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• EDAS — Eta Data Assimilation System
• UBRAT — Unfair Blame Reparations Army Territory
• USDHHS — United States Department of Health and Human Services
• SEPCOR — Separate Correspondence
• LAN — Local Area Network
• TIM — Technical Interchange Meeting
• ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival
• CSMA/CD — Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection
• RSSI — Received Signal Strength Indicator
• RFID — Radio Frequency Identification
• SPS — Standard Positioning Service (GPS)
• ROM — Read-Only Memory
• PPS — Precise Positioning Service
• ARPANET — Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (early internet)
• ANFO — Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil Explosive
• BAOR — British Army of the Rhine
• IPCC — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (WMO and UNEP)
• FCFS — First Come First Served
• MUX — Multiplexer
• NHA — Next Higher Assembly
• RSSIA — Regional Security Strategy Implementation Analysis
• UNSAT — Unsatisfactory
• UV-B — UltraViolet band B
• WARNO — Warning Order
• EPRDF — Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
• OPS — Operations
• MAN — Metropolitan Area Network
• ASAP — As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap)
• LASER — Light Amplification By Stimulated Emission Of Radiation (cf. Maser)
• AIDS — Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (see also SIDS and HIV)
• TARSS — Tactical Airborne Remote SIGINT System
• SS-18 — Satan Missile
• IV — Intravenous
• ANSI — American National Standards Institute, Inc.
• UNCLOS — United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (policy treaty)
• IT — Information Technology
• RHRDF — Royal Hutt River Defence Forces
• AIAA — American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
• OBE — Overtaken By Events
• CPU — Central Processing Unit
• SPOTREP — Spot Report
• NTSB — US National Transportation Safety Board
• WWW — World Wide Web
• UK — United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• MOS — Military Occupational Speciality
• TQJBR — Tanzim Qa'idat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn
• DAC — Discretionary Access Control
• RF — Radio Frequency
• BTW — By The Way
• CDR — Critical Design Review

• BVR — Beyond Visual Range
• OFP — Operational Flight Program
• OEM — Original Equipment Manufacturer (usually in reference to car parts)
• WHO — World Health Organization
• PATOLIS — Patent Online Information System
• TARFU — Things Are Really Fucked Up. A Situation Worse Than SNAFU, But Not Quite FUBAR.
• TCTO — Time Compliance Technical Order
• UFO — Unidentified Flying Object
• QC — Quality Control
• LCD — Liquid Crystal Display
• RADAY — Radio Day
• MSG — Message
• ADC — Air Data Computer
• WARNORD — Warning Order
• IP — Internet Protocol
• SALM — Single-Anchor Leg Mooring
• PDR — Preliminary Design Review
• SHSM — System High Security Mode
• AC — Alternating Current
• FET — Field Effect Transistor
• LRU — Line Replaceable Unit
• CCB — Change Control Board
• C/SSR — Cost/Schedule Status Report
• CCB — Configuration Control Board
• ELV — Expendable Launch Vehicle
• CY — Calendar Year
• ADM — Advanced Development Model
• BLUF — Bottom Line Up Front
• COB — close of business (End of duty day)
• SCIF — Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
• APB — All Points Bulletin
• NFS — Network File System
• PPM — parts per million
• USDA — United States Department of Agriculture
• TQM — Total Quality Management
• RFP — Request For Proposal
• DFD — Data Flow Diagram
• MARV — Maneuverable Reentry Vehicle
• TAFMS — Total Active Federal Military Service
• UAV-GCS — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Ground Control Station
• CMOS — Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
• ATA — Area Transportation Authority
• SELCOM — Select Committee
• PDA — Personal Digital Assistant
• SQR-18 — Sonar Tactical Towed Array System
• SEATO — Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
• CDRL — Contract Data Requirements List
• CEO — Chief Executive Officer
• ASME — American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• TB — Tuberculosis

• S-8 — Army Resource Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• MOU — Memorandum of Understanding (an MOU between Food & Drug Administratin and a regulatory agency in another country allows mutual recognition of inspections)
• T&EO — Training & Evaluation Outline
• APT — Automatic Picture Transmission
• STS — Space Transportation System
• APU — Auxiliary Power Unit
• DSA — Digital Signature Algorithm
• MMIC — Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit
• SOP — Standard Operational Procedure
• R&D — Research & Development
• AFCS — Automatic Flight Control System
• SOPS — Standard Operating Procedures
• ATM — Asynchronous Transfer Mode
• WBS — Work Breakdown Structure
• RPG — Report Program Generator
• WAN — Wide Area Network
• USAF — United States Air Force
• EMP — Electromagnetic Pulse
• SATURN — Second-Generation Anti-Jam Tactical UHF Radio for NATO
• SEQ — Sequence
• DMSP — Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (U.S.)
• CAE — Computer-Aided Engineering
• OTC — Over The Counter (medications not requiring a prescription)
• T-AKR — Fast Logistics Ship
• SCSI — Small Computer System Interface
• BTU — British Thermal Unit
• DME — Distance Measuring Equipment
• SS-17 — Spanker Missile
• ABR — Available Bit Rate
• DPKO — Department of Peacekeeping Operations
• EEOC — Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
• LNG — Liquefied Natural Gas
• SAPO — Subarea Petroleum Office
• BITE — Built In Test Equipment/Battle Management Interoperability T&E Training Exercises
• TS/SCI — Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information
• DEC — Digital Equipment Corporation
• CIO — Chief Information Officer
• TCB — Trusted Computing Base
• TO&E — Table of Organization and Equipment
• AOA — Angle Of Arrival
• BT — Bhutan
• RDBMS — Relational Database Management System
• ARPA — Advanced Research Projects Agency (made early internet)
• VR — Virtual Reality
• UVCE — Unconfined Vapor Cloud Explosion
• VHF — Very High Frequency
• SARDOT — Search and Rescue Point
• AVHRR — Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer  
• SOTA — Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Operational Tasking Authority
• MTBF — Mean Time Before Failure

• OECD — Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• CE — Civil Engineer
• TCP — Transmission Control Protocol
• AM — Amplitude Modulation
• RAC — Resident Agent in Charge
• ALT — Alternate
• VTR — Video Tape Recorder
• VCRM — Verification Cross-Reference Matrix
• ACL — Access Control List
• OT — Overtime
• SYS — System
• AWGN — Additive White Gaussian Noise
• TACREP — Tactical Report
• EDM — Engineering Development Model
• DPS — Department of Public Safety
• CTR — Center
• DES — Data Encryption Standard
• RAM — random-access memory
• SL3 — STOCK LIST
• RIF — Reduction In Force
• SVBIED — Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
• DTE — Data Terminal Equipment
• SLIP — Serial Line Interface Protocol
• CIS — Commonwealth of Independent States
• DFCS — Digital Flight Control System
• TOCS — Tactical Operation Combat System
• SAEDA — Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the Army
• TKM — Total Knowledge Management
• SQ — Square
• TSIP — Task Force XXI System Integration Plan
• MIL — Military
• NIS — Network Information System
• BAE — British Aerospace Systems, LTD
• SATF — Second Amendment Task Force
• VIAGRA — Vertical Installation Automated Group Receiver Antenna
• W SUP — water supply
• QOS — Quality of Service
• VAG — VOTING ASSISTANCE GUIDE
• MSA — Minimum Safe Altitude
• LPI — Lines Per Inch
• R2T2 — Rapid Response Topographic Teams
• ATS — applications technology satellite
• DSU — Data Service Unit
• STTE — Special to Type Test Equipment
• W TK — water tank
• N/A — Not Applicable
• SGT — Sergeant
• UNDAC — United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination
• SQA — Software Quality Assurance
• CVR — Cockpit Voice Recorder

• S SCAN — Sector Scan
• ATA — Actual Time of Arrival
• TACRON — Tactical Air Control Squadron
• LWOP — Leave Without Pay
• POC — Proof Of Concept
• MSL — Mean Sea Level
• R.S.M. — Regimental Sergeant Major
• BW — Bandwidth
• CRL — Certificate Revocation List
• ADPE — Automatic Data Processing Equipment
• UHF — Ultra High Frequency (300-3000 MHz; 1m-10cm)
• CM — Configuration Management
• FCS — Flight Control System (Subsystem)
• LAB — Laboratory
• RM — Resource Management
• Q-SHIP — Decoy Ship
• MAC — Message Authentication Code
• FDMA — Frequency Division Multiple Access
• WILCO — Will Comply
• NLT — No Later Than
• APP — Application
• FFT — Fast Fourier Transform
• CD — Civil Defense
• CFLCC — Combined Force Land Component Command
• NACA — National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
• AE — Application Entity
• ATC — Air traffic control
• BIT — Binary Digit (either 0 Or 1)
• DNA — Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid
• UCOFT — Unit Conduct Of Fire Trainer
• UBACS — Under Body Armour Combat Shirt
• SGML — Standard Generalized Markup Language
• S/RTF — Search and Recovery Task Force
• CRT — Cathode Ray Tube (type of TV)
• TBD — To Be Determined
• PMR — Program Management Review
• EA — Each (as in a unit of measurement - one each)
• APEC — Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
• SLQ-32 — Electronic Warfare Jamming System
• CFA — Cognizant Field Activity
• N — North
• RCRA — Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984)
• UNRWA — United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
• DSA — Directory System Agent
• EXCOM — Executive Committee
• SCONUM — Ship Control Number
• AFWAL — Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory
• ERP — Effective Radiated Power
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power System
• STD — Standard

• CDU — Control Display Unit
• VLS — Vertical Launch System
• CTRL — Control
• S&TI — Scientific & Technical Intelligence
• PM — Preventive Maintenance
• ALT — Altitude
• SNAFU — Situation Normal All Fouled Up
• SAMOC — Surface-to-Air Missile Operations Center
• LEO — Low Earth Orbit (satellite communications)
• VTC — Video Teleconference
• SSAN — Social Security Account Number
• CAVU — Ceiling And Visibility Unlimited
• DRAM — Dynamic Random Access Memory (dee-ram) (computing)
• POTUS — President Of The United States. Acronym used by Whitehouse staff. See also FLOFTUS.
• DC — Direct Current
• EGA — Enhanced Graphics Adapter
• SS-19 — Stiletto Missile
• UANF — United Achik National Front
• AGC — Automatic Gain Control
• TAC — Terminal Access Controller
• CLIN — Contract Line Item Number
• TV — Television
• DS — Direct Sequence
• CTE — Coefficient of Thermal Expansion
• RADCAD — Radar Computer-Aided Design
• SDD — Software Design Document
• LEA — Law Enforcement Agency
• NC — No Change
• TAFCSD — Total Active Federal Commissioned Service Date
• ROV — Remotely Operated Vehicle
• FDDI — Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• R-AFF — Regimental Affiliation
• STP — Space Test Program
• KEK — Key Encryption Key (COMSEC Key)
• T-JTB — Theater-Joint Transportation Board
• MT — Metric Ton
• AGE — Aerospace Ground Equipment
• SACMFCS — Small Arms Common Module Fire Control System
• APHIS — U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
• S-ARM — Standard-Antiradiation Missile
• STC — Sensitivity Time Control
• SB — Service Bulletin
• S/C N — Signal-to-Clutter Plus Noise
• SEC — Second
• AFSCN — Air Force Satellite Control Network
• TED — Total Energy Detector
• CAD — Computer Aided Designer
• RIP — Routing Information Protocol
• LOS — Line Of Sight
• EEC — European Economic Community (predecessor of the European Union|EU)

• TWS — Track While-Scan
• SAACONS — Standard Army Automated Contracting System
• S-6 — Army Communications and Information Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• S/EWOC — Signals Intelligence/electronic Warfare Operations Center
• MF — Medium Frequency
• DIB — Directory Information Base
• S-9 — Army Facilities Management Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• S-QUAD — Silent Sound Spread Spectrum
• MM — Million
• RFI — Radio Frequency Interference
• QA — Center for Quality Assurance in International Education
• QVO — Qualified Vehicle Operator
• T-AH — Hospital Ship
• SA-2 — Guideline Missile
• RFC — River Forecast Center
• OSPF — Open Shortest Path First (ATM)
• PAR — Perimeter Acquisition Radar
• AMR — Atlantic Missile Range
• CW — Continuous Wave
• T-JMC — Theater-Joint Movement Center
• MIS — Management Information System (OSHA)
• T&DE — Test and Diagnostic Equipment
• LF — Low Frequency
• AFC — Automatic Frequency Control
• SEM — Space Environment Monitor
• CAM — computer aided manufacturing
• TAC CP — Tactical Command Post
• COTR — Contracting Officer Technical Representative
• LEP — Linear Error Probable
• PDU — Protocol data unit (such as segment, packet, frame, etc.)
• BE — Beryllium
• BOM — Bill of Material
• S-7 — Army Inter-Component Integration Staff at the Battalion/Brigade Level
• S.530 — Super 530 Missile
• TBN — To Be Named
• SIG — Signal
• OP — Operator
• TNI — Trusted Network Interpretation
• MOS — Marine Observation Satellite
• CSTC — Consolidated Space Test Center
• LES — Lincoln Experimental Satellite
• SVEST — Suicide Vest
• WS — Workstation
• OCR — Optical Character Recognition
• VPN — Virtual Private Network (ATM)
• BIT — Built-In Test
• DAR — Defense Acquisition Regulation
• SL — Sea Level
• RADBN — Radio Battalion
• AASHTO — American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

• SAFE-CP — Selected Area for Evasion-Contact Point
• WATCHCON — Watch Condition
• RFI — Request For Information. Sales department shorthand. Special priority when use in conjunction with RFN (see below).
• LPF — Low Pass Filter
• COMSEC — Communications Security (military)
• MTTR — Mean Time To Repair
• MHS — Message Handling System (electronic)
• VASRD — Veterans Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities
• POP — Point Of Presence (Internet)
• SECAF — Secretary of the Air Force
• DAC — Development Assistance Committee
• ECD — Estimated Completion Date
• LOI — Letter Of Intent
• CMP — Configuration Management Plan
• UNEP — United Nations Environment Program
• V-DAY — Victory Day
• SCN — Specification Change Notice
• MVS — Multiple Virtual Storage
• S&GSLCMC — Soldier and Ground Systems Life Cycle Management Command
• DSS — Decision Support System
• WAOB — World Agricultural Outlook Board
• LAC — Local Area Coverage
• UPI — United Press International
• PY — Prior Year
• DMZ — Demilitarized Zone
• PRF — Pulse Repetition Frequency
• ESMC — Eastern Space And Missile Center (formerly AFETR)
• TED — Trunk Encryption Device
• DRS — Data Relay Satellite
• CW — Carrier Wave
• RFS — Request For Service
• TPF — Total Package Fielding
• PSTN — Public Switched Telephone Network
• ERS — Environmental Research Satellite
• CCAFS — Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, an air force base in Florida where NASA launches satellites from.
• LAT — Latitude
• CO — Company
• BER — Bit-Error Rate
• MODEM — Modulator-Demodulator
• ECO — Engineering Change Order
• SALT — Strategic Arms Limitation Talks
• NASP — National Aerospace Plane
• MLV — Medium Launch Vehicle
• NA — Not Applicable
• O&M — Operation and Maintenance
• MDA — Minimum Descent Altitude
• TEC — Total Electron Content
• AU — Audio Unit
• OMV — Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle
• QBGS — Queens Body Guard for Scotland

