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• UBRAT — Unfair Blame Reparations Army Territory
• TIM — Technical Interchange Meeting
• SEPCOR — Separate Correspondence
• ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival
• UV-B — UltraViolet band B
• LAN — Local Area Network
• RFID — Radio Frequency Identification
• USDHHS — United States Department of Health and Human Services
• TQJBR — Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn
• MAN — Metropolitan Area Network
• BVR — Beyond Visual Range
• NHA — Next Higher Assembly
• WWW — World Wide Web
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• WARNO — Warning Order
• FCFS — First Come First Served
• RADAY — Radio Day
• ELV — Expendable Launch Vehicle
• CDR — Critical Design Review
• WHO — World Health Organization
• IT — Information Technology
• OFP — Operational Flight Program
• QC — Quality Control
• ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
• UFO — Unidentified Flying Object
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• ARPANET — Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet)
• PDR — Preliminary Design Review
• ADC — Air Data Computer
• STS — Space Transportation System
• DFD — Data Flow Diagram
• ADM — Advanced Development Model
• SPOTREP — Spot Report
• MSG — Message
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• NFS — Network File System
• CY — Calendar Year
• UNSAT — Unsatisfactory
• WARNORD — Warning Order
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• APB — All Points Bulletin
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• VTR — Video Tape Recorder
• PATOLIS — Patent Online Information System
• OBE — Overtaken By Events
• DSA — Digital Signature Algorithm
• AC — Alternating Current
• CCB — Configuration Control Board

• TB — Tuberculosis
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• CCB — Change Control Board
• BTW — By The Way
• RPG — Report Program Generator
• C/SSR — Cost/Schedule Status Report
• EMP — Electromagnetic Pulse
• CEO — Chief Executive Officer
• MMIC — Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
• DAC — Discretionary Access Control
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• LNG — Liquefied Natural Gas
• PDA — Personal Digital Assistant
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• IV — Intravenous
• COB — close of business (End of duty day)
• ABR — Available Bit Rate
• DPKO — Department of Peacekeeping Operations
• SCSI — Small Computer System Interface
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• DPS — Department of Public Safety
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  
• AFCS — Automatic Flight Control System
• CE — Civil Engineer
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• USAF — United States Air Force
• OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
• OTC — Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
• VR — Virtual Reality
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• ATA — Area Transportation Authority
• DSU — Data Service Unit
• VLS — Vertical Launch System
• BAE — British Aerospace Systems, LTD
• IP — Internet Protocol
• TCTO — Time Compliance Technical Order
• MARV — Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle
• RFP — Request For Proposal
• RF — Radio Frequency
• R&D — Research & Development
• LPI — Lines Per Inch
• TCB — Trusted Computing Base
• CVR — Cockpit Voice Recorder
• LRU — Line Replaceable Unit
• RAC — Resident Agent in Charge
• EDM — Engineering Development Model
• ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• NIS — Network Information System

• TCP — Transmission Control Protocol
• RM — Resource Management
• TAFMS — Total Active Federal Military Service
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• DS — Direct Sequence
• TO&E — Table of Organization and Equipment
• AWGN — Additive White Gaussian Noise
• STP — Space Test Program
• TARFU — Things Are Really Fucked Up. A Situation Worse Than SNAFU, But Not Quite FUBAR.
• ERP — Effective Radiated Power
• NACA — National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• CDU — Control Display Unit
• T&EO — Training & Evaluation Outline
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• TV — Television
• SALM — Single-Anchor Leg Mooring
• MIL — Military
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• MSA — Minimum Safe Altitude
• CTE — Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• SB — Service Bulletin
• SQ — Square
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power System
• DSA — Directory System Agent
• TS/SCI — Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information
• CD — Civil Defense
• OT — Overtime
• POC — Proof Of Concept
• BLUF — Bottom Line Up Front
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• LES — Lincoln Experimental Satellite
• ALT — Alternate
• RIF — Reduction In Force
• DIB — Directory Information Base
• WILCO — Will Comply
• SLIP — Serial Line Interface Protocol
• AMR — Atlantic Missile Range
• LAB — Laboratory
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• SARDOT — Search and Rescue Point
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• FCS — Flight Control System (Subsystem)
• AIAA — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
• CTR — Center
• SEATO — Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• STC — Sensitivity Time Control
• DFCS — Digital Flight Control System
• SIG — Signal
• NC — No Change

• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• BT — Bhutan
• STD — Standard
• UVCE — Unconfined Vapor Cloud Explosion
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• ARPA — Advanced Research Projects Agency (made early internet)
• ROV — Remotely Operated Vehicle
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• CIS — Commonwealth of Independent States
• BW — Bandwidth
• SEC — Second
• QOS — Quality of Service
• CM — Configuration Management
• SGT — Sergeant
• DES — Data Encryption Standard
• TAC — Terminal Access Controller
• CAE — Computer-Aided Engineering
• LEA — Law Enforcement Agency
• SCN — Specification Change Notice
• MAC — Message Authentication Code
• VMI — Virginia Military Institute
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• PMR — Program Management Review
• SALT — Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• N — North
• TNI — Trusted Network Interpretation
• MOS — Military Occupational Speciality
• SGML — Standard Generalized Markup Language
• AFWAL — Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• AGE — Aerospace Ground Equipment
• SVBIED — Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
• CMP — Configuration Management Plan
• SL — Sea Level
• RFC — River Forecast Center
• PAR — Perimeter Acquisition Radar
• UPI — United Press International
• APP — Application
• SDS — Satellite Data System
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• MF — Medium Frequency
• BIT — Built-In Test
• APEC — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• CSTC — Consolidated Space Test Center
• TEC — Total Electron Content
• USG — United States Government
• BE — Beryllium
• LAC — Local Area Coverage

• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• CDRL — Contract Data Requirements List
• MLV — Medium Launch Vehicle
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• CTRL — Control
• BITE — Built In Test Equipment/Battle Management Interoperability T&E Training Exercises
• MDA — Minimum Descent Altitude
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• EXCOM — Executive Committee
• AFSCN — Air Force Satellite Control Network
• Q-SHIP — Decoy Ship
• CFA — Cognizant Field Activity
• SOP — Standard Operational Procedure
• ACL — Access Control List
• CRL — Certificate Revocation List
• OMV — Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle
• T-AKR — Fast Logistics Ship
• WS — Workstation
• DAR — Defense Acquisition Regulation
• ATC — Air traffic control
• AE — Application Entity
• WBS — Work Breakdown Structure
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• SS-17 — Spanker Missile
• ALT — Altitude
• MLG — Main Landing Gear
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• DC — Direct Current
• PMR — Pacific Missile Range
• CCAFS — Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from.
• LEO — Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
• LFC — Large Format Camera
• IPO — Integrated Program Office
• QIO — Quality Improvement Organization
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• MOS — Marine Observation Satellite
• DAC — Development Assistance Committee
• CW — Carrier Wave
• TBN — To Be Named
• TACRON — Tactical Air Control Squadron
• RFS — Request For Service
• N/A — Not Applicable
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• AFSCF — Air Force Satellite Control Facility
• SDD — Software Design Document
• R2T2 — Rapid Response Topographic Teams
• UA — User Agent
• LPF — Low Pass Filter
• VCRM — Verification Cross-Reference Matrix
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit

• UNRWA — United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• USV — United States Volunteers
• ESMC — Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• PM — Preventive Maintenance
• OCD — Operational Concept Description
• LOS — Line Of Sight
• SLQ-32 — Electronic Warfare Jamming System
• RCV — Receive
• NLT — No Later Than
• LAT — Latitude
• LF — Low Frequency
• TAFCSD — Total Active Federal Commissioned Service Date
• S SCAN — Sector Scan
• AOA — Angle Of Arrival
• PY — Prior Year
• RIP — Routing Information Protocol
• MCW — Modulated Continuous Wave
• IUS — Inertial UPper Stage (was Interim UPper Stage)
• MT — Metric Ton
• S-8 — Army Resource Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• SOPS — Standard Operating Procedures
• SMG — Spaceflight Meteorology Group
• SYS — System
• AU — Audio Unit
• FIG — Figure
• RFI — Radio Frequency Interference
• MTBF — Mean Time Before Failure
• CW — Continuous Wave
• CAB — Cabinet
• SDHS — Satellite Data Handling System
• SAEDA — Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the Army
• LEP — Linear Error Probable
• NIC — Network Information Center
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• TPF — Total Package Fielding
• EM — Electromagnetic
• AGC — Automatic Gain Control
• FBW — Fly By Wire
• SLV — Space Launch Vehicle
• RPF — Raster Product Format
• TOL — Tolerance
• LCC — Launch Control Center (KSC)
• UANF — United Achik National Front
• WADR — With All Due Respect
• SATURN — Second-Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO
• MM — Million
• TED — Trunk Encryption Device
• TDL — Tactical Data Link
• OPS — Operations

• TBD — To Be Determined
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• TNO — Trust No One
• SL — Sick Leave
• S&TI — Scientific & Technical Intelligence
• NIS — Network Information Service
• S/RTF — Search and Recovery Task Force
• DMSS — Defense Meteorological Satellite System
• COG — Continuity Of Government
• SGL — Small Group Leader
• WG — Working Group
• PDL — program design language
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• MODEM — Modulator-Demodulator
• MOH — Medal Of Honor
• CSMA/CD — Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
• NCS — National Communications System
• UNDAC — United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination
• S — Secret
• NMS — Network Management System
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• MSS — Multispectral Scanner System
• PPM — parts per million
• R-AFF — Regimental Affiliation
• VM — Virtual Memory
• AA — Australian Army
• PPS — Precise Positioning Service
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• STR — Software Test Report
• OA — Office Automation
• T-AH — Hospital Ship
• COS — Cosine
• BOM — Bill of Material
• NEACP — National Emergency Airborne Command Post
• ERTS — Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• NA — Not Applicable
• ABMA — Army Ballistic Missile Agency
• SELCOM — Select Committee
• TWT — Traveling Wave Tube
• D — Director
• S-6 — Army Communications and Information Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• TBO — Time Between Overhaul
• OC — Optical Carrier
• CO — Company
• EOM — End Of Month
• UAV-GCS — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Ground Control Station
• S-ARM — Standard-Antiradiation Missile
• NOR — Notice Of Revision
• WI — What If?

• SNAFU — Situation Normal All Fouled Up
• RAR — Royal Australian Regiment
• W TK — water tank
• SW — Switch
• UCOFT — Unit Conduct Of Fire Trainer
• TCP/IP — transmission control protocol/internet protocol
• VOL — Volume
• SSAN — Social Security Account Number
• RADCAD — Radar Computer-Aided Design
• DMZ — Demilitarized Zone
• NSW — New South Wales
• S-9 — Army Facilities Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• TACREP — Tactical Report
• CRT — Crisis Response Team
• R.S.M. — Regimental Sergeant Major
• S-7 — Army Inter-Component Integration Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• SLAR — Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• MCS — Mesoscale Convective System
• SOLAS — Safety of Life at Sea
• ITO — International Trade Organization
• OP — Operator
• LPC — Linear Predictive Coding
• S.530 — Super 530 Missile
• PTR — Paper Tape Reader
• SST — States Supersonic Transport
• LAS — Land Analysis System
• ESS — Electronic Switching System
• OR — Operational Requirement
• MAC — Mandatory Access Control
• AUTOVON — Automatic Voice Network
• ASN — Abstract Syntax Notation
• CRRES — Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
• AFC — Automatic Frequency Control
• SDR — System Design Review
• BMO — Ballistic Missile Office
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• CWGC — Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• T-JMC — Theater-Joint Movement Center
• MTNS — Mountains
• SA-2 — Guideline Missile
• PG — Persian Gulf
• FDX — Full Duplex
• NN — Neural Network
• MMU — Manned Maneuvering Unit
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• COTR — Contracting Officer Technical Representative
• EEC — European Economic Community (predecessor of the European Union|EU)
• W SUP — water supply
• LMI — Layer Management Interface
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager

• SIDS — Secondary Imagery Dissemination System
• T&DE — Test and Diagnostic Equipment
• S/C N — Signal-to-Clutter Plus Noise
• K — Kilo-
• MVS — Multiple Virtual Storage
• RECCE — Reconnaissance
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• TISA — Troop Issue Subsistence Activity
• LDR — Leader
• ATT — At This Time
• MDT — Mobile Data Terminal
• NT — Northern Territory
• SAFE-CP — Selected Area for Evasion-Contact Point
• RWIP — Risk Work In Progress
• ECD — Estimated Completion Date
• V-DAY — Victory Day
• ETL — Endorsed Tools List
• NM — Network Management
• TAC CP — Tactical Command Post
• SPS — Standard Positioning Service (GPS)
• NFIP — National Flood Insurance Program
• MMS — Multimission Modular Spacecraft
• OSPF — Open Shortest Path First (ATM)
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• TSOC — Theater Special Operations Command
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• TPN — Tactical Packet Network
• SCTS — Single Channel Transponder System
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• OPSEC — Operational Security
• RADBN — Radio Battalion
• CSOC — Consolidated Space Operations Center
• T-JTB — Theater-Joint Transportation Board
• SVEST — Suicide Vest
• WATCHCON — Watch Condition
• MDT — Message Distribution Terminal
• SAACONS — Standard Army Automated Contracting System
• CKO — Chief Knowledge Officer
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• BER — Bit-Error Rate
• SHF — Super High Frequency
• OCR — Optical Character Recognition
• PMS — Project Management System
• DSS — Decision Support System
• S-QUAD — Silent Sound Spread Spectrum
• UBACS — Under Body Armour Combat Shirt
• VT — Virtual Terminal
• BAOR — British Army of the Rhine
• SCONUM — Ship Control Number
• BERT — Bit Error Rate Tester (telecommunication)

