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• EDAS — Eta Data Assimilation System
• UBRAT — Unfair Blame Reparations Army Territory
• SEPCOR — Separate Correspondence
• LAN — Local Area Network
• USDHHS — United States Department of Health and Human Services
• WARNO — Warning Order
• ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival
• RSSI — Received Signal Strength Indicator
• OPS — Operations
• TIM — Technical Interchange Meeting
• N/A — Not Applicable
• RFID — Radio Frequency Identification
• NHA — Next Higher Assembly
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• WARNORD — Warning Order
• CSMA/CD — Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
• ARPANET — Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet)
• TAFMS — Total Active Federal Military Service
• RSSIA — Regional Security Strategy Implementation Analysis
• RADAY — Radio Day
• EPRDF — Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
• S-8 — Army Resource Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• T&EO — Training & Evaluation Outline
• C/SSR — Cost/Schedule Status Report
• SPOTREP — Spot Report
• SPS — Standard Positioning Service (GPS)
• UNSAT — Unsatisfactory
• FCFS — First Come First Served
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• TARSS — Tactical Airborne Remote SIGINT System
• RHRDF — Royal Hutt River Defence Forces
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• UAV-GCS — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Ground Control Station
• TACREP — Tactical Report
• TCTO — Time Compliance Technical Order
• OBE — Overtaken By Events
• MAN — Metropolitan Area Network
• MOS — Military Occupational Speciality
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• PPS — Precise Positioning Service
• ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• IT — Information Technology
• T-AKR — Fast Logistics Ship
• SAEDA — Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the Army
• UBACS — Under Body Armour Combat Shirt
• W SUP — water supply
• R.S.M. — Regimental Sergeant Major
• W TK — water tank
• TAC CP — Tactical Command Post

• SAFE-CP — Selected Area for Evasion-Contact Point
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• UCOFT — Unit Conduct Of Fire Trainer
• BAOR — British Army of the Rhine
• ANFO — Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil Explosive
• R2T2 — Rapid Response Topographic Teams
• S/RTF — Search and Recovery Task Force
• S&TI — Scientific & Technical Intelligence
• MUX — Multiplexer
• S SCAN — Sector Scan
• SADFRAD — Synthetic Aperture Dual Frequency Radar
• WAYM — WayMark
• SAACONS — Standard Army Automated Contracting System
• S/C N — Signal-to-Clutter Plus Noise
• RADCAD — Radar Computer-Aided Design
• WATCHCON — Watch Condition
• TACRON — Tactical Air Control Squadron
• OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
• BTW — By The Way
• UANF — United Achik National Front
• WHO — World Health Organization
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• S-7 — Army Inter-Component Integration Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• WAWF-RA — Wide Area Work Flow - Receipt and Acceptance
• T&DE — Test and Diagnostic Equipment
• S-9 — Army Facilities Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• S.530 — Super 530 Missile
• R-AFF — Regimental Affiliation
• TARFU — Things Are Really Fucked Up. A Situation Worse Than SNAFU, But Not Quite FUBAR.
• RAMADCS — Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Automated Data Collection System
• RAPOE — Regional APOE
• SA-6 — Gainful Missile
• UV-B — UltraViolet band B
• RADBN — Radio Battalion
• WATWG — WWMCCS ADP Traffic Working Group
• T-JTB — Theater-Joint Transportation Board
• Q-SHIP — Decoy Ship
• RADAGS — Radar Aimpoint Guidance System
• RAC-OT — Readiness Assessment System - Output Tool
• SACMFCS — Small Arms Common Module Fire Control System
• WAOB — World Agricultural Outlook Board
• S-ARM — Standard-Antiradiation Missile
• SA-2 — Guideline Missile
• TAIHOD — Total Army Injury and Health Outcomes Database
• T-AH — Hospital Ship
• S/EWOC — Signals Intelligence/electronic Warfare Operations Center
• RAS-OT — Readiness Assessment System - Output Tool
• SAFWIN — Secure Air Force Weather Information Network
• SA-8 — Gecko Missile

• SA-5 — Gammon Missile
• RF — Radio Frequency
• S-6 — Army Communications and Information Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• S-QUAD — Silent Sound Spread Spectrum
• SA-4 — Ganef Missile
• S&GSLCMC — Soldier and Ground Systems Life Cycle Management Command
• TAFIES — Tactical Air Force Intelligence Exploitation System
• PPM — parts per million
• VBTM — Virtual Brigade Training Methodology
• TACLAN — Tactical Local Area Network
• SS-18 — Satan Missile
• R/EW — Radar/ Electronic Warfare
• IV — Intravenous
• TACCDAS — Tactical Army Command & Control Data System
• T&A TM — Traffic and Analysis Team
• R.550 — Magic Misile
• AIAA — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
• VAW-124 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124, The Bear Aces
• VASRD — Veterans Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities
• TACTRAGRULANT — Tactical Training Group, Atlantic
• T-JMC — Theater-Joint Movement Center
• OFP — Operational Flight Program
• SA-13 — Strella Missile
• MSG — Message
• TACMAR — Tactical Multifunction Array Radar
• IP — Internet Protocol
• SA-3 — Goa Missile
• QC — Quality Control
• RAH-66 — Reconnaissance Attack Helicopter
• CDR — Critical Design Review
• VAH-8 — Heavy Attack Squadron 8, The Fireballers
• PDR — Preliminary Design Review
• TACSATCOM — Tactical Satellite Communications
• UAOBS — Upper Air Observation
• VAQ-131 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 131, The Lancers
• WAVELL — United Kingdom Command and Control System
• TACWAR — Tactical Warfare
• TA/CP — Technology Assessment/Control Plan
• COB — close of business (End of duty day)
• QBGS — Queens Body Guard for Scotland
• RAFGSA — Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• QFEA — Quartermaster Field Evaluation Agency
• TACSCAN — Tactical Scanner
• RAVAF — Royal Australian Virtual Air Force
• TACTERM — Tactical Terminal
• RAIDES — Rapid Air Defense Evaluation System
• VAQ-134 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 134, The Garudas
• LAOES — Laser Ablation Optical Emission Spectroscopy
• WAAFB — Walker Air Force Base

• WAPJ — World Air Power Journal
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• QEEM — Quick Erect Expandable Mast
• TACWARS — Tactical Air Warfare Simulation
• WAC(I) — Women's Auxiliary Corp (India)
• WARMAPS — Wartime Manpower Planning System
• SA-N-3 — Goblet Missile
• QF ACFT — Quick Fix Aircraft
• R.440 — Crotale Missile
• VAQ-138 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 138, Yellow Jackets
• WAQC — Western Army Training Center Aviation Qualification Course
• VAQ-135 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 135, Black Ravens
• SA-9 — Gaskin Missile
• SHSM — System High Security Mode
• VAQ-129 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 129, The New Vikings
• TAFDS — Tactical Airfield Fuel Dispensing System
• VAQ-140 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 140, The Patriots
• TACSTANS — Tactical Standards
• RAMEP — RAM and Enhanced Performance
• V-DAY — Victory Day
• TAC-D — Tactical Deception
• TACCIMS(K) — Theater Army Command and Control Information Management System ( Korea)
• VAQ-128 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 128, Phoenix
• SA-N-2 — Naval Guideline
• SA-N-1 — Naval Goa Missile 1
• CCB — Change Control Board
• VAQ-136 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 136, The Gauntlets
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• WWW — World Wide Web
• TACO2 — Tactical Communications Protocol 2
• VAW-113 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 113, The Black Eagles
• VAQ-137 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 137, The Rooks
• TAC(A) — Tactical Air Coordinator (Airborne)
• AC — Alternating Current
• VAQ-33 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 33, The Firebirds
• TADIXS-A — Tactical Data Information Exchange System - Data and Test Communications System
• CCB — Configuration Control Board
• VAQ-139 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139, The Cougars
• VAQ-141 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 141, The Shadowhawks
• TABILS — Target and Background Information Library System
• VAW-126 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126, The Seahawks
• VAW-120 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120, The Greyhawks
• DAC — Discretionary Access Control
• VAQ-34 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 34, The Flashbacks
• CY — Calendar Year
• VAQ-130 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 130, The Zappers
• SALM — Single-Anchor Leg Mooring
• CEO — Chief Executive Officer
• UFO — Unidentified Flying Object
• BVR — Beyond Visual Range

• RFP — Request For Proposal
• TAAMDCOORD — Theater Army Air and Missile Defense Coordinator
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• LRU — Line Replaceable Unit
• PDA — Personal Digital Assistant
• VAQ-142 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 142, The Gray Wolves
• ADC — Air Data Computer
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• WBS — Work Breakdown Structure
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• TQJBR — Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn
• STTE — Special to Type Test Equipment
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• VCRM — Verification Cross-Reference Matrix
• BLUF — Bottom Line Up Front
• SOP — Standard Operational Procedure
• R&D — Research & Development
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• PATOLIS — Patent Online Information System
• ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• APB — All Points Bulletin
• MTBF — Mean Time Before Failure
• ADM — Advanced Development Model
• SS-19 — Stiletto Missile
• NFS — Network File System
• SSAN — Social Security Account Number
• ATA — Area Transportation Authority
• EA — Each (as in a unit of measurement - one each)
• OTC — Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
• SATURN — Second-Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO
• CDRL — Contract Data Requirements List
• RAM — random-access memory
• SCIF — Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• CAE — Computer-Aided Engineering
• SL3 — STOCK LIST
• ELV — Expendable Launch Vehicle
• USAF — United States Air Force
• TB — Tuberculosis
• OT — Overtime
• SEATO — Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• LNG — Liquefied Natural Gas
• MMIC — Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
• ARPA — Advanced Research Projects Agency (made early internet)
• MARV — Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• DFD — Data Flow Diagram

• BT — Bhutan
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• BITE — Built In Test Equipment/Battle Management Interoperability T&E Training Exercises
• EEOC — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• SYS — System
• DPKO — Department of Peacekeeping Operations
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• SQR-18 — Sonar Tactical Towed Array System
• SARDOT — Search and Rescue Point
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• DES — Data Encryption Standard
• MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
• STS — Space Transportation System
• CIS — Commonwealth of Independent States
• CLIN — Contract Line Item Number
• RIF — Reduction In Force
• RPG — Report Program Generator
• SLIP — Serial Line Interface Protocol
• CARIFTA — Caribbean Free Trade Association
• UVCE — Unconfined Vapor Cloud Explosion
• DSA — Digital Signature Algorithm
• SELCOM — Select Committee
• MM — Million
• QOS — Quality of Service
• QVO — Qualified Vehicle Operator
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• SCSI — Small Computer System Interface
• TBD — To Be Determined
• AFCS — Automatic Flight Control System
• TS/SCI — Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information
• AOA — Angle Of Arrival
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• CTRL — Control
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• EMP — Electromagnetic Pulse
• LOI — Letter Of Intent
• DSS — Decision Support System
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• FIPS — Federal Information Processing Standard
• ALT — Alternate
• STD — Standard
• CTR — Center
• SQ — Square
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• SOPS — Standard Operating Procedures
• RFI — Request For Information. Sales department shorthand. Special priority when use in conjunction with RFN (see below).
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education

• EXCOM — Executive Committee
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• ACL — Access Control List
• ABR — Available Bit Rate
• VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
• EEC — European Economic Community (predecessor of the European Union|EU)
• O&M — Operation and Maintenance
• OCR — Optical Character Recognition
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• RM — Resource Management
• POP — Point Of Presence (Internet)
• VR — Virtual Reality
• SEQ — Sequence
• TCB — Trusted Computing Base
• PM — Preventive Maintenance
• DC — Direct Current
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• MTTR — Mean Time To Repair
• TCP — Transmission Control Protocol
• ECO — Engineering Change Order
• MIL — Military
• EDM — Engineering Development Model
• LAB — Laboratory
• AWGN — Additive White Gaussian Noise
• MT — Metric Ton
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• ATA — Actual Time of Arrival
• UNRWA — United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• PMR — Program Management Review
• CFA — Cognizant Field Activity
• LOS — Line Of Sight
• COMSEC — Communications Security (military)
• LEO — Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
• VIAGRA — Vertical Installation Automated Group Receiver Antenna
• AGC — Automatic Gain Control
• RAC — Resident Agent in Charge
• SS-17 — Spanker Missile
• ATC — Air traffic control
• CAM — computer aided manufacturing
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• CE — Civil Engineer
• TO&E — Table of Organization and Equipment
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• WILCO — Will Comply
• SLQ-32 — Electronic Warfare Jamming System
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• POTUS — President Of The United States. Acronym used by Whitehouse staff. See also FLOFTUS.
• ECD — Estimated Completion Date
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)

• PERT — Program Evaluation and Review Technique
• SDD — Software Design Document
• NLT — No Later Than
• VTC — Video Teleconference
• SCONUM — Ship Control Number
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• KEK — Key Encryption Key (COMSEC Key)
• COTR — Contracting Officer Technical Representative
• OJT — On the Job Training
• CAVU — Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited
• DPS — Department of Public Safety
• CRL — Certificate Revocation List
• APP — Application
• AASHTO — American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• DFCS — Digital Flight Control System
• ALT — Altitude
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• CM — Configuration Management
• DEPT — Department
• DOMSAT — Domestic Communications Satellite System
• SAPO — Subarea Petroleum Office
• SGML — Standard Generalized Markup Language
• PRI — Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)
• FDMA — Frequency Division Multiple Access
• MSA — Minimum Safe Altitude
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• BW — Bandwidth
• N — North
• SVBIED — Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
• AE — Application Entity
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• LWOP — Leave Without Pay
• BOM — Bill of Material
• POC — Proof Of Concept
• MAC — Message Authentication Code
• SOTA — Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Operational Tasking Authority
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• BPR — Business Process Re-engineering
• SNAFU — Situation Normal All Fouled Up
• FDDI — Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• VMF-214 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 214, the Black Sheep Squadron
• OP — Operator
• SEC — Second
• TV — Television
• VTR — Video Tape Recorder
• CDT — Central Daylight Time
• DSU — Data Service Unit
• LPI — Lines Per Inch
• TOCS — Tactical Operation Combat System