• UA — User Agent
• K — Kilo-
• FIG — Figure
• CARIFTA — Caribbean Free Trade Association
• VSWR — Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
• VMI — Virginia Military Institute
• UAOBS — Upper Air Observation
• STR — Software Test Report
• SOLAS — Safety of Life at Sea
• DMA — direct memory access (computer term)
• MCW — Modulated Continuous Wave
• RACF — Resource Access Control Facility
• CKO — Chief Knowledge Officer
• DOS — Disk Operating System
• AFSCF — Air Force Satellite Control Facility
• COG — Continuity Of Government
• EM — Electromagnetic
• SA-8 — Gecko Missile
• TCP/IP — transmission control protocol/internet protocol
• MSU — Microwave Sounding Unit
• IPO — Integrated Program Office
• R/EW — Radar/ Electronic Warfare
• WAWF-RA — Wide Area Work Flow - Receipt and Acceptance
• MBO — Management by Objective
• SQL — Structured Query Language
• WADR — With All Due Respect
• EOM — End Of Month
• SDS — Satellite Data System
• QEEM — Quick Erect Expandable Mast
• NIC — Network Information Center
• T&A TM — Traffic and Analysis Team
• COMSAT — Communications Satellite Corporation
• SADFRAD — Synthetic Aperture Dual Frequency Radar
• OCR — Optical Character Reader
• SAIC — Science Applications International Corporation
• SOHO — Small Office Home Office
• USG — United States Government
• BPR — Business Process Re-engineering
• QIO — Quality Improvement Organization
• R.440 — Crotale Missile
• NAS — United States National Academy of Sciences
• TASO — Terminal Area Security Officer
• SA-5 — Gammon Missile
• MAC — Mandatory Access Control
• FIPS — Federal Information Processing Standard
• SA-6 — Gainful Missile
• VAW-124 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 124, The Bear Aces
• NFIP — National Flood Insurance Program
• PRI — Primary Rate Interface (ISDN)
• AA — Australian Army

• NIS — Network Information Service
• MLG — Main Landing Gear
• RCV — Receive
• WAC(I) — Women's Auxiliary Corp (India)
• PC — Personal computer (host)
• CDMA — Code Division Multiple Access (voice/data transmission)
• VAQ-131 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 131, The Lancers
• DOE — United States Department of Energy (government)
• SA-13 — Strella Missile
• R.550 — Magic Misile
• WG — Working Group
• SA-3 — Goa Missile
• AACB — Aeronautics & Astronautics Coordinating Board
• SA-4 — Ganef Missile
• TAFIES — Tactical Air Force Intelligence Exploitation System
• DBA — Data Base Administrator
• DASD — Direct Access Storage Device
• LED — law enforcement desk; light emitting diode
• WBGTI — Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature Index
• PERT — Program Evaluation and Review Technique
• DOMSAT — Domestic Communications Satellite System
• ERBS — Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
• VBTM — Virtual Brigade Training Methodology
• TWT — Traveling Wave Tube
• TNO — Trust No One
• PDL — program design language
• PMR — Pacific Missile Range
• VAH-8 — Heavy Attack Squadron 8, The Fireballers
• E-MAIL — Electronic Mail
• AUTOVON — Automatic Voice Network
• OCD — Operational Concept Description
• KISS — Keep It Simple Stupid
• RADAGS — Radar Aimpoint Guidance System
• SA-N-1 — Naval Goa Missile 1
• FBW — Fly By Wire
• SW — Switch
• CAB — Cabinet
• VM — Virtual Memory
• LIDAR — Lander Light Detection and Ranging
• CACM — Central American Common Market
• PIN — Personal Identification Number
• NIST — National Institute of Standards and Technology
• USV — United States Volunteers
• LPC — Linear Predictive Coding
• SAFWIN — Secure Air Force Weather Information Network
• LFC — Large Format Camera
• DMSS — Defense Meteorological Satellite System
• SNMP — Simple Network Management Protocol (ATM)
• TAIHOD — Total Army Injury and Health Outcomes Database
• CDT — Central Daylight Time

• OA — Office Automation
• WFOV — Wide Field Of View
• PPI — Plan Position Indicator
• WAPJ — World Air Power Journal
• NMS — Network Management System
• RAC-OT — Readiness Assessment System - Output Tool
• RAPOE — Regional APOE
• LALLS — Low-Angle Laser Light Scattering
• NEACP — National Emergency Airborne Command Post
• WAYM — WayMark
• NCS — National Communications System
• SINE — Short Interspersed Nuclear Element
• RAMADCS — Reliability, Availability, Maintainability Automated Data Collection System
• TBO — Time Between Overhaul
• OMB — Office of Management and Budget (U.S.)
• ABMA — Army Ballistic Missile Agency
• TISA — Troop Issue Subsistence Activity
• DBMS — Defense Business Management System
• VAQ-134 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 134, The Garudas
• IR — Infrared
• TACCDAS — Tactical Army Command & Control Data System
• WAAFB — Walker Air Force Base
• ERTS — Earth Resources Technology Satellite (now Landsat)
• ITO — International Trade Organization
• MSS — Multispectral Scanner System
• VOL — Volume
• QBE — Query By Example
• VMF-214 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 214, the Black Sheep Squadron
• OS — Operating System
• BNL — Brookhaven National Laboratory
• NASDA — National Space Development Agency of Japan
• MOH — Medal Of Honor
• UNODIR — Unless Otherwise Directed
• LCC — Launch Control Center (KSC)
• SGL — Small Group Leader
• IUS — Inertial UPper Stage (was Interim UPper Stage)
• RAFGSA — Royal Air Force Gliding and Soaring Association
• SA-N-2 — Naval Guideline
• NZ — New Zealand
• VLF — Very Low Frequency
• LAGEOS — Laser Geodynamic Satellite
• TOL — Tolerance
• OC — Optical Carrier
• TACLAN — Tactical Local Area Network
• RAIDES — Rapid Air Defense Evaluation System
• AFOTEC — Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center's
• 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.")
• MCS — Mesoscale Convective System
• SL — Sick Leave
• NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US)

• TACSATCOM — Tactical Satellite Communications
• ASN — Abstract Syntax Notation
• QFEA — Quartermaster Field Evaluation Agency
• VAQ-137 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 137, The Rooks
• SST — States Supersonic Transport
• SAMSTATREP — Surface-to-Air Missile Status Report
• BGP — Border Gateway Protocol (routing protocol)
• SSL — Secure Socket Layer
• SDHS — Satellite Data Handling System
• WATWG — WWMCCS ADP Traffic Working Group
• SA-N-3 — Goblet Missile
• VAW-113 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 113, The Black Eagles
• AT&T — American Telephone and Telegraph (U.S. company, also known as "Ma Bell")
• D — Director
• SMG — Spaceflight Meteorology Group
• BPS — bits per second
• TDL — Tactical Data Link
• PPP — Point-to-Point Protocol
• FDX — Full Duplex
• TACTERM — Tactical Terminal
• TACTRAGRULANT — Tactical Training Group, Atlantic
• ESS — Electronic Switching System
• VAQ-140 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 140, The Patriots
• AFRL — Air Force Research Laboratory
• RPF — Raster Product Format
• VAQ-135 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 135, Black Ravens
• SA-9 — Gaskin Missile
• VAQ-139 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 139, The Cougars
• MFD — Multi-Function Display
• EMC — Electromagnetic Compatibility
• IPTF — International Police Task Force
• ELF — Extremely Low Frequency
• VAQ-141 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 141, The Shadowhawks
• SCF — Sectional Center Facility
• SOSTAC — Situation, Objectives and Strategy, Tactics, Action, and Control
• VAW-126 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 126, The Seahawks
• OJT — On the Job Training
• UDR-13 — Pocket Radiac Set
• SUPPO — Supply Officer
• EDP — Electronic Data Processing Plc (London Stock Exchange [LSE])
• SHF — Super High Frequency
• PASADENA — Para-Hydrogen And Synthesis Allow Dramatically Enhanced Nuclear Alignment
• E&I — Engineering & Installation
• R2P2 — Rapid Response Planning Process
• DOI — Date of Injury
• TOR — terms of reference (ICAO/FAA)
• CRS — Can't Remember Stuff
• TCSEC — Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria
• DAD — Dual Air Density
• COMM — Communication

• FFP — Firm Fixed Priced
• USCG — United States Coast Guard
• TACMAR — Tactical Multifunction Array Radar
• DEPT — Department
• PBX — Private Branch eXchange (company phone system)
• RAAF — Royal Australian Air Force
• IPR — Impulse Response
• BERT — Bit Error Rate Tester (telecommunication)
• TA/CP — Technology Assessment/Control Plan
• MMS — Multimission Modular Spacecraft
• TAFDS — Tactical Airfield Fuel Dispensing System
• SLAR — Side-Looking Airborne Radar
• TD — Technical Directive
• WARMAPS — Wartime Manpower Planning System
• TACCIMS(K) — Theater Army Command and Control Information Management System ( Korea)
• ADCCP — Advanced Data Communications Control Procedures
• TACWAR — Tactical Warfare
• KBS — Knowledge-Based System
• MDT — Mean Down Time
• VAQ-34 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 34, The Flashbacks
• AFS — Air Force Station
• VA — Veterans Administration
• NRC — National Research Council (Canada)
• NSW — New South Wales
• EPROM — Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
• S — Secret
• VAQ-129 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 129, The New Vikings
• TADIXS-A — Tactical Data Information Exchange System - Data and Test Communications System
• QBO — Quick Battle Orders
• VAQ-130 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 130, The Zappers
• TAC-D — Tactical Deception
• COBOL — Common Business-Oriented Language
• CCTV — Closed Circuit Television
• UFC — Unified Facilities Criteria
• VAQ-138 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 138, Yellow Jackets
• BRI — Basic Rate Interface
• CST — Central Standard Time (UTC-6 Hours)
• RWIP — Risk Work In Progress
• EFTA — European Free Trade Association (Geneva)
• TACO2 — Tactical Communications Protocol 2
• MTNS — Mountains
• CRRES — Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite
• MDT — Message Distribution Terminal
• VAQ-128 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 128, Phoenix
• AC — annual closing
• RECCE — Reconnaissance
• TPN — Tactical Packet Network
• SLV — Space Launch Vehicle
• NOR — Notice Of Revision
• VAQ-142 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 142, The Gray Wolves

• VAQ-136 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 136, The Gauntlets
• CBR — Case-Based Reasoning
• OSTP — Office of Science and Technology Policy
• COS — Cosine
• DSN — Deep Space Network - network of large antennas and communication facilities.
• JVM — Java Virtual Machine
• WUC — Work Unit Code
• NTIS — National Technical Information Service Technology Administration
• REDCOM — Readiness Command
• TMI — TRMM Microwave Imager
• PTR — Paper Tape Reader
• 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 (
• MBPS — Megabytes Per Second
• MMU — Manned Maneuvering Unit
• PVC — Permanent Virtual Circuit (ATM)
• OPSEC — Operational Security
• EIRP — Effective Isotropic Radiated Power
• VAW-120 — Naval Airborne Early Warning Squadron 120, The Greyhawks
• AKM — Apogee Kick Motor
• VAQ-33 — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 33, The Firebirds
• TBMCS — Theater Battle Management Core Systems
• POTS — Plain Old Telephone System
• UFN — Until Further Notice
• RADAR — RAdio Detection And Ranging
• CSOC — Consolidated Space Operations Center
• ETL — Endorsed Tools List
• TMI — Too Much Information (Internet Slang)
• TEMP — Test and Evaluation Master Plan
• TACWARS — Tactical Air Warfare Simulation
• LAS — Land Analysis System
• VOR — VHF Omnidirectional Range
• ACRIMSAT — Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor Satellite
• BAMF — Bad Ass Mother Fucker
• CWGC — Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• NT — Northern Territory
• QPSK — aeronautical quadrature phase shift keying
• CNN — Cable News Network's
• WI — What If?
• SERE — Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape
• OPS — Operations Squadron
• NBS — National Bureau of Standards (US)
• CRT — Crisis Response Team
• TAAMDCOORD — Theater Army Air and Missile Defense Coordinator
• MDT — Mobile Data Terminal
• SDLC — Software development life cycle
• CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile
• MPC — Marine Prediction Center
• QTD — Quarter-to-Date
• VOIP — Voice Over IP (Internet Protocol)
• BMO — Ballistic Missile Office

• WAQC — Western Army Training Center Aviation Qualification Course
• MIB — Management Information Base (ATM)
• PDS — Post Design Services
• RON — Remain Overnight
• SBIR — Small Business Innovation Research
• SDR — System Design Review
• TYCOM — Type Commander
• DTM — Data Transfer Module
• TACSCAN — Tactical Scanner
• QF ACFT — Quick Fix Aircraft
• POS — Position
• PCM — Pulse-Code Modulation
• RAD — Radiation Absorbed Dose
• RIM-66 — Standard Missile
• DPI — Differential Pressure Indicator
• SLV — Sleeve
• WAVELL — United Kingdom Command and Control System
• SUM — Software User's Manual
• VAR — Variable
• TACSTANS — Tactical Standards
• MTPE — Mission To Planet Earth
• DBMS — Data Base Management System
• ATT — At This Time
• SW — Short Wave
• BLM — Bureau of Land Management of United States Department of the Interior
• BIU — Bus Interface Unit
• RAR — Royal Australian Regiment
• PG — Persian Gulf
• MT — Machine Translation
• LANL — Los Alamos National Laboratory
• OR — Operational Requirement
• MPA — Magnetospheric Plasma Analyzer
• RAH-66 — Reconnaissance Attack Helicopter
• LAP — Laboratory Accreditation Program
• EMMA — Expert Missile Maintenance Aid
• REPGEN — Reports Generator
• SRS — Software Requirements Specifications
• PM — Project Manager
• MINURSO — United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
• RECAU — Receipt Acknowledged And Understood
• VT — Virtual Terminal
• COMMS — Communications
• ANR — Active Noise Reduction
• NN — Neural Network
• SVD — Software Version Description
• MOD — Ministry Of Defence (United Kingdom) And Various Other Countries
• LAOES — Laser Ablation Optical Emission Spectroscopy
• DIDS — Defense Integrated Data System
• ASI — Air Speed Indicator
• TVM — Track Via Missile

