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

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

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

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

• VAQ-33 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 33, The Firebirds
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• VAQ-139 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139, The Cougars
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• O&M — Operation and Maintenance
• VAQ-141 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 141, The Shadowhawks
• SOP — Standard Operational Procedure
• VAW-120 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120, The Greyhawks
• MTBF — Mean Time Before Failure
• MUX — Multiplexer
• VAW-126 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126, The Seahawks
• R&D — Research & Development
• MM — Million
• VAQ-130 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 130, The Zappers
• VAQ-34 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 34, The Flashbacks
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• UFO — Unidentified Flying Object
• TAAMDCOORD — Theater Army Air and Missile Defense Coordinator
• WWW — World Wide Web
• CCB — Configuration Control Board
• VAQ-142 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 142, The Gray Wolves
• EXCOM — Executive Committee
• OTC — Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
• CLIN — Contract Line Item Number
• PDA — Personal Digital Assistant
• SS-18 — Satan Missile
• SALM — Single-Anchor Leg Mooring
• ARPA — Advanced Research Projects Agency (made early internet)
• ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• SCONUM — Ship Control Number
• UV-B — UltraViolet band B
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• BLUF — Bottom Line Up Front
• APB — All Points Bulletin
• MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
• ADM — Advanced Development Model
• VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• ATA — Area Transportation Authority
• KEK — Key Encryption Key (COMSEC Key)
• OT — Overtime
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• OJT — On the Job Training
• CDRL — Contract Data Requirements List
• RFI — Request For Information. Sales department shorthand. Special priority when use in conjunction with RFN (see below).
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• CAE — Computer-Aided Engineering
• CTRL — Control

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

• STD — Standard
• SQ — Square
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• TQJBR — Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• WILCO — Will Comply
• PRI — Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)
• ECO — Engineering Change Order
• DNS — Domain Name Service
• PATOLIS — Patent Online Information System
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• CAM — computer aided manufacturing
• FBW — Fly By Wire
• URD — User Requirements Document
• AC — annual closing
• BPS — bits per second
• CO — Company
• ECD — Estimated Completion Date
• SEATO — Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• UNODIR — Unless Otherwise Directed
• AASHTO — American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• PM — Preventive Maintenance
• LAB — Laboratory
• ALT — Alternate
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• PMR — Program Management Review
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• ACL — Access Control List
• AFCS — Automatic Flight Control System
• BOM — Bill of Material
• UDR-13 — Pocket Radiac Set
• MT — Metric Ton
• COMSEC — Communications Security (military)
• DFD — Data Flow Diagram
• CKO — Chief Knowledge Officer
• TO&E — Table of Organization and Equipment
• NTIS — National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
• DOMSAT — Domestic Communications Satellite System
• TS/SCI — Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information
• SCSI — Small Computer System Interface
• TMI — Too Much Information (Internet Slang)
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• RQMTS — Requirements
• ELV — Expendable Launch Vehicle

• UNRWA — United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• PERT — Program Evaluation and Review Technique
• BPR — Business Process Re-engineering
• CARIFTA — Caribbean Free Trade Association
• ATA — Actual Time of Arrival
• SVEST — Suicide Vest
• COTR — Contracting Officer Technical Representative
• SLQ-32 — Electronic Warfare Jamming System
• AWGN — Additive White Gaussian Noise
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• APP — Application
• SOHO — Small Office Home Office
• SNAFU — Situation Normal All Fouled Up
• NLT — No Later Than
• UVCE — Unconfined Vapor Cloud Explosion
• RON — Remain Overnight
• DSA — Digital Signature Algorithm
• USAF — United States Air Force
• AT&T — American Telephone and Telegraph (U.S. company, also known as "Ma Bell")
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• SOSTAC — Situation, Objectives and Strategy, Tactics, Action, and Control
• NPS — Nominal Pipe Size (sometimes NS)
• DBA — Data Base Administrator
• DC — Direct Current
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• MARV — Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle
• POC — Proof Of Concept
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• CAVU — Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited
• WIMPY — When In Military Play Yankee
• SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
• PY — Prior Year
• QTD — Quarter-to-Date
• SITSUM — Situation Summary
• LOS — Line Of Sight
• MIL — Military
• RPG — Report Program Generator
• KISS — Keep It Simple Stupid
• CNN — Cable News Network's
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• BRI — Basic Rate Interface
• STR — Software Test Report
• SQR-18 — Sonar Tactical Towed Array System
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• EMP — Electromagnetic Pulse
• LEO — Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
• COMM — Communication
• KSA — Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
• EOM — End Of Month

• DOS — Disk Operating System
• AWL — Absent Without Leave
• TYCOM — Type Commander
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• SCF — Sectional Center Facility
• DCN — Design Change Notice
• NZ — New Zealand
• CFA — Cognizant Field Activity
• PST — Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 Hours)
• MGR — Manager
• MBO — Management by Objective
• RAC — Resident Agent in Charge
• ABR — Available Bit Rate
• STS — Space Transportation System
• PM — Project Manager
• RSPL — Recommended Spare Parts List
• ALT — Altitude
• OCR — Optical Character Reader
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• MHS — Message Handling System (electronic)
• KBS — Knowledge-Based System
• STC — Sensitivity Time Control
• TCP — Transmission Control Protocol
• NA — Not Applicable
• RM — Resource Management
• OP — Operator
• NFIP — National Flood Insurance Program
• VTC — Video Teleconference
• VA — Veterans Administration
• SELCOM — Select Committee
• CRL — Certificate Revocation List
• SVBIED — Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
• EM — Electromagnetic
• UFN — Until Further Notice
• UNK — Unknown
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• FFP — Firm Fixed Priced
• CRS — Can't Remember Stuff
• SUPPO — Supply Officer
• PBX — Private Branch eXchange (company phone system)
• FDMA — Frequency Division Multiple Access
• IPTF — International Police Task Force
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• K — Kilo-
• CM — Configuration Management
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• RIDDOR — Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  

• STP — Software Test Plan
• AFC — Automatic Frequency Control
• DOI — Date of Injury
• SSL — Secure Socket Layer
• VR — Virtual Reality
• ECP — Engineering Change Proposals
• TCP/IP — transmission control protocol/internet protocol
• WIP — Work In Progress (process)
• LWOP — Leave Without Pay
• VISCOM — VISual COMmunication
• AE — Application Entity
• SNMP — Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM)
• CE — Civil Engineer
• TV — Television
• FDDI — Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• E-MAIL — Electronic Mail
• BW — Bandwidth
• WETSU — We Eat This Shit Up
• SEQ — Sequence
• N — North
• TRADOC — United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
• EFTA — European Free Trade Association (Geneva)
• TCB — Trusted Computing Base
• VDT — Video Display Terminal
• LAT — Latitude
• USPS — United States Postal Services
• PSTN — Public Switched Telephone Network
• DFCS — Digital Flight Control System
• RFI — Radio Frequency Interference
• SEC — Second
• CW — Continuous Wave
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• 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.")
• ROV — Remotely Operated Vehicle
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• MAC — Message Authentication Code
• RFN — Rifleman
• SGT — Sergeant
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• LF — Low Frequency
• CAT — Category (e.g. CAT-5 cable)
• CCTV — Closed Circuit Television
• BOHICA — Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
• DBMS — Defense Business Management System
• SOLAS — Safety of Life at Sea
• EDP — Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• BER — Bit-Error Rate
• WADR — With All Due Respect
• DJMS — Defense Joint Military Pay System

• ROE — Rules of Engagement. The rules given to every service member on when to engage targets. Changes dependent upon the situation.
• MAD — Magnetic Anomaly Detector/Detection
• SS-17 — Spanker Missile
• DSU — Data Service Unit
• UNHCHR — United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• COBOL — Common Business-Oriented Language
• VIAGRA — Vertical Installation Automated Group Receiver Antenna
• DMA — direct memory access (computer term)
• COMMS — Communications
• NBS — National Bureau of Standards (US)
• SGML — Standard Generalized Markup Language
• TBI — Traumatic Brain Injury
• OS — Operating System
• RFS — Request For Service
• AFSCN — Air Force Satellite Control Network
• DPS — Department of Public Safety
• MF — Medium Frequency
• AA — Australian Army
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• MSA — Minimum Safe Altitude
• MAINT — Maintenance
• PPP — Point-to-Point Protocol
• TOS(D) — Tactical Operations System- Division
• TBN — To Be Named
• PVC — Permanent Virtual Circuit (ATM)
• EMS — Earn Money Sleeping (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Service)
• JEC — Joint Economic Committee
• PROG — Program
• ELF — Extremely Low Frequency
• CDMA — Code Division Multiple Access (voice/data transmission)
• AV — Audio Visual
• CBD — Commerce Business Daily (Changed To FBO)
• WUC — Work Unit Code
• MODEM — Modulator-Demodulator
• IR — Infrared
• LPF — Low Pass Filter
• 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
• SAMOC — Surface-to-Air Missile Operations Center
• PDU — Protocol data unit (such as segment, packet, frame, etc.)
• CACM — Central American Common Market
• POS — Position
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• SW — Switch
• NIS — Network Information System
• TTWG — Technology Transfer Working Group
• 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 (
• LPI — Lines Per Inch
• CAGE — Commercial and Government Entity
• OSPF — Open Shortest Path First (ATM)
• SECT — Section

• CDU — Control Display Unit
• EBS — Emergency Broadcast System
• STE — Special Test Equipment
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• QBO — Quick Battle Orders
• RIP — Routing Information Protocol
• RACF — Resource Access Control Facility
• IRS — Interface Requirements Specification
• UNCIVPOL — United Nations Civilian Police
• BAE — British Aerospace Systems, LTD
• USV — United States Volunteers
• SCUBA — self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
• SALT — Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• CVR — Cockpit Voice Recorder
• QAD — Quality Assurance Division
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• OLA — Office of Legal Affairs
• DSA — Directory System Agent
• RSOI — Reception, Staging, Onward-Movement & Integration
• UNOCHA — United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• COS — Cosine
• TAFCSD — Total Active Federal Commissioned Service Date
• VBR — Variable Bit Rate (ATM)
• SINE — Short Interspersed Nuclear Element
• AACB — Aeronautics & Astronautics Coordinating Board
• QBU — Qualified Business Unit
• ERP — Effective Radiated Power
• SOTA — Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Operational Tasking Authority
• POTS — Plain Old Telephone System
• SECREL — SECret RELeasable
• SCADA — Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
• NACA — National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
• UNEF — United Nations Emergency Force
• NDA — Nondisclosure Agreement
• PIN — Personal Identification Number
• APEC — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• SAPO — Subarea Petroleum Office
• VOCC — Vessel Operating Common Carriers
• REDCON — Readiness Condition
• AFWAL — Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory
• NC — No Change
• SDVOSB — Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
• TWS — Track While-Scan
• TD — Technical Directive
• SFOR — Stabilization Force
• MBPS — Megabytes Per Second
• VIHT — voluntary isocapnic hyperpnea training
• AGE — Aerospace Ground Equipment
• QBE — Query By Example

• VOL — Volume
• SRSG — Special Representative of the Secretary-General
• DMZ — Demilitarized Zone
• DAC — Development Assistance Committee
• SQQ-89 — Undersea Warfare Combat System
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• FCS — Flight Control System (Subsystem)
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• RECCE — Reconnaissance
• RIM-66 — Standard Missile
• MVS — Multiple Virtual Storage
• LEP — Linear Error Probable
• MIL STD — Military Standard
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
• SL — Sea Level
• SRW — Software Requirements Workshop
• CTE — Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• UNAMIR — United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
• PCMCIA — Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
• EPROM — Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• LST — Local Standard Time
• MAC — Mandatory Access Control
• BGP — Border Gateway Protocol (routing protocol)
• UNDAC — United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination
• FDX — Full Duplex
• STP — Space Test Program
• VTR — Video Tape Recorder
• MIB — Management Information Base (ATM)
• CD — Civil Defense
• TEMP — Test and Evaluation Master Plan
• VOIP — Voice Over IP (Internet Protocol)
• DIB — Directory Information Base
• TN — Target Number
• PCP — Program Change Proposal
• TOEL — Time Ordered Event List
• NIC — Network Information Center
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• BAMF — Bad Ass Mother Fucker
• BIT — Built-In Test
• NOC — Network Operations Center
• TOCS — Tactical Operation Combat System
• MTBCF — Mean Time Between Critical Failures
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• SIG — Signal
• BE — Beryllium

