Military Acronyms and Abbreviations

Here is a long list of military acronyms, abbreviations and associated terms including slang, informal and Department of Defense (DOD) approved terminology. Browse through the acronym list letter by letter or use the search box to quickly look up an acronym and its meaning.

Military Acronyms & Abbreviations

Acronym	Meaning
AWOL	Absent Without Leave
AA	Air-to-Air
AA	Anti-Aircraft
AAA	Anti-Aircraft Artillery
AAAV	Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
AADC	Area Air Defense Commander
AAFES	Army Air Force Exchange System
AAFES	Army and Air Force Exchange Service
AAM	Air-to-Air Missile
AAMG	Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun
AAP	American Academy of Pediatrics
AAV	Amphibious Assault Vehicle
AAV	Amphibious Assault Vehicle
AAV	Assault Amphibian Vehicle
AAVC	Assault Amphibian Vehicle, Command
ABA	Applied Behavior Analysis
ABM	Anti-Ballistic Missile
AC	Active Component
ACC	Air Combat Command
ACFT	Army Combat Fitness Test
ACM	Air Combat Maneuvering
ACMI	Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation
ACMR	Air Combat Maneuvering Range
ACO	Airspace Control Order
ACP	Armored Command Post
ACSI	American Customer Satisfaction Index
ACU	Army Combat Uniform
ACU	Assault Craft Unit
ADATS	Air Defense Anti-Tank System
ADF	Australian Defense Force
ADFM	Active-Duty Family Member
ADIZ	Air Defense Identification Zone
ADWC	Air Defense Warning Condition
AETF	Air Expeditionary task force
AEV	Armored Engineer Vehicle
AEW	Airborne Early Warning
AEW&C	Airborne Early Warning and Control
AF	Air Force
AFB	Air Force Base
AFD	Automatic Feeding Device
AFMC	Air Force Material Command
AFV	Armored Fighting Vehicle
AIFV	Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle
AIP	Assignment Incentive Pay
AIRSUPREQ	Air Support Request
AIT	Advanced Individual Training
AIT or “A School”	Advanced Individual Training
ALBM	Air Launched Ballistic Missile
ALCM	Air Launched Cruise Missile
ALCT	Airlift Control Team
ALERTORD	Alert Order
AMC	Air Mobility Command
AMC	Air Mobility Command
AMCT	Air Mobility Control Team
AMD	Air Mobility Division
AMLO	Air Mobility Liaison Officer
AMR	Anti-Material Rifle
AMRAAM	Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile
ANG	Air National Guard
AOC	Air Operations Center
AP	Armor Piercing
APAM	Anti-Personnel, Anti-Material
APC	Armored Personnel Carrier
APDS	Armor-Piercing, Discarding Sabot
APDS-T	Armor-Piercing, Discarding Sabot (Tracer)
APF	Appropriated Funds
APFSDS	Armor Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding Sabot
APHE	Armor Piercing, High-Explosive
AP-T	Armor Piercing - Tracer
APU	Auxiliary Power Unit
ARCT	Air Refueling Control Team
ARM	Anti-Radiation Missile
ARRV	Armored Repair and Recovery Vehicle
ARSOF	Army special operations forces
ARV	Armored Recovery Vehicle
AS	Anti-Ship
ASG	Allied System for Geospatial Intelligence
ASM	Air-to-Surface Missile
ASM	Anti-Ship Missle
ASPJ	Airborne Self-Protection Jammer
ASRAAM	Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile
AST	Air Staff Target
ASTOVL	Advanced Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing
ASuW	Anti-Surface Warfare
ASV	Anti-Surface Vessel
ASVAB	Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
ASW	Anti-Submarine Warfare
AT	Anti-Tank
ATBM	Anti-Tactical Ballistic Missile
ATCS	Air Traffic Control Section
ATGW	Anti-Tank Guided Weapon
ATR	Anti-Tank Rifle
AUW	All-Up Weight
AVL	Anti-Vehicle Land Mine
AVLB	Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge
AWACS	Airborne WArning and Control System
B	Bomber designation (as in B-52 Stratofortress)
BAG	Budget Activity Group
BAH	Basic Allowance for Housing
BAH	Basic Housing Allowance