• AFS — Air Force Station
• DAD — Dual Air Density
• TBR — To Be Resolved
• MPC — Marine Prediction Center
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• CTS — communications technology satellite
• FDDI — Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• DC — District Commissioner
• LALLS — Low-Angle Laser Light Scattering
• WE — With Equipment
• DBA — Data Base Administrator
• RAM — random-access memory
• 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.")
• PX — Post Exchange
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• SLV — Sleeve
• KEK — Key Encryption Key (COMSEC Key)
• OPF — Orbiter Processing Facility
• EDAS — Eta Data Assimilation System
• FDMA — Frequency Division Multiple Access
• MDT — Mean Down Time
• IR — Infrared
• SSTO — Single-Stage-to-Orbit
• AFOTEC — Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center's
• SOHO — Small Office Home Office
• S/EWOC — Signals Intelligence/electronic Warfare Operations Center
• CDMA — Code Division Multiple Access (voice/data transmission)
• PIN — Personal Identification Number
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• IPR — Impulse Response
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• USAID — United States Agency for International Development
• RAD — Radiation Absorbed Dose
• COMSEC — Communications Security (military)
• SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
• ANR — Active Noise Reduction
• MFD — Multi-Function Display
• EIRP — Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
• MRC — Maintenance Requirement Card
• UDA — Ulster Defence Association
• SW — Short Wave
• TMI — Too Much Information (Internet Slang)
• AOA — Angle Of Attack
• QEEM — Quick Erect Expandable Mast
• S&GSLCMC — Soldier and Ground Systems Life Cycle Management Command
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• SACMFCS — Small Arms Common Module Fire Control System
• VASRD — Veterans Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities
• AKM — Apogee Kick Motor
• SA-3 — Goa Missile

• SINE — Short Interspersed Nuclear Element
• ECO — Engineering Change Order
• CAVU — Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited
• PPI — Plan Position Indicator
• TD — Technical Directive
• IVD — Interactive Video Disk
• RSSIA — Regional Security Strategy Implementation Analysis
• UFC — Unified Facilities Criteria
• E&I — Engineering & Installation
• SERE — Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape
• SL3 — STOCK LIST
• PERT — Program Evaluation and Review Technique
• QBGS — Queens Body Guard for Scotland
• IPX — Internet Packet Exchange
• MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
• SA-13 — Strella Missile
• AASHTO — American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• DOI — Date of Injury
• SA-5 — Gammon Missile
• LOI — Letter Of Intent
• RLY — Relay
• DOMSAT — Domestic Communications Satellite System
• MPA — Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer
• UAOBS — Upper Air Observation
• LAP — Laboratory Accreditation Program
• DTM — Data Transfer Module
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• SNMP — Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM)
• PDM — Pulse Duration Modulation
• BPR — Business Process Re-engineering
• ITS — Intelligent Transportation System
• T&A TM — Traffic and Analysis Team
• VOR — VHF Omnidirectional Range
• SVD — Software Version Description
• OS — Operating System
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• QLQ — Quality of Life Questionnaire
• SHA — System Hazard Analysis
• EEOC — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• ELF — Extremely Low Frequency
• R2P2 — Rapid Response Planning Process
• ETL — Environmental Technology Laboratory
• ACE — Access Control Encryption
• BPS — bits per second
• W/D — Withdrawal
• MTTR — Mean Time To Repair
• SA-6 — Gainful Missile
• TJAG — The Judge Advocate General
• VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
• WBGTI — Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Index

• PSTN — Public Switched Telephone Network
• VAR — Variable
• SAFWIN — Secure Air Force Weather Information Network
• POTS — Plain Old Telephone System
• SA — Special Agent
• SUM — Software User Manual
• JAWF — Joint Agricultural Weather Facility
• REI — Restricted Entry Interval
• R.550 — Magic Misile
• CLICK — Kilometre
• RFI — Request For Information. Sales department shorthand. Special priority when use in conjunction with RFN (see below).
• QFEA — Quartermaster Field Evaluation Agency
• R/EW — Radar/ Electronic Warfare
• SA-4 — Ganef Missile
• CBR — Case-Based Reasoning
• RAAF — Royal Australian Air Force
• SAAF — South African Air Force
• ODA — Open Document Architecture
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• DPI — Differential Pressure Indicator
• DBMS — Defense Business Management System
• RTS — Remote Tracking Station
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• TOR — terms of reference (ICAO/FAA)
• SA-N-2 — Naval Guideline
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• RSSI — Received Signal Strength Indicator
• SSL — Secure Socket Layer
• SS-18 — Satan Missile
• BAMF — Bad Ass Mother Fucker
• AFSC — Air Force Systems Command
• MHS — Message Handling System (electronic)
• LT — Light
• R.440 — Crotale Missile
• KISS — Keep It Simple Stupid
• RADAGS — Radar Aimpoint Guidance System
• EOB — Executive Office Building
• NDL — Network Data Language
• QAR — Quality Assurance Representative
• MBPS — Megabytes Per Second
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• ASI — Air Speed Indicator
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• PDS — Post Design Services
• PTDO — Prepare To Deploy Order
• SLC — Space Launch Complex
• SCF — Sectional Center Facility
• MBO — Management by Objective

• AP — Application Processor
• OST — Outer Space Treaty
• ARDC — Air Research and Development Command
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• PASADENA — Para-Hydrogen And Synthesis Allow Dramatically Enhanced Nuclear Alignment
• WAOB — World Agricultural Outlook Board
• SPL — Software Products Library
• WIA — Wounded In Action
• AC — annual closing
• TVM — Track Via Missile
• LF — Live Fire
• DAC — Data Assembly Center
• CACM — Central American Common Market
• ADCCP — Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures
• PRT — Personal Rapid Transit
• ECHR — European Court of Human Rights
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• TWS — Track While-Scan
• VAH-8 — Heavy Attack Squadron 8, The Fireballers
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• OII — Operations-Intelligence Interface
• PPP — Point-to-Point Protocol
• QLP — Quadrilateral Protocol
• QBE — Query By Example
• SA-N-1 — Naval Goa Missile 1
• BGP — Border Gateway Protocol (routing protocol)
• CAM — computer aided manufacturing
• BIU — Bus Interface Unit
• IPM — Interpersonal Messaging
• SOCC — Satellite Operations Control Center
• AMST — Advanced Medium STOL Transport
• USDOJ — United States Department of Justice
• OPS — Operations Squadron
• MT — Machine Translation
• WAWF-RA — Wide Area Work Flow - Receipt and Acceptance
• REDCOM — Readiness Command
• NESS — National Environmental Satellite Service (NOAA)
• NCSC — National Computer Security Center (NSA)
• SA-9 — Gaskin Missile
• PPS — Post-Production Support
• WAAFB — Walker Air Force Base
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• PRI — Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)
• SRS — Software Requirements Specifications
• RADAM — Radar Detection of Agitated Metals
• SCADA — Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
• SADFRAD — Synthetic Aperture Dual Frequency Radar
• SA-N-3 — Goblet Missile

• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• VBTM — Virtual Brigade Training Methodology
• QEX — Quality Evaluation eXercise
• FA — Forward Area
• PDU — Protocol data unit (such as segment, packet, frame, etc.)
• PU — Physical Unit (IBM)
• SIQ — Sick In Quarters
• NZ — New Zealand
• RI — Routing Indicator
• CLIN — Contract Line Item Number
• EA — Each (as in a unit of measurement - one each)
• SDLC — Synchronous Data Link Control
• SECAF — Secretary of the Air Force
• DIDS — Defense Integrated Data System
• COMMS — Communications
• WAC(I) — Women's Auxiliary Corp (India)
• VRU — Voice Response Unit
• CRS — Can't Remember Stuff
• RAC-OT — Readiness Assessment System - Output Tool
• SUPPO — Supply Officer
• VAW-124 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124, The Bear Aces
• SWE — Snow Water Equivalent
• SECSTATE — Secretary of State
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• CCTV — Closed Circuit Television
• DMA — direct memory access (computer term)
• SBNPB — Space-Based Neutral Particle Beam
• DAU — Data Acquisition Unit
• CBJB — Congressional Budget Justification Book
• VAQ-130 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 130, The Zappers
• SEWS — Satellite Early Warning System
• VNAV — Vertical Navigation
• JVM — Java Virtual Machine
• UTA — Unit Training Assembly
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• TOA — Time Of Arrival
• WRF — Weather Research and Forecasting
• TUH — Tactical Utility Helicopter
• TM — Technical Monitor
• SBL — Space-Based Laser
• TAIHOD — Total Army Injury and Health Outcomes Database
• AOD — Administrative Officer of the Day
• CFE — Center For Engineering
• APPS — Applications (software)
• SW — Software (SFTWE Preferred)
• VAQ-131 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 131, The Lancers
• CDT — Central Daylight Time
• QAZ — Quick Access Zone
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• SA-8 — Gecko Missile

• QRCT — Quick Reaction Communications Terminal
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• TACSATCOM — Tactical Satellite Communications
• VA — Veterans Administration
• CAS — Calibrated Air Speed
• KBS — Knowledge-Based System
• VRD — Virtual Retinal Display
• WAPJ — World Air Power Journal
• POP — Point Of Presence (Internet)
• TACWAR — Tactical Warfare
• PCM — Pulse-Code Modulation
• UQL — Unacceptable Quality Level
• RACF — Resource Access Control Facility
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• UPRN — Unique Property Reference Number
• QVO — Qualified Vehicle Operator
• TAFDS — Tactical Airfield Fuel Dispensing System
• ROICC — Resident Officer In Charge of Construction
• CQC — Close Quarters Combat
• E-MAIL — Electronic Mail
• RIM-66 — Standard Missile
• PM — Project Manager
• RMN — Royal Malaysian Navy
• USD/P — Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• VAQ-141 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 141, The Shadowhawks
• PBX — Private Branch eXchange (company phone system)
• VTC — Video Teleconference
• RAFGSA — Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association
• SVLTU — Service Line Termination Unit
• TACLAN — Tactical Local Area Network
• RAIDES — Rapid Air Defense Evaluation System
• VAQ-135 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 135, Black Ravens
• TACO2 — Tactical Communications Protocol 2
• AIRS — Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere
• TAFIES — Tactical Air Force Intelligence Exploitation System
• USMMA — United States Merchant Marine Academy
• SMB — Suck My Balls
• EPROM — Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• SZ — Surf Zone
• NBS — National Bureau of Standards (US)
• IRS — Interface Requirements Specification
• DEPT — Department
• MOD — Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
• CSR — Current Situation Room
• RAMADCS — Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Automated Data Collection System
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• WATWG — WWMCCS ADP Traffic Working Group
• SIDPERS — Standard Installation/Division Personnel System
• SIMM — Single Inline Memory Module
• MTWY — Motorway

• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• WARMAPS — Wartime Manpower Planning System
• VOIP — Voice Over IP (Internet Protocol)
• TECHCON — Technical Control
• EMMA — Expert Missile Maintenance Aid
• UM — Unit Manager
• VAQ-139 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139, The Cougars
• MAD — Message Address Directory
• UNODIR — Unless Otherwise Directed
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• TRF — Tuned Radio Frequency
• ODBC — Open Database Connectivity
• VAQ-134 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 134, The Garudas
• VSWR — Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
• NARA — United States National Archives And Records Administration
• S/T — Short Ton
• COMM — Communication
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• SMSGT — Senior Master Sergeant
• TACMAR — Tactical Multifunction Array Radar
• TLS — Top Level Specification
• AT&T — American Telephone and Telegraph (U.S. company, also known as "Ma Bell")
• B&W — Babcock & Wilcox - Black And White - Bowers & Wilkins
• SMIB — Security Management Information Base
• WHA — Tungsten Heavy Alloy
• VAQ-137 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 137, The Rooks
• CNN — Cable News Network's
• FIPS — Federal Information Processing Standard
• VAQ-129 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 129, The New Vikings
• SKE — Station-Keeping Equipment
• TACCDAS — Tactical Army Command & Control Data System
• TSCP — Theater Security Cooperation Plan
• S&S — Supply & Service
• SIP — Site Implementation Plan
• TYCOM — Type Commander
• EO — End Office
• TN — Target Number
• 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 (
• UDI — Unique Device Identifier
• CARIFTA — Caribbean Free Trade Association
• OPAS — Overpass
• MAG — Magnetic
• MIB — Management Information Base (ATM)
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• WAYM — WayMark
• QPSK — aeronautical quadrature phase shift keying
• RXW — Receiver Workbook
• RRCC — Regional Response Coordination Center
• SOCOM — United States Special Operations Command
• FAX — Facsimile

• TA/CP — Technology Assessment/Control Plan
• CDB — Central Data Base
• MPEG — Motion Picture Experts Group
• SQ — Super Quiet
• BRI — Basic Rate Interface
• UXB — Unexploded Bomb
• SCPC — single channel per carrier
• RM3 — Radioman Third Class
• OJT — On the Job Training
• VAQ-128 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 128, Phoenix
• POTUS — President Of The United States. Acronym used by Whitehouse staff. See also FLOFTUS.
• VAQ-140 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 140, The Patriots
• MOC — Maintenance Operational Check
• BIM — Ballistic Intercept Missile
• AFMPC — Air Force Military Personnel Center
• IPC — Industrial Planning Committee
• PVC — Permanent Virtual Circuit (ATM)
• VAQ-33 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 33, The Firebirds
• QRM — Quantitative Risk Management
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• ANFO — Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil Explosive
• NLP — Natural Language Processing
• VAQ-34 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 34, The Flashbacks
• DREN — Defense Research and Engineering Network
• BOHICA — Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
• EC — European Community
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• EI — Effectiveness Index
• TACWARS — Tactical Air Warfare Simulation
• RCV — Remotely Controlled Vehicle
• SACT — Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
• TTY — Teletype Telex Machine
• VAW-113 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 113, The Black Eagles
• VAQ-142 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 142, The Gray Wolves
• VAW-120 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120, The Greyhawks
• IPTF — International Police Task Force
• OCR — Optical Character Reader
• VDT — Video Display Terminal
• VAW-126 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126, The Seahawks
• DMS — Data Management System
• TAC-D — Tactical Deception
• STAMIS — Standard Army Management Information System
• TCF — Technical Control Facility
• VAQ-138 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 138, Yellow Jackets
• TACSCAN — Tactical Scanner
• DOS — United States Department of State
• POS — Position
• VTOL — Vertical Take-Off & Landing
• RAPOE — Regional APOE
• SRY — Ship Repair Yard

