1) Immediate Photo Interpretation Report;
(2) Initial Photographic Interpretation Report;
(3) Initial Programmed Interpretation Report;
(4) Initial Phase Interpretation Report
IPR Integrated Personal Armor
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IPM (1) Interface Processor for Imagery Exchange;
(2) Intelligence Programs Management
IPMA Intelligence Production Management Activity
IPMO Intelligence Program Management Office
IPL Integrated Priority List
IPM Interpersonal Messaging
IPOIC Interagency Prisoner of War Ad Hoc Committee
IPOM Intelligence Program Objective Memorandum
IPP (1) Intelligence Producer Profile; (2) Impact Point Prediction
IPR (1) Intelligence Production Requirement; (2) In Process Review;
(3) Impulse Response; (4) Internet Protocol Route
IPRG (1) Intelligence Priorities Review Group;
(2) Intelligence Program Review Board
IPS (1) Integrated Program Summary; (2) Intelligence Production
System; (3) Imagery Processing Segment (CARS); (4) Intelli-
gence Production Section; (5) Instructions Per Second;
(6) Imagery Processing System
IPSC Information Processing Standards for Computers
IPSG Intelligence Program Support Group (now CISA)
IPSO Internet Protocol Security Option
IPSP Intelligence Priorities for Strategic Planning
IPT Integrated Product Team
IPU Inter-Parliamentary Union
IPW Interrogation of Prisoners of War
IPWG Intelligence Priorities Working Group
IPX Internet Packet Exchange
IR (1) Infrared; (2) Intelligence Information Report; (3) Illumina-
tion Rate; (4) Impulse Response; (5) Information Requirement;
(6) Intelligence Requirement; (7) Initial Radiation; (8) Induced
Radiation; (9) Information Ratio
I2R Imaging Infrared
IRA Intelligence-Related Activities
IRAC Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee
IRBM Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile
IRC (1) International Red Cross; (2) International Rescue Committee
IRCM Infrared Countermeasures
IRCS Improved Radar Calibration System
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IRD (1) Independent Research & Development; (2) Intelligence
Resources Division; (3) Intelligence Reserve Detachment
IRDB Integrated Requirements Data Base
IRDC Intelligence Research and Development Council
IRDHS Imagery-Related Data Handling System (see AIRES)
IREMBASS Improved Remotely Monitored Battlefield Surveillance System
IRDS Infrared Detection System
IREMBASS Improved-Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System
IREPS Integrated Refractive Effects Prediction System
IRF (1) Imagery Readiness Facility;
(2) Intelligence Readiness Facility
IRG Interdepartmental Regional Group
IRGM Infrared Guidance Module
IRINT Infrared Intelligence
IRIS Infrared Imaging System
IRISA Imagery Report Index Summary
IRISF Intelligence Report Index Summary File
IRK Interswitch Rekeying Key
IRLS Infrared Line Scanner
IRM (1) Intelligence Requirements Management;
(2) Information Resource Management
IRMS Imagery Requirements Management System
IROF Imagery Reconnaissance Objectives File
IROL Imagery Reconnaissance Objectives List
IROP (1) Imagery Reconnaissance Objectives Plan;
(2) Infrared Optical Intelligence;
(3) Imagery Requirements Objectives Program
IRPG Installation Reference Points Graphics
IRPIA Intelligence Information Report Photo Index
IRR (1) Individual Ready Reserve; (2) Intelligence Requirement
Request; (3) Intelligence Readiness Report
IRS (1) Intelligence Research Specialist; (2) Internal Revenue
Service; (3) Interface Requirements Specification;
(4) Intelligence Requirements Subcommittee
IRSCOM Imagery Requirements Subcommittee
IS (1) Information Systems; (2) Intelligence Specialists;
(3) Intelligence Squadron
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ISA (1) International Security Affairs; (2) Interservice Support
Agreement; (3) Intelligence Support Activity; (4) Integration
Support Activity; (5) International Support Agreement
ISAF Israeli Air Force
ISAR Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar
ISARC Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Cell
ISB (1) Initial Staging Base; (2) Intermediate Staging Base;
(3) Intelligence Systems Board; (4) Intelligence Support Base
ISC (1) Information Systems Command; (2) Information Science
Center; (3) Intelligence Support Cell
ISCO Intelligence Support to Combined Operations
ISC/SC Intelligence Specialist Chief/Senior Chief
ISD (1) Intelligence Support Detachment; (2) Intelligence Security
Division; (3) Intelligence Support Division
ISDB Integrated Satellite Data Base
ISDN (1) Integrated Services Data Network; (2) Intelligence Services
Digital Network ISEIntelligence Support Element
ISEMS Improved Spectrum Efficiency Modeling and Simulation
ISEW Intelligence, Security, and Electronic Warfare
ISF Intelligence Support Facility (U.S. Navy)
ISG Intelligence Support Group (U.S. Navy)
ISHMRS Improved SOF High Frequency Manpack Radio System
ISIC Intelligence Support and Indications Center
ISID Interim Secondary Imagery Dissemination System
ISIDS Improved SIDS
ISINT Instrumentation Signals Intelligence
ISIP Intelligence Support Interface Program
ISIS (1) Integrated Signals Intelligence System;
(2) Interim SOCOM Intelligence Threat Data System
ISLES Information Systems for Law Enforcement Support
ISM Industrial Security Manual
ISMB Intelligence Systems Management Board
ISO (1) Information Systems Office;
(2) International Standards Organization
ISOFAC Isolation Facility
ISOPREP Isolated Personnel Report
ISOS Intelligence System of Systems
ISP (1) Intelligence Support Plan; (2) Industrial Security Program;
(3) Intelligence Support Processor; (4) Integrated Survey Pro-
gram; (5) Intelligence Survey Program
ISP DCS Integrated Survey Program Data Collection System
ISP CPE Integrated Survey Program Central Production Element
ISPER IPAC Special Reports
ISPO Intelligence Support Program Office
ISPR Information Systems Processing Request
ISPS (1) ISP Server; (2) Improved SOF Power Sources
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ISR (1) Imagery Support Requirement; (2) Inter-Agency Source
Registry; (3) Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
ISRD Information Systems Requirement Document
ISS (1) Intelligence Support System; (2) Intelligence Support Sub-
system; (3) Intelligence Support Staff; (4) Information Security
System; (5) Information Systems Security
I&SS Intelligence and Security Service
ISSA (1) Information Systems Support Activity;
(2) Inter-service Support Agreement
ISSM Information Systems Security Manager
ISSO (1) Information Systems Security Officer;
(2) Intelligence Systems Support Office
ISST ICBM SHF Satellite Terminal
IST (1) Imagery Support Terminal; (2) Intelligence Support Team;
(3) Intelligence System Team
ISTA Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition
ISWG Intelligence Support Working Group
ISYSCON Integrated System Control
IT Immediate Transient Incapacitation Dose
ITA (1) Intelligence Terrain Analyzer;
(2) International Telegraph Alphabet
ITAAS Intelligence Training Army Area Schools
ITAC (1) Intelligence and Threat Analysis Center (U.S. Army);
(2) Intelligence Tracking Analysis and Correlation
ITACIES Interim Tactical Imagery Exploitation System (U.S. Army)
ITACS Integrated Tactical Air Control System
ITAR International Traffic in Arms Regulations
ITAS Improved Target Acquisition System
ITC Interagency Training Center
ITCT Improved Tactical Commander’s Terminal
ITD (1) Interim Terrain Data; (2) Individual Training Directorate;
(3) International Training Division
ITDB Intercept Tasking Data Base
ITDN Integrated Tactical Data Network
ITEP (1) Interim Tactical ELINT Processor (U.S. Army);
(2) Integrated Threat Evaluation Program
ITF Intelligence Task Force
ITFN Intra-Task Force Network
ITG Interdiction Target Graphic
ITIBS Improved TIBS
ITIC-PAC INSCOM Theater Intelligence Center-Pacific
ITII Internal-to-Internal Interface
ITL Interagency Telephone Laboratory
ITO (1) International Trade Organization;
(2) Integrated Tasking Order
ITOC Interrogation Translation Operations Center
ITP (1) Intelligence Town Plan; (2) Interrogation/Translation Platoon
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ITSS Integrated Tactical Surveillance System
ITT Interrogator Translator Team
ITU (1) Interrogator-Translator Unit;
(2) International Telecommunications Union
ITUT Interim Tactical Users Terminal
ITW (1) International Targeting Workstation;
(2) Integrated Threat Warning
ITW&AA Integrated Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment
IU (1) Interface Unit; (2) Image Understanding
lUG Intelligence Users’ Guide
IUS Inertial Upper Stage
IUSS Integrated Undersea Surveillance System
IVAN Intelligence Van
IVCS Integrated Vehicle Communications System
IVD Interactive Video Disk
IVIS Inter-Vehicle Information System
IVSN Initial Voice Switched Network
IW (1) Information Warfare; (2) Intelligence Wing
I&W (1) Indications and Warning; (2) Intelligence & Warning
IWC Information Warfare Center
IWD Intermediate Water Depth
IWG Intelligence Working Group
IWO Intelligence Watch Officer
IWS (1) Intelligence Work Station; (2) Information Warfare Squadron
IWSDB Integrated Weapon System Data Base
IWST Information Warfare Support Team
IWT Intelligence Watch Team
IWTS Indications and Warning Training System
IWW Inland Waterway
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J3 Director(ate) of Operations
J4 Logistics Directorate
J5 Director(ate) of Plans, Policy, and Programs
J6 (1) Director(ate) of Command, Control, Communications;
(2) Director(ate) of Command, Control, Communications, and
Computer Systems
J7 Joint Operational Plans Staff
J8 Director(ate) of Resource Management
JA Judge Advocate (General)
JAADS Joint Allied Air Defense System
JAAT Joint Air Attack Team
JAC Joint Analysis Center
JACC/CP Joint Airborne Communications Center/Command Post
JAD Joint Assessment Data
JAEIC Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
JAG Judge Advocate General
JAI Joint Administrative Instruction
JAIEG Joint Atomic Information Exchange Group
JAIS Japan Air Intelligence System
JAIS-PAC Joint Area Information system-USPACOM
JAMIP Joint Analytic Model Improvement Program
JAN Joint Army-Navy
JANAF Joint Army, Navy, Air Force Publication
JANAP Joint Army/Navy Publication
JAO Joint Area of Operations
JAOC Joint Air Operations Center
JAOP Joint Air Operations Plan
JAPC Joint Attrition and Penetration Committee
JAR JIC Analysis Report
JARCC Joint Air Reconnaissance Control Center
JARIC (1) Joint Aerial Reconnaissance Intelligence Center;
(2) Joint Air Reconnaissance Interpretation Center (UK)
JAROC (B) Joint Allied Refugee Operations Center (Berlin)
JARP Joint Aerospace Reserve Program
JASDF Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces
JASORS Joint Advanced Special Operations Radio System
JASPO Joint Airborne SIGINT Program Office
JASS Joint Airborne SIGINT System
JAST Joint Advanced Strike Technology Program
JATCCCS Joint Advanced Tactical C3 System
JAWS (1) Joint Analytical Workstation; (2) Joint Advanced Weapons
System; (3) JDISS-Army Workstation
JBS (1) Joint Base Station; (2) Joint Broadcast Service
J2C CIA Liaison

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JCAT (1) Joint Crisis Action Team; (2) Joint Crisis Analysis Tool
JCC Joint Coordination Center
JCCC Joint Communications Control Center
JCCOC Joint Communications & Control Operational Concept
JCCWC Joint Command and Control Warfare Center
JCET Joint/Combined Exercises for Training
JCEOI Joint CEOI
JCF Joint Communications Facility
JCISB Joint Counterintelligence Support Branch
JCISOC Joint CI Staff Officer’s Course
JCMC (1) Joint Crisis Management Capability;
(2) Joint Crisis Management Center
JCMEC Joint Captured Materiel Exploitation Center
JCMO Joint Collection Management Office
JCMOTF Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force
JCMPO Joint Cruise Missile Project Office
JCMST Joint Collection Management Support Tool (renamed JCMT)
JCMT Joint Collection Management Tool
JCNJSIC Center Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Base (CMAFB) Node
JCNICC Joint Counternarcotics Intelligence Coordination Center
JCP Joint Congressional Committee on Printing
JCPES Joint Chiefs Planning and Execution System
JCPX Joint Command Post Exercise
JCRC Joint Casualty Resolution Center
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCSAN JCS Alert Network
JCSAR Joint Combat Search and Rescue
JCSE (1) Joint Communications Support Element;
(2) Joint Contingency Support Element
JCSM Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
JCSS (1) Japan Combat Support System;
(2) Joint Communications Support Squadron
JCTG-ME Joint Technical Coordinating Group for Munitions Effectiveness
J2D DIA Liaison
JDA (1) Joint Deployment Agency; (2) Japan Defense Agency;
(3) Joint Duty Assignment
JDAC Joint District Area Command
JDAL Joint Duty Assignment List
JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munition
JDC Joint Debriefing Center
J-DEC JICPAC-Detachment Japan
JDEC Joint Document Exploitation Center
JDF Joint Development Facility
JDGW Joint Digital Geopositioning Workstation
JDIA Joint Digital Intelligence Assessment

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JDIPC Joint Deployable Imagery Production Center
JDISS (1) Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System;
(2) Joint Defense Intelligence Support Services
JDISS-C Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System-CENTCOM
JDISS-E JDISS-EUCOM
JDISS-S Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System-SOCOM or
SOCRATES
JDIVS Joint Deployable Intelligence Video/Data System
JDMAG Joint Deployable Maintenance Analysis Group
JDS Joint Deployment System
JDSS Joint Decision Support System
JDSIR Joint Deployment System Incident Reporting System
JDSSC Joint Data System Support Center
JEAP (1) Joint Electronic Analysis Program;
(2) Joint Electronic Analysis Position
JEC Joint Economic Committee
JECC(G) Joint Exercise Control Center (Group)
JECG Joint Exercise Control Group
JECM Joint Electronic Countermeasures
JEEP Joint Emergency Evacuation Plan
JEIO Joint Engineering and Interoperability Organization
JEFPROS JAC EUCOM Force Protection Summary
JEIR JAC EUCOM Intelligence Review
JEL Joint Electronic Library
JEM Joint Exercise Manual
JES JDISS Embedded Support
JESS Joint Exercise Support System
JET JWICS Earth Terminal
JETDS Joint Electronics Designation System
JEWC Joint Electronic Warfare Center
JFACC Joint Force Air Component Commander
JFC (1) Joint Fusion Center; (2) Joint Force Commander
JFFC Joint Force Fires Coordinator
JFFSC Joint Force Fire Support Coordinator
JFI Joint Force Integrator
JFIC Joint Force Interdiction Coordinator
JFITL Joint Force Integrator Task List
JFK CTRMA John F. Kennedy Center for Military Assistance
JFLCC Joint Force Land Component Commander
JLOTS Joint Logistics Over the Shore
JFM Joint Force Memorandum
JFMCC Joint Force Maritime Component Commander
JFMO Joint Frequency Management Office
JFSOCC Joint Force Special Operations Component Commander
JGITSS Joint General Intelligence Training System Subarchitecture

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JGSDF Japanese Ground Self-Defense Forces
JIATF Joint InterAgency Task Force
JIATF-E Joint InterAgency Task Force - East
JIATF-W Joint InterAgency Task Force - West
JIB Joint Intelligence Bureau (Commonwealth Countries)
JIC (1) Joint Intelligence Center; (2) Joint Interrogation Center;
(3) Joint Intelligence Cell
JIC-E Joint Intelligence Center-Europe
JIC-SOUTH Joint Intelligence Center-U.S. SOUTHCOM
JIC-2000 Designation of JICSOUTH upon movement to CONUS
JICEUR Joint Intelligence Center Europe
JICPAC Joint Intelligence Center Pacific
JICREP Joint Intelligence Center Report
JICTRANS Joint Intelligence Center for Transportation
JIEO Joint Interoperability Engineering Organization (DISA)
JIEP Joint Intelligence Estimate for Planning
JIF Joint Interrogation Facility
JIFF Joint Interdiction of Follow-on Forces
JIIKS Joint Imagery Interpretation Key Structure
JIIM Joint Intelligence Information Management
JILE Joint Intelligence Liaison Element
JIM JESS Intelligence Model
JINTACCS Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems
JINTC Joint Intelligence Task Force
JIO Joint Intelligence Organization
JIOC Joint Intelligence Operations Center
JIPC Joint Imagery Production Center
JIPTL Joint Integrated Prioritized Target List
JISA Joint Intelligence Support Architecture
JISAD JTF Intelligence Support Architecture Document
JISC (1) Joint Intelligence Support Center;
(2) Joint Intelligence Support Concept
JISE Joint Intelligence Support Element
JISI Joint Intelligence System Integration
JISS Japan Intelligence Support System
JITAP Joint Intelligence Training Activity Pacific
JITC Joint Interoperability Test Center (DISA)
JITF Joint Integration Testing Facility
JIVA Joint Intelligence Virtual Architecture
JLA Joint Logistics Assessment
JLARG Joint Logistics Assessment Review Group
JL-COE Joint Logistics Center of Excellence
JLD Joint Liaison Detachment
JLE Jammer Locator Electronics
JLMIS Joint Logistics Management Information System

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JLOTS Joint Logistics Over the Shore
JLPPG Joint Logistics and Personnel Policy and Guidance
JLRC Joint Logistics Readiness Center
J4/LRC Joint Logistics Readiness Center
JLREID Joint Long-Range Estimating Intelligence Document (JSPS)
JLRSA Joint Long-Range Strategic Appraisal
JLSP Joint Logistics Steering Panel
JM Joint Mission
JMA (1) Joint Mobilization Augmentation; (2) Joint Mission Analysis
JMAT Joint Mobility Assistance Team
JMC Joint Movement Center
JMCC (1) Joint MC&G Coordination Center;
(2) Joint Mobile Command Center
JMCIS Joint Maritime Command Information System
JMEM Joint Munitions Effectiveness Manual
JMENS Joint Mission Element Needs Statement
JMETL (1) Joint Mission Essential Target List;
(2) Joint Mission Essential Task List
JMI JTIDS Modular AOC Integration System
JMIC Joint Military Intelligence College
JMICS JWICS Mobile Integrated Communications System
JMIE Joint Maritime Information Element
JMIE/JEM JMIE Support System and Modernization
JMINI Joint UHF MILSATCOM Network Integrated
JMIP Joint Military Intelligence Program
JMISE Joint Military Intelligence Support Element
JMITC Joint Military Intelligence Training Center
JMNS Joint Mission Needs Statement
JMO Joint Management Office
JMOCC Joint Mobile Operations Command Center
JMP (1) Joint Manpower Program; (2) Joint Mobilization Program
JMPAB Joint Material Priorities Allocation Board
JMPP Joint Munitions Production Panel
JMRR Joint Military Readiness Review
JMSDF Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
JMSIP Joint Modeling and Simulation Integration Program
JMSNS Justification for Major System New Start
JMST Joint Management Support Tool
JMTB Joint Military Transportation Board
JMTG (1) Joint Military Terminology Group;
(2) Joint Master Training Guide
JMTK Joint Mapping Tool Kit
JNACC Joint Nuclear Accident Coordinating Center
JNAF Yugoslavia National Air Force
JNC Jet Navigation Chart

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JNC-A Jet Navigation Chart-Air
JNIDS (1) Joint National Intelligence Dissemination System;
(2) Joint National Intelligence Development Staff
JNPE Joint Nuclear Planning Element
JOA Joint Operations Area
JOC Joint Operations Center
JOC/INT Joint Operations Center/Intelligence Team
JOG Joint Operations Graphic
JOG-A Joint Operations Graphic-Air
JOG-C Joint Operations Graphic-Combined
JOG-G Joint Operations Graphic-Ground
JOG-R Joint Operations Graphic-Radar
JOIC Joint Operational Intelligence Center/Cell
JOIN Joint Operations Intelligence Network
JOINT REDTRAIN Joint Readiness Training
Joint STARS Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
JOP Joint Operating Procedure
JOPES Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
JOPS Joint Operational Planning System
JOS Joint Operational Stocks
JOSE Joint Operations Support Element
JOTS Joint Operational Tactical System
JP (1) Jet Petroleum; (2) Joint Publication
JPAM Joint Program Assessment Memorandum
JPAT Joint Planning and Assistance Team
JPD Joint Planning Document
JPEA Joint Planning and Exercise Activity
JPEC Joint Planning and Execution Community
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPM Joint Program Manager
JPMIE Joint Program for Military Intelligence Education
JPMO Joint Program Management Office
JPN JSIC Peterson Node
JPO Joint Project Office
JPOTF Joint Psychological Operations Task Force
JPOTG Joint Psychological Operations Task Group
JPPR Joint Planning and Program Review
JPRS Joint Publications Research Service
JPSD Joint Precision Strike Demonstration
JPSS Joint Planning Staff for Space
JPSIO Joint Precision Strike Integration Office
JRA Joint Rear Area
JRB Joint Reconnaissance Board
JRC (1) Joint Reconnaissance Center; (2) Joint Recovery Center
JRCB Joint Reconnaissance Coordination Board

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JRCC Joint Rescue Coordination Center
JRCP Joint Readiness Command Program
JRDC Joint Regional Defense Command
JRDOD Joint Research and Development Objectives Document
JRFL Joint Restricted Frequency List
JRIP Joint Reserve Intelligence Program
JRMB Joint Requirements and Management Board
JRO Joint Reconnaissance Office
JROC Joint Requirements Oversight Council
JROC-B Joint Refugee Center, Berlin
JRS Joint Reporting System/Structure
JRSC Jam-Resistant Secure Communications
JRTC (1) Joint Readiness Training Center;
(2) Joint Regional Training Center
JRTC-IS JRTC Instrumentation System
JRX Joint Readiness Exercise
JRX MILES JRX Milestone System
JS Joint Staff
J/S Ratio of received power level of a jamming signal and a desired
signal
JSAJAC Security Activity
JSAC Joint State Area Command
JSAM Joint Security Assistance Memorandum
JSAMSA Joint Security Assistance Memorandum Supporting Analysis
JSB Joint Synthetic Battlespace
JSC (1) Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center; (2) Joint Spectrum Center
JSCP Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan
JSCS Joint Strategic Connectivity Staff
JSDF Japanese Self-Defense Forces
JSEAD (1) Joint Surveillance Enemy Air Defense;
(2) Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
JSFC Joint Space Fundamentals Course
JSIC Joint SPACECOM Intelligence Center
JSIMS Joint Simulation System
JSIOC Joint Space Intelligence Operations Course
JSIOPC Joint Space Intelligence Operations Policy Course
JSIP Joint Services Imagery Processor
JSIPS Joint Service Imagery Processing System
JSIPS-N Joint Service Imagery Processing System-Navy
JSMB Joint Space Management Board
JSO (1) Joint Staff Office; (2) Joint Support Office
JSOA (1) Joint Special Operations Agency;
(2) Joint Special Operations Area
JSOACC Joint Special Operations Air Component Commander
JSOC (1) Joint Special Operations Center; (2) Joint Strategic
Operations Center; (3) Joint Special Operations Command

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JSODC Joint Special Operations Deception Course
JSOFI Joint Special Operations Forces Institute
JSOIC Joint Special Operations Intelligence Course
JSOIT Joint Special Operations Intelligence Training
JSOIO Joint Special Operations Intelligence Orientation
JSOP Joint Strategic Objectives Plan
JSOPW Joint Special Operations Planning Workshop
JSOR Joint Service Operational Requirement
JSOSOC Joint Special Operations Staff Officer Course
JSOTF Joint Special Operations Task Force
JSOTFSO Joint Special Operations Task Force South
JSOTP Joint Special Operations Training Project
JSOW Joint Standoff Weapon
JSPD Joint Strategic Planning Document
JSPDSA Joint Strategic Planning Document Supporting Analysis
JSPO Joint System Program Office
JSPS Joint Strategic Planning System
JSR (1) Joint Strategy Review; (2) Joint Special Reports
JSRC Joint Search and Rescue Center
JSS (1) Joint Surveillance System; (2) JMIE Support System
JSST (1) Joint Space Support Team; (2) Joint Special Support Team
JSTARS Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System
JSTPS Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff
JSWG (1) J-TENS Special Working Group;
(2) Joint Service Working Group
JT Joint
JTA (1) Joint Task Analysis; (2) Joint Table of Allowances
JTAGS Joint Tactical Ground Station
JTAO Joint Tactical Air Operations
JTARS Joint Tactical Aerial Reconnaissance System
JTASC Joint Training, Analysis and Simulation Center
JTB (1) Joint Transportation Board; (2) Joint Targets Board
JTC (1) Joint Target Committee; (2) Joint Technology Center;
(3) JFACC Target Cell
JTC3A Joint Tactical Command, Control, and Communications Agency
JTCAE Joint Tactical Control and Analysis Element
JTCB Joint Targets Coordination Board
JTCG Joint Technical Coordinating Group
JTCG(ME) Joint Technical Coordinating Group (For Munitions
Effectiveness)
JTC/SIL Joint Technology Center/ Systems Integration Laboratory
JTD Joint Table of Distribution (Manning Authorization for a Joint
Organization)
JTDA Joint Table of Distribution and Allowances
JTEB Joint Test and Evaluation Board
J-TENS Joint Tactical Exploitation of National Systems

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JTENS Joint-Service Tactical Exploitation of National Systems
JTF (1) Joint Tactical Fusion; (2) Joint Task Force
JTF-6 Joint Task Force-6
JTF-B USSOUTHCOM JTF in Honduras
JTFCEM Joint Task Force Contingency Engineer Manager
JTF-FA Joint Task Force-Full Accounting
JTF-LOCE Joint Tactical Fusion-Limited Operational Capability Europe
JTF-PM Joint Task Force-Panama
JTFPO Joint Tactical Fusion Program Office
JTF-PP Joint Task Force PROVIDE PROMISE
JTF-SWA Joint Task Force-South West Asia
JTFHQ Joint Task Force Headquarters
JTFP Joint Tactical Fusion Program
JTFPMO Joint Tactical Fusion Program Management Office
JTFSO Joint Task Force South
JTG Joint Task Group
JTIC Joint Transportation Intelligence Center
JTID Joint Digital Team Information Device
JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
JTL Joint Target List
JTMD (1) Joint Theater Missile Defense;
(2) Joint Table of Mobilization and Distribution
JTN Joint Targeting Network
JTOSS Joint Task-Organized Software Subsystem
JTP Joint Training Plan
JTR Joint Travel Regulation
JTRU Joint Transportation Reserve Unit
JTSC Joint Technology Steering Committee
JTSG Joint Targets Steering Group
JTT Joint Tactics Terminal
JTTP Joint Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
JTWS Joint Threat Warning System
JTX Joint Training Exercise
JUAVTC Joint UAV Training Center
JUDI Joint Universal Data Interpreter
JULL Joint Universal Lessons Learned
JULLS Joint Universal Lessons Learned System
JUMPS Joint Uniform Military Pay System
JUSMAG Joint United States Military Advisory Group
JUWC Joint Unconventional Warfare Command
JUWTF Joint Unconventional Warfare Task Force
JVIDS Joint Visual Integrated Display System
JWAC Joint Warfare Analysis Center
JWARS Joint Warfare Simulation
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JWC (1) Joint Warfare Center; (2) Joint Working Group
JWCA Joint Warfighting Capability Assessment
JWFC Joint Warfighting Center
JWG Joint Working Group
JWICS (1) Joint Warning Indications Communications System;
(2) Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
JWID Joint Worldwide Interoperability Demonstration
J2X JTF J2 Support Element

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K
K Kelvin (absolute temperature scale)
KAC Korea Analysis Center
KADIZ Korean Air Defense Identification Zone
KAIS Korean Air Intelligence System
KAK Key-Auto-Key
KAL Key Asset List
KALCC Korean Airlift Control Center
KAPP Key Asset Protection Program
KAWS Korean Analyst Workstation
KB (1) Kilobyte; (2) Knowledgeability Brief
Kbps Kilobits Per Second (also KPS)
KBS Knowledge-Based System
KBYTES Kilobytes
KCG Korean Consultative Group
KCIA Korean Central Intelligence Agency
KCOIC Korean Combat/Combined Operations Intelligence Center
KCSS Korean Combat Support System
KDC Key Distribution Center
KDEI Key Defense Estimates Issues
KDIA Korean Defense Intelligence Agency
KDII Key Defense Intelligence Issues
KE Kinetic Energy
KEK Key Encryption Key
KELP Kaleidoscope Elint Processor
KEW Kinetic Energy Weapon
KG (1) Kilogram; (2) Key Generator
KGB Committee for State Security (FSU)
KH Keyhole
KHA Killed by Hostile Action
KHz Kilohertz
KIA Killed in Action
KIA-BNR Killed in Action, Body Not Recovered
KIAS Knots Indicated Air Speed
KIES Kodak Imagery Exploitation System
KIEWS Kodak Imagery Edit Workstation
KILLREP Kill Report
KILLSUM Kill Summary
KILOD Killed in the Line of Duty
KIP (1) Key Intelligence Position; (2) Key Indigenous Personnel
KIPPL Key Intelligence Program Priorities List
KISS Korean Intelligence Support System
KIWS KISS Intelligence Workstation
KJ (1) Kilojoules; (2) Key Judgments

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KM Kilometer
KMASE Key Management Application Service Element
KMC Key Management Center
KM/HR Kilometers Per Hour
KMODC Key Management Ordering and Distribution Center
KMID Key Management Identification Number
KMP Key Management Protocol
KMPDU Key Management Protocol Data Unit
KMR Kwajalein Missile Range
KMS Key Management System
KMSA Key Management System Agent
KMUA Key Management User Agent
KN Knot
knots Nautical Miles per hour
KP Key Processor
KPH Kilometers Per Hour
KPK Key Production Key
KS South Korea (ROK)
KSA Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
KSC Kennedy Space Center
KSOS Kernelized Secure Operating System
KT (1) Kiloton; (2) Knot
KTAS Knots True Airspeed
KTO Kuwait Theater of Operations
KTTP Korean Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
Ku A Satellite Frequency Band
KUSLO U.S. Liaison Office-Kenya
KW Kilowatt
KWH Kilowatt Hours
KVG Key Variable Generator