BAHC	Basic Allowance for Health Care
BAS	Basic Allowance for Subsistence
BCT	Basic Combat Training
BDOC	Base Defense Operations Center
BDU	Battle Dress Uniform
BDZ	Base Defense Zone
BEC	Benefits Executive Committee
BM	Ballistic Missile
BMCT	Begin Morning Civil Twilight
BMNT	Begin Morning Nautical Twilight
BOD	Board of Directors
BPLAN	Base Plan
BRS	Blended Retirement System
BVR	Beyond Visual Range
BZ	Buffer Zone
C2	Command and Control
C3	Command, Control and Communications
C3I	Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence
CABG	Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
CAHPS	Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems
CAP	Combat Air Patrol
CAS	Close-Air Support
CASEVAC	Casualty Evacuation
CAWS	Close Assault Weapon System
CBO	Congressional Budget Office
CC	Command & Control
CCDR	Combatant Commander
CCHHS	Cook County Health and Hospital System
CCMD	Combatant Command
CCV	Command & Control Vehicle
CDC	Child Development Center
CDP	Child Development Program
CDU	Control Display Unit
CEA	Circular Error Average
CEB	Cooperative Efforts Board
CEP	Circular Error Probable
CEV	Combat Engineer/Engineering Vehicle
CFE	Conventional Forces Europe
CFL	Coordinated FireLine
CFR	Code of Federal Regulations
CFV	Cavalry Fighting Vehicle
CIWS	Close-In Weapon System (US)
CLEP	College Level Examinations Program
CLS	Combat Life Saver
CM	Cruise Missile
CMAC	CHAMPUS Maximum Allowable Charge
CMO	Civil-Military Operations
CO	Commanding Officer
CO	Commanding Officer
COA	Course of Action
COG	Center of Gravity
COIN	Counter-Insurgency
COL	Colonel
COLA	Cost of Living Allowance
CONUS	Continental U.S.
COOP	Continuity of Operations
CP	Contact Point
CP	Continuation Pay
CPG	Contingency Planning Guidance
CPL	Corporal
CPT	Captain
CRAF	Civil Reserve Air Fleet
CRAF	Civil Reserve Air Fleet
CRARRV	Challenger Armored Repair and Recovery Vehicle
CRBM	Close-Range Ballistic Missile
CRDP	Concurrent Retirement Disability Pay
CRSC	Combat Related Special Compensation
CRT	Cathode Ray Tube
CSB	Close-Support Bridge
CSP	Critical Skills Pay
C-STARS	Centers for Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills (USAF)
CTS	Close-To-Shore
CV	Combat Vehicle
CV	Conventionally Powered aircraft carrier (USN)
CVN	Attack aircraft carrier, nuclear powered (US)
CVRT	Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked
CVW	Carrier Air Wing
CWC	Composite Warfare Commander
CWMD	Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction
CZTE	Combate Zone Tax Exclusion
DA	Department of the Air Force
DA	Direct Action
DA	Double Agent
DACMC	Defense Advisory Committee on Military Compensation
DAF	Defense Information Systems Network
DANTES	Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support
DASC(A)	Direct Air Support Center (Airborne)
DB	Defined Benefit
DC	Defined Contribution
DeCA	Defense Commissary Agency
DEERS	Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
DEERS	Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
DEFCON	Defense Readiness Condition
DEPORD	Deployment Order
DeRA	Defense Resale Activity
DEW	Distant Early Warning (US)
DFAS	Defense Finance and Accounting Service
DFC	Distinguished Flying Cross: Air Force decoration
DFGL	Distinct Faith Group Leader
DGPS	Differential GPS
DHA	Defense Health Agency
DIC	Dependency and Indemnity Compensation
DITY	Do-It-Yourself
DLA	Dislocation Allowance
DLTP	Defence Logistics Transformation Program
DMDC	Defense Manpower Data Center
DMHS	Defense Message Handling System
DMR	Designated Marksman Rifle
DoD	Department of Defense
DOD	Department of Defense
DoD	Department of Defense (United States)
DoDI	DoD Instruction
DoDTR	Department of Defense Trauma Registry
DOL	U.S. Department of Labor
DON	Department of the Navy