• OA — Office Automation
• SATF — Second Amendment Task Force
• EMMA — Expert Missile Maintenance Aid
• CAB — Cabinet
• CSTC — Consolidated Space Test Center
• FAX — Facsimile
• STMP — Science and Technology Master Plan
• SCN — Specification Change Notice
• SCBA — Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• A/D — Analog/Digital
• VERT — Vertical
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• AU — Audio Unit
• NCS — National Communications System
• AMR — Atlantic Missile Range
• EST — Estimated Starting Time
• RD&A — Research, Development & Acquisition
• TBO — Time Between Overhaul
• PAW — Projector Augmented-wave [ab-initio Method]
• CW — Carrier Wave
• PCM — Pulse-Code Modulation
• CRT — Crisis Response Team
• CALS — Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CAALS)
• STAMIS — Standard Army Management Information System
• DAR — Defense Acquisition Regulation
• UNAVEM — United Nations Angola Verification Mission
• WHIP — White House Invasion Prayer
• VOSB — Veteran-Owned Small Business
• USCIS — US Citizenship and Immigration Services
• CCAFS — Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from.
• UNIDIR — United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
• SIPRNET — Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
• SUSAT — Sight Unit, Small Arms, Trilux
• ASD — Army Shipping Document
• WG — Working Group
• TKM — Total Knowledge Management
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power System
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• AFSCF — Air Force Satellite Control Facility
• TBMCS — Theater Battle Management Core Systems
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• USMOG-W — United States Military Observer Group - Washington
• FIG — Figure
• ADCCP — Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures
• RCV — Receive
• VLS — Vertical Launch System

• PAR — Perimeter Acquisition Radar
• ABMA — Army Ballistic Missile Agency
• VHS — Video Home System
• CFLCC — Combined Force Land Component Command
• NIS — Network Information Service
• RFC — River Forecast Center
• CMP — Configuration Management Plan
• R2P2 — Rapid Response Planning Process
• LPC — Linear Predictive Coding
• MINURSO — United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
• UNPROFOR — United Nations Protection Force (in Former Yugoslavia)
• CQC — Close Quarters Combat
• TAC — Terminal Access Controller
• VAG — VOTING ASSISTANCE GUIDE
• AOD — Administrative Officer of the Day
• LEA — Law Enforcement Agency
• JVM — Java Virtual Machine
• ASN — Abstract Syntax Notation
• DS — Direct Sequence
• TSIP — Task Force XXI System Integration Plan
• DGPS — Differential Global Positioning System
• TCSEC — Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria
• AMSF — Army Maintenance Supply Facilities
• WS — Workstation
• NRV — Non Return Valve
• DREN — Defense Research and Engineering Network
• SW — Software (SFTWE Preferred)
• MEO — Medium-Earth Orbit
• JT — Joint
• RAD — Radiation Absorbed Dose
• DOS — United States Department of State
• VV&C — Verification, Validation and Certification
• DDCMP — Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• MCW — Modulated Continuous Wave
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• ESS — Electronic Switching System
• VSWR — Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
• ITO — International Trade Organization
• EC — European Community
• PPI — Plan Position Indicator
• LT — Light
• QIO — Quality Improvement Organization
• ESMC — Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
• WPM — speech--words per minute
• SDDD — software detailed design document
• SB — Service Bulletin
• TEWT — Tactical Exercise Without Troops
• SOCOM — United States Special Operations Command
• IPO — Integrated Program Office

• TNI — Trusted Network Interpretation
• EIRP — Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
• UA — User Agent
• FADEC — Full Authority Digital Engine Control
• TAV — Total Asset Visibility
• RAAF — Royal Australian Air Force
• MCS — Mesoscale Convective System
• RLA — Repair-Level Analysis
• MOS — Marine Observation Satellite
• OMV — Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• RIK — Replacement in Kind
• SGL — Small Group Leader
• STRUCE — Structure Strength, Enlisted
• TSCE — Total Ship Computing Environment
• E&I — Engineering & Installation
• MDT — Mean Down Time
• TEC — Total Electron Content
• TOL — Tolerance
• NMS — Network Management System
• LALLS — Low-Angle Laser Light Scattering
• TWT — Traveling Wave Tube
• BERT — Bit Error Rate Tester (telecommunication)
• ERTS — Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
• SIGACTS — Significant Activities
• TJAG — The Judge Advocate General
• SHF — Super High Frequency
• AUTOVON — Automatic Voice Network
• SVD — Software Version Description
• AFS — Air Force Station
• EIB — European Investment Bank
• SMA — Supply Management, Army
• UYK-43 — U.S. Navy standard 32-bit computer (replacement for UYK-7)
• REDCOM — Readiness Command
• MECO — Main Engine Cutoff
• LES — Lincoln Experimental Satellite
• TOR — terms of reference (ICAO/FAA)
• MPEG — Motion Picture Experts Group
• SABA — Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus
• EMS — Emergency medical service
• ELT — Emergency Locator Transmitter
• VM — Virtual Memory
• D — Director
• PMS — Planned Maintenance System
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• DDN — U.S. Defense Data Network
• TNO — Trust No One
• RGB — red-green-blue (signal)
• MDA — Minimum Descent Altitude
• TPF — Total Package Fielding

• WI — What If?
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• DAD — Dual Air Density
• DPI — Differential Pressure Indicator
• KDC — Kerberos Key Distribution Center
• AKM — Apogee Kick Motor
• DPU — data processing unit
• TED — Trunk Encryption Device
• STAAS — Surveillance & Target Acquisition Aircraft System
• UFC — Unified Facilities Criteria
• SDLC — Software development life cycle
• EMS — Element Management System (ATM)
• AFOTEC — Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center's
• ABE — ARM-Based Electronics
• DECU — Digital Engine Control Unit
• QPSK — aeronautical quadrature phase shift keying
• SAAFR — Standard Use Army Aircraft Flight Route (safer)
• SP AMMO — Special Ammunition
• NSW — New South Wales
• SKE — Station-Keeping Equipment
• ECM — Electronic Counter Measures
• TDL — Tactical Data Link
• MOH — Medal Of Honor
• OC — Optical Carrier
• PDL — program design language
• AP — Associated Press
• SDLC — Synchronous Data Link Control
• OCD — Operational Concept Description
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• EMMA — Expert Missile Maintenance Aim
• MOD — Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
• OMARNG — Operation & Maintenance, Army National Guard
• MSS — Multispectral Scanner System
• VICE — As opposed to ....
• CIDR — Classless Inter-Domain Routing (ATM)
• TDMA — Time Division Multiple Access
• AD — airworthiness directives (FAA)
• MLG — Main Landing Gear
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• ODBC — Open Database Connectivity
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• MLV — Medium Launch Vehicle
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• BIU — Bus Interface Unit
• TVM — Track Via Missile
• RECAU — Receipt Acknowledged And Understood
• SAPF — Special Access Program Facility
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
• PROM — Programmable Read-Only Memory

• CPS — characters per second
• UPI — United Press International
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• NEACP — National Emergency Airborne Command Post
• EVAC — Evacuation System
• NCSC — National Computer Security Center (NSA)
• VGA — Video Graphics Array
• CRRES — Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
• MMS — Multimission Modular Spacecraft
• USRA — Universities Space Research Association
• SDS — Satellite Data System
• AIRS — Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere
• NOR — Notice Of Revision
• LFC — Large Format Camera
• RUR-4 — Weapon Alpha ( Anti-submarine Rocket Launcher)
• NADS — Norwegian Association for Defence Suppliers
• NSIA — National Security Industrial Association (now part of NDIA)
• ERD — Entity-Relationship Diagram
• ATT — At This Time
• SECAF — Secretary of the Air Force
• OPSEC — Operational Security
• IPR — Impulse Response
• WBGTI — Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Index
• RXU — Receiver Unit
• NACE — National Association of Corrosion Engineers
• TLE — Target Location Error
• OPS — Operations Squadron
• USG — United States Government
• MTNS — Mountains
• SSC-1 — Shaddock Missile (Coastal Defense)
• VSLI — Veterans Special Life Insurance
• RIO — Radar Intercept Officer (US Navy)
• AOA — Angle Of Attack
• S — Secret
• VOR — VHF Omnidirectional Range
• LCC — Launch Control Center (KSC)
• VMI — Virginia Military Institute
• CBR — Constant Bit Rate
• SRS — Software Requirements Specifications
• VAR — Variable
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• VSAT — Very Small Aperture Terminal (satellite service)
• SIQ — Sick In Quarters
• DRSN — Defense Red Switch Network
• CBR — Case-Based Reasoning
• TISA — Troop Issue Subsistence Activity
• BMO — Ballistic Missile Office
• TOA — Time Of Arrival
• SUM — Software User's Manual

• NLP — Natural Language Processing
• W/D — Withdrawal
• CFE — Center For Engineering
• SMB — Suck My Balls
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• USNO — United States Naval Observatory
• CDB — Central Data Base
• TTY — Teletype Telex Machine
• DTM — Data Transfer Module
• RUP — Rational Unified Process
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• TBA — To Be Announcede
• RAU — Radio Access Unit (Army)
• SLAR — Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• MFD — Multi-Function Display
• AFRL — Air Force Research Laboratory
• PASADENA — Para-Hydrogen And Synthesis Allow Dramatically Enhanced Nuclear Alignment
• ROP — Rate of Penetration
• DMSS — Defense Meteorological Satellite System
• MPA — Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer
• B&W — Babcock & Wilcox - Black And White - Bowers & Wilkins
• CSOC — Consolidated Space Operations Center
• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration
• LNA — Low-Noise Amplifier
• SONET — Synchronous Optical Network
• ROEX — rules of engagement exercise
• TVC — Total Variable Cost
• NT — Northern Territory
• DCE — Data Communication Equipment
• ARDC — Air Research and Development Command
• USA PATRIOT ACT — Uniting & Strengthening of America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
• PMR — Pacific Missile Range
• MCS — Master Control Station (VIS, Grumman)
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• NTZ — No Transgression Zone
• VT — Virtual Terminal
• DIDS — Defense Integrated Data System
• VMS — Virtual Memory System
• SDHS — Satellite Data Handling System
• FEP — Front End Processor
• MEDALS — Military Engineering Data Asset Locator System
• BPI — bits per inch
• SDR — System Design Review
• QRCT — Quick Reaction Communications Terminal
• UNDP — United Nations Development Program
• LSA — Logistics Support Analysis
• IUS — Inertial UPper Stage (was Interim UPper Stage)
• NARA — United States National Archives And Records Administration
• LOX — Liquid Oxygen
• MAG — Magnetic

• ACRIMSAT — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite
• REPL DET — Replacement Detachment
• TCF — Technical Control Facility
• DMS — Data Management System
• TECHCON — Technical Control
• SPR — Strategic Petroleum Reserve (US)
• WGI — Within Grade Increase
• QAP — Quality Assurance Plan
• RADIUS — Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
• QAE — Quality Assurance Engineer
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• SLV — Space Launch Vehicle
• LDR — Leader
• TRNG — Training
• KMP — Key Management Protocol
• RWIP — Risk Work In Progress
• ANDVT — Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal
• SPINS — Special Instructions
• SLV — Sleeve
• ANR — Active Noise Reduction
• SIMM — Single Inline Memory Module
• ODA — Open Document Architecture
• USAID — United States Agency for International Development
• SWEBOK — Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
• SL — Sick Leave
• ASSIST — Automated Special Security Information System Terminal
• RPF — Raster Product Format
• PUP — Principal User Processor (NEXRAD)
• ETL — Endorsed Tools List
• COMMO — Communications Officer
• PTDO — Prepare To Deploy Order
• UTP — unshielded twisted pair
• CFSR — Contract Funds Status Report/ing
• SMR — source, maintenance, and recoverability
• RCD — Residual Current Device
• ARS — United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
• ECU — Environmental Control Unit (GSM)
• SAMSTATREP — Surface-to-Air Missile Status Report
• AFMPC — Air Force Military Personnel Center
• MT — Machine Translation
• SMSGT — Senior Master Sergeant
• CWGC — Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• SNACKO — SNACK Officer
• QI — Quality Indicator
• WRF — Weather Research and Forecasting
• DUA — Directory User Agent
• SRP/PDS — Stabilization Reference Package/Position Determining System
• RPV — Remotely Piloted Vehicle
• SMG — Spaceflight Meteorology Group

• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• REPGEN — Reports Generator
• VF — Voice Frequency
• MPC — Marine Prediction Center
• SST — States Supersonic Transport
• MMU — Manned Maneuvering Unit
• TEV — Travel Expense Voucher
• EPS — Encapsulated Postscript
• WGS-84 — World Geodetic System 1984
• SSB — Single SideBand
• EMI — Electro-Magnetic Interference
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• MDT — Message Distribution Terminal
• LADD — Lifetime Average Daily Dose
• SNA — System Network Architecture
• VIZ — Visibility
• CARICOM — Caribbean Common Market and Community
• TOMA — Technical Order Management Agency
• SSGT — Staff Sergeant
• VDD — Version Description Document
• NIU — Network Interface Unit
• WCDMA — Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
• QLQ — Quality of Life Questionnaire
• RI — Routing Indicator
• SQQ-32 — Variable Depth Minehunting Sonar
• MIJI — Meaconing, Intrusion, Jamming and Interference
• TOE — Table of Organization and Equipment
• PTL — Primary Target Line
• SW — Short Wave
• IPX — Internet Packet Exchange
• STOW — Synthetic Theater of War
• SERE — Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape
• TOD — Time of Day (Have Quick)
• FH — Frequency Hopping
• CETS — Contractor Engineering and Technical Services
• ASI — Air Speed Indicator
• NN — Neural Network
• SWE — Snow Water Equivalent
• SMIB — Security Management Information Base
• PMS — Project Management System
• PUA — Private Use Area (Unicode E000-F8FF)
• OSDPE — Office of the Secretary of Defense Program Element
• DAU — Data Acquisition Unit
• LAS — Land Analysis System
• SSRA — System Safety Risk Assessment
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• NASICON — Na Super-ionic Conductor
• SERA — Sequential Electrochemical Reduction Analysis
• ROMO — Range of Military Operations
• SMDS — Switched Multimegabit Data Service (ATM)

• TTWCS — Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System
• Q&A — Questions & Answers
• QAZ — Quick Access Zone
• SIDPERS — Standard Installation/Division Personnel System
• AMST — Advanced Medium STOL Transport
• ACE — Access Control Encryption
• TASKORD — Tasking Order
• OOP — Of an Object Oriented Programming
• PU — Physical Unit (IBM)
• MPP — Massively Parallel Processing/Processor
• RESCORT — Rescue Escort
• RPMA — Real Property Maintenance Activities
• SPM — Software Programmer's Manual
• TPN — Tactical Packet Network
• AFSC — Air Force Systems Command
• SPIR — Spare Parts Interchangeability Report
• REMIS — Reliability & Maintainability Information System
• SXN — Section
• NESS — National Environmental Satellite Service (NOAA)
• AUTODIN — Automatic Digital Network
• TECHINT — Technical Intelligence
• TEK — Traffic Encryption Key
• MMW — Millimeter Wave
• SOCC — Satellite Operations Control Center
• SQK — Squawk
• TBR — To Be Resolved
• SODARS — Special Operations Debrief and Retrieval System
• VLAN — Virtual Local Area Network
• PDS — Post Design Services
• AZ — Azimuth
• DC — District Commissioner
• OR — Operational Requirement
• MDT — Mobile Data Terminal
• LAP — Laboratory Accreditation Program
• CBJB — Congressional Budget Justification Book
• SPS — Software Product Specification
• RECON — Reconnaissance
• PTR — Paper Tape Reader
• SAAF — South African Air Force
• VRU — Voice Response Unit
• TLS — Top Level Specification
• TPQ-37 — Weapon Locating Radar
• OPF — Orbiter Processing Facility
• TWCF — Transportation Working Capital Fund
• VETRONICS — Vehicle Electronics
• ECHR — European Court of Human Rights
• SIL — System Integration Laboratory
• SWBD — Switchboard
• CAS — Calibrated Air Speed
• CWI — Crutch Walking Instructions

• RIM-7 — Sea Sparrow Missile
• SMLM — Soviet Military Liaison Mission
• SUM — Software User Manual
• PPS — Post-Production Support
• SVC — Switched Virtual Circuit (ATM)
• BIM — Ballistic Intercept Missile
• SGV — Self Guided Vehicle
• VHSIC — Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• DTU — Data Transfer Unit
• AFAMPE — Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange
• CTS — communications technology satellite
• VOCO — verbal order of the Commanding Officer
• CMW — Compartmented Mode Workstation
• NII — National Information Infrastructure (USA)
• VAX — Virtual Address Extension
• APPS — Applications (software)
• VQV — Voice Quality Value
• RATELO — Radiotelephone Operator
• VCR — video cassette recorder/player
• NM — Network Management
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• EIA — Electronics Industry Association (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
• ASAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar 
• OSS — Operations Support System
• SPLA/M — Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• SORTS — Status of Resources and Training System
• RICC — Reportable Item Control Code
• SVGA — Super Video Graphics Array
• PDM — Pulse Duration Modulation
• RAR — Royal Australian Regiment
• ITS — Intelligent Transportation System
• RADINT — Radar Intelligence
• BEF — British Expeditionary Force
• PWS — Performance Work Statement
• SEWIP — Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program
• TRB — Technical Review Board (MRR)
• SSTO — Single-Stage-to-Orbit
• PX — Post Exchange
• UVV — Upward Vertical Velocity
• NPR — National Performance Review (office)
• EST — Estimated Ship Time
• PAM — Payload Assist Module
• SO/LIC — Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict
• QXS — Quick Access
• DT&E — Development, Test, & Evaluation
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• LMR — Land Mobile Radio
• CSU — Channel Service Unit
• REI — Restricted Entry Interval

• RESPECT — Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence, and Collaborative Teaching
• QALI — Quality Assurance Letter of Instruction
• QAR — Quality Assurance Representative
• SEWS — Satellite Early Warning System
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• TI — Texas Instruments, Inc.
• LMI — Layer Management Interface
• QUP — Quantity Per Unit Pack
• LCM — Life Cycle Management
• TDIG — Time Division Interface Group
• QPQ — Quid Pro Quo
• TUH — Tactical Utility Helicopter
• VESA — Video Electronics Standards Association
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• ANLYS — Analysis
• CAMS — Core Automated Maintenance System
• SNT — Serial Number Tracking
• CSR — Current Situation Room
• RADM — Rear Admiral
• AP — Application Processor
• UXE — Upkeep by Exchange
• CARDE — Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment
• VDU — Video Display Unit
• TIREM — Terrain Integrated Rough Earth Model
• TRD — Technical Requirements Document
• SBNPB — Space-Based Neutral Particle Beam
• RX — Receive
• SLJO — Shitty Little Jobs Officer
• ORM — Other Regulated Materials
• EKMS — Electronic Key Management System
• SCPC — single channel per carrier
• MSS — Mission Support System
• PSN — Packet Switched Network
• RKH — Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital
• SIDS — Secondary Imagery Dissemination System
• LF — Live Fire
• COMECON — Council For Mutual Economic Assistance (economic Counterpart Of The Warsaw Pact
• AOIC — Assistant Officer in Charge
• LONG — Longitude
• CIHS — Classified Information Handling System
• FCOC — Fuel Cooled Oil Cooler
• SCTS — Single Channel Transponder System
• UDA — Ulster Defence Association
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• RTS — Remote Tracking Station
• RNVC — Reference Number Variation Code
• TADIL-J — Tactical Data Information Link-J
• QNQ — Quality Not Quantity
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service

• PG — Persian Gulf
• F — Frequency
• OO — On Order
• SSMA — Spread-Spectrum Multiple Access
• SBL — Space-Based Laser
• USCMH — United States Commission on Military History
• SQS-53 — Submarine Sonar
• TSOC — Theater Special Operations Command
• ERDAS — Earth Resources Data Analysis System
• WFO — Weather Forecast Office
• TOAI — Total Overall Aircraft Inventory
• PECP — Preliminary Engineering Change Proposal
• VBIED — Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosion Device
• SOSO — State Owned, State Operated
• RMN — Royal Malaysian Navy
• NDL — Network Data Language
• RICO — Regional Interface Control Officer
• RLY — Relay
• AMPL — Amplitude
• MRC — Maintenance Requirement Card
• TAMMS — The Army Maintenance Management System
• NAV — Navigator
• TYQ-69 — Commmunications Control Set
• FAAS — Foreign Affairs Administrative Support
• DAC — Data Assembly Center
• TSP — Telecommunications Service Priority
• UCR — Unsatisfactory Condition Report
• OII — Operations-Intelligence Interface
• LAAS — Local Area Augmentation System
• IVD — Interactive Video Disk
• PRT — Personal Rapid Transit
• SECM — Shop Equipment, Contact Maintenance
• TDWR — Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
• RNAV — Random Navigation Area Navigation
• PPM — Pulse Position Modulation
• VIN — vehicle identification number (US) (transportation)
• UTA — Unit Training Assembly
• ACAAM — Air Courses of Action Assessment Model
• SNJ — North American Aircraft Company TEXAN, W W II Trainer Aircraft
• SECSTATE — Secretary of State
• EOB — Executive Office Building
• CCIL — Continuously Computed Impact Line
• IPM — Interpersonal Messaging
• WE — With Equipment
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• RDBMS — Relational Data Base Management System (Oracle)
• CPE — Customer Premise Equipment
• VLSI — Very Large-Scale Integration
• QAC — Quality Assurance Checklist
• UGM-84 — Harpoon Missile

• RUF — Rules for the Use of Force (ROE)
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• WHA — Tungsten Heavy Alloy
• PSYOPS — Psychological Operations
• UPRN — Unique Property Reference Number
• SA — Special Agent
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• STRATOPS — Strategic Operations Division
• SOFT — Strengths, Opportunities, Faults, Threats
• ROICC — Resident Officer In Charge of Construction
• DITCO — Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (formerly DECCO)
• WGS 84 — World Geodetic System 1984
• APNIC — Asia Pacific Network Information Center
• AMGOT — Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories
• MAD — Message Address Directory
• WIA — Wounded In Action
• WARC — World Administrative Radio Conference
• SA — Selective Availability (on GPS transmissions)
• SRD — System Requirements Document
• ADGE — Air Defence Ground Environment
• SEO/SEP — Special Enforcement Operation/Special Enforcement Program
• RN — Royal Navy
• PRB — Problem Review Board
• CBW — Chemical and Biological Warfare
• JTC — Joint Technical Committee (USA)
• TLT — Test Loop Translator
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• ETL — Environmental Technology Laboratory
• VERTREP — Vertical Replenishment
• MTA — Message Transfer Agents (Internet)
• TT&E — Technical Test & Evaluation
• UQL — Unacceptable Quality Level
• SECARMY — Secretary of the Army
• SHA — System Hazard Analysis
• SIMM — Single In-line Memory Module
• CPR — Cost Performance Report
• SARSS — Standard Army Retail Supply System
• PVU — Portable Verification Unit
• SFMS — Special Forces Medical Sergeant
• SQE — Software Quality Evaluation
• TPQ-36 — Firefinder Radar
• TQQ — Total Quality is Questionable
• VFY — Verify
• OST — Outer Space Treaty
• TPS — Thermal Protection System
• TACSAT — Tactical Satellite
• TSCIF — Tactical Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
• USD(R&E) — Under Secretary of Defense For Research and Engineering
• UTE — Utilization Rate
• SSR — secondary surveillance radar (ICAO/FAA)

• SOJ — Stand Off Jammer
• WFNA — White Fuming Nitric Acid
• NVG — Night Vision Goggle
• STU — Secure Telephone Unit
• RADIUS — Remote Authentication dial In User Service
• TERM — Terminal
• AWOS — Automated Weather Observing System
• VASI — Visual Approach Slope Indicator
• NEL — National Exploitation Laboratory
• SOSCOE — System-Of-Systems Common Operating Environment
• PTT — Push to Talk Technology
• CLICK — Kilometre
• PXH — Phoenix Hawk
• RUC — Rapid Update Cycle
• R&R — Rest & Recuperation
• FA — Forward Area
• SPMIG — Standard PMS Materials Identification Guide
• TASMO — Tactical Air Support for Maritime Operations
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• SANDF — South African National Defence Force
• RDJTF — Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (US)
• EI — Effectiveness Index
• UNMOC — United Nations Military Observers Course
• NCR — No Carbon Required
• TBU — True But Useless
• ROKMC — Republic Of Korea Marine Corps
• SMDC/ARSTRAT — United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/United States Army Forces Strategic Command
• RHIB — Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
• SOL — Solenoid
• DII — Defense Industry Initiative
• SSB-SC — Single Sideband-Suppressed Carrier
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• TELEMED — Telemedicine
• VTAM — Virtual Telecommunication Access Method
• PTT — Push to Talk Taster
• COMPUSEC — Computer Security
• SS-14 — Scamp Missile
• SLC — Space Launch Complex
• SECNAVINST — Secretary of the Navy Instruction
• IRM — information resource management
• SJA — Staff Judge Advocate
• TOR — Tentative Operational Requirement
• SVIP — Secure Voice Improvement Program
• MVS — Multiple Virtual System
• MTWY — Motorway
• WGYN — We've Got Your Number
• ETF — Enhanced tactical fighter
• TOPMIS — Total Officer Personnel Management Information System
• UYK-7 — U.S. Navy standard 32-bit computer
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis

• PTT — Push to Talk Testing
• SWPC — Space Weather Prediction Center
• TGSM — Terminally Guided Submunition
• ABET — Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology
• PWM — pulsewidth modulation
• ECS — Environmental Control System (Subsystem)
• ITWS — Integrated Terminal Weather System
• DVI — Digital Video Interactive
• VSHORAD — Very Short Range Air Defense
• TAPDB — Total Army Personnel Database
• DCASR — Defense Contract Administration Services Region
• QIF — Quality Inspection Function
• TAPOC — Theater Army Personnel Operations Center
• WA — War Arranger
• IPC — Industrial Planning Committee
• IU — Interface Unit
• DTD — Data Transfer Device
• RYE — Retirement Year Ending
• SUGG — Suggestion
• SPMN — Software Program Managers Network
• TNP — Take No Prisoners
• RA — Roughness Average
• VQD — Vendor Quality Diagnosis
• QUADCON — Quadruple Container
• WARM — Wartime Reserve Mode
• UMPR — Unit Manpower Personnel Record
• QPT — Quad Port Transceiver
• RIA — Rock Island Arsenal
• QOI — Quality of Information
• SSSS — Silent Sound Spread Spectrum
• RF/EMPINT — Radio Frequency/Electromagnetic Pulse Intelligence
• NLM — NetWare Loadable Module
• IR&D — Independent Research & Development
• JAWF — Joint Agricultural Weather Facility
• AIR — American Institute for Research
• SITMAP — Situation Map
• UV — Ultra Violet
• RET — Retired
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• SITP — Subsystem Integration Test Plan
• SK3 — Storekeeper Third Class
• MTBMA — Mean Time Between Maintenance Actions
• TF/TA — Terrain Following / Terrain Avoidance
• PVP — Planned Value Profile
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• DCAS — Defense Contract Administration Services
• TCAE — Technical Control and Analysis Element (obsolete term)
• SDNS — Secure Data Network System
• VQO — Visual Quality Objective
• SCCB — Software Configuration Control Board

• QAG — Quality Assurance Group (TWG/TAT-14)
• ECCM — Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
• NSTC — National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
• VISSR — visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
• UYH-16 — Mass Memory Storage Device
• EO — End Office
• RIM-67 — Standard Missile (ER)
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• MILNET — Military Network
• TM — Technical Monitor
• TCSP — Theater Consolidation and Shipping Point
• TAFIM — Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management
• AFGWC — Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
• AOSS — automated office support system
• SNAFUBAR — Situation Normal, All Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
• UXB — Unexploded Bomb
• SECNAV — United States Secretary of the Navy
• TAOR — Tactical Area Of Responsibility
• RECSTA — Reception Station
• QIP — Quality Improvement Program
• RECCEXREP — Reconnaissance Exploitation Report
• RWIFE — Rotary Wing Instrument Flight Examiner
• LC — Library of Congress
• RXW — Receiver Workbook
• QVT — Quality Verification Testing
• R&A — Reliability & Availability
• STU-III — Secure Telephone Unit III
• DND — Department of National Defence
• SE&I — Systems Engineering & Integration
• CEMA — Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• SPL — Software Products Library
• RPSTL — Repair Parts and Special Tools Listing
• TCIM — Tactical Communications Interface Module
• UUT — Unit Under Test
• USD/P — Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• TCDL — Tactical Common Data Link
• UJTL — Universal Joint Task List
• TRF — Tuned Radio Frequency
• VRD — Virtual Retinal Display
• POC/ET — Proof Of Concept/Experimental Testbed
• RQS — Rescue Squadron
• CRS — Community Relations Service
• TELCO — Telephone Company
• SSPK — Single Shot Probability of Kill
• AMCS — Alternate Master Control Station
• PISA — Pharmaceutical Information Systems Association
• VNAV — Vertical Navigation
• NFDRS — National Fire Danger Rating System
• FAPC — Food and Agriculture Planning Committee
• DODISS — Department of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards

• DPD — Diffuse Pulmonary Disease
• CITIS — Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service
• VRAM — Video Random Access Memory
• PSN — Public Switched Network
• RAMC — Royal Army Medical Corps
• WHAG — Wild Half-Assed Guess
• SPC — Storm Prediction Center
• PCS — Personal Communications Services
• SSIPF — Standard System Information Production Factory
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• SMT — station management (protocol)
• ULSI — Ultra Large Scale Integration
• RLG — Ring Laser Gyro
• SHTF — Shit Hit The Fan
• SIRR — Software Integration Readiness Review
• SVLTU — Service Line Termination Unit
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• QQI — Quantitative Quality Indicator
• RM3 — Radioman Third Class
• RRCC — Regional Response Coordination Center
• LAOS — Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear
• FIPC — Foreign Intelligence Priorities Committee
• MTST — Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter
• VAS — VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
• TADS — Target Acquisition and Designation System (US)
• RCV — Remotely Controlled Vehicle
• QFQ — Quest for Quality
• SYD — Subject to Your Discretion
• S/T — Short Ton
• USATA — United States Army TMDE ( Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment) Activity
• SINCGARS-SIP — Single Channel Ground and Air(borne) Radio System - System Improvement Program
• RCF — Repair Cycle Float
• TAAF — Test, Analyze, And Fix
• SN1 — Seaman First Class
• QTA — Qualification Test Article
• LADD — Lowest Acceptable Daily Dose
• NHCD — National HUMINT Collection Directive
• STUPID — Secure Transmitter Unit Platform Integration Directorate
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• OPIC — Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• RWT — Right When Tested
• DTD — Directorate of Technical Development
• SADL — Situation Awareness Data Link
• DTS — Dedicated Transmission Service
• DRGS — Direct Readout Ground Stations
• MOC — Maintenance Operational Check
• CCS2 — Command and Control Subordinate System
• MCS — Message Conversion System
• WAAS — Wide Area Augmentation System
• LACE — Laser-Assisted Chemical Etching

• TELAR — Transporter-Erector-Launcher & Radar
• CMAG — Cruise Missile Advanced Guidance
• SARNEG — Search and Rescue Numerical Encryption Group
• CSTVRP — Computer Security Technical Vulnerability Reporting Program
• QMB — Quality Management Board
• RSSC-LO — regional satellite communications support center liaison officer; regional space support center liaison officer
• NNPT — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• SURPIC — Surface Picture
• SHSN — Ship Serviceman Seaman
• SS-16 — Sinner Missile
• OPAS — Overpass
• MARAD — Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet)
• CCITT — Consultative Committee for International Telephone and Telegraph
• QCP — Quality Control Program
• QEAM — Quick Erect Antenna Mast
• LASIK — laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (eye surgery)
• WA — Western Approaches
• VKA — Volatile Keying Assembly
• SDREN — Secure Defense Research and Engineering Network
• ODIF — Open Document Interchange Format
• S&S — Supply & Service
• TEPP — Test and Evaluation Program Plan
• RCTA — Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• UJC — Urgency Justification Code
• SSAA — System Security Authorization Agreement
• SBX-1 — Sea-Based X-Band Radar
• MOTIF — Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility
• SRL — Survival Research Laboratories
• BGN — United States Board on Geographic Names
• WDGO — War Department General Order
• NSDD — National Security Decision Directive
• IVAP — Intimate Valence Alternation Pairs (bonding Model In Electronic Structure Calcns.)
• DON — Department Of the Navy
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• RQQ — Recommendations on Quantity and Quality Committee
• CONFIG — Configuration
• SLQ — Electronic Warfare System
• NOSC — Naval Ocean Systems Center (replaced by NCCOSC and now SPAWAR Systems Center)
• RS-232 — Recommended Standard 232 (EIA standard for transmitting serial data)
• TERCOM — Terrain Contour Matching
• MOPS — Million Operations per Second
• OTH — Over the Horizont
• LOC — Location Number
• ASED — Assistant Secretary of Defense
• ROIC — Resident Officer In Charge
• DPC — Direct Patient Care
• QLP — Quadrilateral Protocol
• BEM — British Empire Medal
• JTWC — Joint Typhoon Warning Center

• NAVELEX — Naval Electronic Systems Command
• STARTLE — Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar for Tank Location and Engagement (US)
• SBY — Standby
• RWU — Research Work Unit
• RORO — Roll On, Roll Off
• QPO — Quick Purchase Order
• VPF — Vector Product Format
• RET. — Retired
• IPA — Independent-particle Approximation (in Quantum Calcns. On Solids)
• PSSP — Personnel Security and Surety Program
• VMAQ — Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
• RECC — Regional Emergency Communications Coordinator
• MIL-STD — Military Standard
• SSL — Shop Stock List
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratories (absorbed By OAR Or NOAA Research)
• RECBN — Reception Battalion
• RFPI — Rapid Force Projection Initiative
• SETH — Simulation Equipment Test Hardware
• SPM — System Program Manager
• ERAST — Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology
• JAEIC — Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
• EDC — European Defence Community
• RKS — Record Keeping System
• T-AGOS — Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance
• ECMC — Enhanced Crisis Management Capability
• RADAM — Radar Detection of Agitated Metals
• SMCA — Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition
• VTOL — Vertical Take-Off & Landing
• QMD — Quality Management Division
• IRBM — Intermediate-range ballistic missile
• DISNET — Defense Integrated Secure Network
• SZ — Surf Zone
• ETR — Eastern Test Range (ESME Preferred)
• RCN — Royal Canadian Navy
• TSCP — Theater Security Cooperation Plan
• TRU — Transformer Rectifier Unit
• STLDD — Software Top-Level Design Document
• SRY — Ship Repair Yard
• PSS — Packet Switched Service
• EMA — European Monetary Agreement
• STARTEX — Start of Exercise
• SCOC — Systems Control and Operations Concept
• TOBAS — Take Out Back And Shoot
• KSOS — Kernelized Secure Operating System
• TDOT — Tennessee Department of Transportation's
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• PDA — Phase Doppler Analysis
• FFG — Federal Facilities program
• SPETC — Solid Propellant Electro-Thermal-Chemical
• SARIR — Search and Rescue Incident Report

• TAMA — Threat Assessment for Army Mission Areas
• SSORD — Service Support Order
• RC SOUTH — NATO Regional Command SOUTH
• RSQ — Rescue
• RC(SW) — Regional Command (Southwest)
• USCS — United States Customs Service
• IPSO — Internet Protocol Security Option
• TRICON — Triple Container
• RED HORSE — Rapid Engineers Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers
• RQMH — Regimental Quarter Master Havildar
• NF — no foreign
• SOSI — System-Of-Systems Integration
• OEU — Operational Evaluation Unit
• UYK-70 — Standard 32-bit Naval processing computer (replaces the UYK-43)
• TERPROM — Terrain Profile Matching
• TT&P — Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures
• PKC — Public Key Cryptography
• TAMPS — Tactical Aircraft Mission Planning System
• SINS — Ship’s Inertial Navigation System
• SD/D — System Development and Demonstration life cycle phase
• SAFCS — Small Arms Fire Control System
• STOMP — Specialized Training of Military Parents
• DU — Decision Unit
• UCA — Unenclosed Covered Area
• LAXRD — Low-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• RSTN — Radio Solar Telescope Network
• RIU — Radio Interface Unit
• TSGT — Technical Sergeant
• SON — Statement Of Need
• OGP — Office of Global Programs
• DIC — Defense Intelligence College
• PMSP — Preliminary Message Security Protocol
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• SART — Search and Rescue Transponder
• TRADE — Training Devices and Equipment
• PVL — Priority Vehicle List
• VMGR — Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (heaVier-than-air, Marine, General, Refueling)
• TADIL-B — Tactical Data Information Link-B
• SKD — Schedule
• SCATANA — Security Control of Air Traffic & Navigation Aids
• RDE — Research Development and Engineering
• SIP — Site Implementation Plan
• SACT — Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
• RDTU — Remote Data Transmission Unit
• CP — Central Processor
• QRN — Quick Response Network
• UNREP CONSOL — Underway Replenishment Consolidation
• SITC — SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command) Information Technology Center
• TADDS — Target Alert Data Display Set
• RLPG — Regenerative Liquid Propellant Gun

