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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).
F (1) Fahrenheit; (2) Frequency FA (1) Frontal Aviation (FSU); (2) Field Artillery; (3) Forward
Area; (4) Functional Architecture; (5) Frequency Agile; (6) Full Accounting; (7) Feasibility Assessment FAA
(1) Federal Aviation Agency; (2) Federal Aviation Administration; (3) Foreign Assistance Act FAAD C3I
Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, Communications
and Intelligence FAADS Forward Area Air Defense System FAAR Forward Area Alerting Radar
FAARP Forward Area Armament and Refuel Point FAAS Foreign Affairs Administrative Support FAC
(1) Forward Air Control (Controller); (2) Facilities FACP (1) Forward Air Control Post; (2) Forward Air
Control Party FACSFAC Fleet Air Control and Surveillance Facility FAD (1) Fleet Air Defense; (2)
Force Activity Designator; (3) Field Arbitrary Designators
FADOC Future Air Defense Operation Concept FADS Foreign Area Data System FAE
Fuel Air Explosive FAF Fast Access Format FAFIC Federal Armed Forces Intelligence Center (FRG)
FAI Fuel Air Incendiary Concussion Bomb FAIO Field Artillery Intelligence Officer FAISA
FORSCOM Automated Intelligence Support Activity FAISS FORSCOM Automated Intelligence Support System
FALD Field Administration and Logistics Division FAM
Functional Area Model FAME FORSCOM Automated Modernization Effort FAMP Foreign Army Materiel
Production FAMS Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center Analytical Maritime Summary FAMSIM
Family of Simulation FANS Friendly Allied Nation Support Network
FANT French Atmospheric Nuclear Test FAO (1) Foreign Area Officer; (2) Forward Area of Operations;
(3) Food and Agricultural Organization (UN) FAPC Food and Agriculture Planning Committee (NATO) FARP
Forward Area Refuel Point FARRFAA Air Replacement Radar
FARRP Forward Area Rearming and Refueling Point FAS (1) (U.S.) Foreign Agriculture Service; (2)
Frequency Assignment Subcommittee FAST (1) Fleet Antiterrorist Support Teams; (2) Forward Area Support
Team; (3) Forward Area Support Terminal FAST-I Forward Area SID and TRAP-Improved FAST/I2 Improved
FAST/I
FASTC Foreign Aerospace Science and Technology Center (archaic, now NAIC) FASTFAX Tactical Digital
Facsimile FASTL Future Analytic Strategic Target List FAV (1) Field Assistance Visit; (2) Fast
Attack Vehicle FAX Facsimile FB Fighter Bomber FBA Fighter Bomber Attack FBH Force
Beachhead FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation FBIS
Foreign Broadcast Information Service FBM Fleet Ballistic Missile FBR Fast Breeder Reactor
FBS (1) Forward-Based Systems; (2) Federal Border Service FC (1) Fire Control; (2) Fractional Coverage
FCA Foreign Counterintelligence Activity FCB Functional Control Board FCC (1) Fleet Command
Center; (2) Federal Communications Commission; (3) Fighter Control Center; (4) Fire Coordination Center
FCE Forward Control Element FCFS
First Come, First Served FCG Foreign Clearance Guide (military) FCG2 FORSCOM G2 FCI
Foreign Counterintelligence FCIAD FORSCOM Component Intelligence Architecture Document FCIP
Foreign Counterintelligence Program FCISD FORSCOM Component Intelligence Strategy Document FCITP
Foreign Counterintelligence and International Terrorism Program
(FBI) FCITTP FORSCOM Component Intelligence Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
FCLP FORSCOM Command Language Program FCO Facility Control Office FCRC Federal Contract
Research Center FCS (1) Fire Control System; (2) Flight Control System; (3) (U.S.) Foreign Commercial
Service FCSE Forward Control Support Element FCT Foreign Comparative Test FCZ Forward
Combat Zone FD Functional Design F/d Ratio of focal-length to diameter (of reflector type
antennas) FDB Fleet Database FDBM Functional Data Base Manager FDBPS Fleet Data Base
Production System FDC Fire Direction Center
FDDAC Foreign Denial and Deception Analysis Committee FDDI Fiber Distributed Data Interface FDDS