• SSTO — Single-Stage-to-Orbit
• ODA — Open Document Architecture
• VDT — Video Display Terminal
• VIHT — voluntary isocapnic hyperpnea training
• SCADA — Supervisory Control And Data Aquisition
• TAC(A) — Tactical Air Coordinator (Airborne)
• SIDS — Secondary Imagery Dissemination System
• SOCOM — United States Special Operations Command
• SAAF — South African Air Force
• AIRS — Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere
• BOHICA — Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
• OPF — Orbiter Processing Facility
• NM — Network Management
• QLQ — Quality of Life Questionnaire
• RAS-OT — Readiness Assessment System - Output Tool
• NOC — Network Operations Center
• SIMM — Single Inline Memory Module
• TABILS — Target and Background Information Library System
• TSOC — Theater Special Operations Command
• FEP — Front End Processor
• DC — District Commissioner
• NASICON — Na Super-ionic Conductor
• MRC — Maintenance Requirement Card
• AOA — Angle Of Attack
• ACE — Access Control Encryption
• NCSC — National Computer Security Center (NSA)
• SCTS — Single Channel Transponder System
• SSB — Single SideBand
• MIL STD — Military Standard
• VHS — Video Home System
• RAVAF — Royal Australian Virtual Air Force
• RAMEP — RAM and Enhanced Performance
• PTDO — Prepare To Deploy Order
• TTY — Teletype Telex Machine
• IPX — Internet Packet Exchange
• SIDPERS — Standard Installation/Division Personnel System
• B&W — Babcock & Wilcox - Black And White - Bowers & Wilkins
• SDLC — Synchronous Data Link Control
• FAX — Facsimile
• USAID — United States Agency for International Development
• VGA — Video Graphics Array
• MECO — Main Engine Cutoff
• WPM — speech--words per minute
• SWEBOK — Software Engineering Body of Knowledge
• MTBCF — Mean Time Between Critical Failures
• LMI — Layer Management Interface
• TBR — To Be Resolved
• LT — Light
• PMS — Project Management System
• TOA — Time Of Arrival

• A/D — Analog/Digital
• AFSC — Air Force Systems Command
• UDA — Ulster Defence Association
• SBNPB — Space-Based Neutral Particle Beam
• ITS — Intelligent Transportation System
• AOD — Administrative Officer of the Day
• PST — Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8 Hours)
• ARDC — Air Research and Development Command
• NPS — Nominal Pipe Size (sometimes NS)
• ODBC — Open Database Connectivity
• SKE — Station-Keeping Equipment
• ELT — Emergency Locator Transmitter
• PU — Physical Unit (IBM)
• STP — Software Test Plan
• CTS — communications technology satellite
• DREN — Defense Research and Engineering Network
• PX — Post Exchange
• QAZ — Quick Access Zone
• SIQ — Sick In Quarters
• IVD — Interactive Video Disk
• ECM — Electronic Counter Measures
• SNT — Serial Number Tracking
• RIO — Radar Intercept Officer (US Navy)
• LDR — Leader
• KMP — Key Management Protocol
• VBIED — Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosion Device
• TIREM — Terrain Integrated Rough Earth Model
• ECHR — European Court of Human Rights
• ROE — Rules of Engagement. The rules given to every service member on when to engage targets. Changes dependent upon the situation.
• SCUBA — self-contained underwater breathing apparatus
• PDM — Pulse Duration Modulation
• KSA — Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
• ECP — Engineering Change Proposals
• NESS — National Environmental Satellite Service (NOAA)
• USGS — United States Geological Survey (DOI)
• AMST — Advanced Medium STOL Transport
• PRT — Personal Rapid Transit
• DAC — Data Assembly Center
• WE — With Equipment
• CG — Center of Gravity (DXS)
• SCBA — Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
• TAV — Total Asset Visibility
• TJAG — The Judge Advocate General
• AFAMPE — Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange
• SUM — Software User Manual
• PPS — Post-Production Support
• MAINT — Maintenance
• QPT — Quad Port Transceiver
• AFMPC — Air Force Military Personnel Center
• CAT — Category (e.g. CAT-5 cable)

• CQC — Close Quarters Combat
• CBR — Constant Bit Rate
• SWE — Snow Water Equivalent
• RI — Routing Indicator
• SHA — System Hazard Analysis
• RLY — Relay
• IRS — Interface Requirements Specification
• DAU — Data Acquisition Unit
• CBJB — Congressional Budget Justification Book
• APPS — Applications (software)
• USMOG-W — United States Military Observer Group - Washington
• PROM — Programmable Read-Only Memory
• SQQ-32 — Variable Depth Minehunting Sonar
• ASD — Army Shipping Document
• CLICK — Kilometre
• QAR — Quality Assurance Representative
• CAS — Calibrated Air Speed
• UQL — Unacceptable Quality Level
• FA — Forward Area
• SMSGT — Senior Master Sergeant
• QAD — Quality Assurance Division
• EST — Estimated Starting Time
• NLP — Natural Language Processing
• TTWCS — Tactical Tomahawk Weapon Control System
• VMS — Virtual Memory System
• LNA — Low-Noise Amplifier
• RTS — Remote Tracking Station
• CIDR — Classless Inter-Domain Routing (ATM)
• VSAT — Very Small Aperture Terminal (satellite service)
• IPM — Interpersonal Messaging
• AMSF — Army Maintenance Supply Facilities
• VRU — Voice Response Unit
• SOCC — Satellite Operations Control Center
• SECSTATE — Secretary of State
• WIP — Work In Progress (process)
• UPS — Uninterruptible Power Supply
• JAWF — Joint Agricultural Weather Facility
• UTA — Unit Training Assembly
• EOB — Executive Office Building
• STE — Special Test Equipment
• RSOI — Reception, Staging, Onward-Movement & Integration
• ETL — Environmental Technology Laboratory
• MPEG — Motion Picture Experts Group
• REI — Restricted Entry Interval
• EC — European Community
• VV&C — Verification, Validation and Certification
• TOE — Table of Organization and Equipment
• VDD — Version Description Document
• SW — Software (SFTWE Preferred)
• MAG — Magnetic

• NRL — Naval Research Laboratory
• OII — Operations-Intelligence Interface
• SEWS — Satellite Early Warning System
• DDN — U.S. Defense Data Network
• RADM — Rear Admiral
• DCE — Data Communication Equipment
• WGS-84 — World Geodetic System 1984
• CBD — Commerce Business Daily (Changed To FBO)
• TWCF — Transportation Working Capital Fund
• DOS — United States Department of State
• LMR — Land Mobile Radio
• DNS — Domain Name Service
• SAR — synthetic aperture radar (satellite)
• DMS — Data Management System
• FH — Frequency Hopping
• EMS — Earn Money Sleeping (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Service)
• NDL — Network Data Language
• UYK-43 — U.S. Navy standard 32-bit computer (replacement for UYK-7)
• LF — Live Fire
• PAW — Projector Augmented-wave [ab-initio Method]
• SVGA — Super Video Graphics Array
• USPS — United States Postal Services
• CPS — characters per second
• AP — Application Processor
• PCMCIA — Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
• LST — Local Standard Time
• CALS — Computer-Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CAALS)
• AFOSR — Air Force Office Of Scientific Research(USA)
• SA — Special Agent
• PUP — Principal User Processor (NEXRAD)
• ROICC — Resident Officer In Charge of Construction
• TECHCON — Technical Control
• SMLM — Soviet Military Liaison Mission
• SSGT — Staff Sergeant
• OSS — Operations Support System
• UNHCHR — United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
• AUTODIN — Automatic Digital Network
• RADIUS — Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service
• KDC — Kerberos Key Distribution Center
• TDMA — Time Division Multiple Access
• SECT — Section
• RCD — Residual Current Device
• STAMIS — Standard Army Management Information System
• OTA — Office of Technology Assessment (U.S.; abolished by Congress, Fall 1995)
• PTL — Primary Target Line
• JEC — Joint Economic Committee
• RSPL — Recommended Spare Parts List
• VF — Voice Frequency
• SSM/I — Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
• SVLTU — Service Line Termination Unit

• NRV — Non Return Valve
• SQQ-89 — Undersea Warfare Combat System
• DUA — Directory User Agent
• SIL — System Integration Laboratory
• MAD — Message Address Directory
• DPU — data processing unit
• NIU — Network Interface Unit
• ARS — United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service
• DGPS — Differential Global Positioning System
• UNCIVPOL — United Nations Civilian Police
• VICE — As opposed to ....
• ABE — ARM-Based Electronics
• DCN — Design Change Notice
• WRF — Weather Research and Forecasting
• RM3 — Radioman Third Class
• QXS — Quick Access
• FADEC — Full Authority Digital Engine Control
• AV — Audio Visual
• ANDVT — Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal
• LOX — Liquid Oxygen
• WIA — Wounded In Action
• WARM — Wartime Reserve Mode
• TBI — Traumatic Brain Injury
• W/D — Withdrawal
• RGB — red-green-blue (signal)
• CDB — Central Data Base
• SNA — System Network Architecture
• WETSU — We Eat This Shit Up
• NARA — United States National Archives And Records Administration
• SLC — Space Launch Complex
• OST — Outer Space Treaty
• TAPDB — Total Army Personnel Database
• RIDDOR — Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
• SPL — Software Products Library
• RUR-4 — Weapon Alpha ( Anti-submarine Rocket Launcher)
• CSR — Current Situation Room
• PAM — Payload Assist Module
• UPRN — Unique Property Reference Number
• QI — Quality Indicator
• ROP — Rate of Penetration
• DCS — Data Collection System (NOAA Polar Orbiting Satellites)
• TLS — Top Level Specification
• CETS — Contractor Engineering and Technical Services
• SMA — Supply Management, Army
• VLSI — Very-Large-Scale Integration
• RFN — Rifleman
• QLP — Quadrilateral Protocol
• AD — airworthiness directives (FAA)
• LADD — Lifetime Average Daily Dose
• VNAV — Vertical Navigation

• UNEF — United Nations Emergency Force
• RIK — Replacement in Kind
• DJMS — Defense Joint Military Pay System
• PUA — Private Use Area (Unicode E000-F8FF)
• QRCT — Quick Reaction Communications Terminal
• TTWG — Technology Transfer Working Group
• TUH — Tactical Utility Helicopter
• FAAS — Foreign Affairs Administrative Support
• TCF — Technical Control Facility
• QBU — Qualified Business Unit
• OOP — Of an Object Oriented Programming
• TI — Texas Instruments, Inc.
• BIM — Ballistic Intercept Missile
• DRSN — Defense Red Switch Network
• RADAM — Radar Detection of Agitated Metals
• RUP — Rational Unified Process
• SPS — Software Product Specification
• VBR — Variable Bit Rate (ATM)
• NEL — National Exploitation Laboratory
• SDVOSB — Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
• VAX — Virtual Address Extension
• USA PATRIOT ACT — Uniting & Strengthening of America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
• VERT — Vertical
• SAPF — Special Access Program Facility
• MGR — Manager
• SORTS — Status of Resources and Training System
• CFE — Center For Engineering
• SBL — Space-Based Laser
• USD/P — Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
• SCPC — single channel per carrier
• EPS — Encapsulated Postscript
• ANLYS — Analysis
• RMN — Royal Malaysian Navy
• ROEX — rules of engagement exercise
• UNOCHA — United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
• SPM — Software Programmer's Manual
• SIPRNET — Secret Internet Protocol Router Network
• EMMA — Expert Missile Maintenance Aim
• VRD — Virtual Retinal Display
• ERD — Entity-Relationship Diagram
• TLE — Target Location Error
• SEWIP — Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program
• STRATOPS — Strategic Operations Division
• TM — Technical Monitor
• VETRONICS — Vehicle Electronics
• VLAN — Virtual Local Area Network
• PHS — Public Health Service (U.S.)
• CWI — Crutch Walking Instructions
• SABA — Supplied Air Breathing Apparatus
• SUSAT — Sight Unit, Small Arms, Trilux

• DDCMP — Digital Data Communications Message Protocol
• RWIFE — Rotary Wing Instrument Flight Examiner
• UVV — Upward Vertical Velocity
• UNMOC — United Nations Military Observers Course
• RICC — Reportable Item Control Code
• TELAR — Transporter-Erector-Launcher & Radar
• WHA — Tungsten Heavy Alloy
• NII — National Information Infrastructure (USA)
• DRGS — Direct Readout Ground Stations
• SDI — Strategic Defense Initiative
• ACAAM — Air Courses of Action Assessment Model
• QUP — Quantity Per Unit Pack
• BEF — British Expeditionary Force
• VTOL — Vertical Take-Off & Landing
• PCP — Program Change Proposal
• IPC — Industrial Planning Committee
• DIR — Direction Interdépartementale des Routes
• SMDS — Switched Multimegabit Data Service (ATM)
• ABET — Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology
• ROMO — Range of Military Operations
• OMARNG — Operation & Maintenance, Army National Guard
• SOSCOE — System-Of-Systems Common Operating Environment
• EKMS — Electronic Key Management System
• QPQ — Quid Pro Quo
• TPQ-37 — Weapon Locating Radar
• SMB — Suck My Balls
• OLA — Office of Legal Affairs
• CAGE — Commercial and Government Entity
• TECHINT — Technical Intelligence
• SECM — Shop Equipment, Contact Maintenance
• RAU — Radio Access Unit (Army)
• MCC — Mission Control Center (JSC)
• TRF — Tuned Radio Frequency
• AMPL — Amplitude
• RDJTF — Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force (US)
• RPV — Remotely Piloted Vehicle
• EI — Effectiveness Index
• DOC — United States Department of Commerce
• SIGACTS — Significant Activities
• EIA — Electronics Industry Association (Adelaide, South Australia, Australia)
• OSDPE — Office of the Secretary of Defense Program Element
• SVC — Switched Virtual Circuit (ATM)
• CAMS — Core Automated Maintenance System
• EVAC — Evacuation System
• CMW — Compartmented Mode Workstation
• RSSC-LO — regional satellite communications support center liaison officer; regional space support center liaison officer
• SRSG — Special Representative of the Secretary-General
• SFOR — Stabilization Force
• AOIC — Assistant Officer in Charge
• TEPP — Test and Evaluation Program Plan

• UNAMIR — United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda
• TN — Target Number
• CARDE — Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment
• RNVC — Reference Number Variation Code
• QEX — Quality Evaluation eXercise
• JT — Joint
• SAAFR — Standard Use Army Aircraft Flight Route (safer)
• TOMS — Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (satellite Instrument)
• PPM — Pulse Position Modulation
• TSCP — Theater Security Cooperation Plan
• EIB — European Investment Bank
• WARC — World Administrative Radio Conference
• NDA — Nondisclosure Agreement
• SRY — Ship Repair Yard
• MCS — Message Conversion System
• Q&A — Questions & Answers
• VOCC — Vessel Operating Common Carriers
• TELEMED — Telemedicine
• TRB — Technical Review Board (MRR)
• BPI — bits per inch
• MOC — Maintenance Operational Check
• ASAR — Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar 
• RDBMS — Relational Data Base Management System (Oracle)
• ROKMC — Republic Of Korea Marine Corps
• EMS — Element Management System (ATM)
• RCV — Remotely Controlled Vehicle
• MAD — Magnetic Anomaly Detector/Detection
• VLSI — Very Large-Scale Integration
• AP — Associated Press
• S/T — Short Ton
• MEO — Medium-Earth Orbit
• RUF — Rules for the Use of Force (ROE)
• EMC — Environmental Modeling Center
• TGSM — Terminally Guided Submunition
• VKA — Volatile Keying Assembly
• CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun)
• SSMA — Spread-Spectrum Multiple Access
• RSTN — Radio Solar Telescope Network
• SZ — Surf Zone
• STOW — Synthetic Theater of War
• USDOJ — United States Department of Justice
• SPINS — Special Instructions
• SACT — Supreme Allied Commander Transformation
• ECU — Environmental Control Unit (GSM)
• PWM — pulsewidth modulation
• AZ — Azimuth
• SMCA — Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition
• NTZ — No Transgression Zone
• TACSAT — Tactical Satellite
• SSB-SC — Single Sideband-Suppressed Carrier