• SOHO — Small Office Home Office
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• STR — Software Test Report
• NIS — Network Information System
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
• ROV — Remotely Operated Vehicle
• AFC — Automatic Frequency Control
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• DBA — Data Base Administrator
• EM — Electromagnetic
• PY — Prior Year
• SGT — Sergeant
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• MHS — Message Handling System (electronic)
• MBO — Management by Objective
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• BAE — British Aerospace Systems, LTD
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• CVR — Cockpit Voice Recorder
• AC — annual closing
• URD — User Requirements Document
• OCR — Optical Character Reader
• RFI — Radio Frequency Interference
• SVEST — Suicide Vest
• CW — Continuous Wave
• BER — Bit-Error Rate
• ERP — Effective Radiated Power
• UDR-13 — Pocket Radiac Set
• UNDAC — United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• LAT — Latitude
• EOM — End Of Month
• OS — Operating System
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)
• TKM — Total Knowledge Management
• NZ — New Zealand
• LF — Low Frequency
• DSA — Directory System Agent
• TAFCSD — Total Active Federal Commissioned Service Date
• PDU — Protocol data unit (such as segment, packet, frame, etc.)
• NTIS — National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
• NFIP — National Flood Insurance Program
• TSIP — Task Force XXI System Integration Plan
• NA — Not Applicable
• APEC — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• STC — Sensitivity Time Control
• CKO — Chief Knowledge Officer
• OSPF — Open Shortest Path First (ATM)
• KISS — Keep It Simple Stupid

• SAMOC — Surface-to-Air Missile Operations Center
• RIP — Routing Information Protocol
• FCS — Flight Control System (Subsystem)
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• AT&T — American Telephone and Telegraph (U.S. company, also known as "Ma Bell")
• VAG — VOTING ASSISTANCE GUIDE
• SATF — Second Amendment Task Force
• CDU — Control Display Unit
• PM — Project Manager
• NC — No Change
• SS-20 — Saber Missile
• COMM — Communication
• MF — Medium Frequency
• DMA — direct memory access (computer term)
• NACA — National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
• E-MAIL — Electronic Mail
• SCF — Sectional Center Facility
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power System
• BRI — Basic Rate Interface
• AFSCN — Air Force Satellite Control Network
• RFS — Request For Service
• PSTN — Public Switched Telephone Network
• CFLCC — Combined Force Land Component Command
• CO — Company
• CACM — Central American Common Market
• CD — Civil Defense
• KBS — Knowledge-Based System
• MVS — Multiple Virtual Storage
• TWS — Track While-Scan
• COG — Continuity Of Government
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• VLS — Vertical Launch System
• AFWAL — Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory
• CDMA — Code Division Multiple Access (voice/data transmission)
• CTE — Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• TMI — Too Much Information (Internet Slang)
• UNODIR — Unless Otherwise Directed
• TAC — Terminal Access Controller
• DBMS — Defense Business Management System
• TASO — Terminal Area Security Officer
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• K — Kilo-
• VA — Veterans Administration
• RACF — Resource Access Control Facility
• SOLAS — Safety of Life at Sea
• DAC — Development Assistance Committee
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• SITEREP — Situation Report
• STP — Space Test Program
• IPTF — International Police Task Force

• CCTV — Closed Circuit Television
• SONAR — (DOD) A sonic device used primarily for the detection and location of underwater objects.(This term is derived from the words "sound navigation and ranging.")
• FFP — Firm Fixed Priced
• PBX — Private Branch eXchange (company phone system)
• DIB — Directory Information Base
• WUC — Work Unit Code
• DS — Direct Sequence
• LEA — Law Enforcement Agency
• DAR — Defense Acquisition Regulation
• TBN — To Be Named
• AGE — Aerospace Ground Equipment
• SIG — Signal
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• TCP/IP — transmission control protocol/internet protocol
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• NBS — National Bureau of Standards (US)
• SW — Switch
• RFC — River Forecast Center
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• SNMP — Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM)
• SL — Sea Level
• PIN — Personal Identification Number
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• SB — Service Bulletin
• WS — Workstation
• LPF — Low Pass Filter
• PPP — Point-to-Point Protocol
• DOI — Date of Injury
• SCADA — Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
• PST — Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 Hours)
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• SSL — Secure Socket Layer
• IR — Infrared
• BPS — bits per second
• DNS — Domain Name Service
• PAR — Perimeter Acquisition Radar
• LEP — Linear Error Probable
• BE — Beryllium
• VOL — Volume
• EFTA — European Free Trade Association (Geneva)
• SOSTAC — Situation, Objectives and Strategy, Tactics, Action, and Control
• TNI — Trusted Network Interpretation
• QTD — Quarter-to-Date
• MAC — Mandatory Access Control
• ECP — Engineering Change Proposals
• VDT — Video Display Terminal
• DMZ — Demilitarized Zone
• CSTC — Consolidated Space Test Center
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• SALT — Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

• MODEM — Modulator-Demodulator
• BIT — Built-In Test
• MOS — Marine Observation Satellite
• CW — Carrier Wave
• AA — Australian Army
• SINE — Short Interspersed Nuclear Element
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• AMR — Atlantic Missile Range
• EDP — Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• 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 (
• RCV — Receive
• UA — User Agent
• WADR — With All Due Respect
• UFN — Until Further Notice
• LPC — Linear Predictive Coding
• TED — Trunk Encryption Device
• POS — Position
• RSPL — Recommended Spare Parts List
• TBO — Time Between Overhaul
• ELF — Extremely Low Frequency
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• NIC — Network Information Center
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• AU — Audio Unit
• RIM-66 — Standard Missile
• MECO — Main Engine Cutoff
• TEC — Total Electron Content
• CCAFS — Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from.
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• WG — Working Group
• CAB — Cabinet
• TD — Technical Directive
• MGR — Manager
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• USV — United States Volunteers
• LES — Lincoln Experimental Satellite
• NIS — Network Information Service
• QBE — Query By Example
• BGP — Border Gateway Protocol (routing protocol)
• FBW — Fly By Wire
• TPF — Total Package Fielding
• CMP — Configuration Management Plan
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• TTWG — Technology Transfer Working Group
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• NCS — National Communications System
• MDA — Minimum Descent Altitude
• SCN — Specification Change Notice
• STP — Software Test Plan

• UPI — United Press International
• UNHCHR — United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• OMV — Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle
• EPROM — Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• OA — Office Automation
• ITO — International Trade Organization
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• QIO — Quality Improvement Organization
• COMMS — Communications
• PVC — Permanent Virtual Circuit (ATM)
• MIB — Management Information Base (ATM)
• ESMC — Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
• FIG — Figure
• TCSEC — Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• ESS — Electronic Switching System
• AACB — Aeronautics & Astronautics Coordinating Board
• QBO — Quick Battle Orders
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• VM — Virtual Memory
• WIP — Work In Progress (process)
• SECAF — Secretary of the Air Force
• TWT — Traveling Wave Tube
• USPS — United States Postal Services
• IPO — Integrated Program Office
• AFSCF — Air Force Satellite Control Facility
• MCW — Modulated Continuous Wave
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• PPI — Plan Position Indicator
• TYCOM — Type Commander
• COBOL — Common Business-Oriented Language
• LALLS — Low-Angle Laser Light Scattering
• CNN — Cable News Network's
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• VSWR — Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
• SECT — Section
• MTBCF — Mean Time Between Critical Failures
• JEC — Joint Economic Committee
• FDX — Full Duplex
• WPM — speech--words per minute
• VHS — Video Home System
• DCN — Design Change Notice
• MLV — Medium Launch Vehicle
• EMMA — Expert Missile Maintenance Aid
• TOL — Tolerance
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• VOIP — Voice Over IP (Internet Protocol)
• MBPS — Megabytes Per Second

• TNO — Trust No One
• NMS — Network Management System
• MSS — Multispectral Scanner System
• TISA — Troop Issue Subsistence Activity
• STE — Special Test Equipment
• MINURSO — United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
• ADCCP — Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures
• NOC — Network Operations Center
• CRS — Can't Remember Stuff
• RAAF — Royal Australian Air Force
• OCD — Operational Concept Description
• MAINT — Maintenance
• SDS — Satellite Data System
• MOH — Medal Of Honor
• SHF — Super High Frequency
• KSA — Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
• MLG — Main Landing Gear
• JVM — Java Virtual Machine
• TBI — Traumatic Brain Injury
• WBGTI — Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Index
• BAMF — Bad Ass Mother Fucker
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
• QBU — Qualified Business Unit
• UNCIVPOL — United Nations Civilian Police
• BERT — Bit Error Rate Tester (telecommunication)
• BOHICA — Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
• PDL — program design language
• USG — United States Government
• R2P2 — Rapid Response Planning Process
• CBD — Commerce Business Daily (Changed To FBO)
• ERTS — Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
• PCMCIA — Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
• VMI — Virginia Military Institute
• OC — Optical Carrier
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• CAT — Category (e.g. CAT-5 cable)
• RON — Remain Overnight
• SCUBA — self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
• REDCOM — Readiness Command
• RECCE — Reconnaissance
• AUTOVON — Automatic Voice Network
• IRS — Interface Requirements Specification
• ASN — Abstract Syntax Notation
• TBMCS — Theater Battle Management Core Systems
• RIDDOR — Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
• NPS — Nominal Pipe Size (sometimes NS)
• QAD — Quality Assurance Division
• ABMA — Army Ballistic Missile Agency
• FAX — Facsimile

• SDLC — Software development life cycle
• NDA — Nondisclosure Agreement
• UNK — Unknown
• DJMS — Defense Joint Military Pay System
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• DAD — Dual Air Density
• SGL — Small Group Leader
• VIHT — voluntary isocapnic hyperpnea training
• MDT — Mean Down Time
• LFC — Large Format Camera
• MIL STD — Military Standard
• TEMP — Test and Evaluation Master Plan
• PMR — Pacific Missile Range
• UNOCHA — United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• S — Secret
• COS — Cosine
• TDL — Tactical Data Link
• MCS — Mesoscale Convective System
• NSW — New South Wales
• VGA — Video Graphics Array
• NEACP — National Emergency Airborne Command Post
• AV — Audio Visual
• SFOR — Stabilization Force
• WI — What If?
• TOR — terms of reference (ICAO/FAA)
• SDVOSB — Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
• PASADENA — Para-Hydrogen And Synthesis Allow Dramatically Enhanced Nuclear Alignment
• D — Director
• RSOI — Reception, Staging, Onward-Movement & Integration
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• SKE — Station-Keeping Equipment
• MMS — Multimission Modular Spacecraft
• IPR — Impulse Response
• CDB — Central Data Base
• LCC — Launch Control Center (KSC)
• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• UFC — Unified Facilities Criteria
• ASD — Army Shipping Document
• QPSK — aeronautical quadrature phase shift keying
• OLA — Office of Legal Affairs
• SDHS — Satellite Data Handling System
• SCBA — Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
• UNEF — United Nations Emergency Force
• TAV — Total Asset Visibility
• NOR — Notice Of Revision
• VOCC — Vessel Operating Common Carriers
• AMSF — Army Maintenance Supply Facilities
• DGPS — Differential Global Positioning System
• PCM — Pulse-Code Modulation

• MAD — Magnetic Anomaly Detector/Detection
• LST — Local Standard Time
• DMSS — Defense Meteorological Satellite System
• CAGE — Commercial and Government Entity
• MFD — Multi-Function Display
• EC — European Community
• POTS — Plain Old Telephone System
• WETSU — We Eat This Shit Up
• E&I — Engineering & Installation
• CBR — Case-Based Reasoning
• VAR — Variable
• SST — States Supersonic Transport
• UNAMIR — United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
• SQQ-89 — Undersea Warfare Combat System
• NRV — Non Return Valve
• ECM — Electronic Counter Measures
• EIRP — Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
• SMG — Spaceflight Meteorology Group
• CRRES — Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
• SOCOM — United States Special Operations Command
• EST — Estimated Starting Time
• AFOTEC — Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center's
• CRT — Crisis Response Team
• FADEC — Full Authority Digital Engine Control
• CALS — Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CAALS)
• AFRL — Air Force Research Laboratory
• AFS — Air Force Station
• SRSG — Special Representative of the Secretary-General
• MDT — Message Distribution Terminal
• ASSIST — Automated Special Security Information System Terminal
• IUS — Inertial UPper Stage (was Interim UPper Stage)
• SLAR — Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• RPF — Raster Product Format
• VV&C — Verification, Validation and Certification
• ELT — Emergency Locator Transmitter
• VOR — VHF Omnidirectional Range
• SL — Sick Leave
• SRS — Software Requirements Specifications
• SUPPO — Supply Officer
• TTY — Teletype Telex Machine
• CBR — Constant Bit Rate
• RIK — Replacement in Kind
• SMA — Supply Management, Army
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
• SAMSTATREP — Surface-to-Air Missile Status Report
• PCP — Program Change Proposal
• TVM — Track Via Missile
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• NT — Northern Territory
• PROG — Program

• TPN — Tactical Packet Network
• NCSC — National Computer Security Center (NSA)
• RECAU — Receipt Acknowledged And Understood
• SDLC — Synchronous Data Link Control
• ODBC — Open Database Connectivity
• VSAT — Very Small Aperture Terminal (satellite service)
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• MTNS — Mountains
• VERT — Vertical
• AKM — Apogee Kick Motor
• TOA — Time Of Arrival
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• EIB — European Investment Bank
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• VT — Virtual Terminal
• RAD — Radiation Absorbed Dose
• SABA — Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus
• MMU — Manned Maneuvering Unit
• TDMA — Time Division Multiple Access
• ROE — Rules of Engagement. The rules given to every service member on when to engage targets. Changes dependent upon the situation.
• BIU — Bus Interface Unit
• DREN — Defense Research and Engineering Network
• NN — Neural Network
• FEP — Front End Processor
• LT — Light
• RWIP — Risk Work In Progress
• DPI — Differential Pressure Indicator
• PTDO — Prepare To Deploy Order
• SLV — Space Launch Vehicle
• UNIDIR — United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
• MPC — Marine Prediction Center
• SVD — Software Version Description
• OMARNG — Operation & Maintenance, Army National Guard
• ETL — Endorsed Tools List
• ROP — Rate of Penetration
• DTM — Data Transfer Module
• SLV — Sleeve
• EMS — Earn Money Sleeping (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Service)
• VBR — Variable Bit Rate (ATM)
• MDT — Mobile Data Terminal
• MOD — Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
• A/D — Analog/Digital
• MPA — Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer
• CSOC — Consolidated Space Operations Center
• UYK-43 — U.S. Navy standard 32-bit computer (replacement for UYK-7)
• WGS-84 — World Geodetic System 1984
• SIMM — Single Inline Memory Module
• VMS — Virtual Memory System
• PAW — Projector Augmented-wave [ab-initio Method]
• MT — Machine Translation

