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The military and
government are famous for using - or overusing - abbreviations and acronyms for designating equipment, programs,
and agencies. These eight pages are chock full of nearly every commonly used abbreviations and acronyms used by
the U.S. military (at least up through around the year 2000).
A2: Air Force Intelligence Staff Officer (component level) AA: (1) Attack Assessment; (2)
Attrition Analysis; (3) Antiaircraft; (4) Avenue of Approach; (5) Automatic Associator
AAA: (1) Antiaircraft Artillery; (2) Air Avenue of Approach AAAOB: Antiaircraft Artillery Order of Battle
AABNCP: Advanced Airborne National Command Post AAC: Alaskan Air Command
AACB: Aeronautics and Astronautics Coordinating Board AACE: Army Alternate Command and Control Element
AACOMS: Army Area Communications System AACS: Attitude and Antenna Control Subsystem
AAD: Airborne Assault Division AADC: (1) Army Air Defense Command; (2) Area Air Defense Commander AADCCS
Area Air Defense Command and Control System AADP: Area Air Defense Plan
AADS: Antiaircraft Defense System AAE: Army Acquisition Executive AAF: Army Airfield
AAFES: Army & Air Force Exchange Service AAFIF: Automated Air Facilities Information File
AAG: Army Artillery Group AAI: Air-to-Air Intercept AAIFF: Air-to-Air Identification Friend or Foe
AAM: Air-to-Air Missile AAO: Analysis of the Area of Operations AAR: (1) Active Array Radar; (2) After
Action Report AAS: Analyst Automation Segment AASLT: Air Assault
AATS: Automated Architecture Tool Suite AAVS: Aerospace Audiovisual Service AAW: Anti Air Warfare
AAWC: Anti Air Warfare Commander AB: Air Base AB2: Air Battle Command System (ABCS) Brigade and Below
ABC: Airborne Corps ABCCC: Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center ABCOMM: Alternate/Backup
Communications ABCS: Army Battle Command System ABIC: Army Battlefield Interface Concept ABIT: (1)
Airborne Imagery Transmission; (2) Airborne Information Transmission Program ABM: (1) Antiballistic Missile;
(2) Automatic Building Machines ABMA: Army Ballistic Missile Agency ABN/Abn: Airborne ABNCP: (1)
Airborne Command Post; (2) Airborne National Command Post ABR: Available Bit Rate ABW: Air Base Wing
AC: (1) Air Crew; (2) Active Component; (3) Air Conditioning; (4) Alternating Current A/C: Aircraft A2C2:
Army Airspace Communications and Control AC-130: AFSOF Spectre Gunship AC2SMAN: Alaskan Command and
Control System Military Automated Network AC2MP: Army Command and Control Master Plan
ACA: (1) Alternate Command Authority; (2) Airspace Control Authority ACAAM: Air Courses of Action Assessment
Model ACACS: Army Command and Area Communications System ACAT: Acquisition Category
ACC: (1) Access Control Center; (2) Air Control Center; (3) Aviation Component Commander;
(4) Air Component Commander, (5) Air Combat Command; (6) Army Component Command ACCB: Army
Configuration Control Board ACCHAN: Allied Command Channel ACCIS: Allied Command and Control Information
System ACCISS: (1) Automated Command and Control Intelligence Support System; (2) Alaskan C2 Intelligence
Support System
ACCO: Army Central Control Office ACCS: (1) Airborne Command and Control Squadron; (2) Airborne Command and
Control System; (3) Advanced Communications Control System ACDA: Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency ACDS: Advanced Combat Direction system ACDUTRA: Active Duty Training ACE: (1) Allied Command,
Europe; (2) Advance Communications Element; (3) Aviation Combat Element; (4) Analysis Control Element;
(5) Assistant Corps of Engineers; (6) Airborne Command Element ACES: Automated Command and Control
Evaluation System ACEVAL: Air Combat Evaluation ACF: Alternate Command Facility ACFT: Aircraft
ACI: Airborne Controlled Intercept ACINT: Acoustic Intelligence ACIS: Arms Control Intelligence Staff
ACL: Access Control List ACLANT: Allied Commander Atlantic ACO: (1) Access Control Officer; (2) Airspace
Control Officer ACOC: (1) Area Communications Operations Center; (2) Air Combat Operations Center ACOM:
Atlantic Command ACOS: Assistant Chief of Staff ACOS/I: Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence (Navy)
ACOUSTINT: Acoustical Intelligence ACP: (1) Alternate Command Post; (2) Assault CP; (3) Allied Communications
Publications; (4) Airspace Control Plan ACPERS: Army Civilian Personnel System ACQ: Acquisition ACR:
(1) Armored Cavalry Regiment; (2) Automated Change Recognition ACS: (1) Afloat Correlation System; (2) Aerial
Common Sensor; (3) AUTODIN Switching Center; (4) Airborne COMINT: System; (5) Assistant Chief of
Staff ACS/I: Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence ACSA: Allied Communications Security Agency
ACSB: Amphibious Contingency Support Briefs ACSC: Air Command and Staff College ACSI: Assistant Chief of
Staff Intelligence, HQ USAF ACT: (1) Air Combat Tactics; (2) Advanced Concepts and Technology Program
ACTD: Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration ACTEDS: Army Civilian Training, Education, & Development
System ACTS: (1) Advanced Communications Technology; (2) Advanced Communications Technology
Satellite ACUS: (1) Area Common User Systems; (2) Army Common User System ACV: (1) Armored Command