• TACTERM — Tactical Terminal
• AMSF — Army Maintenance Supply Facilities
• NTIS — National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
• ROP — Rate of Penetration
• TACTRAGRULANT — Tactical Training Group, Atlantic
• PUP — Principal User Processor (NEXRAD)
• VAQ-136 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 136, The Gauntlets
• AACB — Aeronautics & Astronautics Coordinating Board
• SRL — Survival Research Laboratories
• CIDR — Classless Inter-Domain Routing (ATM)
• TCSEC — Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria
• TI — Texas Instruments, Inc.
• TBMCS — Theater Battle Management Core Systems
• TACSTANS — Tactical Standards
• SPM — Software Programmer's Manual
• EDP — Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• UFN — Until Further Notice
• EST — Estimated Starting Time
• ATA — Actual Time of Arrival
• VMS — Virtual Memory System
• SIL — System Integration Laboratory
• DCN — Design Change Notice
• MINURSO — United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
• QTD — Quarter-to-Date
• LNA — Low-Noise Amplifier
• OSO — Office of Satellite Operations
• VDD — Version Description Document
• TADIXS-A — Tactical Data Information Exchange System - Data and Test Communications System
• WARC — World Administrative Radio Conference
• TBI — Traumatic Brain Injury
• CWI — Crutch Walking Instructions
• AUTODIN — Automatic Digital Network
• SCBA — Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
• SECNAVINST — Secretary of the Navy Instruction
• ROE — Rules of Engagement. The rules given to every service member on when to engage targets. Changes dependent upon the situation.
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
• QF ACFT — Quick Fix Aircraft
• SMLM — Soviet Military Liaison Mission
• MTBCF — Mean Time Between Critical Failures
• SSB — Single SideBand
• SST — Safe Secure Transport
• WAQC — Western Army Training Center Aviation Qualification Course
• RECAU — Receipt Acknowledged And Understood
• FFP — Firm Fixed Priced
• DCTN — Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network
• TAAMDCOORD — Theater Army Air and Missile Defense Coordinator
• QBO — Quick Battle Orders
• SECARMY — Secretary of the Army
• STP — Software Test Plan
• WA — War Arranger

• CRS — Community Relations Service
• VBIED — Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosion Device
• SOSCOE — System-Of-Systems Common Operating Environment
• ASD — Army Shipping Document
• SORD — System Operational Requirements Document
• COBOL — Common Business-Oriented Language
• USD/A — Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
• OOP — Of an Object Oriented Programming
• ANDVT — Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal
• RA — Roughness Average
• VF — Voice Frequency
• DTS — Dedicated Transmission Service
• A/D — Analog/Digital
• WAVELL — United Kingdom Command and Control System
• TDMA — Time Division Multiple Access
• QXS — Quick Access
• SOL — Solenoid
• CALS — Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CAALS)
• MCS — Message Conversion System
• SANDF — South African National Defence Force
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• TAPDB — Total Army Personnel Database
• REPGEN — Reports Generator
• EMS — Element Management System (ATM)
• SCUBA — self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
• DODISS — Department of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards
• VMAQ — Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
• CARDE — Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment
• WIP — Work In Progress (process)
• RAS-OT — Readiness Assessment System - Output Tool
• CIHS — Classified Information Handling System
• ELT — Emergency Locator Transmitter
• TASO — Terminal Area Security Officer
• RCD — Residual Current Device
• UVV — Upward Vertical Velocity
• VERT — Vertical
• RDJTF — Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (US)
• TJD — Trajectory Diagram
• QTA — Qualification Test Article
• EMS — Earn Money Sleeping (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Service)
• TEMP — Test and Evaluation Master Plan
• SAPR — Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
• SPM — System Program Manager
• NRV — Non Return Valve
• VGA — Video Graphics Array
• USSBS — United States Strategic Bombing Survey
• SWEBOK — Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
• SK3 — Storekeeper Third Class
• CPS — characters per second
• NIU — Network Interface Unit

• DIC — Defense Intelligence College
• DDN — U.S. Defense Data Network
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• RAH-66 — Reconnaissance Attack Helicopter
• PUA — Private Use Area (Unicode E000-F8FF)
• QPQ — Quid Pro Quo
• PSS — Packet Switched Service
• TABILS — Target and Background Information Library System
• AD — airworthiness directives (FAA)
• TELAR — Transporter-Erector-Launcher & Radar
• RAVAF — Royal Australian Virtual Air Force
• TOE — Table of Organization and Equipment
• DPU — data processing unit
• RAMEP — RAM and Enhanced Performance
• SECNAV — United States Secretary of the Navy
• RSTN — Radio Solar Telescope Network
• WARM — Wartime Reserve Mode
• TWCF — Transportation Working Capital Fund
• CONFIG — Configuration
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• VLSI — Very Large-Scale Integration
• SPS — Software Product Specification
• KDC — Kerberos Key Distribution Center
• SNT — Serial Number Tracking
• R&R — Rest & Recuperation
• ACAAM — Air Courses of Action Assessment Model
• SAPF — Special Access Program Facility
• TACCIMS(K) — Theater Army Command and Control Information Management System ( Korea)
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• PPA — Pollution Prevention Act
• ECM — Electronic Counter Measures
• LAOES — Laser Ablation Optical Emission Spectroscopy
• ASAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar 
• UXE — Upkeep by Exchange
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• CARICOM — Caribbean Common Market and Community
• RADIUS — Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
• LWOP — Leave Without Pay
• TAC(A) — Tactical Air Coordinator (Airborne)
• NII — National Information Infrastructure (USA)
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• SNA — System Network Architecture
• CAT — Category (e.g. CAT-5 cable)
• DNS — Domain Name Service
• STREAM — Standard Tensioned Replenishment Alongside Method
• TAV — Total Asset Visibility
• ROKMC — Republic Of Korea Marine Corps
• OO — On Order
• O&M — Operation and Maintenance
• RIO — Radar Intercept Officer (US Navy)

• AFAMPE — Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• SIGACTS — Significant Activities
• DCE — Data Communication Equipment
• NF — no foreign
• SSMA — Spread-Spectrum Multiple Access
• OSS — Operations Support System
• MAINT — Maintenance
• PST — Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 Hours)
• RIDDOR — Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
• RWU — Research Work Unit
• KMP — Key Management Protocol
• DUA — Directory User Agent
• PWM — pulsewidth modulation
• JSAN — Joint Staff Automation of the Nineties
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• ROEX — rules of engagement exercise
• QI — Quality Indicator
• ABE — ARM-Based Electronics
• SDLC — Software development life cycle
• SMA — Supply Management, Army
• EVAC — Evacuation System
• KSA — Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
• VKA — Volatile Keying Assembly
• PROM — Programmable Read-Only Memory
• EIB — European Investment Bank
• TACSAT — Tactical Satellite
• SOSI — System-Of-Systems Integration
• SABA — Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus
• COMMO — Communications Officer
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• EMMA — Expert Missile Maintenance Aim
• PCMCIA — Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
• RGB — red-green-blue (signal)
• VBR — Variable Bit Rate (ATM)
• SMDS — Switched Multimegabit Data Service (ATM)
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• QMB — Quality Management Board
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• PKC — Public Key Cryptography
• RLG — Ring Laser Gyro
• AZ — Azimuth
• FEP — Front End Processor
• PSN — Packet Switched Network
• ETF — Enhanced tactical fighter
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• VIAGRA — Vertical Installation Automated Group Receiver Antenna
• SOMO — Suspension of Military Operations
• VTO — Vertical Take Off
• WPM — speech--words per minute

• RQMH — Regimental Quarter Master Havildar
• DDCMP — Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
• RECC — Regional Emergency Communications Coordinator
• QUP — Quantity Per Unit Pack
• RSPL — Recommended Spare Parts List
• MUX — Multiplexer
• Q&A — Questions & Answers
• MIL STD — Military Standard
• VHSIC — Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• POC/ET — Proof Of Concept/Experimental Testbed
• TEPP — Test and Evaluation Program Plan
• QQI — Quantitative Quality Indicator
• VIHT — voluntary isocapnic hyperpnea training
• SOFT — Strengths, Opportunities, Faults, Threats
• ECP — Engineering Change Proposals
• LMR — Land Mobile Radio
• WFX — Warfighter Exercise
• JT — Joint
• BPI — bits per inch
• CBR — Constant Bit Rate
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• LST — Local Standard Time
• STARTEX — Start of Exercise
• NTZ — No Transgression Zone
• OIC — Office in Charge
• VMF-214 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 214, the Black Sheep Squadron
• VSAT — Very Small Aperture Terminal (satellite service)
• PTL — Primary Target Line
• VHS — Video Home System
• PDA — Phase Doppler Analysis
• SECM — Shop Equipment, Contact Maintenance
• LAP — Laboratory Analytical Protocol
• TRADOC — United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
• EST — Estimated Ship Time
• SMTP — Simple Message Transfer Protocol
• SQE — Software Quality Evaluation
• RIK — Replacement in Kind
• VAX — Virtual Address Extension
• DTU — Data Transfer Unit
• CETS — Contractor Engineering and Technical Services
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• TLE — Target Location Error
• UGF — Underground Facility
• QCI — Quality Conformance Inspections
• EMA — European Monetary Agreement
• RM1 — Radioman First Class
• ETR — Eastern Test Range (ESME Preferred)
• NAV — Navigator
• PTT — Push to Talk Technology
• NOC — Network Operations Center

• TRB — Technical Review Board (MRR)
• CP — Central Processor
• SVGA — Super Video Graphics Array
• TPS — Thermal Protection System
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
• RSSC-LO — regional satellite communications support center liaison officer; regional space support center liaison officer
• RADIUS — Remote Authentication dial In User Service
• VLAN — Virtual Local Area Network
• EFTA — European Free Trade Association (Geneva)
• UNCIVPOL — United Nations Civilian Police
• OPS — Operations Shelter
• DGPS — Differential Global Positioning System
• SECT — Section
• LADD — Lifetime Average Daily Dose
• RPV — Remotely Piloted Vehicle
• SPR — Strategic Petroleum Reserve (US)
• EKMS — Electronic Key Management System
• USCS — United States Customs Service
• MECO — Main Engine Cutoff
• SVC — Switched Virtual Circuit (ATM)
• VPF — Vector Product Format
• QBU — Qualified Business Unit
• CAGE — Commercial and Government Entity
• UYK-70 — Standard 32-bit Naval processing computer (replaces the UYK-43)
• F — Frequency of Lifting
• TYQ-69 — Commmunications Control Set
• DST — Decision Support Tools
• TCSP — Theater Consolidation and Shipping Point
• OEU — Operational Evaluation Unit
• RRI — Response to Request for Information
• SNJ — North American Aircraft Company TEXAN, W W II Trainer Aircraft
• VETRONICS — Vehicle Electronics
• TNP — Take No Prisoners
• SWBD — Switchboard
• EMI — Electro-Magnetic Interference
• UO(S) — Uniformed Officer(s)
• ADGE — Air Defence Ground Environment
• RDBMS — Relational Data Base Management System (Oracle)
• ARS — United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
• NPR — National Performance Review (office)
• 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
• DCP — Decision Coordinating Paper
• ROSC — Regional Operations and Security Center
• AWL — Absent Without Leave
• MIJI — Meaconing, Intrusion, Jamming and Interference
• ERD — Entity-Relationship Diagram
• TOR — Tentative Operational Requirement
• RECON — Reconnaissance
• SQQ-32 — Variable Depth Minehunting Sonar
• WGM — Work Group Manager

• RX — Receive
• QIP — Quality Improvement Program
• RCSCC — Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps
• RBL — Results Based Leadership
• RSOI — Reception, Staging, Onward-Movement & Integration
• RADC — Rome Air Development Center (Now Rome Laboratory)
• STRATOPS — Strategic Operations Division
• VSHORAD — Very Short Range Air Defense
• TLT — Test Loop Translator
• CMAG — Cruise Missile Advanced Guidance
• CBD — Commerce Business Daily (Changed To FBO)
• ISA — Ionic Strength Adjuster
• PV — Positive Vetting
• NPS — Nominal Pipe Size (sometimes NS)
• RUP — Rational Unified Process
• TACTS — Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• SBFEL — Space-Based Free Electron Laser
• UNHCHR — United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• TSM — TRADOC System Manager
• SONET — Synchronous Optical Network
• AOIC — Assistant Officer in Charge
• TAC — Terrain Analysis Center
• AP — Associated Press
• ROIC — Resident Officer In Charge
• TFA — Toxic Free Area
• RATELO — Radiotelephone Operator
• NPN — NOAA Profiler Network
• MAD — Magnetic Anomaly Detector/Detection
• MGR — Manager
• OMARNG — Operation & Maintenance, Army National Guard
• TELEMED — Telemedicine
• AV — Audio Visual
• AFGWC — Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
• EIA — Electronics Industry Association (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
• RET — Retired
• COMPUSEC — Computer Security
• VDU — Video Display Unit
• SQK — Squawk
• FIPC — Foreign Intelligence Priorities Committee
• PPM — Pulse Position Modulation
• LAST — Lowest Anticipated Service Temperature
• UDR-13 — Pocket Radiac Set
• PSN — Public Switched Network
• MOPS — Million Operations per Second
• COMECON — Council For Mutual Economic Assistance (economic Counterpart Of The Warsaw Pact
• NOSC — Naval Ocean Systems Center (replaced by NCCOSC and now SPAWAR Systems Center)
• ERDAS — Earth Resources Data Analysis System
• JEC — Joint Economic Committee
• STU — Secure Telephone Unit