• NACE — National Association of Corrosion Engineers
• PTR — Paper Tape Reader
• CWGC — Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• OPSEC — Operational Security
• SDR — System Design Review
• RADIUS — Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
• UNPROFOR — United Nations Protection Force (in Former Yugoslavia)
• EMMA — Expert Missile Maintenance Aim
• DDN — U.S. Defense Data Network
• NASICON — Na Super-ionic Conductor
• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration
• LAS — Land Analysis System
• ANR — Active Noise Reduction
• VOSB — Veteran-Owned Small Business
• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• SERE — Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape
• PMS — Planned Maintenance System
• SIQ — Sick In Quarters
• SUM — Software User Manual
• B&W — Babcock & Wilcox - Black And White - Bowers & Wilkins
• REPGEN — Reports Generator
• UNAVEM — United Nations Angola Verification Mission
• TEWT — Tactical Exercise Without Troops
• USAID — United States Agency for International Development
• ACRIMSAT — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite
• SSB — Single SideBand
• MEO — Medium-Earth Orbit
• CIDR — Classless Inter-Domain Routing (ATM)
• OPS — Operations Squadron
• ODA — Open Document Architecture
• SIDPERS — Standard Installation/Division Personnel System
• ATT — At This Time
• STAMIS — Standard Army Management Information System
• USCIS — US Citizenship and Immigration Services
• MPEG — Motion Picture Experts Group
• NLP — Natural Language Processing
• OIC — Office in Charge
• PDS — Post Design Services
• NIU — Network Interface Unit
• BMO — Ballistic Missile Office
• PU — Physical Unit (IBM)
• DCE — Data Communication Equipment
• TOE — Table of Organization and Equipment
• PTL — Primary Target Line
• DOS — United States Department of State
• ASI — Air Speed Indicator
• USA PATRIOT ACT — Uniting & Strengthening of America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
• CPS — characters per second
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• DIDS — Defense Integrated Data System

• QLQ — Quality of Life Questionnaire
• AOD — Administrative Officer of the Day
• SW — Short Wave
• VF — Voice Frequency
• SW — Software (SFTWE Preferred)
• AOA — Angle Of Attack
• VSLI — Veterans Special Life Insurance
• SWEBOK — Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
• RLA — Repair-Level Analysis
• PROM — Programmable Read-Only Memory
• USMOG-W — United States Military Observer Group - Washington
• SMSGT — Senior Master Sergeant
• ABE — ARM-Based Electronics
• AIRS — Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere
• IPX — Internet Packet Exchange
• NM — Network Management
• RCD — Residual Current Device
• KMP — Key Management Protocol
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• SSTO — Single-Stage-to-Orbit
• OR — Operational Requirement
• LDR — Leader
• KDC — Kerberos Key Distribution Center
• ACE — Access Control Encryption
• LNA — Low-Noise Amplifier
• CAS — Calibrated Air Speed
• PG — Persian Gulf
• RAR — Royal Australian Regiment
• DMS — Data Management System
• RI — Routing Indicator
• NESS — National Environmental Satellite Service (NOAA)
• AD — airworthiness directives (FAA)
• DPU — data processing unit
• RUR-4 — Weapon Alpha ( Anti-submarine Rocket Launcher)
• QAZ — Quick Access Zone
• SIPRNET — Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
• FH — Frequency Hopping
• SQQ-32 — Variable Depth Minehunting Sonar
• OPF — Orbiter Processing Facility
• SCTS — Single Channel Transponder System
• UDA — Ulster Defence Association
• LMI — Layer Management Interface
• ECHR — European Court of Human Rights
• EMS — Element Management System (ATM)
• SIDS — Secondary Imagery Dissemination System
• DC — District Commissioner
• QAE — Quality Assurance Engineer
• TN — Target Number
• SAAF — South African Air Force
• LAP — Laboratory Accreditation Program

• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• ITS — Intelligent Transportation System
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• AWL — Absent Without Leave
• SBNPB — Space-Based Neutral Particle Beam
• MAG — Magnetic
• SNA — System Network Architecture
• DDCMP — Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
• PDM — Pulse Duration Modulation
• MCS — Master Control Station (VIS, Grumman)
• AFSC — Air Force Systems Command
• USRA — Universities Space Research Association
• SPR — Strategic Petroleum Reserve (US)
• TSCE — Total Ship Computing Environment
• VRU — Voice Response Unit
• 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
• RGB — red-green-blue (signal)
• PX — Post Exchange
• DUA — Directory User Agent
• VBIED — Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosion Device
• ARDC — Air Research and Development Command
• AFMPC — Air Force Military Personnel Center
• TSOC — Theater Special Operations Command
• SNT — Serial Number Tracking
• MEDALS — Military Engineering Data Asset Locator System
• TTWCS — Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System
• RPV — Remotely Piloted Vehicle
• RIO — Radar Intercept Officer (US Navy)
• SMLM — Soviet Military Liaison Mission
• LSA — Logistics Support Analysis
• WHA — Tungsten Heavy Alloy
• RAU — Radio Access Unit (Army)
• CQC — Close Quarters Combat
• DAU — Data Acquisition Unit
• ANDVT — Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal
• RFN — Rifleman
• OSS — Operations Support System
• VDD — Version Description Document
• AFAMPE — Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• ARS — United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
• TJAG — The Judge Advocate General
• RUP — Rational Unified Process
• MRC — Maintenance Requirement Card
• IVD — Interactive Video Disk
• ERD — Entity-Relationship Diagram
• TBR — To Be Resolved
• TLE — Target Location Error
• CTS — communications technology satellite
• SWE — Snow Water Equivalent

• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• SSGT — Staff Sergeant
• SDDD — software detailed design document
• SVGA — Super Video Graphics Array
• OOP — Of an Object Oriented Programming
• LMR — Land Mobile Radio
• PAM — Payload Assist Module
• PMS — Project Management System
• SMDS — Switched Multimegabit Data Service (ATM)
• QI — Quality Indicator
• QXS — Quick Access
• PUP — Principal User Processor (NEXRAD)
• LOX — Liquid Oxygen
• RTS — Remote Tracking Station
• DRSN — Defense Red Switch Network
• VICE — As opposed to ....
• TI — Texas Instruments, Inc.
• CWI — Crutch Walking Instructions
• SEWS — Satellite Early Warning System
• NARA — United States National Archives And Records Administration
• AMST — Advanced Medium STOL Transport
• USNO — United States Naval Observatory
• EMS — Emergency medical service
• VISCOM — VISual COMmunication
• SMB — Suck My Balls
• SIL — System Integration Laboratory
• WE — With Equipment
• VLAN — Virtual Local Area Network
• QRCT — Quick Reaction Communications Terminal
• EOB — Executive Office Building
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• PUA — Private Use Area (Unicode E000-F8FF)
• EPS — Encapsulated Postscript
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• TIREM — Terrain Integrated Rough Earth Model
• LADD — Lifetime Average Daily Dose
• W/D — Withdrawal
• STOW — Synthetic Theater of War
• AP — Application Processor
• NPR — National Performance Review (office)
• VAX — Virtual Address Extension
• SONET — Synchronous Optical Network
• WIMPY — When In Military Play Yankee
• RLY — Relay
• DAC — Data Assembly Center
• REI — Restricted Entry Interval
• TCF — Technical Control Facility
• WARM — Wartime Reserve Mode
• SPM — Software Programmer's Manual
• SOCC — Satellite Operations Control Center

• NSIA — National Security Industrial Association (now part of NDIA)
• RADM — Rear Admiral
• SAAFR — Standard Use Army Aircraft Flight Route (safer)
• AUTODIN — Automatic Digital Network
• BPI — bits per inch
• SVC — Switched Virtual Circuit (ATM)
• IPM — Interpersonal Messaging
• PRT — Personal Rapid Transit
• VHSIC — Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• NII — National Information Infrastructure (USA)
• TWCF — Transportation Working Capital Fund
• APPS — Applications (software)
• EMI — Electro-Magnetic Interference
• LF — Live Fire
• EVAC — Evacuation System
• TECHINT — Technical Intelligence
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• QAR — Quality Assurance Representative
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• NADS — Norwegian Association for Defence Suppliers
• MMW — Millimeter Wave
• PPS — Post-Production Support
• UTA — Unit Training Assembly
• OSDPE — Office of the Secretary of Defense Program Element
• SITSUM — Situation Summary
• SHA — System Hazard Analysis
• CBJB — Congressional Budget Justification Book
• JT — Joint
• CARICOM — Caribbean Common Market and Community
• CLICK — Kilometre
• BIM — Ballistic Intercept Missile
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• SMR — source, maintenance, and recoverability
• SUSAT — Sight Unit, Small Arms, Trilux
• AP — Associated Press
• NDL — Network Data Language
• TLS — Top Level Specification
• TPQ-37 — Weapon Locating Radar
• SCPC — single channel per carrier
• EIA — Electronics Industry Association (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
• MAD — Message Address Directory
• ASAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar 
• OII — Operations-Intelligence Interface
• EBS — Emergency Broadcast System
• SWBD — Switchboard
• UQL — Unacceptable Quality Level
• SA — Special Agent
• SEWIP — Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program
• SORTS — Status of Resources and Training System
• QPQ — Quid Pro Quo

• SBL — Space-Based Laser
• FA — Forward Area
• QPT — Quad Port Transceiver
• WCDMA — Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
• QUP — Quantity Per Unit Pack
• SECSTATE — Secretary of State
• SPS — Software Product Specification
• ETL — Environmental Technology Laboratory
• VESA — Video Electronics Standards Association
• TSCIF — Tactical Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
• CSR — Current Situation Room
• Q&A — Questions & Answers
• CETS — Contractor Engineering and Technical Services
• CAMS — Core Automated Maintenance System
• TECHCON — Technical Control
• OST — Outer Space Treaty
• SIGACTS — Significant Activities
• RMN — Royal Malaysian Navy
• NEL — National Exploitation Laboratory
• JAWF — Joint Agricultural Weather Facility
• EKMS — Electronic Key Management System
• RX — Receive
• SAPF — Special Access Program Facility
• VETRONICS — Vehicle Electronics
• ANLYS — Analysis
• SVIP — Secure Voice Improvement Program
• SSMA — Spread-Spectrum Multiple Access
• QALI — Quality Assurance Letter of Instruction
• BEF — British Expeditionary Force
• WIA — Wounded In Action
• SECM — Shop Equipment, Contact Maintenance
• AZ — Azimuth
• WARC — World Administrative Radio Conference
• UNMOC — United Nations Military Observers Course
• VCR — video cassette recorder/player
• RQMTS — Requirements
• CFE — Center For Engineering
• ROICC — Resident Officer In Charge of Construction
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• RPMA — Real Property Maintenance Activities
• VDU — Video Display Unit
• ACAAM — Air Courses of Action Assessment Model
• SVLTU — Service Line Termination Unit
• REDCON — Readiness Condition
• RADIUS — Remote Authentication dial In User Service
• VNAV — Vertical Navigation
• NTZ — No Transgression Zone
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• CMW — Compartmented Mode Workstation
• FAAS — Foreign Affairs Administrative Support

• TAPDB — Total Army Personnel Database
• RUF — Rules for the Use of Force (ROE)
• NAV — Navigator
• SP AMMO — Special Ammunition
• SSR — secondary surveillance radar (ICAO/FAA)
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• RDBMS — Relational Data Base Management System (Oracle)
• RECON — Reconnaissance
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• UVV — Upward Vertical Velocity
• ROMO — Range of Military Operations
• WRF — Weather Research and Forecasting
• RNVC — Reference Number Variation Code
• UNDP — United Nations Development Program
• SQK — Squawk
• DTU — Data Transfer Unit
• RSSC-LO — regional satellite communications support center liaison officer; regional space support center liaison officer
• ROEX — rules of engagement exercise
• CPE — Customer Premise Equipment
• VLSI — Very Large-Scale Integration
• CSU — Channel Service Unit
• TACSAT — Tactical Satellite
• SLC — Space Launch Complex
• RICC — Reportable Item Control Code
• PSN — Packet Switched Network
• VTAM — Virtual Telecommunication Access Method
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• TRB — Technical Review Board (MRR)
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• SSPK — Single Shot Probability of Kill
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• SOSCOE — System-Of-Systems Common Operating Environment
• TRF — Tuned Radio Frequency
• UPRN — Unique Property Reference Number
• VASI — Visual Approach Slope Indicator
• TM — Technical Monitor
• MIJI — Meaconing, Intrusion, Jamming and Interference
• PPM — Pulse Position Modulation
• IPC — Industrial Planning Committee
• TELAR — Transporter-Erector-Launcher & Radar
• VRD — Virtual Retinal Display
• RDJTF — Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (US)
• USD/P — Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• PTT — Push to Talk Technology
• SPL — Software Products Library
• REMIS — Reliability & Maintainability Information System
• F — Frequency
• CARDE — Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment
• DITCO — Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (formerly DECCO)
• RM3 — Radioman Third Class