Vehicle; (2) Air Cushion Vehicle; (3) Armored Combat Vehicle ACW: (1) Aircraft Control and Warning; (2)
Anticarrier Warfare; (3) Air Control Wing
AD: (1) Air Defense; (2) Destroyer Tender; (3) Air Division; (4) Artillery Division; (5) Active Duty A/D:
Analog/Digital ADA:Air Defense Artillery ADACP: Alcohol & Drug Abuse Control Program ADAPCP: Alcohol &
Drug Abuse Prevention & Control Program ADAPT: Automated Decisionmaking and Program Timeline ADARS: Army
Defense Acquisition Regulation Supplement
ADATS: Air Defense Antitank System ADBT: Advanced Data Base Technology ADC: (1) Aide-de-Camp; (2) Air
Direction Center; (3) Assistant Division Commander; (4) Air Data Computer; (5) Air Defense
Coordinator ADCAP: Advanced Capability ADCC: Air Defense Command Center ADCCP: Advanced Data
Communications Control Procedures ADCOM: (1) Aerospace Defense Command (now SPACECOM); (2) Administrative
Command ADCON: Administrative Control
ADCSOPS: Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans ADD: (1) Air Defense District; (2)
Assistant Deputy Director (DIA) ADDIS: Advanced Deployable Digital Imagery System ADDISS: Advanced
Deployable Digital Imagery Support System ADDO: Associate Deputy Director of Operations
ADDO(MA): Associate Deputy Director of Operations for Military Affairs (DIA) ADDO(MS): Associate Deputy
Director of Operations for Military Support (NSA) ADDS: Army Data Distribution System
ADDU: Additional Duty ADE: (1) Audio Deception Emitter; (2) Aerial Delivery Equipment
ADEW: Airborne Directed Energy Weapons ADF: Automatic Direction Finding ADFH: Air Deployable Forward
Headquarters ADG: Deperming Ship ADI: Air Defense Initiative ADIC: Aerospace Defense Intelligence
Center ADIEC: Army Deployable Imagery Exploitation Capability ADIO: Additional Duty Intelligence Officer
ADISS: Advanced Defense Intelligence Support System
ADIZ: Air Defense Identification Zone ADL: (1) Ada Design Language; (2) Armistice Demarcation Line ADLP:
Advanced Datalink Protocol ADM: (1) Atomic Demolition Munitions; (2) Advanced Development Model; (3)
Acquisition Decision Memorandum Admin: Administration/Administrative
ADN: ACE DGZ Number (NATO) ADNET: Antidrug Network ADOC: Air Defense Operations Center
ADP: (1) Automated Data Processing; (2) Airborne Data Processing ADP-MIS: Automated Data Processing
Management Information System ADP-T: (1) Automated Data Processing and Associated Telecommunications;
(2) Automated Data Processing and Associated Training ADPCM: Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code
Modulation
ADPE: Automated Data Processing Equipment ADPS: (1) ASARS Deployable Processing Station; (2) Automated Data
Processing System ADPSSM: Automated Data Processing Systems Security Manual
ADPSSO: ADP Special Security Officer ADPSSP: Automated Data Processing System Security Program
ADRG: Advanced Digitized Raster Graphics ADRI: Arc Digital Raster Imagery ADS: (1) Automated Data
System; (2) Air Defense Sector; (3) Airlift Defensive System; (4) Acoustic SOF Detection System; (5)
Advanced Distributed Simulation ADSS: Aerospace Defense Systems Subcommittee ADSTAR: Advanced Document
Storage & Retrieval System ADSW: Active Duty for Special Work ADT: (1) Active Duty For Training; (2)
Additional Duty Training ADTLP: Army Doctrine and Training Literature Program ADTOC: Air Defense Tactical
Operations Center
ADTS: Adversary Threat Squadron ADV: Advance(d) ADVAL: Air Defense Evaluation Test
ADVON: Advanced Echelon ADW: Air Defense Warning ADX: Air Defense Exercise ADZ: Air Defense Zone
AE: (1) Atomic Energy; (2) Assault Echelon; (3) Ammunition Ship; (4) Aerial Exploitation; Application
Entity AEAO: Airborne Emergency Action Officer AEB: Aerial Exploitation Battalion AEC: ASARS
Exploitation Cell AEDS: Atomic Energy Detection System AEELS: (1) Automatic ELINT Emitter Location System;
(2) Airborne ELINT Emitter Location System AEICC: Area Emergency Information Coordination Center AEM:
Missile Tender AEMS: Automated Edge Measurement System AEN: Arbitrary ELINT Notation AEOS: Advanced
Electro-Optical Sensor AEROFLOT: Former Soviet Union Civil Airline AES: (1) Atomic Energy Site; (2)
Airborne ELINT System AESC: Aerospace Environmental Support Center AETC: Air Education and Training
Command AETCAE: Army Europe Technical Control and Analysis Element AEV: Armored Engineer Vehicle AEW:
Airborne Early Warning AEW&C: Airborne Early Warning and Control AF: (1) Air Force; (2) Armed Forces; (3)
Stores Ship AFAC: Airborne Forward Air Controller AF: ACSI Air Force Chief of Staff Intelligence
AFAITC: Armed Forces Air Intelligence Training Center (Goodfellow AFB, TX) AFAL: Air Force Armament Laboratory
AFAMPE: USAF Automated Message Processing Exchange AFAMRL: Air Force Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory
AFAP: Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile AFARN: Air Force Air Request Net AFAS: Advanced Field Artillery
System
AFATDS: Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System AFB: (1) Air Force Base; (2) Airframe Bulletin; (3)
Antifriction Bearing AFC: (1) Automatic Frequency Control; (2) All-source Fusion Center (Marine Corps)
AFC4A: USAF Command, Control, Communications and Computer Agency AFCA: Air Force Collection Assets AFCC:
(1) Air Force Communications Command; (2) Air ForceComponent Command AFCEA: Armed Forces Communications
Electronics Association AFCENT: Allied Forces Central Europe (NATO) AFCS: (1) Automatic Flight Control
System; (2) Army Facility Component System AFCSC: Air Force Cryptologic Support Center AFDB: Auxiliary
Floating Drydock (large)
AFDD: Air Force Doctrine Document AFDIGS: Air Force Digital Graphic Systems AFDL: Auxiliary Floating
Drydock (small) AFDM: Auxiliary Floating Drydock (medium) AFDT: AEELS Fixed Downlink Terminal AFEOC:
Air Force Emergency Operations Center AFEWC: Air Force Electronic Warfare Center AFFIS: Airfield
Facilities Information System AFFOR: Air Force (Component) Forces
AFGCCS: USAF Global Command and Control System AFGL: Air Force Geophysics Laboratory
AFGWC: Air Force Global Weather Central AFGWC/FNOC: Air Force Global Weather Center/Fleet Numerical Operations
Center AFGWS: Air Force Ground Weather Stations AFIA: Air Force Intelligence Agency AFIC: (1) Air
Force Information Center; (2) Air Force Intelligence Command; (3) Air Force Intelligence Center
AFICE: Air Forces Iceland AFICP: Air Force Intelligence Communications Plan AFIES: Armed Forces Imagery
Exploitation System AFIISP: Air Force Intelligence Information Systems Plan AFIO: Association of Former
Intelligence Officers AFIP: Air Force Intelligence Plan AFIS: Air Force Intelligence Service/Study
AFISA: Air Force Intelligence Support Agency AFIT: Air Force Institute of Technology AFITC: Air Force
Intelligence Training Center AFIWC: Air Force Information Warfare Center AFLAN: AFSOC Local/Wide Area
Network
AFLANT: U.S. Air Forces, Atlantic AFLC: Air Force Logistics Command AFLE: Air Force Liaison Element
AFLO: Air Force Liaison Office AFM: Air Force Manual AFMD/GF: Air Forces of the Military District/Group of
Forces AFMC: Air Force Materiel Command AFMIC: Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center AFMPC: Air
Force Military Personnel Center AFMSIS: Air Force Modeling and Simulation Information System AFMSS: Air
Force Mission Support System AFNET: (1) Air Force Network; (2) Air Force Data Network AFNORTH: Allied
Forces Northern Europe (NATO)
AFNORTHWEST: (1) Allied Forces Northwest Europe (NATO); (2) Air Forces Northwest Region
AFOC: Air Force Operations Center AFOE: Assault Follow-On Echelon AFOSI: Air Force Office of Special
Investigations AFOSP: Air Force Office of Security Police AFOSR: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
AFOTEC: Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center AFR: (1) Air Force Reserve; (2) Air Force Regulation
AFRES: Air Force Reserve AFS: (1) Air Force Station; (2) Combat Stores Ship AFSAA: Air Force Studies and
Analyses Agency AFSAC: Air Force Special Activities Center AFSAT: Air Force Satellite AFSATCOM: Air
Force Satellite Communications System AFSC: (1) Air Force Systems Command; (2) Air Force Specialty Code; (3)
Armed Forces Staff College AFSCOORD: Assistant Fire Support Coordinator AFSCF: Air Force Satellite Control
Facility AFSCN: Air Force Satellite Control Network AFSIP: Air Force Satellite Intelligence Program
AFSOB: Air Force Special Operations Base AFSOC: Air Force Special Operations Command AFSOD: Air Force
Special Operations Detachment AFSOE: Air Force Special Operations Element AFSOF: Air Force Special
Operations Forces AFSOS: Air Force Special Operations School
AFSOUTH: Allied Forces Southern Europe (NATO) AFSOUTHCOM: Air Force Southern Command
AFSPACECOM: Air Force Space Command AFSPC: Air Force Space Command AFSPCIP: Air Force Space Command
Intelligence Plan AFSPOC: Air Force Space Operations Center AFSSE: Air Force Space Surveillance Element
AFSST: Air Force Space Support Team AFSTC: Air Force Space Technology Center AFTAC: Air Force Technical
Applications Center AFTACIES: Air Force Tactical Imagery Exploitation System AFTF: Air Force Task Force
AFTFWC: Air Force Tactical Fighter Weapons Center AFV: Armored Fighting Vehicle AF/VC: Air Force Vice
Chief of Staff AFWAL: Air Force Wright Aeronautical Laboratory AFWARNS: Air Force Warning System
AFWCCS: Air Force Wing Command and Control System AFWL: Air Force Weapons Laboratory AG: (1) Adjutant
General; (2) Miscellaneous Auxiliary Ship AGARD: Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (NATO)
AGB: Icebreaker AGC: Automatic Gain Control AGCCS: Army’s Global Command and Control System AGDS:
Deep Submergence Support Ship AGE: Experimental Auxiliary AGEF: Frigate Research Ship AGEH:
Experimental Auxiliary (Hydrofoil) AGER: Intelligence Research Ship AGES: Advanced Ground Exploitation
System AGF: Miscellaneous Command Ship AGHS: Patrol Combatant Support Ship AGI: Intelligence
Collection Ship AGL: (1) Buoy Tender; (2) Above Ground Level AGM: (1) Air-to-Ground Missile; (2) Missile
Range Instrumentation Ship
AGMR: Major Communications Relay Ship AGMS: Armored Ground Mobility System AGOR: Oceanographic Research
Ship AGOS: (1) Ocean Surveillance Ship; (2) Air-Ground Operations School (NATO); (3) Air-Ground
Operations System AGP: Patrol Craft Tender AGR: Army Guard Reserve AGS: (1) Hydrographic Survey Ship;
(2) FSU Automatic Grenade Launcher AGT: Agent AGZ: Actual Ground Zero AH: (1) Hospital Ship; (2)