DP	Dual-Purpose
DRB	Discharge Review Board
DRM	Dynamic Retention Model (RAND)
DRO	Decision Review Officer
DVI	Direct Voice Input
DVOP	Disabled Veterans’ Outreach Program
DZ	Drop Zone
DZ	Drop Zone
E	Enlisted
EAD	Earliest Arrival Date
EAOS	End of Active Obligated Service
EAS	End of Active Service
EBT	Electronic Benefit Transfer
ECCM	Electronic Counter CounterMeasures
ECHO	Extended Care Health Option
ECM	Electronic CounterMeasures
ECR	Electronic Combat Reconnaissance
EECT	End Evening Civil Twilight
EENT	End of Evening Nautical Twilight
EFIS	Electronic Flight Instrument System
EFM	Exceptional Family Member
EFMP	Exceptional Family Member Program
EH	Explosive Hazard
EHHC	ECHO Home Health Care
EHR	Electronic Health Record
ELINT	ELectronic INTelligence
EMC	Essential Medical Capability
EMP	Electromagnetic Pulse
EOC	Emergency Operations Center
EOD	Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EOD	Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EP	Emergency Preparedness
ERA	Explosive Reactive Armor
ERC	en Route Care
ERISA	Employee Retirement Income Security Act
ESEA	Elementary and Secondary Education Act
eshp	Equivalent Shaft Horsepower
ESM	Electronic Support Measures
EW	Early Warning
EW	Electronic Warfare
EW	Electronic Warning
EWA	Electronic Warfare Aircraft
F	Fighter designation (as in F-15 Eagle)
FA	Frontal Aviation
FAC	Forward Air Control / Forward Air Controller
FAE	Fuel Air Explosives
FAV	Fast Attack Vehicle
FBW	Fly-by-Wire
FCC	Family Child Care
FCS	Fire Control System
FDA	U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FDO	Flight Deck Officer
FEBA	Forward Edge of the Battle Area
FEBA	Foward Edge of Battle Area
FEDVIP	Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program
FEHBP	Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
FFA	Free-Fire Area
FFAR	Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket
FFS	Fee-For-Service
FHCC	Federal Health Care Center
FIE	Fly-In Echelon
FIFV	Future Infantry Fighting Vehicle
FLIR	Forward Looking Infrared
FLPB	Foreign Language Proficiency Bonus
FLTCIP	Federal Longer Term Care Insurance Program
FMC	Food Machinery Corporation
FMF	Fleet Marine Force
FMR	Financial Management Regulation
FMS	Foreign Military Sale (US)
FMWG	Financial Management Working Group
FOB	Forward Operating Base
FOB	Forward Operating Base
FOC	Final Operating Capabilities
FOD	Foreign Object Damage
FOS	Forward Operating Site
FSA	Family Separation Allowance
FSSA	Family Subsistence Supplemental Allowance
FUBAR	Fouled' Up Beyond All Recognition
FV	Fighting Vehicle
GAM	GPS-Aided Munition
GAO	U.S. Government Accountability Office
GATES	Global Air Transportation Execution System
GCI	Ground-Controlled Intercept
GCT	Grande Cadence de Tir (France)
GE	General Electric
GIB	GI Bill
GMI	General Military Intelligence
GP	General Purpose
GPMG	General Purpose Machine Gun
GPMRC	Global Patient Movement Requirements Center
GPS	Global Positioning System
GPS	Global Positioning System
HCBS	Home and Community-Based Services
HCSDB	Health Care Survey of DoD Beneficiaries
HD	Homeland Defense
HDP-L	Hardship Duty Pay Locations
HE	High Explosive
HEAP	High Explosive, Anti-Personnel
HEAT	High Explosive, Anti-Tank
HEAT-FS	High Explosive, Anti-Tank - Fin Stabilized
HEC	Health Executive Committee
HEDIS	Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set
HE-FRAG	High Explosive-Fragmentation
HEI	High Explosive Incendiary
HEMAT	Heavy Expanded Mobility Ammunition Trailer
HEP	High Explosive Plastic
HESH	High Explosive Squash Head
HE-T	High Explosive - Tracer
HMG	Heavy Machine u Gun
HMO	Health Maintenance Organization
HOB	Height of Burst
HOC	Humanitarian Operations Center
HOTAS	Hands-On-Throttle-and-Stick
