US Military Abbreviations

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

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

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 Communications 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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Intelligence; (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 Identification 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

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

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

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 Message Processing System; (3) Aim Point System

AMRAAM

Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile

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

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

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

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

AS

(1) Submarine Tender; (2) Air Surveillance; (3) Analysis Subsystem; (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

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

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 Transportation; (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

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 Transfer 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 Technology 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

C3CM

Command, Control, and Communication CounterMeasures

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 Center; (5) Civil Affairs Command; (6) Civil Applications Committee; (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

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

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

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

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 Squadron; (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

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

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)

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

C-HUMINT

Counter Human Resources Intelligence

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)

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

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 Independent 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Force

COMUSKOREA

Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea (also COMUSK)

COMUSLANDFOR

Commander, United States Land Forces

COMUSMACTHAI

Commander, United States Military Assistance Command,

Thailand

COMUSMARCENT

Commander, U.S. Marine Forces Central Command

COMUSMARDEZLANT

Commander, U.S. Maritime Defense Zone, Atlantic

COMUSMARDEZPAC

Commander, U.S. Maritime Defense Zone, Pacific

COMUSMARFOR

Commander, United States Marine Forces

COMUSMARTF

Commander, United States Marine Task Force

COMUSMILGP

Commander, United States Military Group

COMUSNAVAK

Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Alaska

COMUSNAVCENT

Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command

COMUSNAVEUR

Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Europe

COMUSNAVFOR

Commander, United States Naval Forces

COMUSNAVPHIL

Commander, 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

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

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 Subsystem; (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

CRN

Combat Radio Net

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 Recording Site; (3) Comprehensive Retrieval Subsystem; (4) Catholic

Relief

Service; (5) Congressional Research Service; (6) Community 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

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 Procedures; (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 Requirement; (5) Combat Search & Rescue

CSRD

Communication-Computer Systems Requirement Document

CSRS

Civil Service Retirement System

CSS

(1) Communications Security System; (2) Communications Support System; (3) Central Security Service; (4) Combat Service Support; (5) Collateral Support System; (6) Contingency Support 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 Terrorism; (4) Cryptologic Technician

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

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

CZ

(1) Combat Zone; (2) Convergent Zone

D

D

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; (3) Daily Aerial Reconnaissance Syndicate

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

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 Commanding 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)

DCSINT

Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (U.S. Army)

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

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

DFH

Deployed Forward Headquarters

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; (3) Directory Information Base

DIC

(1) Defense Intelligence Community; (2) Difference in Condition; (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

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 Intelligence 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, Communications 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

DISO

Defense Intelligence Support Office

DISOB

Defense Intelligence Space Order of Battle

DISP

Defense Industrial Security Program

DISPEWT

Defense Intelligence Space Electronic Warfare Threat Data Base

DISR

(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

D&M

Detection and Monitoring

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

DOCS

DSCS Operations Control System

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 Operating 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)

DPF

Digital Processing Facility

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 Process; (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

DRSN

Defense Red Switch Network

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

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 Intelligence 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

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

DZS

Drop Zone Study

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

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

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

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

EP-3

U.S. Navy Reconnaissance Aircraft

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 System; (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

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 Subsystem; (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

ETI

Estimated Time of Impact

ETIBS

Enhanced Tactical Information Broadcast Service

ETII

External-to-Internal Interface

ETIWCS

European Theater Intelligence Warning and Communications

System

ETL

(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 Separation; (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

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

EXTAC

Experimental Tactics

F

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 Administration; (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 Maritime 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

FAST-I

Forward Area SID and TRAP-Improved

FAST/I2

Improved FAST/I

FASTC

Foreign Aerospace Science and Technology Center (archaic, now NAIC)

FASTFAX

Tactical Digital Facsimile

FASTL

Future Analytic Strategic Target List

FAV

(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

FDBPS

Fleet Data Base Production System

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

FFN

Fleet Flash Net

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

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 Maintenance; (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

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 Capability; (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

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

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

FTD

Foreign Technology Division (USAF)

FTDB

Foreign Technology Data Base

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

G

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

GCNTTY

Ground Communications Network Teletype

GCP

Ground-Controlled Processor

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 system that may be applied to any map or chart graduated in latitude and longitude regardless of projection.

GEOSAT

Geological Satellite

GEP

Ground Entry Point

GEPS

Generic Electronic Publishing System

GES

Ground Entry Station

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

GHz

Gigahertz

GIGSTER

NSA Video Teleconferencing System

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)

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

GRT

Gross Registered Tonnage

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

GZ

Ground Zero

H

H

Symbol for the magnetic field of the propagated radio wave

O

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

HDM

Hierarchical Development Methodology

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)

HIDSS

Helmet-Integrated Display & Sight System

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

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

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

Hz

Hertz

I

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

IBM

International Business Machines

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 Continuity Cell; (3) IMlNT Coordination Cell; (4) Intelligence Coordination 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 Correlation 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

ICRS

Imagery Collection Requirements Subcommittee (COMIREX)