Alternate Headquarters AHFEWS: Army High Frequency Electronic Warfare System AI: (1) Airborne Intercept;
(2) Air Intelligence; (3) Artificial Intelligence; (4) Air Interdiction; (5) Airborne Interceptors; (6)
Area of Interest; (7) All-Source Intelligence A3I: Accelerated Architecture Acquisition Initiative AIA:
(1) Army Intelligence Agency; (2) ACE Intelligence Architecture; (3) ACE Interface Architecture; (4) Air
Intelligence Agency AIAA: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics AIA/IRD: Air Intelligence
Agency/Intelligence Reserve Detachment AIAWS: Automated Intelligence Analyst Workstation AIB: Atlantic
Intelligence Board AIC: (1) Atlantic Intelligence Command; (2) Afloat Intelligence Center AICBM:
Anti-Intercontinental Ballistic Missile AID: (1) U.S. Agency for International Development; (2) Aerospace
Information Digest; (3) Army Information Digest; (4) Accident, Incident, Deficiencies; (5) Active
Integral Defense
AIDES: (1) Analyst Intelligence Information Display and Exploitation System; (2) Automated
Intelligence Display and Exploitation System AIDS: (1) Acoustic Intelligence Data System; (2) Advanced
Identification System; (3) Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIF: (1) Automated Installations
Intelligence File; (2) Army Industrial Fund; (3) Airfield Installation File; (4) Air Intelligence
Flight; (5) Automated Installation File AIFV: Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle AIG: (1) Address Indicator
Group; (2) Air Intelligence Group AIIC: Advanced Imagery Interpretation Course AIIF: Automated
Installation Intelligence File AIIRS: Automated Intelligence Information Retrieval System AIM: (1) Air
Intercept Missile; (2) Active Inert Missile (3) ADCOM Intelligence Memorandum AIMD: Aircraft
Intermediate Maintenance Department AIMP: (1) Army Intelligence Management Plan; (2) Army Intelligence Master
Plan; (3) Advanced Imagery Management Program; (4) Automated Information Management
Program AIMTB: Artificial Intelligence Module Testbed
AIN: Advanced Intelligence Network AIO: Air Intelligence Officer AIOEC: Association of Iron Ore
Exporting Countries AIP: (1) Architecture Implementation Plan; (2) Anti-Surface-Warfare Improvement Program
AIPR: Automated Information Processing Request AIR: American Institute for Research AIRA: Air Attache
AIRCENT: (1) Air Forces Central Region (NATO); (2) Allied Air Forces Central Europe AIRCOM: Air Command
AIRCOMTERM: Airborne Communications Terminal
AIRES: Advanced Imagery Requirements and Exploitation System AIRES: II Airborne Reconnaissance Electronic
System II AIREW: Airborne Infrared Early Warning AIRK: Area Interswitch Rekeying Key AIRLO: Air
Liaison Officer AIRREQRECON: Air Request Reconnaissance AIR: (1) Replenishment Oiler; (2) American
Institute of Research AIRS: (1) Advanced Inertial Reference Sphere; (2) Automated Information
Retrieval Systems AIRTAPS: Aerial Imagery Reconnaissance Tracking and Plotting System AIS: (1) Automated
Indicator System; (2) Advanced Indications Structure; (3) Advanced Indications System; (4) Army
Intelligence Survey; (5) Automated Information System; (6) Air Intelligence Squadron AISA: Automated
Intelligence Support Activity AISS: Automated Information Systems Security AIST: Air Intelligence Support
Team AITE: Advanced Indications Technology Experiment AIU: Army Interrogation Unit AIWO: Air
Intelligence Warning Officer AIWS: Advanced Interdiction Weapon System AJ: Antijamming
AJCC: Alternate Joint Communications Center AJFP: Adaptive Joint Force Package AJNPE: Airborne Joint
Nuclear Planning Element A/JSIC: Alternate JSIC AK: (1) Cargo Ship; (2) FSU Kalashnikov Family of Assault
Rifles; (3) Automatic Remote Rekeying AKA: Also Known As AKDC: Automatic Key Distribution Center
AKD/RCU: Automatic Key Distribution/Rekeying Control Unit
AKL: Light Cargo Ship AKM: (1) Apogee Kick Motor; (2) AK-47 Assault Rifle AKMC: Automated Key Management
Center AKMS: Automated Key Management System AKR: Vehicle Cargo Ship
AKTCAE: Army Korea Technical Control And Analysis Element ALAIRCOM: Alaskan Air Command
ALARM: Alert, Locate and Report Missiles ALASAT: Air-Launched Antisatellite ALASCOM: Alaskan
Communications Inc. ALB: Air-Land Battle Doctrine (FM 100-5) ALBM: Air-Launched Ballistic Missile ALC:
Accounting Legend Code ALCATS: Automated Lines of Communication and Target System ALCC: Airlift Control
Center ALCE: Airlift Control Element ALCM: Air-Launched Cruise Missile ALCOM: Alaskan Command
ALCOP: Alternate Command Post ALCOR: ARPA Lincoln C-Band Observable Radar ALCS: Airborne Launch Control
System ALD: Airlift Division ALE: (1) AIRES Lifecycle Extension; (2) Automated Link Establishment
ALERT: Attack and Launch Early Report to Theater (AF) ALES: AIRES Life Extension System ALF: Auxiliary
Landing Field
ALFA: Advanced Liaison Forward Area ALL: Airborne Laser Laboratory ALMS: Automated Logistics Management
System ALO: (1) Air Liaison Officer; (2) Authorized Level of Organization ALOC(S): Air Line(s) of
Communication ALPS: Accidental Launch Protection System ALRAAM: Air-Launched Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile
ALRP-S: Army Long-Range Plan for Space ALRPG: Army Long-Range Planning Guidance ALS: (1) Active Laser