• AMCS — Alternate Master Control Station
• USD/A — Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
• RLA — Repair-Level Analysis
• USMMA — United States Merchant Marine Academy
• RABFAC — Radar Beacon Forward Air Controller
• AWL — Absent Without Leave
• SECNAVINST — Secretary of the Navy Instruction
• VHSIC — Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• SWBD — Switchboard
• TEWT — Tactical Exercise Without Troops
• EO — End Office
• OPAS — Overpass
• S&S — Supply & Service
• MCS — Master Control Station (VIS, Grumman)
• UDI — Unique Device Identifier
• UXB — Unexploded Bomb
• RLG — Ring Laser Gyro
• VESA — Video Electronics Standards Association
• ETF — Enhanced tactical fighter
• URD — User Requirements Document
• NAV — Navigator
• QTA — Qualification Test Article
• VDU — Video Display Unit
• DITCO — Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (formerly DECCO)
• NACE — National Association of Corrosion Engineers
• TLT — Test Loop Translator
• TMDE — Test Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment
• PXH — Phoenix Hawk
• 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
• EMI — Electro-Magnetic Interference
• RADIUS — Remote Authentication dial In User Service
• CIHS — Classified Information Handling System
• DTU — Data Transfer Unit
• PROG — Program
• RX — Receive
• QQI — Quantitative Quality Indicator
• SONET — Synchronous Optical Network
• UMPR — Unit Manpower Personnel Record
• MTWY — Motorway
• CARICOM — Caribbean Common Market and Community
• SRL — Survival Research Laboratories
• DTS — Dedicated Transmission Service
• MIJI — Meaconing, Intrusion, Jamming and Interference
• CFSR — Contract Funds Status Report/ing
• RA — Roughness Average
• SIP — Site Implementation Plan
• F — Frequency
• IRAS — Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
• MPP — Massively Parallel Processing/Processor
• RCTA — Regional Counterdrug Training Academy

• ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory's
• UXE — Upkeep by Exchange
• NAVELEX — Naval Electronic Systems Command
• CSU — Channel Service Unit
• LAMMA — Laser Microprobe Mass Analysis
• SMIB — Security Management Information Base
• MSS — Mission Support System
• COMMO — Communications Officer
• RRCC — Regional Response Coordination Center
• FAPC — Food and Agriculture Planning Committee
• VISCOM — VISual COMmunication
• SORD — System Operational Requirements Document
• SDIO — Strategic Defense Initiative Organization
• EBS — Emergency Broadcast System
• SECNAV — United States Secretary of the Navy
• QAE — Quality Assurance Engineer
• UNK — Unknown
• TOAI — Total Overall Aircraft Inventory
• STUPID — Secure Transmitter Unit Platform Integration Directorate
• AFGWC — Air Force Global Weather Central (U.S.)
• PSN — Packet Switched Network
• ADGE — Air Defence Ground Environment
• NPR — National Performance Review (office)
• SK3 — Storekeeper Third Class
• RXW — Receiver Workbook
• OO — On Order
• R&R — Rest & Recuperation
• SANDF — South African National Defence Force
• DVI — Digital Video Interactive
• SOL — Solenoid
• USRA — Universities Space Research Association
• TSCE — Total Ship Computing Environment
• DT&E — Development, Test, & Evaluation
• SPR — Strategic Petroleum Reserve (US)
• ATP — Advanced Technology Program
• TRADOC — United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
• YAG — Yttrium Aluminum Garnet
• SOSI — System-Of-Systems Integration
• POC/ET — Proof Of Concept/Experimental Testbed
• DODISS — Department of Defense Index of Specifications and Standards
• SECARMY — Secretary of the Army
• LCM — Life Cycle Management
• RICO — Regional Interface Control Officer
• CPE — Customer Premise Equipment
• VP-8 — Navy Patrol Squadron Eight
• MMW — Millimeter Wave
• QIP — Quality Improvement Program
• TOPMIS — Total Officer Personnel Management Information System
• PTT — Push to Talk Technology
• SOFT — Strengths, Opportunities, Faults, Threats

• TEV — Travel Expense Voucher
• VERTREP — Vertical Replenishment
• WFNA — White Fuming Nitric Acid
• CSREES — Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
• RECC — Regional Emergency Communications Coordinator
• PZT — Piezoelectric Transducer
• VMAQ — Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
• TDWR — Terminal Doppler Weather Radar
• IU — Interface Unit
• ERDAS — Earth Resources Data Analysis System
• VQV — Voice Quality Value
• VTAM — Virtual Telecommunication Access Method
• QRM — Quantitative Risk Management
• SERA — Sequential Electrochemical Reduction Analysis
• OIC — Office in Charge
• CONFIG — Configuration
• TSCIF — Tactical Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
• MTA — Message Transfer Agents (Internet)
• EST — Estimated Ship Time
• TNP — Take No Prisoners
• TYQ-69 — Commmunications Control Set
• MOPS — Million Operations per Second
• SQE — Software Quality Evaluation
• TCDL — Tactical Common Data Link
• PMS — Planned Maintenance System
• RECON — Reconnaissance
• RATELO — Radiotelephone Operator
• VOSB — Veteran-Owned Small Business
• VMF-312 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 312, the Checkerboarders
• PECP — Preliminary Engineering Change Proposal
• STARTEX — Start of Exercise
• SQ — Super Quiet
• WA — War Arranger
• USNO — United States Naval Observatory
• PWS — Performance Work Statement
• PSS — Packet Switched Service
• SVIP — Secure Voice Improvement Program
• SPM — System Program Manager
• TPS — Thermal Protection System
• UM — Unit Manager
• AMGOT — Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories
• UNPROFOR — United Nations Protection Force (in Former Yugoslavia)
• RDDS — Range Data Distribution System
• LONG — Longitude
• PKC — Public Key Cryptography
• STU — Secure Telephone Unit
• RUC — Rapid Update Cycle
• CRS — Community Relations Service
• ECS — Environmental Control System (Subsystem)
• PPA — Pollution Prevention Act

• SWPC — Space Weather Prediction Center
• SIMM — Single In-line Memory Module
• VCR — video cassette recorder/player
• FIPC — Foreign Intelligence Priorities Committee
• PTT — Push to Talk Taster
• LAXRD — Low-Angle X-Ray Diffraction
• COMPUSEC — Computer Security
• NF — no foreign
• VPF — Vector Product Format
• RQMH — Regimental Quarter Master Havildar
• ODIF — Open Document Interchange Format
• USCMH — United States Commission on Military History
• BUREC — United States Bureau of Reclamation (government)
• DCASR — Defense Contract Administration Services Region
• TCSP — Theater Consolidation and Shipping Point
• RED HORSE — Rapid Engineers Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineers
• SP AMMO — Special Ammunition
• PVU — Portable Verification Unit
• DIC — Defense Intelligence College
• REMIS — Reliability & Maintainability Information System
• TOR — Tentative Operational Requirement
• TSM — TRADOC System Manager
• DECU — Digital Engine Control Unit
• CBW — Chemical and Biological Warfare
• QMB — Quality Management Board
• IPSO — Internet Protocol Security Option
• TDRSS — Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System
• RM1 — Radioman First Class
• TERM — Terminal
• SDNS — Secure Data Network System
• VASI — Visual Approach Slope Indicator
• USCIS — US Citizenship and Immigration Services
• CEMA — Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
• RET — Retired
• MTST — Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter
• OEU — Operational Evaluation Unit
• APNIC — Asia Pacific Network Information Center
• OSO — Office of Satellite Operations
• VAS — VISSR Atmospheric Sounder
• SNAFUBAR — Situation Normal, All Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition
• SITP — Subsystem Integration Test Plan
• PDA — Phase Doppler Analysis
• RAMC — Royal Army Medical Corps
• LSA — Logistics Support Analysis
• RWU — Research Work Unit
• SST — Safe Secure Transport
• RADINT — Radar Intelligence
• UNIDIR — United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research
• AWOS — Automated Weather Observing System
• MVS — Multiple Virtual System

• LAAS — Local Area Augmentation System
• VFY — Verify
• NHCD — National HUMINT Collection Directive
• REPSHIP — Report of Shipment
• ODCSOPS — Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans (Army)
• QEAM — Quick Erect Antenna Mast
• NSDD — National Security Decision Directive
• RN — Royal Navy
• WFX — Warfighter Exercise
• AOSS — automated office support system
• SITSUM — Situation Summary
• SASP — Special Ammunition Supply Point
• VISSR — visible and infrared spin scan radiometer (GOES)
• COMECON — Council For Mutual Economic Assistance (economic Counterpart Of The Warsaw Pact
• NFDRS — National Fire Danger Rating System
• TMDE/PST — Test, Measurement and Diagnostic Equipment/Production Surveillance Test
• UNAVEM — United Nations Angola Verification Mission
• IRM — information resource management
• ERL — Environmental Research Laboratories (absorbed By OAR Or NOAA Research)
• T-AGOS — Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance
• SA — Selective Availability (on GPS transmissions)
• QAO — Quality Assurance Office
• REMBASS — Radar and Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor System
• DTD — Data Transfer Device
• IVAP — Intimate Valence Alternation Pairs (bonding Model In Electronic Structure Calcns.)
• DCTN — Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network
• TAMPS — Tactical Aircraft Mission Planning System
• TAMIS — Training Ammunition Management Information System
• EMS — Emergency medical service
• RFPI — Rapid Force Projection Initiative
• SOMO — Suspension of Military Operations
• PTT — Push to Talk Testing
• USSBS — United States Strategic Bombing Survey
• SAPR — Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
• MTBMA — Mean Time Between Maintenance Actions
• SBFEL — Space-Based Free Electron Laser
• ESE — Earth Science Enterprise
• UYK-7 — U.S. Navy standard 32-bit computer
• DPD — Diffuse Pulmonary Disease
• TADDS — Target Alert Data Display Set
• WCDMA — Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
• STREAM — Standard Tensioned Replenishment Alongside Method
• SMDC/ARSTRAT — United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command/United States Army Forces Strategic Command
• MOTIF — Maui Optical Tracking and Identification Facility
• DISNET — Defense Integrated Secure Network
• JTC — Joint Technical Committee (USA)
• IR&D — Independent Research & Development
• WIST — Weather Information for Surface Transportation
• SE&I — Systems Engineering & Integration
• STAAS — Surveillance & Target Acquisition Aircraft System

• RADC — Rome Air Development Center (Now Rome Laboratory)
• CMAG — Cruise Missile Advanced Guidance
• LAP — Laboratory Analytical Protocol
• TACT — Tactical Aviation Control Team
• PCS — Personal Communications Services
• SSR — secondary surveillance radar (ICAO/FAA)
• RQMTS — Requirements
• TASKORD — Tasking Order
• SPC — Storm Prediction Center
• SNJ — North American Aircraft Company TEXAN, W W II Trainer Aircraft
• NSIA — National Security Industrial Association (now part of NDIA)
• STU-III — Secure Telephone Unit III
• DND — Department of National Defence
• NLM — NetWare Loadable Module
• SINCGARS-SIP — Single Channel Ground and Air(borne) Radio System - System Improvement Program
• ITWS — Integrated Terminal Weather System
• UYH-16 — Mass Memory Storage Device
• DCP — Decision Coordinating Paper
• SBX-1 — Sea-Based X-Band Radar
• WHOI — Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
• QBZ — Qingwuqi Buqiang - Zidong
• TRADE — Training Devices and Equipment
• PNAF — Prime Nuclear Airlift Force
• AIR — American Institute for Research
• QCI — Quality Conformance Inspections
• TADS — Target Acquisition and Designation System (US)
• SRP/PDS — Stabilization Reference Package/Position Determining System
• RRI — Response to Request for Information
• JSMB — Joint Space Management Board
• ECMC — Enhanced Crisis Management Capability
• CP — Central Processor
• RCN — Royal Canadian Navy
• RDML — Rear Admiral Lower Half
• VSLI — Veterans Special Life Insurance
• WFO — Weather Forecast Office
• UO(S) — Uniformed Officer(s)
• VSHORAD — Very Short Range Air Defense
• TDBSS — Theater Defense Blood Standard System
• MEDALS — Military Engineering Data Asset Locator System
• CCIL — Continuously Computed Impact Line
• SQUAD — Squadron
• VTO — Vertical Take Off
• AHPS — Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Services
• LC — Library of Congress
• SPMN — Software Program Managers Network
• QUADCON — Quadruple Container
• SDDD — software detailed design document
• NOSC — Naval Ocean Systems Center (replaced by NCCOSC and now SPAWAR Systems Center)
• TELCO — Telephone Company
• VIN — vehicle identification number (US) (transportation)

• MERADCOM — Mobility Equipment Research and Development Command (U.S. Army)
• OPS — Operations Shelter
• SQK — Squawk
• TBA — To Be Announcede
• QFQ — Quest for Quality
• TACTS — Tactical Aircrew Combat Training System
• PSN — Public Switched Network
• NADS — Norwegian Association for Defence Suppliers
• RNAV — Random Navigation Area Navigation
• SS-16 — Sinner Missile
• CCMAT — Canadian Centre for Mine Action Technologies
• CAB — Cabin
• LAST — Lowest Anticipated Service Temperature
• QOI — Quality of Information
• WA — Western Approaches
• VHSIC — Very-High-Speed Integrated Circuit
• TJD — Trajectory Diagram
• AFCC — Air Force Communications Command
• RCOT — Reserve Commissioned Officer Training
• LAPW — Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (for Band-structure Calcns.)
• TRD — Technical Requirements Document
• WGWV — Well Gulf War Veterans
• SMEC — Single Module Engine Controller
• STLDD — Software Top-Level Design Document
• TC ACCIS — Transportation Coordinator's Automated Command, Control, and Information System
• RECBASS — Reception Battalion Automated Support System
• RORO — Roll On, Roll Off
• REDCON — Readiness Condition
• JSAN — Joint Staff Automation of the Nineties
• ASSIST — Automated Special Security Information System Terminal
• VQD — Vendor Quality Diagnosis
• LOC — Location Number
• ROSC — Regional Operations and Security Center
• FCOC — Fuel Cooled Oil Cooler
• MILNET — Military Network
• TFG — Transportation Facility Guide
• SMR — source, maintenance, and recoverability
• NTISSC — National Telecommunications & Information Systems Security Committee
• SMTP — Simple Message Transfer Protocol
• SHTF — Shit Hit The Fan
• NPN — NOAA Profiler Network
• EMA — European Monetary Agreement
• NAVNET — Navy Network
• RT — Real Time (R/T Preferred)
• WDGO — War Department General Order
• CCS2 — Command and Control Subordinate System
• SARTU — Search and Rescue Training Unit (RAF)
• RCF — Repair Cycle Float
• SIRR — Software Integration Readiness Review
• STARTLE — Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar for Tank Location and Engagement (US)