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LAAIB Latin American Air Intelligence Brief
LAAM Light Anti-Aircraft Missile
LAB Laboratory
LABS Laboratories
LAD Launch Assist Device
LADD Low Angle Drogue Delivery
LAEO Low-Altitude Electro-Optical
LAEWWING Light-Airborne Early Warning Wing
LAF Launch Alert Folder
LAFTA Latin America Free Trade Association
LAGEOS Laser Geodynamic Satellite
LAI (1) Light Armored Infantry; (2) Look-Down Air Intercept
LAL Library Accessions List
LALO Low-Altitude Low-Opening
LAM Louisiana Maneuvers
LAMM Land Armament and Manpower Model
LAMP Lockwood Analytical Method for Prediction LAMPS
(1) Light Airborne Multipurpose System;
(2) LANTCOM Message Processing System
LAN Local Area Network
LANDCENT Land Forces Central Region
LANDSAT Land Satellite (Commercial Multi-Spectral)
LANDSOUTH Land Forces Southern Region
LANFORSIXTHFLT Landing Force Sixth Fleet
LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory
LANT Atlantic
LANTAF Atlantic Command Air Forces
LANTAREA Atlantic Area
LANTCOM Atlantic Command (now ACOM)
LANTCOMDIS Atlantic Command Deployable Intelligence System
LANTCOM JIC Atlantic Command Joint Intelligence Center (AIC)
LANTDAC Atlantic Command Defense Analysis Center
LANTDIS USACOM Deployable Intelligence System
LANTFLT U.S. Atlantic Fleet
LANTIRN Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared System for
Night
LANTIS Atlantic Intelligence Supplement
LANUP Local Area Network Upgrades
LANWAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network
LAR Laser-Aided Rocket

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LARB Light Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion
LARS Light Artillery Rocket System
LAS Land Analysis System
LASA Light Armed Surveillance Attack
LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
LASERFAX Secure System for Transmitting Photos
LASH Lighter Aboard Ship
LASINT Laser Intelligence
LASTE Low-Altitude Safety Targeting Enhancement
LAT Latitude
LATAM Latin America
LATIN Atlantic Command Theater Intelligence Network
LATS Large Aperture Tracking System
LATWING Light Attack Wing
LAV Light Armored Vehicle (non-tactical)
LAW Light Antitank Weapon
LAWS Long-Range Cruise Missile Analysis and Warning System
LB Live Broadcast
Lb Pound
L-BAND 1 to 2 GHz
LBR Laser Beam Recorder
lbs (LB) Pounds
LBSR Lightweight Battlefield Surveillance Radar
LC (1) Library of Congress; (2) Line of Contact
LCAC Landing Craft, Air Cushion
LCC (1) Amphibious Command Ship; (2) Logistics
Coordination Center; (3) Launch Control Center;
(4) Land Component Commander
LCC-IC Amphibious Command Ship-Intelligence Center
LCD Liquid Crystal Display
LCE Liaison Coordination Element (Special Operations Liaison Team
in Coalition Operations)
LCF Launch Control Facility
LCM (1) Medium Landing Craft; (2) Life Cycle Management
LCP (1) Personnel Landing Craft; (2) Launching Control Post
LCPR Ramped Personnel Landing Craft
LCS Low-Cost Satellite
LCSMM Life Cycle Support Management Model
LCSR Swimmer Reconnaissance Landing Craft
LCU (1) Utility Landing Craft; (2) Launch Correlation Unit
LCW Special Warfare Support Craft
LCWS Low-Cost Workstation
LD (1) Line of Departure; (2) Laser Defense
LDC (1) Less-Developed Country; (2) Local Data Concentrator;
(3) Light-Weight Deployable Communication;
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LDEF Long Duration Exposure Facility
LDF Lightweight Digital Facsimile
LDIS Library Document Inventory System
LDM Limited Distance Modems
LDMX Local Digital Message Exchange
LDR Low Data Rate
LDS Laser Detection System
LDSD Lookdown/Shootdown
LDT Large Diameter Target
LDX Long-Distance XEROX
LEA Law Enforcement Agency
LEAD (1) Low-Cost Encryption/Authentication Device;
(2) List of Emerging Activations and Dispositions
LEAF Law Enforcement Access Field
LEASAT (1) Leased Satellite; (2) Leased System
LED Light Emitting Diode
LEDS Link 11 Display System
LEM Land Engagement Model
LEN Large Extension Node
LENSCE Limited Enemy Situation Correlation Element
LEP Linear Error Probable
LEPCU Lightweight Environmental Protection Combat Uniform
LEO Low Earth Orbit
LEO COM Low Earth Orbit Data Communications
LERTCON Alert Condition
LES (1) Leading Edge Services; (2) Land Earth Station;
(3) Limited Effects Submunition
LEW Limited Effects Weapons
LEXIS Meade Data Central Legal Service
LF (1) Low Frequency; (2) Launch Facility; (3) Landing Force
LF6F Landing Force 6th Feet
LFC Large Format Camera
LFICS Landing Force Integrated Communications System
LFM Landing Force Manual
LFOC Landing Force Operations Center
LFOV Limited Field of View
LFR Inshore Fire Support Ship
LFRSV Launch-Fly-Recover Space Vehicle
LFS Amphibious Warfare Fire Support Ship
LG ACC Director of Logistics
LGB Laser-Guided Bomb
LHA Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose)
LHA-IC Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose)-Intelligence Center
LHD Multi-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship
L-HOUR Hour on C-Day when deployment begins

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LHR Low Hop Rate
LHW Lower High Water
LHX Lightweight Helicopter
LIC Low-Intensity Conflict
LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging
LIGHTSAT Lightweight Satellite
LIMDIS (1) Limited Dissemination; (2) Limited Distribution
LIME Laser-Induced Magnetic Emissions
LIMMER Limited Control of Merchant Shipping
LIN LANTCOM Intelligence Network
LINCS Long-Range Intelligence Networked Communications Service
LIR Launch and Impact Report
LISS LANTCOM Intelligence Support System
LITE Laptop Imagery Transmission Equipment
LITES Laser Intercept and Technical Exploitation System
LITINT Literature Intelligence
LIVID Language Identification and Voice Identification
LIWA Land Information Warfare Activity
LJ Laser Jet
LKA Amphibious Cargo Ship
LKG Loop Key Generator
LL (1) Landline; (2) Latent Lethal Dose
LLLTV/IR Low-Light-Level TV/Infrared
LLSO Low-Level Source Operations (CI/HUMINT)
LLTV Low-Light-Level Television
LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
LLO Land Liaison Office
LLW Lower Low Water
LLVI Low-Level Voice Intercept
LMBB GENSER Intelligence Broadcast
LMCC LOCE Mobile Correlation Center
LMD Local Management Device
LMD-KP Local Management Device/Key Processor
LME Layer Management Entry
LMI Layer Management Interface
LMR Land Mobile Radio
LMRDFS Lightweight Man-Transportable Radio Direction Finding
System
LMS (1) Local Monitor Station; (2) Least Means Squared
LMSR Large Medium Speed RO/RO
LNA Low Noise Amplifier
LNE Liaison Element
LNG Liquefied Natural Gas
LNIS Atlantic Command Naval Intelligence Summary
LNO (1) Limited Nuclear Option; (2) Liaison Officer

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LNU Last Name Unknown
LO (1) Liaison Officer; (2) Low Observables
LO/LO Lift-On/Lift-Off
LOA (1) Letter of Agreement; (2) Lead Operational Authority;
(3) Letter of Assist
LOAC Law of Armed Conflict
LOB Line of Bearing
LOC(S) (1) Line(s) of Communication; (2) Library of Congress;
(3) Launch Operations Center; (4) Liaison Officer Coordinator;
(5) Location; (6) ILS Localizer
LOCD Lines of Communication Designators
LOCE (1) Limited Operational Capability, Europe;
(2) Linked Operations-Intelligence Centers Europe
LOCK Logical Co-Processing Kernel
LOD Low-Observable Demonstrations
LOFAR Low-Frequency Analysis and Recording
LOG Logistics
LOGCAP Logistics Civil Augmentation Program
LOGEX Logistics Exercise
LOGS Logistics
LOI (1) Letter of Instruction; (2) Location of Interest
LON Longitude
LONG Longitude
LORAD Long-Range Air Defense
LORAN Long-Range Navigation
LOROP Long-Range Oblique Photography
LOROPS (1) Long-Range Optical System;
(2) Long-Range Oblique Photographic Sensor
LOS (1) Line of Sight; (2) Law of the Sea
LOTS (1) Lighter Over the Shore; (2) Logistics Over the Shore
LOW (1) Laws of War; (2) Launch on Warning
LOX Liquid Oxygen
LP Listening Post
LPA Amphibious Personnel Transport
LPAR Large Phased-Array Radar
LPC Linear Predictive Coding
LPD (1) Amphibious Assault Transport Dock;
(2) Low Probability of Detection
LPD/I Low Probability of Detection/Intercept
LPF Low Pass Filter
LPG Liquefied Natural Gas
LPH Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter)
LPI (1) Low Probability Intercept; (2) Lines per Inch
LPO Leading Petty Officer
LPR Amphibious Transport (Small)
LPS (1) Logistics Planning Study; (2) Large Processing Station

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LPSS Amphibious Transport Submarine
LPT Logistics Preparation of the Theater
LRA Long-Range Aviation (FSU)
LRAA Long-Range Air Army (FSU)
LRAACA Long-Range Air-ASW Capable Aircraft
LRAAM Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile
LRC (1) Logistics Readiness Center; (2) Logistics Resupply Center;
(3) Lesser Regional Contingency; (4) Limited Regional Conflict;
(5) Limited Regional Contingency
LRCM Long-Range Cruise Missile
LRCS Light-Reaction Communications System
LRE Launch and Recovery Element
LREO Long Range Electro-Optical
LRINF Longer Range Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
LRIP Limited/Low-Rate Initial Production
LRL Low-Cost Receive Location
LRM Low-Rate Multiplexer
LRP (1) Low-Rate Production; (2) Long-Range Plan;
(3) Limited Response Package
LRR Long-Range Reconnaissance
LRRP Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol
LRSC Long-Range Surveillance Company
LRSO Long-Range Surveillance Out-Post
LRSP (1) Long-Range Surveillance Plan;
(2) Long-Range Systems Plan
LRSPRAC Long-Range Special Reporting and Coordination
LRSTIA Long-Range Scientific and Technical Intelligence Assessment
LRSU Long-Range Surveillance Unit
LRTNF Long-Range Theater Nuclear Forces
LRU Line-Replaceable Unit
LSA (1) Logistics Support Analysis; (2) LAN Systems Administrator
LSB Lower Sideband
LSC Linear Shaped Charge
LSCS Logistics Support Command, Somalia
LSD (1) Landing Ship, Dock; (2) Lease Separation Distance
LSDV Swimmer Delivery Vehicle
LSE Logistic Support Element
LSG Large-Scale Graphics
LSI Large-Scale Integration
LSM Medium Amphibious Assault Landing Ship
LSP Launch Sequence Plan
LSS Library Support System
LSSA Logistic System Support Activity
LSSC Light Seal Support Craft
LST (1) Amphibious Vehicle Landing Ship; (2) Local Standard Time
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LSV Light Strike Vehicle
LT (1) Light Table (2) Light
LTAC Land Terminal Access Control
LTAS Lightweight Tactical Army Satellite Communications System
LTBT Limited Test Ban Treaty
Ltd Limited
LTDP NATO Long-Term Defense Program
LTDS Laser Target Designator System
LTI Lightweight Thermal Imager
LTID Laser Target Interface Device
LTIOV Latest Time Information of Value
LTMS Light Table Mensuration System
LTOE Living Table of Organization and Equipment
LUA Launch Under Attack
LUT Limited User Test
LVDS Low-Volume Dissemination System
LW Low Water
LWA Light Weight Aircraft
LWIR Long-Wavelength Infrared
LWM Lightweight Motor
LWOP Leave Without Pay
LWR Lutheran World Relief, Inc
LWT Amphibious Warping Tug
LZ Landing Zone
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3M Material, Maintenance, Management

M (1) Meter; (2) Mach; (3) Mega (Million)
M1A1 M1A1 ABRAMS Tank
MA Mission Assessment
MAA Mission Area Analysis
MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group
MAAP Master Air Attack Plan
MAB Marine Amphibious Brigade
MAC (1) Military Airlift Command (now AMC); (2) Mobile Inshore
Undersea Warfare Attack Craft; (3) Multi-Array Correlator;
(4) Missile Analysis Center; (5) Mandatory Access Control;
(6) Message Authentication Code; (7) Military Areas of
Coordination
MAC-IN Military Airlift Command-Director of Intelligence
MACA Military Assistance to Civil Authorities
MACCOM MAC Communications (Network)
MACCS Marine Aviation Command and Control System
MACDIS Military Assistance to Civil Disturbances
MACLO MAC Liaison Officer
MACOM (1) Major Army Command; (2) Major Command
MACSAT Multiple Access Communications Satellite
MAD (1) Magnetic Anomaly Detector; (2) Mutual Assured Destruction
MADP Military Attache for Defense Programs
MAE (1) Mean Area of Effectiveness;
(2) Medium Altitude Endurance UAV (formerly Tier II)
MAEO Medium-Altitude Electro-Optical
MAE-UAV Medium-Altitude Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
MAF Marine Amphibious Force
MAFC MAGTF All-Source Fusion Center
MAG (1) Marine Aircraft Group; (2) Military Assistance Group;
(3) Military Advisory Group; (4) Magnetic
MAGIC Maritime Air-Ground Intelligence Cell
MAGIIC Mobile Army Ground Imagery Interpretation Center
MAGIS Marine Air-Ground Intelligence System
MAGR Miniature Airborne GPS Receiver
MAG Tape Magnetic Tape
MAGTF (1) Marine Air-Ground Task Force;
(2) Marine Amphibious Ground Task Force
MAINT Maintenance
MAIS Military Airlift Intelligence System
MAISRC Major Automated Information System Review Council
MAJCOM (1) Major Air Force Command; (2) Major Command
MAMS MASINT Automated Management System
MAN (1) Mandatory Modification; (2) Metropolitan Area Network

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MANPADS Manportable Air Defense System
MANPRINT Manpower and Personnel Integration
MAO Major Attack Option
MAOC Modular Air Operations Center
MAP (1) Military Assistance Program; (2) Ministry of Aviation
Industry (USSR); (3) Multiple Aim Point; (4) Master Attack
Plan; (5) Materiel Acquisition Process
MAPREQ Map Requisition System
MARAD Maritime Administration
MARC MAC ALCE Reaction Communications System
MARCENT Marine Forces Central Command
MARCORSYSCOM Marine Corps Systems Command
MARE Mission Analysis Report-Electrical
MARECS Maritime European Communications Satellite
MARDEZ Maritime Defense Zone
MARDEZLANT Maritime Defense Zone, Altantic
MARDIV Marine Division
MARFOR Marine Forces
MARFOREUR Marine Forces Europe
MARFOR-K Marine Forces Korea
MARFORCENT Marine Forces, Central Command
MARFORLANT Marine Forces Atlantic
MARFORPAC Marine Forces Pacific
MARFORSOUTH Marine Forces, Southern Command
MARG (1) Marine Amphibious Readiness Group; (2) Marginal
MARINETERP Westlant Maritime Intelligence Report
MARINTSUM Maritime Intelligence Summary
MARISAT Maritime Satellite (COMSAT)
Mark-Up Detailed Budget Recommendation from a Congressional
Committee
MARPAC Marine Forces Pacific
MARREP Maritime Report
MARS (1) Man-hour Accounting and Reporting System;
(2) Military Affiliate Radio System; (3) Monthly Aerial
Reconnaissance Summary
MART Mobile Autodin Record/Remote Terminal
MARV Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle
MAS (1) Military Airlift Squadron; (2) Measurement and Signature;
(3) Message Analysis Server; (4) Military Agency for
Standardization
MASDR Measurement and Signature Data Requirements
MASH Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
MASINT Measurement and Signature Intelligence
MASS (1) Matrix Analysis Subsystem; (2) Missile and Space Summary
MASST Major Ship Satellite Terminal
MAST (1) Mobile Ashore Support Terminal; (2) Manual Acquisition
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MAT Medium Assault Transport
MATB Multi-Spectral Analyst Test Bed
MATC Armored Troop Carrier, Mini
MATDEV Materiel Developer
MATRIX Multi-source Automatic Target Recognition with
Interactive Exploitation
MATS Mobile Automatic Telephone System
MATSYM Material Symbol
MATT Multi-Mission Advanced Tactical Terminal
MATWING Medium Attack Wing
MAU Marine Amphibious Unit
MAVUS Maritime Vertical Takeoff and Landing Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle System
MAW (1) Military Airlift Wing; (2) Marine Aircraft Wing
MAWTS Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron
MAXI Modular Architecture for the Exchange of Intelligence
MB (1) Megabit; (2) Meteor Burst; (3) Megabits
Mb Megabyte
MBA (1) Main Battle Area; (2) Multiple Beam Antennae
MBB Modular Building Block (of EIF/ECMC)
MBC Meteor Burst Communications
MBFR Mutual and Balanced Force Reduction
MBITR Multiband Inter Team Radio
MBO Management by Objective
MBMR Multiband Multimode Radio
MBPS Megabytes per Second
MBRADIO Multiband Radio
MBT Main Battle Tank
MBYTES/Mbyte Megabytes
MC (1) Military Committee; (2) Mobility Corridor; (3) Joint Military
Intelligence College; (4) Multi-Channel MC&G Mapping,
Charting and Geodesy
MCA (1) Maritime Collection Assets; (2) Military Capabilities Assess-
ment; (3) Military Civil Action; (4) Mission Concept Approval
MCAR Multi-Channel Acoustic Relay
MCAS Marine Corps Air Station
MC ASI Marine Corps Assistant Chief of Staff Intelligence
MCB (1) Markings Center Brief; (2) Marine Corps Base
MCC (1) Mobile Command Center; (2) Movement Control Center;
(3) Mission Control Complex; (4) Military Coordination Center;
(5) Mission Control Cell; (6) Mission Control Center
MCCB Modification/Configuration Control Board
MCCC Mobile Consolidated Command Center (USSPACECOM)
MCCP Marine Corps Campaign Plan
MCCS Mobile Command and Control System
MCCT Mobile Command Communications Team
MCDN Marine Corps Data Network

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MCDS Multilateral Counterterrorism Data System
MCE (1) Mission Control Element; (2) Modular Control Equipment
MCEB Military Communications Electronics Board
MCG (1) Magneto Cumulative Generator; (2) Minimum Character
Grid; (3) Monitor Control Group; (3) Mapping, Charting, and
Geodesy
MCG&I Mapping, Charting, Geodesy, and Imagery
MCIA Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
MCM (1) Mine Countermeasures; (2) Military Committee Memoran-
dum; (3) Multi-Command Manual; (4) Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff Memorandum (Designator)
MCMIP Marine Corps Master Intelligence Plan
MCO MASINT Control Officer
MCOO Modified Combined Obstacles Overlay
MCP Mobile Command Post
MCR Military Command Region
MCRB Military Costing Review Board
MCRC Master Control and Reporting Center
MCRD Marine Corps Recruit Depot
MCRP Mobilization Command Readiness Program
MCS (1) Mine Countermeasures Support Ship; (2) Military Capabili-
ties Study; (3) Maneuver Control System; (4) Master Control
Station; (5) Mission Control Segment
MCSF Mobile Cryptologic Support Facility
MCSFBN Marine Corps Security Force Battalion
MCSP Mobile Communications Support Package
MCST Magnetic Card Selectric Typewriter (IBM)
MCT Mobile Communications Terminal
MCTL (1) Mediterranean Contingency Target List;
(2) Military Critical Technologies List
MCU Mobile Communications/Command Unit
MCW Modulated Continuous Wave
MD (1) Military District; (2) Map Distance; (3) Mission Director
MDA Missile Defense Act of 1991
MDAP Major Defense Acquisition Program
MDC (1) Manipulation Detection Code;
(2) Message Distribution Center
M-Day Day on which mobilization begins
MDI Multidiscipline Interaction
MDCI Multidisciplinary Counterintelligence
MDCISUM Multidisciplinary Counterintelligence Summary
MDDS Modular Digital Dissemination System
MDID MSE Data Interface Device
M-DITDS Migration Defense Intel Threat Data System
MDJCS Memorandum by the Director, Joint Staff for the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
MDLX Military Demarcation Line Extended

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MDPS Mission Data Preparation System
MDO JAPAN Military Defense Office, Japan
MDR (1) MASINT Data Request; (2) Medium Data Rate
MDS (1) Mission Dependent Segment;
(2) Modular Dissemination System
MDT Message Distribution Terminal
MDU (1) Mine Disposal Unit; (2) Mission Data Update
MDW Military District of Washington
MDZ Maritime Defense Zone
ME (1) Middle East; (2) Munitions Effectiveness
MEA Munitions Effectiveness Assessment
MEAP Military Economic Advisory Panel
MEB Marine Expeditionary Brigade
MEBE Middle East Basic Encyclopedia
MEC Main Evaluation Center
MECD Military Equipment Characteristics Document (NATO)
MECH Mechanized
MECL Mission Essential Circuits List
MECO Main Engine Cutoff (Shuttle and Expendable Launch Vehicles)
MECS Manual ELINT Collection System
Med Mediterranean
MED (1) Message Element Dictionary (JINTACCS);
(2) Manipulative Electronic Deception; (3) Medical
MED-RES Medium Resolution
MEDCAP Medical Civic Action Project
MEDCOM Medical Command
MEDEVAC Medical Evacuation
MEDRETE Medical Readiness Training Exercises
MEDINT Medical Intelligence
MEECN Minimum Essential Emergency Communications Network
MEF (1) Marine Expeditionary Force; (2) Maximum Elevation Figure
MEFCG MEF Command Group
MEFTL Middle East Force Target List
MEIF Master ELINT Intercept File
MECL Mission Essential Circuits List
MELOS Mediterranean Littoral OPINTEL Summary
MELT Maximum Efficiency Language Training
MEM Mission Effectiveness Model
MENA Middle East (and) North Africa
MENS Mission Element Needs Statement
MEO Medium Earth Orbit
MEP (1) Ministry of Electronics Industry (FSU);
(2) Mission Enhancement Program (AWACS);
(3) Management Engineering Plan
MER (1) Maximum Effective Range;
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MERADCOM Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command
(U.S. Army)
MERCAST Merchant Ship Broadcast System
MERCO Merchant Ship Reporting and Control
MERCOSUR/MERCOSUL Common Market of the South (South American Southern Cone
Customs Union)
MERIT Military Exploitation of Reconnaissance and Intelligence
Technology
MERSHIP Merchant Ship
MESA Mechanically Steered Antenna
MET (1) Mobile Exploitation Team; (2) Meteorology;
(3) MILSTAR Engineering Development Model Terminal
METCOM Control of Meteorological Information
METEOSAT Meteorological Satellite
METL Mission Essential Task List
METOC Meteorological and Oceanographic
METSAT Meteorology Satellite
METT-T Mission, Enemy, Terrain, Troops and Time Available
MEU Marine Expeditionary Unit
MEU(SOC) Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)
MEWSS Mobile Electronic Warfare Support System
MEWSS PIP Marine Electronic Warfare Support System-Product
MF Medium Frequency
MFC Multinational Force Commander
MF IDB Mainframe Integrated Data Base
MFLOPS Millions of Floating Point Operations per Second
MFO Multinational Force and Observers
MFP Major Force Program
MFP2 Major Force Program 2
MFR (1) Memorandum for Record; (2) Mutual Force Reduction
MFS (1) Ministry of State Security (East German);
(2) Multifunction Switch
MFT Mission, Functions and Tasks
MG Machinegun
MGID Military Geographic Information and Documentation
MGMT Management
MGPS Mobile Ground Processing System
MGR Manager
MGRS Military Grid References System
MGS (1) Mission Ground Station; (2) Mobile Ground Station
MGT (1) Mobile Ground Terminal; (2) Management
MHC Coastal Mine Hunter
MHD Magnet-to-Hydrodynamic
MHE (1) Mechanized Handling Equipment; (2) Message Handling
Enhancement; (3) Materiel Handling Equipment
MHOP Multiple-Hop
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MHV Miniature Homing Vehicle
MHW Mean High Water
MHz Megahertz
mi Miles
MI (1) Military Intelligence; (2) Message Indicator
MIA Missing in Action
MIB (1) Military Intelligence Board; (2) Military Intelligence
Battalion; (3) Management Information Base
MIBNLI Military Intelligence Battalion, Low Intensity
MIBWG Military Intelligence Board Working Group
MIC (1) Mid-Intensity Conflict; (2) Multinational Intelligence Cell;
(3) Monolithic Integrated Circuit; (4) Maritime Intelligence
Center
MICEP Military Intelligence Civilian Excepted Career Program
MICNS Modular Integrated Communications and Navigation System
MICOM Missile Command (U.S. Army)
MICON Military ICON
micro one millionth
MICFAC Mobile Integrated Command Facility Ashore Center
MICS MIIDS/IDB Interface to Client/Server
MICV Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle
MID (1) Military Intelligence Detachment (2) Military Intelligence
Digest MIDB Modernized Integrated Data Base; Migratory
Integrated Data Base
MID(S) (1) Military Intelligence Detachments (Strategic);
(2) Mobile Imagery Dissemination System
MIDAS MAXI Intelligence Desktop Application Software
MIDE Mean Installation Damage Expectancy
MIDEASTFOR Middle East Force
MI DET Military Intelligence Detachment
MIDL Miniature Interoperable Data Link
MIDLANT Mid-Atlantic
MIDPAC Mid-Pacific
MIDMS Machine Independent Data Management System
MIEF Master Imagery Exchange Format
MIERS Modernized Imagery Exploitation & Reporting System
MIES Modernized Imagery Exploitation System
MIFASS Marine Integrated Fire and Air Support System
MIG (1) Mikoyan (FSU) Aircraft; (2) Military Intelligence Guide;
(3) Military Intelligence Group
MIGP Military Intelligence Group
MIIA Medical Intelligence Information Agency (now AFMIC)
MIIDS Military Intelligence Integrated Data System
MIIDS/IDB Military Intelligence Integrated Data System/Integrated
Database
MIIPS Military Intelligence Information Processor Subsystem
MIJI Meaconing, Intrusion, Jamming, and Interference

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MIJIFEEDER Meaconing, Intrusion, Jamming, and Interference Report Feeder
MIL Military
MILAN International Antitank Guided-Missile System
MILCOM Military Communications
MILCOMSAT Military Communications Satellite
MILCON Military Construction
MILDEP Military Department
MILGP Military Group
MILGRPS Military Advisory Groups
mili one thousandths
MILNET (1) Military Logistics Equipment; (2) Military Network
MILOBS Military Observer(s)
MILPERS Military Personnel
MILSAT(COM) Military Satellite (Communications)
MILSPEC Military Specification
MILSTAR (1) U.S. Military Communications Satellite Program;
(2) Military Strategic and Tactical Relay
MILSTD Military Standard
MIMES Multi-Spectral Imagery Materials Exploitation System
MIMI Multi-Level Interactive Man/Machine Interface
MIMIC Monolithic Microwave/Millimeter Wave Integrated Circuit
MIMS Multiple Independent Maneuvering Submissile
min Minutes
MIN-O Minimum Weapon for Damage
MINI-DISE Compact Version of Deployable Intelligence Support Element
MINTERM Miniature Terminal
MINURSO United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
MINX Multi-Media Information Exchange
MIPE Mobile Intelligence Processing Element
MIO (1) Missile Intelligence Officer; (2) Counter-Terrorism Database
MIP (1) Management Implementation Plan;
(2) Message Input Processor
MIPE Mobile Intelligence Processing Element
MIPIR (1) Multi-Mission Imagery Photographic Interpretation Report;
(2) Multi-Source Photo Interpretation Report
MIPR Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request
MIPS Million Instructions per Second
MIR (1) Mission Intercept Report; (2) Morning Intelligence Report
MIRA Medium-Wave Infrared Acquisition Array
MIRACL Mid-Infra-Red Advanced Chemical Laser
MIRADCOM United States Army Missile Research & Development
Command
MIRE Mission Intercept Report-Electrical
MIRF Mission Information Recording Facility
MIRGS Multi-Intelligence Reconnaissance Ground Station
MIRS Miniaturized Imagery Receive System

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MIRV Multiple Independently-Targetable Reentry Vehicle
MIS (1) Management Information System; (2) Military/Monthly
Intelligence Summary; (3) Mission Integration Segment
MISE Military Information Support Element
MISREP Mission Report
MISSI Multilevel Information System Security Initiative
MIST (1) MCCS Intelligence Support Team;
(2) Modular Interoperable Support Terminal;
(3) Military Information Support Team
MISTE Miniature Integrated Satellite Terminal Equipment
MIT Mobile Interrogation Team (HUMINT)
MITASK Mission Tasking
MITS (1) Monthly International Terrorism Summary;
(2) MAC Imagery Transmission System;
(3) Multimedia-Intelligence Tracking Subsystem
MITT Mobile Integrated Tactical Terminal
MITTS Mobile Intelligence Tactical Transmission (System)
MIUW Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare
MIW Mine Warfare
MJCS Memorandum for the Joint Chiefs of Staff
MK-5O Advance Lightweight Torpedo
MK V Mark V Special Operations Craft
MLA Multispectral Linear Array
MLBM Modern Large Ballistic Missile
MLE Mobile Logistics Element
MLLW Mean Lower Low Water
MLM Military Liaison Mission
MLNIS Modified Atlantic Naval Intelligence Summary
MLO Military Liaison Office
MLP Multi-Line Phone
MLPP Multilevel Precedence Preemption
MLRP Marine Corps Long-Range Plan
MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System
MLS (1) Microwave Landing System; (2) Multi-Level Security;
(3) Multi-Level Simulcast
MLSATCOM Military Satellite Communications
MLST Mobile Logistics Support Team
MLW Mean Low Water
MM (1) Millimeter; (2) Million; (3) Manual Morse; (4) Minelayer
MMB Miniature Multiband Beacon
MMI Man/Machine Interface
MMIC Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
MMIS Military Man in Space
MMP MAGTF Master Plan
MMS Multimission Modular Spacecraft
MMU Manned Maneuvering Unit