HOTCC	Hands on Throttle, Collective and Cyclic
HPT	High-Payoff Target
HQ	Headquarter(s)
HR	Hostage Rescue
HRP	High-Risk personnel
HS	Homeland Security
HUD	Head Up Display
HUDWAC	Head Up Display Weapon Aiming Computer
HUDWASS	Head Up Display Weapon Aiming SubSystem
HUMINT	Human Intelligence
HVAP	High Velocity Armor Piercing
HVM	High Velocity Missile
HVT	High-Value Target
IADS	Integrated Air Defense System
IAMD	Integrated Air and Missile Defense
IAS	Indicated Airspeed Shown
IC3	Interagency Care Coordination Committee
ICBM	InterContinental Ballistic Missile
ICBM	Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
IDA	Institute for Defense Analyses
IED	Improvised Explosive Device
iEHR	Integrated Electronic Health Record
IFF	Identification Friend or Foe
IFF	Identification, Friend or Foe
IFV	Infantry Fighting Vehicle
IGE	In Ground Effect
IIR	Intelligence Information report
ILS	Instrument Landing System
INS	Inertial Navigation System
INTELSAT	International Telecommunications Satellite Organization
IOC	Initial Operating Capabilities
IOC	Initial Operational Capability
IPO	Interagency Program Office
IR	InfraRed
IRAN	Inspect and Repair as Necessary
IRBM	Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
IRBM	Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile
IRCM	Infra-Red CounterMeasure
IRR	Individual Ready Reserve
IRS	Inertial Reference System
IRST	Infra-Red Search-and-Track
ISA	International Standard Atmosphere
ISOPREP	Isolated Personnel Report
IT	Information Technology
JA	Judge Advocate
JAAT	Joint Air Attack Team
JAG	Judge Advocate General
JAGIC	Joint Air-Ground Integration Center
JAOC	Joint Air Operations Center
JAOP	Joint Air Operations Plan
JAST	Joint Advanced Strike Technology
JCN	Joint Communications Network
JDAM	Joint Direct Attack Munition
JEC	Joint Executive Committee
JEZ	Joint Engagement Zone
JFCH	Joint Force Chaplain
JFO	Joint Field Office
JIF	Joint Incentive Fund
JIOC	Joint Intelligence Operations Center
JIOO	Joint Interrogation Operations
JLOC	Joint Logistics Operations Center
JMROC	Joint Medical Readiness Oversight Council
JOA	Joint Operations Area
JOC	Joint Operations Center
Joint-STARS	Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
JRC	Joint Readiness Command
JS	Joint Staff
JSC	Joint Chiefs of Staff
JSF	Joint Strike Fighter
JSOW	Joint Stand-Off Weapon
JSP	Joint Strategic Plan
JTB	Joint Transportation Board
JTF	Joint Task Force
JTIDS	Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
JVSG	Jobs for Veterans State Grant
KCAS	Calibrated AirSpeed (in Knots)
KIAS	Knots Indicated AirSpeed
KTAS	True AirSpeed in Knots
LA	Lead Agent
LABS	Low Altitude Bombing System
LAD	Latest Arrival Date
LAD	Launch Area Denied
LAMPS	Light Airborne MultiPurpose System
LANTIRN	Low Altitude Targeting InfraRed for Night
LAPES	Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System
LARS	Light Artillery Rocket System
LAV	Light Armored Vehicle
LAV	Light Assault Vehicle
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
LCS	Littoral Combat Ship
LEA	Law Enforcement Agency
LES	Leave and Earnings Statement
LF	Low Frequency (30 to 300 kHz)
LGB	Laser-Guided Bomb
LGW	Laser-Guided Weapon
LLLTV	Low Light Level Television
LMG	Light Machine Gun
LMI	Logistics Management Institute
LO	Low Observables
LOA	Letter of Authorization
LOA	Letter of Offer and Acceptance
LOC	Line of Communications
LOR	Launch on Remote
LPT	Low Profile Turret
LRMP	Long Range Maritime Patrol Aircraft
LT	Lieutenant
LT	Light Tank
LVER	Local Veterans’ Employment Representative
LVTP	Landing Vehicle Tracked Personnel
LZ	Landing Zone
LZ	Landing Zone
MAAP	Master Air Attack Plan
MAC	Military Airlift Command
MACH	Measure of Airspeed (Mach 1 = 1,223 kph/760 mph at sea level)