Flag Data Display System FDIU Fill Device Interface Unit FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing FDMA Frequency Division Multiple Access FDO
Foreign Disclosure Officer FDOA Frequency Difference of Arrival FDR Foreign Disclosure
Representative FDT&E Force Development Test & Experimentation FDU Force Design Update FDW
Forward Deployed Workstation FDX Full Duplex FEA Front End Analysis FEAF Far Eastern Air
Forces FEBA Forward Edge of the Battle Area
Fed Federal Reserve System FEDS Front End Distribution System FEDSIM Federal Computer
Performance Evaluation and Simulation Center FEL Free Electron Laser FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMD Far East Military District FEMP Front End Message
Processors FEP (1) Front End Processor; (2) FLTSATCOM EHF Package FERS
Federal Employees Retirement System FET Field Effect Transistor FETVD Far East Theater of
Military Operations FEWS Future Early Warning System FEWSG Fleet Electronic Warfare Support Group
FF Frigate FFA Free-Fire Area FFAR Folding-Fin Aerial Rocket FFED FIREFINDER Elevation
Data FFG Guided-Missile Frigate FFGH Guided-Missile Aviation Frigate FFGN Nuclear-Powered
Guided-Missile Frigate FFH Aviation Frigate
FFHGN Nuclear-Powered Guided-Missile Aviation Frigate FFHN Nuclear-Powered Aviation Frigate FFL
Corvette FFLG Guided-Missile Corvette FFM Full Face Mask
FFN Fleet Flash Net FFR Radar Picket Frigate FFS (1) Fixed Field Site; (2) Formatted File
System FFT Training Frigate FGHQ Fighter Group Headquarters (Canada) FGN
Foreign FH Frequency Hopping FH/DS Frequency Hopping/Direct Sequence FI
(1) Finished Intelligence; (2) Foreign Intelligence FI&SS Foreign Intelligence and Security Service(s)
FIA Foreign Intelligence Agency FIC (1) Fleet Intelligence Center; (2) FORSCOM Intelligence Center
FICEURLANT Fleet Intelligence Center, Europe and Atlantic
FICM Fleet Intelligence Collection Manual FICPAC Fleet Intelligence Center, Pacific
FID (1) Foreign Internal Defense; (2) Force Integration Division FIDB Fundamental Intelligence
Database FIE Foreign Intelligence Element FIG Figure FIIC Force Imagery Interpretation
Center FIIU Force Imagery Interpretation Unit FIM Force Integration Master Planner FIN (1)
Fixed-Site Intelligence Network; (2) Financial FINPLAN Financial Plan FIO Foreign Intelligence
Officer FIP (1) Force Improvement Plan; (2) Federal Information Processing FIPC Foreign
Intelligence Priorities Committee FIPS (1) Federal Information Processing Standard; (2) Fleet Intelligence
Production System FIR Field Investigative Region FIRCAP Foreign Intelligence Requirement
Capabilities and Priorities FIRE
Fused Intelligence Report in Europe FIRF Future Information Requirements Forecast FIRMS
Foreign Intelligence Relations Management System FIROPS Freedom of Air Operations
FIRST Fleet Intelligence Reserve Support Team FIRSTEURLANT Fleet Intelligence Reserve Support Team,
Atlantic FIRSTPAC Fleet Intelligence Reserve Support Team, Pacific FIS
(1) Foreign Instrumentation Signals; (2) Foreign Intelligence Service FISA Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act FISAP FMFPac Intelligence Sub-Architecture Plan FISINT (1) Foreign
Instrumentation and Signature Intelligence; (2) Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelligence
FISS Foreign Intelligence and Security Services FIST (1) Fleet Imagery Support Terminal; (2) Fire
Support Team FIST-T Transportable FIST FITCPAC Fleet Intelligence Training Center, Pacific
FITD FORSCOM Intelligence Training Detachment FITWING Fighter Wing
FLA Foreign Launch Assessment FLAGE Flexible Lightweight Agile Guided Experiment
FLC Foreign Language Committee FLEETSATCOM Fleet Satellite Communications FLENUMOCEANCEN
Fleet Numerical Oceanography Center (U.S. Navy) FLEX Force-Level Execution System
FLI Force-Level Information FLIR Forward-Looking Infrared (Radar) FLO Foreign Liaison Office
FLOT Forward Line of Troops FLR Forward-Looking Radar FLRA
