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• SEPCOR — Separate Correspondence
• UBRAT — Unfair Blame Reparations Army Territory
• EDAS — Eta Data Assimilation System
• OPS — Operations
• LAN — Local Area Network
• UNSAT — Unsatisfactory
• EA — Each (as in a unit of measurement - one each)
• N/A — Not Applicable
• SSAN — Social Security Account Number
• WARNO — Warning Order
• ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival
• TCTO — Time Compliance Technical Order
• NHA — Next Higher Assembly
• TAFMS — Total Active Federal Military Service
• SITEREP — Situation Report
• SPOTREP — Spot Report
• USDHHS — United States Department of Health and Human Services
• WARNORD — Warning Order
• RSSI — Received Signal Strength Indicator
• ARPANET — Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet)
• VMF-214 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 214, the Black Sheep Squadron
• TARFU — Things Are Really Fucked Up. A Situation Worse Than SNAFU, But Not Quite FUBAR.
• RADAY — Radio Day
• RFID — Radio Frequency Identification
• OBE — Overtaken By Events
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• WAYM — WayMark
• T&EO — Training & Evaluation Outline
• S-8 — Army Resource Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• SS-21 — Scarab Missile
• MSG — Message
• SAFE-CP — Selected Area for Evasion-Contact Point
• TACREP — Tactical Report
• C/SSR — Cost/Schedule Status Report
• MOS — Military Occupational Speciality
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
• FCFS — First Come First Served
• TIM — Technical Interchange Meeting
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• UBACS — Under Body Armour Combat Shirt
• CSMA/CD — Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
• STTE — Special to Type Test Equipment
• PPM — parts per million
• VCRM — Verification Cross-Reference Matrix
• TAC CP — Tactical Command Post
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• BTW — By The Way
• ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)

• RSSIA — Regional Security Strategy Implementation Analysis
• T-AKR — Fast Logistics Ship
• IT — Information Technology
• SCMODS — State/County Municipal Offender Data System
• LRU — Line Replaceable Unit
• EPRDF — Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
• UAV-GCS — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Ground Control Station
• R.S.M. — Regimental Sergeant Major
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• MAN — Metropolitan Area Network
• W TK — water tank
• RHRDF — Royal Hutt River Defence Forces
• SARDOT — Search and Rescue Point
• TARSS — Tactical Airborne Remote SIGINT System
• W SUP — water supply
• SAEDA — Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the Army
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• R2T2 — Rapid Response Topographic Teams
• COB — close of business (End of duty day)
• S-7 — Army Inter-Component Integration Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• UCOFT — Unit Conduct Of Fire Trainer
• S SCAN — Sector Scan
• UANF — United Achik National Front
• TACLAN — Tactical Local Area Network
• TACMAR — Tactical Multifunction Array Radar
• WAWF-RA — Wide Area Work Flow - Receipt and Acceptance
• T-AH — Hospital Ship
• S&TI — Scientific & Technical Intelligence
• S/RTF — Search and Recovery Task Force
• TACRON — Tactical Air Control Squadron
• S/C N — Signal-to-Clutter Plus Noise
• R/EW — Radar/ Electronic Warfare
• SAACONS — Standard Army Automated Contracting System
• WATCHCON — Watch Condition
• SA-5 — Gammon Missile
• SPS — Standard Positioning Service (GPS)
• WAOB — World Agricultural Outlook Board
• VBTM — Virtual Brigade Training Methodology
• SA-2 — Guideline Missile
• S-9 — Army Facilities Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• RADCAD — Radar Computer-Aided Design
• SADFRAD — Synthetic Aperture Dual Frequency Radar
• PDR — Preliminary Design Review
• T&DE — Test and Diagnostic Equipment
• S.530 — Super 530 Missile
• IP — Internet Protocol
• RAC-OT — Readiness Assessment System - Output Tool
• R-AFF — Regimental Affiliation
• Q-SHIP — Decoy Ship
• WATWG — WWMCCS ADP Traffic Working Group

• RFP — Request For Proposal
• WHO — World Health Organization
• SA-6 — Gainful Missile
• RADBN — Radio Battalion
• S-6 — Army Communications and Information Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• SACMFCS — Small Arms Common Module Fire Control System
• T-JTB — Theater-Joint Transportation Board
• QC — Quality Control
• S/EWOC — Signals Intelligence/electronic Warfare Operations Center
• SS-20 — Saber Missile
• RAMADCS — Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Automated Data Collection System
• S-QUAD — Silent Sound Spread Spectrum
• S-ARM — Standard-Antiradiation Missile
• SL3 — STOCK LIST
• CDR — Critical Design Review
• RAPOE — Regional APOE
• T&A TM — Traffic and Analysis Team
• SA-4 — Ganef Missile
• RADAGS — Radar Aimpoint Guidance System
• AC — Alternating Current
• R.550 — Magic Misile
• TAFIES — Tactical Air Force Intelligence Exploitation System
• RAS-OT — Readiness Assessment System - Output Tool
• TAIHOD — Total Army Injury and Health Outcomes Database
• TACSATCOM — Tactical Satellite Communications
• TAC(A) — Tactical Air Coordinator (Airborne)
• SA-8 — Gecko Missile
• TACTRAGRULANT — Tactical Training Group, Atlantic
• PPS — Precise Positioning Service
• SAFWIN — Secure Air Force Weather Information Network
• SA-13 — Strella Missile
• QEEM — Quick Erect Expandable Mast
• S&GSLCMC — Soldier and Ground Systems Life Cycle Management Command
• T-JMC — Theater-Joint Movement Center
• TACCDAS — Tactical Army Command & Control Data System
• UAOBS — Upper Air Observation
• VAW-124 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124, The Bear Aces
• WAAFB — Walker Air Force Base
• RAH-66 — Reconnaissance Attack Helicopter
• QFEA — Quartermaster Field Evaluation Agency
• WAVELL — United Kingdom Command and Control System
• TACTERM — Tactical Terminal
• VASRD — Veterans Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities
• CY — Calendar Year
• VAH-8 — Heavy Attack Squadron 8, The Fireballers
• WAC(I) — Women's Auxiliary Corp (India)
• TAFDS — Tactical Airfield Fuel Dispensing System
• WAPJ — World Air Power Journal
• TACWAR — Tactical Warfare
• TA/CP — Technology Assessment/Control Plan

• RF — Radio Frequency
• CEO — Chief Executive Officer
• VAQ-138 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 138, Yellow Jackets
• TADIXS-A — Tactical Data Information Exchange System - Data and Test Communications System
• WARMAPS — Wartime Manpower Planning System
• RAIDES — Rapid Air Defense Evaluation System
• SA-3 — Goa Missile
• TACO2 — Tactical Communications Protocol 2
• CCB — Change Control Board
• WAQC — Western Army Training Center Aviation Qualification Course
• R.440 — Crotale Missile
• RAFGSA — Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association
• VAQ-134 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 134, The Garudas
• TAC-D — Tactical Deception
• V-DAY — Victory Day
• TACSCAN — Tactical Scanner
• QBGS — Queens Body Guard for Scotland
• VAQ-131 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 131, The Lancers
• TACWARS — Tactical Air Warfare Simulation
• VAQ-129 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 129, The New Vikings
• VAQ-140 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 140, The Patriots
• ANFO — Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil Explosive
• QF ACFT — Quick Fix Aircraft
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• VAQ-137 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 137, The Rooks
• RAVAF — Royal Australian Virtual Air Force
• LAOES — Laser Ablation Optical Emission Spectroscopy
• LOI — Letter Of Intent
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• VAQ-135 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 135, Black Ravens
• OFP — Operational Flight Program
• RAMEP — RAM and Enhanced Performance
• QVO — Qualified Vehicle Operator
• AIAA — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
• VAW-113 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 113, The Black Eagles
• SA-9 — Gaskin Missile
• IV — Intravenous
• TACCIMS(K) — Theater Army Command and Control Information Management System ( Korea)
• TACSTANS — Tactical Standards
• O&M — Operation and Maintenance
• VAQ-136 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 136, The Gauntlets
• SA-N-3 — Goblet Missile
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• VAQ-33 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 33, The Firebirds
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• WBS — Work Breakdown Structure
• SA-N-1 — Naval Goa Missile 1
• SA-N-2 — Naval Guideline
• VAQ-128 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 128, Phoenix

• VAW-120 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120, The Greyhawks
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• VAQ-139 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139, The Cougars
• TABILS — Target and Background Information Library System
• VAQ-141 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 141, The Shadowhawks
• MTBF — Mean Time Before Failure
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• SOP — Standard Operational Procedure
• VAW-126 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126, The Seahawks
• VAQ-130 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 130, The Zappers
• R&D — Research & Development
• SCONUM — Ship Control Number
• VAQ-34 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 34, The Flashbacks
• BAOR — British Army of the Rhine
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• MM — Million
• UFO — Unidentified Flying Object
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• TAAMDCOORD — Theater Army Air and Missile Defense Coordinator
• CLIN — Contract Line Item Number
• VAQ-142 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 142, The Gray Wolves
• MUX — Multiplexer
• ARPA — Advanced Research Projects Agency (made early internet)
• OTC — Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
• CCB — Configuration Control Board
• SALM — Single-Anchor Leg Mooring
• ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• WWW — World Wide Web
• PDA — Personal Digital Assistant
• EXCOM — Executive Committee
• VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• OJT — On the Job Training
• ADM — Advanced Development Model
• MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
• SS-18 — Satan Missile
• APB — All Points Bulletin
• BLUF — Bottom Line Up Front
• ATA — Area Transportation Authority
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• CTRL — Control
• KEK — Key Encryption Key (COMSEC Key)
• OT — Overtime
• CDRL — Contract Data Requirements List
• RFI — Request For Information. Sales department shorthand. Special priority when use in conjunction with RFN (see below).
• UV-B — UltraViolet band B
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• TBD — To Be Determined
• CIO — Chief Information Officer

• CAE — Computer-Aided Engineering
• EDM — Engineering Development Model
• RAM — random-access memory
• SATURN — Second-Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO
• DAC — Discretionary Access Control
• ADC — Air Data Computer
• BVR — Beyond Visual Range
• DSS — Decision Support System
• SS-19 — Stiletto Missile
• FIPS — Federal Information Processing Standard
• DES — Data Encryption Standard
• SOPS — Standard Operating Procedures
• BITE — Built In Test Equipment/Battle Management Interoperability T&E Training Exercises
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• SHSM — System High Security Mode
• RIF — Reduction In Force
• BT — Bhutan
• EEOC — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• SYS — System
• OIC — Office in Charge
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• MTTR — Mean Time To Repair
• CIS — Commonwealth of Independent States
• QOS — Quality of Service
• RQMTS — Requirements
• AGC — Automatic Gain Control
• DPKO — Department of Peacekeeping Operations
• POTUS — President Of The United States. Acronym used by Whitehouse staff. See also FLOFTUS.
• EEC — European Economic Community (predecessor of the European Union|EU)
• CDT — Central Daylight Time
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• DEPT — Department
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• SDD — Software Design Document
• NFS — Network File System
• CTR — Center
• OCR — Optical Character Recognition
• SLIP — Serial Line Interface Protocol
• POP — Point Of Presence (Internet)
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• STD — Standard
• ATC — Air traffic control
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• LNG — Liquefied Natural Gas
• COG — Continuity Of Government
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• AOA — Angle Of Arrival

• SQ — Square
• TB — Tuberculosis
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• SCIF — Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
• PRI — Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)
• TASO — Terminal Area Security Officer
• ECO — Engineering Change Order
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• AC — annual closing
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• SVEST — Suicide Vest
• DNS — Domain Name Service
• MMIC — Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
• CO — Company
• URD — User Requirements Document
• WILCO — Will Comply
• ECD — Estimated Completion Date
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• CAM — computer aided manufacturing
• UNODIR — Unless Otherwise Directed
• ALT — Alternate
• LAB — Laboratory
• UDR-13 — Pocket Radiac Set
• AASHTO — American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• PMR — Program Management Review
• PM — Preventive Maintenance
• FBW — Fly By Wire
• TQJBR — Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn
• BPS — bits per second
• SLQ-32 — Electronic Warfare Jamming System
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• MT — Metric Ton
• BOM — Bill of Material
• CKO — Chief Knowledge Officer
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• PATOLIS — Patent Online Information System
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• COMSEC — Communications Security (military)
• SEATO — Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• TO&E — Table of Organization and Equipment
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• TMI — Too Much Information (Internet Slang)
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• NTIS — National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
• DFD — Data Flow Diagram
• AFCS — Automatic Flight Control System
• SITSUM — Situation Summary
• ACL — Access Control List
• SCSI — Small Computer System Interface

• ATA — Actual Time of Arrival
• BPR — Business Process Re-engineering
• NPS — Nominal Pipe Size (sometimes NS)
• TYCOM — Type Commander
• PERT — Program Evaluation and Review Technique
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• SNAFU — Situation Normal All Fouled Up
• UNRWA — United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• TS/SCI — Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information
• DBA — Data Base Administrator
• CARIFTA — Caribbean Free Trade Association
• SOSTAC — Situation, Objectives and Strategy, Tactics, Action, and Control
• AT&T — American Telephone and Telegraph (U.S. company, also known as "Ma Bell")
• DOMSAT — Domestic Communications Satellite System
• COTR — Contracting Officer Technical Representative
• DSA — Digital Signature Algorithm
• APP — Application
• NLT — No Later Than
• ELV — Expendable Launch Vehicle
• UVCE — Unconfined Vapor Cloud Explosion
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• SOHO — Small Office Home Office
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• DC — Direct Current
• AWGN — Additive White Gaussian Noise
• KISS — Keep It Simple Stupid
• MARV — Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle
• QTD — Quarter-to-Date
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• PST — Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 Hours)
• SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
• CAVU — Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited
• MIL — Military
• PY — Prior Year
• RON — Remain Overnight
• COMM — Communication
• NZ — New Zealand
• BRI — Basic Rate Interface
• STR — Software Test Report
• RPG — Report Program Generator
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• USAF — United States Air Force
• EOM — End Of Month
• CNN — Cable News Network's
• DCN — Design Change Notice
• LOS — Line Of Sight
• POC — Proof Of Concept
• KSA — Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
• DOS — Disk Operating System