• QAE — Quality Assurance Engineer
• CFSR — Contract Funds Status Report/ing
• CEMA — Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• TECHINT — Technical Intelligence
• LCM — Life Cycle Management
• IU — Interface Unit
• CAB — Cabin
• USNO — United States Naval Observatory
• IPSO — Internet Protocol Security Option
• ANLYS — Analysis
• RN — Royal Navy
• STE — Special Test Equipment
• SDVOSB — Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
• SFMS — Special Forces Medical Sergeant
• USRA — Universities Space Research Association
• RNP — Remote Network Processor
• CMW — Compartmented Mode Workstation
• SSGT — Staff Sergeant
• MMW — Millimeter Wave
• VISCOM — VISual COMmunication
• TEV — Travel Expense Voucher
• AMCS — Alternate Master Control Station
• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration
• DRGS — Direct Readout Ground Stations
• SPCP — State Polytechnic College of Palawan
• SQUAD — Squadron
• NVG — Night Vision Goggle
• RAMC — Royal Army Medical Corps
• DT&E — Development, Test, & Evaluation
• SITSUM — Situation Summary
• NACE — National Association of Corrosion Engineers
• USAADBD — United States Army Air Defense Board
• FAAS — Foreign Affairs Administrative Support
• SNAFUBAR — Situation Normal, All Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
• NDA — Nondisclosure Agreement
• USPS — United States Postal Services
• WAE — Wargaming the Asymmetric Environment
• LOX — Liquid Oxygen
• TSSP — Tactical Satellite Signal Processor
• UNEF — United Nations Emergency Force
• SCIF — Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
• DRSN — Defense Red Switch Network
• QAD — Quality Assurance Division
• SIPRNET — Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
• FH — Frequency Hopping
• OPS — Operations Planning System
• SURG — Surgeon
• CBW — Chemical and Biological Warfare
• RQS — Rescue Squadron
• RADM — Rear Admiral

• SOSTAC — Situation, Objectives and Strategy, Tactics, Action, and Control
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• SORTS — Status of Resources and Training System
• WA — Western Approaches
• TAMPS — Tactical Aircraft Mission Planning System
• SRSG — Special Representative of the Secretary-General
• NHCD — National HUMINT Collection Directive
• RFN — Rifleman
• MSS — Mission Support System
• AOSS — automated office support system
• WGI — Within Grade Increase
• LAXRD — Low-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• SUB — Submarine
• PTT — Push to Talk Testing
• VERTREP — Vertical Replenishment
• SEQ — Sequence
• IRM — information resource management
• TRAM — Target Recognition Attack Multisensor
• EPS — Encapsulated Postscript
• SS-16 — Sinner Missile
• URI — University Research Initiative
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• STOW — Synthetic Theater of War
• TDWR — Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
• CFLCC — Combined Force Land Component Command
• F — Frequency
• NSDD — National Security Decision Directive
• QFQ — Quest for Quality
• CSU — Channel Service Unit
• ECMC — Enhanced Crisis Management Capability
• TMDE/PST — Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment/Production Surveillance Test
• WUC — Work Unit Code
• MOTIF — Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility
• DJMS — Defense Joint Military Pay System
• DPC — Delayed Primary Closure
• WCDMA — Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
• LONG — Longitude
• SIPRNET — Secret Ip Router Network
• VCR — video cassette recorder/player
• TGSM — Terminally Guided Submunition
• PRB — Program Review Board
• DND — Department of National Defence
• TTWG — Technology Transfer Working Group
• SAAFR — Standard Use Army Aircraft Flight Route (safer)
• SGA — Standards of Grade Authorization
• TAMIS — Training Ammunition Management Information System
• SDVT — SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team
• DVI — Digital Video Interactive
• NAVELEX — Naval Electronic Systems Command
• RLA — Repair-Level Analysis

• OPIC — Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• SMEC — Single Module Engine Controller
• MERADCOM — Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command (U.S. Army)
• VICE — As opposed to ....
• CAMS — Core Automated Maintenance System
• WGS 84 — World Geodetic System 1984
• STAAS — Surveillance & Target Acquisition Aircraft System
• SWCD — Soil and Water Conservation District
• ECU — Environmental Control Unit (GSM)
• TWY — Taxiway
• WSMCR — Western Space and Missile Center Regulation
• ODIF — Open Document Interchange Format
• VSTOL — Vertical/Short Takeoff & Landing
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• FAPC — Food and Agriculture Planning Committee
• SODARS — Special Operations Debrief and Retrieval System
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• OIA — Office of Imagery Analysis
• LOC — Location Number
• ASSIST — Automated Special Security Information System Terminal
• TTWCS — Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System
• PROG — Program
• SSL — Shop Stock List
• BEF — British Expeditionary Force
• MILNET — Military Network
• SARTU — Search and Rescue Training Unit (RAF)
• VFY — Verify
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• RPFT — Ranger Physical Fitness Test
• DISNET — Defense Integrated Secure Network
• DITCO — Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (formerly DECCO)
• MILSTAMP — Military Standard Transportation & Movement Procedure
• STAT — Security Threat Avoidance Technology
• TRADE — Training Devices and Equipment
• USNA — United States Naval Academy
• SSTATS — System Statistics Data
• REPSHIP — Report of Shipment
• SAMOC — Surface-to-Air Missile Operations Center
• USNSCC — United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
• APNIC — Asia Pacific Network Information Center
• VISSR — visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
• SITP — Subsystem Integration Test Plan
• SS-14 — Scamp Missile
• AFRL — Air Force Research Laboratory
• VUL — Vulnerability
• TCIS — Tactical Communications Interface Software
• RAU — Radio Access Unit (Army)
• CITIS — Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• STTE — Special to Type Test Equipment

• CCS2 — Command and Control Subordinate System
• NFDRS — National Fire Danger Rating System
• MARAD — Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet)
• QBZ — Qingwuqi Buqiang - Zidong
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• ACRIMSAT — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite
• EBS — Emergency Broadcast System
• JTC — Joint Technical Committee (USA)
• NASICON — Na Super-ionic Conductor
• DON — Department Of the Navy
• CCMAT — Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies
• QOI — Quality of Information
• PAM — Payload Assist Module
• NEL — National Exploitation Laboratory
• LAAS — Local Area Augmentation System
• VTAM — Virtual Telecommunication Access Method
• VESA — Video Electronics Standards Association
• VZ — Virtual Zone
• RWIFE — Rotary Wing Instrument Flight Examiner
• RRE — Royal Radar Establishment
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• MEO — Medium-Earth Orbit
• SVIP — Secure Voice Improvement Program
• DCASR — Defense Contract Administration Services Region
• LSA — Logistics Support Analysis
• MTBMA — Mean Time Between Maintenance Actions
• PNAF — Prime Nuclear Airlift Force
• TOPMIS — Total Officer Personnel Management Information System
• QAPP — Quality Assurance Program Plan
• PXH — Phoenix Hawk
• UNMOC — United Nations Military Observers Course
• MEDALS — Military Engineering Data Asset Locator System
• FADEC — Full Authority Digital Engine Control
• CSTVRP — Computer Security Technical Vulnerability Reporting Program
• THW — The Hidden Wars
• CPE — Customer Premise Equipment
• RIU — Radio Interface Unit
• SPC — Storm Prediction Center
• UNPROFOR — United Nations Protection Force (in Former Yugoslavia)
• SDP — Service Delivery Point
• DCU — Data Control Unit
• JSMB — Joint Space Management Board
• LC — Library of Congress
• SMKU — Shelter Mock-Up
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• SHTF — Shit Hit The Fan
• OTH — Over the Horizont
• RUC — Rapid Update Cycle
• RNAV — Random Navigation Area Navigation
• UNK — Unknown

• VV&C — Verification, Validation and Certification
• USMOG-W — United States Military Observer Group - Washington
• WETSU — We Eat This Shit Up
• MCS — Master Control Station (VIS, Grumman)
• PSMS — Personnel Status Monitoring System
• UDLP — United Defense-Limited Partnership
• AFCC — Air Force Communications Command
• OSE — Open System Environment
• V — Vertical
• SDNS — Secure Data Network System
• P&L — Production & Logistics
• USAFRICOM — United States Africa Command
• WBITS — Web-Based Integrated Training System
• SSAA — System Security Authorization Agreement
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• RUR-4 — Weapon Alpha ( Anti-submarine Rocket Launcher)
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• KSOS — Kernelized Secure Operating System
• TAMMS — The Army Maintenance Management System
• DCA — Defense Cooperation Agreements
• VIN — vehicle identification number (US) (transportation)
• USMD — United States Military District
• UNC — United Nations Command
• LAPW — Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (for Band-structure Calcns.)
• TADS — Target Acquisition and Designation System (US)
• OLA — Office of Legal Affairs
• TELCO — Telephone Company
• TARGET — Time for Audit Review Guidelines Education and Training
• WWOLS — World Wide on-Line System
• JOP — Joint Operating Procedure
• USACIDC — United States Army Criminal Investigation Command
• TBA — To Be Announcede
• VP-8 — Navy Patrol Squadron Eight
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• TCDL — Tactical Common Data Link
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratories (absorbed By OAR Or NOAA Research)
• ULSI — Ultra Large Scale Integration
• SARIR — Search and Rescue Incident Report
• BEM — British Empire Medal
• SA — Selective Availability (on GPS transmissions)
• NCB — Nuclear Contingency Branch
• SWPC — Space Weather Prediction Center
• OSI — Open System Interconnection
• DCAS — Defense Contract Administration Services
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• TKT — Tool KiT
• PWS — Performance Work Statement
• PCS — Personal Communications Services
• MVS — Multiple Virtual System

• DECU — Digital Engine Control Unit
• NLM — NetWare Loadable Module
• DPL — Degausser Products List
• SXN — Section
• TACOM — Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (US)
• PISA — Pharmaceutical Information Systems Association
• SEKP — Single Engagement Kill Probability
• TACT — Tactical Aviation Control Team
• RALH — Raise a Little Hell
• SSR — secondary surveillance radar (ICAO/FAA)
• VAS — VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
• MTST — Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter
• RO/RO — Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ship)
• MHD — Moving-Head Disk
• JAEIC — Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
• TSCIF — Tactical Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
• QALI — Quality Assurance Letter of Instruction
• RMW — Regulated Medical Waste
• STOATD — Science and Technology Objectives Advanced Technology Demonstration
• QVT — Quality Verification Testing
• ERAST — Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology
• SINCGARS-SIP — Single Channel Ground and Air(borne) Radio System - System Improvement Program
• RCN — Royal Canadian Navy
• MSPB — Merit System Protection Board
• UYH-16 — Mass Memory Storage Device
• OGP — Office of Global Programs
• QFPN — Quick Fix Position Navigation
• RF-84F — Republic FICON reconnaissance fighter
• TENET — Theater Extension Network
• UBO — UNIFORM BUSINESS OFFICE
• VQV — Voice Quality Value
• ASED — Assistant Secretary of Defense
• TEWT — Tactical Exercise Without Troops
• TT&E — Technical Test & Evaluation
• RADINT — Radar Intelligence
• ECS — Environmental Control System (Subsystem)
• T/R — Transmitter/Receiver
• AIR — American Institute for Research
• FCOC — Fuel Cooled Oil Cooler
• SARSS — Standard Army Retail Supply System
• VOCC — Vessel Operating Common Carriers
• DTD — Data Transfer Device
• VVP — Versatile Voice Processing
• TPQ-37 — Weapon Locating Radar
• SABC — self aid and buddy care
• VOSB — Veteran-Owned Small Business
• SIRR — Software Integration Readiness Review
• RB/ER — Reduced Blast/Enhanced Radiation
• VASI — Visual Approach Slope Indicator
• SQN — Squadron

• TFM — Trusted Facility Manual
• MPP — Massively Parallel Processing/Processor
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• UCA — Unenclosed Covered Area
• PTT — Push to Talk Taster
• WDGO — War Department General Order
• WHFO — When Hell Freezes Over
• CDIP — Council of Defense Intelligence Producers
• LACE — Lectin Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis
• SECDEF — United States Secretary of Defense
• OSF — Operations Support Facility
• SDTC — Standard Duty Title Code
• S-DAY — day the President authorizes selective reserve call-up
• NGA — NATO Guidelines Area
• SAAR — Strength Accounting And Reporting
• R/O — Receive Only
• TAPDB-AE — Total Army Personnel Database - Active Enlisted
• WFNA — White Fuming Nitric Acid
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• USCMH — United States Commission on Military History
• SSIMU — Solid State Inertial Measurement Unit
• CSD — Climate Services Division
• MTA — Message Transfer Agents (Internet)
• LAS — Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
• RTFA — Ready-Team-Fire-Assist
• SEAT — Single Engine Air Tanker
• RORO — Roll On, Roll Off
• REMIS — Reliability & Maintainability Information System
• UNODC — United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• VKF — Variable Key Function
• XA — Extended Architecture (MVS)
• VRAM — Video Random Access Memory
• RDDS — Range Data Distribution System
• RBG — Rocket Boosted Glider
• SE&I — Systems Engineering & Integration
• PMS — Planned Maintenance System
• MISSI — Multilevel Information System Security Initiative
• TOMA — Technical Order Management Agency
• SON — Statement Of Need
• RPZ — Reduced Pressure Zone
• WFO — Weather Forecast Office
• PNVS — Pilot Night Vision System
• IRBM — Intermediate-range ballistic missile
• DERA — Defense Environment Restoration Account
• STU-III — Secure Telephone Unit III
• T-NET — Training Net
• PCP — Program Change Proposal
• NTISSC — National Telecommunications & Information Systems Security Committee
• STUAS — Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System
• SIMM — Single In-line Memory Module