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MN Multinational
MNAS MAXI Network Access System
MNC Major NATO Command (NATO)
MND Multi-National Division
MNF Multi-National Force
MNIC Multinational Intelligence Cell
MNMIC Modernized NMIC
MNS Mission Needs Statement
MNTHS Months
MNU Middle Name Unknown
MO Counter-Terrorism Database
MOA (1) Memorandum of Agreement; (2) Military Operating Area
MOAF Mission-Oriented Assessment Framework
MOB (1) Main Operating Base; (2) Missile Order of Battle;
(3) Mobilization
MOBDES Mobilization Designee (now IMA)
MOBEX Mobilization Exercise
MOBS Multiple-Orbit Bombardment System
MOBSTA Mobilization Station
MOBTDA Mobilization Table of Distribution and Allowances
MOC (1) Minister of Communications; (2) Mission Operations Center;
(3) Mission Operations Chief
MOD (1) Ministry of Defense; (2) Mobile Obstacle Detachment
MODA Ministry of Defense and Aviation
MODCOM Modular Communications
MODEMS Modulation/Demodulation Equipment
MODS Multiple Object Data System
MOE Measure of Effectiveness
MOGAS Motor Gasoline
MOICPAC Maritime Operational Intelligence Center, Pacific
MOJT Managed On-the-Job Training
MOL Manned Orbital Laboratory
MOLINK Moscow/Washington Emergency Communications Link
MOLNIYA Soviet (FSU) satellite
MOM Ministry of General Machine Building (FSU)
MOMCOMS Man-on-the-Move Communications System
MOOTW Military Operations Other Than War
MOP (1) JCS Memorandum of Policy;
(2) Ministry of Defense Industry (FSU)
MOPOT Mobile PSYOP Transmitter
MOPP Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
MOPS Million Operations per Second
MORL Manned Orbital Research Laboratory
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MORTREP Mortar Bombing Report
MOS (1) Military Occupational Specialty;
(2) Maritime Operational Intelligence Summary;
(3) Marine Observation Satellite
MOSFET Metal-Oxide Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistor
MOSS Manned Orbital Space Station
MOST Mosaic Optical Sensor Technology
MOSW Military Operations Short of War
MOT Military Ocean Terminal
MOTIF Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MOUT Military Operations in Urban Terrain
MOV Military Owned Vehicle
MP (1) Military Police; (2) Military Personnel
MP&B Mission Planning and Briefing
MPA (1) Maritime Patrol Aircraft; (2) Mission and Payload
Assessment; (3) Mission Planning Agent
MPARE Mission Planning, Analysis, Rehearsal, and Execution System
MPC (1) Mobile Processing Center; (2) Manpower and Personnel
Center; (3) Message Processing Center; (4) Media Production
Center
MPDS Message Processing and Distribution System
MPDT Message Processing Distribution Terminal
MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group
MPF (1) Maritime Prepositioned Force; (2) Message Processing Facility;
(3) Mission Planning Folder; (4) Media Production Center
MPF-E Maritime Prepositioning Force Enhanced
MPI Mean Point of Impact
MPM Mission Planning Module
MPN MSE Packet Network
MPP Massively Parallel Processing
MPRS Mission Planning and Rehearsal Segment
MPS (1) Maritime Prepositioned Ships; (2) Message Processing
System; (3) Master Personnel System; (4) Modular Printing
System
MPSOC Multi-Purpose Satellite Operations Center
MPSS Ministry of Communications Equipment Industry (FSU)
MPWS Mobile Protected Weapon System
MQS Military Qualification and Standards System
MR (1) Military Region; (2) Medium Range; (3) Motorized Rifle
MRB Motorized Rifle Battalion
MRBM Medium-Range Ballistic Missile
MRC (1) Movement Report Center; (2) Military Region Command;
(3) Motorized Rifle Company; (4) Major Regional Contingen-
cies; (5) Major Regional Conflict
MRCA Multirole Combat Aircraft
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MRD (1) Mission Rehearsal Device; (2) Motorized Rifle Division
MRDBS (1) MASINT Requirements Data Base System; (2) Measurement
and Signature Intelligence Requirements Database
MRDFS Man-Transportable Radio Direction-Finding System
MRDC Missile Research and Development Command (U.S. Army)
MRF Ministry of Radio Industry (FSU)
MRI Military-Related Intelligence
MRK Manual Remote (re)Keying
MRL (1) Multiple Rocket Launcher; (2) Master Requirements List
MRLS Multiple Rocket Launcher System
MRLOGAEUR Minimum Required Logistics Augmentation Europe
MROC (1) Multiple-Command Required Operational Capability;
(2) Minimum Required Operational Capabilities
MRP Mobilization Readiness Project
MRPE Mobile Receive Processing and Exploitation
MRR Motorized Rifle Regiment
MRS Movement and Reinforcement Study
MRT (1) Mobile Remote Terminal; (2) Miniature Receiver Terminal
MR-UAV Medium-Range Unmanned Airborne Vehicle
MRV Multiple Reentry Vehicle
MRVC Multi-Rate Voice Card (Red Switch)
ms Millisecond
MS (1) Multispectral; (2) Mobilization Station
M&S Modeling and Simulation
m/s Meters per Second
MS-DOS Microsoft Disk Operating System
MSA (1) Military Strength Assessment; (2) Minimum Safe Altitude
MSAM Medium Surface-to-Air Missile
MSB Minesweeping Boat
MSC (1) Military Sealift Command; (2) Coastal Minesweeper;
(3) Major Subordinate Command (NATO); (4) Military Staff
Committee
MSCD Military Support to Civil Defense
MSCS Multiple Source Correlation System
MSCT Training Coastal Minesweeper
MSD (1) Minesweeping Drone; (2) Mensuration Support Data
MSDF Maritime Self-Defense Force (Japan)
MSE Mobile/Multi Subscriber Equipment (Network) (U.S. Army)
MSEL Master Scenario Events List
MSF (1) Fleet Minesweeper; (2) Mobile Strike Force;
(3) Medicines Sans Frontiers
MSG (1) Marine Security Guard; (2) Military Support Group
Msg Message
MSGGEN Message Generator
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MSI (1) Inshore Minesweeper; (2) Multi-Spectral Imagery;
(3) Multisensor Interpretation
MSIC Missile and Space Intelligence Center
MSID Message Identifier
MSIP (1) Multi-Spectral Image Processor;
(2) Multisensored Intelligence Processor
MSK Minimum Shift Keying
MSL (1) Missile; (2) Mean Sea Level
MSM (1) Minesweeper (River);
(2) Ministry of Medium Machine Building (FSU)
MSN Mission
MSO (1) Ocean Minesweeper; (2) Marine Safety Office;
(3) MILSATCOM Systems Office
MSP Ministry of Shipbuilding Industry (FSU)
MSPB Merit System Protection Board
MSPF Marine Special Purpose Forces
MSR (1) Patrol Minesweeper; (2) Main Supply Route;
(3) Missile Site Radar
MSRT (1) Mobile Subscriber Radio Telephone;
(2) Mobile Subscriber Remote Terminal
MSS (1) Message Support Subsystem; (2) Specialized Minesweeper;
(3) Moored Sonobuoy System; (4) Mission-Management Sup-
port System; (5) Mission Support System; (6) Multispectral
Scanner
MSSC (1) Medium SEAL Support Craft; (2) Specialized Coastal Mine-
sweeper; (3) MEU Service Support Group
MSSI Master of Science of Strategic Intelligence
MSSP Multi-Functional Smart Sensor Packages
MSSS Maui Space Surveillance System
MST (1) Mutual Security Treaty; (2) Maintenance Support Team;
(3) Miniature Satellite Transceiver; (4) Multiband Satellite Terminal
MSTS (1) Multisource Tactical System;
(2) Multisource Transceiver System
MSU (1) Major Subordinate Unit; (2) Ministry of the Soviet Union
MSW MASINT Server/Workstation
MT (1) Metric Ton; (2) Megaton; (3) Motor Transport;
(4) Maintenance Trainer; (5) Machine Translation
MT-LB Soviet (FSU) Tracked Vehicle
MTA Maritime Threat Analysis
MTACCS (1) Marine Tactical Command and Control System;
(2) Marine Tactical Air Command Center System
MTAS Multisensor Target Acquisition System
MTB Motor Torpedo Boat
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTBSP Mobilization Troop Basis Stationing Plan
MTCACS Marine Corps Tactical Command and Control System
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
MTDS Military Tactical Data System
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MTG Master Training Guide
MTH Memorandum To Holder
MTI Moving Target Indicator
MTIB Soviet (FSU) Amphibious Armored Tractor
MTIC Military Target Intelligence Committee
MTIMS Military Target Intelligence Management Structure
MTIT Military Technical Intelligence Team
MTL Mean Tide Level
MTLR Moving Target-Locating Radar
MTL(S) Material(s)
MTMC Military Traffic Management Command
MTN (1) Mountain; (2) M22 Tactical Network
MTO Mission Type Order
MTO&E Modified Table of Organization & Equipment
MTP (1) Mission Training Plan; (2) Master Training Plan
Mtr Motor
MTS (1) Maritime Tactical Schools (NATO); (2) Man-Transportable
SOCRATES; (3) Masked Target Sensor
MTST Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter (IBM)
MTT (1) Military Training Team; (2) Mobile Training Team
MTTR Mean Time To Repair
MTZ Motorized Infantry
MULE Modular Universal Laser Equipment
MUSARC Major United States Army Reserve Command
MUSIC Multi-User Special Intelligence Communications
MUSE MC&G Utility Software Environment
MUTES Multiple Threat Emitter System
MUX Multiplexer
Mvr Maneuver
MV Magnetic Variation
MVS Multiple Virtual Storage
MVS/XA Multiple Virtual System/Extended Architecture
MW (1) Mine Warfare; (2) Millimeter Wave; (3) Microwave;
(4) Missile Wing
MW/AA Missile Warning/Attack Assessment
MWC Missile Warning Center
MWDS Missile Warning Display Subsystem
MWHQ Mobile War Headquarters
MWIR Medium Wavelength Infrared
MWL Mean Water Level
MWR Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
MWS Missile Warning System
MWTGM Millimeter Wave Terminal Guided Missile
MX (1) Missile, Experimental; (2) Peacekeeper Ballistic Missile;
(3) Mechanized; (4) Mexico; (5) Mission; (6) Maintenance

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N North
N2 (1) Director of Intelligence (Naval Component);
(2) Navy Staff Intellligence Officer
N/A Not Applicable
NA Navy
NAA North Atlantic Alliance
NAADM North American Air Defense Modernization
NAASW Nonacoustic Antisubmarine Warfare
NAAWS NATO Antiair Warfare System
NAB (1) NATO Air Base Satellite (System);
(2) Naval Amphibious Base; (3) Naval Air Base
NAC (1) North Atlantic Council (NATO); (2) No Apparent Change;
(3) National Agency Check; (4) Network Access Controller
NACA National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
NACAA National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and
Astronautics
NACAM National COMSEC Advisory Memorandum
NACC Net Assessment Coordinating Committee
NACDF National Area Coverage Data File
NACIC National CI Center
NACIPB National CI Policy Board
NACOB National CI Operations Board
NACSI National COMSEC Instruction
NACSIM National COMSEC Information Memorandum
NADGE NATO Air Defense Ground Environment
NADS North Atlantic Defense System
NAEW NATO Airborne Early Warning (System)
NAF (1) Numbered Air Force; (2) Naval Air Facility
NAFI Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality
NAFIS Naval Forces Intelligence Study
NAI Named Areas of Interest
NAIC National Aerospace Intelligence Center
NAK Negative Acknowledge
NALE Naval Liaison Element
NAM (1) Non-Aligned Movement; (2) Naval Armaments Model
NAMSO NATO Maintenance and Supply Organization
nano one billionth
NAOB Naval Air Order of Battle
NAOC National Airborne Operations Center
NAOS North Atlantic Ocean Station
NARA National Archives and Records Administration
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NAS (1) Naval Air Station; (2) Network Access System;
(3) National Academy of Science
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASACOM NASA Communications Network
NASF NIC Analyst Support Facility
NASIC North American Air Sovereignty Intelligence Capability
NASP National Aerospace Plane
NAT Not Air-Transportable
NAT’L National
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO ASWCS Anti-Surface Warfare Combat System
NAV (1) Navigation; (2) Navy
NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command
NAVAL AIRSHIP Naval AIRSHIP Radar Surveillance System
NAVASTROGRU Naval Astronautics Group
NAVATAC Navy Antiterrorist Alert Center
NAVCAMS Naval Communications Area Master Station
NAVCENT U.S. Naval Forces Central Command
NAVCOMDET Naval Communications Detachment
NAVCOMPARS Naval Communications Processing and Routing System
NAVCOMTELCOM Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command
NAVCOMSTA Naval Communication Station
NAVDAC Naval Data Automation Command
NAVELEX Naval Electronic Systems Command
NAVEUR U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
NAVFAC (1) Naval Facility; (2) Naval Shore Facilities
NAVFOR Naval Forces
NAVFORK Naval Forces Korea
NAVIDS/SIS Navigational Aids/Selective Identification System
NAVINTCOM Naval Intelligence Command
NAVLGRU Naval Liaison Group
NAVMACS Navy Modular Automated Communications System
NAVMIC Naval Maritime Intelligence Command
NAVMAP Navy Missile Analysis Program
NAVMARINTCEN Naval Maritime Intelligence Center
NAVMAT Naval Material Command
NAVNET Navy Data Network
NAVOCEANCOMDET Naval Oceanography Command Detachment
NAVOCEANO Naval Oceanographic Office
NAVOCFORMED Naval On-Call Force for the Mediterranean (NATO)
NAVOPINTCEN Naval Operations Intelligence Center
NAVPGSCHOOL Naval Postgraduate School
NAVRADSTA Naval Radio Station
NAVRES Naval Reserve
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NAVSATCOMFAC Naval Satellite Communications Facility
NAVSEA Naval Sea Systems Command
NAVSEC Naval Ship Engineering Center
NAVSECGRU Naval Security Group
NAVSECGRUACT Naval Security Group Activity
NAVSECGRUCOM Naval Security Group Command
NAVSECSTA Naval Security Station
NAVSO Naval Forces, South
NAVSOC Naval Special Operations Command
NAVSOF Naval Special Operations Forces
NAVSOUTH Naval Forces, Southern Command
NAVSPACECOM Naval Space Command
NAVSPASUR Naval Space Surveillance Activity
NAVSPAWAR Naval Space and Warfare Systems Command
NAVSPECWARCEN Navy Special Warfare Center
NAVSPECBOATRON Navy Special Boat Squadron
NAVSPECWARCOM Naval Special Warfare Command
NAVSPECWARDEVGRU Naval Special Warfare Development Group
NAVSPECWARGRU Naval Special Warfare Group
NAVSPECWARUNIT Naval Special Warfare Unit
NAVSPOC Naval Space Operations Center
NAVSTA Naval Station
NAVSTAR Navigation and Satellite Timing and Ranging
NAVSTAR USER EQUIP NAVSTAR User Equipment
NAVSUPACT Naval Support Activity
NAVTECHINTCEN Naval Technical Intelligence Center
NAVTELCOM Naval Telecommunications Command
NAVWARCOL Naval War College
NAWAS National Attack Warning System
NAWC-AD Naval Air Warfare Center-Aircraft Division
NAWS NORAD Attack Warning System
NB Naval Base
NBC (1) Nuclear/Biological/Chemical;
(2) National Broadcasting Corporation
NBCE Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Element
NBCWRS NORAD - Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Warning
Reporting
NBK Non-Battle Killed
NBRG National Basic Reference Graphic
NBS National Bureau of Standards
NC (1) No Change; (2) Node Center; (3) Narrow Coverage
NCA National Command Authority(ies)
NCAPS Naval Controls and Protection of Shipping
NCB Nuclear Contingency Branch

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NCC (1) Naval Component Command; (2) Navy Command Center;
(3) Net Control Center
NCCD Nuclear Command and Control Document
NCCOSC Naval Command, Control, and Ocean Surveillance Center
NCCS Naval Command and Control System
NCDU Naval Combat Demolition Unit
NCEUR NSA/CSS Europe
NCIC National Crime Information Center
NCIS (1) Non-Communications Intercept System;
(2) National Counterintelligence Strategy;
(3) Naval Criminal Investigative Service
NCIS-E NCIS-Europe
NCISFO NCIS Field Office
NCISRA NCIS Resident Agent
NCISRU NCIS Resident Unit
NCMA National Command and Military Authority
NCMC National Collection Management Cell
NCMP Navy Capabilities and Mobilization Plan
NCO Non-Commissioned Officer
NCOA (1) Non-Commissioned Officers’ Academy;
(2) Non-Commissioned Officers’ Association
NCOC NORAD Combat Operations Center
NCOES Non-Commissioned Officers’ Educational System
NCOIC Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge
NCOS Naval Control of Shipping
NCP Nuclear Contingency Plan
NCPS Nuclear Contingency Planning System
NCR (1) National Capital Region; (2) NSA/Cryptologic Support
Service Representative; (3) National Cryptologic Representa-
tive; (4) NSA/Central Security Service Representative
NCS (1) National Communications System; (2) NMIC Control Sub-
system; (3) Naval Control of Shipping; (4) Network Control Sta-
tion; (5) Node Center Switch; (6) National Cryptologic School;
(7) Net Control Station
NCSC (1) Navy Command Support Center;
(2) National Computer Security Center
NCSE NIST Communications Support Element
NCSO Naval Control of Shipping Office
NCSRT Non-Communications Signal Recognition Trainer
NCTAMS Navy Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station
NCTC Naval Computer and Telecommunications Center
NCTR Non-Cooperative Target Recognition
NCTS Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station
NCWA NATO Civil Wartime Agency
NCWG National Correlation Working Group
NCWR Non-Codeword Reporting
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NDA Nondisclosure Agreement
NDAA Non-Developmental Airlift Aircraft
N-Day Days Before D-Day
NDB Non-Direction Beacon
NDCDB National Digital Cartographic Database
NDCP Navy Decision Coordinating Paper
NDD Nuclear Detection Device
NDDS Nuclear Detonation Detection System
NDGZ National Desired Ground Zero
NDHQ National Defense Headquarters (Canada)
NDI Non-Developmental Item
NDIC National Drug Intelligence Center
NDL (1) Network Data Language; (2) National DGZ List
NDOC National Defense Operations Center
NDP (1) National Disclosure Policy; (2) Naval Doctrine Publication
NDPC National Disclosure Policy Committee
NDPO National Disclosure Policy Office(r)
NDRF National Defense Reserve Fleet
NDS (1) Nuclear Detection Satellite; (2) NPIC Data System;
(3) Nuclear Detection System
NDU National Defense University
NEA (1) Northeast Asia; (2) National Education Association
NEACP National Emergency Airborne Command Post
NEADS Northeast Air Defense Sector
NEANMCC Navy Element Alternate National Military Command Center
NEC (1) Naval Enlisted Code; (2) Northern European Countries;
(3) Navy Enlisted Classification
NEIC USAFE NATO Equipment Interpretation Course
NEMVAC/NISH Non-combatant Emergency Evacuation/NEO Intelligence
Support Handbook
NEL National Exploitation Laboratory
NEO Noncombatant Evacuation Operation
NEOPACK NEO Package
NEPA National Environmental Policy Act
NEREP Nuclear Execution and Reporting Plan
NES Network Encryption System
NESDIS National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service
NESEA Naval Electronic Systems Engineering Activity
NESN NATO English-Speaking Nations
NESP Navy EHF SATCOM Program
NET (1) Not Earlier Than; (2) New Equipment Training
NETS Nationwide Emergency Telecommunications Service
NETT New Equipment Training Team
NEXIS Meade Data Center News Service
NF No Foreign Dissemination, NOFORN

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NFA (1) New Fighter Aircraft; (2) No Forwarding Address;
(3) No-Fire Area
NFAC National Foreign Assessment Center
NFCS Nuclear Forces Communications Satellite
NFD No Foreign Dissemination
NFDP National Foreign Disclosure Policy
NFE Network Front End
NFI (1) Not Further Identified; (2) No Further Information
NFIB National Foreign Intelligence Board (formerly USIB)
NFIC National Foreign Intelligence Council
NFIP National Foreign Intelligence Program
NFL New Foreign Launch
NFM Near-Full-Motion
NFS Network File System
NFSN NATO French-Speaking Nations
NFWS Navy Fighter Weapons School
NFZ Nuclear Free Zone
NG National Guard
NGA NATO Guidelines Area
NGAZ NATO Gazetteer
NGB National Guard Bureau
NGF Northern Group of Forces (Soviet Forces in Poland)
NGFS Naval Gunfire Support
NGIC National Ground Intelligence Center
NGL Natural Gas Liquids
NGO Non-Governmental Organization(s)
NGS National Ground Site
NHCD National HUMINT Collection Directive(s)
NHCP National HUMINT Collection Plan
NHO Naval Hydrographic Office
NHRTC National HUMINT Requirements Tasking Center
NIA National Imagery Agency
NIAC (1) National Information & Analysis Center;
(2) Naval Intelligence Automation Command
NIAG NATO Industrial Advisory Group
NIC (1) Naval Intelligence Command; (2) National Intelligence
Council; (4) Naval Intelligence Cell; (5) National Intelligence
Cell/Community
NICCIA National CI Coordinating Authority
NICKA Nickname and Exercise Term System
NICOLS NIC On-Line System
NICS NATO Integrated Communications System
NICSCOA NATO Integrated Communications System Central Operating
Authority
NID National Intelligence Daily
NIDS NMCC Information Display System

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NIE National Intelligence Estimate
NIEO New International Economic Order
NIETB National Imagery Exploitation Target Base
NIETS National Imagery Exploitation Tasking Study
NIEX No-notice Interoperability Exercise
NIG National Input Group
NIHS NAVEUR Intelligence Highlights Summary
NII National Information Infrastructure
NIIC NORAD Intelligence Indications Center
NIIDTS Naval Intelligence Imagery Data Transmission System
NIIRS National Imagery Interpretability Rating Scale
NILS Naval Intelligence Locating Summary
NIM NORAD Intelligence Memorandum
NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NIO National Intelligence Officer
NIP (1) Notice of Intelligence Potential; (2) National Intelligence
Priorities; (3) NATO Interoperability Plan
NIPIR Nuclear Immediate Photo Interpretation Report
NIPRNET Unclassified-but Sensitive (N) Internet Protocol Router Network
NIPS (1) NMCC Information Processing System;
(2) Naval Intelligence Processing System
NIPSSA Naval Intelligence Processing Systems Support Activity
NIPSTRAFAC Naval Intelligence Processing Systems Training Facility
NIS (1) National Intelligence Summary; (2) National Intelligence
Survey; (3) Naval Investigative Service; (4) NATO Identification
System; (5) NPIC Information System (former NDS); (6) Newly
Independent States; (7) National Imagery Segment; (8) National
Input Segment; (9) NIPCImagery System; (10) Network Infor-
mation System
NISAC National Industrial Security Advisory Committee
NISAM Naval Intelligence Systems Architecture Manual
NISC Naval Intelligence Support Center (U.S. Navy) (now NIC)
NISCOM Naval Investigative Service Command
NISHQ Naval Investigative Service Headquarters
NISO Naval Investigative Service Office
NISP Nuclear Weapons Intelligence Support Plan
NISR National Intelligence Situation Report
NIST (1) National Intelligence Support Team;
(2) National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIT National Intelligence Topic
NITF National Imagery Transmission Format
NITFS NITF Standard
NIU Network Interface Unit
NKIL North Korea Installation List
NKSR Nonkernel Security Related Software
NLC National Logistical Command
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NLM Netware Loadable Module
NLP Natural Language Processing
NLOS Non-Line-of-Sight Weapon System
NLS Non-Lethal Submunitions
NLT Not Later Than
NLZ No-Loan Zone
NM Nautical Mile
NMC (1) Naval Materiel Command; (2) NATO Military Council
NMCC National Military Command Center
NMCC(A) National Military Command Center (Alternate)
NMCS National Military Command System
NMCSSC National Military Command Systems Support Center
NMD National Military Defense
NMI No Middle Initial
NMIC (1) National Military Intelligence Center (archaic, now NMJIC);
(2) National Maritime Intelligence Center
NMICC NATO Maritime Intelligence Coordination Center
NMICSS NMIC Support System
NMIS National Military Intelligence Support
NMIST National Military Intelligence Support Team
NMITC (1) Navy-Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center;
(2) National Military Intelligence Training Center
NMJCC National Military Joint Command Center
NMJIC National Military Joint Intelligence Center
NMN No Middle Name
NMOSS NATO Maritime Operational Support System
NMRL National MASINT Requirements List
NMS National Military Strategy
NMSD National Military Strategy Document
NMIC National Military Intelligence Center
NMICC National Military Intelligence Collection Center
NMJIC National Military Joint Intelligence Center
NN Neural Network
NNA Neutral and Non-Aligned
NNAG NATO Naval Armaments Group
NNBIS National Narcotics Border Interdiction System
NNICP National Nuclear Intelligence Collection Plan
NNWS Non-Nuclear Weapons States
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NOB (1) Naval Order of Battle; (2) Nuclear Order of Battle
NOBS Naval Operations Bases
NOBTS Naval Order of Battle Textual Summary

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NOC (1) Naval Operations Center; (2) Network Operations Center
NOCONTRACT Not Releasable to Contractors or Contractor
Consultants
NOD Night Observation Device
NOE Nap-of-the-Earth
NOFORN Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals
NOIAN National Operations and Intelligence Analysts Net
NOIC Naval Operational Intelligence Center
NOIWON National Operations and Intelligence Watch Officers Network
NOK Next Of Kin
NOMS Nuclear Operations Monitoring System
NOPF Naval Ocean Processing Facility
NOR Norway
NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command
NORD Nordic
NORIP NORAD Intelligence For Planning Document
NORLANT North Atlantic
NORMIB NORAD Missile Intelligence Bulletin
NORSAR Norwegian Seismic Array
NORSIB NORAD Weekly Space Intelligence Bulletin
NORTHAG Northern Army Group
NORTIC NORAD Tactical Intelligence Cell
NOSC Naval Ocean Systems Center
NOSG Naval Operations Support Group
NOSIC Naval Ocean Surveillance Information Center
NOTAL Not To All (message distribution restriction)
NPA New People’s Army
NPB Neutral Particle Beam
NPE Nuclear Planning and Execution
NPES Nuclear Planning and Execution System
NPGS Naval Postgraduate School
NPHR National Foreign Intelligence Plan for Human Resources
NPIC National Photographic Interpretation Center
NPR Nuclear Posture Review
NPS Nuclear Planning System
NPT Non-Proliferation (of Nuclear Weapons) Treaty
NR (1) Research Submarine (Nuclear); (2) Naval Reserve;
(3) Non-Recurring; (4) Number
NRAD NCCOSC Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Division
NRC National Research Council
NRCC NORAD Region Combat Center
NRDL Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory
NRF Naval Reserve Force
NRFI Non-Recurring Finished Intelligence
NRI Net Radio Interference

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NRIP Naval Reserve Intelligence Program
NRIS National Radar Interpretability Scale
NR JOIC Northwestern Region Joint Operational Intelligence Cell
NRL (1) Naval Research Laboratory; (2) NUWEP Reconnaissance
List; (3) National Receive Location
NRO National Reconnaissance Office
NROSS Navy Remote Ocean Surveillance Satellite
NRP (1) National Reconnaissance Program; (2) Net Radio Protocol
NRT (1) Near Real Time; (2) Net Registered Tonnage
NRTEM Near-Real-Time Exploitation Module
NRTI Near-Real-Time Information
NRTS Naval Reconnaissance and Technical Support
NSA (1) National Security Agency; (2) National Shipping Authority;
(3) National Standards Association; (4) Naval Support Activity
NSAD Network Security Architecture and Design
NSA/CSS National Security Agency/Central Security Service
NSAM National Security Action Memorandum
NSARC Navy Systems Acquisition Review Council
NSC (1) National Security Council; (2) Naval Supply Center
NSC/DC Deputies Committee of the NSC
NSCID National Security Council Intelligence Directive
NSCIG National Security Council Interdepartmental Group
NSD National Security Directive
NSDD National Security Decision Directive
NSDM National Security Decision Memorandum
NSE (1) Naval Support Element; (2) National Support Element
nsec Nanosecond
NSEP National Security Emergency Preparedness
NSF National Science Foundation
NSFS National Surface Fire Support
NSG Naval Security Group
NSGA Naval Security Group Activity
NSGC Naval Security Group Command
NSGD Naval Security Group Detachment
NSI National Security Information
NSIC Naval Security and Investigative Command
NSN National Stock Number
NSNF Non-Strategic Nuclear Forces
NSO (1) Non-SlOP Option; (2) Network Security Officer
NSOC (1) National Security Operations Center
(formerly National SIGINT Operations Center);
(2) Naval Special Operations Command
NSOF Naval Status of Forces
NSP NORAD/USSPACECOM
NISPC National In-Service Production Centers
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NSRB National Security Resources Board
NSRDB National SIGINT Requirements Data Base
NSRDC Naval Ship Research and Development Center
NSRL National SIGINT Requirements List
NSRS National SIGINT Requirements System
NSS (1) NMIC Support System; (2) National Seismic Station;
(3) National Security Strategy; (4) Network Support Server
NSSD National Security Study Directive
NSSM (1) Navy Spread Spectrum Modem;
(2) National Security Study Memorandum
NSST (1) Navy Space Command Space Support Team;
(2) National Special Support Teams
NSTAC National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
NSTD (1) National Strategic Target Database;
(2) Non-System Training Device
NSTG Nuclear Strike Target Graphic
NSTGFE Naval Scientific and Technical Group, Far East
NSTISSAM National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems
Security Advisory/information Memorandum
NSTISSC/D/I/P National Security Telecommunications and Information Systems
Security Committee/Directive/Instruction/Policy
NSTL National Strategic Target List
NSTS NSA/CSS Secure Telephone System
NSV Netted Secure Voice
NSVN NATO Secure Voice Network
NSW Naval Special Warfare
NSWC (1) Navy Surface Weapons Center;
(2) Navy Special Warfare Command
NSWDG Naval Special Warfare Development Group
NSWG Naval Special Warfare Group
NSWP Non-Soviet Warsaw Pact
NSWTG Naval Special Warfare Task Group
NSWTG/U Naval Special Warfare Task Group/Unit or (Unconventional)
NSWTU Naval Special Warfare Task Unit
NSWU Naval Special Warfare Unit
NTA National Tasking Authority
NTB (1) National Targeting Base; (2) Nuclear Test Ban
NTBS National Target Base Server
NTC (1) National Territorial Command; (2) National Tasking Center;
(3) Naval Training Center; (4) Network Terminal Concentrator;
(5) National Training Center
NTCB Network Trusted Computing Base
NTCC Naval Telecommunications Center
NTCS-A Naval Tactical Communications System-Afloat
NTDI NATO Target Data Inventory
NTDS Naval Tactical Data System
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NTI (1) National Tactical Interface; (2) Near-Term Initiative
NTIA National Telecommunications & Information Administration/
Agency
NTIB NATO Tactical Intelligence Broadcast
NTIC Naval Technical Intelligence Center
NTIS National Technical Information Service
NTISSAM National Telecommunications and Information Systems Security
Advisory/information Memorandum
NTISSC/D/I/P National Telecommunications and Information Systems Security
Committee/Directive/Instruction/Policy
NTM National Technical Means
NTMWG Nuclear Test Monitoring Working Group
NTP National Tasking Plan
NTPC National Telemetry Processing Center
NTPR Nuclear Targeting Policy Review
NTPS Near-Term Maritime Pre-Positioning Ships
NTS (1) Nuclear Test Site; (2) Naval Telecommunications System
NTSC National Television Standard Code/Committee
NTSDS National Target/Threat Signatures Data System
NTSS National Time-Sensitive System
NTU New Threat Upgrade
NTZ No Transgression Zone
NUAC Nicaragua Analysis Cell
NUCAP Nuclear Capabilities Data Base
NUCDEF Nuclear Defense
NUCDETS Nuclear Detonation Detection & Reporting System
NUCINT Nuclear Intelligence
NUCREP Nuclear Damage Report
NUCWPN Nuclear Weapon(s)
NUICCS NORAD/USSPACECOM Integrated Command and Control
System
NUDET (1) Nuclear Detection; (2) Nuclear Detonation
NUIS NORAD/USSPACECOM Intelligence Systems
NURAD Nuclear Radiation Detection
NUREP Nuclear Weapons Report
NUSC Naval Underwater Systems Center
NUT Naval Upper Tier
NUTEX Nuclear Tactical Exercise
NUWEAMP Nuclear Weapons Employment and Acquisition Master Plan
NUWEP Nuclear Weapons Employment Policy/Plan (NCA)
NVDEP Network Virtual Data Entry Protocol
NVDET Network Virtual Data Entry Terminal
NVG Night Vision Goggles
NVIS (1) Near-Vertical Incidence Skywave;
(2) Night Vision Imaging System
NVS Night Vision System