Seeker; (2) Airborne Link Segment ALSA: Air-Land-Sea Application (Center) ALSS: Advanced Location Strike
System ALT: (1) Alternate; (2) Altitude
ALTAlR: ARPA Long-Range Tracking and Instrumentation Radar ALTREV: Altitude Reservation
ALUSNA: American Legation U.S. Naval Attache ALUSNLO: American Legation U.S. Naval Liaison Officer ALWT:
Advanced Lightweight Torpedo ALWTIC: Annual Land Warfare Technical Intelligence Conference AM: (1) Ante
Meridian (Before Noon); (2) Amplitude Modulation; (3) Asset Manager; (4) Aerographers Mate AMAB: Air
Mobile Assault Brigade AMASS: (1) Advanced Marine Airborne SlGlNT System; (2) Advanced Marine Air Support
System AMBISS: Automated Map-Based Intelligence Support System AMC: (1) Airspace Management and Control;
(2) Army Materiel Command (Formerly DARCOM); (3) Air Mobility Command; (4) Air Mission Commander
AMCC: (1) Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications; (2) Ashore Mobile Command Center
AMC/IN: AMC Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence AMCIT: American Citizen AMCM: Airborne Mine
Countermeasures AMD: Activated Metal Decoy AMDT: AEELS Mobile Downlink Terminal
AME: Airspace Management Element AMEMB: American Embassy AMETS: Artillery Meteorological System AMF:
Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (NATO) AMH: Automated Message Handling
AMHA: Army Management Headquarters Activity AMHS: Automated Message Handling System
AMIDS: Airborne Mine Detection System AMIM: Army Modernization Information Memorandum AMIP: Army Model
Improvement Plan AMIRS: Army Multispectral Imagery Requirements Study AMIS: Advanced Microwave Imaging
Sensor AMM: Army Modernization Memorandum Ammo Ammunition AMMS: (1) Allowance Material Management System;
(2) Acquisition Milestone Management System AMOPES: Army Mobilization and Operations Planning and Execution
System AMOPS: Army Mobilization Operations and Planning System AMOS: Air Force Maui Optical System
AMP: (1) Amplification; (2) Army Modernization Plan; (3) Acquisition Master Plan AMPDS: Automated Message
Processing Dissemination System
AMPE: Automated Message Processing Exchange AMPHI: Aerial Mission Photographic Indoctrination
AMPHIB: Amphibious AMPL: Amplitude AMPS: (1) Automated Mission Planning System; (2) Automated Message
Processing System; (3) Aim Point System AMRAAM: Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
AMRWS: Advanced Remote Miniaturized Weather Station AMS: (1) Automated Message System; (2) Auto-Manual System;
(3) Autonomous Message Switch; (4) Advanced Mapping Spectrometer AMSAT: Amateur Radio Satellite
AMSC: Advanced Military Spaceflight Capability
AMS-H: Advanced Missile System Heavy AMSSA: Assured Mission Support Space Architecture
AMST: Advanced Medium STOL Transport AMT: ACTS Mobile Terminal AMTF: Airmobile Task Force AMTP: Army
Mission Training Plan AMU: Astronaut Maneuvering Unit AMW: Amphibious Warfare AN: (1) Net Tender; (2)
Army/Navy ANALIT: Analyst-to-Analyst Message Format
ANC: African National Congress ANCC: (1) Ashore Navy Communications Capability; (2) Automated Network Control
Center ANDVT: Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal ANEX: Analyst-to-Analyst Exchange Message Format
ANFO: Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil ANG: Air National Guard ANGB: Army National Guard Base ANGLlCO: Air
and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company ANL: Net-Laying Ship ANLYS: Analysis ANMCC: Alternate National
Military Command Center ANMIC: Alternate National Military Intelligence Center ANR: (1) Alaskan NORAD
Region; (2) Active Noise Reduction
ANRPC: Association of Natural Rubber-Producing Countries ANSI: American National Standards Institute
ANVIS: Aviator’s Night Vision Imaging System AN/VRC: Army Navy Vehicle Radio Communications ANZUS:
Australia, New Zealand, United States AO: (1) Action Officer; (2) Oiler; (3) Authenticator Organization; (4)
Area of Operations; (5) Aerial Observer AOA: (1) Amphibious Objective Area; (2) Angle of Attack; (3)
Angle of Arrival; (4) Airborne Optical Adjunct AOB: (1) Air Order of Battle; (2) Advanced
Operational Base
AOBTS: Air Order of Battle Textual Summary AOC: (1) Air Officer Commanding (U.K.); (2) Air Operations Center;
(3) Army Operations Center AOCC: Area Operations Control Center AOCS: Aviation Officers Candidate School
AOE: Fast Combat Support Ship AOFDA: U.S. AID Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance AOG: Gasoline Tanker
AOI: (1) Area of Influence; (2) Area of Interest AOIC: Assistant Officer in Charge AOIR: (1) ACE
Operational Intelligence Requirements; (2) Area of Intelligence Responsibility AOL: Area of Limitation
AO&M/NM: Administration, Operations, and Maintenance/Network Management AOO: Air Operations Order AOP: (1)
Area of Probability; (2) Air Operations Plan AOR: Area of Responsibility AOS: (1) Special Liquids Tanker;
(2) Amphibious Objective Study; (3) Area of Separation AOSG: Amphibious Operation Support Graphic
AOSS: Automated Office Support System AOT: Transport Oiler AOTF: Acoustic-Optic Tunable Filter AP:
(1) Armor-Piercing; (2) Air Police; (3) Transport Ship; (4) Associated Press; (5) Ammonium Perchlorate;