• MSK — Minimum Shift Keying
• TACON — Tactical Control
• SASP — Special Ammunition Supply Point
• DPC — Distal Palmar Crease
• RFPI — Rapid Force Projection Initiative
• TEK — Traffic Encryption Key
• TSZ — Temporary Security Zone
• AMGOT — Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories
• IR&D — Independent Research & Development
• RGN — Retired Guys Network Of Kansas City
• SEL REL — Selective Release
• RCMP — Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• LAC — Liquid Adsorption Chromatography
• EMS — Emergency medical service
• PCS — Personal Communications System
• SO/LIC — Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict
• DST — Daylight Savings Time
• TSS — Timesharing System
• IPA — Independent-pair Approximation
• UNDP — United Nations Development Program
• SJA — Staff Judge Advocate
• SPMN — Software Program Managers Network
• TARBUL — Target Bulletin
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• DTD — Directorate of Technical Development
• TASM — Tactical Air-to- Surface Missile
• TLN — Total Logistics Network
• LRP — Long-range Plan
• LEAF — Law Enforcement Access Field
• SLBM — Submarine-launched ballistic missile
• CCITT — Consultative Committee for International Telephone and Telegraph
• WGWV — Well Gulf War Veterans
• UGP — Unitary Guerilla Platoon (gaming group)
• SDDCTEA — Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering Agency
• STLDD — Software Top-Level Design Document
• TSGT — Technical Sergeant
• SPINS — Special Instructions
• TECHEVAL — Technical Evaluation
• UNOCHA — United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• DOT — Date of Transfer
• ST&E — Security Test and Evaluations
• SLJO — Shitty Little Jobs Officer
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observing System
• MIL-STD — Military Standard
• SKCM — Master Chief Storekeeper
• SRAM — Short Range Attack Missile
• UYK-43 — U.S. Navy standard 32-bit computer (replacement for UYK-7)
• DP — Distal Pulses
• NAVNET — Navy Network
• TERM — Terminal

• PMSP — Preliminary Message Security Protocol
• URD — User Requirements Document
• SUGG — Suggestion
• TIMMS — TMDE Integrated Material Management System
• CCIL — Continuously Computed Impact Line
• CNC — Computerized Numerical Control
• REAP — Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program
• MMU — Mass Memory Unit
• UV — Ultra Violet
• TTNT — Tactical Targeting Network Technology
• TAOM — Tactical Air Operations Module
• UYQ — Uranium Yield Quantity
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• SMR — source, maintenance, and recoverability
• SCITIS — Single Channel Transponder Injection System
• SMDC/ARSTRAT — United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/United States Army Forces Strategic Command
• USSOUTHCOM — United States Southern Command
• SIGSEC — Signal Security
• RASC — Royal Army Service Corps
• SFOR — Stabilization Force
• EDC — European Defence Community
• IPA — Independent-particle Approximation (in Quantum Calcns. On Solids)
• T — Training
• ARC — Acquisition Review Committee
• TLSP — Transport Layer Security Protocol
• RIM-67 — Standard Missile (ER)
• ROPOS — Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Science
• RIR — Reduction In Recruitment
• TAIM — Total Army Inventory Management
• SBY — Standby
• SOPA — Senior Officer Present Afloat
• SARSIT — Search and Rescue Situation Summary Report
• TWSTIAC — Tactical Warfare Simulation and Technology Info Analysis Center
• QIG — Quality Improvement Group
• WHIP — White House Invasion Prayer
• VIRUS — Very Important Resource Under Siege
• SOTA — Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Operational Tasking Authority
• QAP — Quality Assurance Plan
• RABFAC — Radar Beacon Forward Air Controller
• SAPO — Subarea Petroleum Office
• TAPDB-A — Total Army Personnel Database - Active
• QUADCON — Quadruple Container
• PSYOPS — Psychological Operations
• NSIA — National Security Industrial Association (now part of NDIA)
• USAAF — United States Army Air Forces
• RDTU — Remote Data Transmission Unit
• TADDS — Target Alert Data Display Set
• N-ISDN — Narrowband ISDN
• RRDT — Rapid Response Documentation Team

• T-AVB — Aviation Logistics Support Ship - MSC Manned
• DFA — Defence Families of Australia
• SS-19 — Stiletto Missile
• PVNTMED — Preventive Medicine
• SEO/SEP — Special Enforcement Operation/Special Enforcement Program
• SMILS — Sonobuoy Missile Impact Location System
• PWE — Primary Weapons and Equipment
• MCEB — Military Communications-Electronics Board
• PECP — Preliminary Engineering Change Proposal
• AMPL — Amplitude
• UHV — Upper Huallaga Valley (drug trafficking area in Peru)
• TVC — Total Variable Cost
• DP — Displaced Person
• UNDHA — United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
• NSTAC — National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
• RNVC — Reference Number Variation Code
• VRL — Virtual Reality Laboratory
• QNE — Quick n' Easy
• DES — Digital Encryption Standard
• SLME — Select Manual Entry
• UALS — Universal Ammunition Loading System
• QOT&E — Qualification Operational Test & Evaluation
• LAAFS — Laser Ablation Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• USNORTHCOM — United States Northern Command
• PUG — Push-Up Game
• WAAF — Women's Auxiliary Air Force (World WarII UK)
• TIREM — Terrain Integrated Rough Earth Model
• QWG — Quadripartite Working Group (qwig)
• SPSC — System Planning & System Control
• SCCB — Software Configuration Control Board
• TASKORD — Tasking Order
• TDBSS — Theater Defense Blood Standard System
• UNIDIR — United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
• TISG — Technical Interoperability Standards Group
• DOE — Date of Examination
• VQD — Vendor Quality Diagnosis
• RDE — Research Development and Engineering
• NSTC — National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
• RET. — Retired
• NMC — Not Mission Capable
• TMOPS — TRADOC Mobilization and Operations Planning System
• PSRO — Passenger Standing Route Order
• USIC — United States Interdiction Coordinator
• TDAR — Tactical Defense Alert Radar
• SSTB — Salton Sea Test Base
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• TAPDB-R — Total Army Personnel Database - Reserve
• TRNG — Training
• RQMTS — Requirements
• MBB — Modular Building Block

• SHORAD — Short-Range Air Defense
• SMT — station management (protocol)
• USIA — United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• TAPOC — Theater Army Personnel Operations Center
• TOCS — Tactical Operation Combat System
• TADCS — Tactical Airborne Digital Camera System
• QEG — Quality Evaluation Group
• TF/TA — Terrain Following / Terrain Avoidance
• CFS — Center For Standards
• UNREP — Underway Replenishment
• PTP — Paper Tape Punch
• FBS — Forward-Based Systems
• TERPROM — Terrain Profile Matching
• DB — Data Base
• TG — training group
• SEATO — South East Asia Treaty Organization
• QLF — Quality Leadership Forum
• USATC — United States Army Training Center
• SHU — Security Housing Unit
• SRD — System Requirements Document
• UJTL — Universal Joint Task List
• SSORD — Service Support Order
• RKS — Record Keeping System
• RCTA — Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
• VHY — Very High Yield
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• SGV — Self Guided Vehicle
• SAMSO — Space And Missile System Organization
• EPL — Evaluated Products List
• SUSAT — Sight Unit, Small Arms, Trilux
• ESIP — Earth Science Information Partnership
• WIST — Weather Information for Surface Transportation
• SRW — Software Requirements Workshop
• PPL — Preferred Products List
• ITWS — Integrated Terminal Weather System
• RICC — Reportable Item Control Code
• DCA — Defense Communication Agency
• TOAI — Total Overall Aircraft Inventory
• RNZAF — Royal New Zealand Air Force
• RLE — Rail Liaison Element
• REGT — Regiment
• TAAF — Test, Analyze, And Fix
• SBIRS — Space-Based Infrared System
• TPC — Tropical Prediction Center
• SHDS — Safety and Health Data Sheet
• RASCAL — Rotocraft-Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory
• WGRM — Working Group on Risk Management
• SCOOP — System Concept of Operation Outline Plan
• USCIS — US Citizenship and Immigration Services

• R&O — Repair and Overhaul
• SAFI — Short-Term Average Failure Intensity
• RWIS — Road Weather Information System
• OPS — Operations Provisioning System
• SFHD — System Functional Hierarchical Diagram
• TAPDB-AO — Total Army Personnel Database - Active Officer
• SDREN — Secure Defense Research and Engineering Network
• RS-232 — Recommended Standard 232 (EIA standard for transmitting serial data)
• SQL — Standard Query Language
• RED HORSE — Rapid Engineers Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers
• RELCAN — Releasable to Canada
• TSP — Telecommunications Service Priority
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• ER — Eastern Range
• SOCSOUTH — Special Operations Component, United States Southern Command
• TUOC — Tactical Unit Operation Center
• UNAMIR — United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
• USSPACECOM — United States Space Command
• ABET — Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology
• REDCON — Readiness Condition
• TERINT — Terrain Intelligence
• USPACOM — United States Pacific Command
• DPD — Diffuse Pulmonary Disease
• TERCOM — Terrain Contour Matching
• PVU — Portable Verification Unit
• TADIL — Tactical Data Information Link
• IRRAS — Integrated Reliability and Risk Analysis System
• NTCB — Network Trusted Computing Base
• SARGE — Surveillance and Reconnaissance Ground Equipment
• RGL — Reading Grade Level
• TCG-WPMU — Topical Classification Guide - Weapons Production and Military Utilization
• UUT — Unit Under Test
• AWOS — Automated Weather Observing System
• WIK — Water Injection Kit
• RHIB — Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
• UNAVEM — United Nations Angola Verification Mission
• SEDRE — Sea Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise
• RTARF — Royal Thai Armed Forces
• NDIC — National Drug Intelligence Center
• SETH — Simulation Equipment Test Hardware
• RRN — Rapid Response Network
• TAQ — Total Army Quality
• LDEF — Long Duration Exposure Facility (for Spacecraft Material Testing)
• ON — Original Negative (film)
• RCACS — Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron
• OSDPE — Office of the Secretary of Defense Program Element
• VQO — Visual Quality Objective
• PRB — Problem Review Board
• RAE — Right of Assistance Entry
• STARBET — Structures/Airframes for Rotorcraft in Battlefield Environment Technology

• IVNAA — In Vivo Neutron Activation Analysis
• SQQ-89 — Undersea Warfare Combat System
• USCENTCOM — United States Central Command
• USAISEC — United States Army Information Systems Engineering Command
• KSK — Kommando Spezialkräfte
• SBPO — Service Blood Program Officer
• BGN — United States Board on Geographic Names
• ODCSOPS — Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (Army)
• SS-20 — Saber Missile
• SHAPE — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (NATO)
• QVJ — Quality Verification Journal
• SYRS — System Requirements Specification
• QBL — Qualified Bidders List
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• CPR — Cost Performance Report
• SAROS — Synthetic Aperture Radar for Open Skies
• PLSS — Precision Location Strike System
• MODIS — moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer (NASA/GSFC)
• RMS — Remote Monitoring System
• QEAM — Quick Erect Antenna Mast
• RKH — Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital
• DU — Decision Unit
• SECAM — Séquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire
• SOACMS — Special Operations Aviation Combat Mission Simulator
• TBMD — Theater Ballistic Missile Defense
• SSU — Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
• RAPT — Retractable Amphibious Pontoon Technology
• TLAM — Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles
• RFDS — Royal Flying Doctor Service
• SOCCET — Special Operations Critical Care Evacuation Team
• VLP — Very Low Power
• SAFCS — Small Arms Fire Control System
• TARSS — Tactical Airborne Remote SIGINT System
• LAOS — Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear
• SKV — Storekeeper, Aviation
• SITMAP — Situation Map
• FEDSIM — Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center
• TADIL-J — Tactical Data Information Link-J
• SMC — System Management Center
• QNQ — Quality Not Quantity
• SLI — Strategic List Item
• NADS — Norwegian Association for Defence Suppliers
• THO — Target Hand-Off
• USPACFLT — United States Pacific Fleet
• PIP — Project Implementation Plan (AID)
• QCT — Quality Control tool
• SOON — Solar Observing Optical Network
• SSS — Systems Science and Software
• SXC — Soldiers of Xtreme Combat
• NISAC — National Industrial Security Advisory Committee

• STRUCE — Structure Strength, Enlisted
• UP&TT — Unit Personnel and Tonnage Table
• TM3 — Trade-off Mobilization Macro Model
• RASPUTIN — Rapid Scenario Preparation Unit for Intelligence
• PWDS — Protected Wire Distribution System
• WFMS — Workflow Management System
• SDIS — Switched Digital Integrated Service
• SYNC — Synchronization
• SKCS — Senior Chief Storekeeper
• USAREC — United States Army Recruiting Command
• SAK — Swiss Army Knife
• UFPM — Unit Fitness Program Manager
• USAAVNBD — United States Army Aviation Board
• NSARC — Navy Systems Acquisition Review Council
• TFG — Transportation Facility Guide
• MW — Missile Warning
• DEZ — Desert Sun Mining Corp
• UCR — Unsatisfactory Condition Report
• NSS — National Seismic Station
• RAN — Royal Australian Navy
• POS — Position of Strength
• KAL — Key Asset List
• STANO — Surveillance, Target Acquisition, & Night Observation
• VDC — Volts, Direct Current
• NNPT — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• SHQ — Station Head Quarters
• POS — Position Orientation Systems
• RITA — Retention Incentive Training Account
• OCS — Operational Control Segment
• RTLP — receiver test level point
• TOCN — Technical Order Change Notice
• QSV — Quality, Service, and Value
• RQL — Requirements List
• DT — Drug Therapy
• SOMA — Status of Mission Agreement
• RIA — Rock Island Arsenal
• VDB — Vulnerability DataBase
• SOTF — Security Operations Training Facility
• TACP — Tactical Air Control Party
• TPW — Total Precipitable Water
• TACDAR — Tactical Detection And Reporting
• BMG — Browning Machine Gun
• USDON — United States Department of the Navy
• IVAP — Intimate Valence Alternation Pairs (bonding Model In Electronic Structure Calcns.)
• QSTAG — Quadripartite Standardization Agreement (cue-stag)
• TDOT — Tennessee Department of Transportation's
• SS-12 — Scaleboard Missile
• SINS — Ship’s Inertial Navigation System
• TIARA — Tactical Intelligence And Related Activities
• QDH — Quantico Diamond Hall

