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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).
LAAIB Latin American Air Intelligence Brief LAAM Light Anti-Aircraft Missile
LAB Laboratory LABS Laboratories LAD Launch Assist Device LADD Low Angle Drogue
Delivery LAEO Low-Altitude Electro-Optical LAEWWING Light-Airborne Early Warning Wing LAF
Launch Alert Folder LAFTA Latin America Free Trade Association
LAGEOS Laser Geodynamic Satellite LAI (1) Light Armored Infantry; (2) Look-Down Air Intercept
LAL Library Accessions List LALO Low-Altitude Low-Opening LAM
Louisiana Maneuvers LAMM Land Armament and Manpower Model LAMP Lockwood Analytical Method for
Prediction LAMPS (1) Light Airborne Multipurpose System; (2) LANTCOM Message Processing System LAN Local
Area Network LANDCENT Land Forces Central Region LANDSAT
Land Satellite (Commercial Multi-Spectral) LANDSOUTH Land Forces Southern Region
LANFORSIXTHFLT Landing Force Sixth Fleet LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory LANT
Atlantic LANTAF Atlantic Command Air Forces LANTAREA Atlantic Area LANTCOM
Atlantic Command (now ACOM) LANTCOMDIS Atlantic Command Deployable Intelligence System
LANTCOM JIC Atlantic Command Joint Intelligence Center (AIC) LANTDAC Atlantic Command Defense
Analysis Center LANTDIS USACOM Deployable Intelligence System LANTFLT U.S. Atlantic Fleet
LANTIRN Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared System for Night
LANTIS Atlantic Intelligence Supplement LANUP Local Area Network Upgrades LANWAN
Local Area Network/Wide Area Network LAR Laser-Aided Rocket LARB Light Amphibious Reconnaissance
Battalion
LARS Light Artillery Rocket System LAS Land Analysis System LASA Light Armed Surveillance
Attack LASER Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation LASERFAX
Secure System for Transmitting Photos LASH Lighter Aboard Ship LASINT Laser Intelligence
LASTE Low-Altitude Safety Targeting Enhancement LAT Latitude LATAM
Latin America LATIN Atlantic Command Theater Intelligence Network LATS Large Aperture Tracking
System LATWING Light Attack Wing LAV Light Armored Vehicle (non-tactical)
LAW Light Antitank Weapon LAWS Long-Range Cruise Missile Analysis and Warning System
LB Live Broadcast Lb Pound L-BAND 1 to 2 GHz LBR Laser Beam Recorder
lbs (LB) Pounds LBSR Lightweight Battlefield Surveillance Radar LC (1) Library of Congress;
(2) Line of Contact LCAC Landing Craft, Air Cushion LCC (1) Amphibious Command Ship; (2) Logistics
Coordination Center; (3) Launch Control Center; (4) Land Component Commander LCC-IC Amphibious Command
Ship-Intelligence Center LCD Liquid Crystal Display LCE Liaison Coordination Element (Special
Operations Liaison Team in Coalition Operations)
LCF Launch Control Facility LCM (1) Medium Landing Craft; (2) Life Cycle Management
LCP (1) Personnel Landing Craft; (2) Launching Control Post LCPR Ramped Personnel Landing Craft
LCS Low-Cost Satellite LCSMM Life Cycle Support Management Model
LCSR Swimmer Reconnaissance Landing Craft LCU (1) Utility Landing Craft; (2) Launch Correlation Unit
LCW Special Warfare Support Craft LCWS Low-Cost Workstation
LD (1) Line of Departure; (2) Laser Defense LDC (1) Less-Developed Country; (2) Local Data
Concentrator; (3) Light-Weight Deployable Communication; (4) Land Defense of CONUS LDEF
Long Duration Exposure Facility LDF Lightweight Digital Facsimile LDIS Library Document
Inventory System LDM Limited Distance Modems LDMX Local Digital Message Exchange LDR Low
Data Rate LDS Laser Detection System LDSD Lookdown/Shootdown