• TUH — Tactical Utility Helicopter
• QLP — Quadrilateral Protocol
• VKA — Volatile Keying Assembly
• DRGS — Direct Readout Ground Stations
• CFSR — Contract Funds Status Report/ing
• WFNA — White Fuming Nitric Acid
• RADAM — Radar Detection of Agitated Metals
• TRADOC — United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• EST — Estimated Ship Time
• MPP — Massively Parallel Processing/Processor
• TDWR — Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
• UXE — Upkeep by Exchange
• R&R — Rest & Recuperation
• STRATOPS — Strategic Operations Division
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• MSS — Mission Support System
• TEV — Travel Expense Voucher
• PXH — Phoenix Hawk
• SECNAVINST — Secretary of the Navy Instruction
• TLT — Test Loop Translator
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• RWIFE — Rotary Wing Instrument Flight Examiner
• S/T — Short Ton
• DT&E — Development, Test, & Evaluation
• SOFT — Strengths, Opportunities, Faults, Threats
• UYK-7 — U.S. Navy standard 32-bit computer
• VISSR — visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
• OO — On Order
• LONG — Longitude
• SECARMY — Secretary of the Army
• TRNG — Training
• ABET — Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology
• PWM — pulsewidth modulation
• TOAI — Total Overall Aircraft Inventory
• ORM — Other Regulated Materials
• RNAV — Random Navigation Area Navigation
• VQV — Voice Quality Value
• SSB-SC — Single Sideband-Suppressed Carrier
• TVC — Total Variable Cost
• MOC — Maintenance Operational Check
• DTS — Dedicated Transmission Service
• SRP/PDS — Stabilization Reference Package/Position Determining System
• AOIC — Assistant Officer in Charge
• RADINT — Radar Intelligence
• TPS — Thermal Protection System
• COMECON — Council For Mutual Economic Assistance (economic Counterpart Of The Warsaw Pact
• MTA — Message Transfer Agents (Internet)
• SPINS — Special Instructions
• VTOL — Vertical Take-Off & Landing

• SRY — Ship Repair Yard
• EI — Effectiveness Index
• ECS — Environmental Control System (Subsystem)
• AMPL — Amplitude
• SIMM — Single In-line Memory Module
• AMCS — Alternate Master Control Station
• PTT — Push to Talk Testing
• ROKMC — Republic Of Korea Marine Corps
• TCSP — Theater Consolidation and Shipping Point
• CIHS — Classified Information Handling System
• MCS — Message Conversion System
• RIM-67 — Standard Missile (ER)
• RATELO — Radiotelephone Operator
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• RCTA — Regional Counterdrug Training Academy
• RICO — Regional Interface Control Officer
• TEPP — Test and Evaluation Program Plan
• NAVELEX — Naval Electronic Systems Command
• STUPID — Secure Transmitter Unit Platform Integration Directorate
• QQI — Quantitative Quality Indicator
• MTST — Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter
• PECP — Preliminary Engineering Change Proposal
• QTA — Qualification Test Article
• SERA — Sequential Electrochemical Reduction Analysis
• EO — End Office
• ECU — Environmental Control Unit (GSM)
• RA — Roughness Average
• MVS — Multiple Virtual System
• LAAS — Local Area Augmentation System
• S&S — Supply & Service
• TOR — Tentative Operational Requirement
• MTWY — Motorway
• UXB — Unexploded Bomb
• RLG — Ring Laser Gyro
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• TGSM — Terminally Guided Submunition
• VPF — Vector Product Format
• SRL — Survival Research Laboratories
• NSTC — National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
• RSTN — Radio Solar Telescope Network
• SZ — Surf Zone
• TNP — Take No Prisoners
• TERCOM — Terrain Contour Matching
• ERDAS — Earth Resources Data Analysis System
• VMF-312 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 312, the Checkerboarders
• AWOS — Automated Weather Observing System
• SWPC — Space Weather Prediction Center
• STAAS — Surveillance & Target Acquisition Aircraft System
• QOI — Quality of Information
• AFGWC — Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)

• MTBMA — Mean Time Between Maintenance Actions
• VIN — vehicle identification number (US) (transportation)
• ADGE — Air Defence Ground Environment
• TBA — To Be Announcede
• UYH-16 — Mass Memory Storage Device
• TCDL — Tactical Common Data Link
• UDI — Unique Device Identifier
• SMCA — Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition
• OEU — Operational Evaluation Unit
• VERTREP — Vertical Replenishment
• PWS — Performance Work Statement
• TERM — Terminal
• PTT — Push to Talk Taster
• SMIB — Security Management Information Base
• TAMPS — Tactical Aircraft Mission Planning System
• FAPC — Food and Agriculture Planning Committee
• SODARS — Special Operations Debrief and Retrieval System
• TF/TA — Terrain Following / Terrain Avoidance
• USMMA — United States Merchant Marine Academy
• APNIC — Asia Pacific Network Information Center
• SITP — Subsystem Integration Test Plan
• LCM — Life Cycle Management
• PKC — Public Key Cryptography
• STU-III — Secure Telephone Unit III
• SECNAV — United States Secretary of the Navy
• OPAS — Overpass
• DECU — Digital Engine Control Unit
• NLM — NetWare Loadable Module
• RCV — Remotely Controlled Vehicle
• SACT — Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
• SQE — Software Quality Evaluation
• SANDF — South African National Defence Force
• DVI — Digital Video Interactive
• SE&I — Systems Engineering & Integration
• SA — Selective Availability (on GPS transmissions)
• SOL — Solenoid
• SDNS — Secure Data Network System
• RN — Royal Navy
• CCIL — Continuously Computed Impact Line
• ETF — Enhanced tactical fighter
• SNAFUBAR — Situation Normal, All Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• SXN — Section
• UTP — unshielded twisted pair
• SPMN — Software Program Managers Network
• SDIS — Switched Digital Integrated Service
• SS-16 — Sinner Missile
• QEAM — Quick Erect Antenna Mast
• TELEMED — Telemedicine
• SBX-1 — Sea-Based X-Band Radar

• STU — Secure Telephone Unit
• UJTL — Universal Joint Task List
• COMPUSEC — Computer Security
• QEX — Quality Evaluation eXercise
• JTC — Joint Technical Committee (USA)
• COMMO — Communications Officer
• RABFAC — Radar Beacon Forward Air Controller
• USCMH — United States Commission on Military History
• VAS — VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
• TSCP — Theater Security Cooperation Plan
• SPC — Storm Prediction Center
• PVU — Portable Verification Unit
• IPSO — Internet Protocol Security Option
• VSHORAD — Very Short Range Air Defense
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• UMPR — Unit Manpower Personnel Record
• QIP — Quality Improvement Program
• WGS 84 — World Geodetic System 1984
• USD/A — Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
• RCF — Repair Cycle Float
• PCS — Personal Communications Services
• POC/ET — Proof Of Concept/Experimental Testbed
• DIC — Defense Intelligence College
• UYK-70 — Standard 32-bit Naval processing computer (replaces the UYK-43)
• RRCC — Regional Response Coordination Center
• IRM — information resource management
• IU — Interface Unit
• SK3 — Storekeeper Third Class
• SIP — Site Implementation Plan
• T-AGOS — Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance
• TOPMIS — Total Officer Personnel Management Information System
• LAOS — Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• IVAP — Intimate Valence Alternation Pairs (bonding Model In Electronic Structure Calcns.)
• ODIF — Open Document Interchange Format
• SSC-1 — Shaddock Missile (Coastal Defense)
• DCASR — Defense Contract Administration Services Region
• RET — Retired
• NF — no foreign
• PISA — Pharmaceutical Information Systems Association
• RYE — Retirement Year Ending
• TTNT — Tactical Targeting Network Technology
• VMAQ — Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
• TELCO — Telephone Company
• TYQ-69 — Commmunications Control Set
• FCOC — Fuel Cooled Oil Cooler
• RXW — Receiver Workbook
• RECC — Regional Emergency Communications Coordinator
• CBW — Chemical and Biological Warfare
• ITWS — Integrated Terminal Weather System

• SHSN — Ship Serviceman Seaman
• CRS — Community Relations Service
• QAP — Quality Assurance Plan
• NHCD — National HUMINT Collection Directive
• SRD — System Requirements Document
• CEMA — Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• DTD — Data Transfer Device
• SCMODS — State/County Municipal Offender Data System
• WA — Western Approaches
• AMGOT — Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• SORD — System Operational Requirements Document
• RAMC — Royal Army Medical Corps
• USDOJ — United States Department of Justice
• SMDC/ARSTRAT — United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/United States Army Forces Strategic Command
• CITIS — Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service
• TSGT — Technical Sergeant
• RUC — Rapid Update Cycle
• PDA — Phase Doppler Analysis
• CPR — Cost Performance Report
• TAAF — Test, Analyze, And Fix
• RFPI — Rapid Force Projection Initiative
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• DODISS — Department of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards
• NVG — Night Vision Goggle
• SPM — System Program Manager
• RED HORSE — Rapid Engineers Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers
• MILNET — Military Network
• MOTIF — Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility
• TPQ-36 — Firefinder Radar
• DTD — Directorate of Technical Development
• AIR — American Institute for Research
• WA — War Arranger
• CONFIG — Configuration
• STARTLE — Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar for Tank Location and Engagement (US)
• TAPOC — Theater Army Personnel Operations Center
• STLDD — Software Top-Level Design Document
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• NFDRS — National Fire Danger Rating System
• TAMMS — The Army Maintenance Management System
• VQD — Vendor Quality Diagnosis
• MOPS — Million Operations per Second
• NOSC — Naval Ocean Systems Center (replaced by NCCOSC and now SPAWAR Systems Center)
• RCN — Royal Canadian Navy
• CCMAT — Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies
• DPD — Diffuse Pulmonary Disease
• STARTEX — Start of Exercise
• NSDD — National Security Decision Directive
• OPIC — Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• FIPC — Foreign Intelligence Priorities Committee

• LAXRD — Low-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• TAOR — Tactical Area Of Responsibility
• RQMH — Regimental Quarter Master Havildar
• PSS — Packet Switched Service
• AOSS — automated office support system
• JSMB — Joint Space Management Board
• LC — Library of Congress
• RADC — Rome Air Development Center (Now Rome Laboratory)
• TACT — Tactical Aviation Control Team
• PSN — Public Switched Network
• RB/ER — Reduced Blast/Enhanced Radiation
• VP-8 — Navy Patrol Squadron Eight
• WDGO — War Department General Order
• TASMO — Tactical Air Support for Maritime Operations
• WFO — Weather Forecast Office
• QBZ — Qingwuqi Buqiang - Zidong
• TRD — Technical Requirements Document
• USCS — United States Customs Service
• TEK — Traffic Encryption Key
• QAG — Quality Assurance Group (TWG/TAT-14)
• TADS — Target Acquisition and Designation System (US)
• TASKORD — Tasking Order
• TMDE/PST — Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment/Production Surveillance Test
• RRI — Response to Request for Information
• USASSG — United States Army Special Security Group
• TRU — Transformer Rectifier Unit
• PRB — Problem Review Board
• SINCGARS-SIP — Single Channel Ground and Air(borne) Radio System - System Improvement Program
• TSM — TRADOC System Manager
• IR&D — Independent Research & Development
• QMB — Quality Management Board
• RKS — Record Keeping System
• RECSTA — Reception Station
• VFY — Verify
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• QRM — Quantitative Risk Management
• UGM-84 — Harpoon Missile
• SPIR — Spare Parts Interchangeability Report
• TAMIS — Training Ammunition Management Information System
• SSAA — System Security Authorization Agreement
• OGP — Office of Global Programs
• RXU — Receiver Unit
• UM — Unit Manager
• SAPR — Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
• SEO/SEP — Special Enforcement Operation/Special Enforcement Program
• SST — Safe Secure Transport
• SOSI — System-Of-Systems Integration
• DISNET — Defense Integrated Secure Network
• RECCEXREP — Reconnaissance Exploitation Report
• SMT — station management (protocol)

• RDDS — Range Data Distribution System
• UO(S) — Uniformed Officer(s)
• SQ — Super Quiet
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• REMBASS — Radar and Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System
• WIST — Weather Information for Surface Transportation
• UGF — Underground Facility
• UV — Ultra Violet
• USD(R&E) — Under Secretary of Defense For Research and Engineering
• RHIB — Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
• SNJ — North American Aircraft Company TEXAN, W W II Trainer Aircraft
• QVT — Quality Verification Testing
• EDC — European Defence Community
• NTISSC — National Telecommunications & Information Systems Security Committee
• RWU — Research Work Unit
• VRAM — Video Random Access Memory
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratories (absorbed By OAR Or NOAA Research)
• REPSHIP — Report of Shipment
• RDTU — Remote Data Transmission Unit
• SECREL — SECret RELeasable
• SARSS — Standard Army Retail Supply System
• PPA — Pollution Prevention Act
• JAEIC — Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
• RQS — Rescue Squadron
• TRADE — Training Devices and Equipment
• QCI — Quality Conformance Inspections
• WGWV — Well Gulf War Veterans
• SASP — Special Ammunition Supply Point
• QUADCON — Quadruple Container
• SSC-2A — Salish Missile
• TADIL-B — Tactical Data Information Link-B
• TC ACCIS — Transportation Coordinator's Automated Command, Control, and Information System
• RAMCC — Regional Air Movement Coordination Center
• MERADCOM — Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command (U.S. Army)
• TADDS — Target Alert Data Display Set
• SQUAD — Squadron
• SECDEF — United States Secretary of Defense
• ECMC — Enhanced Crisis Management Capability
• QIF — Quality Inspection Function
• TAFIM — Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management
• SOSO — State Owned, State Operated
• JSAN — Joint Staff Automation of the Nineties
• CCS2 — Command and Control Subordinate System
• SCATANA — Security Control of Air Traffic & Navigation Aids
• SIRR — Software Integration Readiness Review
• TDOT — Tennessee Department of Transportation's
• RPSTL — Repair Parts and Special Tools Listing
• USNA — United States Naval Academy
• WHFO — When Hell Freezes Over
• TERPROM — Terrain Profile Matching

• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• CP — Central Processor
• SARIR — Search and Rescue Incident Report
• MIL-STD — Military Standard
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• RWT — Right When Tested
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• IPA — Independent-particle Approximation (in Quantum Calcns. On Solids)
• TNT HP — Track And Trace Hollow Point
• SADL — Situation Awareness Data Link
• NAVNET — Navy Network
• DND — Department of National Defence
• MARAD — Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet)
• DCP — Decision Coordinating Paper
• RIM-7 — Sea Sparrow Missile
• RM1 — Radioman First Class
• SHTF — Shit Hit The Fan
• KSOS — Kernelized Secure Operating System
• SACEUR — Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO)
• CSTVRP — Computer Security Technical Vulnerability Reporting Program
• CMAG — Cruise Missile Advanced Guidance
• SARTU — Search and Rescue Training Unit (RAF)
• SFMS — Special Forces Medical Sergeant
• OSO — Office of Satellite Operations
• SART — Search and Rescue Transponder
• TSZ — Temporary Security Zone
• TACOM — Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (US)
• SBFEL — Space-Based Free Electron Laser
• SQS-53 — Submarine Sonar
• SOMO — Suspension of Military Operations
• RET. — Retired
• QFQ — Quest for Quality
• RECBASS — Reception Battalion Automated Support System
• ULSI — Ultra Large Scale Integration
• VUL — Vulnerability
• STMP — Science and Technology Master Plan
• DCAS — Defense Contract Administration Services
• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• PV — Positive Vetting
• MILSTAMP — Military Standard Transportation & Movement Procedure
• TBU — True But Useless
• LOC — Location Number
• UCR — Unsatisfactory Condition Report
• SMTP — Simple Message Transfer Protocol
• TOMA — Technical Order Management Agency
• BEM — British Empire Medal
• IRBM — Intermediate-range ballistic missile
• SETH — Simulation Equipment Test Hardware
• SO/LIC — Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict
• WAAS — Wide Area Augmentation System

• SIPRNET — Secret Ip Router Network
• ODCSOPS — Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (Army)
• CAB — Cabin
• AFCC — Air Force Communications Command
• DON — Department Of the Navy
• RCMP — Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• VZE — Virtual Zone Entrance
• PNAF — Prime Nuclear Airlift Force
• STOMP — Specialized Training of Military Parents
• SLQ — Electronic Warfare System
• WADS — Western Air Defense Sector
• QNQ — Quality Not Quantity
• NNPT — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• WSMCR — Western Space and Missile Center Regulation
• RECBN — Reception Battalion
• QRG — Quick Response Graphic
• SDP — Service Delivery Point
• TOD — Time of Day (Have Quick)
• PTP — Paper Tape Punch
• PPPA — Poison Prevention Packaging Act (1970)
• TFG — Transportation Facility Guide
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• DCTN — Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network
• VHY — Very High Yield
• QCP — Quality Control Program
• RBL — Results Based Leadership
• JOP — Joint Operating Procedure
• LAP — Laboratory Analytical Protocol
• WFX — Warfighter Exercise
• TJD — Trajectory Diagram
• QFPN — Quick Fix Position Navigation
• RKH — Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital
• SAFCS — Small Arms Fire Control System
• SPCP — State Polytechnic College of Palawan
• LAPW — Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (for Band-structure Calcns.)
• TADIL-J — Tactical Data Information Link-J
• TWY — Taxiway
• DST — Decision Support Tools
• IVNAA — In Vivo Neutron Activation Analysis
• SAMMS — Standard Automated Materiel Management System
• RORO — Roll On, Roll Off
• RTAD — Relocatable Target Assessment Data
• RDML — Rear Admiral Lower Half
• ROSC — Regional Operations and Security Center
• STREAM — Standard Tensioned Replenishment Alongside Method
• ASED — Assistant Secretary of Defense
• MMU — Mass Memory Unit
• ES — Expert System
• SLJO — Shitty Little Jobs Officer
• LAPS — Local Analysis and Prediction System

• STOATD — Science and Technology Objectives Advanced Technology Demonstration
• RESPECT — Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence, and Collaborative Teaching
• SSRA — System Safety Risk Assessment
• WHNS — Wartime Host-Nation Support
• SAROS — Synthetic Aperture Radar for Open Skies
• SINS — Ship’s Inertial Navigation System
• SATC — Student Army Training Corps
• SBIRS — Space-Based Infrared System
• WGI — Within Grade Increase
• DPL — Degausser Products List
• SPETC — Solid Propellant Electro-Thermal-Chemical
• UNC — United Nations Command
• WIDS — Wireless Intrusion Detection System
• WWOLS — World Wide on-Line System
• SBY — Standby
• PRB — Program Review Board
• RC SOUTH — NATO Regional Command SOUTH
• CCITT — Consultative Committee for International Telephone and Telegraph
• NPN — NOAA Profiler Network
• UUT — Unit Under Test
• QAC — Quality Assurance Checklist
• TDBSS — Theater Defense Blood Standard System
• PNVS — Pilot Night Vision System
• RIA — Rock Island Arsenal
• USSBS — United States Strategic Bombing Survey
• SRW — Software Requirements Workshop
• SSU — Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
• OIA — Office of Imagery Analysis
• ETR — Eastern Test Range (ESME Preferred)
• RCPAC — Reserve Components Personnel and Administrative Center
• VTO — Vertical Take Off
• SMEC — Single Module Engine Controller
• STANO — Surveillance, Target Acquisition, & Night Observation
• OPS — Operations Shelter
• SFAF — Standard Frequency Action Format
• TSP — Telecommunications Service Priority
• SJA — Staff Judge Advocate
• RS-232 — Recommended Standard 232 (EIA standard for transmitting serial data)
• TRACON — Terminal Radar Approach Control
• DII — Defense Industry Initiative
• DCU — Data Control Unit
• SYNC — Synchronization
• XA — Extended Architecture (MVS)
• EMA — European Monetary Agreement
• UTE — Utilization Rate
• LACE — Laser-Assisted Chemical Etching
• DU — Decision Unit
• QOT&E — Qualification Operational Test & Evaluation
• LAAFS — Laser Ablation Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• POS — Position Orientation Systems

• DERA — Defense Environment Restoration Account
• LAST — Lowest Anticipated Service Temperature
• SGV — Self Guided Vehicle
• ISLOCA — Inter-System Loss-of-Coolant Accident
• RD&A — Research, Development & Acquisition
• SDREN — Secure Defense Research and Engineering Network
• LASIK — laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (eye surgery)
• PMSP — Preliminary Message Security Protocol
• VTS — Vandenberg Tracking Station (AFSCN)
• LACBED — Large-Angle Convergent-Beam Electron Diffraction
• WFOE — Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise
• AHPS — Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services
• CDIP — Council of Defense Intelligence Producers
• NTCB — Network Trusted Computing Base
• SCCB — Software Configuration Control Board
• SKC — Chief Storekeeper
• TT&P — Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures
• PAT — Proficiency Analytical Testing (NIOSH)
• ECCM — Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
• RIU — Radio Interface Unit
• VHT — Virtual Heat Treatment
• SDLC — Systems Development Life Cycle
• TESAR — Tactical Endurance Synthetic Aperture Radar
• DCA — Defense Cooperation Agreements
• T/R — Transmitter/Receiver
• SURG — Surgeon
• MCEB — Military Communications-Electronics Board
• RELCAN — Releasable to Canada
• RRE — Royal Radar Establishment
• RCOT — Reserve Commissioned Officer Training
• VLP — Very Low Power
• MISSI — Multilevel Information System Security Initiative
• SHORAN — short-range navigation
• PVL — Priority Vehicle List
• SQL — Standard Query Language
• SS-14 — Scamp Missile
• SITC — SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command) Information Technology Center
• SOPA — Senior Officer Present Afloat
• SZM — Security Zone Management
• PSYOPS — Psychological Operations
• TACTS — Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System
• DOT — Date of Transfer
• PVP — Planned Value Profile
• USATC — United States Army Training Center
• SMOW — Standard Mean Ocean Water
• TT&E — Technical Test & Evaluation
• TAPDB-AE — Total Army Personnel Database - Active Enlisted
• SSL — Shop Stock List
• ERAST — Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology
• RJAF — Royal Jordanian Air Force

• TFM — Trusted Facility Manual
• TACON — Tactical Control
• SHAPE — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (NATO)
• USSPACECOM — United States Space Command
• UCA — Unenclosed Covered Area
• SSPP — System Safety Program Plan
• REAP — Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program
• SDVT — SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team
• SECAM — Séquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire
• TADCS — Tactical Airborne Digital Camera System
• UNREP — Underway Replenishment
• QPL — Qualified Parts List
• OSF — Operations Support Facility
• UNREP CONSOL — Underway Replenishment Consolidation
• UN-DMT — United Nations Disaster Management Team
• SWCD — Soil and Water Conservation District
• RO/RO — Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ship)
• MSPB — Merit System Protection Board
• SLBM — Submarine-launched ballistic missile
• RSTA — Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
• NCB — Nuclear Contingency Branch
• SWAN — Shipwide Area Network
• OPS — Operations Planning System
• RF/SAL — Radio-Frequency Semi-Active Laser
• MHD — Moving-Head Disk
• TACP — Tactical Air Control Party
• UCS — Universal Multiple-Octet Coded Character Set
• TPW — Total Precipitable Water
• ROIC — Resident Officer In Charge
• UDC — Unit Descriptor Code
• SARNEG — Search and Rescue Numerical Encryption Group
• SDDCTEA — Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering Agency
• UIFG — User Interface Functional Group
• PUG — Push-Up Game
• QME — Quality Measurement Experiment
• TAOM — Tactical Air Operations Module
• UYQ — Uranium Yield Quantity
• VITD — Vector Interim Terrain Data
• TDAR — Tactical Defense Alert Radar
• TASM — Tactical Air-to- Surface Missile
• USCENTCOM — United States Central Command
• TCIS — Tactical Communications Interface Software
• UNDHA — United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
• QLF — Quality Leadership Forum
• SAFOR — Semi Automated Forces
• TMEP — Theater Mortuary Evacuation Point
• S-DAY — day the President authorizes selective reserve call-up
• SELRES — Selected Reserve
• NGA — NATO Guidelines Area
• SMILS — Sonobuoy Missile Impact Location System

• RQL — Requirements List
• TARBUL — Target Bulletin
• TCIM — Tactical Communications Interface Module
• QMF — Query Management Facility
• RPFT — Ranger Physical Fitness Test
• VMFA 323 — Fixed wing Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 Death Rattlers
• LEAF — Law Enforcement Access Field
• SABC — self aid and buddy care
• MBB — Modular Building Block
• ISA — Ionic Strength Adjuster
• TPQ-47 — Upgraded Weapon Locating Radar
• USTRANSCOM — United States Transportation Command
• RD&J — Radar Deception & Jamming
• UBL — Unit Basic Load
• TNCC — Theater Network Operations (NETOPS) Control Center
• SLTA — Small Laser Transmitter Assembly
• SPURV — Self-Propelled Underwater Research Vehicle
• STGR — Steam Generator Tube Rupture
• TLAMM — Theater Lead Agent for Medical Materiel
• RCSCC — Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps
• URI — University Research Initiative
• SHAG — Simplified High Accuracy Guidance (Honeywell)
• SPMIG — Standard PMS Materials Identification Guide
• QIG — Quality Improvement Group
• SGOC — Standard Garrison Organization Chart
• RNZAF — Royal New Zealand Air Force
• SEATO — South East Asia Treaty Organization
• REPL DET — Replacement Detachment
• DB — Data Base
• RAN — Royal Australian Navy
• TAC — Terrain Analysis Center
• RCACS — Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron
• RAE — Right of Assistance Entry
• TAPDB-AO — Total Army Personnel Database - Active Officer
• STUAS — Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System
• SSIMU — Solid State Inertial Measurement Unit
• RNP — Remote Network Processor
• WSMC — Western Space and Missile Center
• QSTAG — Quadripartite Standardization Agreement (cue-stag)
• REW — Rewind
• SLME — Select Manual Entry
• IRRAS — Integrated Reliability and Risk Analysis System
• WAAF — Women's Auxiliary Air Force (World WarII UK)
• RWIS — Road Weather Information System
• T-AVB — Aviation Logistics Support Ship - MSC Manned
• F — Frequency of Lifting
• ASRAAM — Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile
• SCITIS — Single Channel Transponder Injection System
• T — Training
• RTFA — Ready-Team-Fire-Assist

• QQPRI — Qualitative and Quantitative Personnel Requirements Information
• STRUCE — Structure Strength, Enlisted
• RGVTDB — Rapidly Generated Virtual Terrain Data Base
• UMOC — Unit Movement Officer Course
• SN1 — Seaman First Class
• RDECOM — US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command
• ACARS — ARINC Communication Addressing and Reporting System
• SON — Statement Of Need
• LACE — Lectin Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis
• ULCANS — Ultra-Lightweight CAmouflage Net System
• UYK-20 — U.S. Navy standard 16-bit computer
• PSMS — Personnel Status Monitoring System
• ULF — Ultra Low Frequency
• VVP — Versatile Voice Processing
• BGN — United States Board on Geographic Names
• NISAC — National Industrial Security Advisory Committee
• QCA — Quality Control Analysis
• SGA — Standards of Grade Authorization
• SSSS — Silent Sound Spread Spectrum
• TPC — Tropical Prediction Center
• SAE — Service Acquisition Executive
• USAFRICOM — United States Africa Command
• QPO — Quick Purchase Order
• TLAM — Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles
• TECHEVAL — Technical Evaluation
• SQIP — Software Quality Improvement Process
• RCIED — Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device
• USB — Upper Sideband
• SUB — Submarine
• RDE — Research Development and Engineering
• SEKP — Single Engagement Kill Probability
• NPS — National Park Service (US)
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observing System
• STOW-E — Synthetic Theater Of War - Europe
• DOE — Date of Examination
• SOJ — Stand Off Jammer
• DST — Daylight Savings Time
• PSRO — Passenger Standing Route Order
• RASC — Royal Army Service Corps
• SKO — Sets, Kits, And Outfits
• RLPG — Regenerative Liquid Propellant Gun
• PLIRRA — Pollution Liability Insurance and Risk Reduction Act
• SLQ-25 — Torpedo Countermeasures System
• USAMCC — United States Army Meteorology and Calibration Center
• TQV — Technology Qualification Vehicle
• SEAT — Single Engine Air Tanker
• NSTAC — National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
• WHIP — White House Invasion Prayer
• P&L — Production & Logistics
• USIA — United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)