• PM — Project Manager
• AWL — Absent Without Leave
• MGR — Manager
• WIMPY — When In Military Play Yankee
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• LEO — Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
• SCF — Sectional Center Facility
• SQR-18 — Sonar Tactical Towed Array System
• MBO — Management by Objective
• KBS — Knowledge-Based System
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• EMP — Electromagnetic Pulse
• OCR — Optical Character Reader
• RSPL — Recommended Spare Parts List
• CFA — Cognizant Field Activity
• ALT — Altitude
• STS — Space Transportation System
• NA — Not Applicable
• ABR — Available Bit Rate
• UNK — Unknown
• TCP — Transmission Control Protocol
• MHS — Message Handling System (electronic)
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• RAC — Resident Agent in Charge
• TRADOC — United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
• NFIP — National Flood Insurance Program
• RM — Resource Management
• VA — Veterans Administration
• EM — Electromagnetic
• SVBIED — Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
• STC — Sensitivity Time Control
• CRS — Can't Remember Stuff
• OP — Operator
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• PBX — Private Branch eXchange (company phone system)
• FFP — Firm Fixed Priced
• CRL — Certificate Revocation List
• VTC — Video Teleconference
• UFN — Until Further Notice
• K — Kilo-
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  
• ECP — Engineering Change Proposals
• SUPPO — Supply Officer
• RIDDOR — Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
• AFC — Automatic Frequency Control
• DOI — Date of Injury
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• IPTF — International Police Task Force

• SELCOM — Select Committee
• STP — Software Test Plan
• SSL — Secure Socket Layer
• WETSU — We Eat This Shit Up
• FDMA — Frequency Division Multiple Access
• WIP — Work In Progress (process)
• CM — Configuration Management
• SNMP — Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM)
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• AE — Application Entity
• TOS(D) — Tactical Operations System- Division
• VDT — Video Display Terminal
• LWOP — Leave Without Pay
• VISCOM — VISual COMmunication
• USPS — United States Postal Services
• BW — Bandwidth
• EFTA — European Free Trade Association (Geneva)
• SEC — Second
• TCP/IP — transmission control protocol/internet protocol
• PSTN — Public Switched Telephone Network
• LAT — Latitude
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• BOHICA — Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
• SECREL — SECret RELeasable
• FDDI — Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• EBS — Emergency Broadcast System
• VR — Virtual Reality
• E-MAIL — Electronic Mail
• TCB — Trusted Computing Base
• CAT — Category (e.g. CAT-5 cable)
• TV — Television
• SONAR — (DOD) A sonic device used primarily for the detection and location of underwater objects.(This term is derived from the words "sound navigation and ranging.")
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• PROG — Program
• CE — Civil Engineer
• N — North
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• DJMS — Defense Joint Military Pay System
• RFI — Radio Frequency Interference
• SEQ — Sequence
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• CW — Continuous Wave
• DBMS — Defense Business Management System
• LF — Low Frequency
• ROV — Remotely Operated Vehicle
• UNHCHR — United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• AFSCN — Air Force Satellite Control Network
• SOLAS — Safety of Life at Sea
• ROE — Rules of Engagement. The rules given to every service member on when to engage targets. Changes dependent upon the situation.
• DFCS — Digital Flight Control System

• EDP — Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• MAC — Message Authentication Code
• CCTV — Closed Circuit Television
• AA — Australian Army
• COMMS — Communications
• WADR — With All Due Respect
• RFN — Rifleman
• BER — Bit-Error Rate
• NBS — National Bureau of Standards (US)
• COBOL — Common Business-Oriented Language
• MAINT — Maintenance
• SQQ-89 — Undersea Warfare Combat System
• MAD — Magnetic Anomaly Detector/Detection
• DMA — direct memory access (computer term)
• SECT — Section
• SGT — Sergeant
• EMS — Earn Money Sleeping (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Service)
• WUC — Work Unit Code
• JEC — Joint Economic Committee
• PVC — Permanent Virtual Circuit (ATM)
• RFS — Request For Service
• AV — Audio Visual
• CBD — Commerce Business Daily (Changed To FBO)
• LPF — Low Pass Filter
• CAGE — Commercial and Government Entity
• ELF — Extremely Low Frequency
• TBI — Traumatic Brain Injury
• IRS — Interface Requirements Specification
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• MSA — Minimum Safe Altitude
• OS — Operating System
• DSU — Data Service Unit
• MODEM — Modulator-Demodulator
• MF — Medium Frequency
• IR — Infrared
• POS — Position
• CDMA — Code Division Multiple Access (voice/data transmission)
• PPP — Point-to-Point Protocol
• SGML — Standard Generalized Markup Language
• SW — Switch
• VIAGRA — Vertical Installation Automated Group Receiver Antenna
• SS-17 — Spanker Missile
• PDU — Protocol data unit (such as segment, packet, frame, etc.)
• DPS — Department of Public Safety
• CACM — Central American Common Market
• UNCIVPOL — United Nations Civilian Police
• TTWG — Technology Transfer Working Group
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• TNA — Training Needs Analysis. The TNA term is most commonly given to the process of identifying and planning personal/skills development for an individual, group, or entire workforce. This can be the responsibility of a supervisor, group leader, senior manager
• QBO — Quick Battle Orders

• SPAWAR — The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), based in San Diego, is an echelon II organization within the United States Navy and Navy's technical authority and acquisition command for C4ISR (
• STE — Special Test Equipment
• TBN — To Be Named
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• QAD — Quality Assurance Division
• SCUBA — self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
• CVR — Cockpit Voice Recorder
• RIP — Routing Information Protocol
• SAMOC — Surface-to-Air Missile Operations Center
• CDU — Control Display Unit
• QBU — Qualified Business Unit
• SALT — Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• UNOCHA — United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• OLA — Office of Legal Affairs
• POTS — Plain Old Telephone System
• NIS — Network Information System
• AACB — Aeronautics & Astronautics Coordinating Board
• VBR — Variable Bit Rate (ATM)
• UNEF — United Nations Emergency Force
• BAE — British Aerospace Systems, LTD
• RSOI — Reception, Staging, Onward-Movement & Integration
• OSPF — Open Shortest Path First (ATM)
• LPI — Lines Per Inch
• RACF — Resource Access Control Facility
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• TD — Technical Directive
• COS — Cosine
• SINE — Short Interspersed Nuclear Element
• NDA — Nondisclosure Agreement
• SCADA — Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
• VOCC — Vessel Operating Common Carriers
• DSA — Directory System Agent
• VIHT — voluntary isocapnic hyperpnea training
• USV — United States Volunteers
• SDVOSB — Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
• ERP — Effective Radiated Power
• PIN — Personal Identification Number
• APEC — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• TAFCSD — Total Active Federal Commissioned Service Date
• QBE — Query By Example
• SFOR — Stabilization Force
• STAMIS — Standard Army Management Information System
• SRSG — Special Representative of the Secretary-General
• PAW — Projector Augmented-wave [ab-initio Method]
• AFWAL — Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory
• NACA — National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
• MIL STD — Military Standard
• SOTA — Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Operational Tasking Authority
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory

• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• AGE — Aerospace Ground Equipment
• NC — No Change
• REDCON — Readiness Condition
• TOEL — Time Ordered Event List
• SRW — Software Requirements Workshop
• RECCE — Reconnaissance
• PCMCIA — Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
• VOL — Volume
• EPROM — Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• SAPO — Subarea Petroleum Office
• UNAMIR — United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
• DAC — Development Assistance Committee
• LEP — Linear Error Probable
• TWS — Track While-Scan
• DMZ — Demilitarized Zone
• FCS — Flight Control System (Subsystem)
• CTE — Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• MVS — Multiple Virtual Storage
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
• LST — Local Standard Time
• MBPS — Megabytes Per Second
• MIB — Management Information Base (ATM)
• PCP — Program Change Proposal
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• SL — Sea Level
• RIM-66 — Standard Missile
• SCBA — Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
• ASD — Army Shipping Document
• UNAVEM — United Nations Angola Verification Mission
• MTBCF — Mean Time Between Critical Failures
• RD&A — Research, Development & Acquisition
• VIZ — Visibility
• BGP — Border Gateway Protocol (routing protocol)
• A/D — Analog/Digital
• TEMP — Test and Evaluation Master Plan
• TBO — Time Between Overhaul
• SCN — Specification Change Notice
• EMMA — Expert Missile Maintenance Aid
• CALS — Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CAALS)
• SUSAT — Sight Unit, Small Arms, Trilux
• EST — Estimated Starting Time
• MAC — Mandatory Access Control
• NIC — Network Information Center
• FDX — Full Duplex
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• VOSB — Veteran-Owned Small Business
• USCIS — US Citizenship and Immigration Services
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.

• VOIP — Voice Over IP (Internet Protocol)
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• STP — Space Test Program
• VTR — Video Tape Recorder
• R2P2 — Rapid Response Planning Process
• UNIDIR — United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
• AU — Audio Unit
• CW — Carrier Wave
• VERT — Vertical
• NOC — Network Operations Center
• UNDAC — United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination
• BIT — Built-In Test
• DIB — Directory Information Base
• CSTC — Consolidated Space Test Center
• CD — Civil Defense
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• FAX — Facsimile
• NIS — Network Information Service
• BAMF — Bad Ass Mother Fucker
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• AMR — Atlantic Missile Range
• OA — Office Automation
• BE — Beryllium
• TN — Target Number
• STMP — Science and Technology Master Plan
• PCM — Pulse-Code Modulation
• CAB — Cabinet
• SIG — Signal
• WHIP — White House Invasion Prayer
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• TOCS — Tactical Operation Combat System
• SIPRNET — Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
• TBMCS — Theater Battle Management Core Systems
• NCS — National Communications System
• AMSF — Army Maintenance Supply Facilities
• UNPROFOR — United Nations Protection Force (in Former Yugoslavia)
• SW — Software (SFTWE Preferred)
• DREN — Defense Research and Engineering Network
• SATF — Second Amendment Task Force
• CRT — Crisis Response Team
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• ADCCP — Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures
• AFSCF — Air Force Satellite Control Facility
• REDCOM — Readiness Command
• ABMA — Army Ballistic Missile Agency
• DAR — Defense Acquisition Regulation
• WG — Working Group
• JVM — Java Virtual Machine

• TJAG — The Judge Advocate General
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• CCAFS — Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from.
• USMOG-W — United States Military Observer Group - Washington
• CQC — Close Quarters Combat
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• DGPS — Differential Global Positioning System
• ASN — Abstract Syntax Notation
• FIG — Figure
• VV&C — Verification, Validation and Certification
• VHS — Video Home System
• RCV — Receive
• DOS — United States Department of State
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• LPC — Linear Predictive Coding
• AOD — Administrative Officer of the Day
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power System
• MEO — Medium-Earth Orbit
• VLS — Vertical Launch System
• CFLCC — Combined Force Land Component Command
• TKM — Total Knowledge Management
• LEA — Law Enforcement Agency
• TCSEC — Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria
• RAD — Radiation Absorbed Dose
• NRV — Non Return Valve
• RFC — River Forecast Center
• MINURSO — United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
• TEWT — Tactical Exercise Without Troops
• LT — Light
• SOCOM — United States Special Operations Command
• TAV — Total Asset Visibility
• ESS — Electronic Switching System
• PAR — Perimeter Acquisition Radar
• TAC — Terminal Access Controller
• CMP — Configuration Management Plan
• DDCMP — Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
• MCW — Modulated Continuous Wave
• RLA — Repair-Level Analysis
• JT — Joint
• EIB — European Investment Bank
• RIK — Replacement in Kind
• DS — Direct Sequence
• VSWR — Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• EC — European Community
• VAG — VOTING ASSISTANCE GUIDE
• ITO — International Trade Organization
• STRUCE — Structure Strength, Enlisted
• WS — Workstation
• TSIP — Task Force XXI System Integration Plan

• UA — User Agent
• WPM — speech--words per minute
• MDT — Mean Down Time
• PPI — Plan Position Indicator
• ESMC — Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
• EIRP — Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
• UYK-43 — U.S. Navy standard 32-bit computer (replacement for UYK-7)
• AFS — Air Force Station
• AKM — Apogee Kick Motor
• SMA — Supply Management, Army
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• MCS — Mesoscale Convective System
• TWT — Traveling Wave Tube
• FADEC — Full Authority Digital Engine Control
• TSCE — Total Ship Computing Environment
• TNI — Trusted Network Interpretation
• SDDD — software detailed design document
• QIO — Quality Improvement Organization
• IPO — Integrated Program Office
• SGL — Small Group Leader
• OMV — Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle
• RAAF — Royal Australian Air Force
• SB — Service Bulletin
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• EMS — Emergency medical service
• SVD — Software Version Description
• BERT — Bit Error Rate Tester (telecommunication)
• MOS — Marine Observation Satellite
• PMS — Planned Maintenance System
• ERTS — Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
• MPEG — Motion Picture Experts Group
• SIGACTS — Significant Activities
• SABA — Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus
• D — Director
• RGB — red-green-blue (signal)
• DDN — U.S. Defense Data Network
• ELT — Emergency Locator Transmitter
• NMS — Network Management System
• TEC — Total Electron Content
• TOR — terms of reference (ICAO/FAA)
• E&I — Engineering & Installation
• SHF — Super High Frequency
• MECO — Main Engine Cutoff
• AUTOVON — Automatic Voice Network
• LALLS — Low-Angle Laser Light Scattering
• REPL DET — Replacement Detachment
• TOL — Tolerance
• AP — Associated Press
• TDL — Tactical Data Link
• ABE — ARM-Based Electronics