• SFMS — Special Forces Medical Sergeant
• SWATH — Small-Waterplane Area Twin-Hull
• UGF — Underground Facility
• PISA — Pharmaceutical Information Systems Association
• WGS 84 — World Geodetic System 1984
• CSTVRP — Computer Security Technical Vulnerability Reporting Program
• USPHS — United States Public Health Service
• UNDP — United Nations Development Program
• NVG — Night Vision Goggle
• WSMCR — Western Space and Missile Center Regulation
• TERPROM — Terrain Profile Matching
• NNSA — National Nuclear Security Administration
• QFPN — Quick Fix Position Navigation
• SODARS — Special Operations Debrief and Retrieval System
• CITIS — Contractor Integrated Technical Information Service
• TERCOM — Terrain Contour Matching
• UYK-70 — Standard 32-bit Naval processing computer (replaces the UYK-43)
• MARAD — Maritime Administration (National Defense Reserve Fleet)
• DST — Decision Support Tools
• PTP — Paper Tape Punch
• QVT — Quality Verification Testing
• UJTL — Universal Joint Task List
• RIM-67 — Standard Missile (ER)
• MILSTAMP — Military Standard Transportation & Movement Procedure
• IRBM — Intermediate-range ballistic missile
• SSL — Shop Stock List
• TAOR — Tactical Area Of Responsibility
• OPIC — Overseas Private Investment Corporation
• RQS — Rescue Squadron
• ROIC — Resident Officer In Charge
• LAPS — Local Analysis and Prediction System
• NRC — Nuclear Regulatory Commission (US)
• KSOS — Kernelized Secure Operating System
• SSAA — System Security Authorization Agreement
• SAFCS — Small Arms Fire Control System
• NSTC — National Science and Technology Council (U.S.)
• TAMMS — The Army Maintenance Management System
• TAOM — Tactical Air Operations Module
• ISA — Ionic Strength Adjuster
• WADS — Western Air Defense Sector
• TAPOC — Theater Army Personnel Operations Center
• TWY — Taxiway
• VRAM — Video Random Access Memory
• ULSI — Ultra Large Scale Integration
• TRNG — Training
• RIU — Radio Interface Unit
• SECDEF — United States Secretary of Defense
• PV — Positive Vetting
• DCAS — Defense Contract Administration Services
• SJA — Staff Judge Advocate

• MEPED — medium energy proton and electron detector
• MMU — Mass Memory Unit
• LAAFS — Laser Ablation Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy
• STUAS — Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System
• TASMO — Tactical Air Support for Maritime Operations
• RBL — Results Based Leadership
• SACEUR — Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO)
• TAPDB-AE — Total Army Personnel Database - Active Enlisted
• STOATD — Science and Technology Objectives Advanced Technology Demonstration
• RRE — Royal Radar Establishment
• USCS — United States Customs Service
• WGI — Within Grade Increase
• JAEIC — Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee
• RAMCC — Regional Air Movement Coordination Center
• LACBED — Large-Angle Convergent-Beam Electron Diffraction
• DON — Department Of the Navy
• JOP — Joint Operating Procedure
• UNC — United Nations Command
• QALI — Quality Assurance Letter of Instruction
• SWCD — Soil and Water Conservation District
• SSC-2A — Salish Missile
• DPL — Degausser Products List
• SARIR — Search and Rescue Incident Report
• MIL-STD — Military Standard
• QIF — Quality Inspection Function
• RCSCC — Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps
• UUT — Unit Under Test
• QQPRI — Qualitative and Quantitative Personnel Requirements Information
• OPS — Operations Planning System
• RB/ER — Reduced Blast/Enhanced Radiation
• TVC — Total Variable Cost
• LAOS — Large Amplitude Oscillatory Shear
• WHNS — Wartime Host-Nation Support
• SO/LIC — Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict
• PMSP — Preliminary Message Security Protocol
• DTD — Directorate of Technical Development
• QAG — Quality Assurance Group (TWG/TAT-14)
• WHFO — When Hell Freezes Over
• TAAF — Test, Analyze, And Fix
• USNA — United States Naval Academy
• TEK — Traffic Encryption Key
• AOT — Aerosol Optical Thickness
• TADIL-B — Tactical Data Information Link-B
• NTCB — Network Trusted Computing Base
• SOSO — State Owned, State Operated
• RXU — Receiver Unit
• OGP — Office of Global Programs
• USD(R&E) — Under Secretary of Defense For Research and Engineering
• URI — University Research Initiative
• SDP — Service Delivery Point

• NNPT — Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
• SMT — station management (protocol)
• XA — Extended Architecture (MVS)
• SAMMS — Standard Automated Materiel Management System
• TSGT — Technical Sergeant
• PRB — Problem Review Board
• CCITT — Consultative Committee for International Telephone and Telegraph
• QOT&E — Qualification Operational Test & Evaluation
• SGV — Self Guided Vehicle
• RPFT — Ranger Physical Fitness Test
• VTS — Vandenberg Tracking Station (AFSCN)
• TFA — Toxic Free Area
• CPR — Cost Performance Report
• TPQ-36 — Firefinder Radar
• RCPAC — Reserve Components Personnel and Administrative Center
• SBIRS — Space-Based Infrared System
• MHD — Moving-Head Disk
• ETR — Eastern Test Range (ESME Preferred)
• F — Frequency of Lifting
• TTNT — Tactical Targeting Network Technology
• UCLA — University of California, Los Angeles
• OIA — Office of Imagery Analysis
• RWT — Right When Tested
• WWOLS — World Wide on-Line System
• STANO — Surveillance, Target Acquisition, & Night Observation
• TCIS — Tactical Communications Interface Software
• QRG — Quick Response Graphic
• SDIS — Switched Digital Integrated Service
• SADL — Situation Awareness Data Link
• IVNAA — In Vivo Neutron Activation Analysis
• ASED — Assistant Secretary of Defense
• USSR — Union of Soviet Socialist Republic
• BEM — British Empire Medal
• TOMA — Technical Order Management Agency
• NCB — Nuclear Contingency Branch
• PNVS — Pilot Night Vision System
• RDECOM — US Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command
• RAE — Right of Assistance Entry
• SIPRNET — Secret Ip Router Network
• SMILS — Sonobuoy Missile Impact Location System
• SARSS — Standard Army Retail Supply System
• USNSCC — United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
• SETH — Simulation Equipment Test Hardware
• TACON — Tactical Control
• S-DAY — day the President authorizes selective reserve call-up
• RPSTL — Repair Parts and Special Tools Listing
• NSCAT — Nasa Scatterometer Project
• SINS — Ship’s Inertial Navigation System
• UV — Ultra Violet
• SDVT — SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team

• SECAM — Séquentiel Couleur Avec Mémoire
• CDIP — Council of Defense Intelligence Producers
• TSZ — Temporary Security Zone
• RPMA — Real Property Maintenance Activities
• TIROS — Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (POES)
• SPCP — State Polytechnic College of Palawan
• LEAF — Law Enforcement Access Field
• SUB — Submarine
• RYE — Retirement Year Ending
• IPA — Independent-particle Approximation (in Quantum Calcns. On Solids)
• VUL — Vulnerability
• UIFG — User Interface Functional Group
• OSF — Operations Support Facility
• DCU — Data Control Unit
• SYNC — Synchronization
• RSTA — Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
• TSSP — Tactical Satellite Signal Processor
• TASM — Tactical Air-to- Surface Missile
• VQO — Visual Quality Objective
• RDTU — Remote Data Transmission Unit
• RGVTDB — Rapidly Generated Virtual Terrain Data Base
• DERA — Defense Environment Restoration Account
• RKS — Record Keeping System
• PRB — Program Review Board
• RCACS — Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron
• PSMS — Personnel Status Monitoring System
• SURG — Surgeon
• ERAST — Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology
• RELCAN — Releasable to Canada
• RJAF — Royal Jordanian Air Force
• SART — Search and Rescue Transponder
• UGM-84 — Harpoon Missile
• MBB — Modular Building Block
• SABC — self aid and buddy care
• UNREP — Underway Replenishment
• IRRAS — Integrated Reliability and Risk Analysis System
• TF/TA — Terrain Following / Terrain Avoidance
• ADEOS — Advanced Earth Observing System
• SLQ — Electronic Warfare System
• SHORAN — short-range navigation
• SPQR — Senatus Populesque Romanus (the Senate and the People of Rome)
• T-AVB — Aviation Logistics Support Ship - MSC Manned
• TETS — Third Echelon Test System
• SCITIS — Single Channel Transponder Injection System
• UMOC — Unit Movement Officer Course
• RECCEXREP — Reconnaissance Exploitation Report
• POS — Position Orientation Systems
• TT&E — Technical Test & Evaluation
• SON — Statement Of Need
• TAC — Terrain Analysis Center

• T/R — Transmitter/Receiver
• WBITS — Web-Based Integrated Training System
• DU — Decision Unit
• TFM — Trusted Facility Manual
• QSTAG — Quadripartite Standardization Agreement (cue-stag)
• LACE — Lectin Affinity Capillary Electrophoresis
• UCA — Unenclosed Covered Area
• SXN — Section
• SSIMU — Solid State Inertial Measurement Unit
• RQL — Requirements List
• RISTA — Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition
• QWG — Quadripartite Working Group (qwig)
• TACOM — Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (US)
• OSI — Open System Interconnection
• SAE — Service Acquisition Executive
• RCMP — Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• STOMPS — Stand-Alone Tactical Operational Message Processing System
• TAPDB-R — Total Army Personnel Database - Reserve
• SSC-1 — Shaddock Missile (Coastal Defense)
• PSRO — Passenger Standing Route Order
• SPETC — Solid Propellant Electro-Thermal-Chemical
• SDDCTEA — Surface Deployment and Distribution Command Transportation Engineering Agency
• TADCS — Tactical Airborne Digital Camera System
• KAL — Key Asset List
• QPL — Qualified Parts List
• QIG — Quality Improvement Group
• RHIB — Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
• SEO/SEP — Special Enforcement Operation/Special Enforcement Program
• QLF — Quality Leadership Forum
• USASSG — United States Army Special Security Group
• RLPG — Regenerative Liquid Propellant Gun
• RS-232 — Recommended Standard 232 (EIA standard for transmitting serial data)
• DOT — Date of Transfer
• RTAD — Relocatable Target Assessment Data
• PVNTMED — Preventive Medicine
• RAN — Royal Australian Navy
• USATC — United States Army Training Center
• SMOW — Standard Mean Ocean Water
• DII — Defense Industry Initiative
• RRDT — Rapid Response Documentation Team
• SDLC — Systems Development Life Cycle
• TWSTIAC — Tactical Warfare Simulation and Technology Info Analysis Center
• OSE — Open System Environment
• ACARS — ARINC Communication Addressing and Reporting System
• NGA — NATO Guidelines Area
• DCA — Defense Cooperation Agreements
• RNP — Remote Network Processor
• SNOK — Secondary Next Of Kin
• TLAM — Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles
• DCA — Defense Communication Agency

• RET. — Retired
• QNQ — Quality Not Quantity
• USACIDC — United States Army Criminal Investigation Command
• SCMODS — State/County Municipal Offender Data System
• TPQ-47 — Upgraded Weapon Locating Radar
• SMKU — Shelter Mock-Up
• PVL — Priority Vehicle List
• SSPK — Single Shot Probability of Kill
• SHAG — Simplified High Accuracy Guidance (Honeywell)
• MISSI — Multilevel Information System Security Initiative
• VKF — Variable Key Function
• TRACON — Terminal Radar Approach Control
• CERES — Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System
• SAK — Swiss Army Knife
• USCENTCOM — United States Central Command
• USAMCC — United States Army Meteorology and Calibration Center
• PLIRRA — Pollution Liability Insurance and Risk Reduction Act
• PSYOPS — Psychological Operations
• TEREC — Tactical ELINT Reconnaissance
• P&L — Production & Logistics
• SOACMS — Special Operations Aviation Combat Mission Simulator
• TACP — Tactical Air Control Party
• TPW — Total Precipitable Water
• TDOT — Tennessee Department of Transportation's
• STAT — Security Threat Avoidance Technology
• UYK-20 — U.S. Navy standard 16-bit computer
• WIMPY — When In Military Play Yankee
• REAP — Research and Engineering Apprenticeship Program
• TARBUL — Target Bulletin
• RDE — Research Development and Engineering
• STOMP — Specialized Training of Military Parents
• SS-20 — Saber Missile
• PAT — Proficiency Analytical Testing (NIOSH)
• RWIS — Road Weather Information System
• TISG — Technical Interoperability Standards Group
• USAADBD — United States Army Air Defense Board
• TFMS-M — Transportation Financial Management System-Military
• TDAR — Tactical Defense Alert Radar
• SQL — Standard Query Language
• RASC — Royal Army Service Corps
• LRP — Long-range Plan
• SJS — Secretary, Joint Staff
• RD&J — Radar Deception & Jamming
• SFAF — Standard Frequency Action Format
• UYQ — Uranium Yield Quantity
• SEAT — Single Engine Air Tanker
• PCS — Personal Communications System
• UIRV — Unique Interswitch Rekeying Variable
• ASRAAM — Advanced Short Range Air to Air Missile
• SS-14 — Scamp Missile

• SEATO — South East Asia Treaty Organization
• RDYLD — Ready to Load Date
• REMODN72C7E — Reception and Onward Movement of DoD-Sponsored Non-Combatant Evacuees
• STAFF — Smart, Target Activated, Fire & Forget
• REL — Reference Exposure Level
• UNDHA — United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
• SLBM — Submarine-launched ballistic missile
• RNZAF — Royal New Zealand Air Force
• NSTAC — National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
• SKCM — Master Chief Storekeeper
• WGM — Work Group Manager
• SSCRA — Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act
• FBS — Forward-Based Systems
• VVP — Versatile Voice Processing
• ORM — Other Regulated Materials
• SOMA — Status of Mission Agreement
• RIA — Rock Island Arsenal
• REPL DET — Replacement Detachment
• RF-84F — Republic FICON reconnaissance fighter
• QMF — Query Management Facility
• MODIS — moderate-resolution imaging spectrometer (NASA/GSFC)
• VZ — Virtual Zone
• USAFABD — United States Army Field Artillery Board
• WGPU — Weapons-Grade Plutonium
• WFOE — Wholly Foreign-Owned Enterprise
• QHDA — Qualified Hazardous Duty Area
• TAPDB-AO — Total Army Personnel Database - Active Officer
• ISLOCA — Inter-System Loss-of-Coolant Accident
• SDREN — Secure Defense Research and Engineering Network
• TALCE — Tanker Airlift Control Element
• USSPACECOM — United States Space Command
• SARSIT — Search and Rescue Situation Summary Report
• PSRC — Presidential Selected Reserve Call-Up
• SAAR — Strength Accounting And Reporting
• R/O — Receive Only
• RALH — Raise a Little Hell
• UBL — Unit Basic Load
• TADIL-J — Tactical Data Information Link-J
• MSK — Minimum Shift Keying
• TIMMS — TMDE Integrated Material Management System
• TRU — Transformer Rectifier Unit
• USAFRICOM — United States Africa Command
• USTRANSCOM — United States Transportation Command
• VCNOG — Vice Chairman, Nuclear Operations Group
• USACOM — United States Atlantic Command
• REMUS — Remote Environmental Monitoring Unit System
• TADC — Tactical Air Direction Center
• MSPB — Merit System Protection Board
• SBY — Standby
• UTP — unshielded twisted pair