• TSSP — Tactical Satellite Signal Processor
• STAFF — Smart, Target Activated, Fire & Forget
• SMAC — Scene Matching Area Correlator
• LADD — Lowest Acceptable Daily Dose
• MOCE — Marine Optical Characterization Experiment
• SOACMS — Special Operations Aviation Combat Mission Simulator
• USNSCC — United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
• SSEB — Source Selection Evaluation Board
• SRAM — Short Range Attack Missile
• USPTO — United States Patent and Trademark Office
• OSI — Open System Interconnection
• OSE — Open System Environment
• NCR — No Carbon Required
• SNOK — Secondary Next Of Kin
• UJC — Urgency Justification Code
• SYRS — System Requirements Specification
• MODIS — moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer (NASA/GSFC)
• USACIDC — United States Army Criminal Investigation Command
• VRL — Virtual Reality Laboratory
• VZ — Virtual Zone
• TALCE — Tanker Airlift Control Element
• TYQ — Commmunications Set AN/ series
• RESCAP — Rescue Combat Air Patrol
• LAC — Liquid Adsorption Chromatography
• SOCC — Sector Operations Control Center (NORAD)
• TAPDB-A — Total Army Personnel Database - Active
• USACE — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• TISG — Technical Interoperability Standards Group
• SMIS — Security Management Information System
• RAM-D — Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Dependability
• KAL — Key Asset List
• SPQR — Senatus Populesque Romanus (the Senate and the People of Rome)
• REMUS — Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit System
• SLAT — Supersonic Low-Altitude Target
• QIM — Quality Inspection Management
• VQO — Visual Quality Objective
• PVNTMED — Preventive Medicine
• UIRV — Unique Interswitch Rekeying Variable
• WWMCCS — Worldwide Military Command and Control System (obsolete)
• FFG — Federal Facilities program
• LOEP — List Of Effective Pages
• TADC — Tactical Air Direction Center
• RF/EMPINT — Radio Frequency/Electromagnetic Pulse Intelligence
• USAFAC&FS — United States Army Finance and Accounting Center and Fort Sill
• SAK — Swiss Army Knife
• DPC — Distal Palmar Crease
• WBITS — Web-Based Integrated Training System
• ST&E — Security Test and Evaluations
• FBS — Forward-Based Systems
• T/R — Transmit/Receive

• RRDT — Rapid Response Documentation Team
• SHQ — Station Head Quarters
• SOMA — Status of Mission Agreement
• RISTA — Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
• USSOUTHCOM — United States Southern Command
• TXO — Training, Exercise, & Operations
• TFA — Toxic Free Area
• DCA — Defense Communication Agency
• TAPDB-R — Total Army Personnel Database - Reserve
• SOCSOUTH — Special Operations Component, United States Southern Command
• STOMPS — Stand-Alone Tactical Operational Message Processing System
• MSK — Minimum Shift Keying
• TIARA — Tactical Intelligence And Related Activities
• VCNOG — Vice Chairman, Nuclear Operations Group
• QCC — Quality Control Center
• QWG — Quadripartite Working Group (qwig)
• UFPM — Unit Fitness Program Manager
• SMKU — Shelter Mock-Up
• QAPP — Quality Assurance Program Plan
• SRE — Software Risk Evaluation
• PCS — Personal Communications System
• SPLA/M — Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
• SFHD — System Functional Hierarchical Diagram
• NDIC — National Drug Intelligence Center
• RMW — Regulated Medical Waste
• THZ — TeraHertz
• SJS — Secretary, Joint Staff
• PTADS — Point Target Defense System
• LRP — Long-range Plan
• USACOM — United States Atlantic Command
• VKF — Variable Key Function
• SSCRA — Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act
• ULEV — Ultra Low Emission Vehicles
• SPACECON — Control of Space Information
• VTL — Virtual Test Laboratory
• RGL — Reading Grade Level
• RESCORT — Rescue Escort
• PV2 — Private First Class - Army
• OTH — Over the Horizont
• TEREC — Tactical ELINT Reconnaissance
• RIRA — Real Irish Republican Army
• JTWC — Joint Typhoon Warning Center
• RFL — Restrictive Fire Line (military)
• SCATMINE — Scatterable Mine
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• QHDA — Qualified Hazardous Duty Area
• DES — Digital Encryption Standard
• USPACOM — United States Pacific Command
• SHDS — Safety and Health Data Sheet
• SBTG — Sabotage

• WFP — World Food Program
• WETM — Weather Team
• SKV — Storekeeper, Aviation
• RALH — Raise a Little Hell
• TC-ACCIS — Transportation Coordinator's Automated Command and Control Information System
• TEMPER — Tent Extendible Modular Personnel
• TEHO — Tail-End-Hop-Off
• REMODN72C7E — Reception and Onward Movement of DoD-Sponsored Non-Combatant Evacuees
• SYD — Subject to Your Discretion
• PTAI — Primary Training Aircraft Inventory
• TPVS — Third Party Verification Service
• BMG — Browning Machine Gun
• PYQ-3 — COUNTER- INTELLIGENCE/ HUMAN INTELLIGENCE AUTOMATED TOOL SET
• UFS — Unified File System
• IPA — Inverted Perturbation Approach (in Mol. Potential-energy Curves Calcn.)
• TETS — Third Echelon Test System
• MW — Missile Warning
• DSSNY — Dental Society of the State of New York
• RNLAF — Royal Netherlands Air Force (also KLu)
• USAAF — United States Army Air Forces
• SKCM — Master Chief Storekeeper
• USATA — United States Army TMDE ( Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment) Activity
• SNACKO — SNACK Officer
• VTQ — Voice Transmission Quality
• RWIFEC — Rotary Wing Instrument Flight Examiner Course
• WGPU — Weapons-Grade Plutonium
• N-ISDN — Narrowband ISDN
• WGM — Work Group Manager
• SLRP — Strategic Long-Range Plan
• TAAA — Total Active Aircraft Authorization
• TCCCS — Tactical Command, Control, and Communications System
• SIGSEC — Signal Security
• KSK — Kommando Spezialkräfte
• SQN — Squadron
• OFCM — Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
• SARSIT — Search and Rescue Situation Summary Report
• TADIL-A — Tactical Data Information Link-A
• UNODC — United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• VWX — Visual Weather report
• TARPS — Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System
• TBIS — Technology Base Investment Strategy
• MOPP — Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
• ULCC — Ultra Large Crude Carrier (oil)
• SAAR — Strength Accounting And Reporting
• SMC — System Management Center
• ECSC — European Coal And Steel Community (distant Ancestor Of The EU)
• IRGCHAZ — Intercritically Reheated Grain-Coarsened Heat-Affected Zone
• NLG — Nose Landing Gear
• SAVA — Standard Army Vetronics Architecture
• USNB — United States Navy Band

• ARC — Acquisition Review Committee
• WCDO — War Consumables Distribution Objective
• QCT — Quality Control tool
• SXC — Soldiers of Xtreme Combat
• ER — Eastern Range
• RDYLD — Ready to Load Date
• SCQ — Situational Confidence Questionnaire
• PVSM — Param Vishisht Seva Medal
• RHOGI — Radar Homing and Guidance Interceptors
• DIICOE — Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment
• SEABEE — Navy construction engineer; sea barge
• TWSTIAC — Tactical Warfare Simulation and Technology Info Analysis Center
• RBG — Rocket Boosted Glider
• SARGE — Surveillance and Reconnaissance Ground Equipment
• VSW — Very Shallow Water
• USNORTHCOM — United States Northern Command
• UV-A — UltraViolet A
• TJTN — Theater Joint Tactical Network
• REVTP — Reserve Components Virtual Training Program
• RNZN — Royal New Zealand Navy
• JPRS — Joint Publications Research Service
• NMC — Not Mission Capable
• STAT — Security Threat Avoidance Technology
• USAADBD — United States Army Air Defense Board
• QVJ — Quality Verification Journal
• USWRP — United States Weather Research Program
• QMD — Quality Management Division
• TFMS-M — Transportation Financial Management System-Military
• QRE — Quick Reaction Element
• WGYN — We've Got Your Number
• TIMMS — TMDE Integrated Material Management System
• SOTEP — Software Operational Test & Evaluation Plan
• RIM-2 — Terrier Missile
• SSES — Ships Signal Exploitation Space
• SAFI — Short-Term Average Failure Intensity
• SOCOORD — Special Operations Coordination Element
• SOCCET — Special Operations Critical Care Evacuation Team
• POS — Position of Strength
• PSRC — Presidential Selected Reserve Call-Up
• SP HAWK — Self-Propelled HAWK
• SRTM — Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
• DT — Drug Therapy
• PXS — Project Executive System
• TARGET — Time for Audit Review Guidelines Education and Training
• DOES — Disorder of Excessive Somnolence
• QSM — Quality System Manual
• TAIM — Total Army Inventory Management
• TOS(D) — Tactical Operations System- Division
• SEON — Solar Electro-Optical Network
• PWIS — Prisoner of War Information System

• TRAAV — Test Range Facility for Advanced Aerospace Vulnerability
• PWDS — Protected Wire Distribution System
• RDAP — Research, Development, and Acquisition Plan
• SRS — Savannah River Site
• TCG-WPMU — Topical Classification Guide - Weapons Production and Military Utilization
• TASWC — Theater Antisubmarine Warfare Commander
• RF-84F — Republic FICON reconnaissance fighter
• RPZ — Reduced Pressure Zone
• REL — Reference Exposure Level
• TEED — Tactical End-to-End Encryption Device
• QRN — Quick Response Network
• TQL — Total Quality Leadership
• DU — Display Unit
• RESPROD — Responsible Production
• OCS — Operational Control Segment
• VADS — Vulcan Air Defense System (US)
• RTLP — receiver test level point
• UUR — Unit Under Review
• USDOE — United States Department Of Energy
• SBPO — Service Blood Program Officer
• QSV — Quality, Service, and Value
• IPAD — Integrated Pulsed Amperometric Detection
• SROE — Standing Rules of Engagement
• VDB — Vulnerability DataBase
• ROPOS — Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Science
• RLE — Rail Liaison Element
• TTFACOR — Targets, Threats, Friendlies, Artillery, Clearance, Ordnance, Restrictions
• CMAQ — Community Multiscale Air Quality
• SCOOP — System Concept of Operation Outline Plan
• SDTC — Standard Duty Title Code
• SPSC — System Planning & System Control
• TCEM — Theater Contingency Engineering Management
• TSS — Timesharing System
• R/O — Receive Only
• TESS III — Tactical Environmental Surveillance System
• SWAK — Swing Wing Adapter Kit
• RCIEDS — Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices
• RAST — Recovery Assistance, Securing, and Traversing Systems
• TBQ — To Be Questioned
• ASD — Atmospheric Sciences Division
• SFCP — Shore Fire Control Party
• USIC — United States Interdiction Coordinator
• TLN — Total Logistics Network
• THW — The Hidden Wars
• LAIS — Liquid Alloy Ion Source
• DPC — Delayed Primary Closure
• LAS — Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
• SOON — Solar Observing Optical Network
• SECORD — Secure Cord Switchboard
• SAWG — Small Arms Working Group

• ULS — Update of Legacy Systems
• T&T — Transportation & Transportability
• VCJCS — Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• ROCU — Remote Orderwire Control Unit
• QPU — Quarterly Performance Update
• PWS/DS — Potable Water Storage/Distribution System
• RACO — Rear Area Combat Operations
• USAFSOC — United States Air Force, Special Operations Command
• UBO — UNIFORM BUSINESS OFFICE
• TG — training group
• ROCK — Representative of Canada in Kandahar (Afghanistan)
• TCAM — Theater Army Medical Management Information System (TAMMIS) Customer Assistance Module
• SOMPF — Special Operations Mission Planning Folder
• RRN — Rapid Response Network
• VDC — Volts, Direct Current
• SOF/FID — Special Operations Force/Foreign Internal Defense
• LDEF — Long Duration Exposure Facility (for Spacecraft Material Testing)
• RBOL — Rakovski Bulgarian Officers Legion
• TII — Total Inactive Inventory
• SNONI — Senior Naval Officer Northern Ireland
• ON — Original Negative (film)
• SAMOS — Satellite and Missile Observation Satellite
• ESIP — Earth Science Information Partnership
• QBL — Qualified Bidders List
• TKT — Tool KiT
• RERLE — Radar Echo Return Loss Enhancement
• PPL — Preferred Products List
• CNC — Computerized Numerical Control
• VSTOL — Vertical/Short Takeoff & Landing
• SHORAD — Short-Range Air Defense
• TSCM — Technical Surveillance Countermeasures
• RASCAL — Rotocraft-Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory
• RMS — Remote Monitoring System
• SAMM — Security Assistance Management Manual
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• RGN — Retired Guys Network Of Kansas City
• SS-12 — Scaleboard Missile
• SOWT — Special Operations Weather Team
• VFMAC — Valley Forge Military Academy and College
• SS-N-9 — Siren Missile
• QFF — Quick Fix Force
• TALO — Tactical Airlift Liaison Officer
• SADC — Sector Air Defense Commander
• SURPIC — Surface Picture
• RDTE — Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
• SOUTHCOM — (U.S.) Southern Command
• WSMR — White Sands Missile Range (whiz-murr)
• IPA — Independent-pair Approximation
• SDRL — Sea Date Required to Load
• UMF — User Message Format