LDT Large Diameter Target LDX Long-Distance XEROX LEA Law Enforcement Agency
LEAD (1) Low-Cost Encryption/Authentication Device; (2) List of Emerging Activations and Dispositions
LEAF Law Enforcement Access Field LEASAT (1) Leased Satellite; (2) Leased System LED Light
Emitting Diode LEDS Link 11 Display System LEM Land Engagement Model LEN Large Extension
Node LENSCE Limited Enemy Situation Correlation Element LEP Linear Error Probable LEPCU
Lightweight Environmental Protection Combat Uniform LEO Low Earth Orbit LEO COM Low Earth Orbit
Data Communications LERTCON
Alert Condition LES (1) Leading Edge Services; (2) Land Earth Station; (3) Limited Effects Submunition
LEW Limited Effects Weapons LEXIS Meade Data Central Legal Service
LF (1) Low Frequency; (2) Launch Facility; (3) Landing Force LF6F Landing Force 6th Feet LFC
Large Format Camera LFICS Landing Force Integrated Communications System
LFM Landing Force Manual LFOC Landing Force Operations Center LFOV Limited Field of View
LFR Inshore Fire Support Ship LFRSV Launch-Fly-Recover Space Vehicle
LFS Amphibious Warfare Fire Support Ship LG ACC Director of Logistics LGB
Laser-Guided Bomb LHA Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose) LHA-IC Amphibious Assault Ship
(General Purpose)-Intelligence Center LHD Multi-Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship L-HOUR Hour on
C-Day when deployment begins LHR Low Hop Rate LHW Lower High Water LHX Lightweight
Helicopter LIC Low-Intensity Conflict LIDAR Light Detection and Ranging LIGHTSAT
Lightweight Satellite LIMDIS (1) Limited Dissemination; (2) Limited Distribution LIME
Laser-Induced Magnetic Emissions LIMMER Limited Control of Merchant Shipping LIN LANTCOM
Intelligence Network LINCS Long-Range Intelligence Networked Communications Service LIR Launch and
Impact Report LISS LANTCOM Intelligence Support System LITE Laptop Imagery Transmission Equipment
LITES Laser Intercept and Technical Exploitation System LITINT Literature Intelligence LIVID
Language Identification and Voice Identification LIWA Land Information Warfare Activity LJ
Laser Jet LKA Amphibious Cargo Ship LKG Loop Key Generator LL (1) Landline; (2) Latent
Lethal Dose LLLTV/IR Low-Light-Level TV/Infrared LLSO Low-Level Source Operations (CI/HUMINT)
LLTV Low-Light-Level Television LLNL Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLO Land Liaison
Office LLW Lower Low Water LLVI Low-Level Voice Intercept LMBB GENSER Intelligence
Broadcast LMCC LOCE Mobile Correlation Center
LMD Local Management Device LMD-KP Local Management Device/Key Processor LME
Layer Management Entry LMI Layer Management Interface LMR Land Mobile Radio
LMRDFS Lightweight Man-Transportable Radio Direction Finding System LMS (1) Local Monitor
Station; (2) Least Means Squared LMSR Large Medium Speed RO/RO LNA
Low Noise Amplifier LNE Liaison Element LNG Liquefied Natural Gas LNIS Atlantic Command
Naval Intelligence Summary LNO (1) Limited Nuclear Option; (2) Liaison Officer
LNU Last Name Unknown LO (1) Liaison Officer; (2) Low Observables LO/LO
Lift-On/Lift-Off LOA (1) Letter of Agreement; (2) Lead Operational Authority; (3) Letter of Assist
LOAC Law of Armed Conflict LOB Line of Bearing LOC(S) (1) Line(s) of Communication; (2)
Library of Congress; (3) Launch Operations Center; (4) Liaison Officer Coordinator; (5) Location; (6) ILS
Localizer LOCD Lines of Communication Designators LOCE (1) Limited Operational Capability, Europe;
(2) Linked Operations-Intelligence Centers Europe LOCK
Logical Co-Processing Kernel LOD Low-Observable Demonstrations LOFAR Low-Frequency Analysis and