• SART — Search and Rescue Transponder
• UYK-7 — U.S. Navy standard 32-bit computer
• WETM — Weather Team
• TADIL-B — Tactical Data Information Link-B
• RCOT — Reserve Commissioned Officer Training
• RPMA — Real Property Maintenance Activities
• SOSCOM — Special Operations Support Command
• SECTRANS — Secretary of Transportation
• WGPU — Weapons-Grade Plutonium
• DU — Display Unit
• SADC — Sector Air Defense Commander
• ASD — Atmospheric Sciences Division
• QPL — Qualified Parts List
• QFF — Quick Fix Force
• TASOSC — Theater Army Special Operations Support Command
• SWAK — Swing Wing Adapter Kit
• WSMR — White Sands Missile Range (whiz-murr)
• WADS — Western Air Defense Sector
• SOUTHCOM — (U.S.) Southern Command
• TOPPSS — Transportation Operational Personal Property Standard System
• PXS — Project Executive System
• SLAT — Supersonic Low-Altitude Target
• RWT — Right When Tested
• ASRAAM — Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile
• RWCM — Regional Wartime Construction Manager
• TASOSE — Theater Army Special Operations Support Element
• LAIS — Liquid Alloy Ion Source
• USNB — United States Navy Band
• SPMIG — Standard PMS Materials Identification Guide
• SDD — Secure Data Device
• SCMODS — State/County Municipal Offender Data System
• TADC — Tactical Air Direction Center
• TECHDOC — Technical Documentation
• LACBED — Large-Angle Convergent-Beam Electron Diffraction
• SUCCESS — Synthesized UHF Computer Controlled Equipment Subsystem
• TRACON — Terminal Radar Approach Control
• QSM — Quality System Manual
• PSSM — Physical Security and Stockpile Management
• UWB — Ultra Wide-Band
• TCMC — total care medical center
• SWW — Soldat World War
• PV2 — Private First Class - Army
• MOC — Mission Operations Center
• UIFG — User Interface Functional Group
• SMART-AID — Special Medical Augmentation Response Team - Aeromedical Isolation Team
• STAFF — Smart, Target Activated, Fire & Forget
• AWIPS — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing Systems
• SPETC — Solid Propellant Electro-Thermal-Chemical
• ES — Expert System
• ISCA — Ionization Spectroscopy For Chemical Analysis

• TETS — Third Echelon Test System
• SOCOORD — Special Operations Coordination Element
• TT&P — Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures
• RECBASS — Reception Battalion Automated Support System
• USAIC&FH — United States Army Intelligence Center And Fort Huachuca
• REMUS — Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit System
• TMACS-D — Training Management Control System - Division
• VTQ — Voice Transmission Quality
• SELRES — Selected Reserve
• SPURV — Self-Propelled Underwater Research Vehicle
• UIRV — Unique Interswitch Rekeying Variable
• JPRS — Joint Publications Research Service
• LOEP — List Of Effective Pages
• RDYLD — Ready to Load Date
• WDFR — Worst Damage First Repair
• WBT — Wait Before Transmitting
• TRD — Technical Requirements Document
• TADMS — Tactical Automated Data Manipulation System
• SEWIP — Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program
• SOCA — Special Operations Communications Assembly
• SSC-1 — Shaddock Missile (Coastal Defense)
• SUWC — Surface Warfare Commander
• SOFLAM — Special Operations Laser Marker
• RRPP — Rapid Response Planning Process
• RPSTL — Repair Parts and Special Tools Listing
• WGYN — We've Got Your Number
• TYQ — Commmunications Set AN/ series
• WHNS — Wartime Host-Nation Support
• REFORGER — Return of Forces to Germany (Exercise)
• SSES — Ships Signal Exploitation Space
• ETO — Earth-to-Orbit
• RXU — Receiver Unit
• LADD — Lowest Acceptable Daily Dose
• SSC-2A — Salish Missile
• STARDOCS — Standard Automated Retrieval Documentation System
• TWTA — Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier
• UIE — User Interface Engineering
• DOS — Date of Surgery
• CMAQ — Community Multiscale Air Quality
• VOY — Voices of Youth
• UMIB — Urgent Marine Information Broadcast
• REPTOF — Reporting Officer
• RM — Requirements Management
• USB — Upper Sideband
• TGP — Terminally Guided Projectile
• UTP — unshielded twisted pair
• RESPROD — Responsible Production
• QIF — Quality Inspection Function
• SKC — Chief Storekeeper
• SMIS — Security Management Information System

• ECSC — European Coal And Steel Community (distant Ancestor Of The EU)
• TREAT — Tactical Reconnaissance Engineering Assessment Team
• SNONI — Senior Naval Officer Northern Ireland
• SFAS — Special Forces Assessment and Selection
• SQJ — Software Quality Journal
• THZ — TeraHertz
• QHDA — Qualified Hazardous Duty Area
• RCK — Recheck
• TAEDP — Total Army Equipment Distribution Program
• SOSO — State Owned, State Operated
• TW/AA — Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment
• RJAF — Royal Jordanian Air Force
• SJS — Secretary, Joint Staff
• VAFB — Vandenberg Air Force Base
• QDV — Are you flying in a horizontal visibility of less than ...?
• WWMCCS — Worldwide Military Command and Control System (obsolete)
• TNT HP — Track And Trace Hollow Point
• TRAC2ES — Transportation Command Regulating and Command and Control Evacuation System
• TISEO — Target Identification System Electro-Optical
• U/C — Undercarriage
• VMF-223 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 223, the Fighting Bulldogs
• ULS — Update of Legacy Systems
• RFOG — Resonator Fiber-Optic Gyro
• SCAMPI — Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index
• TAFSM — Target Acquisition Fire Support Model
• RON — Remain Overnight
• RSTV — Real-Time Synthetic Video
• PVSM — Param Vishisht Seva Medal
• SZM — Security Zone Management
• UMCP — Unit Maintenance Collection Point
• SEDS — Small Expendable Deployer System
• TACFIRE — Tactical Fire Direction System
• TATRC — Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
• IPA — Inverted Perturbation Approach (in Mol. Potential-energy Curves Calcn.)
• VQR — Vendor Quality Report
• T-DAY — effective day coincident with Presidential declaration of a national emergency and authorization of partial mobilization
• VHT — Virtual Heat Treatment
• USTRANSCOM — United States Transportation Command
• RDML — Rear Admiral Lower Half
• SRP/PDS — Stabilization Reference Package/Position Determining System
• RSTA — Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
• UDAC — Unauthorized Disclosure Analysis Center
• RNX — Richard Nakka Experimental Rocket Propellant
• TBU — True But Useless
• LAH — Lithium Aluminum Hydride
• RCEM — Regional Contingency Engineering Management
• WWIMS — Worldwide Warning Indicator Monitoring System
• PC — Production Control
• STFU — Superior Tactical Fragging Unit
• RNLAF — Royal Netherlands Air Force (also KLu)

• SACEUR — Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO)
• TCCF — Tactical Communications Control Facility
• PVP — Planned Value Profile
• SURVIAC — Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center
• TA — Terrain Avoidance
• TOEL — Time Ordered Event List
• SONMET — Special Operations Naval Mobile Environment Team
• ULF — Ultra Low Frequency
• VSL — Vessel
• QMF — Query Management Facility
• WFM — Workforce Management
• RFDC — Radio Frequency Data Collection
• IUAM — Independent United Atom Model (in Positron Scattering By Mols.)
• REMBASS — Radar and Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System
• WAAS — Wide Area Augmentation System
• DII — Defense Industry Initiative
• WSMC — Western Space and Missile Center
• SEW — Shared Early Warning
• TORB — Technical Order Review Board
• SITLM — Single Integrated Theater Logistic Manager
• QYM — Quantico Young Marines
• RBSF — Russian Black Sea Fleet
• QCA — Quality Control Analysis
• SMH — Society for Military History
• LACE — Laser-Assisted Chemical Etching
• USASA — United States Army Security Agency
• QOB — Quality of Business
• DSSNY — Dental Society of the State of New York
• USAFSOC — United States Air Force, Special Operations Command
• QRO — Queen's Regulations & Orders
• UVU — Union Veterans Union
• TCDIS — Transportation Coordination Deployment Information System
• OPS — Operations Provides Strategic
• RCPAC — Reserve Components Personnel and Administrative Center
• SND — Send
• VICTORS — Variable Intensity Conflict Training System
• QRS — Quick Reaction Strike
• TEPS — Test & Evaluation Plan Summary
• RWIFEC — Rotary Wing Instrument Flight Examiner Course
• STGT — Second TDRSS Ground Terminal
• RM2 — Radioman Second Class
• TCEM — Theater Contingency Engineering Management
• QDK — Quarterdeck
• USD(A&T) — Under Secretary of Defense For Acquisition and Technology
• Q&D — Quick and Dirty
• WFB — CIA World Fact Book
• PSRC — Presidential Selected Reserve Call-Up
• RTFL — Rough Terrain Forklift
• REPUNIT — Reporting Unit
• SFCP — Shore Fire Control Party

• TARCOM — Army Tank-Automotive Materiel Readiness Command, Warren, MI
• USPTO — United States Patent and Trademark Office
• SASF — SIDPERS Authorized Strength File
• RD&E — Research, Development & Engineering
• PVL — Priority Vehicle List
• TERMS — Terminal Management System
• SFAF — Standard Frequency Action Format
• FFG — Federal Facilities program
• USACOM — United States Atlantic Command
• STIR — Strategy, Tactics, Implementation, and Review
• STGPA — Special Task Group on Protocol Architecture
• SEON — Solar Electro-Optical Network
• SPACECON — Control of Space Information
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Divisionsion
• UFS — Unified File System
• ULEV — Ultra Low Emission Vehicles
• TUO — Technology Utilization Officer
• TOD — Time of Day (Have Quick)
• STRP — Scientific Technical Review Panel
• SEABEE — Navy construction engineer; sea barge
• REFLUPS — Resuscitation Fluids Production System
• OSDPD — Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
• TACMIS — Tactical Management Information System
• QPD — Qualified Public Depository
• RDAP — Research, Development, and Acquisition Plan
• SOWT — Special Operations Weather Team
• RIVRON — Riverine Squadron
• RACO — Rear Area Combat Operations
• SAIS — Secretary of the Army, Information Systems
• USD(A) — Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
• EOSDIS — EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
• SBNPBS — Space Based Neutral Particle Beam System
• VTB — Virtual Test Bed
• VQT — Voice Quality Testing
• RAB — Ramstein Air Base
• VKB — Virtual Knowledge Base
• WDGS — War Department General Staff
• T/R — Transmit/Receive
• SURPIC — Surface Picture
• SMOW — Standard Mean Ocean Water
• REL — Reference Exposure Level
• SOBER — Short of Being Entirely Ready
• T-AGOS — Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance
• PSSP — Personnel Security and Surety Program
• RSPA — Research and Special Projects Administration
• USAR — United States Army Reserve
• TDAP — Total Distribution Action Plan
• TTPI — Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• SOMPF — Special Operations Mission Planning Folder
• STOW-E — Synthetic Theater Of War - Europe

• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• BASC — Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
• RCIO — Regional Chief Information Officer
• REQ — Requisition
• QCP — Quality Control Program
• VSLI — Veterans Special Life Insurance
• VADS — Vulcan Air Defense System (US)
• WHNRS — Wartime Host-Nation Religious Support
• TSGCE — Tri-Service Group on Communications and Electronics
• TAOR — Tactical Area Of Responsibility
• RDG — Reversal Discussion Group
• WPC — Word Processing Center
• DMSA — Defense Medical Support Activity
• SPBS-R — Standard Property Book System-Redesign
• PWS/DS — Potable Water Storage/Distribution System
• TDARDS — Truth, Data Acquisition, Recording, and Display System
• RECCEXREP — Reconnaissance Exploitation Report
• SPAD — Simple Plastic Airplane Design
• SFSG — Special Forces Support Group
• UFA — Until Further Advised
• RCACC — Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps
• RUF — Rules for the Use of Force (ROE)
• VZE — Virtual Zone Entrance
• VTS — Vandenberg Tracking Station (AFSCN)
• STARTLE — Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar for Tank Location and Engagement (US)
• NCESGR — National Committee for Employer Support of Guard and Reserve
• QRE — Quick Reaction Element
• SDDD — software detailed design document
• STRAIN — Strategy Tactics Regiment Armed For Invasion Neutralization
• STDN — Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
• TDATD — Total Distribution Advanced Technology Demonstration
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• SAE — Service Acquisition Executive
• TIDP — Technical Interface Design Plan
• WFP — World Food Program
• SMCP — Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme
• QAG — Quality Assurance Group (TWG/TAT-14)
• VVD — Visual Vessel Design
• SERA — Sequential Electrochemical Reduction Analysis
• QCC — Quality Control Center
• VAS — Volunteer Army Strategist
• RLOS — Radio Line Of Site
• QRWK — Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
• SLQ — Electronic Warfare System
• USDOC — United States Department of Commerce
• RVNAF — Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
• STARFIARS — Standard Army Financial Inventory Accounting & Reporting System
• SSLI — State Sponsored Life Insurance
• SDRB — Specification and Data Review Board
• RNZN — Royal New Zealand Navy