• SMFG — System Management Functional Group
• STOC — Special Technical Operations Coordinator
• RIR — Reduction In Recruitment
• SICO — Sector Interface Control Officer
• TISEO — Target Identification System Electro-Optical
• DP — Displaced Person
• TDARDS — Truth, Data Acquisition, Recording, and Display System
• WAE — Wargaming the Asymmetric Environment
• SKSN — STOREKEEPER SEAMAN
• SKCS — Senior Chief Storekeeper
• VIRUS — Very Important Resource Under Siege
• STWC — Strike Warfare Commander
• SVTP — Software Verification Test Plan
• AWIPS — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing Systems
• MIMS — Multimedia Integrated Modeling System
• VTB — Virtual Test Bed
• TADS/PNVS — Target Acquisition Designation/Pilot Nights Vision System
• RJTD — Reconstitution Joint Table of Distribution
• SOTSE — Special Operations Theater Support Element
• TDATD — Total Distribution Advanced Technology Demonstration
• SMART-AID — Special Medical Augmentation Response Team - Aeromedical Isolation Team
• REQ — Requisition
• SHU — Security Housing Unit
• SOBER — Short of Being Entirely Ready
• UMIB — Urgent Marine Information Broadcast
• SECTRANS — Secretary of Transportation
• TADSTAND — Tactical Automation Digital STANDard
• VIFF — Vector In Forward Flight
• RNX-62 — Epoxy Composite Propellant
• REJASE — RE-using Junk As Something Else
• SSPARS — Solid-State Phased Array Radar System
• USAFABD — United States Army Field Artillery Board
• USLO — United States Liaison Officer
• REEM — Reserves Embarked
• TOPPSS — Transportation Operational Personal Property Standard System
• LAMS — Laser Mass Spectrometry
• DFA — Defence Families of Australia
• TMOPS — TRADOC Mobilization and Operations Planning System
• EPL — Evaluated Products List
• WFM — Workforce Management
• UFA — Until Further Advised
• SWIT — Software Integration and Test
• RSQ — Rescue
• ARL — Air Resources Laboratory's
• TUOC — Tactical Unit Operation Center
• UALS — Universal Ammunition Loading System
• UVU — Union Veterans Union
• RAPT — Retractable Amphibious Pontoon Technology
• SSPH — Single Shot Probability of Hit
• USAAVNBD — United States Army Aviation Board

• TGP — Terminally Guided Projectile
• TAFT — Technical Assistance Field Team
• VMGR — Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (heaVier-than-air, Marine, General, Refueling)
• QDK — Quarterdeck
• TPDF — Tanzania People's Defence Forces
• SSCP — Subsystem Service Control Point
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• TRQ-32 — Teammate groundbased electronic warfare system
• R2 — Reporting Responsibility
• WHNRS — Wartime Host-Nation Religious Support
• PIP — Project Implementation Plan (AID)
• T-NET — Training Net
• SERER — survival, evasion, resistance, escape, recovery
• PUR — Purchase
• TARCOM — Army Tank-Automotive Materiel Readiness Command, Warren, MI
• SCAMPI — Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index
• TYQ-77 — Aviation Mission Planning System
• SR-UAV — Short-Range Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• UGP — Unitary Guerilla Platoon (gaming group)
• RWPD — Radar Waveform Processor Demonstration
• STRP — Scientific Technical Review Panel
• SEMT — Signal Intelligence/ Electronic Warfare Equipment Maintenance Trainer
• TBMS — Theater Battle Management System
• SWARM — Smart Warfighting Array of Reconfigurable Modules
• STAMP — Standard Air Munitions Package (USAF)
• VQT — Voice Quality Testing
• RQD — Required
• SIOP-ESI — Single Integrated Operational Plan-Extremely Sensitive Information
• LARIS — Laser Ablation and Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy
• TCCF — Tactical Communications Control Facility
• BASC — Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
• RFG — Resource Funding Group
• SRV — Software Requirements Verification
• SXQ — Military Secure Closed-Circuit Television
• SFOD-A/B/C — Special Forces Operational Detachment-A/B/CC
• MRCA — Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
• RSPA — Research and Special Projects Administration
• RKVDU — Remote Keyboard Visual Display Unit
• SITMAP — Situation Map
• RFDC — Radio Frequency Data Collection
• RDG — Reversal Discussion Group
• V — Vertical
• TASOSE — Theater Army Special Operations Support Element
• SOCA — Special Operations Communications Assembly
• SPAD — Simple Plastic Airplane Design
• SPAR — Semper Paratus Always Ready
• USEUCOM — United States European Command
• READR — Remain in Effect After Discharge and Re-Enlistment
• UP&TT — Unit Personnel and Tonnage Table
• SMH — Society for Military History

• TBMD — Theater Ballistic Missile Defense
• UAV-MPCS — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Mission Planning and Control Station
• SQG — Software Quality Group
• STDN — Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
• TSM-ABCS — TRADOC Systems Manager - Army Battle Command Systems
• CFS — Center For Standards
• SOFPARS — Special Operations Forces Planning and Rehearsal System
• VMM — Virtual Machine Monitor
• QRS — Quick Reaction Strike
• SFA — Security Force Assistance
• STGT — Second TDRSS Ground Terminal
• RVNAF — Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
• SOCRATES — Special Operations Command, Research, Analysis, and Threat Evaluation System
• USMD — United States Military District
• RTARF — Royal Thai Armed Forces
• USACSC — United States Army Computer Systems Command
• POES — Polarorbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
• OPS — Operations Provisioning System
• SFAS — Special Forces Assessment and Selection
• SQJ — Software Quality Journal
• SPORT — Soldier's Portable On-System Repair Tool
• THO — Target Hand-Off
• TRAC2ES — Transportation Command Regulating and Command and Control Evacuation System
• SONMET — Special Operations Naval Mobile Environment Team
• NECAC — National Environmental Compliance Assistance Center
• TUA — TOW Under Armor (US)
• RC NORTH — NATO Regional Command NORTH
• S-1 — Army Adjutant/Personnel Staff at the Battalion/Brigade level
• TAC2IS — Theater Army Command and Control Info System
• USAISEC — United States Army Information Systems Engineering Command
• RDP — Radar Data Processor
• SJPO — Systems Joint Project Officer
• SRTA — Short Range Training Ammunition
• RCRPL — Reserve Component Resource Priority List
• SWOD — Special Weapons Ordnance Device
• SEDS — Small Expendable Deployer System
• TUO — Technology Utilization Officer
• PSSM — Physical Security and Stockpile Management
• UWB — Ultra Wide-Band
• TACDAR — Tactical Detection And Reporting
• SYQ-20 — Advanced Combat Direction System
• RB53 — Bantam Missile
• TRY — Today Reunites Yesterday
• VVI — Verification, Validation, and Inspection
• BER — Biological & Environmental Research
• QIR — Quality Inspection Requirement
• RXA — Repairable Exchange Activity
• RCEM — Regional Contingency Engineering Management
• TRIADS — Tri-Wall Aerial Distribution System
• QEG — Quality Evaluation Group

• PSNCO — Personnel Staff NCO
• WWIMS — Worldwide Warning Indicator Monitoring System
• NSARC — Navy Systems Acquisition Review Council
• STFU — Superior Tactical Fragging Unit
• LASTO — Linear Augmented Slater-type Orbital (for Electronic Structure)
• DEZ — Desert Sun Mining Corp
• TWTA — Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier
• SEL REL — Selective Release
• TOBAS — Take Out Back And Shoot
• EOSDIS — EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
• USDOC — United States Department of Commerce
• NDWAC — National Drinking Water Advisory Council
• TA — Terrain Avoidance
• RECAT — Residual Capability Assessment Team
• SAM-D — Surface to Air Missile Defense
• SEW — Shared Early Warning
• SAINT — Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transport
• TOJ — Track-on-Jam
• RRPP — Rapid Response Planning Process
• RBSF — Russian Black Sea Fleet
• RO-RO — Roll On-roll Off
• SSIPF — Standard System Information Production Factory
• TECHDOC — Technical Documentation
• RSZ — Runway Safety Zone
• SUGG — Suggestion
• UIE — User Interface Engineering
• UMCC — Unit Movement Control Center
• UARM — Unconventional Assisted Recovery Mechanism
• TNC — Theater Network Operations (NETOPS) Center
• REFLUPS — Resuscitation Fluids Production System
• RHRN — Royal Hutt River Navy
• SZE — Security Zone Entry
• RNA — Rations Not Available
• SOAS — Special Operations ADP System
• VQA — Voice Quality Analyzer
• VKL — Vegetation Killing Liquid
• SQEP — Software Quality Evaluation Plan
• ORA — Office of Research and Applications
• USD(A&T) — Under Secretary of Defense For Acquisition and Technology
• TWPS — Tactical Water Purification System
• SASF — SIDPERS Authorized Strength File
• TAEDP — Total Army Equipment Distribution Program
• WFB — CIA World Fact Book
• SPID — Strategic Power Infrastructure Defense
• U/C — Undercarriage
• TOEL — Time Ordered Event List
• TRAM — Target Recognition Attack Multisensor
• PZL — Aircraft produced by the Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze (Polish National Aero Factory)
• TRANSEC — Transmission Security
• TM3 — Trade-off Mobilization Macro Model

• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Divisionsion
• SPBS-R — Standard Property Book System-Redesign
• VCOPG — Vice Chairman, Operations Planners Group
• SWXS — Space Weather Squadron
• TADIL — Tactical Data Information Link
• VBTP — Virtual Battle Training Plan
• RAPMA — R.A. Pandey Maritime Academy (India)
• WIK — Water Injection Kit
• SO-PECULIAR — Special Operations-Peculiar
• RSOC — Regional Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Operations Center
• SOFME — Special Operations Forces Medical Element
• LAMOFS-ETE — Laser Excited Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy With Electrothermal Evaporation
• SC EUR — NATO Strategic Command, Europe
• SAAS-DAO — Standard Army Ammunition System - Division Ammunition Officer
• SETAF — Southern European Task Force
• USSOUTHAF — United States Air Force, Southern Command
• UTV — Uninspected Towing Vessel
• UR(S) — Utilization Rate(s)
• PWE — Primary Weapons and Equipment
• RSME — Royal School of Military Engineering
• SOTF — Security Operations Training Facility
• IUAM — Independent United Atom Model (in Positron Scattering By Mols.)
• VAAP — Vulnerability Assessment and Assistance Program
• TADSS — Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations
• TASCID — tactical Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) satellite compensation interface device
• WAFE — Wives of the Armed Forces, Emeritus
• SUWC — Surface Warfare Commander
• DP — Distal Pulses
• PWOD — Proceed WithOut Delay
• SOIDC — special operations independent duty corpsman
• NCLAP — National Crop Loss Assessment Program
• RADAC — Radar Area Correlation
• TATRC — Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
• TTIL — Theater Tracked Item List
• PSR — Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer
• QRO — Queen's Regulations & Orders
• QJO — Quality Job Operations
• STAR-T — Super High Frequency Tri-Band Advanced Range Extension Terminal
• RTAFB — Royal Thai Air Force Base
• PTRP — Physical Training and Rehabilitation Program
• TASE — TAACOM (Theater Army Area COMmand) Area Support Element
• DOS — Date of Surgery
• LAH — Lithium Aluminum Hydride
• SCIPMIS — Standard Civilian Personnel Management Information System
• SSTATS — System Statistics Data
• VAQ — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
• R&O — Repair and Overhaul
• SSORD — Service Support Order
• SMKLS — Smokeless
• USAISCBD — United States Army Intelligence and Security Board

• RDCO — Regional Document Control Officer
• RWCM — Regional Wartime Construction Manager
• QTB — Quarterly Training Brief
• VPV — Virtual Prime Vendor
• TPRS — Towed Paratrooper Retrieval System
• RDCFP — Regional Defense Counterterrorism Fellowship Program
• RTOS — Re-configurable Tactics Operations Simulator
• USACCSA — United States Army Command and Control Support Agency
• SOCJFCOM — Special Operations Command, Joint Forces Command
• SS-L — Scud Missile
• SSS — Systems Science and Software
• TREE — Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics
• SMRI — service message routing indicator
• UTES — Unit Training Equipment Site
• RSTV — Real-Time Synthetic Video
• TRQ-36 — Microwave Scanning Beam Landing System Ground Station
• SOTAS — Standoff Target Acquisition System
• URT — User Requirements Testing
• RCMDV — Remote Controlled Mine Disposal Vehicle
• VDO — Video Display Operator
• WEZ — Weapon Engagement Zone
• TADMS — Tactical Automated Data Manipulation System
• SITLM — Single Integrated Theater Logistic Manager
• TRAS — Training Requirements Analysis System
• SRUF — Standing Rules for the Use of Force
• ISCA — Ionization Spectroscopy For Chemical Analysis
• MOC — Mission Operations Center
• STKG — SturzKampfGeschwader (German dive bomber wing)
• TARPMMS — Theater Army Repair Program Maintenance Management System
• ADR — Accident Data Recorder
• STARDOCS — Standard Automated Retrieval Documentation System
• WBII — R/V Weatherbird II
• TTPI — Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• TEGFET — Two-dimensional Electron Gas FET
• UARCC — Unconventional Assisted Recovery Coordination Cell
• TELINT — Telemetry Intelligence
• RM2 — Radioman Second Class
• QY — Quarter Year
• ADS — Aim Down Sights
• TASOSC — Theater Army Special Operations Support Command
• TAMA — Threat Assessment for Army Mission Areas
• TDSG — Time Division Switching Group
• REPUNIT — Reporting Unit
• SPAL — Stabilized Platform Airborne Laser
• SAMSO — Space And Missile System Organization
• TAPSTEM — Training and Personnel Systems Science and Technology Evaluation and Management (Committee)
• DMSA — Defense Medical Support Activity
• WCV — Waypoint Closing Velocity
• QEP — Quality Evaluation Plan
• SECRA — Secondary Radar Data Only