• RB/ER — Reduced Blast/Enhanced Radiation
• CCMAT — Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies
• TACT — Tactical Aviation Control Team
• TTFACOR — Targets, Threats, Friendlies, Artillery, Clearance, Ordnance, Restrictions
• QIM — Quality Inspection Management
• RADC — Rome Air Development Center (Now Rome Laboratory)
• SSU — Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
• SSC-2A — Salish Missile
• SAK — Swiss Army Knife
• OIA — Office of Imagery Analysis
• JSMB — Joint Space Management Board
• SDIS — Switched Digital Integrated Service
• SATC — Student Army Training Corps
• TPC — Tropical Prediction Center
• QEX — Quality Evaluation eXercise
• TTNT — Tactical Targeting Network Technology
• SCOOP — System Concept of Operation Outline Plan
• VZ — Virtual Zone
• SOPA — Senior Officer Present Afloat
• SS-N-9 — Siren Missile
• SQUAD — Squadron
• RABFAC — Radar Beacon Forward Air Controller
• REQ — Requisition
• MERADCOM — Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command (U.S. Army)
• UO(S) — Uniformed Officer(s)
• VMF-312 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 312, the Checkerboarders
• PV — Positive Vetting
• SDP — Service Delivery Point
• UDI — Unique Device Identifier
• TMDE/PST — Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment/Production Surveillance Test
• SBV — Space-Based Vehicle
• SPACECON — Control of Space Information
• DCP — Decision Coordinating Paper
• RNZAF — Royal New Zealand Air Force
• VHY — Very High Yield
• QOT&E — Qualification Operational Test & Evaluation
• WIST — Weather Information for Surface Transportation
• SLTA — Small Laser Transmitter Assembly
• SFAF — Standard Frequency Action Format
• LAST — Lowest Anticipated Service Temperature
• PUG — Push-Up Game
• RELCAN — Releasable to Canada
• QRG — Quick Response Graphic
• RTAD — Relocatable Target Assessment Data
• RDML — Rear Admiral Lower Half
• SRE — Software Risk Evaluation
• ROSC — Regional Operations and Security Center
• DPL — Degausser Products List
• RTFL — Rough Terrain Forklift
• SOFSA — Special Operations Forces Support Activity

• REW — Rewind
• MILSTAMP — Military Standard Transportation & Movement Procedure
• SECAM — Séquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire
• VWX — Visual Weather report
• AFCC — Air Force Communications Command
• SOSCOM — Special Operations Support Command
• USD/A — Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
• UNODC — United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• SECDEF — United States Secretary of Defense
• SHORAN — short-range navigation
• QPL — Qualified Parts List
• ER — Eastern Range
• SSEB — Source Selection Evaluation Board
• T/R — Transmitter/Receiver
• ES — Expert System
• USMMA — United States Merchant Marine Academy
• SACEUR — Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO)
• SARTU — Search and Rescue Training Unit (RAF)
• RM1 — Radioman First Class
• REPSHIP — Report of Shipment
• RRI — Response to Request for Information
• SQL — Standard Query Language
• WHFO — When Hell Freezes Over
• ISLOCA — Inter-System Loss-of-Coolant Accident
• QCI — Quality Conformance Inspections
• TACOM — Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (US)
• OSO — Office of Satellite Operations
• RSTA — Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
• JOP — Joint Operating Procedure
• TNT HP — Track And Trace Hollow Point
• T — Training
• SPID — Strategic Power Infrastructure Defense
• WWOLS — World Wide on-Line System
• SQ — Super Quiet
• RBL — Results Based Leadership
• DCU — Data Control Unit
• TSZ — Temporary Security Zone
• RCMP — Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• POS — Position Orientation Systems
• PPA — Pollution Prevention Act
• REMBASS — Radar and Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System
• RESPROD — Responsible Production
• VTS — Vandenberg Tracking Station (AFSCN)
• SAPR — Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
• TRANSEC — Transmission Security
• SORD — System Operational Requirements Document
• TECHEVAL — Technical Evaluation
• TQV — Technology Qualification Vehicle
• SBFEL — Space-Based Free Electron Laser
• SAMS-E — Standard Army Maintenance Management-Enhanced

• SYNC — Synchronization
• SLBM — Submarine-launched ballistic missile
• QRM — Quantitative Risk Management
• UGF — Underground Facility
• PPPA — Poison Prevention Packaging Act (1970)
• QLF — Quality Leadership Forum
• DPC — Delayed Primary Closure
• OPS — Operations Planning System
• SMART-AID — Special Medical Augmentation Response Team - Aeromedical Isolation Team
• DERA — Defense Environment Restoration Account
• PRB — Program Review Board
• DCTN — Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network
• SMEC — Single Module Engine Controller
• QAPP — Quality Assurance Program Plan
• QCA — Quality Control Analysis
• TADA — Terrorist And Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
• RDDS — Range Data Distribution System
• TAPDB-R — Total Army Personnel Database - Reserve
• RAN — Royal Australian Navy
• TMEP — Theater Mortuary Evacuation Point
• SMKLS — Smokeless
• SDLC — Systems Development Life Cycle
• SGOC — Standard Garrison Organization Chart
• USASSG — United States Army Special Security Group
• TAMIS — Training Ammunition Management Information System
• CAB — Cabin
• SMIS — Security Management Information System
• SOMO — Suspension of Military Operations
• QBZ — Qingwuqi Buqiang - Zidong
• ODCSOPS — Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (Army)
• TWY — Taxiway
• SAROS — Synthetic Aperture Radar for Open Skies
• WFOE — Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise
• PPL — Preferred Products List
• QSM — Quality System Manual
• CDIP — Council of Defense Intelligence Producers
• DOS — Date of Surgery
• REEFER — Refrigerated or Cold Storage Unit
• TC ACCIS — Transportation Coordinator's Automated Command, Control, and Information System
• PTP — Paper Tape Punch
• TQL — Total Quality Leadership
• RO/RO — Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ship)
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observing System
• S-1 — Army Adjutant/Personnel Staff at the Battalion/Brigade level
• PYQ-3 — COUNTER- INTELLIGENCE/ HUMAN INTELLIGENCE AUTOMATED TOOL SET
• NTISSC — National Telecommunications & Information Systems Security Committee
• ROZ — Restricted Operation Zone
• USNA — United States Naval Academy
• SBIRS — Space-Based Infrared System
• PV2 — Private First Class - Army

• RMS — Remote Monitoring System
• QMF — Query Management Facility
• SPORT — Soldier's Portable On-System Repair Tool
• SSIMU — Solid State Inertial Measurement Unit
• MBB — Modular Building Block
• NPS — National Park Service (US)
• SOMPF — Special Operations Mission Planning Folder
• NTCB — Network Trusted Computing Base
• PIP — Project Implementation Plan (AID)
• SOBER — Short of Being Entirely Ready
• SXC — Soldiers of Xtreme Combat
• QFPN — Quick Fix Position Navigation
• RECBASS — Reception Battalion Automated Support System
• JSAN — Joint Staff Automation of the Nineties
• STANO — Surveillance, Target Acquisition, & Night Observation
• VHT — Virtual Heat Treatment
• SNOK — Secondary Next Of Kin
• TSM — TRADOC System Manager
• SASP — Special Ammunition Supply Point
• UNDHA — United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
• SWAN — Shipwide Area Network
• UNC — United Nations Command
• SRTM — Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
• QJT — Quality Job Training
• PNAF — Prime Nuclear Airlift Force
• WERM — Width Equals Range times Mils
• WIDS — Wireless Intrusion Detection System
• SS-12 — Scaleboard Missile
• USATC — United States Army Training Center
• DST — Daylight Savings Time
• TUA — TOW Under Armor (US)
• SW/OS — Software/Operating System
• SMTP — Simple Message Transfer Protocol
• LOEP — List Of Effective Pages
• RPQ — Request for Price Quotation
• RFG — Resource Funding Group
• NPN — NOAA Profiler Network
• FBS — Forward-Based Systems
• NAVNET — Navy Network
• SKC — Chief Storekeeper
• SO-PECULIAR — Special Operations-Peculiar
• RF/SAL — Radio-Frequency Semi-Active Laser
• SIPRNET — Secret Ip Router Network
• VLP — Very Low Power
• RAMCC — Regional Air Movement Coordination Center
• PLSS — Precision Location Strike System
• RNZN — Royal New Zealand Navy
• WGPU — Weapons-Grade Plutonium
• DU — Display Unit
• WSMC — Western Space and Missile Center

• TRACON — Terminal Radar Approach Control
• LAC — Liquid Adsorption Chromatography
• SOCC — Sector Operations Control Center (NORAD)
• TECHDOC — Technical Documentation
• LAP — Laboratory Analytical Protocol
• RGL — Reading Grade Level
• UIFG — User Interface Functional Group
• FFI — Free from Infection
• OSF — Operations Support Facility
• SP HAWK — Self-Propelled HAWK
• UN-DMT — United Nations Disaster Management Team
• TLAMM — Theater Lead Agent for Medical Materiel
• UDC — Unit Descriptor Code
• IVNAA — In Vivo Neutron Activation Analysis
• SEATO — South East Asia Treaty Organization
• USAAF — United States Army Air Forces
• P&L — Production & Logistics
• QY — Quarter Year
• VTO — Vertical Take Off
• LAPS — Local Analysis and Prediction System
• RWIS — Road Weather Information System
• RQL — Requirements List
• STOATD — Science and Technology Objectives Advanced Technology Demonstration
• SAMMS — Standard Automated Materiel Management System
• SST — Safe Secure Transport
• AHPS — Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services
• STAFF — Smart, Target Activated, Fire & Forget
• RPZ — Reduced Pressure Zone
• WSMCR — Western Space and Missile Center Regulation
• VUL — Vulnerability
• SLQ-25 — Torpedo Countermeasures System
• NLG — Nose Landing Gear
• TEZ — Total Exclusion Zone
• PSMS — Personnel Status Monitoring System
• TACON — Tactical Control
• TFG — Transportation Facility Guide
• SIOP-ESI — Single Integrated Operational Plan-Extremely Sensitive Information
• SGA — Standards of Grade Authorization
• RRE — Royal Radar Establishment
• TCAM — Theater Army Medical Management Information System (TAMMIS) Customer Assistance Module
• SDVT — SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team
• SAAR — Strength Accounting And Reporting
• MMU — Mass Memory Unit
• PVF — Pipes, Valves, and Fittings
• RSM — Regimental Sergeant Major
• DCA — Defense Cooperation Agreements
• LABS — laboratories
• SEPLO — State Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer
• TWPS — Tactical Water Purification System
• TAPDB-AE — Total Army Personnel Database - Active Enlisted

• TW/AA — Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment
• DCA — Defense Communication Agency
• SABC — self aid and buddy care
• USWRP — United States Weather Research Program
• WGWV — Well Gulf War Veterans
• LAPW — Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (for Band-structure Calcns.)
• LEAF — Law Enforcement Access Field
• WADS — Western Air Defense Sector
• VQR — Vendor Quality Report
• DST — Decision Support Tools
• ULEV — Ultra Low Emission Vehicles
• USIA — United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
• ULLC — Unit Level Logistics Computer
• SURG — Surgeon
• USDOJ — United States Department of Justice
• SROE — Standing Rules of Engagement
• TPW — Total Precipitable Water
• SPURV — Self-Propelled Underwater Research Vehicle
• TFM — Trusted Facility Manual
• STKG — SturzKampfGeschwader (German dive bomber wing)
• ULCANS — Ultra-Lightweight CAmouflage Net System
• SSPP — System Safety Program Plan
• STAMP — Standard Air Munitions Package (USAF)
• VZE — Virtual Zone Entrance
• SHAPE — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (NATO)
• TCMD — transportation control and movement document
• SNONI — Senior Naval Officer Northern Ireland
• PAT — Proficiency Analytical Testing (NIOSH)
• LACBED — Large-Angle Convergent-Beam Electron Diffraction
• Q&D — Quick and Dirty
• VHA — Vehicle Holding Area
• LRP — Long-range Plan
• SOFME — Special Operations Forces Medical Element
• PTOC — Part Time On Call
• ULF — Ultra Low Frequency
• IPA — Inverted Perturbation Approach (in Mol. Potential-energy Curves Calcn.)
• DB — Data Base
• RCSCC — Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• SHQ — Station Head Quarters
• TAC — Terrain Analysis Center
• RHQ — Regimental Headquarters
• SIBYL — Synergistic Image Building Yttrium LADAR
• SLQ-48 — Mine Neutralization System
• RNX-62 — Epoxy Composite Propellant
• LAMS — Laser Mass Spectrometry
• REJASE — RE-using Junk As Something Else
• QME — Quality Measurement Experiment
• WFX — Warfighter Exercise
• QTB — Quarterly Training Brief

