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Military slang Abbreviations

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APFT — Army Physical Fitness Test
MOB — MOBilization
OPR — Office of Primary Responsibility
V/R — Very Respectfully
POC — Point Of Contact
F.A.R.T. — Flatulent Airborne Reaction Team
NAVY — Never Again Volunteer Yourself
MOS — Military Occupational Speciality
COA — Course Of Action
STRACT — STrategically Ready And Combat Tough
SME — Subject Matter Expert
DOA — dead on arrival
DOD — United States Department of Defense
ARFORGEN — Army Force Generation
QRF — Quick Reaction Force. On standby to react to any situation.
NCO — Non-Commissioned Officer
SWAG — Scientific Wild Ass Guess
XO — Executive Officer
D-NIF — Duties - Not Including Flying
CONUS — Continental United States (48 Contiguous States and DC)
ANCOC — Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course
KIA — Killed in Action
LOBO — Left Out of Battle Order
ACU — Army Combat Uniform
CBRND — Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Nuclear Defense
FIGMO — Fuck It, Got My Orders
EMT — Extraordinary Masochistic Tendencies (joke At Expense Of Emergency Medical Technicians)
BNCOC — Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course
METL — Mission Essential Task List (mettle)
DLA — U.S. Defense Logistics Agency
CYA — Cover Your Associates
TDY — temporary duty (non-unit-related personnel)
MARINES — My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment, Sir
NATO — No Action, Talk Only
DICK — Dedicated Infantry Combat Killer (used In Infantry Training)
RTO — Radio telephone operator (Army) or RO-radio operator (Marines). The person working the radio, usually either in a combat maneuver element or at the TOC (see below).
RFI — Ready For Issue
EOD — Explosive Ordnance Disposal
AOR — Area of Responsibility. The assigned area to any given unit.
WILCO — Will Comply
PERSTEMPO — Personnel Tempo
POM — Program Objective Memorandum
CO — Commanding officer
ROE — Rules of Engagement. The rules given to every service member on when to engage targets. Changes dependent upon the situation.
BAM — Broad-Ass Marine
TF — Task Force
MIA — Missing In Action
TOC — Tactical Operations Center. Usually pronounced ‘tock.’ Where command elements are primarily located.
TRADOC — United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
SF — Special Forces