• SOPA — Senior Officer Present Afloat
• WAE — Wargaming the Asymmetric Environment
• DST — Daylight Savings Time
• TSP — Telecommunications Service Priority
• QAP — Quality Assurance Plan
• RBG — Rocket Boosted Glider
• DPC — Delayed Primary Closure
• RGL — Reading Grade Level
• OTH — Over the Horizont
• BMG — Browning Machine Gun
• RTLP — receiver test level point
• RBOL — Rakovski Bulgarian Officers Legion
• SRAM — Short Range Attack Missile
• WAAS — Wide Area Augmentation System
• TAAA — Total Active Aircraft Authorization
• ULF — Ultra Low Frequency
• DPC — Distal Palmar Crease
• SLJO — Shitty Little Jobs Officer
• SYRS — System Requirements Specification
• SQN — Squadron
• SECREL — SECret RELeasable
• SRD — System Requirements Document
• SAROS — Synthetic Aperture Radar for Open Skies
• LAC — Liquid Adsorption Chromatography
• MCEB — Military Communications-Electronics Board
• SOTEP — Software Operational Test & Evaluation Plan
• TPC — Tropical Prediction Center
• QAPP — Quality Assurance Program Plan
• VLP — Very Low Power
• SRW — Software Requirements Workshop
• QVJ — Quality Verification Journal
• ROPOS — Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Science
• SOCSOUTH — Special Operations Component, United States Southern Command
• LAIS — Liquid Alloy Ion Source
• TAPDB-A — Total Army Personnel Database - Active
• RMW — Regulated Medical Waste
• SLME — Select Manual Entry
• T&T — Transportation & Transportability
• RTFA — Ready-Team-Fire-Assist
• ASD — Atmospheric Sciences Division
• IRGCHAZ — Intercritically Reheated Grain-Coarsened Heat-Affected Zone
• RAM-D — Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, and Dependability
• SOCCET — Special Operations Critical Care Evacuation Team
• SEABEE — Navy construction engineer; sea barge
• NLG — Nose Landing Gear
• VHT — Virtual Heat Treatment
• SEON — Solar Electro-Optical Network
• PWDS — Protected Wire Distribution System
• NDIC — National Drug Intelligence Center
• RO/RO — Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ship)

• MW — Missile Warning
• RACO — Rear Area Combat Operations
• WHNRS — Wartime Host-Nation Religious Support
• TNT HP — Track And Trace Hollow Point
• T/R — Transmit/Receive
• DIICOE — Defense Information Infrastructure Common Operating Environment
• QPU — Quarterly Performance Update
• TMEP — Theater Mortuary Evacuation Point
• VHY — Very High Yield
• SKSN — STOREKEEPER SEAMAN
• DSSNY — Dental Society of the State of New York
• MIMS — Multimedia Integrated Modeling System
• UJC — Urgency Justification Code
• VRL — Virtual Reality Laboratory
• N-ISDN — Narrowband ISDN
• RWIFEC — Rotary Wing Instrument Flight Examiner Course
• DU — Display Unit
• SGA — Standards of Grade Authorization
• SIGSEC — Signal Security
• RESCAP — Rescue Combat Air Patrol
• NMC — Not Mission Capable
• TOPPSS — Transportation Operational Personal Property Standard System
• IPAD — Integrated Pulsed Amperometric Detection
• WAAF — Women's Auxiliary Air Force (World WarII UK)
• TKT — Tool KiT
• SCCB — Software Configuration Control Board
• VSTOL — Vertical/Short Takeoff & Landing
• SFHD — System Functional Hierarchical Diagram
• SHAPE — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (NATO)
• SKC — Chief Storekeeper
• USPACOM — United States Pacific Command
• USMD — United States Military District
• IPA — Independent-pair Approximation
• T — Training
• SLAT — Supersonic Low-Altitude Target
• EDC — European Defence Community
• RIR — Reduction In Recruitment
• SEKP — Single Engagement Kill Probability
• WHIP — White House Invasion Prayer
• SOCOORD — Special Operations Coordination Element
• RXA — Repairable Exchange Activity
• ULS — Update of Legacy Systems
• DT — Drug Therapy
• RDAP — Research, Development, and Acquisition Plan
• QEG — Quality Evaluation Group
• PPPA — Poison Prevention Packaging Act (1970)
• WIK — Water Injection Kit
• SITC — SPAWAR (Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command) Information Technology Center
• T-NET — Training Net
• TCCF — Tactical Communications Control Facility

• PYQ-3 — COUNTER- INTELLIGENCE/ HUMAN INTELLIGENCE AUTOMATED TOOL SET
• TESAR — Tactical Endurance Synthetic Aperture Radar
• SPACECON — Control of Space Information
• AWIPS — Advanced Weather Interactive Processing Systems
• SBPO — Service Blood Program Officer
• USNORTHCOM — United States Northern Command
• BGN — United States Board on Geographic Names
• SAFOR — Semi Automated Forces
• SMART-AID — Special Medical Augmentation Response Team - Aeromedical Isolation Team
• TJTN — Theater Joint Tactical Network
• RNZN — Royal New Zealand Navy
• QBL — Qualified Bidders List
• DES — Digital Encryption Standard
• RF/SAL — Radio-Frequency Semi-Active Laser
• RESPROD — Responsible Production
• JPRS — Joint Publications Research Service
• USSOUTHCOM — United States Southern Command
• QSV — Quality, Service, and Value
• UVU — Union Veterans Union
• TCIM — Tactical Communications Interface Module
• PUG — Push-Up Game
• RASCAL — Rotocraft-Aircrew Systems Concepts Airborne Laboratory
• CMAQ — Community Multiscale Air Quality
• TECHDOC — Technical Documentation
• SHORAD — Short-Range Air Defense
• SKV — Storekeeper, Aviation
• NISAC — National Industrial Security Advisory Committee
• TALO — Tactical Airlift Liaison Officer
• THW — The Hidden Wars
• LAS — Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
• SERER — survival, evasion, resistance, escape, recovery
• TRAM — Target Recognition Attack Multisensor
• SXC — Soldiers of Xtreme Combat
• THO — Target Hand-Off
• TSM-ABCS — TRADOC Systems Manager - Army Battle Command Systems
• RCIED — Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device
• WWMCCS — Worldwide Military Command and Control System (obsolete)
• UNREP CONSOL — Underway Replenishment Consolidation
• UGP — Unitary Guerilla Platoon (gaming group)
• PTAI — Primary Training Aircraft Inventory
• RCRPL — Reserve Component Resource Priority List
• SWOD — Special Weapons Ordnance Device
• SURPIC — Surface Picture
• PWIS — Prisoner of War Information System
• TT&P — Tactics, Techniques, & Procedures
• RECBN — Reception Battalion
• STFU — Superior Tactical Fragging Unit
• ST&E — Security Test and Evaluations
• USAAF — United States Army Air Forces
• SPURV — Self-Propelled Underwater Research Vehicle

• SARGE — Surveillance and Reconnaissance Ground Equipment
• RCEM — Regional Contingency Engineering Management
• TRAAV — Test Range Facility for Advanced Aerospace Vulnerability
• QRN — Quick Response Network
• OCS — Operational Control Segment
• RC SOUTH — NATO Regional Command SOUTH
• VADS — Vulcan Air Defense System (US)
• RRN — Rapid Response Network
• DP — Displaced Person
• RWPD — Radar Waveform Processor Demonstration
• SGOC — Standard Garrison Organization Chart
• TACDAR — Tactical Detection And Reporting
• PWS/DS — Potable Water Storage/Distribution System
• SEL REL — Selective Release
• ESIP — Earth Science Information Partnership
• KSK — Kommando Spezialkräfte
• MRCA — Multi-Role Combat Aircraft
• TFCF — Theater Field Confinement Facility
• RLE — Rail Liaison Element
• RSPA — Research and Special Projects Administration
• SROE — Standing Rules of Engagement
• TII — Total Inactive Inventory
• TCCCS — Tactical Command, Control, and Communications System
• SSU — Stratospheric Sounding Unit (TOVS)
• RAPT — Retractable Amphibious Pontoon Technology
• ON — Original Negative (film)
• UALS — Universal Ammunition Loading System
• TIARA — Tactical Intelligence And Related Activities
• VFMAC — Valley Forge Military Academy and College
• SCOOP — System Concept of Operation Outline Plan
• TUOC — Tactical Unit Operation Center
• SDTC — Standard Duty Title Code
• STGT — Second TDRSS Ground Terminal
• UNODC — United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
• NPS — National Park Service (US)
• SADC — Sector Air Defense Commander
• TSS — Timesharing System
• SAFI — Short-Term Average Failure Intensity
• SMIS — Security Management Information System
• POES — Polarorbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
• QFF — Quick Fix Force
• RERLE — Radar Echo Return Loss Enhancement
• QRS — Quick Reaction Strike
• TYQ — Commmunications Set AN/ series
• UFPM — Unit Fitness Program Manager
• TECHEVAL — Technical Evaluation
• SDRL — Sea Date Required to Load
• USIC — United States Interdiction Coordinator
• ARC — Acquisition Review Committee
• SOCC — Sector Operations Control Center (NORAD)

• THZ — TeraHertz
• TAFIM — Technical Architecture Framework for Information Management
• RKH — Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital
• TLN — Total Logistics Network
• TARGET — Time for Audit Review Guidelines Education and Training
• TNCC — Theater Network Operations (NETOPS) Control Center
• PSSM — Physical Security and Stockpile Management
• UN-DMT — United Nations Disaster Management Team
• SICO — Sector Interface Control Officer
• RTARF — Royal Thai Armed Forces
• SCAMPI — Staff College Automated Military Periodicals Index
• VIRUS — Very Important Resource Under Siege
• TEHO — Tail-End-Hop-Off
• TBU — True But Useless
• SMAC — Scene Matching Area Correlator
• RC NORTH — NATO Regional Command NORTH
• UCR — Unsatisfactory Condition Report
• DB — Data Base
• SELRES — Selected Reserve
• RF/EMPINT — Radio Frequency/Electromagnetic Pulse Intelligence
• SWAN — Shipwide Area Network
• SOMPF — Special Operations Mission Planning Folder
• QCP — Quality Control Program
• TDATD — Total Distribution Advanced Technology Demonstration
• USAFSOC — United States Air Force, Special Operations Command
• RAPMA — R.A. Pandey Maritime Academy (India)
• VAAP — Vulnerability Assessment and Assistance Program
• PV2 — Private First Class - Army
• UDLP — United Defense-Limited Partnership
• V — Vertical
• TASWC — Theater Antisubmarine Warfare Commander
• RM2 — Radioman Second Class
• RBSF — Russian Black Sea Fleet
• SXQ — Military Secure Closed-Circuit Television
• REVTP — Reserve Components Virtual Training Program
• SOCA — Special Operations Communications Assembly
• SUWC — Surface Warfare Commander
• CNC — Computerized Numerical Control
• SSRA — System Safety Risk Assessment
• QMD — Quality Management Division
• TASOSE — Theater Army Special Operations Support Element
• DOS — Date of Surgery
• TMOPS — TRADOC Mobilization and Operations Planning System
• VDB — Vulnerability DataBase
• USWRP — United States Weather Research Program
• TCEM — Theater Contingency Engineering Management
• USAFAS — United States Army Field Artillery School
• USD(A&T) — Under Secretary of Defense For Acquisition and Technology
• OFCM — Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology
• OPS — Operations Provisioning System

• SSTATS — System Statistics Data
• MOPP — Mission-Oriented Protective Posture
• USNB — United States Navy Band
• USAAVNBD — United States Army Aviation Board
• SSES — Ships Signal Exploitation Space
• QIM — Quality Inspection Management
• SOON — Solar Observing Optical Network
• SASF — SIDPERS Authorized Strength File
• SQIP — Software Quality Improvement Process
• ER — Eastern Range
• USACE — United States Army Corps of Engineers
• TOD — Time of Day (Have Quick)
• TAIM — Total Army Inventory Management
• SJPO — Systems Joint Project Officer
• USIA — United States Information Agency (changed To IIP)
• SKCS — Senior Chief Storekeeper
• EOSDIS — EOS Data and Information System (NASA)
• RTOS — Re-configurable Tactics Operations Simulator
• VTB — Virtual Test Bed
• VBTP — Virtual Battle Training Plan
• TBMS — Theater Battle Management System
• SLQ-25 — Torpedo Countermeasures System
• STWC — Strike Warfare Commander
• LOEP — List Of Effective Pages
• DEZ — Desert Sun Mining Corp
• PXS — Project Executive System
• TENET — Theater Extension Network
• TOCN — Technical Order Change Notice
• VSW — Very Shallow Water
• TREE — Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics
• ES — Expert System
• TPVS — Third Party Verification Service
• VCJCS — Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• VTQ — Voice Transmission Quality
• ULCANS — Ultra-Lightweight CAmouflage Net System
• SPMIG — Standard PMS Materials Identification Guide
• LDEF — Long Duration Exposure Facility (for Spacecraft Material Testing)
• STRUCE — Structure Strength, Enlisted
• RCMDV — Remote Controlled Mine Disposal Vehicle
• RPZ — Reduced Pressure Zone
• TRIADS — Tri-Wall Aerial Distribution System
• VTL — Virtual Test Laboratory
• SOTSE — Special Operations Theater Support Element
• SVTP — Software Verification Test Plan
• IUAM — Independent United Atom Model (in Positron Scattering By Mols.)
• SLRP — Strategic Long-Range Plan
• TCG-WPMU — Topical Classification Guide - Weapons Production and Military Utilization
• PWE — Primary Weapons and Equipment
• RSME — Royal School of Military Engineering
• SETAF — Southern European Task Force