• SLWT — Side Loadable Warping Tug
• PXO — Prospective Executive Officer
• SEMS — Standard Embarkation Management System
• USAFAS — United States Army Field Artillery School
• TFCF — Theater Field Confinement Facility
• QARNNS — Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
• TASIP — tailored analytic intelligence support to individual electronic warfare and command and control warfare projects
• PIAC — Polymer Industrial Advisory Council
• NSWP — National Space Weather Program
• QOB — Quality of Business
• SOFSA — Special Operations Forces Support Activity
• QDH — Quantico Diamond Hall
• OSDPD — Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
• MMW — multifunction millimeter wave
• FFI — Free from Infection
• VX-1 — Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1
• VZF — Minimum Safe maneuvering Velocity with Zero Flaps
• WERM — Width Equals Range times Mils
• SIDO — Senior Intelligence Duty Officer
• SIG — Signaling equipment
• TOCN — Technical Order Change Notice
• SHC — Chief Ship Serviceman
• ARMS — Automated Resource Management System
• QTID — Quadrilateral Technical Interface Design Plan
• TDBMS — Tactical Database Management System
• TRANSCOM — United States Transportation Command
• SUCCESS — Synthesized UHF Computer Controlled Equipment Subsystem
• VSQ — Visiting Scientist Quarters
• RDTST — Rapid Data Transmisstion System for Requisitioning
• WIAO — Wing Information Assurance Office
• SBV — Space-Based Vehicle
• SLQ-31 — Electronic Warfare Jamming System
• STIR — Strategy, Tactics, Implementation, and Review
• STAP — Science and Technology Advisory Panel
• STARCIPS — Standard Army Civilian Payroll System
• RTAP — Reserve Transition Assistance Program
• QPD — Qualified Public Depository
• PWF — Personnel Working File
• VEO — Violent Extremist Organization
• SDNRIU — Secure Digital Net Radio Interface Unit
• LAMMS — Laser Micro Mass Spectrometry
• PWN — Psychological Warfare Noise
• SADBU — Small And Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• QFS — Quality Fabrication Service
• NSS — National Seismic Station
• RNX — Richard Nakka Experimental Rocket Propellant
• TAMCC — Theater Army Movement Control Center
• PSSP — Personnel Security and Surety Program
• SWZ — Special Watch Zone
• TDAP — Total Distribution Action Plan

• SPAH — Satellite Process Assurance Hub
• QRB — Quality Requiremens Board
• SICPS — Standardized Integrated Command Post Shelter
• STARFIARS — Standard Army Financial Inventory Accounting & Reporting System
• USAR — United States Army Reserve
• SCNE — self-contained navigation equipment
• PWW — Planar Wing Weapon
• TAAV — Total Army Asset Visibility
• ULLC — Unit Level Logistics Computer
• UDLP — United Defense-Limited Partnership
• VCXO — voltage controlled crystal oscillator; voltage controlled oscillator
• TAACOM — U.S. Theater Army Area Command
• TW/AA — Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment
• SUAV(E) — Strategic Unmanned Air Vehicle (Experimental)
• IPPA — Independent Pair-Potential Approximation
• TDFD — Time Delay Firing Device
• WDFR — Worst Damage First Repair
• RSAF — Royal Saudi Air Force
• SEES — Standard Entry-Exit Service
• TAFSM — Target Acquisition Fire Support Model
• TLQ — Transient Living Quarters
• QNE — Quick n' Easy
• RASPUTIN — Rapid Scenario Preparation Unit for Intelligence
• LABS — laboratories
• PLSS — Precision Location Strike System
• RACG — Radiometric Area Correlation Guidance
• TELIC — Tell Everyone Leave Is Cancelled
• TIDP — Technical Interface Design Plan
• ROME — Reception Onward Movement Europe
• ITTFA — Iterative Target Transformation Factor Analysis
• SMCP — Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme
• RVM — Remote Video Monitoring
• OPS — Operations Provides Strategic
• VOCO — verbal order of the Commanding Officer
• SOSB — Special Operations Support Battalion
• UNAS — Universal Network Architecture Services
• TYQ-23 — Tactical Air Operations Command and Control Set
• RBS70 — Ray Rider Missile
• QVP — Quality Verification Program
• RTFL — Rough Terrain Forklift
• SQPP — Software Quality Program Plan
• FEDSIM — Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center
• SSTB — Salton Sea Test Base
• SFF — Self-Forging Fragment
• RVO — Remediation Venture Office
• CSD — Climate Services Division
• OPDS — Organ on Politics Defence and Security
• QMM — Quality Monitoring Module
• SKSA — STOREKEEPER SEAMAN APPRENTICE
• TLOS — Target Location and Observation System

• VOTS — Variable Optical Target Simulator
• QE — Quality Evaluation
• SSSI — Site of Special Scientific Interest
• SK1 — Storekeeper First Class
• TCMC — total care medical center
• REBAR — Re- Inforcing Bar
• SS-X-24 — Scalpel Missile
• UGW — Urban Guerilla Warfare
• TACMIS — Tactical Management Information System
• TENET — Theater Extension Network
• SMMP — System MANPRINT Management Plan
• TACATA — TRADOC Combined Arms Test Activity, Ft. Hood,TX
• SBNPBS — Space Based Neutral Particle Beam System
• RHQ — Regimental Headquarters
• SAAM — Special Assignment Airlift Mission
• QBX — Question Before eXecution
• RREP — Radio Reconnaissance Equipment Program
• TCU V1 — Terminal Control Unit - Commercial Version
• SDTF — Standard Duty Title File
• UXDC — Un- eXploded Depth Charge
• REPTOF — Reporting Officer
• SARK — Small Arms Repair tool Kit
• WASSO — WWMCCS ADP System Security Officer
• RCHB — Reserve Cargo Handling Battalion
• SLQ-48 — Mine Neutralization System
• TASCO — Tactical Automatic Switch Control Officer
• SADF — South African Defense Force
• SIPG — Service in Paygrade
• DPC — Direct Patient Care
• SCOC — Systems Control and Operations Concept
• TAQ — Total Army Quality
• QTG — Quarterly Training Guidance
• WPC — Word Processing Center
• VERT — Velocity Enhanced Resistance Training
• SB2C — Curtiss Helldiver Dive Bomber, World War I I
• SC LANT — NATO Strategic Command, Atlantic
• QFU — Query For runway Use
• SCC-WMD — United States Strategic Command Center For Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction
• SOCS — School Of Corresponding Studies
• R&A — Reliability & Availability
• REQCONF — Request Confirmation
• SCIP — Supply Chain Integration Program
• USD — Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness
• QYM — Quantico Young Marines
• UYK-44 — U.S. Navy standard 16-bit computer (replacement for UYK-20)
• TDADS — Test Data Analysis and Decision System
• RPQ — Request for Price Quotation
• SND — Send
• VOY — Voices of Youth
• RDMS — Range Data Management/Measurement Subsystem

• NAPP — National Aerial Photography Program
• USAREC — United States Army Recruiting Command
• RLO — Reduced Light Output
• NCESGR — National Committee for Employer Support of Guard and Reserve
• REEFER — Refrigerated or Cold Storage Unit
• UAV-MR — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Medium Range
• PMA — Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
• RFK — Rekylfri Kanon (recoilless canon, Carl Gustaf)
• TALCM — Tomahawk Air-Launched Cruise Missile
• SEDRE — Sea Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise
• QRWK — Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
• TREAT — Tactical Reconnaissance Engineering Assessment Team
• QYR — Queen's York Rangers
• USAIC&FH — United States Army Intelligence Center And Fort Huachuca
• SLI — Strategic List Item
• RAPIDSIM — Rapid Intertheater Deployment Simulation Model
• SIAM — Self-Initiated Antiaircraft Missile
• REJN — Rejoin
• SURVIAC — Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center
• QDV — Are you flying in a horizontal visibility of less than ...?
• QSAG — Quadripartite Standardization Agreement
• RFETS — Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
• STARBET — Structures/Airframes for Rotorcraft in Battlefield Environment Technology
• SAL-IR — Semiactive Laser-Infrared
• RFSS — Radio Frequency Simulation System B
• WAMC — Wide Area Mine Clearance
• SVLM — Standard Vehicle Launcher Mounted
• SWSOCC — Southwest Sector Operation Control Center North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
• QUH-1 — Helicopter Target
• SOFLAM — Special Operations Laser Marker
• ROH — Regular Overhaul
• SAOC — Sector Air Operations Center
• RFDL — Radio Frequency Data Link
• TSSI — Top Secret Special Intelligence
• PC — Production Control
• SOER — Specail Operations Emergency Radio
• WDGS — War Department General Staff
• LSM — Land-Surface Model
• QDD — Quality Document Developer
• RC(SW) — Regional Command (Southwest)
• QMW — Quality Management Workshop
• SARDS — Situation And Reality Display System
• MIDS — Multifunction Information Distribution System
• SQW — Software Quality Workshop
• PVF — Pipes, Valves, and Fittings
• QOX — Quality of Experience
• TACOPS — Tactical Operations
• PTOC — Part Time On Call
• TMMMC — Theater Medical Materiel Management Center
• UHV — Upper Huallaga Valley (drug trafficking area in Peru)

• USPFO — United States Property and Fiscal Officer
• MRT — Minimum Resolvable Temperature
• VSII — Very Seriously Ill or Injured
• OPS — Operations Procedure Support
• PATOS — Patent-Online-System
• REXREP — Radar Exploitation Report
• NASQAN — National Stream Quality Accounting Network
• VNB — Violent New Breed
• RTCA — Real Time Casualty Assessment
• TILO — Technical and Industrial Liaison Office
• SEWG — Special Events Working Group
• RXQ — Quick Requisition
• TERPES — Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance Processing and Evaluation System
• DIPR — Department Industrial Plant Reserve
• SIRCS — Shipboard Intermediate Range Combat System
• USASA — United States Army Security Agency
• TOCR — Total Ownership Cost Reduction
• UGM-84A — Harpoon
• QG — Quality Group
• SFADS — San Fransisco Air Defense Sector
• RSB — Railway Shop Battalion
• ROBCO — Requirements Objective Code
• RCVTP — Reserve Component Virtual Training Program
• RFDS — Royal Flying Doctor Service
• RSM — Regimental Sergeant Major
• RAPS — Retired Army Personnel System
• SRQ — Software Requirements Questionnaire
• SHOT — Executed Without a Trial
• QEQ — Quality Evaluation Questionnaire
• Q&D — Quick and Dirty
• VGT — Variable Geometry Toroidal
• VOLS — Vertical Optical Landing System
• SITAP — Simulation for Transportation Analysis and Planning
• QCF — Quality Control Function
• RD&E — Research, Development & Engineering
• UPV — Ultimate Police Vehicle
• TALDT — Total Administrative and Logistic Down Time
• CSRA — Central Savannah River Area's
• QIL — Quality Inspection Line
• SEF — Sealift Enhancement Feature
• TLSP — Transport Layer Security Protocol
• SDD — Secure Data Device
• RVI — Remote Visual Inspection
• QJ — Quality Journal
• USAMMDA — United States Army Medical Materiel Development Activity
• SIMWIN — Simulated Workstation Input
• USDON — United States Department of the Navy
• SA3 — Security Assistance Automation, Army
• USPFO(P&C) — United States Property and Fiscal Office (Purchasing and Contracting)
• TLX — Teletype

• TAMD — Theater Air and Missile Defense
• SPOEALD — Sea Port Of Embarkation Available to Load Date
• SIMA — Systems Integration Management Activity
• CWP — Cell Wall Protein
• TAADS-R — The Army Authorization Documentation System Redesign
• SMITHS — Spinning Mass Implemented Terminal Homing Seeker
• VDCPAD — Vehicular Data Communications and Positional Awareness Demonstration
• SSEKP — Single-Shot Engagement Kill Probability
• RSE — Retrograde Support Element
• VMF-323 — Fixed wing Marine fighter squadron 323. See also VMFA-323
• SOSCOM — Special Operations Support Command
• S/EWCC — Signals Intelligence/electronic Warfare Coordination Center
• SPIC — Spanish Person In Control
• TVMP — Terrain Visualization Master Plan
• WBT — Wait Before Transmitting
• RNM — Resource Needs Model
• RFAAP — Radford Army Ammunition Plant
• SAFTA — South African Flight Training Academy
• RCCPDS — Reserve Component Common Personnel Data System
• USPACFLT — United States Pacific Fleet
• UPH — Unaccompanied Personnel Housing
• STIP — Small Terminal Interoperability Platform
• S&P — Stake and Platform
• WP — Word Processing
• RPG(S) — rocket propelled grenade(s)
• REGT — Regiment
• R-DAY — Redeployment Day
• RROD — Red River Ordnance Depot
• TERINT — Terrain Intelligence
• VAC — Volts, Alternating Current
• SOPAC — South Pacific Command
• SSTM — Single Service Training Manager
• RWIC — Rotary Wing Instrument Course
• USCGCPOA — United States Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association
• QTF — Quick Turnaround Facility
• RQQ — Recommendations on Quantity and Quality Committee
• SIIP — Site Integration Installation Plan
• ETO — Earth-to-Orbit
• TADA — Terrorist And Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act
• TMRS — Test Management Reporting System
• TEPS — Test & Evaluation Plan Summary
• TAA — Technical Assistance Agreement
• TWEA — Trading with the Enemy Act
• TVTI — Tactical Video Teleconferencing Interface
• VAS — Volunteer Army Strategist
• LACO — Linearized Atomic Cell Orbital (in Energy-band Calcn.)
• TCMP — TMD (Theater Missile Defense) Countermeasure Mitigation Program
• WBL — Weird Blinking Lights
• RRBI — Radar Range Bearing Indicator
• VFDMIS — Vertical Force Development Management Information System

• SMCS — Senior Chief Salvage Mechanic
• POM — Program Operations Memorandum
• SQV — Software Quality Verification
• OPH — Oph Ophthalmology
• VAFB — Vandenberg Air Force Base
• SEPM — Special Emphasis Program Manager
• SMWG — Software Management Working Group
• TACAIR — Tactical Air
• SBA — Sustaining Base Automation
• SDRT — Supply Discrepancy Reports Team
• DRT — dynamic regional thresholding
• QWI — Quality of Worklife Initiative
• QBS — Qualifications Based Selection
• TACFIRE — Tactical Fire Direction System
• TAMCO — Theater Army Movement Control Center
• VCL — Vegetation Canopy LIDAR
• SUR — Small Unit Radio
• S&A — Safety & Arming