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NW (1) Nuclear Warfare; (2) Northwest (region)
NWB Nuclear Weapons Branch
NWC (1) National War College; (2) Naval War College;
(3) Naval Weapons Center; (4) NORAD Weather Center
NWFZ Nuclear Weapons Free Zone
NWIP Naval Warfare Information Publication
NWIS Naval Weaponeering Information Sheet
NWL Naval Weapons Laboratory
NWP Naval Warfare Publication
NWR Northwest Region
NWRS Nuclear Weapons Requirement Study
NWS (1) Nuclear Weapons State; (2) North Warning System;
(3) National Weather Service
NWSS Nuclear Weapons Storage Site
NWWCSS Naval Worldwide Command Support System
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O/A On or About
OA (1) Office Automation; (2) Operations Analysis; (3) Operational
Area
OAC Objective Architecture Center
OAD (1) Operational Availability Date;
(2) Objective Architecture Document
OAD-2 Objective Architecture Document, 2nd Iteration
OADR Originating Agency’s Determination Required
OALAN Office Automation Local Area Network
OAMP Optical Airborne Measurements Program
OAP (1) Organizational Assessment Package; (2) Offset Aim Point
OAPEC Organization of Arab Petroleum-Exporting Countries
OAS (1) Organization of American States; (2) Offensive Air Support
OASA(RDA) Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Devel-
opment, and Acquisition)
OASD Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense
OASD(C3I) OASD (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence)
OASIS (1) Operational Application of Special Intelligence Systems;
(2) Office Automation System for Intelligence Support
OATS (1) Operations Analysis for Tactical Support;
(2) Online AIF Transaction System
OAU Organization of African Unity
OB Order of Battle
OBC Optical Bar Camera
OBE Overtaken By Events
OBI Observable Human Resources Intelligence
OBI-OC OBI Operations Center
OBIS Order of Battle Intelligence System
Obj Object
OBP On-Board Processing
OBO Official Business Only
OBS (1) Ocean Baseline System; (2) Orders of Battle System;
(3) Observations (Optical Tracking)
OBSS (1) Off-Board Sensor Systems;
(2) Operational Briefing Support System
OBSUM Order of Battle Summary
OBU OSIS Baseline Upgrade
OC (1) Dissemination and extraction of Information Controlled;
(2) Optical Carrier
O&C Operations & Control
OCA (1) Ocean Control Authority; (2) Operational Control Authority;
(3) Offensive Counterair
OCAC Operational Control and Analysis Center
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OCAR Office, Chief of Army Reserve
OCCIS Operational Command and Control Information System
OCCULT Optical Covert Communications Using Laser Transceivers
OCEANLANT Ocean Atlantic Area (NATO)
OCJCS Office of the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
OCM Operational Coordination Message
OCMA Objective Collection Management Architecture
OCMC Overhead Collection Management Center
OCNO Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
OCOKA Observation and Fields of Fire, Concealment and Cover, Obsta-
cles, Key terrain, Avenues of Approach, and Mobility Corridors
OCONUS Outside CONUS
OCR (1) Office of Collateral Responsibility;
(2) Optical Character Reader
OCS (1) Officer Candidate School; (2) Offensive Counterspace
OCS3 Optical Carrier 3 Communications
OCSA Office of the Chief of Staff of the Army
OCSURV Ocean Surveillance
OCU Operational Conversion Unit
OD Operating Directive(s)
ODA Operational Detachment Alpha
ODC Office of Defense Cooperation
ODCSINT Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence
ODCSLOG Office of Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics
ODCSPER Office of Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel
ODECA Organization of Central American States
ODIN Operations Dedicated Imagery Network (LOCE)
ODISC4 Office of Director Information Systems Command, Control,
Communications, Computers
ODJS Office of the Director, Joint Staff
ODP (1) Officer Distribution Plan; (2) Office of Defense Planning
ODRP Office of the Defense Representative - Pakistan
ODS (1) Open Data Server; (2) Operation DESERT STORM;
(3) Output Data Server
OE Operational Effectiveness
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OEE Operational ELINT Exploitation
OEF Operational Exploitation Facility
OEG Operational Exposure Guide
OEIC Overseas Economic Intelligence Committee
OER (1) Officer Evaluation Report; (2) Officer Efficiency Report;
(3) Operational ELINT Requirements
OET Office of Emergency Transportation
OFC Office
OFCO Offensive Counterintelligence Operation
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OFM Office of Foreign Mission
OGOOI Operations Group Operations Officer Intelligence (Air Force)
OGS Overseas Ground Station
OGSI Operations Group Support Intelligence (Air Force)
OHD Over-the-Horizon Detection Radar
OHD-B Over-the-Horizon Detection Radar-Backscatter
OI (1) Operating Instruction; (2) Operational Interest
O&I Operations & Intelligence
OIA (1) Office of Imagery Analysis;
(2) Operations Intelligence Automation
OIC Officer in Charge
OICC (1) Operational Intelligence Crisis Center;
(2) Operational Intelligence Coordination Center
OICS Operational Intelligence Collection System
OII Operations-Intelligence Interface
OILO Operations Intelligence Liaison Officer
OIP (1) Offset Instrumentation Point;
(2) Operator Interface Processor
OIR Operational Intelligence Requirement
OISS Operational Intelligence Support System
OIW OII Workstation
OJCS (1) Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff;
(2) Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
OJT On-the-Job Training
OL Operating Location
OLC Oak Leaf Cluster
OM Operations Module
O&M Operation and Maintenance
OMA (1) Office of Military Affairs (CIA);
(2) Operations and Maintenance, Army
OMAR Operations and Maintenance Army Reserve
OMAT Ocean Measurements and Array Technology
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OMC Office of Military Cooperation
OMC-K Office of Military Cooperation-Kuwait
OMG Operational Maneuver Group (FSU)
OMNG Operation and Maintenance, National Guard
OMOB Offensive Missile Order of Battle
OMV Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle
ON Original Negative (film)
ONA Australia Office of National Assessments
ONC Operational Navigation Chart
ONI Office of Naval Intelligence
ONIR Overhead Non-Imaging Infrared
ONLEXKED On-Line Five Year Exercise Schedule System
ONOO Outline NATO Operational Objective

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ONPG Operational Nuclear Planning Group
ONR Office of Naval Research
ONS Operational Needs Statement
ONUC United Nations Operations in the Congo
ONUMOZ United Nations Operations in Mozambique
ONUSAL United Nations Observer Mission in El Salvador
OOA Out of Area
OOB Order of Battle
OODA Observation, Orientation, Decision and Action
OOK On/Off Keying
OOP Object Oriented Programming
OOTW Operations Other Than War
OP (1) Observation Post; (2) Operation; (3) Operational
OPA Other Procurement Activity
OP3 Overt Peacetime PSYOP Program
OPCC Offutt Processing and Correlation Center
OPCEN Operations Center
OPCODES Operational Codes
OPCOM Operational Command
OPCON Operational Control
OPDEC Operational Deception
OPEC Organization of Petroleum-Exporting Countries
OPELINT Operational Electronic Intelligence
OPF Orbiter Processing Facility
OPFAC Operational Facilities
OPFIS Operational Foreign Instrumentation Signals
OPFOR Opposing Forces
OPG Operations Planning Group
OPI Office of Primary Interest
OPIC (1) Overseas Processing and Interpretation Center;
(2) Overseas Private Investment Corporation
OPIC-A Overseas Processing and Interpretation Center - Asia
OPINT Optical Intelligence
OPINTEL Operational Intelligence
OPLAN Operations Plan
OPM Office of Personnel Management
Opn(s) Operation(s)
OPNAV Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
OPNAVINST OPNAV Instruction
OPNOTES Operational Notes
OPORDER/OPORD Operations Order
OPPAR Opposing Army
OPR Office(r) of Primary Responsibility; Officer Performance Report
OPREP Operations Report
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OPS/OPNS/OP Operations
OPS/INTEL Operations Intelligence
OPSDEPS Operations Deputies (JCS)
OPSCO Operations Coordinator
OPSCOM Operations Committee
OPSCOMM Operations Secure Communications
OPSEC Operations Security
OPSKAN Open Skies Advanced Notice
OPSNOTE Operations Note
OPT (1) Optional Modification; (2) Operations Planning Team
OPTEMPO Tempo of Operations
OPTEVFOR Operational Test and Evaluation Force
OPTINT Optical Intelligence
OPTIR Optical Infrared
OPUS OBU Program Upgrade System
OR (1) Operational Requirements; (2) Operationally Ready
ORBINT Orbital Intelligence
ORBIT System Development Corporation Data Search Service
ORCON (1) Dissemination and Extraction of Information Controlled by
Originator; (2) Originator Controlled
ORD Operational Requirements Document
ORE Operational Readiness Exercise
ORF Official Representation Fund
Org Organization
ORI Operational Readiness Inspection
OS (1) Operating System; (2) Cryptologic Officer
O&S Operations & Support
OSA Open Systems Architecture
OSAP Ocean Surveillance Assessment Program
OSAS Operational Space Application System
OSC (1) Office of the Security Council; (2) Operational
Support Company; (3) Operations Support Center; (4) On-Scene
Commander
OSCAR Optical Submarine Communications by Aerospace Relay
OSCARCP Operations Support Center and Rear Command Post (Korea)
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSD(C) OSD (Comptroller)
OSF Open Systems Foundation
OSI (1) Operating Systems Incorporated (Contractor); (2) On-Site
Inspection; (3) Off-Shore Islands; (4) Office of Special Investi-
gations; (5) Open System Interconnect; (6) Office of Special
Investigations; (7) Open System Interconnect
OSIA On Site Inspection Agency
OSINT Open Source Intelligence
OSIS (1) Ocean Surveillance Information System;
(2) Open Source Information Service
OSP (1) Ocean Surveillance Product;
(2) Operational Support Package

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OSPRA Ocean Surveillance Pattern Recognition Algorithm
OSO Operational Support Office
OSP Operational Support Packages
OSS (1) Operational Storage Site; (2) Operations Support Squadron;
(3) Operations Support System
OSSC On-Line System Support Center
OST Outer Space Treaty
OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy
OT (1) Overseas Territories; (2) Overtime; (3) Operational Test;
(4) One Time; (5) Operations Team
OT&E Operational Test and Evaluation
OTA (1) Operational Tasking Authority;
(2) Office of Technology Assessment
OTAD Over-The-Air Key Distribution
OTAR Over-The-Air Rekeying
OTAT Over-The-Air Transmission/Transfer
OTAU Over-The-Air Updating
OTC (1) Officer in Tactical Command; (2) Over-the-Counter
OTCIXS (1) Officer in Tactical Command Information Exchange Sub-
system; (2) OTC Information Exchange System
OTE See OT&E
OTEA Operational Test and Evaluation Agency (U.S. Army)
OTH Over-the-Horizon
OTH-B Over-the-Horizon Backscatter
OTH-R Over-the-Horizon Radar
OTH-T Over-the-Horizon Targeting
OTIS Operational Targeting Intelligence System
OTM On the Move
OTP One-Time Pad
OTS (1) One-Time Source; (2) Officer Training School;
(3) Oahu Telecommunications System
OTT One-Time Tape
OTU Operational Training Unit
OUO Official Use Only
OUSDRE Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Research &
Engineering
OUTS Operational Unit Transportable System
OVOP Overt Operational Proposal
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P Peacetime
P2E2I Pre-Planned Essential Elements of Information
P-3H Land-Based Anti-Submarine Warfare Patrol Aircraft
(re-engined)
P3I Pre-Planned Product Improvement
PA (1) Pulse Amplitude; (2) Probability of Arrival; (3) Public
Affairs; (4) Preliminary Assessment; (5) Proper Authority
PAA (1) Primary Aircraft Authorized; (2) Peer Access Approval
PA ANG Pennsylvania Air National Guard
PAATS Precision Approach Area Tracking System
PABX Private Access Branch Exchange
PAC Pacific
PACAF Pacific Air Forces
PACCAAT USPACOM Command and Control AUTODIN Access Terminal
PACCS Post-Attack Command and Control System
PACE Portable Acoustic Collection Equipment
PACFAST Pacific Forward Area Support Team
PACFLT Pacific Fleet
PACOM U.S. Pacific Command
PACOPS Pacific Air Force Operations
PACTAIS Pacific Theater Air Intelligence System
PACTIDS PACOM Theater Intelligence Data System
PACVTCN Pacific Video Teleconferencing Network
PAD Program Action Directive
PADAR Passive Airborne Detection & Ranging
PA&E Program Analysis and Evaluation
PAE Peer Access Enforcement
PAF Production Analysis and Fusion
PAI Project Assignment Instruction
PAIDS PACOM Area Imagery Distribution System
PAIS (1) Personnel Authentication Identification System;
(2) Prototype Advanced Indicator System; (3) Pacific Air
Intelligence System
PAL Permissive Action Link
PALAPA Indonesian Satellite
PALS Photo Area & Location System
PAM (1) Payload Assist Module;
(2) Penetration Augmented Munition
PAMIS Psychological Operations Automated Management Information
System
PANAMSAT PAN American Satellite (Communications System)
PANMAN Panama Metropolitan Area Network
PAO (1) Product Activity/Operational Code; (2) Public Affairs Officer
PAOC PACAF Air Operations Center

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PAR (1) Precision Approach Radar; (2) Perimeter Acquisition Radar;
(3) Phased-Array Radar; (4) Population at Risk; (5) Program
Assessment Review
PARCS (1) Perimeter Acquisition Radar Attack;
(2) Perimeter Acquisition Characterization System
PARINT Partial Intercept
PARIS Pacific Army Intelligence System
PARMIS Peacetime Airborne Reconnaissance Management Information
System
PARPRO (1) Peacetime Aerial Reconnaissance Program;
(2) Preplanned Application of Reconnaissance Programs
PAS (1) Plans and analysis Staff; (2) Pan American Satellite
PASEP Passed Separately
PASS (1) Photo Interpretation Analyst Support System;
(2) PACOM IPAC Intelligence Computer System Analyst Sup-
port System; (3) PACOM ADP Server Site
PASS-E USPACOM ADP Server Site-EASTPAC
PASSEX Passing Exercise (Naval)
PASS-H USPACOM ADP Server Site, Hawaii
PASS-J USPACOM ADP Server Site, Japan
PASS-K USPACOM ADP Server Site, Korea
PAT (1) Payload Associated Transporter;
(2) Planning Assistance Team; (3) Process Action Team
PATREP Patrol Report
PATRIOT Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target
PATRIOT PAC III Phased Array Tracking to Intercept of Target Advanced
Capability III
PATRON Patrol Squadron (Navy)
PATWING Patrol Wing
PAVE USAF Programs Connected (Night) Avionics, Target
Designators, Vision
PAWS (1) Portable Analyst Work Station; (2) Prototype Analytical
Workstation; (3) Portable ASAS Workstation
PAX Passengers
PB (1) Particle Beam; (2) Patrol Boat
PB(A)(H) Patrol Boat (Air Cushion) (Hydrofoil)
PBAC Program Budget Activity Committee
PBC Program and Budget Committee
PBD (1) Program Budget Decision; (2) Patrol Boat Drone
PBEIST Planning Board for European Inland Surface Transport
PBL Patrol Boat, Light
PBN Public Broadcasting Network
PBOS Planning Board for Ocean Shipping
PBR (1) River/Roadstead Patrol Boat (Navy);
(2) Precision Bombing Range
PBTN Panama Backbone Transport Network
PBV Post-Boost Vehicle
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PBX Private Branch Exchanges
PC (1) Patrol Craft; (2) Positive Control; (3) Production
Control; (4) Personal Computer; (5) Project Coordinator;
(6) Parallel Computing; (7) Provide Comfort; (8) Patrol Coastal
PCA Point of Closest Approach
PCAC Primary Collection and Analysis Center
PCC (1) POADS Computer Center;
(2) Program Coordinating Committee
PCD (1) Program Change Decision; (2) Positive Control Document
PCE Patrol Escort
PCF(A)(H) Fast Patrol Craft (Air Cushion) (Hydrofoil)
PCFS Fire Support Patrol Craft
PCH Patrol Craft (Hydrofoil)
PC II PROVIDE COMFORT II
PCL Parallel Communications Link
PCM Pulse Code Modulation
PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
PCN (1) Production Control Number; (2) Packet Switching Node;
(3) Personal Communications Networking
PCP (1) Project Concept Proposal; (2) Program Change Proposal
PCR (1) Performance and Cost Report; (2) Program Change Request
PCS (1) Publication Control Sheet; (2) Permanent Change of Station;
(3) Submarine Chaser; (4) Personal Communications System;
(5) Primary Control Station
PCS/UPT Personal Communications Services/Universal Personal Tele-
communications
PCSF Fire Support Patrol Craft
PCT Training Patrol Craft
PCTN Pacific Consolidated Telecommunications Network
PCTCS Pentagon Center Telecommunications System
PCZ Protected Communications Zone
PD (1) Probability of Damage; (2) Presidential Directive; (3) Pulse
Duration; (4) Passive Detection; (5) Point Detonation (Fuse)
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
PDB PSYOP Dissemination Battalion
PDC Propaganda Development Center
PDD Presidential Decision Directive
PDI Principal Deputy for Intelligence
PDF Panamanian Defense Force
PDL Program Design Language
PDM (1) Program Decision Memorandum;
(2) Pulse Duration Modulation
PDMS Point Defense Missile Systems
PDMT Pursuit Deterrent Munition Trainer
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PDP (1) Program Decision Paper;
(2) Programmable Data Processor
PDR Preliminary Design Review
PDS (1) Passive Detection System; (2) Power Distribution System;
(3) Production Deconfliction System; (4) Protected Distribution
System PDSC PACOM Data Systems Center
PDSS Post-Deployment Software Support
PDU Protocol Data Unit
PDUSD(A&T) Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
(Acquisition & Technology)
PE (1) Probable Error; (2) Personnel Equipment; (3) Program
Element; (4) Preliminary Exploitation; (5) Peace Enforcement
PEAD Presidential Emergency Affairs Documents
PEAS (1) Psychological Operations Effectiveness Analysis Subsystem;
(2) PSYOP Effects Analysis System
PEC (1) Pacific Command Electronic Intelligence Center;
(2) Program Element Code
PEG (1) Photo Exploitation Group; (2) Priority Exploitation Group;
(3) Priorities for ELINT Guidance; (4) Program Element Group
PEH Probable Error in Height
PEI Production Enhancement Initiative
PEILS PACOM Executive Intelligence Summary
PEM (1) Purchased Equipment Maintenance;
(2) Program Element Monitor
PEO Peace Enforcement Operation
PEOC4I Program Executive Officer for Command, Control, Communica-
tions, Computers, and Intelligence
PEP Photographic Exploitation Products
PER Personnel
PERIGEE Perspective Image Generation and Exploitation System
PERINTREP Periodic Intelligence Report
PERINTSUM Periodic Intelligence Summary
PERM Processless Electron Recording Media
PERMCERT Permanent Certification
PERSCON Personal Contact
PEO Program Executive Officer
PEO-CCS PEO Command and Control Systems
PERSEC Personnel Security
PERT Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PES Positive Enable System
PESM Passive Electronic Support Measures
PF Protection Factor
PFADS Psychological Operations Foreign Area Data Subsystem
PFD Power Flux Density
PFIAB President’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
PFLP Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
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PFOD Presumptive Finding of Death
PG (1) Patrol Combatant; (2) Persian Gulf; (3) Precision Guidance
PGDR Portable Data Reduction System
PGF Patrol Ship
PGG Guided-Missile Patrol Combatant
PGH Patrol Gunboat (Hydrofoil)
PGIP Postgraduate Intelligence Program
PGM Precision-Guided Munitions
PGR Reconnaissance Patrol Combatant
PGW Precision Guided Weapon
PGSS Publications and Graphics Subsystem
PHD Phase History Data
PHIBGRU Amphibious Group
PHIBRON Amphibious Squadron
PHIGS Programmer’s Hierarchical Interactive Graphics
PHM Patrol Combatant Missile (Hydrofoil)
PHOTOINT Photographic Intelligence
PHOTORECON Photographic Reconnaissance
PHS Public Health Service
PHYSEC Physical Security
PI (1) Photographic Interpretation/Interpreter;
(2) Principal Investigator
PIAC PACOM Intelligence Architecture Committee
PIB (1) PACOM Intelligence Board; (2) Photo Interpretation Brief
PIC (1) Pacific Imagery Processing and Interpretation Center;
(2) Parent Indicator Code;
(3) Processing and Interpretation Center
PICON Portable ICON
PIF (1) Processing and Interpretation Facility;
(2) Project Investment Fund
PIGS Passive Infrared Guidance System
PIICS PACOM - Intelligence Computer System
PILOT Phased Integrated Laser Optics Technology
PIM Path of Intended Movement
PIN (1) Preliminary Imagery Nomination File; (2) Photographic
Intelligence Note; (3) Personal Increment Number;
(4) Plan Identification Number; (5) Personal Identification
Number; (6) PACOM Intelligence Net
PINES PACAF Interim National Exploitation Segment/System

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PIP (1) Project Implementation Plan;
(2) Product Improvement Package
PIR (1) Photo Interpretation Report;
(2) Priority Intelligence Requirement
PIRATE Portable Imagery Receive and Transmission Equipment
PIREP Pilot Report
Pixel Picture Element
PJ Pararescue Jumper
PK (1) Probability of Kill; (2) Soviet (FSU) Light Machinegun;
(3) Peacekeeping
PKA Public Key Algorithm
PKC Public Key Cryptography
PKK Kurdistan Worker’s Party
PKO Peace-Keeping Operation
PKSD Programmable Key Storage Device
PL (1) Phase Line; (2) Plans and Operations Division;
(3) Public Law
PLA (1) Plain Language Address;
(2) People’s Liberation Army (China)
PLARS Position Locating and Reporting System
PLGR Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver
PLL Prescribed Load List
PLNG Planning
PLRS Position Location Reporting System
PLO Palestinian Liberation Organization
PLP PSYOP Leaflet Payload
PLS Pre-Launch Survivability
PLSDU Physical Layer Service Data Unit
PLSS U.S. Precision Location Strike System
PLT/Plt Platoon
PM (1) Preventive Maintenance; (2) Post Meridian (after noon);
(3) Prime Mover; (4) Preventive Medicine; (5) Program Man-
ager; (6) Prime Minister; (7) Provost Marshall; Project Manager;
(8) Production Manager; (9) Peacemaking
PMATS Program Management Automated Tool Set
PMB Program Management Board
PME Professional Military Education
PMF Project Management File
PMGM Program Manager’s Guidance Memorandum
PMIS (1) Personnel Management Information System;
(2) PSYOP Management Information Subsystem
PMO (1) Program Management Office; (2) Project Management Office
P Model Preproduction Model
PMP Program Management Plan
PMPTS Program Management Performance Tracking System
PMR Primary Mission Readiness
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PMS (1) Project Management System; (2) Preventive Maintenance
System; (3) Precision Mensuration Software
PMSP Preliminary Message Security Protocol
PMTC Pacific Missile Test Center (Navy)
PN Packet Network
PNAF Prime Nuclear Airlift Force
PNCC PASS Network Control Center
PNEK Post-Nuclear-Event Key
PNE(T) Peaceful Nuclear Explosion (Treaty)
PNG Persona Non Grata
PNL Prescribed Nuclear Load
PNUTS Possible Nuclear Underground Test Site
PNVS Pilot Night Vision System
PO (1) Petty Officer; (2) Peace Operations
POA&M (1) Plan of Action and Milestones;
(2) Plan of Attack and Milestones
POADS Psychological Operations Automated Data System
POAS Psychological Operations Automation System
POB (1) Place of Birth; (2) Psychological Operations Battalion
POC (1) Point of Contact; (2) Program of Cooperation;
(3) Psychological Operations Company
POC/ET Proof of Concept/Experimental Testbed
POCS Portable Oxygen Charging System
POD Port of Debarkation
POE (1) Plan of Execution; (2) Point of Entry;
(3) Port of Embarkation
POES Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite
POG Psychological Operations Group
POI Program of Instruction
POL (1) Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants; (2) Political
POL-MIL Political-Military
POLAD Political Advisor
POM (1) Program Objective Memorandum;
(2) Preparation for Overseas Movement
POMCUS Prepositioned Organizational Materiel Configured in Unit Sets
POOS Parachute Offset Oxygen System
POP Point of Presence
POR Preparation for Oversees Replacement
PORTS (JOPES) (1) Portable Remote Telecommunications System;
(2) Seaports Files; (3) Portable Receive and Transmit System
PORTS-1N Portable Receive and Transmit System - 1N
PORTSREP Ports Report File (JCS/J-3)
Pos Position
POSIX Preliminary Open System Interface Standard
Pos-Nav Positioning and Navigation
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POTBI Places, Organizations, Things, Biographics, Intangibles
POTF Psychological Operations Task Force
POV Privately Owned Vehicle
POW Prisoner of War
POWERR Prototype Workstation for Electronic Warfare and Radio
PP Preprogramed
PPO Pilot and Payload Operator
PPBES Planning, Programming, and Budgeting Execution System
PPBS Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System
PPC Printing and Publications Center
PPDB Point Positioning Data Base
PPF Photographic Processing Facility
PPGM Planning and Programming Guidance Memorandum
PPI Pulse Position Indicator
PPIF Photographic Processing and Interpretation Facility
PPL Preferred Products List
PPM (1) Parts Per Million; (2) Pulse Position Modulation
PPMS Power Pattern Measurement System
PPS Precision and Positioning Service
PR (1) Production Requirement; (2) Personnel Recover
PRA (1) Permanent Restricted Area;
(2) Population Reception Area (NATO)
PRAM Allied Mine
PRB Program Review Board
PRBAC Partition Rule Base Access Control
PRC (1) Policy Review Committee; (2) People’s Republic of China
PRC(I) Policy Review Committee (Intelligence) (now SIG(I))
PRCSO Peacetime Reconnaissance and Certain Sensitive Operations
PRD (1) Production Responsibilities Document;
(2) Presidential Review Directive
PRDA Photo Reconnaissance Damage Assessment
PREMSS Photo Reconnaissance and Exploitation Management Support
System
PREP/RAMP Pre-Edit Processor/Report and Message Processor
PRF Pulse Repetition Frequency
PRG Program Review Group
PRGB Point Reference Guild Book
PRI (1) Pulse Repetition Interval; (2) Primary Rate Interface
PRIMAC Production and Inventory Management and Control System
PRM Presidential Review Memorandum
PROC Processing/Process
PROCOMM Terminal Emulation Software for DOS Workstations
PROD Production
PROG Program
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PROPIN Caution — Proprietary Information Involved
PRP Portable Radio Program
PRPG Preliminary Reference Point Graphic
PRS PACOM Remote System
PRSCO Peacetime Reconnaissance and Sensitive Collection Operations
PRT Personal Rapid Transit
PRTB Soviet (FSU) Mobile Rocket Technical Base
PRU Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
PS (1) Processing Station; (2) Processing Segmext;
(3) Policy Support
Ps Permanent snowfields
PSAA Pacific Special Activities Area
PSAC President’s Scientific Advisory Committee
PSB Harbor Patrol Boat
PSC Principal Subordinate Command (NATO)
PSDU Physical Layer Service Data Unit
PSI (1) Pounds Per Square Inch; (2) Personnel Security Investigation
PSK Phase Shift Keying
PSL Protected Services List
PSN (1) Packet Switching Node; (2) Public Switched Network;
(3) Packet Switched Network
Psns Positions
PSO (1) Protective Structure Only; (2) Personnel Security Office;
(3) Post Security Officer
PSP (1) Pierced Steel Planking; (2) Planning Support Package
PSPS PSYOP Studies Program Subsystem
PSR (1) Post-Attack Status Report; (2) Periodic Status Report
PSRC Presidential Selected Reserve Call-Up
PSS Packet Switched Service
PST Pacific Standard Time
PSTN Public Switched Telecommunications Network
PSYOP Psychological Operations
PSYOPGP Psychological Operations Group
PSYWAR Psychological Warfare
PT (1) Torpedo Boat; (2) Part Time; (3) Physical Training
Pt Peat
PTADB Planning Terrain Analysis Data Base
PTG Missile Attack Boat
PTGP Part-Time Graduate Program
PTIAP PACOM Theater Intelligence Architecture Program
PTL Small Torpedo Boat
Ptl Patrol
PTN Pacific Tributary Network
PTP (1) Probability to Penetrate; (2) Point-to-Point
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PTS Predicasts Terminal System
PTSR Postmobilization Training Support Requirement
PTSS Passive Thermal Suppression Suit
PTT (1) Training Torpedo Boat; (2) Postal, Telephone, and Telegraph;
(3) Push to talk
PTTP USPACOM Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
PTTDS Projected Target Trends Data Sheet (FTL)
PTTP USPACOM Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
Pub Publication
PUG Partially Underground
PUP (1) Performance Upgrade Program; (2) Pop-Up Point
PV Physical Vulnerability
PVDS Physical Vulnerability Data Sheets
PVITS Portable Video Imagery Transmission System
PVST Port Visit
PVO (1) Air Defense (FSU); (2) Private Voluntary Organization
PVTM Physical Vulnerability Technical Memorandum
PW (1) Prisoner(s) of War; (2) Pulse Width
PWDS Protected Wireline Distribution System
PWHQ Primary War Headquarters
PWI PACOM Warning Intelligence
PWIPS Pre-Launch Warning Intelligence Processing System
PWRS Prepositioned War Reserve Stock
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QA Quality Assessment
Q&A Question and Answer
QBE Query by Example
QC Quality Control
QEA Quick Erect Antenna
QM Quartermaster
Q-MESSAGE Classified Message on Navigational Hazard
QOL Quality of Life
QPQ Quid Pro Quo
QPSK Quadrature Phase Shift Keying
Q/R Query/Response
QRA Quick Reaction Alert
QRC Quick Reaction Capability
QRF Quick Response Force
QRG Quick Response Graphic
QRLS Quick Reaction Launch System
QRMP Quick Response Multicolor Printer
QRP Quick Reaction Package
QRRC Quarterly Readiness Report to Congress
QRT (1) Quick Reaction Task; (2) Quick Reaction Terminal
QRSA Quick Reaction Satellite Antennae
QRSP Quick Reaction Shuttle Payload
QSR Quick Strike Reconnaissance
QSTAG Quadripartite Standardization Agreement
QUICKSAT Modified AN/FSC-78
QUIP Quarterly Intelligence Production Listing