• VDC — Volts, Direct Current
• TADSTAND — Tactical Automation Digital STANDard
• RKVDU — Remote Keyboard Visual Display Unit
• SOF/FID — Special Operations Force/Foreign Internal Defense
• SPAD — Simple Plastic Airplane Design
• SWIT — Software Integration and Test
• SUGG — Suggestion
• UMCC — Unit Movement Control Center
• USPTO — United States Patent and Trademark Office
• UARM — Unconventional Assisted Recovery Mechanism
• RESPECT — Recognizing Educational Success, Professional Excellence, and Collaborative Teaching
• SNONI — Senior Naval Officer Northern Ireland
• WETM — Weather Team
• SAMM — Security Assistance Management Manual
• TOJ — Track-on-Jam
• UP&TT — Unit Personnel and Tonnage Table
• TGP — Terminally Guided Projectile
• SPSC — System Planning & System Control
• UNAS — Universal Network Architecture Services
• WSMC — Western Space and Missile Center
• TAFT — Technical Assistance Field Team
• VITD — Vector Interim Terrain Data
• SOUTHCOM — (U.S.) Southern Command
• SWAK — Swing Wing Adapter Kit
• UAV-MPCS — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle - Mission Planning and Control Station
• TNC — Theater Network Operations (NETOPS) Center
• SFCP — Shore Fire Control Party
• RGN — Retired Guys Network Of Kansas City
• SOWT — Special Operations Weather Team
• QCT — Quality Control tool
• SS-N-9 — Siren Missile
• PVSM — Param Vishisht Seva Medal
• STOW-E — Synthetic Theater Of War - Europe
• STRP — Scientific Technical Review Panel
• TM3 — Trade-off Mobilization Macro Model
• TC-ACCIS — Transportation Coordinator's Automated Command and Control Information System
• ULEV — Ultra Low Emission Vehicles
• WFB — CIA World Fact Book
• TADIL — Tactical Data Information Link
• TLAMM — Theater Lead Agent for Medical Materiel
• ISCA — Ionization Spectroscopy For Chemical Analysis
• SKO — Sets, Kits, And Outfits
• CSD — Climate Services Division
• RNLAF — Royal Netherlands Air Force (also KLu)
• MOCE — Marine Optical Characterization Experiment
• USACCSA — United States Army Command and Control Support Agency
• UBO — UNIFORM BUSINESS OFFICE
• PZL — Aircraft produced by the Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze (Polish National Aero Factory)
• VOTS — Variable Optical Target Simulator
• TISEO — Target Identification System Electro-Optical

• TYQ-77 — Aviation Mission Planning System
• ATDD — Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Divisionsion
• TADMS — Tactical Automated Data Manipulation System
• SHU — Security Housing Unit
• LAMOFS-ETE — Laser Excited Molecular Fluorescence Spectroscopy With Electrothermal Evaporation
• SITLM — Single Integrated Theater Logistic Manager
• REQ — Requisition
• SHQ — Station Head Quarters
• TA — Terrain Avoidance
• LADD — Lowest Acceptable Daily Dose
• ADR — Accident Data Recorder
• STARDOCS — Standard Automated Retrieval Documentation System
• NSARC — Navy Systems Acquisition Review Council
• LARIS — Laser Ablation and Resonance Ionization Spectroscopy
• PWW — Planar Wing Weapon
• ULLC — Unit Level Logistics Computer
• SAMOS — Satellite and Missile Observation Satellite
• DMSA — Defense Medical Support Activity
• RNX — Richard Nakka Experimental Rocket Propellant
• UV-A — UltraViolet A
• SEW — Shared Early Warning
• SC EUR — NATO Strategic Command, Europe
• NDWAC — National Drinking Water Advisory Council
• SAAS-DAO — Standard Army Ammunition System - Division Ammunition Officer
• ARL — Air Resources Laboratory's
• TASOSC — Theater Army Special Operations Support Command
• RRPP — Rapid Response Planning Process
• SEMS — Standard Embarkation Management System
• SCATMINE — Scatterable Mine
• SECTRANS — Secretary of Transportation
• SMH — Society for Military History
• QRE — Quick Reaction Element
• DFA — Defence Families of Australia
• SCATANA — Security Control of Air Traffic & Navigation Aids
• TBMD — Theater Ballistic Missile Defense
• NCR — No Carbon Required
• TXO — Training, Exercise, & Operations
• VMFA 323 — Fixed wing Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323 Death Rattlers
• SSIPF — Standard System Information Production Factory
• SARNEG — Search and Rescue Numerical Encryption Group
• RASPUTIN — Rapid Scenario Preparation Unit for Intelligence
• READR — Remain in Effect After Discharge and Re-Enlistment
• NCLAP — National Crop Loss Assessment Program
• TATRC — Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center
• RTFL — Rough Terrain Forklift
• DOE — Date of Examination
• WGYN — We've Got Your Number
• TRAC2ES — Transportation Command Regulating and Command and Control Evacuation System
• SS-12 — Scaleboard Missile
• WCDO — War Consumables Distribution Objective

• SOFPARS — Special Operations Forces Planning and Rehearsal System
• RTAFB — Royal Thai Air Force Base
• RWCM — Regional Wartime Construction Manager
• POS — Position of Strength
• TLSP — Transport Layer Security Protocol
• QDK — Quarterdeck
• UWB — Ultra Wide-Band
• RDTE — Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
• WIAO — Wing Information Assurance Office
• WEZ — Weapon Engagement Zone
• BER — Biological & Environmental Research
• SEDRE — Sea Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise
• TDBMS — Tactical Database Management System
• SSORD — Service Support Order
• RDP — Radar Data Processor
• PTADS — Point Target Defense System
• VQT — Voice Quality Testing
• STGR — Steam Generator Tube Rupture
• UTE — Utilization Rate
• USAISEC — United States Army Information Systems Engineering Command
• SMMP — System MANPRINT Management Plan
• RFETS — Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
• SKSA — STOREKEEPER SEAMAN APPRENTICE
• TG — training group
• TOS(D) — Tactical Operations System- Division
• WASSO — WWMCCS ADP System Security Officer
• SOBER — Short of Being Entirely Ready
• TEED — Tactical End-to-End Encryption Device
• SWXS — Space Weather Squadron
• SEMT — Signal Intelligence/ Electronic Warfare Equipment Maintenance Trainer
• RFL — Restrictive Fire Line (military)
• SZM — Security Zone Management
• SPBS-R — Standard Property Book System-Redesign
• SOTF — Security Operations Training Facility
• RFDC — Radio Frequency Data Collection
• STAMP — Standard Air Munitions Package (USAF)
• RECSTA — Reception Station
• UHV — Upper Huallaga Valley (drug trafficking area in Peru)
• UTV — Uninspected Towing Vessel
• QFS — Quality Fabrication Service
• SDNRIU — Secure Digital Net Radio Interface Unit
• LASIK — laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis (eye surgery)
• UUR — Unit Under Review
• SSEB — Source Selection Evaluation Board
• UXDC — Un- eXploded Depth Charge
• SPAR — Semper Paratus Always Ready
• STARFIARS — Standard Army Financial Inventory Accounting & Reporting System
• QCA — Quality Control Analysis
• TASIP — tailored analytic intelligence support to individual electronic warfare and command and control warfare projects
• REJASE — RE-using Junk As Something Else

• ADS — Aim Down Sights
• JTWC — Joint Typhoon Warning Center
• SPAL — Stabilized Platform Airborne Laser
• VOY — Voices of Youth
• SQG — Software Quality Group
• SSPH — Single Shot Probability of Hit
• STDN — Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network
• QCC — Quality Control Center
• RECAT — Residual Capability Assessment Team
• EPL — Evaluated Products List
• QPO — Quick Purchase Order
• WFP — World Food Program
• SHDS — Safety and Health Data Sheet
• REW — Rewind
• SIG — Signaling Channel
• QME — Quality Measurement Experiment
• ECSC — European Coal And Steel Community (distant Ancestor Of The EU)
• DP — Distal Pulses
• RVNAF — Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
• SOCRATES — Special Operations Command, Research, Analysis, and Threat Evaluation System
• R&O — Repair and Overhaul
• CFS — Center For Standards
• TQV — Technology Qualification Vehicle
• RDCFP — Regional Defense Counterterrorism Fellowship Program
• SFAS — Special Forces Assessment and Selection
• SQJ — Software Quality Journal
• SPORT — Soldier's Portable On-System Repair Tool
• SCIPMIS — Standard Civilian Personnel Management Information System
• DOES — Disorder of Excessive Somnolence
• R2 — Reporting Responsibility
• SSTB — Salton Sea Test Base
• VZF — Minimum Safe maneuvering Velocity with Zero Flaps
• QE — Quality Evaluation
• USAISCBD — United States Army Intelligence and Security Board
• SEDS — Small Expendable Deployer System
• RCIEDS — Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices
• SP HAWK — Self-Propelled HAWK
• TACMIS — Tactical Management Information System
• LAMMS — Laser Micro Mass Spectrometry
• RJTD — Reconstitution Joint Table of Distribution
• RFDL — Radio Frequency Data Link
• WDGS — War Department General Staff
• NSS — National Seismic Station
• SA3 — Security Assistance Automation, Army
• SAOC — Sector Air Operations Center
• VCOPG — Vice Chairman, Operations Planners Group
• UARCC — Unconventional Assisted Recovery Coordination Cell
• STIR — Strategy, Tactics, Implementation, and Review
• SICPS — Standardized Integrated Command Post Shelter
• PSNCO — Personnel Staff NCO

• SN1 — Seaman First Class
• TWTA — Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier
• TAAV — Total Army Asset Visibility
• RIM-7 — Sea Sparrow Missile
• URL — Unfinanced Requirements List
• TASCID — tactical Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) satellite compensation interface device
• LACE — Laser-Assisted Chemical Etching
• TCAM — Theater Army Medical Management Information System (TAMMIS) Customer Assistance Module
• WBII — R/V Weatherbird II
• SCIP — Supply Chain Integration Program
• SITMAP — Situation Map
• REGT — Regiment
• QNE — Quick n' Easy
• UDC — Unit Descriptor Code
• DIPR — Department Industrial Plant Reserve
• RMS — Remote Monitoring System
• RDG — Reversal Discussion Group
• USASA — United States Army Security Agency
• TOCR — Total Ownership Cost Reduction
• PSR — Polarimetric Scanning Radiometer
• TAPSTEM — Training and Personnel Systems Science and Technology Evaluation and Management (Committee)
• SMCP — Strategic Manpower Conversion Programme
• TEPS — Test & Evaluation Plan Summary
• SFA — Security Force Assistance
• USB — Upper Sideband
• SRE — Software Risk Evaluation
• PPL — Preferred Products List
• RO-RO — Roll On-roll Off
• USEUCOM — United States European Command
• FEDSIM — Federal Computer Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center
• SOJ — Stand Off Jammer
• ULCC — Ultra Large Crude Carrier (oil)
• UVL — UltraViolet Lamp
• QDH — Quantico Diamond Hall
• ARMS — Automated Resource Management System
• UMF — User Message Format
• TASE — TAACOM (Theater Army Area COMmand) Area Support Element
• OSDPD — Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution
• VX-1 — Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1
• TUO — Technology Utilization Officer
• ORA — Office of Research and Applications
• QYR — Queen's York Rangers
• RTAP — Reserve Transition Assistance Program
• SEF — Sealift Enhancement Feature
• TLOS — Target Location and Observation System
• WWIMS — Worldwide Warning Indicator Monitoring System
• QDV — Are you flying in a horizontal visibility of less than ...?
• NECAC — National Environmental Compliance Assistance Center
• QAC — Quality Assurance Checklist
• UTT — Utility Tactical Transport

• PWF — Personnel Working File
• SOCJFCOM — Special Operations Command, Joint Forces Command
• TLX — Teletype
• SRS — Savannah River Site
• SURVIAC — Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center
• SRUF — Standing Rules for the Use of Force
• RFSS — Radio Frequency Simulation System B
• SONMET — Special Operations Naval Mobile Environment Team
• TAC2IS — Theater Army Command and Control Info System
• RHOGI — Radar Homing and Guidance Interceptors
• PSSP — Personnel Security and Surety Program
• RREP — Radio Reconnaissance Equipment Program
• TRAS — Training Requirements Analysis System
• QBX — Question Before eXecution
• TACATA — TRADOC Combined Arms Test Activity, Ft. Hood,TX
• LSM — Land-Surface Model
• QTG — Quarterly Training Guidance
• WBT — Wait Before Transmitting
• MOC — Mission Operations Center
• REEM — Reserves Embarked
• VDCPAD — Vehicular Data Communications and Positional Awareness Demonstration
• TOBAS — Take Out Back And Shoot
• PTOC — Part Time On Call
• WCV — Waypoint Closing Velocity
• QEP — Quality Evaluation Plan
• VSL — Vessel
• OPS — Operations Procedure Support
• WFM — Workforce Management
• SADBU — Small And Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• RESCORT — Rescue Escort
• RCCPDS — Reserve Component Common Personnel Data System
• TEGFET — Two-dimensional Electron Gas FET
• PLSS — Precision Location Strike System
• USSOUTHAF — United States Air Force, Southern Command
• SLQ-48 — Mine Neutralization System
• PXO — Prospective Executive Officer
• REPTOF — Reporting Officer
• RSAF — Royal Saudi Air Force
• UFA — Until Further Advised
• SB2C — Curtiss Helldiver Dive Bomber, World War I I
• TARPS — Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Pod System
• IPPA — Independent Pair-Potential Approximation
• REXREP — Radar Exploitation Report
• SAMSO — Space And Missile System Organization
• NASQAN — National Stream Quality Accounting Network
• QRO — Queen's Regulations & Orders
• SSSS — Silent Sound Spread Spectrum
• VMM — Virtual Machine Monitor
• OPS — Operations Provides Strategic
• UIE — User Interface Engineering

• WDFR — Worst Damage First Repair
• TSOT — Total System Operational Test
• SPIR — Spare Parts Interchangeability Report
• TERINT — Terrain Intelligence
• TREAT — Tactical Reconnaissance Engineering Assessment Team
• RXQ — Quick Requisition
• TAFSM — Target Acquisition Fire Support Model
• SSCP — Subsystem Service Control Point
• WSMR — White Sands Missile Range (whiz-murr)
• SOAS — Special Operations ADP System
• UGM-84A — Harpoon
• SLI — Strategic List Item
• U/C — Undercarriage
• SFF — Self-Forging Fragment
• RIM-2 — Terrier Missile
• UAV-MR — Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Medium Range
• LAH — Lithium Aluminum Hydride
• SLTA — Small Laser Transmitter Assembly
• QTB — Quarterly Training Brief
• SFADS — San Fransisco Air Defense Sector
• REFLUPS — Resuscitation Fluids Production System
• SRTM — Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
• NAPP — National Aerial Photography Program
• USAREC — United States Army Recruiting Command
• VMGR — Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (heaVier-than-air, Marine, General, Refueling)
• IPA — Inverted Perturbation Approach (in Mol. Potential-energy Curves Calcn.)
• SMKLS — Smokeless
• USAIC&FH — United States Army Intelligence Center And Fort Huachuca
• SPLA/M — Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement
• TCMC — total care medical center
• RBS70 — Ray Rider Missile
• UMCP — Unit Maintenance Collection Point
• USAFISA — United States Army Force Integration Support Agency
• UFS — Unified File System
• TAMCO — Theater Army Movement Control Center
• RDCO — Regional Document Control Officer
• SHC — Chief Ship Serviceman
• QPD — Qualified Public Depository
• STARBET — Structures/Airframes for Rotorcraft in Battlefield Environment Technology
• PWN — Psychological Warfare Noise
• LASTO — Linear Augmented Slater-type Orbital (for Electronic Structure)
• SS-L — Scud Missile
• QIL — Quality Inspection Line
• SAL-IR — Semiactive Laser-Infrared
• VMF-223 — Marine Fighter Air Squadron 223, the Fighting Bulldogs
• STARCIPS — Standard Army Civilian Payroll System
• USDON — United States Department of the Navy
• SFOD-A/B/C — Special Forces Operational Detachment-A/B/CC
• SLQ-31 — Electronic Warfare Jamming System
• STAP — Science and Technology Advisory Panel