MAD	Magnetic Anomaly Detector
MAJ	Major
MAP	Medical Advisory Panel
MAP	Military Assistance Program
MARAD RRF	Maritime Administration Ready Reserve Force
MAW	Marine Air Wing (USMC)
MAXORD	Maximum Ordinate
MBT	Main Battle Tank
MCCS	Marine Corps Community Services
MCM	Mine Countermeasures
MCM	Mine Countermeasures
MCRMC	Military Compensation and Retirement Modernization Commission
MCSC	Managed Care Support Contract
MCX	Marine Corps Exchange
MD	Missile Defense
MDA	Muster Duty Allowance
MEPS	Military Entrance Processing Station
MERHCF	Medicare-Eligible Retiree Health Care Fund
MEZ	Missile Engagement Zone
MFD	Multi-Function Display
MG	Machine Gun
MGIB	Montgomery GI Bill
MGIB-AD	Montgomery GI Bill Active Duty
MGIB-SR	Montgomery GI Bill Selected Reserve
MHA	Military Housing Allowance
MHA	Military Housing Area
MHS	Military Health System
MHS	Military Health System
MIA	Missing in Action
MIB	Military Intelligence Board
MIDB	Modernized Integrated Database
MILCON	military construction
MILCON	Military Construction
MILDEC	military deception
MILDEP	Military Department
MILPERS	Military Personnel
MILSPEC	Military Specification
MILSTAMP	Military Standard Transportation and Movement Procedures
MILSTRIP	Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedure
MILTECH	Military technician
MIW	Mine Warfare
MLA	Military Lending Act
MLRS	Multiple Launch Rocket System
MLU	Mid-Life Update
MMG	Medium Machine Gun
MNF	Multinational Force
MOB	Main Operating Base
MOC	Media Operations Center
MOLLE or M.O.L.L.E.	MOdular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment
MOS	Military Occupational Specialty
MP	Machine Pistol
MPA	Maritime Patrol Aircraft
MPC	Multi-Purpose Carrier
MPO	Military Post Office
MPS	Military Postal Service
MPSA	Military Postal Service Agency
MR	Maritime Reconnaissance
MRAV	Multi-Role Armored Vehicle
MRBM	Medium Range Ballistic Missile
MRBM	Medium-Range Ballistic Missile
MRF	Military Retirement F
MRR	Minimum-Risk Route
MSC	Military Sealift Command
MSF	Mobile Security Force
MSIP	Multi-Stage Improvement Program
MSP	Maritime Security Program
MSR	Main Supply Route
MSRRA	Military Spouse Residency Relief Act
MTF	Medical Treatment Facility
MTOW	Maximum Take-Off Weight
MWR	Morale, Welfare & Recreation
MyCAA	Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts
NAF	Nonappropriated Funds
NAF	Nonappropriated Funds
NAI	Named Area of Interest
NAS	Naval Air Station
NASA	National Aeronautics & Space Administration
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAVSOF	Navy Special Operations Forces
NBC	Nuclear, Biological and Chemical
NBI	Nonbattle Injury
NCO	Non-Commissioned Officer
NCP	Normal Cost Payments
NCR	National Capital Region
NCS	National Communications System
NDAA	National Defense Authorization Act
NDMS	National Disaster Medical System
NDRC	National Detainee Reporting Center
NDRF	National Defense Reserve Fleet
NEX	Navy Exchange
NEXCOM	Navy Exchange Command
NEXMART	Navy Exchange Market
NFA	No-Fire Area
NFLS	Naval Forward Logistic Site
NGFS	Naval Gunfire Support
NGO	Nongovernmental Organization
NIMS	National Incident Management System
NLW	Nonlethal Weapon
nm	Nautical Mile
NMCS	National Military Command System
NMCS	Not Mission Capable, Supply
NMS	National Military Strategy
NOC	National Operations Center
NOE	Nap of the Earth
NSC	National Security Council
NSFS	Naval Surface Fire Support
NSL	No-Strike List
NSW	Naval Special Warfare
NVD	Night Vision Device
O	Officer
O&M	Operation and Maintenance
O&M	Operations and Maintenance
OA	Objective Area
OACT	Office of the Actuary (DoD)
OC	Operations Center
OCA	Offensive Counterair
OCO	Offensive Cyberspace Operations
OCONUS	Outside the Continental U.S.