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R

R (1) Rock Outcrops; (2) Receiver

RA (1) Restricted Area; (2) Responsible Agency; (3) Resident Agent
RAAF Royal Australian Air Force
RAAP Rapid Application of Air Power
RAC Resident Agent in Charge
RACE Rapid Automatic Cryptographic Equipment
RAF Royal Air Force
RABFAC Radar Beacon Forward Air Controller
RAC Research and Analysis Company
RACO Rear Area Combat Operations
RAD Radiation Absorbed Dose
RADAR Radio Detection and Ranging
RADAREXREP Radar Exploitation Report
RADAY Radio Day
RADBN Radio Battalion
RADC Rome Air Development Center
RADCM Radar Countermeasures
RADCOM Radio Communications
RADCON Radiological Control
RADIAC Radioactive Detection, Indication, and Computation
RADINT Radar Intelligence
RADREL Radio Relay
RAF Royal Air Force (U.K.)
RAG (1) River Assault Group; (2) Regimental Artillery Group (FSU)
RAIDS Rapid Access Imagery Dissemination System
RAILS Relational Analyses of Internetted Linkages System
RAM (1) Rolling Airframe Missile; (2) Random Access Memory;
(3) Radar Absorbing Materials; (4) Reliability, Availability, and
Maintainability
RAMP Rating Maintenance Program
RAMPART Radar Advanced Measurement Program for Analysis of Reentry
Techniques
RAOC (1) Rear Area Operations Center;
(2) Regional Air Operations Center
RAOWG Radar and Optical Intelligence Working Group
RAP (1) Rocket Assisted Projectile; (2) Remedial Action Projects
RAPIDE Relocatable Army Processors for IntelligenceData-Europe
RAPIER Rapid Emergency Reconstitution
RAPTOR Responsive Aircraft Program for Theater Operations
RAS (1) Record Assigned Systems; (2) Replenishmest at Sea;
(3) Regional Analysis Section; (4) Rear Area Security;
(5) Remote Access Support
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RASS Random Access Storage System
RAST Regional Analyst Support Team
RATO Rocket-Assisted Takeoff
RATT Radio Teletypewriter/Teleprinter
RATV Rescue All Terrain Vehicle
RAU Radio Access Unit
RAWS RAPIDE Analyst Workstation
RAWSII Raw Statement of Intelligence Interest
RB/ER Reduced Blast/Enhanced Radiation
RBIF Red Basic Intelligence File
RBS (1) Regional Broadcast System; (2) Remote Base Server
RC (1) Radio-Controlled; (2) Required Capability;
(3) Reserve Component; (4) Riverine Craft
RCA (1) Riot Control Agent; (2) Royal Canadian Army;
(3) Requirements Control Authority
RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAS Reserve Component Automated System
RCC (1) Regional Control Center; (2) Rescue Coordination Center
RCF Remote Collection facility
RCM Radar Countermeasures
RCOC Regional Communications Operations Center
RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RCP Remote Communications Processor
RCS (1) Radar Cross Section; (2) Remote Collection System
RCSS (1) Reconnaissance Cargo; (2) RC-135 Support Service
RCST RC-135 Support Team
RCU Reserve Component Unit
RCV Receive
RCW Reconfigurable Workstation
RCZ Rear Combat Zone
RD (1) Restricted Data; (2) Radius of Damage;
(3) Replacement Detachment; (4) Readiness Division
R&D Research and Development
RD&A Research, Development, and Acquisition
RDA Research, Development, Acquisition
RDAISA United States Army Research, Development & Acquisition
Information Systems Agency
RDB Requirements Data Base
RDBMS Relational Data Base Management System
RDC Rapid Deployment Capability
RDD Required Delivery Date
RDE Radiation Detection Experiment
RDEC Research Development Engineering Center
RDF (1) Radio Direction Finding; (2) Rapid Deployment Force
RDI Reconnaissance, Detection & Identification
RDIT Rapid Deployment Imagery Terminals

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RDJTF Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force
RDL Recurring Document Listing
RDMSS Rapidly Deployable Mobile SIGINT Systems
RDS (1) Remote Display System; (2) Rapid Dissemination System
RDSS Rapidly Deployed Surveillance System
RDT&E Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
RDV Rapid Deployment Vehicles
RE Receive Element
READ Readiness
READYCAP Fighter Aircraft in Standby Condition
REC Radio-Electronic Combat
RECA Residual Capabilities Assessment
RECA(T) Residual Capability Assessment (Team)
RECAP Requirements and Capabilities System
RECAS Residual Capabilities Assessment System
RECC Regional Emergency Communications Coordinator
RECCE Reconnaissance
RECCEXREP Reconnaissance Exploitation Report
RECI Radar Emitter Classification Identification
RECLAU Reconnaissance Launch Report
RECON Reconnaissance
RECONBN Reconnaissance Battalion
RECONT Reconnaissance Intentions Report
REDCOM Readiness Command
REDCON Readiness Condition
RED Cell Rapid Exploitation and Dissemination Cell
RED FLAG ACC Combat Flying Exercise at Nellis AFB
RED HORSE Deployable Civil Engineering Group
REDTRAIN Readiness Training
REFORGER Return of Forces to Germany (Exercise)
RFC Request for Collection
REG Regulation
REGT/Regt Regiment
REL Releasable
RELCAN Releasable to Canada
RELROK Releasable to the Republic of Korea
REM Route Evaluation Module
REMAB Remote Marshalling Base
REMBASS Remotely Emplaced Battlefield Surveillance System
REMS Remote Employed Sensors
REMT Regional Emergency Management Team
RENS Reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare & Naval Intelligence
System
REP (1) Range Error Probable;
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RES Remote Earth Sensing
Res Reserve
RESDAT Restricted Data
RESTA Reconnaissance, Surveillance & Target Acquisition
RETRANS Retransmission
RETS Remoted Target System
REUTERS A News Service
REW(S) Radio Electronic Warfare (Service)
REWSON Reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare, Special Operations &
Naval Intelligence Processing System
RF (1) Radio Frequency; (2) Representative Fraction
RF-4 Designator for Reconnaissance Aircraft (USAF/USMC)
RFA Restricted Fire Area
RFC Request for Collection
RFD Radio Frequency Distribution
RFE/RL Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
RFI (1) Radio Frequency Interference; (2) Request for Information
RFIS Reserve Forces Intelligence School
RFL Restrictive Fire Line
RFMETS Radio Frequency Mobile Electronics Test Set
RFP (1) Remaining Force Potential; (2) Radio Frequency Pulse;
(3) Request for Proposal; (4) Request for Production
RFPI Rapid Force Projection Initiative
RFPW Radio Frequency Pulse Weapon
RFR Request for Requirements
RFS Request for Service
RFTB Reserve Force Target Base
RFTL Reserve Forces Target List
RGB Red-Green-Blue
RGR (1) Ranger; (2) Roger
RGS Relay Ground Station
RGT Regiment
RHAW Radar Homing and Warning
RHIB Rubber Hull Inflatable Boat
RI Routing Indicator
RIB Rigid Inflatable Boat
RIC (1) Regional Intelligence Center; (2) Resource Identification Code
RIF Reduction in Force
RII Request for Intelligence Information
RIM ROTHR Interface Module
RIMPAC U.S. Naval Exercise
RIMS Requirements Inventory Management System
RINT Unintentional Radiation Intelligence
RIO Radar Intercept Officer

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RIP (1) Register of Intelligence Publications;
(2) Reconnaissance Information Point
RIPL Reconnaissance and Interdiction Planning Line (NATO)
RIPSO Revised IP Security Option
RISC Reduced Instruction Set Computer
RISOP Red Integrated Strategic Operations Plan
RISP Reserve Intelligence Support Project
RIT Remote Imagery Transceiver
RITS Remote Imagery Transceiver System
RJITF Regional Joint Intelligence Training Facility
RL (1) Rocket Launcher; (2) Radio Liberty; (3) Receive Location
RLG Ring Laser Gyro
RM (1) Requirements Management; (2) Resource Management
RMBUX Rocky Mountain Basic UNIX
RMEC Regional Military Emergency Coordinator
RMG Resource Management Group
RMO (1) Records Management Officer;
(2) Requirements Management Office
RMS (1) Requirements Management System;
(2) Remote Monitoring System
RNAV Area Navigation
RNO Regional Nuclear Option
RNP (1) Radio Navigation Point; (2) Remote Network Processor
RO (1) Reporting Officer; (2) Radar Operation;
(3) Receive Only; (4) Resident Office
RO/RO Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ship)
ROB Radar Order of Battle
ROC (1) Required Operational Capability; (2) Republic of China;
(3) Reconnaissance Operations Center; (4) Required Operational
Capability; (5) Regional Operations Center
ROCC Regional Operations Control Center
ROD Reconnaissance Operations Division
RODCA (1) Reporting of DoD HUMINT Collection Activities;
(2) Message Caveat
ROE Rules of Engagement
ROF (1) Rate of Fire; (2) Remote Operating Facility
ROFA Remote Operating Facility Airborne
ROIPB Rear Operations Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
ROK Republic of Korea
ROKA Republic of Korea Army
ROKAF Republic of Korea Air Force
ROKN Republic of Korea Navy
ROKUSCFC Republic of Korea and U.S. Combined Forces Command
ROM Read Only Memory
RON Remain Overnight
ROP Remote Operating Position
RORSAT Soviet (FSU) Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite

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ROSE Remote Optical Sensing of the Environment
ROSS Refinement of SIGINT Support
ROT Rotating Position
ROTC Reserve Officer Training Corps
ROTHR Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar
ROU Radius of Uncertainty
ROW Rest-of-World
RP (1) Reference Point; (2) Release Point
RPA Reserve Personnel Allotment
RPB Regional Preparedness Board
RPC (1) Regional Preparedness Committee; (2) Regional Reporting
Center; (3) Remote Procedure Calls; (4) Rapid Positioning
Capability
RPE Reconnaissance Planning Element
RPG (1) Soviet (FSU) Shoulder-Fired Antitank Grenade Launcher;
(2) Report Program Generator
RPK Soviet (FSU) Light Machinegun (similar in design to the AK rifle)
RPM (1) Revolutions per Minute; (2) Rounds per Minute
RPT Report
RPTG Reporting
RPV Remotely Piloted Vehicle
RQS Rescue Squadron
RQT (1) Reliability Qualification Tests; (2) Requirement
RQMTS Requirements
RR (1) Railroad; (2) Radio Relay
R&R Rest and Recreation
RRC Regional Reporting Center
RRDB Rapidly Reconfigurable Data Base
RRF (1) Ready Reserve Force; (2) Rapid Reaction Force (ACE)
RRG Remote Receive Group
RRI Response to Request for Information
RRICS Rapid Response Imagery Capability System
RRII Response to Request for Intelligence Information
RRM Red Resource Monitoring
RRP Rapid Reinforcement Plan
RRS Remote Receive Station
RRT Radio Receive/Transmitter
RRTP Rail-to-Road Transfer Point
RS Reconnaissance/Surveillance
R&S Reconnaissance and Surveillance
RSB PSYOP Regional Support Battalion
RSBN Short-Range Navigation System (FSU)
RSDN Long-Range Navigation System (FSU)
RSC (1) Regional Support Commands; (2) PSYOP Regional Support
Company
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RSE Ranger Support Element
RSI, R/S/I Rationalization, Standardization and Interoperability
RSN Red Switched Network
RSO (1) Reconnaissance & Survey Officer;
(2) Regional Security Officer
RSOC Regional SIGINT Operations Center
RSOD Remote Satellite Operations Demonstration
RSOG Reserve Special Operations Group
RSR (1) Resource Status Report; (2) Required Supply Rate;
(3) Radar Service Request
RSSC Regional Space Support Centers
RSSP Reconnaissance Support Survivability Program
RST (1) Recovery Support Team; (2) Regional Survey Team
RSTA Reconnaissance, Surveillance, & Target Acquisition
RSW Reflected Shockwave
RT (1) Real Time; (2) Radio Telephone;
(3) Relocatable Target; (4) Radius of Target
RTA Residual Threat Assessment
RTAPS Relocatable Target Adaptive Planning Support
RTASS Remote Tactical Airborne SIGINT System
RTCE Rapid Targeting Capability Europe
RTG Reconnaissance Technical Group (TAC, USAFE, PACAF)
RTIC (1) Regional Threat Information Cell;
(2) Real-Time Information to the Cockpit
RTIP Real-Time Interactive Processor
RTM Receiver/Transmitter/Modem
RTOS Real-Time Optical System
RTP Rail Transfer Point
RTS (1) Reconnaissance Technical Squadron; (2) Real-Time Simulator
RTS-I Regional Training Site(s)-Intelligence
RTSP Real-Time Signal Processor
RU (1) Roundup; (2) Resident Unit
RUNT Russian Underground Nuclear Test
RURPOP Rural Population File
RV (1) Reentry Vehicle; (2) Radius of Vulnerability;
(3) Reconnaissance Vehicle
RVT Remote Video Terminal
RW (1) Radiological Warfare; (2) Rotary Wing;
(3) Reconnaissance Wing
RWH Radar Warning & Homing
RWI Radio Wireline Interface/Integration
RWO Reconnaissance Watch Officer
RWR Radar Warning Receiver
RWS Remote Workstation
RX Receive
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S Secret
/s/ Signature
S-1 Personnel Staff Officer
S-2 Intelligence Staff Officer; Brigade, Battalion, and Armored Cavalry
S-3 Operations Staff Officer
SA (1) Logistics Staff Officer; (2) Special Access; (3) Situational
Awareness (4) Signals Analysis; (5) Surface-to-Air; used to iden-
tify FSU Surface-to-Air Missiles, e.g., SA-7/GRAIL; (6) Situa-
tion Assessment; (7) Security Assistance; (8) Special Agent;
(9) Stand Alone; (10) Secretary of the Army; (11) Systems
Administrator; (12) Strategic Attack
SAA (1) Special Area Assessments; (2) Strategic Air Army
SAAC Strategic Analysis Applications Center
SAAM Special Assignment Airlift Mission
SAASE Standard Data Element-Based Automated Architecture Support
Environment
SACC Supporting Arms Coordination Center
SACCS Strategic Air Command Automated Command & Control Sys-
tem
SACS (1) Secure Access Control System;
(2) STU-III Access Control System
SAE Service Acquisition Executive
SAB Subject as Above
SAC (1) Strategic Air Command; (2) Scientific Advisory Committee;
(3) Senate Appropriations Committee
SACDIN SAC Digital Network
SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO)
SACLANT Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (NATO)
SACLANTREPEUR SACLANT Representative in Europe
SACOM Southern Area Command
SACOS SAC Operational Staff
SACWARNS (1) Strategic Air Command Indications and Warning;
(2) SAC Warning System
SADARM Sense and Destroy Armor
SADF South African Defense Force
SADO Senior Air Defense Officer
SADT Structured Analysis Design Technique
SAEDA Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the Army
SAF (1) Soviet (FSU) Air Force; (2) Source Acquisitions File;
(3) Secretary of the Air Force; (4) US Air Force Staff
SAFE (1) Support for the Analysts’ File Environment;
(2) Selected Area for Evasion
SAFF Safing, Arming, Fuzing, and Firing
SAF/O/T Security Assistance Force/Organization/Team
SAG (1) Study Advisory Group; (2) Surface Action Group;
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SAGE Semiautomatic Ground Environment (Radar)
SAI Strategic Command Administrative Instruction
SAIB Safe Area Intelligence Brief
SAID Safe Area Intelligence Description
SAIS Strategic Aerospace Intelligence System
SAL (1) Strategic Arms Limitation;
(2) Submarine Alerting and Locating
SALT (1) Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; (2) Supporting Arms Liai-
son Team
SALUTE Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment
(spot report format)
SAM (1) Surface-to-Air Missile; (2) Summary Assessment Matrix
SAMOB Surface-to-Air Missile Order of Battle
SAMSO Space And Missile System Organization
SAMT State of the Art Medium Terminals
SAO (1) Special Access/Activities Office; (2) Select Attack Option;
(3) Special Access Only; (4) Security Assistance Organization;
(5) Security Assistance Office
SAOB FSU Air Order of Battle
SAOC (1) Space Actions Officers Course;
(2) Sector Air Operations Center
SAOCS Submarine/Aircraft Optical Communications System
SAP (1) Special Access Program; (2) System Acquisition Plan
SAPAS Semiautomatic Population Analysis System
SAR (1) Search and Rescue; (2) Synthetic Aperture Radar;
(3) Special Access Required; (4) Sea-Air Rescue
SARC Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center
SARDA Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition
SARP Storage and Retrieval Processor
SARPF Strategic Air Relocatable Processing Facility
SARSAT Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking
SART Strategic Aircraft Recovery Team
SARV Strategic Aerospace Reconnaissance Vehicle
SAS (1) Strategic Area Study; (2) Strategic Aerospace Summary;
(3) Special Activities Squadron; (4) Support to Analyst Sub-
system; (5) Survivable Adaptive Systems
SASC Senate Armed Services Committee
SASM Strategic Air-to-Surface Missile
SASS (1) Small Aerostat Surveillance System;
(2) Systems Acquisition Support Services
SAT (1) Satellite; (2) Staff Augmentation Team; (3) Satisfactory
SATCOM Satellite Communications
SATCOMA Satellite Communications Agency (U.S. Army)
SATKA Surveillance, Acquisition, Tracking, and Kill Assessment
SATRAN (1) Satellite Reconnaissance Advanced Notice;
(2) Satellite Transmission
SATS Southwest Asia Telecommunications System
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SAVE Situation Analysis and Vulnerability Estimate
SAVI Systems Analysis of Vulnerability to Intrusion
SAWC Special Air Warfare Center
SAWG Simulation and Analysis Working Group
SAWIC Strike and Amphibious Warfare Intelligence Center
SAWS Submarine Analyst Work Station
SAWVS Satellite Attack Warning and Verification System
SB Sentinel Byte
S-BAND 2 to 4 GHz
SBB Sustained Bare Base
SBI (1) Special Background Investigation; (2) Space-Based Interceptor
SBIRS Space-based Infrared Radar System
SBIS Sustaining Base Information Services
SBKKV Space-Based Kinetic Kill Vehicle
SBL Space-Based Laser
SBM Single-Point Mooring Buoy
SBR (1) Special Boat Squadron; (2) Space-Based Radar
SBS Site Backbone Segment
SBSS Space-Based Surveillance System
SBU (1) Special Boat Unit; (2) Sensitive but Unclassified
SBWASS Space-Based Wide-Area Surveillance System
SC (1) Science Committee (NATO); (2) Signal Corps;
(3) Security Code; (4) Signal Company; (5) System Center;
(6) Structural Category; (7) Screen Commander or Coordinator;
(8) Air Force Communications-Computers Directorate;
(9) Submarine Conversion
SCA Service Cryptologic Agency
SCAD Subsonic Cruise Armed Decoy
SCAMP Sensor Control and Management Platoon
SCAMPI SOF C3I Telecommunications System
SCARE Standard Collection Asset Request Format
SCATANA Security Control of Air Traffic and Air Navigation Aids
SCC (1) Special Coordination Committee; (2) Standing Consultative
Commission (SALT); (3) Surveillance Coordination Center;
(4) System Control Center; (5) Space Control Center;
(6) Service Component Commander
SC CAT SOUTHCOM Crisis Action Team
SCC(I) Special Coordination Committee (Intelligence)
SCCP Single-Channel Command Post
SCCS-R Single-Channel Collection System - Rear
SCCTV Secure Closed-Circuit Television
SCDL Surveillance and Control Data Link (JSTARS)
SCE Service Cryptologic Element
SCF Satellite Control Facility
SCF-UK Save the Children Federation-UK
SCG Special Consultative Group (NATO)

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SCI (1) Sensitive Compartmented Information or Information
Programs; (2) Source Code Indicator
SCIBS Sensitive Compartmented Information Billet System
SCIC State Crime Information Center
SCIF Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
SCIM Subject Codes for Intelligence Management
SCIMITAR System for Countering Interdiction Missiles and Target Radars
SCINET Sensitive Compartmented Information Network (DoDIIS)
SCIP Special Communications Intelligence Package
SCIPMIS Standard Civilian Personnel Management Information System
SCIPS Sensitive Compartmented Information Processing System
SCIS Survivable Communication Information System
SCISS SOUTHCOM Intelligence Support System
SCI-VTC Sensitive Compartmented Information-Video Teleconferencing
SC J2 USSOUTHCOM J2
SCL Standard Conventional Load
SCLNO SOUTHCOM Liaison Officer
SCM Security Countermeasures
SCN Satellite Control Network
SCO (1) Service Cryptologic Organizations; (2) Sub-Control Office
SCOLA Satellite Communications for Learning
SCORE Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment
SCOTT Single-Channel Objective Tactical Terminal
SCP Secure Conferencing Project
SCPC Single Channel per Carrier
SCS (1) Signal Collection System; (2) Satellite Control Squadron
SCSC SOUTHCOM Support Center
SCSI Small Computer Systems Interface
SCT (1) Single-Channel Terminal; (2) Single-Channel Transponder
SCUBA Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SCUD Nickname of a Missile System
SD (1) Space Director; (2) Standard Displacement; (3) Senior
Director; (4) Security Division; (5) Strategic Command
Directive
SDA (1) Ships Destination Authority; (2) Strike Damage Assessment
S&DA Strike and Damage Assessment
SDB Space Data Base
SDC (1) Strategic Dissemination Company;
(2) Strategic Defense Command
SDD Secure Data Device
SDF Structured Data Fields
SDHS Satellite Data Handling System
SDI Strategic Defense Initiative
SDIE Special Defense Intelligence Estimate

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SDIN (1) Secure Digital Information Network;
(2) Special Defense Intelligence Notice
SDIO Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
SDIS Switched Digital Integrated Service
SDLC Synchronous Data Link Control
SDM Standoff Destructive Munition
SDMA Spaced Division Multiple Access
SDMS SINET Data Management System
SDNRIU Secure Digital Network Radio Interface Unit
SDNS Secure Data Network System
SDO System Development Office
SDOB Scaled Depth of Burst
SDR (1) Source-Directed Requirements; (2) System Design Review
SDS (1) Satellite Data System; (2) SIGINT Direct Support;
(3) Satellite Dissemination System; (4) Secondary
Dissemination System; (5) Strategic Defense System;
(6) Switched Data Services; (7) Spatial Data Server; (8) Small
Digital Switch
SDV (1) Swimmer Delivery Vehicle; (2) SEAL Delivery Vehicle
SDVT SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team
SDYS Studies
SE Southeastern
SEA (1) Southeast Asia; (2) Senior Enlisted Advisor
SEABEE Navy Construction Battalion Personnel
SEALANCE Anti-Submarine Warfare Standoff Weapons (ASW/SOW)
SEAD Suppression of Enemy Air Defense
SEADS Southeast Air Defense Sector
SEAGA Selective Employment Air Ground Alert Forces
SEAL Sea/Air/Land
SEASTAG SEATO Standardization Agreement
SEATO Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEAWATCH NOSIC On-Line Computer System
SEC (1) Second; (2) Section; (3) Submarine Element Coordinator
SECAF Secretary of the Air Force
SECARMY Secretary of the Army
SECC Survivable Enduring Command Center
SECCLEAR Security Clearance (Management System)
SECDEF Secretary of Defense
SECNAV Secretary of the Navy
SECOM Security Committee
SECS Survivable and Enduring Communications System
SECSTATE Secretary of State
SECTY Security
SED Simulated Electronic Deception
SEDSCAF Standard ELINT Data System Codes and Formats

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SEE (1) System Engineering and Evaluation;
(2) Softcopy Exploitation Environment
SEEI Special Essential Elements of Information
SEEK Soviet Emigre Exploitation Kit
SEI Specific Emitter Identification
SEIP Senior Enlisted Intelligence Program
SEIS Survivable and Enduring Intelligence System
SELA Latin American Economic System
SELORS Ship Emitter Locating Reports
SELMON Selective Monitoring
SEMA Special Electronic Mission Aircraft
SEMEC SOF Enhanced Moldable Explosive Change
SEN (1) Small Extension Node; (2) Space Engagement Node
SEOS SIGINT/Electronic Warfare Operating System
SEP (1) Selective Employment Plan (NATO); (2) Separate
SEPA FSU Extended Planning Annex
SEPS NATO Selective Employment Plan
SERE Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape
SERER Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape, and Recovery
SERNO Serial Number
SES (1) Surface Effects Ship; (2) Systems Engineering Study;
(3) Senior Executive Service; (4) Sensor Employment Squad-
ron; (5) Softcopy Exploitation System; (6) Societe European Des
Satellites
SESOCC Southeastern Sector Operations Control Center
SESS Space Environment Sensor Suite
SET Sensor Employment Teams
SETAF Southern European Task Force
SEVOCCS Secure Voice Command and Control System
SEVOX Secure Voice
SEWC Space and Electronic Warfare Commander
SEWCC SIGINT/Electronic Warfare Coordination Center
SEWS (1) Satellite Early Warning System;
(2) SIGINT Electronic Warfare Subsystem
SF (1) Special Forces; (2) Standard Form
SFA Security Fault Analysis
SFAT Strategic Forces Advisory Team
SFD Saturated Flux Density
SFEM Space Forces Engagement Model
SFG Special Forces Group
SFG-A Special Forces Group-A
SFG(A) Special Forces Group (Airborne)
SFOA Special Forces Operations Area
SFOB (1) Special Forces Operating Base;
(2) Soviet (FSU) Forces Order of Battle
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SFODA Special Forces Operational Detachments-A
SFOD-D First Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta
SFOS Special Forces Operating System
SFQC Special Forces Qualification Course
SFR Statement of Functional Requirement
SFRD Safe Functional Requirements Document
SFT Secure Fault Tolerant
SFTL Strategic Future Targets List
SFUG Security Features Users Guide
SGB SOUTHCOM Ground Order of Battle
SGDPS Second Generation Data Processing System
SGEMP System Generated Electromagnetic Pulse
SGF (1) Southern Group of Forces (Soviet Forces in Hungary);
(2) Synthetic Aperture Radar Ground Facility
SGS (1) Secretary to the General Staff; (2) Squadron Ground Station
SGT (1) Satellite Ground Terminal; (2) Sergeant
SHA Secure Hast Algorithm
SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (NATO)
SHARES Shared HF Resources
SHC Supreme High Command
SHF Super High Frequency
SHED Special Handling and Evaluation Detachment
SHELREP Shell Report
SHF Super High Frequency
SHOP Special Handling for Operations Purposes
SHORAD Short-Range Air Defense
SI (1) Special Intelligence; (2) Special Instructions
S&IA Security and Investigative Activities
SIAB Senior Imagery Advisory Board
SIAD Strategic Imagery Analysis Detachment
SIAP Strategic Intelligence Architecture Program
SIB Special Intelligence Brief
SIC (1) Subject Indicator Code (NATO message code);
(2) System Integration Configuration
SICAM SIGINT Control and Analysis Module
SICR Specific Intelligence Collection Requirement
SID (1) Secondary Imagery Dissemination;
(2) Subscriber Identification
SID(S) Selective Imagery Dissemination (System)
SIDA Single Integrated Data Base
SIDAC Single Integrated Damage Assessment Code
SIDPAC Strategic Imagery Detachment Pacific
SIDS Secondary Imagery Dissemination System
SIE Space Intelligence Element
SIF Special Interrogation Facility