(6) Antipersonnel; (7) Application Processor AP-I: Armor Piercing Incendiary APB: (1) Self-Propelled
Barracks Ship; (2) All Points Bulletin; (3) Antipersonnel Bomb; (4) Acquisition Program Baseline
APC: (1) Armored Personnel Carrier; (2) Area of Positive Control; (3) Adaptive Predictive Coding APCC:
Alternate Processing and Correlation Center APFSDS: Armor-Piercing, Fin-Stabilized, Discarding Sabot
APHIS: USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service APL: (1) Barracks Craft (non self-propelled); (2)
Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins University) APM: Army Program Memorandum APMS: (1)
Automated Production Management System; (2) Advanced Precision Measurement System APO: (1) Army
Post Office; (2) Air Post Office APOD: Aerial Port of Debarkation
APOE: Aerial Port of Embarkation APORTS: Aerial Ports File (JOPES) APP: Application
APPS: Applications Appl: Application Approx Approximately APPS: Analytical Photogrammetric Position
System APS: (1) ASARS-II Processing Segment; (2) Air Planning System APT: (1) Automatic Picture
Transmission; (2) Airport APU: Auxiliary Power Unit APVO: FSU Air Defense Aviation
APW: American Prisoner of War AQF: Advanced QUICKFIX AR: (1) Advanced Readiness; (2) Army Regulation;
(3) Action Required; (4) Repair Ship; (5) Agent Report; (6) Army Reserve; (7) Army ARABSAT: Arab
Satellite (Communications Organization)
ARB: Battle Damage Repair Ship ARC: (1) Cable Ship; (2) Acquisition Review Committee; (3) Armored
Reconnaissance Carrier; (4) Air Reserve Component
ARCENT: U.S. Army Forces Central Command ARCENT-K: USACENT forward element-Kuwait
ARCENT-SA USACENT forward element-Saudi Arabia ARCH: Architecture ARCOM: Army Command
ARDC: Air Research and Development Command AREC: Air Element Coordinator ARCS: (1) Automated
Reproduction and Collating System; (2) Acquisition Radar and Control System ARD: Auxiliary Repair Drydock
ARDF: Airborne Radio Direction Finding ARDM: Auxiliary Repair Drydock AREPT: Agent Report ARF:
Airborne Relay Facility ARFCOS: Armed Forces Courier Service ARFOR: Army Force(s) ARG: (1) Amphibious
Readiness Group; (2) Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ship
ARIS: Advanced Range Instrumentation Ship ARL: (1) Landing Craft Repair Ship; (2) Airborne Reconnaissance
Low; (3) Army Research Lab; (4) Aerial Reconnaissance Liaison ARL-I: Airborne Reconnaissance
Low-Imagery ARLANT: U.S. Army Forces, LANTCOM ARLEA: Army Logistics Evaluation Agency ARLO: Air
Reconnaissance Liaison Officer
ARM: (1) Antiradiation Missile; (2) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement ARMA: Army Attache
ARMISE: Army Reserve Military Intelligence Support Element ARMLO: Army Liaison Officer
ARMS: Automated Resource Management System ARNG: Army National Guard ARO: (1) Area Records Officer; (2)
Auxiliary Readout ARP: Alert Response Plan ARPA: Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPAC: Army Pacific
ARPANET: Advanced Research Projects Agency Network ARPS: Advanced Radar Processing System ARPV: Advanced
Remotely Piloted Vehicle ARR: Radiological Repair Ship ARRC: (1) ACE Rapid Reaction Corps; (2) Allied
Rapid Reaction Corps ARRN: Andean Ridge Radar Network ARRS: Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service ARS:
(1) Salvage and Rescue Ship; (2) Aerial Reconnaissance and Surveillance; (3) Airborne Receiver System;
(4) Air Rescue Service ARSA: (1) Annual Reevaluation of Safe Areas; (2) Airborne Reconnaissance
and Surveillance Architecture ARSGS: Airborne Reconnaissance SIGINT Ground Systems ARSO: Assistant
Regional Security Officer ARSOA: Army Special Operations Aviation ARSOC: Army Special Operations Command
ARSOF: Army Special Operations Forces
ARSOFE: Army Special Operations Forces, Europe ARSOFSUPCOM: Army Special Operations Forces Support Command
ARSOTF: Army Special Operations Task Force ARSP: Advanced Reconnaissance Support Program ARSPACE: Army
Space Command ARSPACECOM: Army Space Command ARSPOC: Army Space Operations Center ARSST: Army Space
Command Space Support Team ARSTAF: Army Staff
ART: (1) Aerial Reconnaissance Team; (2) Amateur Radio Transceiver ARTADS: Army Tactical Data System
ARTAS-K: Army Training and Support-Kuwait (former name for ARCENT-K) ARTBASS: Army Training Battle Simulation
Systems ARTCC: Air Route Traffic and Control Center ARTEP: (1) Army Readiness Training Evaluation Program;
(2) Army Training and Evaluation Program ARTISS: Advanced Requirements Tasking Information and Support System
ARTPP: Airborne Reconnaissance Technology Program Plan ARTS: Automated Remote Tracking Station ARTY:
Artillery ARV: (1) Armored Recovery Vehicle; (2) Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle; (3) Aircraft Repair Ship
ARW: Air Refueling Wing AS: (1) Submarine Tender; (2) Air Surveillance; (3) Analysis Subsystem; (4) Air
Station; (5) Anti Spoofing; (6) Advanced Sensors ASA: Army Space Agency ASA: (M&RA)Assistant
Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs)
ASAB: All-Source Analysis Branch ASAC: All-Source Analysis Center ASAP: (1) As Soon As Possible; (2)
Advanced Sensor Applications Program ASAR: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar
ASARC: Army Systems Acquisition Review Council ASARS: Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System ASART:
(1) AEELS Support Analysis Reporting Terminal; (2) Analysis Support and Reporting Terminal ASAS: All-Source
Analysis System ASAS-AS: All-Source Analysis System All-Source Workstation ASAS-E: All-Source Analysis
System-Extended ASAS-SS: All-Source Analysis System Single-Source Workstation ASAS-W: All-Source Analysis
System WARRIOR ASAT: (1) Antisatellite; (2) Antisatellite Treaty; (3) Advance Satellite Antenna Technology
ASB: (1) Air Surveillance Broadcast; (2) Army Science Board ASC: (1) AUTODlN Switching Center; (2) Army
Service Component; (3) Army Space Command; (4) Advanced Systems Course
ASCAMP: Advanced Single-Channel Manpack ASCII: American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASCC: (1) Air Standardization Coordinating Committee; (2) Alternate Space Control Center
ASCII: American National Standard Code for Information Interchange ASCM: Antiship Cruise Missile
ASCON: Automatic Switched Communications Network ASD: Assistant Secretary of Defense
ASD: (C3I) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence)
ASD: (C4I) Assistant Secretary of Defense (Command, Control, Communications, Computers and
Intelligence) ASD: (ISA) Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
ASD: (S&R) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Requirements ASD: (SO/LIC) Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict ASDC: Advanced Space Data Corporation ASDEP:
Army Space Exploitation Demonstration Programs ASDIA: All-Source Document Index ASDIAZ: All-Source
Document Index Automated File-Compartmented ASDIAZO: All-Source Document Index Automated File-ORCON ASDIC:
Armed Services Documents Intelligence Center
ASDS: (1) Automated SlGlNT Dissemination System; (2) Advanced SEAL Delivery System ASDV: Auxiliary SEAL
Delivery Vehicle ASE: (1) Aircraft Survivability Equipment; (2) Airborne Support Element
ASEAN: Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASED: Army Space Exploitation Demonstration
ASEDP: Army Space Exploitation Demonstration Program ASEMA: Army Special Electronic Mission Aircraft
ASF: All-Source Format ASFC: All-Source Fusion Center ASG: Area Support Group
ASGOBS: Army Standard Ground Order of Battle System ASI: (1) Additional Skill Indicator; (2) U.S. Army Space
Institute; (3) All-Source Intelligence ASIC: All-Source Intelligence Center
ASICC All-Source Intelligence Coordinating Center ASIDS: Airborne Secondary Imagery Dissemination System
ASIP: All-Source Imagery Processor ASIPS: Army Standard Intelligence Plotter System ASIS: Army Space
Initiatives Study ASIT: Adaptable Surface Interface Terminal
ASM: (1) Air-to-Surface Missile; (2) Antiship Missile; (3) Attache Support Message ASMD: Antiship Missile
Defense ASMT: Assessment ASN: RDA) Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition)
ASOC: Air Support Operations Center ASOG: Air Support Operations Group ASOS: Air Support Operations
Squadron ASP: Ammunition Supply Point ASPAC: Asian and Pacific Council ASPADOC: Alternate Space
Defense Operations Command ASPB: Assault Patrol Support Boat (Riverine Warfare Craft) ASPIC: Armed
Services Personnel Interrogation Center
ASPJ: Airborne/Advanced Self-Protection Jammer ASPO: Army Space Program Office ASPS: All-Source
Production Section ASR: (1) Submarine Rescue Ship; (2) Airport Surveillance Radar; (3) Adaptive Situation
Recognizer ASRP: (1) Airborne SlGlNT Reconnaissance Program; (2) Airborne SIOP Reconnaissance Plan ASRRS:
Army Survivable, Recovery and Reconstitution System ASSC: Alternate Space Surveillance Center ASSET: All
Source Satellite Evaluation Tool ASSIST: (1) Army System for Standard Intelligence Support Terminals;
(2) Automated Special Security Terminals; (3) Automated Special Security Information
System; (4) Automated Information System Security Incident Support Team ASSM: Antiship Surface
Missile
ASSOTW: Airfields and Seaplane Stations of the World ASSR: Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic
ASST: (1) Antiship Surveillance and Tracking; (2) Assistant ASSW: Antisurface Ship Warfare
ASTAG: Army Service and Technology Advisory Group ASTEC: Advanced Satellite Technology and Extremely High
Frequency Communications ASTERIX: Automated Analyst Support Tools ASTMP: Army Science and Technology
Master Plan ASTP: APOLLO-SOYUZ Test Program ASU: (1) FSU Airborne Self-Propelled Antitank Gun; (2)
Approved for Service Use ASUW: Antisurface Warfare ASU: SWA Administrative Support Unit Southwest Asia
ASUWC: Antisurface Warfare Commander ASV: Armored Support Vehicle ASW: (1) Antisubmarine Warfare; (2)
Aircrew Survival Weapon ASWC: Antisubmarine Warfare Commander ASWCCS: Antisubmarine Warfare Command and
Control System
ASWOC: Antisubmarine Warfare Operations Center ASWTF: Antisubmarine Warfare Task Force AT: (1) Antitank;
(2) Air Transit; (3) Simple Antenna (Electronic Component); (4) Air Technician; (5) Awaiting Transportation; (6)
Antiterrorism, (7) Annual Training ATA: (1) Actual Time of Arrival; (2) Ocean Tug; (3) Air Transport
Association; (4) Advanced Tactical Aircraft; (5) Air Traffic Agency
ATAC: ASAP Technical Advisory Committee ATACC: Advanced Tactical Air Command Center