• EMMA — Expert Missile Maintenance Aim
• LES — Lincoln Experimental Satellite
• KDC — Kerberos Key Distribution Center
• VM — Virtual Memory
• DAD — Dual Air Density
• AFOTEC — Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center's
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• UFC — Unified Facilities Criteria
• STAAS — Surveillance & Target Acquisition Aircraft System
• TED — Trunk Encryption Device
• QPSK — aeronautical quadrature phase shift keying
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• AD — airworthiness directives (FAA)
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• SKE — Station-Keeping Equipment
• DPI — Differential Pressure Indicator
• TNO — Trust No One
• EMS — Element Management System (ATM)
• TPF — Total Package Fielding
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• MDA — Minimum Descent Altitude
• SDLC — Software development life cycle
• DPU — data processing unit
• OMARNG — Operation & Maintenance, Army National Guard
• WI — What If?
• TLE — Target Location Error
• SSC-1 — Shaddock Missile (Coastal Defense)
• RXU — Receiver Unit
• USRA — Universities Space Research Association
• OC — Optical Carrier
• ECM — Electronic Counter Measures
• SP AMMO — Special Ammunition
• AIRS — Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
• OCD — Operational Concept Description
• ODBC — Open Database Connectivity
• SDLC — Synchronous Data Link Control
• NSW — New South Wales
• SAAFR — Standard Use Army Aircraft Flight Route (safer)
• MOH — Medal Of Honor
• NSIA — National Security Industrial Association (now part of NDIA)
• MLG — Main Landing Gear
• PDL — program design language
• MOD — Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• DECU — Digital Engine Control Unit
• NADS — Norwegian Association for Defence Suppliers
• MSS — Multispectral Scanner System
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)

• VICE — As opposed to ....
• BIU — Bus Interface Unit
• TDMA — Time Division Multiple Access
• RIO — Radar Intercept Officer (US Navy)
• PROM — Programmable Read-Only Memory
• NACE — National Association of Corrosion Engineers
• RECAU — Receipt Acknowledged And Understood
• VSLI — Veterans Special Life Insurance
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• MLV — Medium Launch Vehicle
• TVM — Track Via Missile
• CIDR — Classless Inter-Domain Routing (ATM)
• VGA — Video Graphics Array
• CPS — characters per second
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• EVAC — Evacuation System
• AOA — Angle Of Attack
• MMS — Multimission Modular Spacecraft
• SAPF — Special Access Program Facility
• LFC — Large Format Camera
• UPI — United Press International
• NCSC — National Computer Security Center (NSA)
• ATT — At This Time
• CRRES — Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
• OPS — Operations Squadron
• IPR — Impulse Response
• VSAT — Very Small Aperture Terminal (satellite service)
• USNO — United States Naval Observatory
• DRSN — Defense Red Switch Network
• TBA — To Be Announcede
• ROP — Rate of Penetration
• SDS — Satellite Data System
• SMB — Suck My Balls
• VOR — VHF Omnidirectional Range
• WBGTI — Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Index
• NOR — Notice Of Revision
• MTNS — Mountains
• LCC — Launch Control Center (KSC)
• VAR — Variable
• USA PATRIOT ACT — Uniting & Strengthening of America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
• TASKORD — Tasking Order
• RUR-4 — Weapon Alpha ( Anti-submarine Rocket Launcher)
• S — Secret
• SRS — Software Requirements Specifications
• NEACP — National Emergency Airborne Command Post
• ERD — Entity-Relationship Diagram
• ROEX — rules of engagement exercise
• MCS — Master Control Station (VIS, Grumman)
• SECAF — Secretary of the Air Force
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)

• W/D — Withdrawal
• CBR — Constant Bit Rate
• RUP — Rational Unified Process
• OPSEC — Operational Security
• SONET — Synchronous Optical Network
• SIQ — Sick In Quarters
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• USG — United States Government
• VMI — Virginia Military Institute
• TTY — Teletype Telex Machine
• AFRL — Air Force Research Laboratory
• DTM — Data Transfer Module
• TOA — Time Of Arrival
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• BMO — Ballistic Missile Office
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• CBR — Case-Based Reasoning
• ARDC — Air Research and Development Command
• LSA — Logistics Support Analysis
• NLP — Natural Language Processing
• RAU — Radio Access Unit (Army)
• TVC — Total Variable Cost
• CDB — Central Data Base
• UNDP — United Nations Development Program
• MEDALS — Military Engineering Data Asset Locator System
• LNA — Low-Noise Amplifier
• NARA — United States National Archives And Records Administration
• SPR — Strategic Petroleum Reserve (US)
• MFD — Multi-Function Display
• FEP — Front End Processor
• VDD — Version Description Document
• QAE — Quality Assurance Engineer
• PASADENA — Para-Hydrogen And Synthesis Allow Dramatically Enhanced Nuclear Alignment
• SLAR — Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• TISA — Troop Issue Subsistence Activity
• DCE — Data Communication Equipment
• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration
• QAP — Quality Assurance Plan
• NT — Northern Territory
• MPA — Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer
• DIDS — Defense Integrated Data System
• CFE — Center For Engineering
• SPMIG — Standard PMS Materials Identification Guide
• LOX — Liquid Oxygen
• TCF — Technical Control Facility
• B&W — Babcock & Wilcox - Black And White - Bowers & Wilkins
• UTP — unshielded twisted pair
• VMS — Virtual Memory System
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)

• DMSS — Defense Meteorological Satellite System
• TRNG — Training
• NTZ — No Transgression Zone
• CSOC — Consolidated Space Operations Center
• SDR — System Design Review
• ANDVT — Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal
• COMMO — Communications Officer
• ACRIMSAT — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite
• BPI — bits per inch
• MAG — Magnetic
• ANR — Active Noise Reduction
• VT — Virtual Terminal
• QRCT — Quick Reaction Communications Terminal
• ARS — United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
• REPGEN — Reports Generator
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• WCDMA — Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
• ODA — Open Document Architecture
• PMR — Pacific Missile Range
• SMR — source, maintenance, and recoverability
• SDHS — Satellite Data Handling System
• MIJI — Meaconing, Intrusion, Jamming and Interference
• CFSR — Contract Funds Status Report/ing
• WGI — Within Grade Increase
• LDR — Leader
• SQQ-32 — Variable Depth Minehunting Sonar
• IUS — Inertial UPper Stage (was Interim UPper Stage)
• SWEBOK — Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
• TOE — Table of Organization and Equipment
• DMS — Data Management System
• TOMA — Technical Order Management Agency
• KMP — Key Management Protocol
• SLV — Space Launch Vehicle
• MT — Machine Translation
• RADIUS — Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
• PTDO — Prepare To Deploy Order
• TECHCON — Technical Control
• SL — Sick Leave
• TOD — Time of Day (Have Quick)
• QLQ — Quality of Life Questionnaire
• ASSIST — Automated Special Security Information System Terminal
• QI — Quality Indicator
• AFMPC — Air Force Military Personnel Center
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• RWIP — Risk Work In Progress
• DUA — Directory User Agent
• SIMM — Single Inline Memory Module
• RPF — Raster Product Format
• USAID — United States Agency for International Development
• WRF — Weather Research and Forecasting

• ECU — Environmental Control Unit (GSM)
• SPINS — Special Instructions
• ETL — Endorsed Tools List
• RIM-7 — Sea Sparrow Missile
• EMI — Electro-Magnetic Interference
• RCD — Residual Current Device
• SST — States Supersonic Transport
• SLV — Sleeve
• SWE — Snow Water Equivalent
• SRP/PDS — Stabilization Reference Package/Position Determining System
• MPC — Marine Prediction Center
• SAMSTATREP — Surface-to-Air Missile Status Report
• PUP — Principal User Processor (NEXRAD)
• CWGC — Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• SSB — Single SideBand
• RPV — Remotely Piloted Vehicle
• MMU — Manned Maneuvering Unit
• CARICOM — Caribbean Common Market and Community
• VF — Voice Frequency
• SERE — Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• RI — Routing Indicator
• MDT — Message Distribution Terminal
• TECHINT — Technical Intelligence
• LADD — Lifetime Average Daily Dose
• SMSGT — Senior Master Sergeant
• TEV — Travel Expense Voucher
• PMS — Project Management System
• ASI — Air Speed Indicator
• EPS — Encapsulated Postscript
• SNACKO — SNACK Officer
• AMST — Advanced Medium STOL Transport
• VQV — Voice Quality Value
• RESCORT — Rescue Escort
• SNA — System Network Architecture
• ACE — Access Control Encryption
• WGS-84 — World Geodetic System 1984
• NIU — Network Interface Unit
• SMG — Spaceflight Meteorology Group
• SPIR — Spare Parts Interchangeability Report
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• STOW — Synthetic Theater of War
• CETS — Contractor Engineering and Technical Services
• AFSC — Air Force Systems Command
• TEK — Traffic Encryption Key
• LAS — Land Analysis System
• AZ — Azimuth
• RPMA — Real Property Maintenance Activities
• CBJB — Congressional Budget Justification Book
• FH — Frequency Hopping

• SSGT — Staff Sergeant
• SQK — Squawk
• SERA — Sequential Electrochemical Reduction Analysis
• SIDPERS — Standard Installation/Division Personnel System
• IPX — Internet Packet Exchange
• RECON — Reconnaissance
• AUTODIN — Automatic Digital Network
• OSDPE — Office of the Secretary of Defense Program Element
• SMIB — Security Management Information Base
• PUA — Private Use Area (Unicode E000-F8FF)
• NASICON — Na Super-ionic Conductor
• PTL — Primary Target Line
• DAU — Data Acquisition Unit
• Q&A — Questions & Answers
• SSRA — System Safety Risk Assessment
• SMDS — Switched Multimegabit Data Service (ATM)
• SW — Short Wave
• QALI — Quality Assurance Letter of Instruction
• TTWCS — Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System
• TWCF — Transportation Working Capital Fund
• OOP — Of an Object Oriented Programming
• VLAN — Virtual Local Area Network
• VRU — Voice Response Unit
• PU — Physical Unit (IBM)
• NN — Neural Network
• REMIS — Reliability & Maintainability Information System
• ROMO — Range of Military Operations
• QAZ — Quick Access Zone
• SXN — Section
• SPM — Software Programmer's Manual
• TLS — Top Level Specification
• TRD — Technical Requirements Document
• AFAMPE — Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange
• MPP — Massively Parallel Processing/Processor
• SVC — Switched Virtual Circuit (ATM)
• MMW — Millimeter Wave
• NESS — National Environmental Satellite Service (NOAA)
• DC — District Commissioner
• TPQ-37 — Weapon Locating Radar
• TBR — To Be Resolved
• TPN — Tactical Packet Network
• VETRONICS — Vehicle Electronics
• CAS — Calibrated Air Speed
• SODARS — Special Operations Debrief and Retrieval System
• PDS — Post Design Services
• TRB — Technical Review Board (MRR)
• SOCC — Satellite Operations Control Center
• SPS — Software Product Specification
• PPS — Post-Production Support
• SGV — Self Guided Vehicle

• ANLYS — Analysis
• SQS-53 — Submarine Sonar
• TDIG — Time Division Interface Group
• MDT — Mobile Data Terminal
• STRATOPS — Strategic Operations Division
• OPF — Orbiter Processing Facility
• VHSIC — Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• BIM — Ballistic Intercept Missile
• SWBD — Switchboard
• EIA — Electronics Industry Association (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
• OR — Operational Requirement
• VAX — Virtual Address Extension
• LAP — Laboratory Accreditation Program
• PTR — Paper Tape Reader
• SAAF — South African Air Force
• QUP — Quantity Per Unit Pack
• SRD — System Requirements Document
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• SMLM — Soviet Military Liaison Mission
• RADINT — Radar Intelligence
• DTU — Data Transfer Unit
• BEF — British Expeditionary Force
• SIL — System Integration Laboratory
• NPR — National Performance Review (office)
• CTS — communications technology satellite
• SUM — Software User Manual
• ASAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar 
• SVGA — Super Video Graphics Array
• SPLA/M — Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
• TOAI — Total Overall Aircraft Inventory
• NII — National Information Infrastructure (USA)
• SO/LIC — Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict
• ECHR — European Court of Human Rights
• VOCO — verbal order of the Commanding Officer
• APPS — Applications (software)
• CWI — Crutch Walking Instructions
• CARDE — Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment
• PWS — Performance Work Statement
• SEWIP — Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program
• CMW — Compartmented Mode Workstation
• OSS — Operations Support System
• EST — Estimated Ship Time
• RICC — Reportable Item Control Code
• VCR — video cassette recorder/player
• VESA — Video Electronics Standards Association
• RATELO — Radiotelephone Operator
• ORM — Other Regulated Materials
• SSTO — Single-Stage-to-Orbit
• TADIL-J — Tactical Data Information Link-J
• NM — Network Management

• PX — Post Exchange
• ITS — Intelligent Transportation System
• RESPECT — Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence, and Collaborative Teaching
• RAR — Royal Australian Regiment
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• ERDAS — Earth Resources Data Analysis System
• SORTS — Status of Resources and Training System
• QXS — Quick Access
• AOIC — Assistant Officer in Charge
• SOSO — State Owned, State Operated
• AP — Application Processor
• PAM — Payload Assist Module
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• EKMS — Electronic Key Management System
• PDM — Pulse Duration Modulation
• UVV — Upward Vertical Velocity
• LF — Live Fire
• VDU — Video Display Unit
• TAMMS — The Army Maintenance Management System
• LCM — Life Cycle Management
• RNVC — Reference Number Variation Code
• USCMH — United States Commission on Military History
• CSU — Channel Service Unit
• UCR — Unsatisfactory Condition Report
• LMI — Layer Management Interface
• PSN — Packet Switched Network
• SCPC — single channel per carrier
• QAR — Quality Assurance Representative
• VIN — vehicle identification number (US) (transportation)
• LMR — Land Mobile Radio
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• CAMS — Core Automated Maintenance System
• DT&E — Development, Test, & Evaluation
• TI — Texas Instruments, Inc.
• RX — Receive
• QPQ — Quid Pro Quo
• REI — Restricted Entry Interval
• CSR — Current Situation Room
• MSS — Mission Support System
• SEWS — Satellite Early Warning System
• SNT — Serial Number Tracking
• TIREM — Terrain Integrated Rough Earth Model
• TYQ-69 — Commmunications Control Set
• F — Frequency
• RADM — Rear Admiral
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• TUH — Tactical Utility Helicopter
• PRT — Personal Rapid Transit