Federal Labor Relations Authority FLSG Force Logistics Support Group FLT Fleet; Flight
FLTBCST Fleet Broadcast FLTCINC Fleet Commander in Chief FLTSAT Fleet Satellite FLTSATCOM
Fleet Satellite Communications System FLTSEVOCOM Fleet Secure Voice FM (1) Frequency Modulation;
(2) Foreign Materiel; (3) File Maintenance; (4) Factory Marking(s); (5) Functional Manager; (6) Field Manual; (7)
From; (8) Comptroller FMA (1) Foreign Materiel Acquisition; (2) Foreign Media Analysis FMAO
Foreign Materiel Acquisition Operation FMAR Foreign Materiel Acquisition Requirement FMAS Foreign
Media Analysis Subsystem FMC (1) Field Maintenance Center; (2) Force Mobile Command FME Foreign
Materiel Exploitation FMEC Foreign Materiel Exploitation Catalogue FMEP Foreign Materiel
Exploitation Program FMF Fleet Marine Force(s) FMFLANT Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic FMFM
Fleet Marine Field Manual FMFPAC Fleet Marine Force, Pacific FMIB
Foreign Materiel Intelligence Board FMIG Foreign Materiel Intelligence Group FMIS
Force Management Information System FMLM French Military Liaison Mission FMOCC
Fleet Mobile Operations Command Center FMP Foreign Materiel Program FMPCP Foreign Military
Personnel Contact Program FMPRB Foreign Military Program Review Board FMRL
Foreign Materiel Requirements List FMs Defense Intelligence Functional Managers
FMS Foreign Military Sales FMSF Foreign Military Sales Financing FMTV Family of Medium
Tactical Vehicles FN Foreign National FNOC Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Center FNU First
Name Unknown FO Forward Observer F/O Fiber-Optics FOA
(1) Field Operating Agency; (2) Forward Operating Area FOAMP Foreign Aerospace Materiel Production
FOAP Foreign Aircraft Production FOB (1) Forward Operating Base; (2) Foreign Order of Battle FOBS
Fractional Orbital Bombardment System FOC (1) Final Operational Capabilities; (2) Full Operational
Capability; (3) FORSCOM Operations Center; (4) Full Operating Capacity FOCI Foreign Owned, Controlled
or Influenced FOCUS (1) Interagency Review of Defense Attache Offices; (2) FORSCOM Objective
Communications System FOD Foreign Object Damage FOFA Follow-on Forces Attack FofF Field of
Fire FOG Fiber-Optics Guided FOGM Fiber-Optic Guided Missile FOI Freedom of Information
FOIA Freedom of Information Act FOL (1) Forward Operating Location; (2) Family of Loudspeakers
FOLAN
Fiber-Optic Local Area Network FOLPEN Foliage-Penetrating FOM Figure of Merit
FOMA Foreign Military Assistance FOMCAT Foreign Materiel Catalogue FOMP
Foreign Missile Production FONS Fleet Operational Needs Statement for Intelligence FOP
Forward Observation Post FORDTIS Foreign Disclosure Technical Information System
FORECON Force Reconnaissance FORGE Force Generation FORMAT Foreign Materiel
FORMDEPS FORSCOM Mobilization and Deployment Planning System FORMICA Foreign Military Intelligence
Collection Activity FORMMS Foreign Materiel Management System FORSCOM
U.S. Forces Command FORSTAT Force Status and Identity Report FORT Force Trends Data Base
FORTRAN Formula Translator FOSCAS Foreign Ship Construction and Shipyards
FOSD Family of Sabotage Devices FOSIC Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center
FOSIC-E Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center, Europe FOSICLANT Fleet Ocean Surveillance
Intelligence Center, Atlantic FOSICPAC Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Center, Pacific FOSIF
Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility FOSIF Rota Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility,
Rota FOSIF/WESTPAC Fleet Ocean Surveillance Information Facility, Western Pacific FOTARS Follow-On
Tactical Reconnaissance System FOT&E
Follow-On Test and Evaluation FOTELSYS Foreign Telecommunications Systems FOTRS
Follow-On Tactical Reconnaissance System FOUO For Official Use Only FOV Field of View FP
(1) Fire Position; (2) Field Post; (3) Force Package FPA (1) Federal Preparedness Agency; (2) Focal Plane