• TACOPS — Tactical Operations
• UM — Unit Manager
• OPS — Operations Process System
• QCC — Quality Control Center
• SQIP — Software Quality Improvement Process
• ROPOS — Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Science
• SPQR — Senatus Populesque Romanus (the Senate and the People of Rome)
• ARC — Acquisition Review Committee
• SMOW — Standard Mean Ocean Water
• VP-8 — Navy Patrol Squadron Eight
• XA — Extended Architecture (MVS)
• SYQ — Command and Control Systems
• OPS — Operations Shelter
• QQPRI — Qualitative and Quantitative Personnel Requirements Information
• DOT — Date of Transfer
• SCAMM — Shaped Charge Anti- Mine Munition
• USCENTCOM — United States Central Command
• RQD — Required
• PNVS — Pilot Night Vision System
• SAE — Service Acquisition Executive
• TSCM — Technical Surveillance Countermeasures
• RNX — Richard Nakka Experimental Rocket Propellant
• REAP — Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program
• UCS — Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set
• TAOM — Tactical Air Operations Module
• SRV — Software Requirements Verification
• S-DAY — day the President authorizes selective reserve call-up
• QSV — Quality, Service, and Value
• 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
• PSRO — Passenger Standing Route Order
• LACE — Lectin Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis
• RCPAC — Reserve Components Personnel and Administrative Center
• QVJ — Quality Verification Journal
• SIGSEC — Signal Security
• RJAF — Royal Jordanian Air Force
• NMC — Not Mission Capable
• RAST — Recovery Assistance, Securing, and Traversing Systems
• ISA — Ionic Strength Adjuster
• RERLE — Radar Echo Return Loss Enhancement
• QCT — Quality Control tool
• SOMA — Status of Mission Agreement
• SZM — Security Zone Management
• SYRS — System Requirements Specification
• RHOGI — Radar Homing and Guidance Interceptors
• VSW — Very Shallow Water
• RBOL — Rakovski Bulgarian Officers Legion
• SHDS — Safety and Health Data Sheet

• LAAFS — Laser Ablation Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• SWCD — Soil and Water Conservation District
• PWAAS — Passive Wide Area Alerting System
• JPRS — Joint Publications Research Service
• MCEB — Military Communications-Electronics Board
• WFP — World Food Program
• SOTAS — Standoff Target Acquisition System
• TARBUL — Target Bulletin
• DOE — Date of Examination
• SSCP — Subsystem Service Control Point
• SMKU — Shelter Mock-Up
• UFS — Unified File System
• ASRAAM — Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile
• QIG — Quality Improvement Group
• PTADS — Point Target Defense System
• RJTD — Reconstitution Joint Table of Distribution
• SAGE — Semi Automated Ground Environment
• NSTAC — National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
• USB — Upper Sideband
• NGA — NATO Guidelines Area
• VRL — Virtual Reality Laboratory
• TCCCS — Tactical Command, Control, and Communications System
• ARL — Air Resources Laboratory's
• RMW — Regulated Medical Waste
• DES — Digital Encryption Standard
• SPCP — State Polytechnic College of Palawan
• SARSIT — Search and Rescue Situation Summary Report
• USACE — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• NISAC — National Industrial Security Advisory Committee
• QVP — Quality Verification Program
• TESAR — Tactical Endurance Synthetic Aperture Radar
• UYQ — Uranium Yield Quantity
• SRQ — Software Requirements Questionnaire
• SHAG — Simplified High Accuracy Guidance (Honeywell)
• UGP — Unitary Guerilla Platoon (gaming group)
• T-AVB — Aviation Logistics Support Ship - MSC Manned
• MSPB — Merit System Protection Board
• RAE — Right of Assistance Entry
• TFA — Toxic Free Area
• UFA — Until Further Advised
• SOCS — School Of Corresponding Studies
• PLIRRA — Pollution Liability Insurance and Risk Reduction Act
• QPU — Quarterly Performance Update
• SLWT — Side Loadable Warping Tug
• BMG — Browning Machine Gun
• SWXS — Space Weather Squadron
• ACARS — ARINC Communication Addressing and Reporting System
• TJD — Trajectory Diagram
• SRAAG — Senior Army Advisor National Guard
• NCB — Nuclear Contingency Branch

• KSK — Kommando Spezialkräfte
• TGP — Terminally Guided Projectile
• MIMS — Multimedia Integrated Modeling System
• RECAT — Residual Capability Assessment Team
• RHRN — Royal Hutt River Navy
• MHD — Moving-Head Disk
• STREAM — Standard Tensioned Replenishment Alongside Method
• SSES — Ships Signal Exploitation Space
• RCIED — Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• OFCM — Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
• CFS — Center For Standards
• RIRA — Real Irish Republican Army
• UNREP — Underway Replenishment
• SEKP — Single Engagement Kill Probability
• RCIEDS — Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices
• SQV — Software Quality Verification
• RD&J — Radar Deception & Jamming
• RAM-D — Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Dependability
• VDSD — Visual Distress Signaling Device
• BER — Biological & Environmental Research
• PXO — Prospective Executive Officer
• RNP — Remote Network Processor
• RDYLD — Ready to Load Date
• SKSN — STOREKEEPER SEAMAN
• ST&E — Security Test and Evaluations
• SQN — Squadron
• SELRES — Selected Reserve
• VMFA 323 — Fixed wing Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 Death Rattlers
• SOTF — Security Operations Training Facility
• VVP — Versatile Voice Processing
• TDBSS — Theater Defense Blood Standard System
• SMFG — System Management Functional Group
• THZ — TeraHertz
• QRI — Quality and Reliability Improvement
• WETM — Weather Team
• RCOT — Reserve Commissioned Officer Training
• RSZ — Runway Safety Zone
• SYG — Secretary General (UN)
• F — Frequency of Lifting
• TBQ — To Be Questioned
• TAPDB-A — Total Army Personnel Database - Active
• PUR — Purchase
• ORA — Office of Research and Applications
• MISSI — Multilevel Information System Security Initiative
• PVNTMED — Preventive Medicine
• QVS — Quality, Value, and Service
• SCATMINE — Scatterable Mine
• UBL — Unit Basic Load
• RISTA — Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition

• TLN — Total Logistics Network
• SMT — Simultaneous Multi-Threading
• IPAD — Integrated Pulsed Amperometric Detection
• SLAT — Supersonic Low-Altitude Target
• RWIFEC — Rotary Wing Instrument Flight Examiner Course
• DON — Demyelinating Optic Neuritis
• USPTO — United States Patent and Trademark Office
• FEDSIM — Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center
• SLME — Select Manual Entry
• STOMPS — Stand-Alone Tactical Operational Message Processing System
• USSPACECOM — United States Space Command
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• TASE — TAACOM (Theater Army Area COMmand) Area Support Element
• SMC — System Management Center
• RRDT — Rapid Response Documentation Team
• ARMS — Automated Resource Management System
• TADCS — Tactical Airborne Digital Camera System
• PXS — Project Executive System
• USACSC — United States Army Computer Systems Command
• UYK-20 — U.S. Navy standard 16-bit computer
• SAFOR — Semi Automated Forces
• RGVTDB — Rapidly Generated Virtual Terrain Data Base
• QRE — Quick Reaction Element
• ROCK — Representative of Canada in Kandahar (Afghanistan)
• STDN — Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
• SBTG — Sabotage
• RVC — Remount and Veterinary Corps
• SOTSE — Special Operations Theater Support Element
• RFDC — Radio Frequency Data Collection
• SOACMS — Special Operations Aviation Combat Mission Simulator
• MRCA — Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
• RASC — Royal Army Service Corps
• OSI — Open System Interconnection
• QSTAG — Quadripartite Standardization Agreement (cue-stag)
• SECTRANS — Secretary of Transportation
• QJO — Quality Job Operations
• TACTS — Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System
• ULCC — Ultra Large Crude Carrier (oil)
• TPDF — Tanzania People's Defence Forces
• SOCSOUTH — Special Operations Component, United States Southern Command
• IRRAS — Integrated Reliability and Risk Analysis System
• RRN — Rapid Response Network
• T/R — Transmit/Receive
• SXO — Squadron Executive Officer
• ASD — Atmospheric Sciences Division
• NDIC — National Drug Intelligence Center
• USDOE — United States Department Of Energy
• UUR — Unit Under Review
• RCACS — Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron
• UIRV — Unique Interswitch Rekeying Variable

• RPFT — Ranger Physical Fitness Test
• QMW — Quality Management Workshop
• RDECOM — US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command
• T&E — Test and Evaluation
• LDEF — Long Duration Exposure Facility (for Spacecraft Material Testing)
• DP — Displaced Person
• SC EUR — NATO Strategic Command, Europe
• SOF/FID — Special Operations Force/Foreign Internal Defense
• SAFI — Short-Term Average Failure Intensity
• TASCO — Tactical Automatic Switch Control Officer
• SAMOS — Satellite and Missile Observation Satellite
• DPC — Distal Palmar Crease
• R2 — Reporting Responsibility
• QCF — Quality Control Function
• RTFA — Ready-Team-Fire-Assist
• SCQ — Situational Confidence Questionnaire
• MSK — Minimum Shift Keying
• SNCOIC — Senior Non Commissioned Officer In Charge
• ROCU — Remote Orderwire Control Unit
• RBG — Rocket Boosted Glider
• PZJ — Panzer JunkWagen
• SKCS — Senior Chief Storekeeper
• SFHD — System Functional Hierarchical Diagram
• USSBS — United States Strategic Bombing Survey
• SDDCTEA — Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering Agency
• PCS — Personal Communications System
• STGR — Steam Generator Tube Rupture
• TARCOM — Army Tank-Automotive Materiel Readiness Command, Warren, MI
• LAS — Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonates (anionic Surfactants)
• SKO — Sets, Kits, And Outfits
• RCACA — Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Association
• VVI — Verification, Validation, and Inspection
• WWIMS — Worldwide Warning Indicator Monitoring System
• SSCRA — Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act
• MW — Missile Warning
• UR(S) — Utilization Rate(s)
• VTQ — Voice Transmission Quality
• RESCAP — Rescue Combat Air Patrol
• SKV — Storekeeper, Aviation
• USPFO — United States Property and Fiscal Officer
• BASC — Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
• OSE — Open System Environment
• TADSS — Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations
• THO — Target Hand-Off
• SAVA — Standard Army Vetronics Architecture
• TDAR — Tactical Defense Alert Radar
• VMM — Virtual Machine Monitor
• WAAF — Women's Auxiliary Air Force (World WarII UK)
• SEAT — Single Engine Air Tanker
• SSPH — Single Shot Probability of Hit

• URI — University Research Initiative
• QE — Quality Evaluation
• TADC — Tactical Air Direction Center
• PTRP — Physical Training and Rehabilitation Program
• ECSC — European Coal And Steel Community (distant Ancestor Of The EU)
• DOES — Disorder of Excessive Somnolence
• WWMCCS — Worldwide Military Command and Control System (obsolete)
• WCDO — War Consumables Distribution Objective
• QNR — Quarterly Noncompliance Report
• SMILS — Sonobuoy Missile Impact Location System
• KAL — Key Asset List
• REMODN72C7E — Reception and Onward Movement of DoD-Sponsored Non-Combatant Evacuees
• SCITIS — Single Channel Transponder Injection System
• UV-A — UltraViolet A
• EOSDIS — EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
• MOCE — Marine Optical Characterization Experiment
• SIMWIN — Simulated Workstation Input
• SPOEALD — Sea Port Of Embarkation Available to Load Date
• TBIS — Technology Base Investment Strategy
• QAHN — QA Hold Notice
• SVTP — Software Verification Test Plan
• RFL — Restrictive Fire Line (military)
• VADS — Vulcan Air Defense System (US)
• DSSNY — Dental Society of the State of New York
• QFF — Quick Fix Force
• SRAM — Short Range Attack Missile
• SEL REL — Selective Release
• TAA — Technical Assistance Agreement
• STGT — Second TDRSS Ground Terminal
• TAFT — Technical Assistance Field Team
• TACP — Tactical Air Control Party
• TYQ — Commmunications Set AN/ series
• QOX — Quality of Experience
• SFCP — Shore Fire Control Party
• SMH — Society for Military History
• PWOD — Proceed WithOut Delay
• SWARM — Smart Warfighting Array of Reconfigurable Modules
• PSRC — Presidential Selected Reserve Call-Up
• MOPP — Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
• SKCM — Master Chief Storekeeper
• SHU — Security Housing Unit
• USTRANSCOM — United States Transportation Command
• REMUS — Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit System
• PWW — Planar Wing Weapon
• REEM — Reserves Embarked
• TEHO — Tail-End-Hop-Off
• SLQ-31 — Electronic Warfare Jamming System
• SWIT — Software Integration and Test
• PWS/DS — Potable Water Storage/Distribution System
• SK1 — Storekeeper First Class