OCS	Officer Candidate School
OCU	Operational Conversion Unit
OEF	Operation ENDURING FREEDOM
OFCO	Offensive Counterintelligence Operation
OGE	Out of Ground Effect
OHA	Overseas Housing Allowance
OIF	Operation IRAQI FREEDOM
OOD	Officer of the Deck
OOP	Out-of-Pocket
OPCON	Operational Control
OPLAN	Operation Plan
OPM	U.S. Office of Personnel Management
OPORD	Operation Order
OPSEC	Operational Security
OPSEC	Operations Security
OSA	Operational Support Airlift
OSC	On-Scene Commander
OSINT	Open-Source Intelligence
OTC	Officer in Tactical Command
OTH	Over-the-Horizon
OTH-B	Over-The-Horizon Backscatter radar
OTHR	Over-The-Horizon Radar
OTHT	Over-The-Horizon Targeting
PACAF	Pacific Air Force (USAF)
PAR	Population at Risk
PB	Peace Building
PCM	Primary Care Manager
PCS	Permanent Change of Station
PD	Probability of Damage
PDRL	Permanently Disabled Retired List
PFC	Private First Class
PFM	Personal Financial Management
PFT	Physical Fitness Test
PGM	Precision-Guided Munition
PGM	Precision-Guided Munition
PID	Passive IDentification
PID	Positive Identification
PII	Personally Identifiable Identification
PL	Phase Line
PLANORD	Planning Order
PLB	Personal Locator Beacon
PM	Peacemaking
PNGDF	Papua New Guinea Defense Force
PO	Peace Operations
POC	Point of Contact
POC	Privately Owned Conveyance
POD	Port of Debarkation
POE	Port of Embarkation
POW	Prisoner of War
PPBE	Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution
PPE	personal Protective Equipment
PPM	Personally Procured Move
PPO	Preferred Provider Organization
PR	Personnel Recovery
PRC	Presidential Reserve Call-Up
PSAS	Prosthetic and Sensory Aids Service
PT	Physical Training
PTC	Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee
PTDO	Prepare to Deploy Order
PTG	Poseur de Travures du Genie (France)
PTSD	Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTTI	Precise Time and Time Interval
PUK	Packup Kit
PV	Perceived Value
PVT	Private
PX	Post Exchange
R&D	Research & Development
R&R	Rest and Recuperation
RA	Risk Assessment
RAAWS	Radar Altimeter and Altitude Warning System
RAM	Radar Absorbing Material
RAST	Recovery Assist, Secure and Traverse system
RATO	Rocket-Assisted Take-Off
RC	Reserve Component
RCC	Rescue Coordination Center
RCS	Radar Cross-Section
RDD	Radiological Dispersal Device
REAP	Reserve Education Assistance Program
Recce	Reconnaissance
RED	Radiological Exposure Device
RESCAP	Rescue Combat Air Patrol
RFA	Restrictive Fire Area
RFI	Request for Information
RFL	Restrictive Fire Line
RHPO	Regional Health Planning Organization
RI	Relative Importance
RISE	Reliability Improved Selected Equipment
RM	Risk Management
RMG	Ranging Machine Gun
ROE	Rules of Engagement
ROE	Rules of Engagement
ROZ	Restricted Operations Zone
RP	Rocket Propelled
RPG	Rocket Propelled Grenade
RPM	Revolutions Per Minute
RPM	Rounds Per Minute
RPV	Remotely-Piloted Vehicle
RR	Reattack Recommendation
RRCC	Regional Response Coordination Center
RSA	Resource Sharing Agreement
RSO	Regional Security Officer
RT	Recovery Team
RTB	Return to Base
RVU	Relative Value Unit
RWR	Radar Warning Receiver
SA	Surface-to-Air
SAC	School-Age Care
SAC	Strategic Air Command
SAFE kit	Sexual Assault Forensic Examination Kit
SAM	Surface-to-Air Missile
SAP	Special Access Program
SAR	Search And Rescue
SAR	Search and Rescue
SAS	Special Air Service
SBA	Small Business Administration
SBP	Survivor Benefit Plan
SCAR	Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance
SCRA	Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
SDT	Second Destination Transportation
SEAD	Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
SEALs	SEA, Air and Land (USN)
SENSO	SENSor Operator
SEP	Systems Enhancement Package
SFG	Special Forces Group
SGLI	Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance
SGT	Sergeant
SHORADEZ	Short-Range Air Defense Engagement Zone
Sigint	SIGnals INTelligence
SIPRNET	SECRET Internet Protocol Router Network
SITREP	Situation Report
SJA	Staff Judge Advocate
SLAP	Saboted Light Armor Penetrator
SLAR	Side-Looking Airborne Radar
SLEP	Service Life Extension Program
SLS	Shoot-Look-Shoot
SMC	Specialized Military Condition
SMG	SubMachine Gun
SMU	Special Mission Unit
SNAFU	Situation Normal, All 'Fouled' Up
SNAP	Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