• USAMMDA — United States Army Medical Materiel Development Activity
• VNB — Violent New Breed
• SWW — Soldat World War
• USATSC — United States Army Training Support Center
• SOER — Specail Operations Emergency Radio
• RC(SW) — Regional Command (Southwest)
• SIOP-ESI — Single Integrated Operational Plan-Extremely Sensitive Information
• S/EWCC — Signals Intelligence/electronic Warfare Coordination Center
• BASC — Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
• TLQ — Transient Living Quarters
• NAWQA — National Water Quality Assessment (US Geological Survey)
• UPH — Unaccompanied Personnel Housing
• SOSCOM — Special Operations Support Command
• PIAC — Polymer Industrial Advisory Council
• MIDS — Multifunction Information Distribution System
• SIPG — Service in Paygrade
• STIP — Small Terminal Interoperability Platform
• SECRA — Secondary Radar Data Only
• SSPARS — Solid-State Phased Array Radar System
• MRT — Minimum Resolvable Temperature
• VSII — Very Seriously Ill or Injured
• VOQ — Visiting Officers Quarters
• QOB — Quality of Business
• SK2 — Storekeeper Second Class
• SBTG — Sabotage
• USPACFLT — United States Pacific Fleet
• RACG — Radiometric Area Correlation Guidance
• REPUNIT — Reporting Unit
• WESU — Weapons Elevator Support Unit
• TIDP — Technical Interface Design Plan
• RSM — Regimental Sergeant Major
• QARNNS — Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service
• NSWP — National Space Weather Program
• PWOD — Proceed WithOut Delay
• REQCONF — Request Confirmation
• TVTI — Tactical Video Teleconferencing Interface
• TALCM — Tomahawk Air-Launched Cruise Missile
• USCGCPOA — United States Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association
• SMWG — Software Management Working Group
• RDMS — Range Data Management/Measurement Subsystem
• STAR-T — Super High Frequency Tri-Band Advanced Range Extension Terminal
• PIP — Project Implementation Plan (AID)
• NCESGR — National Committee for Employer Support of Guard and Reserve
• SIAM — Self-Initiated Antiaircraft Missile
• REJN — Rejoin
• TAEDP — Total Army Equipment Distribution Program
• SZE — Security Zone Entry
• TUA — TOW Under Armor (US)
• SMRI — service message routing indicator
• SEPM — Special Emphasis Program Manager

• VAS — Volunteer Army Strategist
• USCINC TRANS — Commander IN Chief United States Transportation Command
• VQA — Voice Quality Analyzer
• VAQ — Naval Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron
• TYQ-23 — Tactical Air Operations Command and Control Set
• SCQ — Situational Confidence Questionnaire
• RSTV — Real-Time Synthetic Video
• QRWK — Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment
• USAAVNC — United States Army Aviation Center
• SSSI — Site of Special Scientific Interest
• RCIO — Regional Chief Information Officer
• SOTAS — Standoff Target Acquisition System
• T-DAY — effective day coincident with Presidential declaration of a national emergency and authorization of partial mobilization
• TESS III — Tactical Environmental Surveillance System
• S&A — Safety & Arming
• RSSA — Regional Supply Support Activity
• QSM — Quality System Manual
• UMCT — Unit Maintenance Collection Team
• WERM — Width Equals Range times Mils
• SYD — Subject to Your Discretion
• SBNPBS — Space Based Neutral Particle Beam System
• QSAG — Quadripartite Standardization Agreement
• TFLIR — Targeting Forward-Looking Infrared
• SIRADS — Stored Imagery Repository and Dissemination System
• VEO — Violent Extremist Organization
• SWARM — Smart Warfighting Array of Reconfigurable Modules
• QMM — Quality Monitoring Module
• TAMCC — Theater Army Movement Control Center
• TAQ — Total Army Quality
• TSSAM — Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile
• TDARDS — Truth, Data Acquisition, Recording, and Display System
• SOFLAM — Special Operations Laser Marker
• RITA — Retention Incentive Training Account
• SOFME — Special Operations Forces Medical Element
• QUH-1 — Helicopter Target
• VIFF — Vector In Forward Flight
• RIRA — Real Irish Republican Army
• STADSS — Strategic Transportation Analysis Decision Support System
• S2E — Seamless Synthetic Environment
• TQL — Total Quality Leadership
• STRADS — Strategic Deployment System
• WPC — Word Processing Center
• LAMS — Laser Mass Spectrometry
• SIRCUS — Standard Information Retrieval Capability for Users
• SUIC — Service Unit Identification Code
• USDOE — United States Department Of Energy
• RSOC — Regional Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Operations Center
• SMITHS — Spinning Mass Implemented Terminal Homing Seeker
• TCU V1 — Terminal Control Unit - Commercial Version
• SNACKO — SNACK Officer

• SAINT — Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transport
• TLMC — Time Limits Maintenance Check
• SLWT — Side Loadable Warping Tug
• UMIB — Urgent Marine Information Broadcast
• TASCO — Tactical Automatic Switch Control Officer
• TORB — Technical Order Review Board
• R&A — Reliability & Availability
• USAR — United States Army Reserve
• REQUEST — Recruit Quota System
• QYM — Quantico Young Marines
• S&P — Stake and Platform
• USD(AT&L) — Under Secretary of Defense For Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
• SND — Send
• TTIL — Theater Tracked Item List
• SIRCS — Shipboard Intermediate Range Combat System
• SWCCD — Standard Work Center Codes
• SCTIS — Single Channel Transponder Injection System
• QJO — Quality Job Operations
• TW/AA — Tactical Warning and Attack Assessment
• PATOS — Patent-Online-System
• TADSS — Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulations
• RTCH — Rough Terrain Container Handler
• QG — Quality Group
• TBIS — Technology Base Investment Strategy
• WGRM — Working Group on Risk Management
• RD&A — Research, Development & Acquisition
• RFAAP — Radford Army Ammunition Plant
• SAM-D — Surface to Air Missile Defense
• SOPAC — South Pacific Command
• TILO — Technical and Industrial Liaison Office
• SOSB — Special Operations Support Battalion
• SMC — System Management Center
• UAM — Underwater-to-Air Missile
• VGT — Variable Geometry Toroidal
• TERPES — Tactical Electronic Reconnaissance Processing and Evaluation System
• TPDF — Tanzania People's Defence Forces
• ECCM — Electronic Counter-Counter-Measures
• RAST — Recovery Assistance, Securing, and Traversing Systems
• RFDS — Royal Flying Doctor Service
• THAD — Terminal Homing Accuracy Demonstration
• VZE — Virtual Zone Entrance
• SHARPS — Ships/Helicopter Acoustic Range Prediction System
• QCF — Quality Control Function
• FFI — Free from Infection
• RVO — Remediation Venture Office
• RCVTP — Reserve Component Virtual Training Program
• SSS — Systems Science and Software
• ETO — Earth-to-Orbit
• CSRA — Central Savannah River Area's
• VPV — Virtual Prime Vendor

• SMFG — System Management Functional Group
• VAFB — Vandenberg Air Force Base
• TERMS — Terminal Management System
• OPDS — Organ on Politics Defence and Security
• RRBI — Radar Range Bearing Indicator
• SDD — Secure Data Device
• RVI — Remote Visual Inspection
• TMN — Trackline Multiunit Non-Return
• USACSC — United States Army Computer Systems Command
• TCMP — TMD (Theater Missile Defense) Countermeasure Mitigation Program
• TMACS-D — Training Management Control System - Division
• QJ — Quality Journal
• SUCCESS — Synthesized UHF Computer Controlled Equipment Subsystem
• POM — Program Operations Memorandum
• WFMS — Workflow Management System
• PC — Production Control
• RAB — Ramstein Air Base
• SECORD — Secure Cord Switchboard
• QTID — Quadrilateral Technical Interface Design Plan
• REMT — Regional Emergency Management Team
• TARCOM — Army Tank-Automotive Materiel Readiness Command, Warren, MI
• SOUTHROC — Southern Region Operational Center (USSOUTHCOM)
• TUW — Tabletop Universal Wargame
• SAIS — Secretary of the Army, Information Systems
• TOEL — Time Ordered Event List
• QBS — Qualifications Based Selection
• VATLS — Visual Airborne Target Locating System
• TRQ-36 — Microwave Scanning Beam Landing System Ground Station
• RFSU — Regional Force Surveillance Units
• RFG — Resource Funding Group
• SWSOCC — Southwest Sector Operation Control Center North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD)
• SQW — Software Quality Workshop
• SLD — System Link Designator
• SHSN — Ship Serviceman Seaman
• TPIO — TRADOC Program Integration Officers
• TDAP — Total Distribution Action Plan
• TTPI — Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
• SK1 — Storekeeper First Class
• DPC — Direct Patient Care
• SITEREP — Situation Report
• PVP — Planned Value Profile
• SWOG — Special Weapons Overflight Guide
• S&M — Scheduling and Movement
• USAFAC&FS — United States Army Finance and Accounting Center and Fort Sill
• TARPMMS — Theater Army Repair Program Maintenance Management System
• OREIS — Oak Ridge Environmental Information System
• UWISL — USAREUR WWMCCS Information System Location
• TADS/PNVS — Target Acquisition Designation/Pilot Nights Vision System
• SCNE — self-contained navigation equipment
• TCDIS — Transportation Coordination Deployment Information System

• SAAM — Special Assignment Airlift Mission
• STKG — SturzKampfGeschwader (German dive bomber wing)
• USAES — United States Army Engineer School
• S3I — Signatures, Sensors, & Signal Procession Integration
• VCXO — voltage controlled crystal oscillator; voltage controlled oscillator
• PZD — PostZeitungsDienst
• TDSG — Time Division Switching Group
• USCINCCENT — Commander in Chief, United States Central Command
• WAFE — Wives of the Armed Forces, Emeritus
• QMW — Quality Management Workshop
• USD(A) — Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition
• LABS — laboratories
• SPAH — Satellite Process Assurance Hub
• RHAW — Radar Homing And Warning
• SEAF — STOW-E Evaluation and Analysis Facility
• SPIC — Spanish Person In Control
• STANFINS — Standard Army Finance System
• SEPLO — State Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer
• QVG — Quality Verification Group
• PZE — Project Zero-baseline Estimate
• RMEC — Regional Military Emergency Coordinator
• TADIL-A — Tactical Data Information Link-A
• SOAF — Status of Action File
• RACA — Requiring Authority Competition Advocate
• UVC — Ultra-Violet C (250-260nm)
• ASDAR — Aircraft-to-Satellite Data Relay
• TE/IR — Tactical Engagement/Instrumentation Range
• OPS — Operations Process System
• REACH — Reaffirming Ethnic Awareness And Cultural Harmony
• RIS — Reconnaissance Information System
• RPQ — Request for Price Quotation
• PMA — Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
• SJFHQ — Standing Joint Force Headquarters
• LACO — Linearized Atomic Cell Orbital (in Energy-band Calcn.)
• SC2S — Strategic Command and Control Software
• UCCIS — USAREUR Command & Control Information System
• SQEP — Software Quality Evaluation Plan
• RELMS — Rapidly Erectable Light Mobilization Structures
• SMOOS — Shipboard Meteorological & Oceanographic Observing System
• RNA — Rations Not Available
• TDADS — Test Data Analysis and Decision System
• TELIC — Tell Everyone Leave Is Cancelled
• TAWDS — Tactical Automated Weather Distribution System
• RARS — Reusable ADA Repository System
• SPID — Strategic Power Infrastructure Defense
• RDSS — Regional Development Simulation System
• RIVRON — Riverine Squadron
• RAPIDSIM — Rapid Intertheater Deployment Simulation Model
• QFA — Quest For Al-Qa'eda
• RD&E — Research, Development & Engineering

• SIMBAD — Standoff Instride Mine Breaching Device
• SIDO — Senior Intelligence Duty Officer
• SQS-53 — Submarine Sonar
• TDMM — Time Division Memory Module
• VKL — Vegetation Killing Liquid
• UTES — Unit Training Equipment Site
• LAMES — Laser Micro Emission Spectroscopy
• SHOT — Executed Without a Trial
• QEQ — Quality Evaluation Questionnaire
• SQPP — Software Quality Program Plan
• RM — Requirements Management
• VDO — Video Display Operator
• ROCU — Remote Orderwire Control Unit
• TRY — Today Reunites Yesterday
• QVP — Quality Verification Program
• TACFIRE — Tactical Fire Direction System
• ROH — Regular Overhaul
• RFOG — Resonator Fiber-Optic Gyro
• RLV — Relieve
• TSSR — Tropospheric Scatter (TROPO)-Satellite Support Radio
• TAMSS — Target Area Meteorological Sensor System
• TSGCE — Tri-Service Group on Communications and Electronics
• VKB — Virtual Knowledge Base
• SDMP — System Development Master Plan
• TDAD — Table of Distribution and Allowance (TDA) designation
• TTADB — Tactical Terrain Analysis Database
• NATAS — North American Thermal Analysis Society
• WAMC — Wide Area Mine Clearance
• ITFA — Iterative Target Factor Analysis
• PUL — parent unit level
• RDTST — Rapid Data Transmisstion System for Requisitioning
• TMBS — Turret Motion Base Simulator
• RSE — Retrograde Support Element
• REBAR — Re- Inforcing Bar
• SARDS — Situation And Reality Display System
• RCHB — Reserve Cargo Handling Battalion
• SEIT — Space Environmental Impacts Tool
• SNOI — Signal-Not-Of-Interest
• SADF — South African Defense Force
• VFG — Virtual Flying Group
• RCO-AK — Regional Contracting Office - Alaska
• RIW — Reliability Improvement Warranty
• USAIS — United States Army Infantry School
• SO-PECULIAR — Special Operations-Peculiar
• WBAMC — William Beaumont Army Medical Center
• SIMUTA — Simulation for Multiple Unit Training Assemblies
• REDCAP — Real-Time Electromagnetic Digitally Controlled Analyzer & Processor
• TBEP — Training Base Expansion Plan
• TAACOM — U.S. Theater Army Area Command
• QXI — Quality, Excellence, Integrity

• TAMD — Theater Air and Missile Defense
• RNM — Resource Needs Model
• REQSTATASK — Air Mission Request Status Tasking
• V/STOL — Vertical/Short Take-Off And Landing (vee-stoll)
• SLP — Seaward Launch Point
• UCK — Ushtria Clirimtare e Kosoves (Kosovo Liberation Army)
• USATA — United States Army TMDE ( Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment) Activity
• USAMRDC — United States Army Medical Research & Development Command
• RDDT&E — Research, Development, Demonstration, Testing and Evaluation
• SRV — Software Requirements Verification
• SALO — Security Assistance Liaison Officer
• SSAC — Source Selection Advisory Council
• SMEB — Significant Military Exercise Brief
• STADES — Standard Data Element System
• USD — Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel and Readiness
• PIMA — Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers Association