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SIFR Special Intelligence Functional Requirement
Sig Signal
SIGCEN U.S. Army Signal Center
SIG-I Senior Interagency Group for Intelligence
SIGINT Signals Intelligence
SIGSEC Signals Security
SIGSUM SIGINT Summary
SII Statement of Intelligence Interest
SIIR Special Imagery Interpretation Report
SIL Systems Integration Laboratory
SIM (1) Sensor Interface Module;
(2) Systems Integration Management
SIMIR USSTRATCOM IDHS Monthly Integration Review
SIMM Single Inline Memory Module
SIMNET Single Channel Ground/Airborne Radio Sub-Systems
SIMO SIM Office
SIMP Space Intelligence Master Plan
SIMS SOUTHCOM Intelligence Management System
SINCGARS (1) Single Integrated Channel Ground and Airborne Radio
Subsystems; (2) Single Channel Ground-to-Air Radio System
SINET Strategic Intelligence Network
SINTER SIGINT/IMINT Interaction
SIO (1) Senior Intelligence Officer; (2) Space Intelligence Officer;
(3) Ship’s Intelligence Officer
SIOP Single Integrated Operational Plan
SIORI Self-Initiated Operational Readiness Inspection
SIPE Strategic Intelligence Processing Element
SIPRNET Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
SIR (1) Shuttle Imaging Radar; (2) Specific Information Require-
ments; (3) Spectrum Interferance Resolution
SIRADS Shared Imagery Repository and Dissemination System
SIRCS Shipborne Intermediate-Range Combat System
SIREP Sensitive Information Report
SIRVES SIGINT Requirements Validation and Evaluation Subcommittee
(of SIGINT Committee)
SIS (1) Significant Indications Summary; (2) Space Intelligence
System; (3) Special Intelligence Support; (4) Selective Inquiry
System; (5) Special Information System
SISOCS Army Logistics/Maintenance Depot Data Network
SISR SIGINT Security Regulation
SISS (1) Survivable Intelligence Support to SlOP; (2) Subcommittee
on Information Systems Security of the NSTISSC
SISUM Sensitive Information Summary
SIT Specialized Investigations Team
SITAS Strategic Industrial Target Analysis Systems
SITDEV Situation Development
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SITREP Situation Report
SITS Secondary Imagery Transmission System
SITSUM Situation Summary
SITTP (US)STRATCOM Intelligence Tactics, Techniques, and
Procedures for Strategic Operations
SIW Strategic Intelligence Wing
SJA Staff Judge Advocate
SJCS Secretary, Joint Chiefs of Staff
SKCATL South Korea Conventional Air Target List
SKE Station-Keeping Equipment
SKYLINK Communications System Provided by the Diplomatic
Telecommunications System
SKYNET United Kingdom Military Communications Satellite
SL Sea Level
SLA Special U.S. Liaison Advisor
SLAM Standoff Land Attack Missile (Navy)
SLAR Side-Looking Airborne Radar
SLAT Surface-Launched Air-Targeted
SLBM Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
SLC Space Launch Complex
SLCM (1) Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile;
(2) Sea-Launched Cruise Missile
SLDCOM Satellite Launch Dispenser Communications
SLED Safe Low-Energy Detonators
SLEP Service Life Extension Program
SLF Super Low Frequency
SLFCS Survivable Low Frequency Communications System
SLGR Small Lightweight Global Positioning System Receiver
SLIP Serial Line Interface Protocol
SLMM U.S. Submarine-Launched Mobile Mine
SLO Space Liaison Officer
SLOC Sea Lines of Communication
SLOC(S) Sea Line(s) of Communication
SLR Side-Looking Radar
SLS Space Launch Squadrons
SLSSM Submerged-Launched Surface-to-Surface Missile
SLV Space Launch Vehicle
SM (1) Memorandum by the Secretary, JCS; (2) Statute Mile;
(3) Service Member; (4) Security Monitor; (5) Smart Modules
SMAA Submarine Movement Advisory Authority
S/MANCO Space/Missile Analyst NCO
SMANCO Space/Missile Analyst NCO
SMART-T Secure Mobile Antijam Reliable Tactical Terminal
SMCC Survivable Mobile Command Center
SMDPS Strategic Mission Data Preparation System
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SMEB Significant Military Exercise Brief
S/MEO Space/Missile Event Office
SMG Standard Mail Guard
SMIOC Senior Military Intelligence Officers’ Conference
SMLM Soviet (FSU) Military Liaison Mission
SMM (1) Spatial Model Matching;
(2) Special Mission Mandatory Modification
SMO (1) Support to Military Operations; (2) Senior METOC Officer;
(3) Special Mission Optional Modification
SMOB Strategic Missile Order of Battle
SMOTEC Special Missions Operational Test and Evaluation Center
SMP Soviet Military Power (the publication)
SMPAS Space Mission Payload Assessment System
SMR Sources, Methods, and Rationale
SMS Stand-Alone Analysis Subsystems
SMTP Single Mail Transfer Protocol
SMU Secure Mobile Unit
SNA (1) Soviet Naval Aviation; (2) System Network Architecture
SNAP Soviet (FSU) Nuclear Artillery Projectile
SNCCDIPP Selected Non-Communist Countries DIPP
SNDV Strategic Nuclear Delivery Vehicles
S/NF Secret/NOFORN
SNF (1) Short-Range Nuclear Forces; (2) Secret NOFORN
SNI Soviet (FSU) Naval Infantry
SNIE Special National Intelligence Estimate
SNIP Soviet (FSU) Naval Imagery Panel
SNM Special Nuclear Materials
SNMS Security and Network Management Segment
SNO Special Naval Operations
SNR Signal-to-Noise
SNS Shared Network Server
SNUTR SIGINT Numerical Tasking Register
SO Special Operations
SO/LIC Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict
SOA (1) Special Operations Aviation; (2) Special Operations Area;
(3) Speed of Advance
SOAB (1) Special Operations Aviation Battalion;
(2) Special Operations Aviation Brigade
SOAC (1) Special Operations Aviation Command; (2) Special Opera-
tions Aviation Company; (3) Special Operations Acquisition
Center
SOAD Special Operations Aviation Detachment
SOADS Special Operations Automated Data System
SOAE Deputy for Acquisition and Acquisition Executive
SOAG Special Operations Aviation Group
SOAR (1) Special Operations Aviation Regiment;
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SOARS Satellite On-Board Attack Reporting System
SOB Space Order of Battle
SOC (1) Special Operations Command; (2) Special Operations Capable;
(3) Sector Operations Center; (4) Special Operations Craft
SOCACOM Special Operations Command-Atlantic Command
SOCC (1) Sector Operational Control Center; (2) Special Operations
Control Center
SOCCE (1) Special Operations Command Communications Element;
(2) Special Operations Command and Control Element
SOCCENT (1) Special Operations Command Center; (2) Special Operations
Command Component, CENTCOM
SOCCMO Special Operations Command Collection Management Office
SOCCS Special Operations Combat Control Squadron
SOCCT Special Operations Combat Control Team
SOCDSS Special Operations Command Deployable Support Set
SOCET Special Operations Command Extraction Tool
SOCEUR Special Operations Command, Europe
SOCJIC United States Special Operations Command Joint Intelligence
Center
SOCKOR Special Operations Command, Korea
SOC-K Special Operations Command, Korea
SOCLANT Special Operations Command, Atlantic
SOCLITE Special Operations Command Laptop
SOCOM Special Operations Command
SOCOORD Special Operations Coordination Element
SOCOS Special Operations Command Operating Staff
SOCPAC Special Operations Command, Pacific
SOCRATES Special Operations Command Research, Analysis, and Threat
Evaluation System
SOCSIDS Special Operations Command - Secondary Imagery
Dissemination System
SOCSO Special Operations Command, South
SOCSOUTH Special Operations Command, South
SOD Special Operations Detachment
SODARS Special Operations Debriefing and Retrieval System
SOEAID Special Operations Executive Aide
SOF Special Operations Forces
SOF-IV Special Operations Forces-Intelligence Vehicle
SOF C4I Special Operations Forces Command, Control,
Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
SOF-MOSS SOF Modular Remote Sensing System
SOFA Status of Forces Agreement
SOFATS Special Operations Forces Aircrew Training System
SOFCOM Special Operations Forces Command
SOF EW Special Operations Forces Enhanced Weapons
SOFPAC Special Operating Forces, Pacific
SOFI Special Operations Forces Improvements

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SOF IRIS Special Operations Forces Imagery Receiver and Intelligence
System
SOFIST Foreign Instrumentation Signals Requirement
(a collection management software application)
SOFLAM Special Operations Forces Laser Acquisition Marker
SOFPARS Special Operations Forces Planning and Rehearsal System
SOF PLD Special Operations Forces Protection Laser Defense
SOFPREP Special Operations Forces Planning, Rehearsal and Execution
Preparation
SOF PSA Special Operations Forces Power Supply Assembly
SOFSA Special Operations Forces Support Activity
SOFTACS Special Operations Forces Tactical Assured Connectivity System
SOG Special Operations Group
SOH SOF Offensive Handgun
SOHFRAD Special Operations HF Radio
SOHI Seminar on Human Intelligence
SOI (1) Signal Operating Instructions; (2) Signal of Interest;
(3) Space Object Identification
SOIC (1) Space Operational Intelligence Center;
(2) Senior Official of the Intelligence Community;
(3) Special Operations Intelligence Center
SOICS Special Operations Improved Cryptographic System
SOIF Special Operational Intelligence Folders
SOIN Special Operations Intelligence Notes
SOINT Staff Officer Intelligence
SOIPS Special Operations Imagery Production System
SOIS Special Operations Intelligence System
SOISUM Space Object Identification Summary
SOIT Seminar on International Terrorism
SOIWSD Special Operations Information Warfare Support Demonstration
SOJ (1) Sea of Japan; (2) Stand-Off Jamming
SOJTF Special Operations Joint Task Force
SOLANT South Atlantic
SOLARS SAC On-Line Analysis and Retrieval System
SOLE Special Operations Liasion Element
SOLIS SIGINT On-Line Intelligence (or Information) System
SOLL Special Operations Low Level
SOLOG Special Operations Logistics System
SOMA Status of Mission Agreement
SOME Satellite Orbit Mission Evaluation
SOMOB Strategic Offensive Missile Order of Battle
SOMPF Special Operations Mission Planning Folder
SOMS Special Operations Media System
SON Statement of Need
SONAR Sound Navigation and Ranging
SONET Synchronous Optical Network

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SONI Seminar on National Intelligence
SONMET Special Operations Naval Mobile Environmental Teams
SOO Space Operations Officer
SOP (1) Standard Operating Procedure(s); (2) Senior Officer Present
SOPE Special Operations Planning Exercise
SOPEO Special Operations Program Executive Officer
SOPIF Special Operations Photographic Interpretation Facility
SOPM Special Operations Program Manager
SOPPC Special Operations Photo Processing Cell
SOPPREP Special Operation Forces Planning, Rehearsal, and
Execution System
SOPS (1) Space Operations Squadron; (2) Special Operations Power
Sources
SOR (1) Specific Orders and Requests; (2) Statement of Requirements
SORD System Operational Requirements Document
SORDAC Special Operations Research, Development and Acquisition
Center
SORFMS Special Operations Radio Frequency Management System
SORS (1) Specific Order or Requests; (2) SIGINT Overhead Recon-
naissance Subcommittee
SORTIEALOT Sortie Allotment
SORTIC Seminar on Reconnaissance and Technical Information Collection
SORTS Status of Resources and Training System
SOS (1) International Distress Signal (2) Squadron Officers’ School;
(3) Special Operations Squadron
SOSC Special Operations Support Command
SOSS Satellite Ocean Surveillance System
SOSST Special Operations Small Secure Transceiver
SOST Special Operations Special Technology
SOSTI Seminar on Scientific and Technical Intelligence
SOSOS U.S. Sound Surveillance System
SOT-A Special or Support Operations Team-Alpha
SOTA SIGINT Operational Tasking Authority
SOTAS Standoff Target Acquisition System
SOT-B Special or Support Operations Team-Bravo
SOTF (1) Special Operations Task Force;
(2) Security Operations Training Facility
SOTSE Special Operations Theater Support Element
SOTVS Special Operations Tactical Video System
SOTW Special Operations Training Wing
SOUTHAM South America
SOUTHCOM Southern Command
SOVPACFLT Soviet Pacific Fleet
SOW (1) Statement of Work; (2) Special Operations Wing
SOW/TE Special Operations Weather/Technical Element
SOWG Special Operations Working Group

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SOWT Special Operations Weather Team
SP (1) Self-Propelled; (2) Shore Patrol; (3) Security Police
SPA (1) Special PSYOP Analysis; (2) Special PSYOP Assessment
SPACDEFENSE Space Defense and Operations/Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Missile
System
SPACC Space Command Center
SPACEAF Space Air Force (14 AF)
SPACECOM Space Command (See AFSPACECOM and USSPACECOM)
SPACING Space Processing and Collection Internals Group
SPAD Special Advisor
SPADATS Space Detection and Tracking System
SPADCCS Space Defense Command and Control System
SPADOC Space Defense Operations Center
SPADVOS Spaceborne Direct View Optical Scanner
SPAF Special Airfield File
SPAIS South Pacific Air Intelligence System
SPAN Security Policy Automation Network
SPATS Strategic Posture and Aerospace Threat Summary
SPB Special Projects Branch (NATO)
SPC SIGINT Processing Center
SPCL Special Purpose Communications Link
SPD Strategic Posture Display
SPEAR (1) Signal Processing, Evaluation, Alert and Reporting;
(2) SOF Personal Equipment Advanced Requirements
SPEC Counterterrorism Database
Spec Nav Special Navy Program
SPECAT Special Category (Pneumatic Tube Message Precedence)
SPECBOATRON Special Boat Squadron
SPECBOATUNIT Special Boat Unit
Spectre AC-130 H/U Gunship
SPECWAR Special Warfare
SPETSNAZ Soviet (FSU) Special Purpose Forces
SPF (1) Special Purpose Forces; (2) Single Point of Failure
SPG (1) Self-Propelled Gun; (2) Softcopy Products Group
SPIES Special Insertion and Extraction System
SPIN Space Intelligence Notes
SPINS Special Instructions
SPINTCOM Special Intelligence Communications (Network)
SPIREP Spot Intelligence Report
SPIRES Special Intelligence Reports
SPIRIT Special Purpose Integrated Remote Intelligence Terminal
SPK Single Point Key(ing)
SPO Special Project Officer
SPOC Space Operations Center
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SPOT Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre (French)
SPOTREP Spot Report
SPP Shared Production Program
SPR Strategic Petroleum Reserve
SPRAA Strategic Plans and Research Analysis Agency
SPS Scratch Pad Store
SPS Special PSYOP Study
SPSS Secured Packet Switched Service
SPT Support
SPTCONF Support Confirmation
SPTD Supported
SPTG Supporting
SPTREQ Support Request
SQ (1) Square; (2) Squadron
SQD Squad
SQDN Squadron
SQL (1) Standard Query Language; (2) Structured Query Language
SQN Squadron
SR (1) Special Reconnaissance; (2) Short Range;
(3) Southern Region; (4) Senior
SRBM Short-Range Ballistic Missile
SRF SIGINT Readiness Facility
SRHIT Small Radar-Homing Intercept Technology (BMD Missile)
SRIG Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Intelligence Group
SRIS Surface Range Imaging System
SROC Southern Region Operations Center
SRIG Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Intelligence Group
SRJOIC Southern Region Joint Operations Intelligence Center
SRAM U.S. Short-Range Attack Missile
SRAMII U.S. Short-Range Attack Missile
(XAGM-131A; formerly AASM)
SRAM-T Short Range Attack Missile - Tactical
SRB Senior Review Board
SRBM Short-Range Ballistic Missile
SRC Strategic Reconnaissance Center
SRCU SINCGARS Remote Control Unit
SRD (1) System Requirements Document;
(2) Special Research Detachment (U.S. Army)
SRF (1) Strategic Rocket Forces (USSR); (2) Strategic Reserve
Forces; (3) Secure Reserve Force (U.S.); (4) Selected Reserve
Force; (5) SIGINT Readiness Facility; (6) SPIRIT Remote
Facility (TROJAN)
SRFTL Secure Reserve Force Target List
SRI Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Intelligence
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SRINF Short-Range, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
SRJOIC Southern Region Joint Operational Intelligence Center
SRMIS Southern Region Maritime Intelligence Summary
SRO Sensitive Reconnaissance Operations
SROE Standing Rules of Engagement
SRP (1) Sealift Readiness Program; (2) SIOP Reconnaissance Plan
SRR (1) Survival, Recovery and Reconstitution;
(2) Security Requirements Review
SRS (1) Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron;
(2) Software Requirements Specification
SRSG Special Representative to the Secretary-General
SRT (1) Strategic Relocatable Target; (2) Standard Remote Terminals
SRW Strategic Reconnaissance Wing
SRWG Standing Requirements Working Group
SS Attack Submarine
SSA (1) Security Supporting Assistance; (2) Diesel-Powered Auxil-
iary Submarine; (3) Special Support Activity; (4) SIGINT
Support Activity; (5) Soviet (FSU) Strategic Aviation
SSAN (1) Social Security Account Number;
(2) Nuclear-Powered Auxiliary Submarine
SSB (1) Ballistic Missile Submarine;
(2) Standard Software Base; (3) Single Sideband
SSB Ballistic Missile Submarine
SSBN Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine
SSBSC Single Sideband, Suppress Carrier
SSC (1) Coastal Submarine; (2) Space Surveillance Center;
(3) Surface Support Craft
SSCC Special Security Communications Center
SSCI Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
SSD Strategic Studies Detachment
SSE Special Security Element
SSES Ships Signal Exploitation Space
SSF (1) Software Support Facility; (2) Special Service Force
SSG (1) Cruise Missile Attack Submarine;
(2) Special Security Group
SSGN Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Attack Submarine
SSI (1) Specialty Skill Identifier;
(2) Safety, Security and Intelligence
SSIXS Submarine Satellite Information Exchange Subsystem
SSJ Self-Screening Jamming
SSLP Transport Submarine
SSLSM Single-Source Logistics Support Manager
SSM (1) Surface-to-Surface Missile; (2) Midget Submarine
SSM/I Sensor System Microwave Imager
SSM/T Sensor System Microwave/Temperature
SSMA Spread Spectrum Multiple Access
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SSMO SIGINT Support to Military Operations
SSMOB Surface-to-Surface Missile Order of Battle
SSMP Security System Management Plan
SSN (1) Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine;
(2) Social Security Number;
(3) Space Surveillance Network
SSO (1) Special Security Office; (2) Special Security Office(r)
SSO-INT Senior Staff Officer-Intelligence (Canadian)
SSP (1) SIGINT Support Plan; (2) Scheduled Strike Program
(NATO); (3) Single-Shot Probability of Damage;
(4) Single-Source Processor; (5) SIOP Support Program
SSP-S Single Source Processor-SIGINT
SSQ Auxiliary Submarine, Communications
SSQN Nuclear-Powered Auxiliary Submarine, Communications
SSR (1) Radar Picket Submarine; (2) Secondary Surveillance Radar;
(3) Special Security SSRS Representative SIGINT Surveillance
and Reporting System
SSS (1) Staff Summary Sheet; (2) Systems Science and Software;
(3) System Support Segment; (4) Special Support Section
SSSP Single-Source SIGINT Processor
SST (1) Training Submarine; (2) System Specific Threat;
(3) Supersonic Transport; (4) Single Subscriber Terminal;
(5) Safe Secure Transport; (6) Strategic Support Team;
(7) Space Support Team
SSTO Single-Stage-To-Orbit
SSTS Space Surveillance and Tracking System
SSUS Spin-Stabilized Upper Stage
ST (1) SEAL Team; (2) Strategic Task; (3) Short Tons
S&T Scientific and Technical
S&TI Scientific and Technical Intelligence
ST&E Security Test and Evaluation
STA Surveillance and Target Acquisition
STACCS Standard Theater Army Command and Control System
STAMIS Standard Army Management Information System
STAMP SOUTHCOM Topographic Augmentation Program
STAMPS Stand-Alone Message Processing System
STANAG Standardization Agreement (NATO)
STANAVFORLANT Standing Naval Force, Atlantic (NATO)
STAN-EVAL Standardization and Evaluation
STANS (1) Soviet Tactical Nuclear Study;
(2) Space Target Analysis and Networking System
STAP Science and Technology Advisory Panel
STAR (1) Surface-to-Air Recovery;
(2) System Threat Assessment Report
STARC State Area Command
STARS Surveillance, Target Acquisition & Reporting System
STAR-T SHF Tri-Band Advanced Range Extension Tactical Terminal
START Strategic Arms Reduction Talks/Treaty

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STARTEX Start Date of an Exercise
STASS Submarine-Towed Array Surveillance System
STATDM Statistical Time Division Multiplex
Static RI Static Infrared Workstation
STATS Strategic Target Analysis and Tracking System
STATSIONAR USSR/Russian COMSAT System
STC (1) Sensitivity Time Control; (2) Short Time Constant (ECCM);
(3) SHAPE Technical Center
STCFE Science and Technology Center Far East
STD (1) SIGINT Technical Data; (2) Standard
STEL Stanford Telecommunications
STEP Standardized Technical Entry Point
STEPS Scientific and Technical ELINT Processing System
STEPS II Scientific and Technical ELINT Processing System II
STG Special Tactical Group
STEL Secure Telephone
S&TI Scientific and Technical Intelligence
STIC (1) Scientific and Technical Intelligence Committee;
(2) Scientific and Technical Intelligence Center
STICS Scalable Transportable Intelligence Communications System
STIFF Strategic Intelligence Forecast File
STIISP Scientific and Technical Intelligence Information Services
Program
STINT Science and Technology (S&T) Intelligence
STIR Scientific and Technical Intelligence Register
STITEUR Scientific and Technical Information Team, Europe
STK (1) Satellite Took Kit; (2) Strike
STO Science and Technology Objectives
STOL Short Takeoff and Landing
STON Short Ton
STOPS Stand-Off Optical System
STOVL Short Takeoff, Vertical Landing
STP (1) Space Test Program; (2) Site Transition Plan
Str Strength
STRAM Static Random Access Memory
STRAT Strategic
STRATCOM Strategic Command
STRATJIC USSTRATCOM Joint Intelligence Center
STRATLAT Strategic Command Liaison Assistance Team
STRATMAS Strategic Message Analysis Server
STRATPAT Strategic Planning and Analysis Tool
STRED Standard-Tactical Receive Equipment Display STRICOM Simu-
lations, Training, and Instrumentation Command
STRIKFORSOUTH Strike Force South
S-TRED Standard Tactical Receive Equipment Display
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STS (1) Special Training Standard; (2) Special Tactics Squadron;
(3) Subcommittee on Telecommunications Security of the
NSTISSC
STT (1) Small Tactical Terminal; (2) Special Tactics Teams;
(3) Shore Targeting Terminal
STU Secure Telephone Unit (STU II & III)
STU-III Secure Telephone Unit III
STUR Secure Telephone Unit/Remote
STVD Southern Theater of Military Operations (FSU)
STW Strike Warfare
STWC Strike Warfare Commander
STX Situational Training Exercise
SUAWACS Soviet (FSU) AWACS
SUBACS Submarine Advanced Combat System
SUBLANT Submarine Forces, Atlantic
SUBOPAUTH Submarine Operating Authority
SUBORD Subordinate
SUBPAC Submarine Forces, Pacific
SUCCESS Secure UHF Computer Controlled Equipment Subsystems
SUG SAFE Users Group
SUM (1) Surface-to-Underwater Missile; (2) Structural Usage Monitor
SUMS Structural Usage Monitor System
SUPCOM Support Command
SUPINTREP Supplementary Intelligence Report
SUPIR (1) Supplemental Photographic Interpretation Report;
(2) Supplemental Phase Interpretation Report
SUPNAVFOR Supporting Naval Force
SUPPLOT Supplemental Plot
SUPREMS Supplemental Preliminary Mission Summary
SUPT Superintendent
SURAN Southeastern Universities
SURFSHIP Surface Ship
SURFWARDEVGRU Surface Warfare Development Group
SURTASS Surveillance Towed Array Sonar System (U.S.)
SURV Surveillance
SUSLAK Special U.S. Liaison Activity Korea
SUSLO Special U.S. Liaison Officer
SV (1) Secure Voice; (2) Special View
SVC Service
SVCN Secure Voice Conferencing Network
SVD Soviet Sniper Rifle
SVGA Super Video Graphics Adapter
SVIP Secure Voice Improvement Program
SVOD Soviet Aircraft Navigation and Landing System
SVS Secure Voice System
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SVTS Secure Video Teleconferencing System
SW (1) Short Wave; (2) Surface Warfare; (3) Software;
(4) Strategic Wing
S&W Surveillance and Warning
SWA (1) Southwest Asia; (2) Southwest Africa; (3) Standoff
Weapons Assembly; (4) Senior Warning Analyst; (5) Senior
Weather Analyst; (6) Secure Work Area
SWADII Southwest Asia Defense Information Infrastructure
SWAL Shallow-Water Attack Craft, Light
SWAM Shallow-Water Attack Craft, Medium
SWAT SOCRATES WS/LAN Analysis Testbed
SWB Southwest Border
SWC (1) Special Warfare Center (U.S. Army); (2) Special Warfare
Craft; (3) Strategic Warfare Center; (4) Strategic Warning Cen-
ter; (5) Space Warfare Center
S&WC Surveillance and Warning Center/Control
SWCL Special Warfare Craft, Light
SWCM Special Warfare Craft, Medium
SWCS Special Warfare Center and School
SWE Sweden
SWHQ Static War Headquarters
SWI Special Weather Intelligence
SWIR Short Wave Infrared
SWIRTERCAT SWIR Terrain Categorization
SWIS Survivable Wartime Intelligence System
SWO (1) Special Weapons Officer; (2) Staff Weather Officer;
(3) Senior Watch Officer
SWORD Submarine Warfare Operations Research Department
SWP Standing Warning Program
SWPS Space & Weapons Systems SIGINT Working Group
SWR Southwest Region
SWRS Slow-Walker Reporting System
SWSC Space Warning Systems Center
SWTMO SW Theater of Military Operations
SYBASE A Collection Requirements Database
SYDET Sympathetic Detonator
SYDP Six-Year Defense Plan
SYG Secretary General
SYNCOM Synchronous Communications Satellite
SYRACUSE Systeme de Radio Communication Utilisant un Satellite
SYRUP System Resource Utilization Package
SYS System(s)
SYSADM System Administrator
SYSADMIN Systems Administration Technical Assistant
SYSCON Systems Control
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T (1) Tank; (2) Training; (3) Transmitter

T1 1.54 Megabits per Second Throughput
T2 Technology Transfer
T3 44.3 Megabits per Second Throughput
TA (1) Traffic Analysis; (2) Tank Army; (3) Terrain Avoidance;
(4) Theater Army; (5) Target Acquisition; (6) Target Analysis
T&A Transcription and Analysis
TAA (1) Tactical Air Army (FSU); (2) Total Army Analysis;
(3) Tactical Assembly Area; (4) Theatre Army Area
TAACOM Theater Army Area Command
TAB (1) Target Acquisition Battery; (2) Theatre Air Base
TABNR Table Number
TABS Threat Assement Briefing System
TAC (1) Tactical Air Command; (2) Terrain Analysis Center (U.S.
Army); (3) Tactical Access Controller; (4) Tri-Service Tactical
Digital Communication System; (5) Technology Assessment
Center; (6) Terminal Access Control; (7) Tactical Command Post
TACAC-D Technical Control and Analysis Center-Division
TACAIR Tactical Air
TACAMO (1) U.S. Air Relay Communication System;
(2) Take Charge and Move Out
TACAN Ultrahigh-Frequency Tactical Air Navigation
TACAWS The Army Combined Arms Weapons System
TACC (1) Tactical Air Control Center; (2) Tanker Airlift Control Cen-
ter; (3) Theater Army Communications Command
TACC(A) Tactical Air Control Center (Afloat)
TACCIMS (1) Theater Army Command and Control Information Manage-
ment System; (2) Tactical Command and Control Information
Management System
TACCP Tactical Command Post
TACCS (1) Tactical Airborne Command and Control and Surveillance;
(2) Tactical Air Control Center System
TACCSIMS Theater Area Command and Control Information
Management System
TACCS-K Tactical Automated Command and Control Systems-Korea
TACCTA Tactical Commander’s Terrain Analysis
TAC-D Tactical Deception
TACE (1) Technical Analysis Cost Estimate;
(2) Tactical Air Coordination Element
TACELINT Tactical Electronic Intelligence (Report)
TACFAST Tactical Forward Analysis Support Terminal
TACFIRE Tactical Artillery Fire Control
TACIES Tactical Imagery Exploitation System
TACINTEL Tactical Intelligence
TACIT RAINBOW Anti-Radiation Missile

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TACM Tactical Amphibious Collection Management
TACO Tactical Command Post
TACO-2 Tactical Communications-Two
TACOMM Tactical Communications
TACOMSIM Tactical Communications Simulator
TACON Tactical Control
TACOPS Tactical Air Combat Operations Staff
TACP Tactical Air Control Party
TACRECCE Tactical Reconnaissance
TACREP Tactical Report
TACRON Tactical Air Control Squadron
TACS (1) Tactical Air Control System; (2) Technology Acquisition
Coordination Subcommittee; (3) Theater Air Control System
TACS/TADS Tactical Air Control System/Tacticai Air Defense System
TACSAM Tactical Surface-to-Air Missile
TACSAT Tactical Satellite
TACSATCOM Tactical Satellite Communications
TACSIM Tactical Simulation (Simulator)
TACTAS Tactical Towed Array System (U.S. Surface Warship)
TACTASS Tactical Towed-Array Surveillance System (USN)
TACTED Tactical Trunk Encryption Device
TACTEL Tactical Telecommunications
TACTERM Tactical Terminal
TACW Tactical Air Control Wing
TACWINGSLANT Tactical Wings Atlantic
TAD (1) Temporary Additional Duty; (2) Theater Air Defense
TADIL Tactical Data Information Link
TADIL-J Tactical Digital Interface Link-Joint
TADIX-B Tactical Data Exchange System-B
TADIXS Tactical Data Information Exchange Subsystem
TADIXS-B Tactical Data Information Exchange System Broadcast
TADS (1) Tactical Air Defense System;
(2) Target Acquisition and Designation System
TADSS Training Aids, Devices, Simulations and Simulators
TADMS TRS ASARS-2 Data Manipulation System
TAE Transportable Applications Executive
TAF Tactical Air Forces
TAFIC Tactical Air Forces Intelligence Center
TAFIES Tactical Air Force Intelligence Exploitation System
TAFIIS Tactical Air Forces Integrated Information System
TAFLC Tactical Air Force Limited Operational Capabilities Europe
TAFSM Tactical Fire Support Model
TAG (1) Target Actions Group; (2) The Adjutant General;
(3) Theater Army Group; (4) Target Aimpoint Graphic;
(5) TEMPEST Advisory Group
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TAH Tactical Aviation Headquarters
TAI Target Areas of Interest
TAISS Telecommunication and Automated Information Systems Security
TALM Tactical Air-Launched Missile
TALO Tactical Airlift Liaison Officer
TALON Theater Applicatiaon-Launch on Notice
TAOS Thrust-Assisted Orbiter System
TALP Total Army Linguist Program
TAMPS (1) Threat Avoidance Mission Planning System;
(2) Tactical Aircraft Mission Planning System
TANGO Tactical Air, Naval, Ground Operations
TAO Tactical Air Operations
TAOC Tactical Air Operations Center
TAOR Tactical Area of Responsibility
TAP (1) Terrain Analysis Program; (2) Theater Analysis and Planning
TAPA Target Analysis Pacific Area
TAPCOMP Targeting and Analysis Program Computers
TAPS Technical Analysis Processing System
TAR Terrain Avoidance Radar
TARBUL Target Bulletin
TARDEV Target Development
TARE Telegraph Automation Relay Equipment
TAREX Target Exploitation
TARM Tactical Antiradiation Missile
TARPS Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System (USN)
TARRRS Tactical Air Reconnaissance Results Reporting System
TARS Tactical Air Reconnaissance System
TAS (1) Tactical Airlift Squadron; (2) Traffic Analysis Survey;
(3) Terminal Access System; (4) True Air Speed; (5) Timeline
Analysis System; (6) Temporal Analysis System
TASE Tactical Air Support Element
TASES Tactical Airborne Signals Exploitation System
TASM Tactical Air-to-Surface Missile
TASMO Tactical Air Support of Maritime Operations
TASO Terminal Area Security Officer
TASOC Theater Army Special Operations Command
TASOSC Theater Army Special Operations Support Command
TASS (1) Towed Array Surveillance System; (2) Official News Agency
of the FSU; (3) Tactical Air Support Squadron; (4) Tactical
Automatic Switching System
TAT (1) Terrorist Action Team; (2) Tactical Analysis Team;
(3) Target Area Tactics
TATERS TROJAN Air Transportable Electronic Reconnaissance System
TAV (1) Total Asset Visibility; (2) Trans-Atmospheric Vehicle
TAVR Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve
TAW Tactical Airlift Wing