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

IDSCP

Initial Defense Satellite Communication Program

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

IGT

Interdepartmental Group on Terrorism

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

IM/GD

Intelligence Management/Guidance Document

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

INFLTRPT

Inflight Reports

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 connectivity 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 Operations (Division); (6) Information Operations; (7) Information Objectives

I/O

Input/Output

IOA

Indian Ocean Area

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 Problem; (4) Instrumentation Point; (5) Immediate Permanent Incapacitation 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

IPIX

Interface Processor for Imagery Exchange

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) Intelligence 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) Illumination 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

IR&D

Independent Research & Development

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

I&S

(1) Intelligence and Security; (2) Intelligence and Surveillance

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 Program; (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

ISPT

Intelligence Support Processor Tool

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 Subsystem; (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

ITS

Imagery Transmission System

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

IX

Unclassified Miscellaneous Ship

J

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

JC2WC

Joint C2 Warfare Center

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

JCMB

Joint Collection Managers Board

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JWBCA

Joint Whole Blood Control Agency

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

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

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

L

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

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; (4) Land Defense of CONUS

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

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

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

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

LST-5C

Deployable Satellite Terminal

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

LZCT

Landing Zone Control Team

M

M

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

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

Satellite

Track; (4) MILSTAR Advanced Satellite Terminals

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 Assessment; (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

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 Memorandum; (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 Capabilities 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

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; (2) Minimum Essential Requirements

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

MHS

Message Handling System

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

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

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

MMW

Millimeter Wave

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

mort

Mortar

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 Contingencies; (5) Major Regional Conflict

MRCA

Multirole Combat Aircraft

MRCS

Medium-Resolution Camera System

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

MSH

Mine Hunter

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 Support System; (5) Mission Support System; (6) Multispectral

Scanner

MSSC

(1) Medium SEAL Support Craft; (2) Specialized Coastal Minesweeper; (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

MTF

Message Test Format

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

N

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

NARRS

NORTHAG Reconnaissance Reporting System

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

NAVS

Navigators

NAVSAT

Navigation Satellite

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

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 Representative; (4) NSA/Central Security Service Representative

NCS

(1) National Communications System; (2) NMIC Control Subsystem; (3) Naval Control of Shipping; (4) Network Control Station; (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

ND

Deputy CINCNORAD

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

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

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 Information 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

NLI

Natural Language Interface

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

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

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

NSPG

National Security Planning Group

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

NTF

National Test Facility

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

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

NX

Non-Expendable

O

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, Development, 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

OCAM

Afro-Malagasy and Mauritian Common Organization

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, Obstacles, 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

Off

Officer

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

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

OPREPS

Operational Reporting System

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 Investigations; (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

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 Subsystem; (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

OVPF

Object-Oriented Vector Product Format

P

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

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 Support 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

PBW

Particle Beam Weapon

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 Telecommunications

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

PDOP

Position Dilution of Precision

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, Communications, 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

PFM

Production Functional Manager

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

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 Manager; (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

PMRP

Program Manager’s Recommended Program

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

POST

Prototype Ocean Surveillance Terminal

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

PROM

Programmable Read-Only Memory

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

PTR/P

Paper Tape Reader/Punch

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

PZ

Pick-Up Zone

Q

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

QRA

Quick Reaction Antenna (TRC-167; TRC-170)

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

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

RASC

Required Automated Services Center

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

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; (2) Reserve Exploitation Program; (3) Representative

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

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

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

R&SC

Reconnaissance and Surveillance Center

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

RZ

Recovery Zone

S

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 identify FSU Surface-to-Air Missiles, e.g., SA-7/GRAIL; (6) Situation 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 System

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; (3) Strategic Advisory Group

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 Liaison 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 Subsystem; (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

SATVUL

Satellite Vulnerability

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)

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

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

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 Squadron; (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

SFOD

Special Forces Operational Detachment

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

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 Requirements; (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

SITMAP

Situation Map

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

SME

Subject Matter Expert

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 Operations 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; (2) Special Operations Analytical Reports

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

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

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 Reconnaissance 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

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

SPOD

Sea Ports of Debarkation

SPOE

Sea Ports of Embarkation

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

SRIG

Surveillance/Reconnaissance Intelligence Group

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 Auxiliary 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

SSME

Spread Spectrum Modulation Equipment

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

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 Simulations, Training, and Instrumentation Command

STRIKFORSOUTH

Strike Force South

S-TRED

Standard Tactical Receive Equipment Display

STRUM

Standard Technical Reporting Using Modules

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

SVTC

Secure Voice Teleconferencing

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 Center; (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

SYSOPR

System Operator

T

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 Center; (3) Theater Army Communications Command

TACC(A)

Tactical Air Control Center (Afloat)

TACCIMS

(1) Theater Army Command and Control Information Management 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

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

TAGS

Theater Air Ground System

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

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 Movements 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

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 Programmer; (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)

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

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

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 Program

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

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

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

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 System; (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 Terminal

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 Reconnaissance 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

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

TT

(1) Technology Transfer; (2) Target Track

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

U

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

V

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

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

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

W

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

WFOV

Wide Field of View

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

WPC

(1) Warsaw Pact Countries; (2) Word Processing Center; (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

X

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

Y

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

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

Z

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