• PSNCO — Personnel Staff NCO
• OCS — Operational Control Segment
• SUB — Submarine
• RALH — Raise a Little Hell
• ADR — Accident Data Recorder
• LARIS — Laser Ablation and Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy
• QRS — Quick Reaction Strike
• SDTC — Standard Duty Title Code
• TADSTAND — Tactical Automation Digital STANDard
• TPQ-47 — Upgraded Weapon Locating Radar
• DFA — Defence Families of Australia
• USDOC — United States Department of Commerce
• EPL — Evaluated Products List
• SCIP — Supply Chain Integration Program
• SFAS — Special Forces Assessment and Selection
• RLE — Rail Liaison Element
• UMIB — Urgent Marine Information Broadcast
• QNE — Quick n' Easy
• RO-RO — Roll On-roll Off
• QHDA — Qualified Hazardous Duty Area
• SEON — Solar Electro-Optical Network
• TERPES — Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance Processing and Evaluation System
• SCAMPI — Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index
• TCIS — Tactical Communications Interface Software
• RIR — Reduction In Recruitment
• STAR-21 — Strategic Technologies for the Army of the 21st Century
• PTAI — Primary Training Aircraft Inventory
• SMAC — Scene Matching Area Correlator
• RGN — Retired Guys Network Of Kansas City
• OPDS — Organ on Politics Defence and Security
• LAIS — Liquid Alloy Ion Source
• SOON — Solar Observing Optical Network
• QDK — Quarterdeck
• RDTE — Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
• PWE — Primary Weapons and Equipment
• SOCJFCOM — Special Operations Command, Joint Forces Command
• POS — Position of Strength
• USAMCC — United States Army Meteorology and Calibration Center
• TASM — Tactical Air-to- Surface Missile
• TESS III — Tactical Environmental Surveillance System
• SPAD — Simple Plastic Airplane Design
• RSAF — Royal Saudi Air Force
• RYA — Risk Your Ass
• VPB-54 — Naval Patrol Bombing Squadron 54, the Black Cat Squadron
• DIICOE — Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment
• QFS — Quality Fabrication Service
• PSR — Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer
• SOSC — Special Operations Support Command
• TXO — Training, Exercise, & Operations
• SXQ — Military Secure Closed-Circuit Television

• WCV — Waypoint Closing Velocity
• ESIP — Earth Science Information Partnership
• SOAS — Special Operations ADP System
• QRB — Quality Requiremens Board
• DMSA — Defense Medical Support Activity
• UK(I) — United Kingdom and Ireland
• QAU — Quality Assurance Unit
• RM2 — Radioman Second Class
• SJS — Secretary, Joint Staff
• SPAR — Semper Paratus Always Ready
• REVTP — Reserve Components Virtual Training Program
• SLI — Strategic List Item
• PWIS — Prisoner of War Information System
• SOIDC — special operations independent duty corpsman
• SND — Send
• TAPDB-AO — Total Army Personnel Database - Active Officer
• QWG — Quadripartite Working Group (qwig)
• SBIS — Sustaining Base Information Services (or System)
• OPH — Oph Ophthalmology
• RASPUTIN — Rapid Scenario Preparation Unit for Intelligence
• VIRUS — Very Important Resource Under Siege
• USACIDC — United States Army Criminal Investigation Command
• TDDS — Tactical Data Distribution System (formerly TRAP)
• URT — User Requirements Testing
• SOWT — Special Operations Weather Team
• SIG — Signaling equipment
• STOC — Special Technical Operations Coordinator
• TC-ACCIS — Transportation Coordinator's Automated Command and Control Information System
• LAS — Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
• TRAS — Training Requirements Analysis System
• QSAG — Quadripartite Standardization Agreement
• TREE — Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics
• VENOM — Vicious Evil Network of Mayhem
• QBL — Qualified Bidders List
• DT — Drug Therapy
• TG — training group
• RNLAF — Royal Netherlands Air Force (also KLu)
• SOFLAM — Special Operations Laser Marker
• TASWC — Theater Antisubmarine Warfare Commander
• SICPS — Standardized Integrated Command Post Shelter
• TIARA — Tactical Intelligence And Related Activities
• R&O — Repair and Overhaul
• SADC — Sector Air Defense Commander
• TSS — Timesharing System
• N-ISDN — Narrowband ISDN
• QMI — Queensland Mounted Infantry
• SETAF — Southern European Task Force
• SQJ — Software Quality Journal
• DISSEM — Dissemination
• RDG — Reversal Discussion Group

• CNC — Computerized Numerical Control
• SYA — Shoot Your Ass
• TASOSE — Theater Army Special Operations Support Element
• TLAM — Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles
• SRS — Savannah River Site
• WSMR — White Sands Missile Range (whiz-murr)
• IPA — Independent-pair Approximation
• UMOC — Unit Movement Officer Course
• USPACOM — United States Pacific Command
• QEG — Quality Evaluation Group
• TISEO — Target Identification System Electro-Optical
• UFPM — Unit Fitness Program Manager
• SCF(US) — Save The Children Federation (United States)
• REL — Reference Exposure Level
• TACSOP — Tactical Standard Operating Procedures
• VIDOC — VIsual DOCumentation program
• IRGCHAZ — Intercritically Reheated Grain-Coarsened Heat-Affected Zone
• UWB — Ultra Wide-Band
• SWAG — Special Warfare Action Group
• VDO — Video Display Operator
• RTARF — Royal Thai Armed Forces
• UPH — Unaccompanied Personnel Housing
• UBO — UNIFORM BUSINESS OFFICE
• SYQ-20 — Advanced Combat Direction System
• RB53 — Bantam Missile
• SECRA — Secondary Radar Data Only
• QIR — Quality Inspection Requirement
• SECORD — Secure Cord Switchboard
• SEW — Shared Early Warning
• DEZ — Desert Sun Mining Corp
• SAMM — Security Assistance Management Manual
• TALCE — Tanker Airlift Control Element
• SFOD-A/B/C — Special Forces Operational Detachment-A/B/CC
• NSARC — Navy Systems Acquisition Review Council
• R/O — Receive Only
• RNA — Rations Not Available
• RACA — Requiring Authority Competition Advocate
• VDC — Volts, Direct Current
• TAACOM — U.S. Theater Army Area Command
• SLBD — Sea Lite Beam Director
• TLQ — Transient Living Quarters
• NDWAC — National Drinking Water Advisory Council
• R-DAY — Redeployment Day
• ON — Original Negative (film)
• QJ — Quality Journal
• SEDS — Small Expendable Deployer System
• REPUNIT — Reporting Unit
• QRMP — Quick Response/Reaction Multi-Color(-purpose) Printer
• TSSR — Tropospheric Scatter (TROPO)-Satellite Support Radio
• TSSP — Tactical Satellite Signal Processor

• TREAT — Tactical Reconnaissance Engineering Assessment Team
• SOUTHCOM — (U.S.) Southern Command
• USAFRICOM — United States Africa Command
• SAWG — Small Arms Working Group
• PSPS — psychological operations (PSYOP) studies program subsystem
• UPV — Ultimate Police Vehicle
• LAH — Lithium Aluminum Hydride
• SWZ — Special Watch Zone
• QOW — Quality of Work
• VAW — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron
• STOW-E — Synthetic Theater Of War - Europe
• QMM — Quality Monitoring Module
• TAAA — Total Active Aircraft Authorization
• VKF — Variable Key Function
• RRPP — Rapid Response Planning Process
• ISCA — Ionization Spectroscopy For Chemical Analysis
• VTB — Virtual Test Bed
• VQT — Voice Quality Testing
• LAMOFS-ETE — Laser Excited Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy With Electrothermal Evaporation
• QAH — Quality Assurance Hold
• SQG — Software Quality Group
• AWIPS — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing Systems
• SR-UAV — Short-Range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• SADF — South African Defense Force
• RWPD — Radar Waveform Processor Demonstration
• WBITS — Web-Based Integrated Training System
• WFM — Workforce Management
• USAFSOC — United States Air Force, Special Operations Command
• TISG — Technical Interoperability Standards Group
• IUAM — Independent United Atom Model (in Positron Scattering By Mols.)
• PZE — Project Zero-baseline Estimate
• QVD — Qualified Vehicle Driver
• STUAS — Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System
• SOSR — Suppress, Obscure, Secure, and Reduce
• TDADS — Test Data Analysis and Decision System
• RKVDU — Remote Keyboard Visual Display Unit
• USD — Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness
• UMF — User Message Format
• TMQ-41 — Meteorological data Measuring Set
• TNCC — Theater Network Operations (NETOPS) Control Center
• VQA — Voice Quality Analyzer
• READR — Remain in Effect After Discharge and Re-Enlistment
• MRT — Minimum Resolvable Temperature
• CMAQ — Community Multiscale Air Quality
• RLO — Reduced Light Output
• PVSM — Param Vishisht Seva Medal
• TM3 — Trade-off Mobilization Macro Model
• RIM-2 — Terrier Missile
• RACO — Rear Area Combat Operations
• OPS — Operations Provisioning System

• QTF — Quick Turnaround Facility
• SARGE — Surveillance and Reconnaissance Ground Equipment
• SHORAD — Short-Range Air Defense
• NSWP — National Space Weather Program
• SOCCET — Special Operations Critical Care Evacuation Team
• VTL — Virtual Test Laboratory
• USAFAC&FS — United States Army Finance and Accounting Center and Fort Sill
• TRIADS — Tri-Wall Aerial Distribution System
• PWDS — Protected Wire Distribution System
• SKSA — STOREKEEPER SEAMAN APPRENTICE
• SOCOORD — Special Operations Coordination Element
• UGM-27 — Polaris Missile
• NATAS — North American Thermal Analysis Society
• NECAC — National Environmental Compliance Assistance Center
• SEMT — Signal Intelligence/ Electronic Warfare Equipment Maintenance Trainer
• STAT — Security Threat Avoidance Technology
• SOV — Soldiers of Valhalla
• RRDB — Rapidly Reconfigurable Data Base
• USAISEC — United States Army Information Systems Engineering Command
• LASTO — Linear Augmented Slater-type Orbital (for Electronic Structure)
• QRO — Queen's Regulations & Orders
• SOTEP — Software Operational Test & Evaluation Plan
• TRAAV — Test Range Facility for Advanced Aerospace Vulnerability
• SQW — Software Quality Workshop
• SCAPS — Site Characterization and Analysis Penetrometer System
• QOB — Quality of Business
• QBX — Question Before eXecution
• RXI — Receiver Input
• USNORTHCOM — United States Northern Command
• TALO — Tactical Airlift Liaison Officer
• SPSC — System Planning & System Control
• VIABLE — Vertical Installation Automation Baseline
• SASSY — Supported Activities Supply Systems
• TTHS — Trainees, Transients, Holdees, and Students
• TFCF — Theater Field Confinement Facility
• USAFABD — United States Army Field Artillery Board
• QAW — Quality Assurance Work
• PIAC — Polymer Industrial Advisory Council
• VKL — Vegetation Killing Liquid
• VFMAC — Valley Forge Military Academy and College
• RPG(S) — rocket propelled grenade(s)
• TRQ-32 — Teammate groundbased electronic warfare system
• USARNORTH — US Army Forces North
• USMHK — United States Military Hospital, Kuwait
• SWAK — Swing Wing Adapter Kit
• SRUF — Standing Rules for the Use of Force
• SOFPARS — Special Operations Forces Planning and Rehearsal System
• NCLAP — National Crop Loss Assessment Program
• RDAP — Research, Development, and Acquisition Plan
• QDH — Quantico Diamond Hall

• USAADBD — United States Army Air Defense Board
• VMF-223 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 223, the Fighting Bulldogs
• SAMMC — San Antonio Military Medical Center
• TEWLS — Theater Enterprise-Wide Logistics System
• PSSM — Physical Security and Stockpile Management
• RIW — Reliability Improvement Warranty
• SLRP — Strategic Long-Range Plan
• STRP — Scientific Technical Review Panel
• SEES — Standard Entry-Exit Service
• S&P — Stake and Platform
• TOCN — Technical Order Change Notice
• SVLM — Standard Vehicle Launcher Mounted
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Divisionsion
• SOCA — Special Operations Communications Assembly
• VVR-1 — Laser Warning Receiver System
• TCG-WPMU — Topical Classification Guide - Weapons Production and Military Utilization
• RNM — Resource Needs Model
• STOD — Special Technical Operations Division
• OPS — Operations Procedure Support
• S3I — Signatures, Sensors, & Signal Procession Integration
• VCXO — voltage controlled crystal oscillator; voltage controlled oscillator
• RVNAF — Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
• SADBU — Small And Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• WAGB — US Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker
• SOAGS — Special Operations Air-Ground System
• SIDO — Senior Intelligence Duty Officer
• DSV — Dog Saphenous Vein
• SOAF — Status of Action File
• RBSF — Russian Black Sea Fleet
• MIDS — Multifunction Information Distribution System
• USIC — United States Interdiction Coordinator
• SASF — SIDPERS Authorized Strength File
• RVM — Remote Video Monitoring
• USSOUTHCOM — United States Southern Command
• USACOM — United States Atlantic Command
• MMW — multifunction millimeter wave
• SRTA — Short Range Training Ammunition
• SPARK — Smart People Always Respect Knowledge
• UP&TT — Unit Personnel and Tonnage Table
• TUW — Tabletop Universal Wargame
• LACO — Linearized Atomic Cell Orbital (in Energy-band Calcn.)
• RDL — Required Detection Level
• QPD — Qualified Public Depository
• VITD — Vector Interim Terrain Data
• DPC — disseminated peritoneal cancer
• TPVS — Third Party Verification Service
• TMEC — TRADOC Materiel Evaluation Committee
• STDM — Synchronous Time Division Multiplexer
• TEREC — Tactical ELINT Reconnaissance
• REFLUPS — Resuscitation Fluids Production System