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TAWC Tactical Air Warfare Center
TAWDS Transportable Automated Weather Distribution System
TAXIS-A Tactical Data Information Exchange Subsystem A
TB (1) Tank Battalion; (2) Tuberculosis
TBA To Be Announced
TBD To Be Determined
TBM (1) Tactical Ballistic Missile; (2) Theater Battle Management;
(3) Theater Ballistic Missile
TBP To be published
TC (1) Tank Company; (2) Transportation Corps; (3) Transport Cradles
TC3 Theater Command, Control, and Communications
TCA (1) Theater Collection Assets;
(2) Theater Communications Architecture;
(3) Tactical Communication Augmentation
TCAC Technical Control and Analysis Center
TCAC-C Technical Control and Analysis Center - Corps
TCAC PIP Technical Control and Analysis Center-Product
TCAE (1) Technical Control and Analysis Element;
(2) Tactical Control and Analysis Element
TCAE C/D/B Technical Control and Analysis Element Corps/Division/Brigade
TC-AIMS II Transportation Coordinator Automated Information For Move-
ments Systems II
TCB Trusted Computing Base
TCC (1) Telecommunications Center; (2) Tactical Command Center
TCCC Theater Communications Control Center
TCCE/CA Theater Contingency Communications Equipment, Central Area
TCCS Theater Command and Control System
TCD Time Compliance Data
TCICA Theater Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority
TCIM Tactical Communications Interface Module
TCJ2 TRANSCOM J2
TCM Tactical Cruise Missile
TCMS Tactical Communications Management System
TCO (1) Test Control Officer; (2) Telecommunications Control
Officer; (3) Telecommunications Contracting Office
TCOS Tactical Combat Operations System
TCP (1) Technological Coordinating Paper; (2) Tactical
Cryptologic Program; (3) Transmission Control Protocol;
(4) Traditional CINC Programs
TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
TCR Time Critical Requirements
TCS (1) Tactical Computer System; (2) Test/Crisis Service
TCSEC DOD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria
TCT (1) Tactical Commanders Terminal;
(2) Tactical Computer Terminal(s)
TCU Tactical Computer Unit

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TD (1) Tank Destroyer; (2) Tank Division; (3) Time Dominant
(imagery); (4) Tactical Deception; (5) Training Detachment;
(6) Target Designator; (7) Transfer Device
TDA (1) Table of Distribution and Allowances;
(2) Target Damage Assessment; (3) Tactical Decision Aids
TDAD Training Development and Analysis Directorate
TDAR Tactical Defense Alert Radar
TDC (1) Tactical Digital Computer;
(2) Theater Deployable Communications
TDD Target DBZ Designator
TDDP Tactical Defense Dissemination Program
TDDS (1) Tactical Defense/Data Dissemination System;
(2) TRAP Data Dissemination System
TDES Theater Document Exploitation System
TDF (1) Tactical Data Facsimile; (2) Tactical Digital Facsimile
TDFD Time Delay Firing Device
TDI (1) Target Data Inventory; (2) Target Data Inventory;
(3) ETIBS Datalink Interface
TDM Time Division Multiplex
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TDOA Time Difference of Arrival
TDP (1) Threat Display & Projection; (2) Tactical Display Program-
mer; (3) Tactical Data Processor
TDRSS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
TDS (1) Target Data Sheet; (2) Training Device System;
(3) Target Development System
TDSS Theater Display Support System
TDT Tactical Data Terminal
TDY Temporary Duty
TE (1) Tactical Exploitation; (2) Table of Equipment
T&E Test & Evaluation
TEA Tactical Exploitation Assessment
TEAMS Trend and Error Analysis Methodology System
TEARR Time, Elevation, Azimuth, Range, Range Rate
TEB Tactical Exploitation Battalion
TEC Topographic Engineering Center
TECCE Tactical Exploitation Collection and Coordination Element
TECH Technical
TECHELINT Technical ELINT
TECHINT Technical Intelligence
TECHLIB Technical Library
TECHSUM Technical Summary
TECRAS Technical Reconnaissance and Surveillance
TED Trunk Encryption Device
TEDB Technical ELINT Data Base
TEDS Tactical Expendable Drone System
TEG Tactical Exploitation Group (JSIPS)

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TEK Traffic Encryption Key
TEL Transporter-Erector-Launcher
TELAR Transporter-Erector-Launcher and Radar
TELCON Telephone Conversation
TELECOM Telecommunications
TELEFAC Telecommunications Facilities Vulnerability Study
TELINT Telemetry Intelligence
TELNET Telecommunications Network
TEMP Test and Evaluation Master Plan
TEMPEST (1) Unclassified Name for Compromising Emanations;
(2) Compromising Electronic Emission Control Program;
(3) Transient Electromagnetic Pulse Emanations
TENCAP Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
TEOC Technical Objective Camera
TEP (1) Tactical ELINT Processor;
(2) TEMPEST Endorsement Program
TEPP Tomahawk Employment Planning Package
TERCAT Terrain Categorization
TERCOM Terrain Contour Matching
TEREC (1) Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance;
(2) Tactical ELINT Receiver
TERPES Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance Processing and Evaluation
System
TERS (1) Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance System;
(2) Tactical ELINT Reporting System;
(3) Tactical Event Reporting System
TES (1) Tactical Electronic Squadron; (2) Tactical Event System
TESAR Tactical Endurance Synthetic Aperture Radar
TESS Tactical Engagement Simulation System
TET Transportable Electronic Tower
TEWS Tactical Electronic Warfare System
TEXAS Tactical Exchange Automation System
TF (1) Task Force; (2) Transaction Format
TFAS Task Force Able Sentry
TFC Tactical Fusion Center
TFCICA Task Force CI Coordinating Authority
TFCC Tactical Flag Command Center
TFJ2 Task Force Director of Intelligence
TFM Trusted Facility Manual
TFR Terrain Following Radar
TFS (1) Tactical Fighter Squadron; (2) Terrain and Feature Server;
(3) Traffic Flow Security
TFT (1) Tri-Band Field Terminal; (2) Tactical Facsimile Terminal
TF/TA Terrian Following/Terrain Avoidance
TFU Tactical Forecast Unit
TFW Tactical Fighter Wing
TFWC Tactical Fighter Weapons Center

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TG (1) Task Group; (2) Training Group
T&G Tracking and Guidance
TGA Target Analysis
TGCF Tactical Ground Control Facility
TGIF Transportable/Tactical Ground Intercept Facility
TGPF Transportable Ground Processing Facility
TGS (1) Transportable Ground Station; (2) Turkish General Staff
TGT Target
TGTINT Targeting Intelligence
TGTINFOREP Target Information Report
TGW Terminal-Guidance Warhead
THAAD Theater High-Altitude Area Defense
THAAD/GBR Theater High-Altitude Area Defense/Ground Based Radar
THEC Theater HUMINT Exploitation Center
THMT Tactical High Mobility Terminal
THREATCON JCS Terrorist Threat Condition
THz Terahertz
TI (1) Technical Intelligence (TECHINT);
(2) Target Intelligence; (3) Transition Increment
TI/TTR Target Illumination/Target Tracking Radar
TIA Target Implications Annex
TIAP Theater Intelligence Architecture Program
TIAPCO TIAP Communications Overlay
TIARA Tactical Intelligence and Related Activities
TIARRA Target Identification And Recognition Radar
TIAS Target Identification & Acquisition System
TIB Target Intelligence Branch
TIBS Tactical Information Broadcast System
TIC (1) Theater Intelligence Center; (2) Technical Information Center
TICANA Tactical Imagery Communications and Network Alternatives
TICC Tactical Information Communications Center
TICON Tight Control
TID Theater Intelligence Digest
TIDL Tactical Imagery Data Link
TIDY Teletype Integrated Display System
TIEC Theater Imagery Exploitation Capability
TIES Tactical Information Exchange System
TIF(S) Theater Interrogation Facility(ies)
TIFA Theater Intelligence Fusion Architecture
TIFF Tagged Image File Format
TIG Tactical Intelligence Group
TIHB Target Intelligence Handbook
TIIF Tactical Imagery Interpretation Facility
TIIMS Text and Image Information Management System
TILO Transportation Intelligence Liaison Officer

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TIM Target Intelligence Material
TIM-DIS Time & Distance
TIMS (1) Tactical Information Management System;
(2) TFCC Information Management System
TIO Target Intelligence Officer
TIP (1) Target Intelligence Package; (2) Theater Intelligence Plan;
(3) Tracking and Impact Prediction; (4) Tactical Imagery Pro-
gram
TIPE Tactical Intelligence Product Enhancement
TIPI Tactical Information Processing and Interpretation System
TIPP Target Intelligence Production Plan
TIPS (1) Terrorist Incident Profile System; (2) Tactical Intelligence
Processing System; (3) Target Intelligence Packages
TIR Terminal Imaging Radar
TIROS Television Infrared Observation Satellite
TIROS-N Television Infrared Observation Satellite-National
TIRS Thermal Infrared Scanner
TIRSAG Tactical Intelligence, Reconnaissance, Surveillance Action
Group
TIRSS Theater Intelligence, Reconnaissance & Surveillance Study
TIS (1) Tactical Intelligence Squadron; (2) Thermal Imaging Sight;
(3) Tactical Input Segment
TISD Tactical (Air Forces) Integrated Situation Display
TISEO Target Identification System, Electro-Optical
TISL Target Identification System, Laser
TISO Theater Intelligence Support Officer
TISP Transition Implementation Support Plan
TISS Tactical Intelligence Support Staff
TITF Theater Intelligence Training Facility
TIU ETIBS Interface Unit
TJS Tactical Jamming System
TK Talent-Keyhole
Tk Tank
TKR Tanker
TLAM Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
TLAR Transporter-Launcher and Radar
TLC (1) Telecommunication Link Controller; (2) Teleconferencing
TLCF (1) TACINTEL Link Control Facility; (2) Teleconferencing
TLE Target Location Error
TLS Top-Level Specification
TLST TACAMO Logistics Support Team
TM (1) Tactical Missile; (2) Threat Manager; (3) Target Material;
(4) Landsat Thematic Mapper; (5) Technical Manual; (6) Team
Materials; (7) Team
TMA Theater of Military Action
TMB Technical Management Board
TMCN Tactical Target Materials Change Notice

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TMD (1) Theater Missile Defense; (2) Tactical Map Depot
TMDE Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
TMD/GBR Theater Missile Defense/Ground-Based Radar
TMET Transportable Medium Earth Terminal
TMFU Theater METOC Forecasting Unit
TMMRS Trojan Mobile Remote Receiver System
TMO (1) Technical Management Office;
(2) Theater of Military Operations
TMP Training Management Plan
TMPC Theater Mission Planning Center
TMPG Target Materials Producers Group
TMPO Target Materials Program Office
TMPS Theater Mission Planning System
TMRG Terrain-Masked Radar Graphics
TMSR Tactical Meteorological Satellite Receiver
TMS Target Materials Squadron
TMT Target Marking Technologies
TMUG Target Materials Users Group
TMWG Target Materials Working Group
TMWS Target Materials Workstation
TNAPS+ Tactical Network Analysis and Planning System Plus
TNET Teletraining Network
TNF Theater Nuclear Forces
Tng Training
TNI Trusted Network Interpretation
TNIEG Trusted Network Interpretation Environment Guideline
TNK Tanker
TNL Target Nomination List
TNT Tunnel Neutralization Team
TNO Theater Nuclear Option
T/O Take Off
TO&E Tables of Organization and Equipment
TOA (1) Total Obligational Authority; (2) Time of Arrival;
(3) Transportation Operation Agency; (4) Time of Attack;
(5) Transfer of Authority; (6) Table of Organic Allowance
TOC (1) Tactical Operations Center;
(2) Theater of Operations Command
TOE (1) Table of Organization and Equipment; (2) Time of Entry
TOF Time of Flight
TOPCAT Tactical Operations Planner for Collection, Analysis, and Tasking
TOPINS Theater Operational Intelligence System
TOPO Topographic
TOPS Tactical Operations Support
TOR (1) Terms of Reference; (2) Tactical Operations Room;
(3) Tentative Operational Requirement; (4) Time of Receipt
TORP Torpedo

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TORPCM Torpedo Countermeasures & Deception
TOS (1) Tactical Ocean Surveillance; (2) Theater Operating System
TOSP Tailored Ocean Surveillance Product
TOSS (1) Tactical Operations Support System;
(2) Technical Oriented Support System
TOT (1) Time over Target; (2) Time of Transmission
TOVS TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder
TOW Tube-Launched Optically-Tracked Wire-Guided Missile
T/P Terminal/Printer
TPA Theater Production Assets
TPAS Target Planning and Scheduling
TPC (1) Tactical Pilotage Chart; (2) Tempest Personal Computer;
(3) Two-Person Control
TPCS Team Portable COMINT System
TPEP (1) TEREC Portable Exploitation Processor;
(2) Trusted Products Evaluation Program
TPF Topographic Production Facility
TPFD Time-Phased Force Deployment
TPFDD Time-Phased Force Deployment Data
TPFD(L) Time-Phased Force Deployment (List)
TPI Two-Person Integrity
TPL Time-Phased Line
TPN Tactical Packet Network
TPP Thermal Powerplant
TPS (1) Thermal Protection System;
(2) Telecommunications Prioritization System
TPSD (1) Theater Planning Support Division (J-5);
(2) Theater Planning Support Document
TPU Troop Programs Units
TPV Terrain Perspective Viewing
TQL Total Quality Leadership
TQM Total Quality Management
T/R Transmit-Receive
TR (1) Tank Regiment; (2) Transportation Request
TRA Temporary Restricted Areas
TRAC (1) Tactical Radar Correlator; (2) TRADOC Analysis Center
TRADOC U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
TRAINS Interactive Video Teletraining System
TRAM Target Recognition and Attack-Multisensor
TRANSCOM Transportation Command
TRANSEC Transmission Security
TRANSIT Navy Navigation Satellite System
TRANSNAT Transnational
TRAP (1) Threat Research and Analysis Program; (2) TRE and Related
Applications; (3) Terrorist Research and Analysis Project;
(4) Tactical Related Applications
TRAP-I TRAP-Improved

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TRAPS TRE & Related Applications
TRB Technical Review Board
TRDL Tactical Reconnaissance Data Link
TRE Tactical Receive Equipment
TRED Tactical Receive Equipment Display
TREDS (1) Tactical Reconnaissance Exploitation Demonstration Sys-
tem; (2) Tactical Receive Equipment (TRE) Display System
TREE Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics
TRF Topographic Readiness Facility
TRICOMS Triad Computer System
TRI-MEF Tri-Marine Expeditionary Force
TRI-MEFO Tri-Marine Expeditionary Force Order
TRITAC Tri-Service Tactical Communications System
TRI-TAC (1) U.S. Joint Tactical Communications Program;
(2) Tri-Service Tactical Communications
TRIES Tactical Radar Imagery Exploitation System
TRIGS TR-1 Ground Station
TRIMSS TRANSCOM Imagery Management Support System
TRITAF Tactical Air Forces of TAC, USAFE and PACAF
TRIX(S) Tactical Reconnaissance Intelligence Exchange System
TRL Target Recommendation List
TRML USAFE Target Reference Material List
TRN (1) Target Reference Number; (2) Target Reference Point
TROFA Temporary Remote Operating Facility, Airborne (NSA)
TROJAN Name of Technical Training System
TROJAN SPIRIT TROJAN Special Purpose Integrated Remote Intelligence Termi-
nal
TROKA Third ROK Army
TROPO Tropospheric Scatter Radio
TROSCOM United States Army Troop Support Command
TRP (1) Target Reporting Parameters; (2) Theater Response Package
Trp Troops
TRRIP (1) Theater Rapid Response Intelligence Package;
(2) Tactical Rapid Reaction Intelligence
TRS (1) Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron; (2) Tactical Reconnais-
sance System; (3) Trunked Radio System;
(4) Telecommunications Service Request
TRSS Tactical Remote Sensor System
TRT TEREC Remote Terminal
TRUS Tilting Wing/Rotor UAV System
TRV Tank Recovery Vehicle
TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
TS (1) Top Secret; (2) Transaction Services;
(3) Target Spotting; (3) TROJAN SPIRIT
TSAR Transmission Security Analysis Report
TSART Test Support and Analysis Report Terminal
TSB PSYOP Tactical Support Battalion

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TSC (1) Tactical Support Center; (2) Top Secret Control;
(3) Technical Support Center; (4) Tactical Support Company;
(5) TROJAN Switching Center; (6) Training Support Center
TSC2 Tactical/Strategic Command & Control
TSCA Time-Sensitive Collection Actions
TSCE Time-Sensitive Collection Emphasis
TSCIF Tactical/Temporary Sensitive Compartmented
Information Facility
TSCIXS Tactical Support Center Information Exchange System
TSCM Technical Surveillance Countermeasures
TSCO Top Secret Control Officer
TSCR Time-Sensitive Collection Requirement
TSCS Transportable Satellite Communications System
TS/SCI Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information
TSCSI Temporary Surface Cryptologic Support Installation
TSCW Top Secret Codeword
TSDS Tactical SIGINT Data Support
TSE Target Support Element
TSEC Telecommuncations Security
TSF Technical Support Facility
TSG Threat Steering Group
TSIT Technical Service Intelligence Team
TSK Transmission Security Key
TSM Threat Spectrum Model
TSMA Theater of Strategic/Military Action
TSOC Theater Support Operations Cell
TSOR Technical Standards of Readiness
TSP (1) Transshipment Point; (2) Training Support Base;
(3) Tactical Sensor Planner
TSR (1) Time-Sensitive Requirement; (2) Telecommunications
Support Request; (3) Trans-Siberian Railroad
TSRS Tactical Support Reconnaissance System
TSS (1) Telecommunications Security System;
(2) Time-Sharing System; (3) Target Summary Sheets;
(4) Target Selection Standards
TSSAM Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile
TSSR Tropo Satellite Support Radio
TSSS (TS3) (1) Tactical Simulator Study Support;
(2) Time-Sensitive Support System
TSSTM Tactical SIGINT Systems Training Module
TST (1) Tactical Surveillance Technology; (2) Theater Support Team;
(3) Tactical Support Team
T-STAR TRANSCOM Situation Transportation Analysis Review
TS/TM Target Support/Target Materials
TSWA Temporary Secure Working Area
TSWG Technical Support Working Group Of IG/T
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TT&C Telemetry Tracking and Command
TTAC Technology Transfer Analysis Center
TTADB Tactical Terrain Analysis Data Base
TTAP Telemetry Technical Analysis Position
TTBT Threshold Test Ban Treaty
TTC (1) Transportation Terminal Command;
(2) Tactical Telephone Central
TTD Tactical Terrain Data
TTG Technical Training Group
TTI Tactical Target Illustration
TTIC Technology Transfer Intelligence Committee
TTM Tactical Target Materials
TTMC Tactical Target Materials Catalogue
TTMP Tactical Target Materials Program
TTMPD Tactical Target Material Production Document
TTP Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
TTPI Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
TTR Target Tracking Radar
TTSB Theater Tactical Selection Board
TTU (1) Transportation Terminal Unit; (2) Tape Transport Unit
TTY (1) Teletypewriter; (2) Teletype
TU Task Unit
TUDE Teletype User Display Equipment
TUHTKP Time Urgent Hard Target Kill Potential
TUSA Third U.S. Army
TUT Tactical User’s Terminal
TUV Task Unit Van
TV (1) Television; (2) Theater of War (FSU); (3) Target Vulnerability
TVA Target Value Analysis
TVD Theater of Military Operations (FSU)
TVITS Tactical Video Imagery Transmission System
TVSSC TACCIMS VTC Support System
TW Targeting and Weaponeering
TW/AA Tactical Warning/Attack Assessment
TWAC Tactical Weather Analysis Center
TWCS (1) Tomahawk Weapon Control System;
(2) Tactical Warfare Control System
TWG (1) Threat Working Group; (2) Technology Working Group
TWI Training With Industry
TWRL Two-Way Radio Link
TWS/IPS Topographic Workstation/Imagery Processing System
TWT Traveling Wave Tube
TWTA Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier
TYC Tactical Message Central
TX (1) Technology Exploitation; (2) Transmission

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U Unclassified
U-2 (1) Designator for a Military Reconnaissance Aircraft;
(2) AF Reconnaissance Aircraft
UA User Agent
UAAF Unified Action Armed Forces
UAE United Arab Emirates
UAM Underwater-to-Air-Missile
UAMP USIS Architecture Migration Plan
UARR Universal Aerial Refueling Receptical
UATP UNIX Advanced Tracking Prototype
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UAV-CR Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Close Range
UAV-E Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Endurance
UAV-H Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-HUNTER
UAVJPO Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Joint Program Office
UAV-M Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Maneuver
UAV-SR Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Short Range
UBA Underwater Breathing Apparatus
UBR Unassigned Bit Rate
UC Under Construction
UCAB USIS Customer Advisory Board
UCC ULTRA-Compact Camera
UCG Universal Communications Gateway
UCIB USAFE Command Intelligence Brief
UCIRF USAREUR Combat Intelligence Readiness Facility
UCMJ Uniform Code of Military Justice
UCP Unified Command Plan
UD Deputy USCINCSPACE
UDEAC Economic and Customs Union of Central Africa
UDF United Democratic Front
UDIR USAREUR Daily Intelligence Report
UDT Underwater Demolition Team
UE Unit Equipment
UEAC Union of Central African States
UEC USAREUR Exploitation Center
UFO (1) Unidentified Flying Object; (2) UHF Follow-On Satellites
UFR Unfunded Requirements
UGM Underwater Guided Missile
UGS Unattended Ground Sensors
UHF Ultra High Frequency
UI (1) Unidentified; (2) Unit of Issue

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UIC (1) USAREUR Interrogation Center;
(2) Unit Identification Code
UIES USAREUR Imagery Exploitation System
UIR User Interface Requirements
UIRK Unique Interswitch Rekeying Key
UIS User Interface System
UJTL Universal Joint Task List
UK United Kingdom
UKADGE United Kingdom Air Defense Ground Environment
UKAGE United Kingdom Air Defense Ground Environment
UKAIR United Kingdom Air Forces
UKLF United Kingdom Land Forces
Ukn Unknown
ULAN Unit Local Area Network
ULANA Universal Location Area Network Architecture
ULCC Ultra Large Crude Carrier
ULCS Unit-Level Circuit Switch
ULF Ultra Low Frequency
ULO USAREUR Liaison Office
ULV Unmanned Launch Vehicle
UMD Unit Manning Document
UMF Unconventional Military Forces (NATO)
UMIES USAREUR Modernized Imagery Exploitation System
UMO Unconventional Military Operations
UMOP Unintentional Modulation on Pulse
UN United Nations
UNAAF Unified Action Armed Forces
UNAMIR United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
UNAVEM United Nations Angola Verification Mission
UNC United Nations Command
UNCIVPOL United Nations Civilian Police
UNCLAS Unclassified
UNDERSEC Under Secretary
UNDHA United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
UN-DMT United Nations Disaster Management Team
UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNEF United Nations Emergency Forces
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
UNFICYP United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
UNGA United Nations General Assembly
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHQ United Nations Headquarters
UNICEF United Nations Childrens’ Fund
UNIFIL United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

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UNIKOM United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission
UNITA National Union for the Total Independence of Angola
UNITAF Unified Task Force
UNITAS United International Antisubmarine Warfare Exercise
(Joint U.S.-Latin American Naval Exercise)
UNITREP Unit Report
UNITSITREP Unit Situation Report
UNIX Orginally UNICS, for Uniplex Information and
Computing System
UNMIH United Nations Mission in Haiti
UNMO United Nations Military Observers
UNMOGIP United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
UNOMIG United Nations Mission in Georgia
UNOMIL United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia
UNOMUR United Nations Mission for Uganda-Rwanda
UNOSOM United Nations Operations in Somalia
UNMSC United Nations Military Staff Committee
UNODIR Unless Otherwise Directed
UNPROFOR United Nations Protection Force
UNPP UN Peace Plan
UNSAT Unsatisfactory
UNSC United Nations Security Council
UNTSO United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
UQL Universal Query Language
UNREF United Nations Refugee Fund
UNRWA United Nations Relief & Works Agency
UO Using Organization
UPI United Press International
UPP User Partnership Program
UPS (1) Uninterruptible Power Supply;
(2) Universal Polar Stereographic
U2R Reconnaissance Aircraft (U.S. Air Force)
URBBO Urban Area Boundary File
URBPOP Urban Population File
URD User Requirements Document
URG Underway Replenishment Group
URS User Readout Simulator
US United States
U&S Unified and Specified (Archaic, now Unified) Commands
US MLO U.S. Military Liaison Office
US/AIA USEUCOM/ACE Interface Architecture
USA (1) U.S. Army; (2) United States of America
USAABMDA United States Army Advanced Ballistic Missile Defense Agency
USAADASCH U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School
USACAPOC U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations
Command

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USACC U.S. Army Communications Command
USACE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USACID U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division Command
USACSLA United States Army Communications Security Logistics Agency
USACOM U.S. Atlantic Command
USAEIS United States Army Electronic Intelligence & Security
USAF U.S. Air Force
USAFE U.S. Air Forces, Europe
USAFE/CC Commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe
USAFINTEL United States Air Force Intelligence
USAFISA U.S. Army Force Integration Support Agency
USAFJ U.S. Air Forces, Japan
USAFK U.S. Air Forces, Korea
USAFLANT U.S. Air Force, Atlantic
USAFR U.S. Air Force Reserve
USAFRED U.S. Air Force Readiness Command
USAFSO U.S. Air Force Southern Command
USAFSOC U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command
USAFSOS U.S. Air Force Special Operations School
USAFSS United States Air Force Security Service
USAFTAC (1) U.S. Air Force Technical Applications Center;
(2) U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command
USAFWTC U.S. Air Force Weapons and Tactics Center
USAIA U.S. Army Intelligence Agency
USAICE U.S. Army Intelligence Center, Europe
USAIC U.S. Army Intelligence Center
USAICS U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School
USAID U.S. Agency for International Development
USAIIA United States Army Imagery Interpretation Agency
USAINSCOM U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
USAISC U.S. Army Information Systems Command
USAISD U.S. Intelligence School, Fort Devens
USAITAC U.S. Army Intelligence Threat Analysis Center
USAITFG United States Army Intelligence Threats & Forecasts Group
USAJFKWCS U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School
USAKA U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll
USAOG U.S. Army Operational Group
USAR U.S. Army Reserve
USARAK U.S. Army Alaska
USARC U.S. Army Reserve Command
USARCENT U.S. Army Forces, Central Command
USARCO U.S. Army Commercial Communications Office
USAREUR U.S. Army, Europe
USARJ U.S. Army, Japan
USARLANT U.S. Army, Atlantic

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USARPAC U.S. Army, Pacific
USARSO (1) U.S. Army, South; (2) U.S. Army Forces, South
USARSOC U.S. Army Reserve, Special Operations Command
USARSPACE U.S. Army Space Command
USARSPACECOM U.S. Army Space Command
USASAALA US Army Security Assistance Agency Latin America
USASACDA United States Army Security Agency Combat
Development Activity
USASACDSA United States Army Security Agency Command Data
Systems Activity
USASAE United States Army Security Agency, Europe
USASAPAC United States Army Security Agency, Pacific
USASASA United States Army Security Agency Systems Activity
USASASSA United States Army Security Agency Signal Security Activity
USASATCOMA United States Army Satellite Communications Agency
USASATEC United States Army Security Agency Test & Evaluation Center
USASEXC United States Army Services Exploitation Center
USASFC U.S. Army Special Forces Command
USASOA U.S. Army School of the Americas
USASOC U.S. Army, Special Operations Command
USASOF U.S. Army, Special Operations Forces
USASOSC U.S. Army Special Operations Support Command
USASSDC U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command
USASSG U.S. Army Special Security Group
USATAC U.S. Army Terrain Analysis Center
USATACOM U.S. Army Tank Command
USATC United States Air Target Chart
USATEC U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center
USATSC U.S. Army Training Support Center
USB Upper Sideband
USC (1) Under Secretaries Committee; (2) United States Code
USCENTAF U.S. Air Forces Central Command
USCENTCOM U.S. Central Command
USCG U.S. Coast Guard
USCG INT U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence
USCGNET U.S. Communications Grid Network
USCINCACOM Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command
USCINCARRED Commander in Chief, United States Army Forces,
Readiness Command
USCINCCENT Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command
USCINCEUR Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command
USCINCFOR United States Commander in Chief, US Forces Command
USCINCLANT Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command
USCINCMEAFSA United States Commander in Chief Middle East, Southern Asia,
& Africa South of the Sahara
USCINCPAC Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command