• OO — On Order
• UDA — Ulster Defence Association
• ACAAM — Air Courses of Action Assessment Model
• PECP — Preliminary Engineering Change Proposal
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• AMPL — Amplitude
• RTS — Remote Tracking Station
• RKH — Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital
• SECM — Shop Equipment, Contact Maintenance
• UXE — Upkeep by Exchange
• SBNPB — Space-Based Neutral Particle Beam
• SLJO — Shitty Little Jobs Officer
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• PG — Persian Gulf
• LONG — Longitude
• CIHS — Classified Information Handling System
• SECNAV — United States Secretary of the Navy
• QNQ — Quality Not Quantity
• COMECON — Council For Mutual Economic Assistance (economic Counterpart Of The Warsaw Pact
• WFO — Weather Forecast Office
• SSMA — Spread-Spectrum Multiple Access
• FCOC — Fuel Cooled Oil Cooler
• SUGG — Suggestion
• PPM — Pulse Position Modulation
• LAAS — Local Area Augmentation System
• SMDC/ARSTRAT — United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/United States Army Forces Strategic Command
• PSYOPS — Psychological Operations
• SIDS — Secondary Imagery Dissemination System
• UPRN — Unique Property Reference Number
• NDL — Network Data Language
• RLY — Relay
• SCTS — Single Channel Transponder System
• UYH-16 — Mass Memory Storage Device
• CCIL — Continuously Computed Impact Line
• TPQ-36 — Firefinder Radar
• NAV — Navigator
• IVD — Interactive Video Disk
• VBIED — Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosion Device
• TSOC — Theater Special Operations Command
• RICO — Regional Interface Control Officer
• SARSS — Standard Army Retail Supply System
• ADGE — Air Defence Ground Environment
• QAC — Quality Assurance Checklist
• DAC — Data Assembly Center
• DITCO — Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (formerly DECCO)
• SBL — Space-Based Laser
• AMGOT — Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories
• ROICC — Resident Officer In Charge of Construction
• SECSTATE — Secretary of State
• RMN — Royal Malaysian Navy

• TSP — Telecommunications Service Priority
• SNJ — North American Aircraft Company TEXAN, W W II Trainer Aircraft
• UGM-84 — Harpoon Missile
• SOJ — Stand Off Jammer
• EOB — Executive Office Building
• RNAV — Random Navigation Area Navigation
• TT&E — Technical Test & Evaluation
• SA — Special Agent
• RDBMS — Relational Data Base Management System (Oracle)
• FAAS — Foreign Affairs Administrative Support
• SA — Selective Availability (on GPS transmissions)
• MRC — Maintenance Requirement Card
• SSR — secondary surveillance radar (ICAO/FAA)
• APNIC — Asia Pacific Network Information Center
• VLSI — Very Large-Scale Integration
• CPE — Customer Premise Equipment
• USD(R&E) — Under Secretary of Defense For Research and Engineering
• IPM — Interpersonal Messaging
• TDWR — Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
• UTA — Unit Training Assembly
• RN — Royal Navy
• MAD — Message Address Directory
• ROKMC — Republic Of Korea Marine Corps
• VFY — Verify
• SIMM — Single In-line Memory Module
• OII — Operations-Intelligence Interface
• WHA — Tungsten Heavy Alloy
• WGYN — We've Got Your Number
• WE — With Equipment
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• RADIUS — Remote Authentication dial In User Service
• UQL — Unacceptable Quality Level
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• AWOS — Automated Weather Observing System
• SOFT — Strengths, Opportunities, Faults, Threats
• USMMO — United States Merchant Marine Officer
• PRB — Problem Review Board
• RUF — Rules for the Use of Force (ROE)
• TLT — Test Loop Translator
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• STU — Secure Telephone Unit
• MTA — Message Transfer Agents (Internet)
• TASMO — Tactical Air Support for Maritime Operations
• JTC — Joint Technical Committee (USA)
• SEO/SEP — Special Enforcement Operation/Special Enforcement Program
• DII — Defense Industry Initiative
• CBW — Chemical and Biological Warfare
• RF/EMPINT — Radio Frequency/Electromagnetic Pulse Intelligence
• WIA — Wounded In Action
• WGS 84 — World Geodetic System 1984

• WARC — World Administrative Radio Conference
• SOL — Solenoid
• SECARMY — Secretary of the Army
• CPR — Cost Performance Report
• PTT — Push to Talk Technology
• SS-14 — Scamp Missile
• MTWY — Motorway
• NVG — Night Vision Goggle
• UNMOC — United Nations Military Observers Course
• VERTREP — Vertical Replenishment
• PVU — Portable Verification Unit
• SFMS — Special Forces Medical Sergeant
• VASI — Visual Approach Slope Indicator
• AIR — American Institute for Research
• SKD — Schedule
• RDJTF — Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (US)
• VQO — Visual Quality Objective
• OST — Outer Space Treaty
• TPS — Thermal Protection System
• DVI — Digital Video Interactive
• UTE — Utilization Rate
• WFNA — White Fuming Nitric Acid
• COMPUSEC — Computer Security
• SITMAP — Situation Map
• ETL — Environmental Technology Laboratory
• UYK-7 — U.S. Navy standard 32-bit computer
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• SQE — Software Quality Evaluation
• SHA — System Hazard Analysis
• SURPIC — Surface Picture
• VTAM — Virtual Telecommunication Access Method
• PTT — Push to Talk Taster
• TSCIF — Tactical Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
• TQQ — Total Quality is Questionable
• EI — Effectiveness Index
• TACSAT — Tactical Satellite
• RUC — Rapid Update Cycle
• TAPOC — Theater Army Personnel Operations Center
• QUADCON — Quadruple Container
• FA — Forward Area
• NEL — National Exploitation Laboratory
• MVS — Multiple Virtual System
• SOSCOE — System-Of-Systems Common Operating Environment
• IRM — information resource management
• CLICK — Kilometre
• R&R — Rest & Recuperation
• TERM — Terminal
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• RHIB — Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
• ULSI — Ultra Large Scale Integration

• SECNAVINST — Secretary of the Navy Instruction
• ETF — Enhanced tactical fighter
• PXH — Phoenix Hawk
• AFGWC — Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
• SANDF — South African National Defence Force
• SJA — Staff Judge Advocate
• TBU — True But Useless
• SNAFUBAR — Situation Normal, All Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
• SSSS — Silent Sound Spread Spectrum
• ECS — Environmental Control System (Subsystem)
• SARNEG — Search and Rescue Numerical Encryption Group
• IU — Interface Unit
• DCASR — Defense Contract Administration Services Region
• TCSP — Theater Consolidation and Shipping Point
• NLM — NetWare Loadable Module
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• PTT — Push to Talk Testing
• ABET — Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology
• SLC — Space Launch Complex
• SWPC — Space Weather Prediction Center
• TGSM — Terminally Guided Submunition
• QOI — Quality of Information
• NCR — No Carbon Required
• ITWS — Integrated Terminal Weather System
• AOSS — automated office support system
• TELEMED — Telemedicine
• ECCM — Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
• SITP — Subsystem Integration Test Plan
• TOPMIS — Total Officer Personnel Management Information System
• PWM — pulsewidth modulation
• WA — War Arranger
• TOR — Tentative Operational Requirement
• TCIM — Tactical Communications Interface Module
• SVIP — Secure Voice Improvement Program
• TNP — Take No Prisoners
• RET — Retired
• TCAE — Technical Control and Analysis Element (obsolete term)
• WARM — Wartime Reserve Mode
• RIA — Rock Island Arsenal
• SSB-SC — Single Sideband-Suppressed Carrier
• TAPDB — Total Army Personnel Database
• SDNS — Secure Data Network System
• EO — End Office
• RYE — Retirement Year Ending
• MILNET — Military Network
• QIF — Quality Inspection Function
• QAG — Quality Assurance Group (TWG/TAT-14)
• QPT — Quad Port Transceiver
• NSTC — National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
• VSHORAD — Very Short Range Air Defense

• SDREN — Secure Defense Research and Engineering Network
• VQD — Vendor Quality Diagnosis
• TF/TA — Terrain Following / Terrain Avoidance
• DTD — Data Transfer Device
• USATA — United States Army TMDE ( Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment) Activity
• DCAS — Defense Contract Administration Services
• SPMN — Software Program Managers Network
• TAFIM — Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management
• UV — Ultra Violet
• SYD — Subject to Your Discretion
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• PVP — Planned Value Profile
• UXB — Unexploded Bomb
• TM — Technical Monitor
• IPC — Industrial Planning Committee
• RA — Roughness Average
• AMCS — Alternate Master Control Station
• VISSR — visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
• TAOR — Tactical Area Of Responsibility
• UMPR — Unit Manpower Personnel Record
• SHTF — Shit Hit The Fan
• SCCB — Software Configuration Control Board
• LASIK — laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (eye surgery)
• MTBMA — Mean Time Between Maintenance Actions
• RPSTL — Repair Parts and Special Tools Listing
• JAWF — Joint Agricultural Weather Facility
• IR&D — Independent Research & Development
• PSN — Public Switched Network
• SK3 — Storekeeper Third Class
• RECSTA — Reception Station
• QIP — Quality Improvement Program
• R&A — Reliability & Availability
• DODISS — Department of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards
• SPL — Software Products Library
• RECCEXREP — Reconnaissance Exploitation Report
• DND — Department of National Defence
• CRS — Community Relations Service
• SPC — Storm Prediction Center
• RWIFE — Rotary Wing Instrument Flight Examiner
• RIM-67 — Standard Missile (ER)
• DPD — Diffuse Pulmonary Disease
• CITIS — Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• FAPC — Food and Agriculture Planning Committee
• LC — Library of Congress
• NFDRS — National Fire Danger Rating System
• PCS — Personal Communications Services
• POC/ET — Proof Of Concept/Experimental Testbed
• TELCO — Telephone Company

• SADL — Situation Awareness Data Link
• RXW — Receiver Workbook
• QVT — Quality Verification Testing
• UJTL — Universal Joint Task List
• SBX-1 — Sea-Based X-Band Radar
• CEMA — Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• SSIPF — Standard System Information Production Factory
• USD/P — Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• UJC — Urgency Justification Code
• RQS — Rescue Squadron
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• STU-III — Secure Telephone Unit III
• UUT — Unit Under Test
• TCDL — Tactical Common Data Link
• FIPC — Foreign Intelligence Priorities Committee
• SN1 — Seaman First Class
• VRD — Virtual Retinal Display
• RLG — Ring Laser Gyro
• VRAM — Video Random Access Memory
• QCP — Quality Control Program
• WA — Western Approaches
• RRCC — Regional Response Coordination Center
• SSPK — Single Shot Probability of Kill
• TADS — Target Acquisition and Designation System (US)
• VNAV — Vertical Navigation
• LAOS — Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear
• SS-16 — Sinner Missile
• TRF — Tuned Radio Frequency
• SE&I — Systems Engineering & Integration
• SMT — station management (protocol)
• LOC — Location Number
• RCF — Repair Cycle Float
• SIRR — Software Integration Readiness Review
• DTS — Dedicated Transmission Service
• QFQ — Quest for Quality
• MIL-STD — Military Standard
• NNPT — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• WAAS — Wide Area Augmentation System
• SVLTU — Service Line Termination Unit
• RAMC — Royal Army Medical Corps
• MCS — Message Conversion System
• PISA — Pharmaceutical Information Systems Association
• LADD — Lowest Acceptable Daily Dose
• S&S — Supply & Service
• JTWC — Joint Typhoon Warning Center
• CMAG — Cruise Missile Advanced Guidance
• WHAG — Wild Half-Assed Guess
• S/T — Short Ton
• MOC — Maintenance Operational Check

• SPETC — Solid Propellant Electro-Thermal-Chemical
• QQI — Quantitative Quality Indicator
• SSAA — System Security Authorization Agreement
• RM3 — Radioman Third Class
• BGN — United States Board on Geographic Names
• RWT — Right When Tested
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• S-1 — Army Adjutant/Personnel Staff at the Battalion/Brigade level
• NHCD — National HUMINT Collection Directive
• RCV — Remotely Controlled Vehicle
• CCITT — Consultative Committee for International Telephone and Telegraph
• EDC — European Defence Community
• MTST — Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter
• CSTVRP — Computer Security Technical Vulnerability Reporting Program
• DTD — Directorate of Technical Development
• TERCOM — Terrain Contour Matching
• ASED — Assistant Secretary of Defense
• TAMPS — Tactical Aircraft Mission Planning System
• TAAF — Test, Analyze, And Fix
• DON — Department Of the Navy
• DRGS — Direct Readout Ground Stations
• VKA — Volatile Keying Assembly
• RORO — Roll On, Roll Off
• LACE — Laser-Assisted Chemical Etching
• RET. — Retired
• VAS — VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
• RCTA — Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
• RSSC-LO — regional satellite communications support center liaison officer; regional space support center liaison officer
• CCS2 — Command and Control Subordinate System
• ODIF — Open Document Interchange Format
• MARAD — Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet)
• BEM — British Empire Medal
• QTA — Qualification Test Article
• TT&P — Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures
• RQQ — Recommendations on Quantity and Quality Committee
• SPM — System Program Manager
• RSTA — Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
• TELAR — Transporter-Erector-Launcher & Radar
• OPIC — Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• SHSN — Ship Serviceman Seaman
• SINCGARS-SIP — Single Channel Ground and Air(borne) Radio System - System Improvement Program
• QMB — Quality Management Board
• T-AGOS — Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance
• PSSP — Personnel Security and Surety Program
• SD/D — System Development and Demonstration life cycle phase
• SSL — Shop Stock List
• STUPID — Secure Transmitter Unit Platform Integration Directorate
• ROIC — Resident Officer In Charge
• MOTIF — Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility
• VMAQ — Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron

• SARIR — Search and Rescue Incident Report
• SRL — Survival Research Laboratories
• RECBN — Reception Battalion
• OPAS — Overpass
• STARTLE — Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar for Tank Location and Engagement (US)
• SLQ — Electronic Warfare System
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• VPF — Vector Product Format
• TEPP — Test and Evaluation Program Plan
• IPA — Independent-particle Approximation (in Quantum Calcns. On Solids)
• NOSC — Naval Ocean Systems Center (replaced by NCCOSC and now SPAWAR Systems Center)
• RC(SW) — Regional Command (Southwest)
• SMCA — Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition
• CONFIG — Configuration
• NSDD — National Security Decision Directive
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• OTH — Over the Horizont
• STLDD — Software Top-Level Design Document
• DPC — Direct Patient Care
• RFPI — Rapid Force Projection Initiative
• SSORD — Service Support Order
• ECMC — Enhanced Crisis Management Capability
• TDOT — Tennessee Department of Transportation's
• IPSO — Internet Protocol Security Option
• RWU — Research Work Unit
• WDGO — War Department General Order
• QEAM — Quick Erect Antenna Mast
• RS-232 — Recommended Standard 232 (EIA standard for transmitting serial data)
• RDE — Research Development and Engineering
• JAEIC — Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
• ERAST — Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology
• RECC — Regional Emergency Communications Coordinator
• UYK-70 — Standard 32-bit Naval processing computer (replaces the UYK-43)
• TECHEVAL — Technical Evaluation
• PSS — Packet Switched Service
• QLP — Quadrilateral Protocol
• IRBM — Intermediate-range ballistic missile
• STOMP — Specialized Training of Military Parents
• IVAP — Intimate Valence Alternation Pairs (bonding Model In Electronic Structure Calcns.)
• ETR — Eastern Test Range (ESME Preferred)
• RCN — Royal Canadian Navy
• QPO — Quick Purchase Order
• MOPS — Million Operations per Second
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• NAVELEX — Naval Electronic Systems Command
• KSOS — Kernelized Secure Operating System
• TERPROM — Terrain Profile Matching
• QMD — Quality Management Division
• SW/OS — Software/Operating System
• QIM — Quality Inspection Management

• DISNET — Defense Integrated Secure Network
• SBY — Standby
• TSCP — Theater Security Cooperation Plan
• TRANSEC — Transmission Security
• RADAM — Radar Detection of Agitated Metals
• STARTEX — Start of Exercise
• TRU — Transformer Rectifier Unit
• TAPDB-R — Total Army Personnel Database - Reserve
• SETH — Simulation Equipment Test Hardware
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratories (absorbed By OAR Or NOAA Research)
• VTOL — Vertical Take-Off & Landing
• SAFCS — Small Arms Fire Control System
• PKC — Public Key Cryptography
• UCA — Unenclosed Covered Area
• SQL — Standard Query Language
• EMA — European Monetary Agreement
• NF — no foreign
• TOBAS — Take Out Back And Shoot
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• RKS — Record Keeping System
• SRY — Ship Repair Yard
• RQMH — Regimental Quarter Master Havildar
• RSQ — Rescue
• SINS — Ship’s Inertial Navigation System
• TTNT — Tactical Targeting Network Technology
• SS-12 — Scaleboard Missile
• SZ — Surf Zone
• RSTN — Radio Solar Telescope Network
• RADC — Rome Air Development Center (Now Rome Laboratory)
• TADIL-B — Tactical Data Information Link-B
• SOSI — System-Of-Systems Integration
• DU — Decision Unit
• LAXRD — Low-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• RC SOUTH — NATO Regional Command SOUTH
• FFG — Federal Facilities program
• PV — Positive Vetting
• TAMA — Threat Assessment for Army Mission Areas
• SCOC — Systems Control and Operations Concept
• PDA — Phase Doppler Analysis
• SART — Search and Rescue Transponder
• USCS — United States Customs Service
• TMDE/PST — Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment/Production Surveillance Test
• TRICON — Triple Container
• RLPG — Regenerative Liquid Propellant Gun
• SSC-2A — Salish Missile
• TRADE — Training Devices and Equipment
• RED HORSE — Rapid Engineers Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers
• CP — Central Processor
• RIU — Radio Interface Unit
• SIP — Site Implementation Plan

• VWX — Visual Weather report
• REQ — Requisition
• OEU — Operational Evaluation Unit
• SMART-AID — Special Medical Augmentation Response Team - Aeromedical Isolation Team
• PMSP — Preliminary Message Security Protocol
• OGP — Office of Global Programs
• AFCC — Air Force Communications Command
• DIC — Defense Intelligence College
• MERADCOM — Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command (U.S. Army)
• SAK — Swiss Army Knife
• TSGT — Technical Sergeant
• SON — Statement Of Need
• SOMPF — Special Operations Mission Planning Folder
• RDTU — Remote Data Transmission Unit
• RELCAN — Releasable to Canada
• QEX — Quality Evaluation eXercise
• TADDS — Target Alert Data Display Set
• UNREP CONSOL — Underway Replenishment Consolidation
• TACT — Tactical Aviation Control Team
• PVL — Priority Vehicle List
• CCMAT — Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies
• RB/ER — Reduced Blast/Enhanced Radiation
• QPL — Qualified Parts List
• SSU — Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
• SITC — SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command) Information Technology Center
• SACT — Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
• TTFACOR — Targets, Threats, Friendlies, Artillery, Clearance, Ordnance, Restrictions
• SOSCOM — Special Operations Support Command
• SPACECON — Control of Space Information
• QRN — Quick Response Network
• SCATANA — Security Control of Air Traffic & Navigation Aids
• VMGR — Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (heaVier-than-air, Marine, General, Refueling)
• JOP — Joint Operating Procedure
• JSMB — Joint Space Management Board
• OIA — Office of Imagery Analysis
• SATC — Student Army Training Corps
• VHY — Very High Yield
• SCOOP — System Concept of Operation Outline Plan
• WIST — Weather Information for Surface Transportation
• SS-N-9 — Siren Missile
• RRI — Response to Request for Information
• QCA — Quality Control Analysis
• VZ — Virtual Zone
• REPSHIP — Report of Shipment
• SBV — Space-Based Vehicle
• T — Training
• ER — Eastern Range
• SDP — Service Delivery Point
• SDIS — Switched Digital Integrated Service
• ES — Expert System

• TPC — Tropical Prediction Center
• SECAM — Séquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire
• UO(S) — Uniformed Officer(s)
• VMF-312 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 312, the Checkerboarders
• SLTA — Small Laser Transmitter Assembly
• SECDEF — United States Secretary of Defense
• SHORAN — short-range navigation
• MILSTAMP — Military Standard Transportation & Movement Procedure
• RNZAF — Royal New Zealand Air Force
• PUG — Push-Up Game
• SOPA — Senior Officer Present Afloat
• TACOM — Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (US)
• RTAD — Relocatable Target Assessment Data
• LAST — Lowest Anticipated Service Temperature
• SPID — Strategic Power Infrastructure Defense
• USWRP — United States Weather Research Program
• UIFG — User Interface Functional Group
• RABFAC — Radar Beacon Forward Air Controller
• REW — Rewind
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observing System
• TC ACCIS — Transportation Coordinator's Automated Command, Control, and Information System
• DPL — Degausser Products List
• TWY — Taxiway
• SFAF — Standard Frequency Action Format
• QRG — Quick Response Graphic
• QOT&E — Qualification Operational Test & Evaluation
• SRE — Software Risk Evaluation
• ROSC — Regional Operations and Security Center
• SQUAD — Squadron
• RTFL — Rough Terrain Forklift
• TQV — Technology Qualification Vehicle
• ISLOCA — Inter-System Loss-of-Coolant Accident
• DCP — Decision Coordinating Paper
• SQ — Super Quiet
• SSEB — Source Selection Evaluation Board
• T/R — Transmitter/Receiver
• UDI — Unique Device Identifier
• OSO — Office of Satellite Operations
• UNODC — United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• PPPA — Poison Prevention Packaging Act (1970)
• SOFSA — Special Operations Forces Support Activity
• RCMP — Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• POS — Position Orientation Systems
• QY — Quarter Year
• SMIS — Security Management Information System
• UNC — United Nations Command
• REEFER — Refrigerated or Cold Storage Unit
• RO/RO — Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ship)
• RDML — Rear Admiral Lower Half
• RESPROD — Responsible Production

• ROZ — Restricted Operation Zone
• TQL — Total Quality Leadership
• SXC — Soldiers of Xtreme Combat
• USD/A — Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
• SYNC — Synchronization
• SBFEL — Space-Based Free Electron Laser
• TSZ — Temporary Security Zone
• AHPS — Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services
• SMKLS — Smokeless
• USMMA — United States Merchant Marine Academy
• SARTU — Search and Rescue Training Unit (RAF)
• SMEC — Single Module Engine Controller
• PPA — Pollution Prevention Act
• REMBASS — Radar and Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System
• QAPP — Quality Assurance Program Plan
• VTS — Vandenberg Tracking Station (AFSCN)
• QSM — Quality System Manual
• RGL — Reading Grade Level
• WIDS — Wireless Intrusion Detection System
• SLBM — Submarine-launched ballistic missile
• SDLC — Systems Development Life Cycle
• SOBER — Short of Being Entirely Ready
• WWOLS — World Wide on-Line System
• RBL — Results Based Leadership
• DCU — Data Control Unit
• TECHDOC — Technical Documentation
• SACEUR — Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO)
• TNT HP — Track And Trace Hollow Point
• NTCB — Network Trusted Computing Base
• OPS — Operations Planning System
• DERA — Defense Environment Restoration Account
• QCI — Quality Conformance Inspections
• PPL — Preferred Products List
• UN-DMT — United Nations Disaster Management Team
• TLAMM — Theater Lead Agent for Medical Materiel
• SRTM — Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
• SAMS-E — Standard Army Maintenance Management-Enhanced
• PRB — Program Review Board
• WHFO — When Hell Freezes Over
• TADA — Terrorist And Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
• DOS — Date of Surgery
• RM1 — Radioman First Class
• RAN — Royal Australian Navy
• SLQ-48 — Mine Neutralization System
• FFI — Free from Infection
• USNA — United States Naval Academy
• TAMIS — Training Ammunition Management Information System
• CAB — Cabin
• SIPRNET — Secret Ip Router Network
• DPC — Delayed Primary Closure

• SAPR — Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
• NPN — NOAA Profiler Network
• SORD — System Operational Requirements Document
• TRACON — Terminal Radar Approach Control
• RDDS — Range Data Distribution System
• NPS — National Park Service (US)
• PTP — Paper Tape Punch
• WGPU — Weapons-Grade Plutonium
• DU — Display Unit
• PYQ-3 — COUNTER- INTELLIGENCE/ HUMAN INTELLIGENCE AUTOMATED TOOL SET
• PIP — Project Implementation Plan (AID)
• USATC — United States Army Training Center
• TMEP — Theater Mortuary Evacuation Point
• SSIMU — Solid State Inertial Measurement Unit
• VHT — Virtual Heat Treatment
• DCTN — Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network
• LACBED — Large-Angle Convergent-Beam Electron Diffraction
• UDC — Unit Descriptor Code
• QRM — Quantitative Risk Management
• UGF — Underground Facility
• QLF — Quality Leadership Forum
• TSM — TRADOC System Manager
• VHA — Vehicle Holding Area
• RMS — Remote Monitoring System
• RECBASS — Reception Battalion Automated Support System
• QMF — Query Management Facility
• SOMO — Suspension of Military Operations
• ODCSOPS — Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (Army)
• USASSG — United States Army Special Security Group
• WFOE — Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise
• CDIP — Council of Defense Intelligence Producers
• SGOC — Standard Garrison Organization Chart
• TACOPS — Tactical Operations
• LRP — Long-range Plan
• SIOP-ESI — Single Integrated Operational Plan-Extremely Sensitive Information
• JSAN — Joint Staff Automation of the Nineties
• WERM — Width Equals Range times Mils
• SMTP — Simple Message Transfer Protocol
• USAAF — United States Army Air Forces
• SBIRS — Space-Based Infrared System
• SASP — Special Ammunition Supply Point
• VQR — Vendor Quality Report
• RWIS — Road Weather Information System
• SAROS — Synthetic Aperture Radar for Open Skies
• SPORT — Soldier's Portable On-System Repair Tool
• NAVNET — Navy Network
• SAMMS — Standard Automated Materiel Management System
• ASRAAM — Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile
• STAFF — Smart, Target Activated, Fire & Forget
• SEPLO — State Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer

• TUA — TOW Under Armor (US)
• RQD — Required
• PV2 — Private First Class - Army
• TEZ — Total Exclusion Zone
• RF/SAL — Radio-Frequency Semi-Active Laser
• ROPOS — Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Science
• QBZ — Qingwuqi Buqiang - Zidong
• MBB — Modular Building Block
• SNOK — Secondary Next Of Kin
• QFPN — Quick Fix Position Navigation
• STANO — Surveillance, Target Acquisition, & Night Observation
• TCMD — transportation control and movement document
• NTISSC — National Telecommunications & Information Systems Security Committee
• DST — Daylight Savings Time
• P&L — Production & Logistics
• SYQ — Command and Control Systems
• DCA — Defense Cooperation Agreements
• RNZN — Royal New Zealand Navy
• TAPDB-AE — Total Army Personnel Database - Active Enlisted
• VUL — Vulnerability
• FBS — Forward-Based Systems
• ULEV — Ultra Low Emission Vehicles
• USIA — United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
• SROE — Standing Rules of Engagement
• SEATO — South East Asia Treaty Organization
• QJT — Quality Job Training
• RQL — Requirements List
• RPQ — Request for Price Quotation
• SWAN — Shipwide Area Network
• TAC — Terrain Analysis Center
• SKC — Chief Storekeeper
• VLP — Very Low Power
• RAMCC — Regional Air Movement Coordination Center
• PLSS — Precision Location Strike System
• OSF — Operations Support Facility
• UNDHA — United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
• PNAF — Prime Nuclear Airlift Force
• SST — Safe Secure Transport
• SO-PECULIAR — Special Operations-Peculiar
• RPZ — Reduced Pressure Zone
• ARC — Acquisition Review Committee
• STOATD — Science and Technology Objectives Advanced Technology Demonstration
• PVF — Pipes, Valves, and Fittings
• LAPS — Local Analysis and Prediction System
• DB — Data Base
• TACON — Tactical Control
• SHDS — Safety and Health Data Sheet
• RFG — Resource Funding Group
• WSMC — Western Space and Missile Center
• OPS — Operations Shelter