• PAT — Proficiency Analytical Testing (NIOSH)
• POES — Polarorbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
• SOJ — Stand Off Jammer
• NPS — National Park Service (US)
• WIDS — Wireless Intrusion Detection System
• TS3 — Time Sensitive Support System
• USAMCC — United States Army Meteorology and Calibration Center
• SDRL — Sea Date Required to Load
• TREE — Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics
• QIM — Quality Inspection Management
• RDP — Radar Data Processor
• PTADS — Point Target Defense System
• OPDS — Organ on Politics Defence and Security
• TADIXS — Tactical Data Information Exchange System
• RDCFP — Regional Defense Counterterrorism Fellowship Program
• TRU — Transformer Rectifier Unit
• URT — User Requirements Testing
• SERER — survival, evasion, resistance, escape, recovery
• USAKA — United States Army Kwajalein Atoll
• PYQ-3 — COUNTER- INTELLIGENCE/ HUMAN INTELLIGENCE AUTOMATED TOOL SET
• SICO — Sector Interface Control Officer
• SDLC — Systems Development Life Cycle
• RECMOB — Reconstitution-Mobilization
• SMPT — School of Military Packaging Technology
• SWOD — Special Weapons Ordnance Device
• USWRP — United States Weather Research Program
• SAMMS — Standard Automated Materiel Management System
• SEF — Sealift Enhancement Feature
• UMCT — Unit Maintenance Collection Team
• RDTST — Rapid Data Transmisstion System for Requisitioning
• TRAS — Training Requirements Analysis System
• RAPMA — R.A. Pandey Maritime Academy (India)
• VCNOG — Vice Chairman, Nuclear Operations Group
• SBX-1 — Sea-Based X-Band Radar
• RTAFB — Royal Thai Air Force Base
• RD&J — Radar Deception & Jamming
• TBMS — Theater Battle Management System
• STWC — Strike Warfare Commander
• QJB — Quick Job Botch
• TLX — Teletype
• SRS — Savannah River Site
• QBX — Question Before eXecution
• UMOC — Unit Movement Officer Course
• TMDCC — Theater Missile Defense Coordination Cell
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• PWN — Psychological Warfare Noise
• VSW — Very Shallow Water
• QVG — Quality Verification Group
• SMKLS — Smokeless
• ADS — Aim Down Sights

• RIRA — Real Irish Republican Army
• SQPP — Software Quality Program Plan
• UN-DMT — United Nations Disaster Management Team
• RREP — Radio Reconnaissance Equipment Program
• VFG — Virtual Flying Group
• RBOL — Rakovski Bulgarian Officers Legion
• WASSO — WWMCCS ADP System Security Officer
• SQW — Software Quality Workshop
• TTZ — Target Training Zone
• TCIM — Tactical Communications Interface Module
• TAAA — Total Active Aircraft Authorization
• SUIC — Service Unit Identification Code
• QEP — Quality Evaluation Plan
• RAT — Reliability Assessment Testtmtram Air Turbine
• VNB — Violent New Breed
• VAAP — Vulnerability Assessment and Assistance Program
• QMI — Queensland Mounted Infantry
• UJC — Urgency Justification Code
• RO-RO — Roll On-roll Off
• SPPG — Special Project Planning Group
• SQR-18 — Sonar Tactical Towed Array System
• PXO — Prospective Executive Officer
• VAC — Volts, Alternating Current
• SEMS — Standard Embarkation Management System
• RGVTDB — Rapidly Generated Virtual Terrain Data Base
• STIP — Small Terminal Interoperability Platform
• SECRA — Secondary Radar Data Only
• WP — Word Processing
• OPS — Operations Processing System
• UNIFIL — United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon
• SPAR — Semper Paratus Always Ready
• SCIP — Supply Chain Integration Program
• RHRDF — Royal Hutt River Defence Forces
• NAWQA — National Water Quality Assessment (US Geological Survey)
• UAV-MPCS — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Mission Planning and Control Station
• VDI — Virtual Device Interface (old name for CGI)
• TNAZ — Trinitroazetidine
• QMD — Quality Management Division
• MIMS — Multimedia Integrated Modeling System
• UMCC — Unit Movement Control Center
• QTF — Quick Turnaround Facility
• USCINCCENT — Commander in Chief, United States Central Command
• RQQ — Recommendations on Quantity and Quality Committee
• SQG — Software Quality Group
• SADBU — Small And Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• RESCORT — Rescue Escort
• VOW — Virtual Online War
• SK2 — Storekeeper Second Class
• SQIP — Software Quality Improvement Process
• TARPMMS — Theater Army Repair Program Maintenance Management System

• RESCAP — Rescue Combat Air Patrol
• LARIS — Laser Ablation and Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy
• WBAMC — William Beaumont Army Medical Center
• SAMM — Security Assistance Management Manual
• VDCPAD — Vehicular Data Communications and Positional Awareness Demonstration
• VQA — Voice Quality Analyzer
• SCTIS — Single Channel Transponder Injection System
• TYQ-23 — Tactical Air Operations Command and Control Set
• SIIP — Site Integration Installation Plan
• QPO — Quick Purchase Order
• TALCM — Tomahawk Air-Launched Cruise Missile
• SOAS — Special Operations ADP System
• STOMP — Specialized Training of Military Parents
• TELINT — Telemetry Intelligence
• JTWC — Joint Typhoon Warning Center
• QVP — Quality Verification Program
• USAMRDC — United States Army Medical Research & Development Command
• VFMA — Valley Forge Military Academy
• TVTI — Tactical Video Teleconferencing Interface
• SBC — Single Board Computer_home
• WERM — Width Equals Range times Mils
• VGT — Variable Geometry Toroidal
• SEPM — Special Emphasis Program Manager
• WESU — Weapons Elevator Support Unit
• QCF — Quality Control Function
• TE/IR — Tactical Engagement/Instrumentation Range
• QMM — Quality Monitoring Module
• SLTA — Small Laser Transmitter Assembly
• SKO — Sets, Kits, And Outfits
• WWP — World Weather Program
• UPV — Ultimate Police Vehicle
• TPVS — Third Party Verification Service
• TD/CMS — Technical Data/Configuration Management System
• SAL — Strategic Arms Limitation
• QRG — Quick Response Graphic
• RVI — Remote Visual Inspection
• VCL — Vegetation Canopy LIDAR
• SJFHQ — Standing Joint Force Headquarters
• SSCRA — Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act
• USMILGP — United States Military Group
• TLOS — Target Location and Observation System
• RXA — Repairable Exchange Activity
• TRIADS — Tri-Wall Aerial Distribution System
• LAS — Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonates (anionic Surfactants)
• VTL — Virtual Test Laboratory
• REPL DET — Replacement Detachment
• USSTRATCOM — United States Strategic Command
• SMAC — Scene Matching Area Correlator
• SRUF — Standing Rules for the Use of Force
• TACATA — TRADOC Combined Arms Test Activity, Ft. Hood,TX

• PSNCO — Personnel Staff NCO
• SVTP — Software Verification Test Plan
• TUW — Tabletop Universal Wargame
• RCACA — Royal Canadian Armoured Corps Association
• UTT — Utility Tactical Transport
• LASTO — Linear Augmented Slater-type Orbital (for Electronic Structure)
• MOCE — Marine Optical Characterization Experiment
• RZB — Regulated Zone Boundary
• SARDS — Situation And Reality Display System
• SIPG — Service in Paygrade
• SDTF — Standard Duty Title File
• RF/SAL — Radio-Frequency Semi-Active Laser
• USAAVNC — United States Army Aviation Center
• SNOI — Signal-Not-Of-Interest
• S2E — Seamless Synthetic Environment
• TMWG — Transition Management Working Group
• UAV-SR — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Short Range
• ULCANS — Ultra-Lightweight CAmouflage Net System
• LAMOFS-ETE — Laser Excited Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy With Electrothermal Evaporation
• SADF — South African Defense Force
• UUR — Unit Under Review
• RLPG — Regenerative Liquid Propellant Gun
• RVK — Revoke
• PLIRRA — Pollution Liability Insurance and Risk Reduction Act
• RISTA — Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
• QFU — Query For runway Use
• ULLC — Unit Level Logistics Computer
• RGMT — Regiment
• REEM — Reserves Embarked
• NECAC — National Environmental Compliance Assistance Center
• PTOC — Part Time On Call
• NCR — No Carbon Required
• USDOE — United States Department Of Energy
• SECORD — Secure Cord Switchboard
• WCV — Waypoint Closing Velocity
• OPS — Operations Procedure Support
• TXO — Training, Exercise, & Operations
• LAMS — Laser Mass Spectrometry
• VMFA 323 — Fixed wing Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 Death Rattlers
• VECP — Value Engineering Change Proposal
• STRADS — Strategic Deployment System
• RXQ — Quick Requisition
• SMEB — Significant Military Exercise Brief
• DIICOE — Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment
• VCOPG — Vice Chairman, Operations Planners Group
• RAWS — Ranger Antitank Weapons System
• UPH — Unaccompanied Personnel Housing
• USNMR — United States National Military Representative
• TERF — Terrain Flight
• SSRA — System Safety Risk Assessment

• RMEC — Regional Military Emergency Coordinator
• QOLVR — Queen's Own Loyal Virginia Regiment
• ROAMS — Replacement Operations Automated Management System
• TDSGM — time division switching group modified
• UNIL — Unclassified National Information Library
• TELIC — Tell Everyone Leave Is Cancelled
• TPQ-47 — Upgraded Weapon Locating Radar
• ARL — Air Resources Laboratory's
• TVQ — Travel Voucher Questions
• TASIP — tailored analytic intelligence support to individual electronic warfare and command and control warfare projects
• SOPAC — South Pacific Command
• UARM — Unconventional Assisted Recovery Mechanism
• SPTCEN — Support Center
• TTMOP — Technical Test Measures Of Performance
• LSM — Land-Surface Model
• RCIED — Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device
• USACE — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• ORM — Other Regulated Materials
• RPQ — Request for Price Quotation
• R&A — Research and Analysis
• TALCE — Tanker Airlift Control Element
• RVM — Remote Video Monitoring
• USD(R&E) — Under Secretary of Defense For Research and Engineering
• VKL — Vegetation Killing Liquid
• SSPH — Single Shot Probability of Hit
• VMGR — Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (heaVier-than-air, Marine, General, Refueling)
• RIS — Reconnaissance Information System
• QEQ — Quality Evaluation Questionnaire
• SFA — Security Force Assistance
• RAMCC — Regional Air Movement Coordination Center
• UNAS — Universal Network Architecture Services
• USNAVCENT — United States Naval Forces, Central Command
• RLH — Run Like Hell
• SETAF — Southern European Task Force
• STOD — Special Technical Operations Division
• SP HAWK — Self-Propelled HAWK
• RKVDU — Remote Keyboard Visual Display Unit
• STATDATA — Status Data
• NDWAC — National Drinking Water Advisory Council
• UBL — Unit Basic Load
• TALO — Tactical Airlift Liaison Officer
• SPIN — SPecial INstructions
• TBQ — To Be Questioned
• VIL — Volume Imaging Lidar
• LACO — Linearized Atomic Cell Orbital (in Energy-band Calcn.)
• SCRP — Special Change Request Process
• SRE — Software Risk Evaluation
• WBL — Weird Blinking Lights
• RISOP — Red Integrated Strategic Offensive Plan
• QOT — Qualification Operational Test

• TEHO — Tail-End-Hop-Off
• RAPIDSIM — Rapid Intertheater Deployment Simulation Model
• UMF — User Message Format
• OPS — Operations Process System
• SITC — SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command) Information Technology Center
• USAISC — United States Army Information Systems Command
• R2 — Reporting Responsibility
• NASQAN — National Stream Quality Accounting Network
• TRAMOD — Training Module
• USAFAD — United States Army Field Artillery Detachment
• SMRI — service message routing indicator
• WCG — Workstation, Computer Graphics
• TQV — Technology Qualification Vehicle
• RCRV — Receiver
• WCDO — War Consumables Distribution Objective
• ARMS — Automated Resource Management System
• VIW — Visual Inspection Workshop
• T&T — Transportation & Transportability
• UTES — Unit Training Equipment Site
• VNAS — Vehicle Navigation Aids System
• USEUCOM — United States European Command
• WGS-84 — World Geodetic System 1984
• QFL — Query For Lights
• QE — Quality Evaluation
• STOMPS — Stand-Alone Tactical Operational Message Processing System
• QARNNS — Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
• SADL — Situation Awareness Data Link
• UPD — Underwater Propulsion Device
• RCRPL — Reserve Component Resource Priority List
• S-5 — Army Civilian Affairs/Public Affairs Staff at the Battalion/Brigade level
• SITEREP — Situation Report
• PWIS — Prisoner of War Information System
• NSWP — National Space Weather Program
• USARF — United States Army Reserve Forces
• TDBMS — Tactical Database Management System
• RHOGI — Radar Homing and Guidance Interceptors
• SHAG — Simplified High Accuracy Guidance (Honeywell)
• LAMES — Laser Micro Emission Spectroscopy
• VMF-312 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 312, the Checkerboarders
• TASMO — Tactical Air Support for Maritime Operations
• WISDIM — Warfighting and Intelligence Systems Dictionary for Information Management
• SDFD — Software Data Flow Diagram
• STKG — SturzKampfGeschwader (German dive bomber wing)
• VBTP — Virtual Battle Training Plan
• PWF — Personnel Working File
• MOPP — Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
• UTE — Utilization Rate
• OPS — Operations Provisionable System
• SMMP — System MANPRINT Management Plan
• TCAM — Theater Army Medical Management Information System (TAMMIS) Customer Assistance Module