• NAPP — National Aerial Photography Program
• TEED — Tactical End-to-End Encryption Device
• TCCF — Tactical Communications Control Facility
• QRWK — Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
• SADA — Standard Advanced Dewar Assembly
• USAISCBD — United States Army Intelligence and Security Board
• CRN — Climate Reference Network
• RDP — Radar Data Processor
• TRY — Today Reunites Yesterday
• USLO — United States Liaison Officer
• SEMS — Standard Embarkation Management System
• QAL — Quality Assurance Liaison
• LAMMS — Laser Micro Mass Spectrometry
• PWN — Psychological Warfare Noise
• STFU — Superior Tactical Fragging Unit
• SAINT — Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transport
• MO — Medical Officer
• TODD — Training Observation Distribution And Documentation
• TII — Total Inactive Inventory
• RTCH — Rough Terrain Container Handler
• WGM — Work Group Manager
• TAQ — Total Army Quality
• TARPS — Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System
• RTLP — receiver test level point
• TKT — Tool KiT
• VDB — Vulnerability DataBase
• V — Vertical
• WPC — Word Processing Center
• SBPO — Service Blood Program Officer
• PERALS — Photon-Electron Rejecting Alpha Liquid Scintillation
• USAR — United States Army Reserve
• SFA — Security Force Assistance
• ADS — Aim Down Sights
• S/EWCC — Signals Intelligence/electronic Warfare Coordination Center
• SOCRATES — Special Operations Command, Research, Analysis, and Threat Evaluation System
• RIAF — Royal Italian Air Force
• USD(P&R) — Under Secretary of Defense For Personnel and Readiness
• DIPR — Department Industrial Plant Reserve
• SBA — Sustaining Base Automation
• SFF — Self-Forging Fragment
• ASDAR — Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
• RIAM — Rock Island Arsenal Museum
• SMCP — Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme
• SWOD — Special Weapons Ordnance Device
• SUCCESS — Synthesized UHF Computer Controlled Equipment Subsystem
• ULS — Update of Legacy Systems
• USCHA — United States Colored Heavy Artillery
• IPPA — Independent Pair-Potential Approximation
• QARNNS — Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
• USMMO — United States Merchant Marine Officer

• QOT — Qualification Operational Test
• VGT — Variable Geometry Toroidal
• SERER — survival, evasion, resistance, escape, recovery
• CSRA — Central Savannah River Area's
• RTAFB — Royal Thai Air Force Base
• URL — Unfinanced Requirements List
• ROH — Regular Overhaul
• SPST — Structure, Process, Strategy, Tactics
• RC NORTH — NATO Regional Command NORTH
• QIL — Quality Inspection Line
• RFSS — Radio Frequency Simulation System B
• SFSG — Special Forces Support Group
• SISMS — Standard Integrated Support Management System
• SS-X-24 — Scalpel Missile
• CWP — Cell Wall Protein
• TDARDS — Truth, Data Acquisition, Recording, and Display System
• RASCAL — Rotocraft-Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory
• QDD — Quality Document Developer
• TAADS-R — The Army Authorization Documentation System Redesign
• RCHB — Reserve Cargo Handling Battalion
• TADS/PNVS — Target Acquisition Designation/Pilot Nights Vision System
• SQEP — Software Quality Evaluation Plan
• LSM — Land-Surface Model
• WAFE — Wives of the Armed Forces, Emeritus
• RZB — Regulated Zone Boundary
• NASC — North American Shale Composite
• REACH — Reaffirming Ethnic Awareness And Cultural Harmony
• TAEDP — Total Army Equipment Distribution Program
• USNSCC — United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
• REGT — Regiment
• SPAL — Stabilized Platform Airborne Laser
• R&S — Reconnaissance & Surveillance
• RSB — Railway Shop Battalion
• PMA — Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
• RXQ — Quick Requisition
• RAPT — Retractable Amphibious Pontoon Technology
• VVD — Visual Vessel Design
• RSTV — Real-Time Synthetic Video
• SICO — Sector Interface Control Officer
• RWD — Rearward
• TUOC — Tactical Unit Operation Center
• SZE — Security Zone Entry
• RRPG RATE — Recruitment, retention progression & graduation. An academic term that refers to student attrition rate.
• TAFSM — Target Acquisition Fire Support Model
• RRL — Road Research Laboratory
• STAR-T — Super High Frequency Tri-Band Advanced Range Extension Terminal
• TYQ-77 — Aviation Mission Planning System
• THW — The Hidden Wars
• ITTFA — Iterative Target Transformation Factor Analysis
• SSS — Systems Science and Software

• NCAT — National Catalog Database(accessible Through OLS)
• TMSA — Tanker Management and Self Assessment
• WGQT — Working Group on Qualification Technologies
• RXA — Repairable Exchange Activity
• TUO — Technology Utilization Officer
• ISRA — Image-space Reconstruction Algorithm
• TA — Terrain Avoidance
• TCMC — total care medical center
• STPR — Software Test Procedure
• SEABEE — Navy construction engineer; sea barge
• RTOS — Re-configurable Tactics Operations Simulator
• QDV — Are you flying in a horizontal visibility of less than ...?
• SEDRE — Sea Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise
• SOSG — Station Operations Support Group
• SUWC — Surface Warfare Commander
• RSIC — Redstone Scientific Information Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL
• TETS — Third Echelon Test System
• S-5 — Army Civilian Affairs/Public Affairs Staff at the Battalion/Brigade level
• T&A — Transcription and Analysis
• NSS — National Seismic Station
• RFETS — Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
• SAAM — Special Assignment Airlift Mission
• MOC — Mission Operations Center
• STARCIPS — Standard Army Civilian Payroll System
• TTSM — Theater Transition and Sustainment Model
• UARM — Unconventional Assisted Recovery Mechanism
• RF-84F — Republic FICON reconnaissance fighter
• UALS — Universal Ammunition Loading System
• SPBS-R — Standard Property Book System-Redesign
• SAAS-DAO — Standard Army Ammunition System - Division Ammunition Officer
• TWTA — Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier
• RSPA — Research and Special Projects Administration
• SARK — Small Arms Repair tool Kit
• SB2C — Curtiss Helldiver Dive Bomber, World War I I
• SCC-WMD — United States Strategic Command Center For Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
• TJTN — Theater Joint Tactical Network
• SUAV(E) — Strategic Unmanned Air Vehicle (Experimental)
• RVO — Remediation Venture Office
• OPS — Operations Provides Strategic
• SMAWT — Short-Range Manportable Antitank Weapon Technology
• REXREP — Radar Exploitation Report
• QCE — Quality Customer Experience
• RADAC — Radar Area Correlation
• QG — Quality Group
• S/SU/AC — Systems/ Systems Upgrades and Advanced Concepts
• TAIM — Total Army Inventory Management
• SSSI — Site of Special Scientific Interest
• TPRS — Towed Paratrooper Retrieval System
• UKO — United Kingdom Operations
• SC2S — Strategic Command and Control Software

• ETO — Earth-to-Orbit
• LCAO — Linear Combination Of Atomic Orbitals
• TATRC — Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
• TD/CMS — Technical Data/Configuration Management System
• VCJCS — Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• RBS70 — Ray Rider Missile
• TRAC2ES — Transportation Command Regulating and Command and Control Evacuation System
• VSN — Vehicle Serial Number
• VCNOG — Vice Chairman, Nuclear Operations Group
• SNIE — Special National Intelligence Estimates
• TWSTIAC — Tactical Warfare Simulation and Technology Info Analysis Center
• RRBI — Radar Range Bearing Indicator
• RSME — Royal School of Military Engineering
• RTAP — Reserve Transition Assistance Program
• CSD — Climate Services Division
• UTV — Uninspected Towing Vessel
• T-NET — Training Net
• SONMET — Special Operations Naval Mobile Environment Team
• RTCA — Real Time Casualty Assessment
• RCO-AK — Regional Contracting Office - Alaska
• UGW — Urban Guerilla Warfare
• USMCEB — United States Military Communications-Electronics Board
• RTSS — Real Time Simulation System
• VIFF — Vector In Forward Flight
• QQR — Quality, Quantity, Reliability
• LDR — Leadership Development Roundtable
• QEP — Quality Evaluation Plan
• OREIS — Oak Ridge Environmental Information System
• SSPARS — Solid-State Phased Array Radar System
• RLH — Run Like Hell
• RGB — Red, Green, Blue
• SMW — Society of Military Widows
• TFMS-M — Transportation Financial Management System-Military
• TOMAHAWK — Land-Attack Missile Aimpoint Graphic
• TIMMS — TMDE Integrated Material Management System
• SBR — Special Boat Squadron
• RD&E — Research, Development & Engineering
• QYM — Quantico Young Marines
• SC LANT — NATO Strategic Command, Atlantic
• VPV — Virtual Prime Vendor
• RWCM — Regional Wartime Construction Manager
• MMW — Microwave Millimeter Wave
• SEWG — Special Events Working Group
• UAL — UnAttached List
• VAQ — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
• SA-7 — Grail Missile
• RQN — Reference Quotation Number
• QGE — Quasi- Government Entity
• TLOS — Target Location and Observation System
• TDDM — Time Division Digital Multiplexing

• TSEEC — Transmission Systems Engineering Evaluation Facility
• POES — Polarorbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
• RCEM — Regional Contingency Engineering Management
• RFK — Rekylfri Kanon (recoilless canon, Carl Gustaf)
• REQCONF — Request Confirmation
• SVE — Survivability, Vulnerability, Endurability
• USEUCOM — United States European Command
• STWC — Strike Warfare Commander
• TARGET — Time for Audit Review Guidelines Education and Training
• RZ — Recovery Zone
• SMRI — service message routing indicator
• SNOI — Signal-Not-Of-Interest
• QWI — Quality of Worklife Initiative
• S-HTTP — Secure Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
• ISAT — In Situ Adaptive Tabulation
• USNB — United States Navy Band
• RCVTP — Reserve Component Virtual Training Program
• NWS — Nose Wheel Steering
• TCCS — Tactical Command and Control System
• USAREC — United States Army Recruiting Command
• DRT — dynamic regional thresholding
• PZL — Aircraft produced by the Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze (Polish National Aero Factory)
• SURE — Supply Usage Requirements Estimator
• SAOC — Sector Air Operations Center
• UVU — Union Veterans Union
• TACDAR — Tactical Detection And Reporting
• R&A — Research and Analysis
• SIMA — Systems Integration Management Activity
• SPW — Systematic Programming Workshop
• PTMS — Plans, Training, Mobilization, and Security Directorate
• TDATD — Total Distribution Advanced Technology Demonstration
• S/A — Semiactive
• RRMC — Royal Roads Military College (British Columbia) (1940–1995) now Royal Roads University
• SIPG — Service in Paygrade
• SAA — Satellite Active Archive
• SDNRIU — Secure Digital Net Radio Interface Unit
• TCGST — Tank Crew Gunnery Skills Test
• TNC — Theater Network Operations (NETOPS) Center
• SAMSO — Space And Missile System Organization
• USSOUTHAF — United States Air Force, Southern Command
• RXM — Risk and Exposure Management
• VAFB — Vandenberg Air Force Base
• SEPM — Special Emphasis Program Manager
• SAM-D — Surface to Air Missile Defense
• TASIP — tailored analytic intelligence support to individual electronic warfare and command and control warfare projects
• SOAT — Special Operatives Anti Terrorism
• DP — Distal Pulses
• SJPO — Systems Joint Project Officer
• TRANSCOM — United States Transportation Command
• TOPPSS — Transportation Operational Personal Property Standard System

• RGM — Submarine launched Guided Missile
• RCRPL — Reserve Component Resource Priority List
• TEMPER — Tent Extendible Modular Personnel
• WBTG — Wet Bulb Globe Temperature
• NCESGR — National Committee for Employer Support of Guard and Reserve
• SMMP — System MANPRINT Management Plan
• TNL — Target Nomination List
• SA3 — Security Assistance Automation, Army
• ROME — Reception Onward Movement Europe
• PWF — Personnel Working File
• RISOP — Red Integrated Strategic Offensive Plan
• TWT — Two Week Training
• USAAVNBD — United States Army Aviation Board
• REW — Right Edge of Water
• POM — Program Operations Memorandum
• S/S — Steamship
• RDCO — Regional Document Control Officer
• TRAM — Target Recognition Attack Multisensor
• RSE — Retrograde Support Element
• QTID — Quadrilateral Technical Interface Design Plan