• VTO — Vertical Take Off
• SAAR — Strength Accounting And Reporting
• IVNAA — In Vivo Neutron Activation Analysis
• SOCC — Sector Operations Control Center (NORAD)
• LOEP — List Of Effective Pages
• ARL — Air Resources Laboratory's
• SP HAWK — Self-Propelled HAWK
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• LAC — Liquid Adsorption Chromatography
• MMU — Mass Memory Unit
• SOTSE — Special Operations Theater Support Element
• DST — Decision Support Tools
• SLQ-25 — Torpedo Countermeasures System
• WADS — Western Air Defense Sector
• WSMCR — Western Space and Missile Center Regulation
• SMOW — Standard Mean Ocean Water
• SOFME — Special Operations Forces Medical Element
• SNONI — Senior Naval Officer Northern Ireland
• TW/AA — Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment
• STKG — SturzKampfGeschwader (German dive bomber wing)
• ULF — Ultra Low Frequency
• PSMS — Personnel Status Monitoring System
• LEAF — Law Enforcement Access Field
• LAP — Laboratory Analytical Protocol
• SARSIT — Search and Rescue Situation Summary Report
• WGWV — Well Gulf War Veterans
• TPW — Total Precipitable Water
• SGA — Standards of Grade Authorization
• SDVT — SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team
• DCA — Defense Communication Agency
• SHAPE — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (NATO)
• NLG — Nose Landing Gear
• SPURV — Self-Propelled Underwater Research Vehicle
• RCSCC — Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps
• LABS — laboratories
• TWPS — Tactical Water Purification System
• RMW — Regulated Medical Waste
• NSTAC — National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
• QCC — Quality Control Center
• LAPW — Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (for Band-structure Calcns.)
• Q&D — Quick and Dirty
• TCAM — Theater Army Medical Management Information System (TAMMIS) Customer Assistance Module
• STAMP — Standard Air Munitions Package (USAF)
• PTOC — Part Time On Call
• UFS — Unified File System
• ULLC — Unit Level Logistics Computer
• SURG — Surgeon
• RNX-62 — Epoxy Composite Propellant
• USMHK — United States Military Hospital, Kuwait
• TFG — Transportation Facility Guide

• TFM — Trusted Facility Manual
• PWAAS — Passive Wide Area Alerting System
• RECAT — Residual Capability Assessment Team
• SHQ — Station Head Quarters
• SAE — Service Acquisition Executive
• ULCANS — Ultra-Lightweight CAmouflage Net System
• RRE — Royal Radar Establishment
• VP-8 — Navy Patrol Squadron Eight
• ORA — Office of Research and Applications
• SABC — self aid and buddy care
• QVJ — Quality Verification Journal
• RSM — Regimental Sergeant Major
• USDOJ — United States Department of Justice
• QTB — Quarterly Training Brief
• UM — Unit Manager
• PTADS — Point Target Defense System
• TARCOM — Army Tank-Automotive Materiel Readiness Command, Warren, MI
• PAT — Proficiency Analytical Testing (NIOSH)
• VZE — Virtual Zone Entrance
• SCAMM — Shaped Charge Anti- Mine Munition
• ACARS — ARINC Communication Addressing and Reporting System
• TARBUL — Target Bulletin
• RHQ — Regimental Headquarters
• OPS — Operations Process System
• XA — Extended Architecture (MVS)
• IPA — Inverted Perturbation Approach (in Mol. Potential-energy Curves Calcn.)
• REJASE — RE-using Junk As Something Else
• SIBYL — Synergistic Image Building Yttrium LADAR
• SYRS — System Requirements Specification
• ST&E — Security Test and Evaluations
• MCEB — Military Communications-Electronics Board
• QRI — Quality and Reliability Improvement
• RBOL — Rakovski Bulgarian Officers Legion
• SSPP — System Safety Program Plan
• SYG — Secretary General (UN)
• SQIP — Software Quality Improvement Process
• WFX — Warfighter Exercise
• PSRO — Passenger Standing Route Order
• QVP — Quality Verification Program
• WFP — World Food Program
• SSCP — Subsystem Service Control Point
• RAST — Recovery Assistance, Securing, and Traversing Systems
• PUR — Purchase
• RNX — Richard Nakka Experimental Rocket Propellant
• RJAF — Royal Jordanian Air Force
• QIG — Quality Improvement Group
• DOT — Date of Transfer
• VSW — Very Shallow Water
• JPRS — Joint Publications Research Service
• PNVS — Pilot Night Vision System

• TSCM — Technical Surveillance Countermeasures
• REAP — Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program
• LAMS — Laser Mass Spectrometry
• QME — Quality Measurement Experiment
• TAOM — Tactical Air Operations Module
• UIRV — Unique Interswitch Rekeying Variable
• USCENTCOM — United States Central Command
• TADIL-A — Tactical Data Information Link-A
• WHNS — Wartime Host-Nation Support
• MODIS — moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer (NASA/GSFC)
• SDRL — Sea Date Required to Load
• BMG — Browning Machine Gun
• SPQR — Senatus Populesque Romanus (the Senate and the People of Rome)
• RCPAC — Reserve Components Personnel and Administrative Center
• SPCP — State Polytechnic College of Palawan
• NGA — NATO Guidelines Area
• QQPRI — Qualitative and Quantitative Personnel Requirements Information
• QCT — Quality Control tool
• NMC — Not Mission Capable
• SIGSEC — Signal Security
• UGP — Unitary Guerilla Platoon (gaming group)
• RERLE — Radar Echo Return Loss Enhancement
• RJTD — Reconstitution Joint Table of Distribution
• TCCCS — Tactical Command, Control, and Communications System
• UNREP — Underway Replenishment
• QSV — Quality, Service, and Value
• SMKU — Shelter Mock-Up
• PZJ — Panzer JunkWagen
• SWCD — Soil and Water Conservation District
• THZ — TeraHertz
• SWXS — Space Weather Squadron
• SOTAS — Standoff Target Acquisition System
• UCS — Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set
• LAAFS — Laser Ablation Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• LACE — Lectin Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis
• S-DAY — day the President authorizes selective reserve call-up
• RHOGI — Radar Homing and Guidance Interceptors
• SZM — Security Zone Management
• UUR — Unit Under Review
• SOMA — Status of Mission Agreement
• BER — Biological & Environmental Research
• SRV — Software Requirements Verification
• ISA — Ionic Strength Adjuster
• SCATMINE — Scatterable Mine
• PXO — Prospective Executive Officer
• UFA — Until Further Advised
• SOCS — School Of Corresponding Studies
• RD&J — Radar Deception & Jamming
• CFS — Center For Standards
• SAGE — Semi Automated Ground Environment

• STDN — Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
• VDSD — Visual Distress Signaling Device
• PWOD — Proceed WithOut Delay
• SOTF — Security Operations Training Facility
• USB — Upper Sideband
• TGP — Terminally Guided Projectile
• RCIED — Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• VRL — Virtual Reality Laboratory
• RCIEDS — Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices
• SQV — Software Quality Verification
• SRQ — Software Requirements Questionnaire
• SEKP — Single Engagement Kill Probability
• RHRN — Royal Hutt River Navy
• MIMS — Multimedia Integrated Modeling System
• DOE — Date of Examination
• STREAM — Standard Tensioned Replenishment Alongside Method
• TDBSS — Theater Defense Blood Standard System
• RIRA — Real Irish Republican Army
• MHD — Moving-Head Disk
• USPTO — United States Patent and Trademark Office
• SHAG — Simplified High Accuracy Guidance (Honeywell)
• MSPB — Merit System Protection Board
• RAE — Right of Assistance Entry
• OFCM — Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
• TRQ-32 — Teammate groundbased electronic warfare system
• TFA — Toxic Free Area
• RNP — Remote Network Processor
• SLWT — Side Loadable Warping Tug
• SELRES — Selected Reserve
• MISSI — Multilevel Information System Security Initiative
• T-AVB — Aviation Logistics Support Ship - MSC Manned
• KSK — Kommando Spezialkräfte
• VVP — Versatile Voice Processing
• USACE — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• SSES — Ships Signal Exploitation Space
• TASE — TAACOM (Theater Army Area COMmand) Area Support Element
• RASC — Royal Army Service Corps
• SMFG — System Management Functional Group
• DES — Digital Encryption Standard
• DON — Demyelinating Optic Neuritis
• UYQ — Uranium Yield Quantity
• RCOT — Reserve Commissioned Officer Training
• SND — Send
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• QPU — Quarterly Performance Update
• UK(I) — United Kingdom and Ireland
• TESAR — Tactical Endurance Synthetic Aperture Radar
• ARMS — Automated Resource Management System
• SRAAG — Senior Army Advisor National Guard

• NISAC — National Industrial Security Advisory Committee
• USSPACECOM — United States Space Command
• SQN — Squadron
• QVS — Quality, Value, and Service
• IPAD — Integrated Pulsed Amperometric Detection
• TISEO — Target Identification System Electro-Optical
• TAPDB-A — Total Army Personnel Database - Active
• RISTA — Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
• TJD — Trajectory Diagram
• NCB — Nuclear Contingency Branch
• T&E — Test and Evaluation
• PLIRRA — Pollution Liability Insurance and Risk Reduction Act
• PVNTMED — Preventive Medicine
• SLME — Select Manual Entry
• RDYLD — Ready to Load Date
• TLN — Total Logistics Network
• SCF(US) — Save The Children Federation (United States)
• RAM-D — Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Dependability
• WETM — Weather Team
• SCQ — Situational Confidence Questionnaire
• VMFA 323 — Fixed wing Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 Death Rattlers
• PXS — Project Executive System
• F — Frequency of Lifting
• TBQ — To Be Questioned
• SMC — System Management Center
• TPDF — Tanzania People's Defence Forces
• UMIB — Urgent Marine Information Broadcast
• RWIFEC — Rotary Wing Instrument Flight Examiner Course
• RRDT — Rapid Response Documentation Team
• LAS — Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonates (anionic Surfactants)
• BASC — Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
• STOMPS — Stand-Alone Tactical Operational Message Processing System
• RPFT — Ranger Physical Fitness Test
• SDDCTEA — Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering Agency
• TADSS — Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations
• OSI — Open System Interconnection
• VTQ — Voice Transmission Quality
• QRE — Quick Reaction Element
• SBTG — Sabotage
• RSZ — Runway Safety Zone
• NDIC — National Drug Intelligence Center
• SAFI — Short-Term Average Failure Intensity
• UBL — Unit Basic Load
• SMT — Simultaneous Multi-Threading
• UYK-20 — U.S. Navy standard 16-bit computer
• QJO — Quality Job Operations
• TADC — Tactical Air Direction Center
• DPC — Distal Palmar Crease
• SOACMS — Special Operations Aviation Combat Mission Simulator
• FEDSIM — Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center

• SECTRANS — Secretary of Transportation
• SKSN — STOREKEEPER SEAMAN
• RRN — Rapid Response Network
• T/R — Transmit/Receive
• SXO — Squadron Executive Officer
• STOC — Special Technical Operations Coordinator
• RDECOM — US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command
• SWAG — Special Warfare Action Group
• SOF/FID — Special Operations Force/Foreign Internal Defense
• RCACA — Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Association
• MW — Missile Warning
• TADCS — Tactical Airborne Digital Camera System
• SOWT — Special Operations Weather Team
• IRRAS — Integrated Reliability and Risk Analysis System
• LDEF — Long Duration Exposure Facility (for Spacecraft Material Testing)
• VADS — Vulcan Air Defense System (US)
• KAL — Key Asset List
• USACSC — United States Army Computer Systems Command
• SBIS — Sustaining Base Information Services (or System)
• QSTAG — Quadripartite Standardization Agreement (cue-stag)
• SLAT — Supersonic Low-Altitude Target
• SMH — Society for Military History
• ASD — Atmospheric Sciences Division
• SIMWIN — Simulated Workstation Input
• PCS — Personal Communications System
• UR(S) — Utilization Rate(s)
• RGVTDB — Rapidly Generated Virtual Terrain Data Base
• VMM — Virtual Machine Monitor
• SEON — Solar Electro-Optical Network
• SSPH — Single Shot Probability of Hit
• SCITIS — Single Channel Transponder Injection System
• REMODN72C7E — Reception and Onward Movement of DoD-Sponsored Non-Combatant Evacuees
• RBG — Rocket Boosted Glider
• ECSC — European Coal And Steel Community (distant Ancestor Of The EU)
• SFHD — System Functional Hierarchical Diagram
• MRCA — Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
• DOES — Disorder of Excessive Somnolence
• USDOE — United States Department Of Energy
• RCACS — Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron
• REEM — Reserves Embarked
• SOCSOUTH — Special Operations Component, United States Southern Command
• RVC — Remount and Veterinary Corps
• UBO — UNIFORM BUSINESS OFFICE
• SFOD-A/B/C — Special Forces Operational Detachment-A/B/CC
• RFL — Restrictive Fire Line (military)
• RESCAP — Rescue Combat Air Patrol
• MSK — Minimum Shift Keying
• SNCOIC — Senior Non Commissioned Officer In Charge
• READR — Remain in Effect After Discharge and Re-Enlistment
• SKV — Storekeeper, Aviation