ATACMS: (U.S.) Army Tactical Missile System ATACMS: ER Army Tactical Missile System Extended Range ATACS:
(1) Analyst-to-Analyst Communications Service; (2) Army Tactical Communications System ATAF: Allied Tactical
Air Force (NATO) ATARS: Advanced Tactical Aerial Reconnaissance System ATAS: (1) Air-To-Air Stinger; (2)
Automatic Terrain Avoidance System ATB: (1) Air Technical Battalion; (2) Advanced Technology Bomber ATBM:
Antitactical Ballistic Missile
ATC: (1) Air Traffic Control; (2) Air Training Command, USAF; (3) Air Target Chart; (4) Mini-Armored Troop Carrier
(Riverine Warfare Craft) ATCAE Army Technical Control and Analysis Element ATCC Air
Traffic Control Center ATCCS Army Tactical Command and Control System ATCH ASW Torpedo-Carrying
Helicopter ATCU Airfield Traffic Control Unit
ATD (1) Actual Time of Departure; (2) Advanced Technology Demonstration ATDB ACE Target Data Base
ATD/IFD Advanced Technology Demonstration/Integrated Feasibility
Demonstration ATDL Automated Tactical Data Link ATDS Airborne Tactical Data System ATE
Automatic Test Equipment ATETS Atomic Heat and Powerplant ATF
(1) Advanced Tactical Fighter; (2) Amphibious Task Force; (3) Fleet Ocean Tug; (4) Aviation Turbine Fuel; (5)
After the Fact ATFD Automated Tactical Fusion Division ATGIN Atomic Ground Intercept ATGL
Antitank Guided Launcher ATGM Antitank Guided Missile ATH
Above The Horizon ATI Automated Tactical Intelligence ATIC Aircraft Technical Intelligence
Conference ATIMS Advanced Technical Information Management System ATL ACE Threat List ATLIS
Airborne Tracking Laser Identification System atm Atmosphere ATM (1) Antitank Missile; (2) Air Target
Materials; (3) Air Target Mosaic; (4) Antitactical Missile; (5) Asynchronous Transfer Mode; (6) Air
Tasking Message A-TM Alpha Team (Special Forces Operational Detachment) ATMDE Army Theater Missile
Defense Element ATMG Arms Transfer Management Group ATMOS Atmospheric Trace Molecules Spectroscopy
ATMP Air Target Materials Program ATO (1) Air Tasking Order; (2) Abort-To-Orbit ATOC Allied
Tactical Operations Center (NATO) AFTOCONF Air Tasking Order Confirmation ATOL Assisted Takeoff &
Landing ATOS Atlantic Theater Operational Intelligence System ATP (1) Allied Tactical Publication
(NATO); (2) Advanced Technology Program; (3) Advanced Tracking Prototype; (4) Advanced
Tactical Planner ATP-FO Automated Tracking Prototype Follow-On ATP/RMBUX
Advance Tracking Prototype/Rocky Mountain Basic UNIX ATR Automatic Target Recognition
ATRS Advanced Tactical Reconnaissance System ATS (1) Salvage and Rescue Ship; (2) Automated Tasking
System; (3) Audit Trail Server; (4) Applications Technology Satellite ATSS
Alaskan Transportable Satellite System AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph
ATT Technical Assistance Training Team ATTCS Army Tactical Command and Control System
ATTD Advanced Technology Transition Demonstration ATTE Assistant Theater Topographic Engineer
ATTG Automated Tactical Target Graphic ATTN/Attn Attention (to the attention of) ATTP ACOM
Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures ATWC Atmospheric Tactical Warning Connectivity AU Air
University AUD Arbitrary Unit Designator AUGTDA Augmentation Table of Distribution and Allowances
AUM Air-to-Underwater Missile AUS Army of the United States AUSA Association of the United
States Army AUSCANUKUS Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States AUSD Assistant Deputy
Under Secretary for Defense AutoID
Automatic Identification AUTODIN Automatic Digital Network AUTOSEC Automation Security
AUTOSEVOCOM Automatic Secure Voice Communications Network AUTOVON Automatic Voice Network AUTUMN
FORGE NATO Exercise AUXCP Auxiliary Command Post AV
(1) Armored Vehicle; (2) Audio-Visual; (3) Air Vehicle; (4) Auxiliary Vector AVCS Attitude and Velocity
Control System AVF All-Volunteer Force AVGAS Aviation Gasoline
AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AVIM Aviation Intermediate Maintenance
AVLB Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge AVMF FSU Naval Aviation AVMT Aviation Maintenance
Trainer AVN Aviation AVP Authorized Vendor Program AVR Aircraft Rescue Vehicle AVSAT
Aviation Satellite System AVSCOM Aviation System Command
AVT Auxiliary Aircraft Landing Training Ship AVUM Aviation Unit Maintenance
AW (1) Air Warning; (2) Automatic Weapon(s); (3) Water Tanker; (4) All-Weather AWACS
Airborne Warning and Control System AWADS Adverse Weather Aerial Delivery System AWARS
All-Weather Reconnaissance System AWC (1) Air War College; (2) Army War College; (3) Air Warfare Center
AWDS Automated Weather Distribution System AWE Advanced Warfighting Experiment AWESS I
Automatic Weapon Effect Signature Simulator AWGN Additive White Gaussian Noise AWIS (1) Army
WWMCCS Information System; (2) Aircraft Wireless Intercom System
AWN Automated Weather Network AWOP (1) Absent Without Pay; (2) Automated Weaponeering Optimization
Program AWS (1) Air Weather Service; (2) Advance Warning System; (3) Analyst Workstation AWSS Area
Weapon Scoring System AWT: Water Transport AWWIMS: Automated Worldwide Warning Indicator Monitoring System
AWX: All-Weather AXAF: Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility AXP: Allied Exercise Publication AXT:
Training Ship AZ: Azimuth |