• VAMC — Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• VNU — Vehicle Navigation Unit
• WGO — Wing Order
• UV-A — UltraViolet A
• LAMMS — Laser Micro Mass Spectrometry
• PPPA — Poison Prevention Packaging Act (1970)
• UXDC — Un- eXploded Depth Charge
• S&M — Scheduling and Movement
• RMCM — Master Chief RadioMan
• TEED — Tactical End-to-End Encryption Device
• QRN — Quick Response Network
• REJASE — RE-using Junk As Something Else
• SPAH — Satellite Process Assurance Hub
• NLG — Nose Landing Gear
• SPIC — Spanish Person In Control
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• SBM — Sheer Bloody Mindedness
• WADD — Wright Air Development Division, WPAFB, OH
• WGWR — Working Group for Weapons Reduction
• UMPR — Unit Manpower Personnel Record
• QTG — Quarterly Training Guidance
• QEZ — Quality Evaluation Zone
• RECAT — Residual Capability Assessment Team
• SOCP — Special Operations Communication Package
• RECSTA — Reception Station
• PWW — Planar Wing Weapon
• RECBN — Reception Battalion
• TIIP — Topographic Imagery Integration Prototype
• RSME — Royal School of Military Engineering
• SIRADS — Stored Imagery Repository and Dissemination System
• RNM — Resource Needs Model
• UGM-84 — Harpoon Missile
• SAMOS — Satellite and Missile Observation Satellite
• STADSS — Strategic Transportation Analysis Decision Support System
• RDDT&E — Research, Development, Demonstration, Testing and Evaluation
• SALO — Security Assistance Liaison Officer
• TOFCN — Technical Order Field Change Notice
• USAMMDA — United States Army Medical Materiel Development Activity
• SAINT — Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transport
• TSSAM — Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile
• TERPES — Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance Processing and Evaluation System
• STARCIPS — Standard Army Civilian Payroll System
• QKM — Quality Knowledge Management
• TDADS — Test Data Analysis and Decision System
• TFCF — Theater Field Confinement Facility
• USDOI — United States Department of the Interior (also
• R-DAY — Redeployment Day
• RIM-2 — Terrier Missile
• QFA — Quest For Al-Qa'eda
• SOTSE — Special Operations Theater Support Element

• RTAB — Royal Thai Army Base
• RACG — Radiometric Area Correlation Guidance
• TBIS — Technology Base Investment Strategy
• SEBA — Synthetic Environment Based Acquisition
• TOBAS — Take Out Back And Shoot
• S3I — Signatures, Sensors, & Signal Procession Integration
• QJO — Quality Job Operations
• QG — Quality Group
• SHOT — Executed Without a Trial
• MIDS — Multifunction Information Distribution System
• VISOBS — Visual Observer
• USELEMNORAD — United States Element, North American Aerospace Defense Command
• QFER — Quarterly Fuel and Energy Report
• TMIS — Theater Medical Information System
• RBS70 — Ray Rider Missile
• QOX — Quality of Experience
• SQDN — Squadron
• RNG — Ranger
• MRCA — Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
• TAFT — Technical Assistance Field Team
• RETO — Review of Education and Training for Officers
• SOCRATES — Special Operations Command, Research, Analysis, and Threat Evaluation System
• QAU — Quality Assurance Unit
• TACOPS — Tactical Operations
• SQEP — Software Quality Evaluation Plan
• SEPLO — State Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer
• REVTP — Reserve Components Virtual Training Program
• SDME — Software Development & Maintenance Environment
• RAST — Recovery Assistance, Securing, and Traversing Systems
• RAAM — Register Of Australian Archives And Manuscripts
• OPH — Oph Ophthalmology
• RIFTS — Rapidly Installed Fluid Transfer System
• VTDB — Virtual Terrain Database
• S/V — Sailboat
• RD&A — Research, Development & Acquisition
• SIGNAL — System Integrating Gps To Nullify Absence And Lateness
• RDSS — Regional Development Simulation System
• SFF — Self-Forging Fragment
• USAWC — United States Army War College
• SPORT — Soldier's Portable On-System Repair Tool
• SVIC — Shock & Vibration Information Center
• SS-X-17 — Sbuoe Missile
• QIL — Quality Inspection Line
• ROCA — Republic of China Army (Taiwan)
• RFSS — Radio Frequency Simulation System B
• PATOS — Patent-Online-System
• UNMOVCC — United Nations movement control course
• SDRT — Supply Discrepancy Reports Team
• RHC — Right-Hand Circular (Polarization)
• RZ — Recovery Zone

• DOES — Disorder of Excessive Somnolence
• PTSR — Postmobilization Training Support Requirement
• VCJCS — Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• TDMM — Time Division Memory Module
• REW — Right Edge of Water
• VMRS — Vehicle Maintenance Reporting Standard
• VARVAL — vessel arrival data, list of vessels available to marine safety offices and captains of the port
• QOW — Quality of Work
• TAMCO — Theater Army Movement Control Center
• REQCONF — Request Confirmation
• RLV — Relieve
• SSPK — Single Shot Probability of Kill
• RB53 — Bantam Missile
• TSARC — Test, Schedule, And Review Committee
• QVU — Quantity and Volume Used
• EPRDF — Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
• SSSI — Site of Special Scientific Interest
• PTAI — Primary Training Aircraft Inventory
• QJ — Quality Journal
• QPU — Quarterly Performance Update
• SJPO — Systems Joint Project Officer
• NCLAP — National Crop Loss Assessment Program
• BER — Biological & Environmental Research
• SQAM — Software Quality Assurance Management
• TFK — Tactical Field Knife
• QAB — Quality Assurance Board
• NCTTA — National Competitiveness Technology Transfer Act
• NAPP — National Aerial Photography Program
• SOCCT — Special Operations Combat Control Team
• TEWLS — Theater Enterprise-Wide Logistics System
• VLZ — Vertical Landing Zone
• UWAL — University of Washington Aeronautical Laboratory
• QDD — Quality Document Developer
• TWOS — Tactical Weather Observing System
• QAHN — QA Hold Notice
• ACARS — ARINC Communication Addressing and Reporting System
• TMACS-B — Training Management Control System - Battalion
• RNN — Royal Netherlands Navy
• RCVTP — Reserve Component Virtual Training Program
• RTSS — Real Time Simulation System
• WFLA — Warfighting Lens Analysis
• WAD — War Allocation Daemon
• VHBR — Very High Burning Rate
• CWP — Cell Wall Protein
• UCK — Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosoves (Kosovo Liberation Army)
• TADSTAND — Tactical Automation Digital STANDard
• TESS III — Tactical Environmental Surveillance System
• SECREL — SECret RELeasable
• SAAS-DAO — Standard Army Ammunition System - Division Ammunition Officer
• TEREC — Tactical ELINT Reconnaissance

• SLD — System Link Designator
• SPTREQ — Support Request Sqft Square Feet
• RICO — Regional Interface Control Officer
• QYR — Queen's York Rangers
• IRGCHAZ — Intercritically Reheated Grain-Coarsened Heat-Affected Zone
• RACA — Requiring Authority Competition Advocate
• UCX — Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers
• PSPT — Precision Spot Positioning Tracker
• TQL — Total Quality Leadership
• DPC — Direct Patient Care
• ITFA — Iterative Target Factor Analysis
• RFG — Resource Funding Group
• TEK — TeleEngineering Kit
• SFOD-A/B/C — Special Forces Operational Detachment-A/B/CC
• QAH — Quality Assurance Hold
• RCHB — Reserve Cargo Handling Battalion
• UAV-C GSC — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Close Range - Ground Control Station
• QLI — Quality of Life Initiative
• USACCSA — United States Army Command and Control Support Agency
• TTADB — Tactical Terrain Analysis Database
• ROMO — Range of Military Operations
• RFETS — Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
• SCNE — self-contained navigation equipment
• USATSC — United States Army Training Support Center
• SAPPHIRE — Synthetic Aperture Precision Processor High Reliability
• RTAF — Royal Thai Air Force
• RESPECT — Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence, and Collaborative Teaching
• SMAVPAD — Small Vehicle Portable Air Defense System
• QAV — Quick Attack Vehicle
• REDCAP — Real-Time Electromagnetic Digitally Controlled Analyzer & Processor
• QNS — QUICK 'n SIMPLE
• ASDAR — Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
• VMZ — Voenno Meditsinskiy Zhurnal
• TRIPP — Theater Rapid Response Intel Package
• TIO — Target Intelligence Officer
• TZC — Time Zone Converter
• VFA-41 — Fighter Attack Squadron 41, The Black Aces
• QAJ — Quality Assurance Journal
• WDL — World Definition Language
• VCXO — voltage controlled crystal oscillator; voltage controlled oscillator
• TAACOM — U.S. Theater Army Area Command
• TASCID — tactical Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) satellite compensation interface device
• SK1 — Storekeeper First Class
• SPIR — Spare Parts Interchangeability Report
• STIG — Space Technology Interdependency Group
• READR — Remain in Effect After Discharge and Re-Enlistment
• RCMDV — Remote Controlled Mine Disposal Vehicle
• PWOD — Proceed WithOut Delay
• SECC — Single Edge Contact Cartridge
• TUS — Tactical Unmanned System

• T-1 — Jayhawk twin-engine trainer aircraft
• USMCEB — United States Military Communications-Electronics Board
• RGM — Submarine launched Guided Missile
• S&P — Stake and Platform
• SNOK — Secondary Next Of Kin
• TADIL-A — Tactical Data Information Link-A
• SOAF — Status of Action File
• DIPR — Department Industrial Plant Reserve
• QAW — Quality Assurance Work
• TTFACOR — Targets, Threats, Friendlies, Artillery, Clearance, Ordnance, Restrictions
• WBNP — Wing-Body-Nacelle-Pylon
• UMK-3 — Tactical Environmental Support System / Shipboard Meteorological and Oceanographic Observing System
• SDNRIU — Secure Digital Net Radio Interface Unit
• PTRP — Physical Training and Rehabilitation Program
• SCAPS — Site Characterization and Analysis Penetrometer System
• REQSTATASK — Air Mission Request Status Tasking
• VOQ — Visiting Officers Quarters
• SSPP — System Safety Program Plan
• TWAWKI — The World As We Know It
• SOFPARS — Special Operations Forces Planning and Rehearsal System
• RTOC — Rear Tactical Operations Center
• RRPG RATE — Recruitment, retention progression & graduation. An academic term that refers to student attrition rate.
• ADR — Accident Data Recorder
• QLB — Quality Of Life Advisory Board
• SSSS — Silent Sound Spread Spectrum
• SHARPS — Ships/Helicopter Acoustic Range Prediction System
• RSG — Reference Signal Generator
• PMA — Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
• VZF — Minimum Safe maneuvering Velocity with Zero Flaps
• UHA — Ultra High Altitude
• LAOS — Light Amplifying Optical Switch
• QCE — Quality Customer Experience
• TF XXI — Task Force for the 21st Century
• VLU — Vehicle Location Unit
• TTTE — Tri-national Tornado Training Establishment
• RR&D — Reparation, Removal, and Demolition Section, U. S. Military Government, Germany
• TPTRL — Time-Phased Transportation Requirements List
• SPQR — Senatus Populesque Romanus (the Senate and the People of Rome)
• RAPS — Retired Army Personnel System
• SCMD — South Carolina Military Department
• UEDP — UTACCS Evolutionary Development Plan
• USSOUTHAF — United States Air Force, Southern Command
• SUBJ — Subject Sub-JIB Subordinate-Joint Information Bureau
• POM — Program Operations Memorandum
• UXOCOE — Unexploded Ordnance Center of Excellence
• RELMS — Rapidly Erectable Light Mobilization Structures
• RDTE — Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
• RNA — Rations Not Available
• RASU — Random Access Storage Unit
• USAJFKSWCS — United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School

• USCGG — United States Coast Guard Group
• QDE — Quality Distance Education
• VUB — Veterans Upward Bound
• ISLOCA — Inter-System Loss-of-Coolant Accident
• RPPO — Requirements, Plans, and Policy Office
• SBRPT — Subordinate Reporting Organization
• RARS — Reusable ADA Repository System
• STGR — Steam Generator Tube Rupture
• REMODN72C7E — Reception and Onward Movement of DoD-Sponsored Non-Combatant Evacuees
• RESTRACEN — Reserve Training Center
• MRT — Minimum Resolvable Temperature
• REJN — Rejoin
• USAARMC — United States Army Armor Center
• LAMBD — Laser Assisted Molecular Beam Deposition
• QBS — Qualifications Based Selection
• SARREQ — Search and Rescue Request
• VPV — Virtual Prime Vendor
• REXREP — Radar Exploitation Report
• RTOS — Re-configurable Tactics Operations Simulator
• RRAD — Red River Army Depot
• QPT — Quad Port Transceiver
• LACCC — Liquid Absorption Chromatography at Critical Conditions
• SMT — Simultaneous Multi-Threading
• PAW — Projector Augmented-wave [ab-initio Method]
• UUM — Underwater-to- Underwater Missile
• SAWG — Small Arms Working Group
• PUT — Pilot Under Training
• WAMC — Wide Area Mine Clearance
• PUR — Purchase
• CSRA — Central Savannah River Area's
• DRT — dynamic regional thresholding
• USAFAS — United States Army Field Artillery School
• SMOOS — Shipboard Meteorological & Oceanographic Observing System
• SCQ — Situational Confidence Questionnaire
• REBAR — Re- Inforcing Bar
• SOMAS — Standard Operation and Maintenance Army System
• RERLE — Radar Echo Return Loss Enhancement
• OFCM — Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
• REP PTS SUP — Repair Parts Supply
• TDRB — Test Data Review Board
• RSIC — Redstone Scientific Information Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL
• QIR — Quality Inspection Requirement
• OPS — Operations Productivity System
• SAOC — Sector Air Operations Center
• SMV — Space Maneuverable Vehicle
• QEF — Quality Evaluation Form
• SARTF — Search And Rescue Task Force
• SAFM — Secretary of the Army, Financial Management
• ORC — Office of Regional Council
• WIHIWYG — What I Have Is What You Get

• DP — Diastolic Pressure
• USA PATRIOT ACT — Uniting & Strengthening of America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
• TQH — Total Quality Hierarchy
• WETF — Weapons Engineering Tritium Facility
• UGV — Unmanned Ground Vehicle
• RPTGEN — Reports Generator
• UNSOC — United Nations Staff Officers Course
• USALEA — United States Army Logistics Evaluation Agency
• TAFO — Training, Analysis and Feedback Officer
• QFS — Quality Fabrication Service
• PZD — PostZeitungsDienst
• SAFOR — Semi Automated Forces