Array; (3) Force Projection Army FPB Fast Patrol Boat
FPE Force Planning Estimate FPF Final Protection Fire FPI (1) Foreign Positive Intelligence;
(2) Federal Process Improvement FPIR Force Protection Information Report
FPL Fire Protective Line FPN Field Post Number FPO Fleet Post Office
fps Feet Per Second FPTOC Force Projection Tactical Operations Center FPU Floating Point Unit
FQ&P Flying Qualities and Performance FRAG Fragmentary Order
FRAGO Fragmentary Order FRD (1) Federal Research Division (Library of Congress); (2) Formerly
Restricted Data; (3) Functional Requirements Document FREQ Frequency FRG
Federal Republic of Germany FRIES Fast Rope Insertion Extraction System FRIF
Finished Recurring Intelligence File FROG Free Rocket Over Ground FROKA First Republic of Korea
Army FROSS Foreign Reliance on Space Systems FRPG Facility Reference Point Graphic FRR
Frequency Resource Records FRS (1) Fleet Readiness Squadron; (2) Federal Research Service; (3) Forward
Recording Site FRY Former Republic of Yugoslavia FRYM
Former Republic of Yugoslavia-Macedonia FS (1) File Server; (2) Fire Support F3S
Field Station Support System FSAIS FICEURLANT SCI Analyst Information System FSB
(1) Fleet Satellite Broadcast (of FLTSATCOM); (2) Forward Staging Base; (3) Fire Support Base
FSBS Fleet Submarine Broadcast System FSCC Fire Support Coordination Center
FSCL Fire Support Coordination Line FSCOORD Fire Support Coordinator FSD (1) Field Support
Division; (2) Forward Support Detachment FSE Fire Support Element FSHB
Fallout Safe Height of Burst FSI Foreign Service Institute FSIC Forward Sensor Interface and
Control FSK (1) Field Station, Korea; (2) Frequency Shift Keying FSM
Federated States of Micronesia FSO (1) Foreign Service Officer; (2) Fire Support Officer
FSOC Fairchild Satellite Operations Center FSOF Forward Special Operations Facility
FSP Fire Support Plan FSRS Functional Security Requirements Specification FSS
(1) Fast Sealift Ship; (2) FAISS SID System; (3) Fixed Satellite Services FSSG Force Service Support
Group (USMC) FSST Forward Space Support in Theater FST (1) Future Strategic Targets; (2) Future
Soviet Tank FSTC Foreign Science and Technology Center (archaic; now NGIC) FSTS Federal Security
Telephone Service FSU Former Soviet Union FSV
Fire Support Vehicle FSVS Future Secure Voice System FSWDS Fixed-Site Warning & Detection System
FT (1) Fort; (2) Foot FT-1 Fractional T-1 FTA (1) Field Training Area; (2) Functions, Tasks,
and Activities FTAM File Transfer Access Management
FTC (1) Fast Time Constant (ECCM); (2) Federal Trade Commission FTD Foreign Technology Division
(USAF) FTDB Foreign Technology Data Base FTI Fixed Target Indicator
FTL Future Target List FTLS (1) Future Target List-Strategic; (2) Formal Top-Level Specification
FTM Full-Time Manning FTP File Transfer Protocol FTPS FORSCOM Topographic Production System
(Facility) FTR Fighter FTS (1) Fleet Telecommunications System; (2) Federal Telecommunications
System; (3) Federal Telephone System; (4) Flight Training Squadron FTS 2000 Federal Telephone System 2000
FTSC Fleet Technical Support Center
FTU Forecast Tactical Unit FTX Field Training Exercise FU Forecast Unit
FUD Full Unit Designator FUE First Unit Equipped FUNT French Underground Nuclear Test
FUSS Fleet Undersea Surveillance System FUWOB Forward Unconventional Warfare Operations Base FV
Fighting Vehicle FVS Foreign Visits System FW
(1) Fighter Wing; (2) Fixed-Wing FWAIS Free-World Air Intelligence Study FWAOB Free-World Air
Order of Battle Fwd Forward FWE Foreign Weapons Evaluation FWIC Fighter Weapon School
Intelligence Course FWVP Fallout Wind Vector Plot FY Fiscal Year
FYDP (1) Fiscal Year Defense Program/Plan; (2) Five-Year Defense Program; (3) Future Years Defense Program
FYI For Your Information FYIP Five-Year Intelligence Plan FYMOP
Five-Year Master Objectives Plan FYP Five-Year Plan (FSU) FYROM Federal Yugoslav Republic of
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