• RFDC — Radio Frequency Data Collection
• SAMOS — Satellite and Missile Observation Satellite
• ULCC — Ultra Large Crude Carrier (oil)
• UGM-27 — Polaris Missile
• UV-A — UltraViolet A
• PTRP — Physical Training and Rehabilitation Program
• QCF — Quality Control Function
• RTFA — Ready-Team-Fire-Assist
• QE — Quality Evaluation
• ROCU — Remote Orderwire Control Unit
• SKO — Sets, Kits, And Outfits
• ADR — Accident Data Recorder
• STGR — Steam Generator Tube Rupture
• SKCS — Senior Chief Storekeeper
• TACTS — Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System
• RB53 — Bantam Missile
• WWMCCS — Worldwide Military Command and Control System (obsolete)
• ROCK — Representative of Canada in Kandahar (Afghanistan)
• QBX — Question Before eXecution
• SAFOR — Semi Automated Forces
• USSBS — United States Strategic Bombing Survey
• MOPP — Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
• EPL — Evaluated Products List
• POS — Position of Strength
• STAR-21 — Strategic Technologies for the Army of the 21st Century
• SUB — Submarine
• QFF — Quick Fix Force
• QRS — Quick Reaction Strike
• USPFO — United States Property and Fiscal Officer
• STGT — Second TDRSS Ground Terminal
• OSE — Open System Environment
• THO — Target Hand-Off
• R2 — Reporting Responsibility
• SFCP — Shore Fire Control Party
• SAVA — Standard Army Vetronics Architecture
• DP — Displaced Person
• RDTE — Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
• WAAF — Women's Auxiliary Air Force (World WarII UK)
• SEAT — Single Engine Air Tanker
• URI — University Research Initiative
• PTAI — Primary Training Aircraft Inventory
• DSSNY — Dental Society of the State of New York
• SWARM — Smart Warfighting Array of Reconfigurable Modules
• PSRC — Presidential Selected Reserve Call-Up
• SSCRA — Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act
• SIG — Signaling equipment
• WCDO — War Consumables Distribution Objective
• SOON — Solar Observing Optical Network
• QNR — Quarterly Noncompliance Report
• QMW — Quality Management Workshop

• USACIDC — United States Army Criminal Investigation Command
• SC EUR — NATO Strategic Command, Europe
• TASCO — Tactical Automatic Switch Control Officer
• EOSDIS — EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
• WWIMS — Worldwide Warning Indicator Monitoring System
• MOCE — Marine Optical Characterization Experiment
• USTRANSCOM — United States Transportation Command
• DFA — Defence Families of Australia
• TBIS — Technology Base Investment Strategy
• SOSC — Special Operations Support Command
• VIDOC — VIsual DOCumentation program
• SOIDC — special operations independent duty corpsman
• ESIP — Earth Science Information Partnership
• TAFT — Technical Assistance Field Team
• TACP — Tactical Air Control Party
• DMSA — Defense Medical Support Activity
• SOSR — Suppress, Obscure, Secure, and Reduce
• SCIP — Supply Chain Integration Program
• SQJ — Software Quality Journal
• RLE — Rail Liaison Element
• TDAR — Tactical Defense Alert Radar
• TC-ACCIS — Transportation Coordinator's Automated Command and Control Information System
• PWS/DS — Potable Water Storage/Distribution System
• QDK — Quarterdeck
• USCHA — United States Colored Heavy Artillery
• TCIS — Tactical Communications Interface Software
• TEHO — Tail-End-Hop-Off
• TXO — Training, Exercise, & Operations
• SOCJFCOM — Special Operations Command, Joint Forces Command
• SMAC — Scene Matching Area Correlator
• SOUTHCOM — (U.S.) Southern Command
• QAU — Quality Assurance Unit
• TYQ — Commmunications Set AN/ series
• SLQ-31 — Electronic Warfare Jamming System
• REVTP — Reserve Components Virtual Training Program
• TPQ-47 — Upgraded Weapon Locating Radar
• VVI — Verification, Validation, and Inspection
• SKCM — Master Chief Storekeeper
• REL — Reference Exposure Level
• TAPDB-AO — Total Army Personnel Database - Active Officer
• PSNCO — Personnel Staff NCO
• SMILS — Sonobuoy Missile Impact Location System
• PWW — Planar Wing Weapon
• SPAD — Simple Plastic Airplane Design
• SWIT — Software Integration and Test
• RNLAF — Royal Netherlands Air Force (also KLu)
• RDG — Reversal Discussion Group
• SOAGS — Special Operations Air-Ground System
• SCAPS — Site Characterization and Analysis Penetrometer System
• OCS — Operational Control Segment

• VAW — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron
• TESS III — Tactical Environmental Surveillance System
• TRAS — Training Requirements Analysis System
• REMUS — Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit System
• TERPES — Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance Processing and Evaluation System
• RALH — Raise a Little Hell
• SRAM — Short Range Attack Missile
• TAA — Technical Assistance Agreement
• SDTC — Standard Duty Title Code
• RLH — Run Like Hell
• TAACOM — U.S. Theater Army Area Command
• SFAS — Special Forces Assessment and Selection
• QNE — Quick n' Easy
• CNC — Computerized Numerical Control
• SK1 — Storekeeper First Class
• VPB-54 — Naval Patrol Bombing Squadron 54, the Black Cat Squadron
• DIICOE — Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment
• SOFLAM — Special Operations Laser Marker
• USAMCC — United States Army Meteorology and Calibration Center
• LARIS — Laser Ablation and Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy
• SEL REL — Selective Release
• USDOC — United States Department of Commerce
• QOX — Quality of Experience
• RM2 — Radioman Second Class
• OPDS — Organ on Politics Defence and Security
• LAIS — Liquid Alloy Ion Source
• SHU — Security Housing Unit
• QAHN — QA Hold Notice
• SVTP — Software Verification Test Plan
• QHDA — Qualified Hazardous Duty Area
• SPOEALD — Sea Port Of Embarkation Available to Load Date
• PWE — Primary Weapons and Equipment
• UWB — Ultra Wide-Band
• VENOM — Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem
• VDO — Video Display Operator
• USARNORTH — US Army Forces North
• QBL — Qualified Bidders List
• VTB — Virtual Test Bed
• REFLUPS — Resuscitation Fluids Production System
• DISSEM — Dissemination
• TDDS — Tactical Data Distribution System (formerly TRAP)
• UFPM — Unit Fitness Program Manager
• SICPS — Standardized Integrated Command Post Shelter
• PSR — Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer
• TIARA — Tactical Intelligence And Related Activities
• TMSA — Tanker Management and Self Assessment
• RO-RO — Roll On-roll Off
• STOW-E — Synthetic Theater Of War - Europe
• R&O — Repair and Overhaul
• TSS — Timesharing System

• SOAS — Special Operations ADP System
• RGN — Retired Guys Network Of Kansas City
• SJS — Secretary, Joint Staff
• SPAR — Semper Paratus Always Ready
• TLQ — Transient Living Quarters
• UMF — User Message Format
• PWIS — Prisoner of War Information System
• SCAMPI — Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index
• RIR — Reduction In Recruitment
• TREE — Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics
• TASM — Tactical Air-to- Surface Missile
• QMM — Quality Monitoring Module
• SKSA — STOREKEEPER SEAMAN APPRENTICE
• QSAG — Quadripartite Standardization Agreement
• SRS — Savannah River Site
• OPH — Oph Ophthalmology
• SYQ-20 — Advanced Combat Direction System
• RYA — Risk Your Ass
• LAS — Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
• QOW — Quality of Work
• TASWC — Theater Antisubmarine Warfare Commander
• QFS — Quality Fabrication Service
• VKF — Variable Key Function
• QRB — Quality Requiremens Board
• TADSTAND — Tactical Automation Digital STANDard
• SXQ — Military Secure Closed-Circuit Television
• RASPUTIN — Rapid Scenario Preparation Unit for Intelligence
• USPACOM — United States Pacific Command
• UPH — Unaccompanied Personnel Housing
• RSAF — Royal Saudi Air Force
• TG — training group
• DEZ — Desert Sun Mining Corp
• NSS — National Seismic Station
• ITTFA — Iterative Target Transformation Factor Analysis
• ON — Original Negative (film)
• VMF-223 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 223, the Fighting Bulldogs
• URT — User Requirements Testing
• SQG — Software Quality Group
• CRN — Climate Reference Network
• SOCOORD — Special Operations Coordination Element
• RTARF — Royal Thai Armed Forces
• TRIADS — Tri-Wall Aerial Distribution System
• WGQT — Working Group on Qualification Technologies
• IRGCHAZ — Intercritically Reheated Grain-Coarsened Heat-Affected Zone
• SYA — Shoot Your Ass
• WCV — Waypoint Closing Velocity
• SADC — Sector Air Defense Commander
• RNA — Rations Not Available
• QMI — Queensland Mounted Infantry
• NATAS — North American Thermal Analysis Society

• DT — Drug Therapy
• SIDO — Senior Intelligence Duty Officer
• SLBD — Sea Lite Beam Director
• SLI — Strategic List Item
• SR-UAV — Short-Range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• TACSOP — Tactical Standard Operating Procedures
• QJ — Quality Journal
• SEDS — Small Expendable Deployer System
• QWG — Quadripartite Working Group (qwig)
• WSMR — White Sands Missile Range (whiz-murr)
• UMOC — Unit Movement Officer Course
• VIRUS — Very Important Resource Under Siege
• QEG — Quality Evaluation Group
• SETAF — Southern European Task Force
• RKVDU — Remote Keyboard Visual Display Unit
• SAWG — Small Arms Working Group
• UPV — Ultimate Police Vehicle
• REPUNIT — Reporting Unit
• VQA — Voice Quality Analyzer
• NSARC — Navy Systems Acquisition Review Council
• TASOSE — Theater Army Special Operations Support Element
• TRY — Today Reunites Yesterday
• RACA — Requiring Authority Competition Advocate
• VDC — Volts, Direct Current
• SHORAD — Short-Range Air Defense
• N-ISDN — Narrowband ISDN
• S&P — Stake and Platform
• SECRA — Secondary Radar Data Only
• RRDB — Rapidly Reconfigurable Data Base
• SEW — Shared Early Warning
• VQT — Voice Quality Testing
• LAH — Lithium Aluminum Hydride
• SCC-WMD — United States Strategic Command Center For Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
• TPVS — Third Party Verification Service
• SAMM — Security Assistance Management Manual
• TALCE — Tanker Airlift Control Element
• QOB — Quality of Business
• SA-7 — Grail Missile
• R/O — Receive Only
• TISG — Technical Interoperability Standards Group
• IUAM — Independent United Atom Model (in Positron Scattering By Mols.)
• USAFRICOM — United States Africa Command
• RIM-2 — Terrier Missile
• SECORD — Secure Cord Switchboard
• TTHS — Trainees, Transients, Holdees, and Students
• R-DAY — Redeployment Day
• USD — Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness
• RWPD — Radar Waveform Processor Demonstration
• ULS — Update of Legacy Systems
• USACOM — United States Atlantic Command

• TM3 — Trade-off Mobilization Macro Model
• TLAM — Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles
• USAFSOC — United States Air Force, Special Operations Command
• ISRA — Image-space Reconstruction Algorithm
• TSSP — Tactical Satellite Signal Processor
• RACO — Rear Area Combat Operations
• IPA — Independent-pair Approximation
• RDAP — Research, Development, and Acquisition Plan
• TREAT — Tactical Reconnaissance Engineering Assessment Team
• QIR — Quality Inspection Requirement
• TDADS — Test Data Analysis and Decision System
• NDWAC — National Drinking Water Advisory Council
• PSPS — psychological operations (PSYOP) studies program subsystem
• SWZ — Special Watch Zone
• AWIPS — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing Systems
• PWDS — Protected Wire Distribution System
• RIAF — Royal Italian Air Force
• NSWP — National Space Weather Program
• RRPP — Rapid Response Planning Process
• SEES — Standard Entry-Exit Service
• ISCA — Ionization Spectroscopy For Chemical Analysis
• SOCA — Special Operations Communications Assembly
• RTAFB — Royal Thai Air Force Base
• ASDAR — Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
• SAMMC — San Antonio Military Medical Center
• RIAM — Rock Island Arsenal Museum
• SQW — Software Quality Workshop
• LAMOFS-ETE — Laser Excited Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy With Electrothermal Evaporation
• USAFAC&FS — United States Army Finance and Accounting Center and Fort Sill
• QRMP — Quick Response/Reaction Multi-Color(-purpose) Printer
• RPG(S) — rocket propelled grenade(s)
• UICIO — Unit Identification Code Information Officer
• VTL — Virtual Test Laboratory
• WFM — Workforce Management
• SFA — Security Force Assistance
• QTF — Quick Turnaround Facility
• TFCF — Theater Field Confinement Facility
• PIAC — Polymer Industrial Advisory Council
• TODD — Training Observation Distribution And Documentation
• SOCCET — Special Operations Critical Care Evacuation Team
• VVD — Visual Vessel Design
• MMW — multifunction millimeter wave
• RSTV — Real-Time Synthetic Video
• RLO — Reduced Light Output
• VIABLE — Vertical Installation Automation Baseline
• WBITS — Web-Based Integrated Training System
• USNORTHCOM — United States Northern Command
• TKT — Tool KiT
• SRUF — Standing Rules for the Use of Force
• SARGE — Surveillance and Reconnaissance Ground Equipment