SOCOM	Special Operations Command
SOF	Special Operations Forces
SOLRS	Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron
SOP	Standard Operating Procedure
SOTF	Special Operations Task Force
SOUTHAF	Southern Command Air Forces
SP	Self-Propelled
SP	Specialist (when referred in a soldiers rank)
SPAAG	Self-Propelled Anti-Aircraft Gun
SPAWAR	The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command
SPG	Self-Propelled Gun
SPOTREP	Spot Report
SR	Special Reconnaissance
SRAM	Short Range Attack Missile
SRBM	Short-Range Ballistic Missile
SRUF	Standing Rules For the Use of Force
SSM	Surface-to-Surface Missile
STC	Shock Trauma Center
STO	Short Take-Off
STOL	Short Take-Off and Landing
STOL	Short Takeoff and Landing
STOVL	Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing
SUW	Surface Warfare
TA	Tuition Assistance
TA	Target Audience
TA	Threat Assessment
TAC	Tactical Air Command
TACAMO	TAke Charge And Move Out
TACAN	TACtical Aid to Navigation
TACCO	TACtical COordinator
TACON	Tactical Control
TAI	Target Area of Interest
TAMP	Transition Assistance Management Program
TANS	Tactical Air Navigation System
TBO	Time Between Overhauls
TBT	Tank Bridge Transporter
TCCC	Tactical Combat Casualty Care
TCF	Tactical Combat Force
TDY	Temporary Duty Station
TECHINT	Technical Intelligence
TENCAP	Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
TF	Task Force
TFI	Total Family Income
TFR	Terrain Following Radar
TG	Task Group
TIALD	Target Identification Airborne Laser Designation
TIC	Target Information Center
TMA TRICARE	Management Activity
TO	Theater of Operations
TOA	Table of Allowance
TOF	Time of Flight
TOT	Time on Target
TOW	Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-Guided
TQ	Tactical Questioning
TRANSCOM	Transportation Command
TRANSEC	Transmission Security
TRAP	Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel
TRICARE	Military Health Care Program
TRP	Target Reference Point
TRV	Tank Recovery Vehicle
TSOC	Theater Special Operations Command
TSP	Thrift Savings Plan
TSSAM	Tri-Service Stand-off Attack Missile
TTT	Time to Target
TU	Task Unit
UA	Unmanned Aircraft
UAS	Unmanned Aircraft System
UAV	Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UCAV	Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle
UCMJ	Uniform Code of Military Justice
UCP	Unified Command Plan
UCX	Unemployment Compensation for Ex-Servicemembers
UETF	Unified Exchange Task Force
UHF	Ultra-High Fequency (300MHz to 3 GHz)
UIC	Unit Identification Code
UJTL	Universal Joint Task List
ULN	Unit Line Number
UN	United Nations
USAAC	United States Army Air Corps
USAAF	United States Army Air Forces
USAF	United States Air Force
USAFE	United States Air Force in Europe
USCG	United States Coast Guard
USDA	U.S. Department of Agriculture
USERRA	Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
USFHP	U.S. Family Health Plan
USMC	United States Marine Corps
USMTF	United States Message Text Format
USN	United States Navy
USNS	United States Naval Ship
USW	Undersea Warfare
UTC	Unit Type Code
UXO	Unexploded Explosive Ordnance
V/STOL	Vertical or Short Take-Off and Landing
VA	U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
VA	Vulnerability Assessment
VANF	VA National Formulary
VBIED	Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device
VDU	Visual Display Unit
VHA	Veterans Health Administration
VHF	Very High Frequency (3 to 300MHz)
VI	visual information
VISA	Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement
VISN	Veterans Integrated Service Network
VistA	Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture
VSEL	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering LTD
VSO	Veteran Service organization
VTAS	Voice, Throttle and Stick
VTOL	Vertical Take-Off and Landing
WARM	Wartime Reserve Modes
WARNORD	Warning Order
WEZ	Weapon Engagement Zone
WG	Working Group
WIC	Women, Infants and Children
WLG	Washington Liaison Group
WMD	Weapons of Mass Destruction
WO	Warrant Officer
WSO	Weapon System Operator (or Weapon System Officer)
XO	Executive Officer
YOS	Years of Service

The DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms should be used for sourcing the approved Department of Defense (DOD) terminology for general use by all DOD components.