Recording LOG Logistics LOGCAP Logistics Civil Augmentation Program
LOGEX Logistics Exercise LOGS Logistics LOI (1) Letter of Instruction; (2) Location of
Interest LON Longitude LONG Longitude LORAD Long-Range Air Defense
LORAN Long-Range Navigation LOROP Long-Range Oblique Photography LOROPS
(1) Long-Range Optical System; (2) Long-Range Oblique Photographic Sensor LOS (1) Line of Sight; (2) Law
of the Sea LOTS (1) Lighter Over the Shore; (2) Logistics Over the Shore
LOW (1) Laws of War; (2) Launch on Warning LOX Liquid Oxygen LP Listening Post LPA
Amphibious Personnel Transport LPAR Large Phased-Array Radar LPC
Linear Predictive Coding LPD (1) Amphibious Assault Transport Dock; (2) Low Probability of Detection
LPD/I Low Probability of Detection/Intercept LPF Low Pass Filter
LPG Liquefied Natural Gas LPH Amphibious Assault Ship (Helicopter) LPI (1) Low Probability
Intercept; (2) Lines per Inch LPO Leading Petty Officer LPR Amphibious Transport (Small) LPS
(1) Logistics Planning Study; (2) Large Processing Station LPSS
Amphibious Transport Submarine LPT Logistics Preparation of the Theater LRA
Long-Range Aviation (FSU) LRAA Long-Range Air Army (FSU) LRAACA Long-Range Air-ASW Capable
Aircraft LRAAM Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile LRC (1) Logistics Readiness Center; (2) Logistics
Resupply Center; (3) Lesser Regional Contingency; (4) Limited Regional Conflict; (5) Limited Regional Contingency
LRCM Long-Range Cruise Missile LRCS Light-Reaction Communications System LRE Launch and
Recovery Element LREO Long Range Electro-Optical
LRINF Longer Range Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces LRIP Limited/Low-Rate Initial Production
LRL Low-Cost Receive Location LRM Low-Rate Multiplexer LRP (1) Low-Rate Production; (2)
Long-Range Plan; (3) Limited Response Package LRR Long-Range Reconnaissance
LRRP Long-Range Reconnaissance Patrol LRSC Long-Range Surveillance Company LRSO
Long-Range Surveillance Out-Post LRSP (1) Long-Range Surveillance Plan; (2) Long-Range Systems Plan
LRSPRAC Long-Range Special Reporting and Coordination LRSTIA Long-Range Scientific and Technical
Intelligence Assessment LRSU Long-Range Surveillance Unit LRTNF
Long-Range Theater Nuclear Forces LRU Line-Replaceable Unit LSA (1) Logistics Support Analysis;
(2) LAN Systems Administrator LSB Lower Sideband LSC Linear Shaped Charge LSCS Logistics
Support Command, Somalia LSD (1) Landing Ship, Dock; (2) Lease Separation Distance LSDV Swimmer
Delivery Vehicle LSE Logistic Support Element
LSG Large-Scale Graphics LSI Large-Scale Integration LSM Medium Amphibious Assault Landing
Ship LSP Launch Sequence Plan LSS Library Support System LSSA
Logistic System Support Activity LSSC Light Seal Support Craft LST (1) Amphibious Vehicle
Landing Ship; (2) Local Standard Time LST-5C Deployable Satellite Terminal LSV
Light Strike Vehicle LT (1) Light Table (2) Light LTAC Land Terminal Access Control LTAS
Lightweight Tactical Army Satellite Communications System LTBT Limited Test Ban Treaty Ltd Limited
LTDP NATO Long-Term Defense Program LTDS Laser Target Designator System LTI Lightweight
Thermal Imager LTID Laser Target Interface Device LTIOV Latest Time Information of Value LTMS
Light Table Mensuration System
LTOE Living Table of Organization and Equipment LUA Launch Under Attack LUT
Limited User Test LVDS Low-Volume Dissemination System LW Low Water LWA
Light Weight Aircraft LWIR Long-Wavelength Infrared LWM Lightweight Motor
LWOP Leave Without Pay LWR Lutheran World Relief, Inc LWT Amphibious Warping Tug LZ
Landing Zone LZCT Landing Zone Control Team |