• TEED — Tactical End-to-End Encryption Device
• TMQ-41 — Meteorological data Measuring Set
• MRT — Minimum Resolvable Temperature
• TYQ-23 — Tactical Air Operations Command and Control Set
• TAAA — Total Active Aircraft Authorization
• TSSR — Tropospheric Scatter (TROPO)-Satellite Support Radio
• PZE — Project Zero-baseline Estimate
• QVD — Qualified Vehicle Driver
• SOV — Soldiers of Valhalla
• LASTO — Linear Augmented Slater-type Orbital (for Electronic Structure)
• SOTEP — Software Operational Test & Evaluation Plan
• QAH — Quality Assurance Hold
• SADF — South African Defense Force
• RTLP — receiver test level point
• USAISCBD — United States Army Intelligence and Security Board
• STOD — Special Technical Operations Division
• OPS — Operations Procedure Support
• SBPO — Service Blood Program Officer
• STUAS — Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System
• SPSC — System Planning & System Control
• TOCN — Technical Order Change Notice
• QDH — Quantico Diamond Hall
• NECAC — National Environmental Compliance Assistance Center
• SISMS — Standard Integrated Support Management System
• SOFPARS — Special Operations Forces Planning and Rehearsal System
• USAISEC — United States Army Information Systems Engineering Command
• RBSF — Russian Black Sea Fleet
• USIC — United States Interdiction Coordinator
• SUCCESS — Synthesized UHF Computer Controlled Equipment Subsystem
• CMAQ — Community Multiscale Air Quality
• PVSM — Param Vishisht Seva Medal
• VFMAC — Valley Forge Military Academy and College
• SMMP — System MANPRINT Management Plan
• OPS — Operations Provisioning System
• TUW — Tabletop Universal Wargame
• RDL — Required Detection Level
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Divisionsion
• USNSCC — United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
• WAGB — US Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker
• SS-X-24 — Scalpel Missile
• TMEC — TRADOC Materiel Evaluation Committee
• TNCC — Theater Network Operations (NETOPS) Control Center
• VKL — Vegetation Killing Liquid
• TUO — Technology Utilization Officer
• PSSM — Physical Security and Stockpile Management
• STRP — Scientific Technical Review Panel
• ADS — Aim Down Sights
• SASSY — Supported Activities Supply Systems
• RXI — Receiver Input
• NCLAP — National Crop Loss Assessment Program

• SEMS — Standard Embarkation Management System
• STAT — Security Threat Avoidance Technology
• LAMMS — Laser Micro Mass Spectrometry
• SAINT — Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transport
• TEWLS — Theater Enterprise-Wide Logistics System
• QRO — Queen's Regulations & Orders
• UALS — Universal Ammunition Loading System
• SPARK — Smart People Always Respect Knowledge
• RNM — Resource Needs Model
• V — Vertical
• WAFE — Wives of the Armed Forces, Emeritus
• TALO — Tactical Airlift Liaison Officer
• RVNAF — Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
• TAEDP — Total Army Equipment Distribution Program
• SOAF — Status of Action File
• DIPR — Department Industrial Plant Reserve
• QAW — Quality Assurance Work
• REGT — Regiment
• SASF — SIDPERS Authorized Strength File
• VVR-1 — Laser Warning Receiver System
• TII — Total Inactive Inventory
• QRWK — Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
• TRAAV — Test Range Facility for Advanced Aerospace Vulnerability
• RVM — Remote Video Monitoring
• PMA — Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
• SRTA — Short Range Training Ammunition
• VDB — Vulnerability DataBase
• LSM — Land-Surface Model
• SWAK — Swing Wing Adapter Kit
• LACO — Linearized Atomic Cell Orbital (in Energy-band Calcn.)
• VGT — Variable Geometry Toroidal
• DPC — disseminated peritoneal cancer
• SVLM — Standard Vehicle Launcher Mounted
• SEMT — Signal Intelligence/ Electronic Warfare Equipment Maintenance Trainer
• USAFABD — United States Army Field Artillery Board
• SERER — survival, evasion, resistance, escape, recovery
• TEREC — Tactical ELINT Reconnaissance
• SSS — Systems Science and Software
• TCCF — Tactical Communications Control Facility
• TCG-WPMU — Topical Classification Guide - Weapons Production and Military Utilization
• USSOUTHCOM — United States Southern Command
• REXREP — Radar Exploitation Report
• RXA — Repairable Exchange Activity
• ROH — Regular Overhaul
• SADA — Standard Advanced Dewar Assembly
• RIW — Reliability Improvement Warranty
• SLRP — Strategic Long-Range Plan
• TA — Terrain Avoidance
• USLO — United States Liaison Officer
• TAFSM — Target Acquisition Fire Support Model

• USAADBD — United States Army Air Defense Board
• UP&TT — Unit Personnel and Tonnage Table
• QAL — Quality Assurance Liaison
• STFU — Superior Tactical Fragging Unit
• WIK — Water Injection Kit
• NAPP — National Aerial Photography Program
• SPAL — Stabilized Platform Airborne Laser
• VCJCS — Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• TYQ-77 — Aviation Mission Planning System
• RTCH — Rough Terrain Container Handler
• TAQ — Total Army Quality
• TARPS — Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System
• VCXO — voltage controlled crystal oscillator; voltage controlled oscillator
• SOCRATES — Special Operations Command, Research, Analysis, and Threat Evaluation System
• MILCOM — Military Communications
• RWD — Rearward
• SZE — Security Zone Entry
• ETO — Earth-to-Orbit
• LCAO — Linear Combination Of Atomic Orbitals
• RRPG RATE — Recruitment, retention progression & graduation. An academic term that refers to student attrition rate.
• SBR — Special Boat Squadron
• DSV — Dog Saphenous Vein
• SBA — Sustaining Base Automation
• SFF — Self-Forging Fragment
• SPBS-R — Standard Property Book System-Redesign
• SNIE — Special National Intelligence Estimates
• RBS70 — Ray Rider Missile
• SMCP — Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme
• SICO — Sector Interface Control Officer
• NASC — North American Shale Composite
• RFSS — Radio Frequency Simulation System B
• RDP — Radar Data Processor
• SADBU — Small And Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• RTOS — Re-configurable Tactics Operations Simulator
• RC NORTH — NATO Regional Command NORTH
• S3I — Signatures, Sensors, & Signal Procession Integration
• QPD — Qualified Public Depository
• VITD — Vector Interim Terrain Data
• MIDS — Multifunction Information Distribution System
• USD(P&R) — Under Secretary of Defense For Personnel and Readiness
• MO — Medical Officer
• ISAT — In Situ Adaptive Tabulation
• STDM — Synchronous Time Division Multiplexer
• VSN — Vehicle Serial Number
• SOSG — Station Operations Support Group
• PERALS — Photon-Electron Rejecting Alpha Liquid Scintillation
• USAR — United States Army Reserve
• S/EWCC — Signals Intelligence/electronic Warfare Coordination Center
• SC2S — Strategic Command and Control Software
• TPRS — Towed Paratrooper Retrieval System

• PWN — Psychological Warfare Noise
• CWP — Cell Wall Protein
• NWS — Nose Wheel Steering
• USAREC — United States Army Recruiting Command
• WGM — Work Group Manager
• RCHB — Reserve Cargo Handling Battalion
• SMAWT — Short-Range Manportable Antitank Weapon Technology
• RADAC — Radar Area Correlation
• WPC — Word Processing Center
• SMW — Society of Military Widows
• STAR-T — Super High Frequency Tri-Band Advanced Range Extension Terminal
• QYM — Quantico Young Marines
• VPV — Virtual Prime Vendor
• SEWG — Special Events Working Group
• RVO — Remediation Venture Office
• TDARDS — Truth, Data Acquisition, Recording, and Display System
• SITLM — Single Integrated Theater Logistic Manager
• SWOD — Special Weapons Ordnance Device
• RAPT — Retractable Amphibious Pontoon Technology
• STACK — Strategy, Tactics, Attributes, Conversation, and Knowledge
• SDRT — Supply Discrepancy Reports Team
• QDV — Are you flying in a horizontal visibility of less than ...?
• TWTA — Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier
• QTID — Quadrilateral Technical Interface Design Plan
• SPST — Structure, Process, Strategy, Tactics
• QIL — Quality Inspection Line
• RSAS — RAND Strategy Assessment System
• RRL — Road Research Laboratory
• QOT — Qualification Operational Test
• TIMMS — TMDE Integrated Material Management System
• TJTN — Theater Joint Tactical Network
• TARGET — Time for Audit Review Guidelines Education and Training
• SNOI — Signal-Not-Of-Interest
• THW — The Hidden Wars
• CSRA — Central Savannah River Area's
• RF-84F — Republic FICON reconnaissance fighter
• TAADS-R — The Army Authorization Documentation System Redesign
• RTSS — Real Time Simulation System
• IPPA — Independent Pair-Potential Approximation
• QDD — Quality Document Developer
• URL — Unfinanced Requirements List
• TCMC — total care medical center
• UTV — Uninspected Towing Vessel
• SIPG — Service in Paygrade
• REQCONF — Request Confirmation
• QARNNS — Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
• SAAS-DAO — Standard Army Ammunition System - Division Ammunition Officer
• RZB — Regulated Zone Boundary
• SUWC — Surface Warfare Commander
• SFSG — Special Forces Support Group

• SUAV(E) — Strategic Unmanned Air Vehicle (Experimental)
• VCNOG — Vice Chairman, Nuclear Operations Group
• REACH — Reaffirming Ethnic Awareness And Cultural Harmony
• SC LANT — NATO Strategic Command, Atlantic
• R&A — Research and Analysis
• RASCAL — Rotocraft-Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory
• UARM — Unconventional Assisted Recovery Mechanism
• SEDRE — Sea Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise
• DP — Distal Pulses
• RXQ — Quick Requisition
• QEP — Quality Evaluation Plan
• SQEP — Software Quality Evaluation Plan
• RAT — Reliability Assessment Testtmtram Air Turbine
• RFK — Rekylfri Kanon (recoilless canon, Carl Gustaf)
• RFETS — Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
• SONMET — Special Operations Naval Mobile Environment Team
• MMW — Microwave Millimeter Wave
• R&S — Reconnaissance & Surveillance
• STARCIPS — Standard Army Civilian Payroll System
• RSB — Railway Shop Battalion
• OPS — Operations Provides Strategic
• TLOS — Target Location and Observation System
• RLV — Relieve
• SDD — Secure Data Device
• QCE — Quality Customer Experience
• QG — Quality Group
• TAIM — Total Army Inventory Management
• SSSI — Site of Special Scientific Interest
• CSD — Climate Services Division
• OREIS — Oak Ridge Environmental Information System
• RCO-AK — Regional Contracting Office - Alaska
• TFMS-M — Transportation Financial Management System-Military
• UGW — Urban Guerilla Warfare
• TOMAHAWK — Land-Attack Missile Aimpoint Graphic
• RZ — Recovery Zone
• S-HTTP — Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
• TRAC2ES — Transportation Command Regulating and Command and Control Evacuation System
• REW — Right Edge of Water
• NCAT — National Catalog Database(accessible Through OLS)
• DRT — dynamic regional thresholding
• QQR — Quality, Quantity, Reliability
• TADS/PNVS — Target Acquisition Designation/Pilot Nights Vision System
• MOC — Mission Operations Center
• RSME — Royal School of Military Engineering
• STPR — Software Test Procedure
• SEABEE — Navy construction engineer; sea barge
• TD/CMS — Technical Data/Configuration Management System
• USEUCOM — United States European Command
• SARK — Small Arms Repair tool Kit
• TUOC — Tactical Unit Operation Center

• SIMAIN — Simulated Automatic Digital Network Input
• RRMC — Royal Roads Military College (British Columbia) (1940–1995) now Royal Roads University
• TATRC — Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
• TETS — Third Echelon Test System
• SURE — Supply Usage Requirements Estimator
• WDGS — War Department General Staff
• T&A — Transcription and Analysis
• SAM-D — Surface to Air Missile Defense
• SB2C — Curtiss Helldiver Dive Bomber, World War I I
• SAMSO — Space And Missile System Organization
• RCVTP — Reserve Component Virtual Training Program
• UVU — Union Veterans Union
• VIFF — Vector In Forward Flight
• SMQ — Shipboard Receiving meteorological data terminal
• S/SU/AC — Systems/ Systems Upgrades and Advanced Concepts
• RRBI — Radar Range Bearing Indicator
• TWSTIAC — Tactical Warfare Simulation and Technology Info Analysis Center
• SOAT — Special Operatives Anti Terrorism
• QGE — Quasi- Government Entity
• S/A — Semiactive
• SAA — Satellite Active Archive
• ROME — Reception Onward Movement Europe
• NCESGR — National Committee for Employer Support of Guard and Reserve
• RD&E — Research, Development & Engineering
• RWCM — Regional Wartime Construction Manager
• SOTF — Special Operations Task Forces
• TASIP — tailored analytic intelligence support to individual electronic warfare and command and control warfare projects
• SDNMC — San Diego Naval Medical Center
• TCCS — Tactical Command and Control System
• TTSM — Theater Transition and Sustainment Model
• UHA — Ultra High Altitude
• STAS — Short Term Analysis Service
• SUBOPAUTH — Submarine Operating Authority Sub-PIC Subordinate-Press Information Center
• RWIIPMI — Rotary Wing Instrument Instructor Pilot Method of Instruction
• VEO — Violent Extremist Organization
• RCEM — Regional Contingency Engineering Management
• TADIL — Tactical Data Information Link
• PWF — Personnel Working File
• S-5 — Army Civilian Affairs/Public Affairs Staff at the Battalion/Brigade level
• RSIC — Redstone Scientific Information Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL
• SMRI — service message routing indicator
• QWI — Quality of Worklife Initiative
• USNB — United States Navy Band
• RSE — Retrograde Support Element
• TOPPSS — Transportation Operational Personal Property Standard System
• VAQ — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
• SAAM — Special Assignment Airlift Mission
• WAE — Wargaming the Asymmetric Environment
• RTAP — Reserve Transition Assistance Program
• UKO — United Kingdom Operations

• RSPA — Research and Special Projects Administration
• RGB — Red, Green, Blue
• TDDM — Time Division Digital Multiplexing
• SPIC — Spanish Person In Control
• RTCA — Real Time Casualty Assessment
• TAPSTEM — Training and Personnel Systems Science and Technology Evaluation and Management (Committee)
• QFU — Query For runway Use
• SPW — Systematic Programming Workshop
• LDR — Leadership Development Roundtable
• VAC — Volts, Alternating Current
• RQN — Reference Quotation Number
• VNB — Violent New Breed
• ROBCO — Requirements Objective Code
• WHNRS — Wartime Host-Nation Religious Support
• T-NET — Training Net
• SMCOO — Spectrum Management Concept of Operations
• VAFB — Vandenberg Air Force Base
• SEPM — Special Emphasis Program Manager
• TS3 — Time Sensitive Support System
• SMCS — Senior Chief Salvage Mechanic