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USCINCPACFLT Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
USCINCRED United States Commander in Chief, US Readiness Command
USCINCSO Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command
USCINCSOC Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command
USCINCSOINT Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Intelligence
USCINCSPACE Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command
USCINSTRAT Commander in Chief, Strategic Command
USCINCTRANS Commander in Chief, U.S. Transportation Command
USCMA United States Court of Military Appeals
USCOB United States Command Berlin
USCOMEASTLANT U.S. Commander, Eastern Atlantic
USCS (1) U.S. Customs Service; (2) Unified Soils Classification
System; (3) U.S. Cryptologic System
USD Under Secretary of Defense
USD(A&T) Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology)
USD(P) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDAO U.S. Defense Attache Office
USDE Undesired Signal Data Emanations
USDR United States Defense Representative
USELEMNORAD U.S. Element NORAD
USEMB United States Embassy
USEUCOM U.S. European Command
USFJ U.S. Forces, Japan
USFK U.S. Forces, Korea
USFORAZ U.S. Forces, Azores
USFORCARIB U.S. Forces, Caribbean
USFORDOMREP U.S. Forces, Dominican Republic
USFORSCOM U.S. Forces Command
USFORSOM U.S. Forces, Somalia
USG United States Government
USGS U.S. Geological Survey
USI U.S. Intelligence
USIA U.S. Information Agency
USIS (1) U.S. Information Service (USIA abroad);
(2) U.S. Imagery System
USIC U.S. Intelligence Community
USILO U.S. Imagery Liaison Officer
USIS (1) U.S. Information Service; (2) U.S. Imagery System
USJTF United States Joint Task Force
USLANTCOM U.S. Atlantic Command
USLO United States Liaison Officer
USM Underwater-to-Surface Missile
USMAAG U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group
USMARCENT U.S. Marine Forces Central Command

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USMARDEZLANT U.S. Maritime Defense Zone, Atlantic
USMARFORK U.S. Marine Forces, Korea
USMARFORLANT U.S. Marine Forces, Atlantic
USMC U.S. Marine Corps
USMILGP U.S. Military Group
USMLM U.S. Military Liaison Mission
USMOG-W U.S. Military Observer Group-Washington
USMS U.S. Marshal Service
USMTF (1) U.S. Message Text Formats; (2) U.S. Message Text Formatter
USMTM U.S. Military Training Mission
USN U.S. Navy
USNAVAK U.S. Navy Alaska
USNAVCENT U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command
USNAVEUR U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
USNAVFORJAPAN U.S. Naval Forces, Japan (also USNAVFORJ)
USNAVFORKOREA U.S. Naval Forces, Korea (also USNAVFORK)
USNAVSO U.S. Naval Forces, Southern Command
USNI U.S. Naval Institute
USNR U.S. Naval Reserve
USNS U.S. Naval Ship
USO (1) United Service Organization; (2) Unit Security Officer
USODC U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation
USOMC U.S. Office of Military Cooperation
USOUTHAF United States Southern Command Air Forces
USOS USAF Special Operations School
USP&FO U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer
USPACOM U.S. Pacific Command
USR Unit Status Report
USREDCOM U.S. Readiness Command
USREPMILCOMUN United States Representative, UN Military Staff Committee
USRNMC United States Representative To NATO Military Committee
USS (1) User Support System; (2) U.S. Ship
USSID U.S. Signals Intelligence Directive
USSIS U.S. Signals Intelligence System
USSOCOM U.S. Special Operations Command
USSOCPAC U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific
USSOUTHAF U.S. Southern Command Air Forces
USSOUTHCOM U.S. Southern Command
USSPACECOM U.S. Space Command
USSR (1) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (now FSU);
(2) Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics
USSS (1) U.S. SIGINT System; (2) U.S. Secret Service
USSTRATCOM U.S. Strategic Command
USTRANSCOM U.S. Transportation Command
USTS UHF Satellite Terminal System

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USW Undersea Warfare
USYG Under-Secretary General
UT Users’ Terminal
UTAIN USAFE Tactical Air Intelligence Network
UTAIS USAFE Tactical Air Intelligence System
UTC (1) Unit Type Code; (2) Universal Coordinated Time
UTCB USCENTCOM Transportable Communications Backbone
UTH USAREUR Transportable Host
UTIC USAREUR Tactical Intelligence Center
UTM Universal Transverse Mercator (Grid)
UTTAS Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System
UV Ultra Violet
UW (1) Unconventional Warfare; (2) Underwater
UWB Ultra Wide Band
UWOA Unconventional Warfare Operational Area

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V-22 OSPREY Joint Advanced Vertical-Lift Aircraft (Formerly JVX)

VA Veterans Administration
VAAP Vulnerability Analysis and Assistance Program
VAB French Front Armored Vehicle
VAC Volts, Alternating Current
VAN Value-Added Networks
VAR Variable
VAX Virtual Address Extension
VBR Variable Bit Rate
VCA Virginia Contracting Activity
VCINCNORAD Vice Commander in Chief, NORAD
VCJCS Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
VCR Video Cassette Recorder
VCS (1) Video Conference Server; (2) VLAN Common Server;
(3) Voice Communications Services
VCSA Vice Chief of Staff, Army
VDL Video Down Link
VDP Video Disk Player
VDS Variable Depth Sonar
VDT Video Display Terminal
VDU (1) Video Display Unit (TV Monitor); (2) Video Docking Unit
VDV Soviet (FSU) Airborne Forces
veh Vehicle
VERT Vertical
VF Voice Frequency
VFR Visual Flight Rules
VGA Virtual Graphics Array
VGK Supreme High Command (FSU)
VGW Variable-Geometry Wing
VHF Very High Frequency
VHS Video Home System
VHSIC Very High Speed Integrated Circuit
vic Vicinity
VICE Voice Interceptor Comprehensive Evaluation
VID Visual Identification (Canadian)
VIDINT Video Intelligence
VIDS Visually Integrated Display System
VIN Vehicle Identification Number
VIP (1) Very Important Person; (2) Variable Incentive Payment;
(3) Visual Input Processor
VISINT Visual Intelligence
VISTA Very Intelligent Surveillance & Target Acquisition

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VIXS Video Information Exchange System
VLAN Very Local Area Network
VLAR Vertical Launch and Recovery
VLCC Very Large Crude Carrier
VLDS Very Large Data Storage
VLF Very Low Frequency
VLS Vertical Launch System
VLSI Very Large-Scale Integration
VM Virtual Memory
VMAP Vector Product Format
VMAQ Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
VMFP Marine Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
VMO (1) Marine Observation Squadron;
(2) Tactical Operations Squadron
V Model Advanced Development Model
VMS Virtual Memory System
VN Vulnerability Number
VO Validation Office
V/O Vertical/Oblique
VOA Voice of America
VOCOM Voice Communications
VOD Vertical On-Board Delivery
VOL Volume
VOR Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range
VORTAC Collocated VOR and TACAN
VP (1) Patrol Aircraft (Navy); (2) U.S. Naval Patrol Squadron;
(3) Maritime Patrol Squadron
VPCN Virtual Personal Communications Networking
VPF Vector Product Format
VPH Video Phase History
VPK Military Industrial Commission (FSU)
VPN Voice Product Net
VQ U.S. Naval Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron
VR Virtual Reality
VRD Virtual Retinal Display
VRBM Variable-Range Ballistic Missile
VRHS VIDMAR Robotic Hoist System
VRIT Volume Reduced Imagery Transmission
VSAT (1) Very Small Aperture Satellite Terminal;
(2) Very Small Aperture Terminals
VSO Vault Security Officer
VSS VIDMAR STAK System
V/STOL Vertical/Short Takeoff & Landing
VSWING Anti-Submarine Wing
VT (1) Variable Time (Fuse); (2) Video Terminal

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VTA Military Transport Aviation (FSU)
VTB Video Telebroadcasting
VTC (1) Video Teleconferencing; (2) Video Telegraph
VTOL Vertical Takeoff and Landing
VTR Tracked Recovery Vehicle
VTS Vandenberg Tracking Station
VTT Video Teletraining
VULREP Vulnerability Report
VVS FSU Air Forces

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W (1) A W prefix to any ship type designates it as subordinated to a

quasi-military force; (2) Watt
WABNRES WWMCCS Airborne Resources
WAC (1) World Aeronautical Chart; (2) World Area Code
WADS West Air Defense Sector
WAG World Area Grid
W-CIOC Wartime Combined Intelligence Operations Center
WAM WWMCCS ADP Modernization
WAN Wide-Area Network
WARC World Administrative Radio Conference
WARLOG Wartime Logistics
WARM Wartime Reserve Mode
WAS Wide-Area Search
WASAS Weekly All-Source Algerian Situation Report
WASHFAX Washington Area Secure Facsimile System
WASP War Air Service Program
WARSIM War Simulation
WASS Wide-Area Surveillance System
WASSO WWMCCS ADP System Security Officer
WATCHCON Watch Condition
WATS Wide Area Telecommunications System
WAWS Washington Area Wideband System
WB Wideband
WBIS Wideband Intercept System
WBMS Wideband Measurement System
WBST Wideband Subscriber Terminals
WC (1) Weather Center; (2) Weapon Control
WCCS Wing Command and Control System
WCG Workstation Computer Graphics
WDCS Weapons Data Correlation System
WE Weather Element
WEBE Western European Basic Encyclopedia
WECON Weather Control
WEFAX Weather Facsimile
WES WWMCCS Entry System
WESS Weather Environmental Support System
WESTLANT Western Atlantic Area (NATO)
WESTPAC/WPAC Western Pacific
WESTLCF WES Teleconferencing System
WETM Cadre Weather Team
WEU West European Union
WFC World Food Council

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WFP World Food Program
WG (1) Wing; (2) Working Group
WGS World Geodetic System
WH White House
WHCA White House Communications Agency
WHD Western Hemisphere Defense
WHO World Health Organization
WHQ War Headquarters
WHSR White House Situation Room
WIA Wounded in Action
WIC Worldwide Intelligence Conference
WICP Wing Initial Communications Package
WICS Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
WIDARSURV Wide-Area Surveillance
WIFC Wallops Island Flight Center
WIG Wing-in-Ground Effect
WIMS Warning and Indications Monitoring System
WIN (1) WWMCCS Intercomputer Network;
(2) WWMCCS Interconnected Network
WINCO Warning Intelligence Non-Commissioned Officer
WINCS WWMCCS Information Network Communications System
WINE Warning and Indications in Europe
WINK Warning in Korea
WINTEX Winter Exercise
WIP Weekly Intelligence Production Listing
WIR Weekly Intelligence Review
WIS (1) Weekly Intelligence Summary; (2) WWMCCS Information
System; (3) Weaponeering Information Sheet
WISE Warning Indicators System Europe
WISP (1) Warning Improvement Study Plan; (2) Wartime Information
Security Program; (3) Worldwide Intelligence Support Program
WISS WESTCOM Intelligence Support System
WMD (1) Western Military District; (2) Weapons of Mass Destruction
WMTR Western Missile Test Range
WN Warning-Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved
WNA Would Not Answer
WN/WNINTEL Warning Notice-Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved
WNY Washington Navy Yard
WO (1) Washington Office; (2) Warrant Officer
W/OAP With Offset Aim Point
WOC Wing Operations Center
WORM Write Once/Read Many
WP (1) Warsaw Pact; (2) Word Processing
WPAC West PAC

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(3) World Peace Council
WPM Words Per Minute
Wpn Weapon
WPNS Weapons
WPNVG Waterproof Night Vision Goggles
WPRS War Powers Reporting System
WR (1) Weapon Radius; (2) Western Range
WRA Weapon Release Authority
WRM War Reserve Materiel
WRMS War Reserve Materiel Stocks
WRNC Washington National Records Center
WRS (1) Weapons Recommendation Sheet; (2) War Reserve Stocks
WRSA War Reserve Stocks for Allies
WRSK War Readiness Spares Kits
WS (1) Workstation; (2) Weather Squadron; (3) Weapons School
WSAP Weapons System Acquisition Program
WSEP Weapon System Evaluation Program
WSI Weapons School of Intelligence
WSI/L War Supporting Industries and Logistics
WSMC Western Space and Missile Center
WSMR White Sands Missile Range
WSS Workfile Support System
WSSIC Weapon and Space Systems Intelligence Committee
WTM World Target Mosaic
WTO Warsaw Treaty Organization
WVRD World Vision Relief and Development, Inc.
WWABNCP Worldwide Airborne Command Post
WWCT Worldwide Color TV
WWDMS WWMCCS Data Base Management System
WWHFIBSN Worldwide High Frequency Interlocking Base Station Network
WWIMS Worldwide Warning Indicator Monitoring System
WWMCCS Worldwide Military Command and Control System(s)
WWSVCS Worldwide Secure Voice Conferencing System
WWW Worldwide Web
WX Weather
WXFCST Weather Forecast

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XDM/X Model Experimental Development Model/Exploratory
Development Model
Xfer Transfer
XIDB Extended Integrated Database
XMIT Transmit
XMTR Transmitter
XO Executive Officer
XOI USAFE Director of Intelligence
XOIN USAFE Combat Operations Division
XOIX USAFE Plans & Systems Division
XP Director(ate) of Plans
XRL X-Ray Laser
XTR Transmitter
XVIII ABC XVIII Airborne Corps

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YAG Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
YAGE Experimental Service Craft
YAM Missile Support Craft
YAMM Missile Support Barge
YC Open Barge
YCF Car Barge
YCK Lighter Open Cargo
YCV Lighter Aircraft Transport
YD Floating Crane
YDG Deperming/Degaussing Barge
YDT Diving Tender
YE Ammunition Lighter
YEN Ammunition Barge
YF Covered Lighter
YFB Ferry
YFDB Large Floating Drydock
YFDL Small Floating Drydock
YFDM Medium Floating Drydock
YFL Launch
YFN Covered Barge
YFNB Large Covered Barge
YFND Drydock Companion Barge
YFP Floating Power Barge
YFR Refrigerated Lighter
YFRN Refrigerated Barge
YFU Harbor Utility Transport
YG Garbage Lighter
YGN Garbage Barge
YGS Survey Craft
YGT Target Service Craft
YGTN Target Barge
YH Ambulance Craft
YM Dredge
YMN Non-Self-Propelled Dredge
YNC Net Cargo Craft
YNG Gate Craft
YO Fuel Lighter
YON Fuel Barge
YOS Oil Storage Barge
YOSR Nuclear Waste Disposal Barge
YOSS Submersible Oil Storage Barge
YPD Floating Pile Driver
YPL Barracks Barge

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YPT Torpedo Retriever
YR Floating Workshop Barge
yr Year
YRC Cable Tender
YRD Auxiliary Repair Dock
YRG Tank Cleaning Craft
YRRN Radiological Repair Barge
YRS Salvage Craft
YSR Sludge Removal Craft
YSS Service Submersible
YTB Large Harbor Tug
YTL Small Harbor Tug
YTM Medium Harbor Tug
YTR Fireboat
YTS Sail Training Craft
YVS Seaplane Service Craft
YW Water Lighter
YWN Water Barge
YXR Hulk or Relic
YXT Training Craft

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Z Zulu Time (Greenwich Mean Time)
ZBB Zero-Based Budget
ZF Zone of Fire
ZG Zero Gravity
ZI Zone of the Interior
ZICON (1) Zone of the Interior Consumers’ Network;
(2) Zone of Interior Communication Network
ZOS Zone of Separation
ZPU Soviet (FSU) Antiaircraft Machinegun
ZSU Soviet (FSU) Self-Propelled Antiaircraft Gun
ZU Soviet (FSU) Towed Antiaircraft Gun
ZULU Greenwich Mean Time

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 CODES FOR GEOPOLITICAL AREAS
Abkhazia AB
Adriatic Sea 8D
Aegean Sea 8G
Afghanistan AF
Albania AL
Algeria AG
American Samoa AQ
Andaman Islands ZQ
Andorra AN
Angola AO
Anguilla AV
Annobon (Pagulu) YR
Antarctica AY
Antigua and Barbuda AC
Arabian Peninsula A4
Arabian Sea 6R
Arctic Ocean 5A
Argentina AR
Armenia AM
Aruba AA
Ashmore and Cartier Islands AT
Asia A
Atlantic Ocean Z8
Atlantic Ocean, North 1A
Atlantic Ocean, South 2A
Australia AS
Austria AU
Azerbaijan AJ
Azores Islands AZ
Bahamas BF
Bahrain BA
Baker Island FQ
Balearic Islands BI
Baltic Sea 7B
Bangladesh BG
Barbados BB
Barents Sea 5B

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Bassas Da India BS
Belarus BO
Belgium BE
Belize BH
Benin BN
Bering Sea 5D
Bering Strait 5R
Bermuda BD
Bhutan BT
Black Sea 8B
Bolivia BL
Bosnia and Herzegovina BK
Botswana BC
Bouvet Island BV
Brazil BR
British Indian Ocean Territory I0
British Virgin Islands VI
Brunei BX
Bulgaria BU
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) UV
Burma BM
Burundi BY
Belarus BO
Cabinda VK
Cambodia (now Kampuchea) CB
Cameroon CM
Canada CA
Canary Islands ZZ
Cape Verde CV
Caribbean Islands N5
Caribbean Sea 1X
Caroline Islands ZL
Caspian Sea 8C
Cayman Islands CJ
Central African Republic CT
Central America N4
Chad CD
Chile CI
China (Peoples Republic of) CH
Christmas Island KT
Chukchi Sea 5C

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Clipperton Island IP
Cocos (Keeling Islands) CK
Colombia CO
Comoros CN
Congo CF
Cook Islands CW
Coral Sea Islands CR
Corsica VP
Costa Rica CS
Crete VJ
Croatia HR
Cuba CU
Cyprus CY
Czechoslovakia (former) CZ
Czech Republic EZ
Denmark DA
Diego Garcia YL
Djibouti DJ
Dominica DO
Dominican Republic DR
Easter Island XZ
Eastern Europe E5
Ecuador EC
Egypt EG
El Salvador ES
Elobey, Islas de YU
Equatorial Guinea EK
Eritrea ER
Estonia EN
Ethiopia ET
Europa Island EU
Falkland Islands FK
Faroe Islands FO
Fiji FJ
Finland Fl
France FR
French Guiana FG
French Polynesia FP
French Southern and Antarctic Lands FS
Gabon GB
Gambia GA

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Gaza Strip GZ
Georgia GG
Germany GM
Germany, Democratic Republic of (former) GC
Germany, Federal Republic of GE
Ghana GH
Gibraltar GI
Glorioso Islands GO
Greece GR
Greenland GL
Grenada GJ
Guadeloupe GP
Guam GQ
Guatemala GT
Guernsey GK
Guinea GV
Guinea-Bissau PU
Gulf of Mexico 1M
Guyana GY
Haiti HA
Heard Island and McDonald Islands HM
Holy See VT
Honduras HO
Hong Kong HK
Howland Island HQ
Hungary HU
Iceland IC
India IN
Indian Ocean 6A
Indian Ocean Islands V2
Indonesia ID
Iran IR
Iraq IZ
Iraq/Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone IY
Ireland El
Israel IS
Italy IT
Ivory Coast IV
Jamaica JM
Jan Mayen JN
Japan JA

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Japan, Sea of 3J
Jarvis Island DQ
Jersey JE
Johnston Atoll JQ
Jordan JO
Juan De Nova Island JU
Juan Fernandez Archipelago YV
Kampuchea (formerly Cambodia) CB
Kazakhstan KZ
Kenya KE
Kingman Reef KQ
Kiribati KR
Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic of (North Korea) KN
Korea, Republic of (South Korea) KS
Kuwait KU
Kyrgyzstan KG
Lakshadweep Islands (Laccadive Islands) LD
Laos LA
Latin America L7
Latvia LG
Lebanon LE
Lesotho LT
Liberia LI
Libya LY
Liechtenstein LS
Lithuania LH
Luxembourg LU
Macau MC
Macedonia MK
Madagascar MA
Madeira Islands VD
Malawi MI
Malaysia MY
Maldives MV
Mali ML
Malta MT
Man, Isle of IM
Marshall Islands VH
Marshall Islands, Republic of RM
Martinique MB
Mauritania MR

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Mayotte MF
Mediterranean, Eastern 8E
Mediterranean, Western 8W
Mediterranean Sea Z9
Mexico MX
Micronesia, Federated States of FM
Middle East F8
Midway Islands MQ
Moldova MD
Monaco MN
Mongolia MG
Montenegro MW
Montserrat MH
Morocco MO
Mozambique MZ
Namibia WA
NATO Countries N2
Nauru NR
Navassa Island BQ
Nepal NP
Netherlands NL
Netherlands Antilles NT
New Caledonia NC
New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) NH
New Zealand NZ
Nicaragua NU
Nicobar Island YZ
Niger NG
Nigeria NI
Niue NE
Norfolk Island NF
North Africa F1
North Africa and Middle East F9
Northern Island WN
Northern Mariana Islands CQ
Norway NO
Norwegian Sea 5N
Okhotsk, Sea of 3Q
Okinawa XG
Oman MU

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Pacific Islands (Palau), Trust Territory of the PS
Pacific Ocean Z7
Pacific Ocean Islands V1
Pacific Ocean, North 3A
Pacific Ocean, South 4A
Pakistan PK
Palmyra Atoll LQ
Panama PM
Papua New Guinea PP
Paracel Islands PF
Paraguay PA
Pemba Island PB
Persian Gulf 6P
Peru PE
Philippines RP
Pitcairn Islands PC
Poland PL
Portugal PO
Puerto Rico RQ
Qatar QA
Red Sea 6E
Reunion RE
Romania RO
Russia RS
Rwanda RW
Sala y Gomez Island WC
San Ambrosio, Isla YX
San Felix, Isla YK
San Marino SM
Sao Tome and Principe TP
Sardinia (Sardegna) SD
Saudi Arabia SA
Senegal SG
Serbia SR
Seychelles SE
Sierra Leone SL
Singapore SN
Slovak Republic LO
Slovenia SI
Socotra SJ
Solomon Islands BP

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South Africa SF
South America S
South Asia A5
South China Sea 3U
Southeast Asia A6
South Orkney Islands WG
South Shetland Islands WH
Southwest Asia A7
Spain SP
Spratly Islands PG
Sri Lanka CE
St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis SC
St. Helena SH
St. Lucia ST
St. Pierre and Miquelon SB
St. Vincent and the Grenadines VC
Sub-Saharan Africa F7
Sudan SU
Suriname NS
Svalbard SV
Swaziland WZ
Sweden SW
Switzerland SZ
Syria SY
Taiwan TW
Tajikistan TI
Tanzania TZ
Thailand TH
Togo TO
Tokelau TL
Tonga TN
Trinidad and Tobago TD
Tromelin Island TE
Tunisia TS
Turkey TU
Turkmenistan TX
Turks and Caicos Islands TK
Tuvalu TV
Uganda UG
Ukraine UP

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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics UR
United Arab Emirates TC
United Kingdom UK
United Nations UN
United States US
United States (Miscellaneous Pacific Islands) IQ
Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) UV
Uruguay UY
Uzbekistan UZ
Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides) NH
Vatican City (Holy See) VT
Venezuela VE
Vietnam VM
Virgin Islands VQ
Wake Island WQ
Wallis and Futuna WF
Walvis Baai YA
West Bank WE
Western Europe E6
Western Sahara WI
Western Samoa WS
Worldwide W
Yellow Sea 3Y
Yemen YM
Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen, arch.) YE
Yemen, Peoples Democratic Republic of (South Yemen, arch) YS
Yugoslavia (former) YO
Zaire CG
Zambia ZA
Zanzibar ZY
Zimbabwe ZI

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A4 Arabian Peninsula
A5 South Asia
A6 Southeast Asia
A7 Southwest Asia
1A Atlantic Ocean, North
1M Gulf of Mexico
1X Caribbean Sea
2A Atlantic Ocean, South
3A Pacific Ocean, North
3J Sea of Japan
3Q Sea of Okhotsk
3U South China Sea
3Y Yellow Sea
4A Pacific Ocean, South
5A Arctic Ocean
5B Barents Sea
5C Chukchi Sea
5D Bering Sea
5N Norwegian Sea
5R Bering Strait
6A Indian Ocean
6E Red Sea
6P Persian Gulf
6R Arabian Sea
7B Baltic Sea
8C Caspian Sea
8D Adriatic Sea
8E Mediterranean, Eastern
8W Mediterranean, Western
8G Aegean Sea
A Asia
AA Aruba
AB Abkhazia
AC Antigua and Barbuda
AF Afghanistan
AG Algeria
AL Albania
AM Armenia
AN Andorra
AO Angola

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AQ American Samoa
AR Argentina
AS Australia
AT Ashmore and Cartier Islands
AU Austria
AV Anguilla
AY Antarctica
AZ Azores Islands
BA Bahrain
BB Barbados
BC Botswana
BD Bermuda
BE Belgium
BF Bahamas
BG Bangladesh
BH Belize
BI Balearic Islands
BK Bosnia and Herzegovina
BM Burma
BN Benin
BO Belarus
BP Solomon Islands
BQ Navassa Island
BR Brazil
BS Bassas Da India
BT Bhutan
BU Bulgaria
BV Bouvet Island
BX Brunei
BY Burundi
CA Canada
CB Kampuchea (formerly Cambodia)
CD Chad
CE Sri Lanka
CF Congo
CG Zaire
CH China (Peoples Republic ofl
CI Chile
CJ Cayman Islands
CK Cocos (Keeling Islands)
CM Cameroon

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CN Comoros
CO Colombia
CQ Northern Mariana Islands
CR Coral Sea Islands
CS Costa Rica
CT Central African Republic
CU Cuba
CV Cape Verde
CW Cook Islands
CY Cyprus
CZ Czechoslovakia
DA Denmark
DJ Djibouti
DO Dominica
DQ Jarvis Island
DR Dominican Republic
E5 Eastern Europe
E6 Western Europe
EC Ecuador
EG Egypt
El Ireland
EK Equatorial Guinea
EN Estonia
ER Eritrea
ES El Salvador
ET Ethiopia
EU Europa Island
EZ Czech Republic
F1 North Africa
F7 Sub-Saharan Africa
F8 Middle East
F9 North Africa and Middle East
FK Falkland Islands
FG French Guiana
FI Finland
FJ Fiji
FM Micronesia, Federated States of
FO Faroe Islands
FP French Polynesia
FQ Baker Island
FR France

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FS French Southern and Antarctic Lands
GA Gambia
GB Gabon
GC Germany, Democratic Republic of (arch.)
GE Germany, Federal Republic of
GG Georgia
GH Ghana
Gl Gibraltar
GJ Grenada
GK Guernsey
GL Greenland
GM Germany
GO Glorioso Islands
GP Guadeloupe
GQ Guam
GR Greece
GT Guatemala
GV Guinea
GY Guyana
GZ Gaza Strip
HA Haiti
HK Hong Kong
HM Heard Island and McDonald Islands
HO Honduras
HQ Howland Island
HR Croatia
HU Hungary
IC Iceland
ID Indonesia
IM Man, Isle of
IN India
IO British Indian Ocean Territory
IP Clipperton Island
IQ United States (Miscellaneous Pacific Islands)
IR Iran
IS Israel
IT Italy
IV Ivory Coast
IY Iraq/Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone
IZ Iraq
JA Japan
JE Jersey

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JN Jan Mayen
JO Jordan
JQ Johnston Atoll
JU Juan De Nova Island
KE Kenya
KG Kyrgyzstan
KN Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic of (North Korea)
KQ Kingman Reef
KR Kiribati
KS Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
KT Christmas Island
KU Kuwait
KZ Kazakhstan
L7 Latin America
LA Laos
LD Lakshadweep Islands (Laccadive Islands)
LE Lebanon
LG Latvia
LH Lithuania
LI Liberia
LO Slovak Republic
LQ Palmyra Atoll
LS Liechtenstein
LT Lesotho
LU Luxembourg
LY Libya
MA Madagascar
MB Martinique
MC Macau
MD Moldova
MF Mayotte
MG Mongolia
MH Montserrat
MI Malawi
MK Macedonia
ML Mali
MN Monaco
MO Morocco
MP Mauritius
MQ Midway Islands

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MT Malta
MU Oman
MV Maldives
MW Montenegro
MX Mexico
MY Malaysia
MZ Mozambique
N2 NATO countries
N4 Central America
N5 Caribbean Islands
NC New Caledonia
NE Niue
NF Norfolk Island
NG Niger
NH Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides)
NI Nigeria
NL Netherlands
NO Norway
NP Nepal
NR Nauru
NS Suriname
NT Netherlands Antilles
NU Nicaragua
NZ New Zealand
PA Paraguay
PB Pemba Island
PC Pitcairn Islands
PE Peru
PF Paracel Islands
PG Spratly Islands
PK Pakistan
PL Poland
PM Panama
PO Portugal
PP Papua New Guinea
PS Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (Palau)
PU Guinea-Bissau
QA Qatar
RE Reunion
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RP Philippines
RQ Puerto Rico
RS Russia
RW Rwanda
S South America
SA Saudi Arabia
SB St. Pierre and Miquelon
SC St. Christopher (Kitts) and Nevis
SD Sardinia (Sardegna)
SE Seychelles
SF South Africa
SG Senegal
SH St. Helena
SI Slovenia
SJ Socotra
SL Sierra Leone
SM San Marino
SN Singapore
SO Somalia
SP Spain
SR Serbia
ST St. Lucia
SU Sudan
SV Svalbard
SW Sweden
SY Syria
SZ Switzerland
TC United Arab Emirates
TD Trinidad & Tobago
TE Tromelin Island
TH Thailand
TI Tajikistan
TK Turks and Caicos Islands
TL Tokelau
TN Tonga
TO Togo
TP Sao Tome and Principe
TS Tunisia
TU Turkey
TV Tuvalu

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TW Taiwan
TX Turkmenistan
TZ Tanzania
UG Uganda
UK United Kingdom
UN United Nations
UP Ukraine
UR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
US United States
UV Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta)
UY Uruguay
UZ Uzbekistan
V1 Pacific Ocean Islands
V2 Indian Ocean Islands
VC St. Vincent and the Grenadines
VD Madeira Islands
VE Venezuela
VH Marshall Islands
VI British Virgin Islands
VJ Crete
VK Cabinda
VM Vietnam
VP Corsica
VQ Virgin Islands
VT Vatican City (Holy See)
W Worldwide
WA Namibia
WC Sala y Gomez Island
WE West Bank
WF Wallis and Futuna
WG South Orkney Islands
WH South Shetland Islands
WI Western Sahara
WN Northern Island
WQ Wake Island
WS Western Samoa
WZ Swaziland
XG Okinawa
XZ Easter Island
YA Walvis Baai
YE Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen, arch.)

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YL Diego Garcia
YM Yemen
YO Yugoslavia
YR Annobon (Pagulu)
YS Yemen, Peoples Democratic Republic of (South Yemen, arch.)
YU Eloby, Islas de
YV Juan Fernandez Archipelago
YX San Ambrosio, Isla
YZ Nicobar Island
Z7 Pacific Ocean
Z8 Atlantic Ocean
Z9 Mediterranean Sea
ZA Zambia
ZI Zimbabwe
ZL Caroline Islands
ZQ Andaman Islands
ZY Zanzibar
ZZ Canary Islands

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