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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).
U: Unclassified U-2: (1) Designator for a Military Reconnaissance Aircraft; (2) AF Reconnaissance Aircraft
UA: User Agent UAAF: Unified Action Armed Forces UAE:United Arab Emirates
UAM: Underwater-to-Air-Missile UAMP: USIS Architecture Migration Plan UARR: Universal Aerial Refueling
Receptical UATP: UNIX Advanced Tracking Prototype UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle UAV-CR: Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle-Close Range UAV-E: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Endurance
UAV-H: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-HUNTER UAVJPO: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Joint Program Office
UAV-M: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Maneuver UAV-SR: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Short Range
UBA: Underwater Breathing Apparatus UBR: Unassigned Bit Rate UC: Under Construction
UCAB: USIS Customer Advisory Board UCC: ULTRA-Compact Camera UCG: Universal Communications Gateway
UCIB: USAFE Command Intelligence Brief UCIRF: USAREUR Combat Intelligence Readiness Facility UCMJ: Uniform
Code of Military Justice UCP: Unified Command Plan UD: Deputy USCINCSPACE UDEAC: Economic and Customs
Union of Central Africa UDF: United Democratic Front
UDIR: USAREUR Daily Intelligence Report UDT: Underwater Demolition Team UE: Unit Equipment
UEAC: Union of Central African States UEC: USAREUR Exploitation Center UFO: (1) Unidentified Flying
Object; (2) UHF Follow-On Satellites UFR: Unfunded Requirements UGM: Underwater Guided Missile UGS:
Unattended Ground Sensors UHF: Ultra High Frequency UI: (1) Unidentified; (2) Unit of Issue UIC: (1)
USAREUR Interrogation Center; (2) Unit Identification Code UIES: USAREUR Imagery Exploitation System UIR:
User Interface Requirements UIRK: Unique Interswitch Rekeying Key UIS: User Interface System UJTL:
Universal Joint Task List UK: United Kingdom
UKADGE: United Kingdom Air Defense Ground Environment UKAGE: United Kingdom Air Defense Ground Environment
UKAIR: United Kingdom Air Forces UKLF: United Kingdom Land Forces
Ukn: Unknown ULAN: Unit Local Area Network ULANA: Universal Location Area Network Architecture
ULCC: Ultra Large Crude Carrier ULCS: Unit-Level Circuit Switch ULF: Ultra Low Frequency
ULO: USAREUR Liaison Office ULV: Unmanned Launch Vehicle UMD: Unit Manning Document
UMF: Unconventional Military Forces (NATO) UMIES: USAREUR Modernized Imagery Exploitation System UMO:
Unconventional Military Operations UMOP: Unintentional Modulation on Pulse
UN: United Nations UNAAF: Unified Action Armed Forces UNAATF: United Nations Anti-American Task Force
UNAMIR: United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda UNAVEM: United Nations Angola Verification Mission
UNC: United Nations Command UNCIVPOL: United Nations Civilian Police
UNCLAS: Unclassified UNDERSEC: Under Secretary UNDHA: United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
UN-DMT: United Nations Disaster Management Team UNDOF: United Nations Disengagement Observer Force UNDP:
United Nations Development Program
UNEF: United Nations Emergency Forces UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization
UNFICYP: United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus UNGA: United Nations General Assembly UNHCR: United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHQ: United Nations Headquarters
UNICEF: United Nations Childrens’ Fund UNIFIL: United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UNIKOM: United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observer Mission UNITA: National Union for the Total Independence of
Angola UNITAF: Unified Task Force UNITAS: United International Antisubmarine Warfare Exercise (Joint
U.S.-Latin American Naval Exercise) UNITREP: Unit Report UNITSITREP: Unit Situation Report UNIX:
Orginally UNICS, for Uniplex Information and Computing System
UNMIH: United Nations Mission in Haiti UNMO: United Nations Military Observers UNMOGIP: United Nations
Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan UNOMIG: United Nations Mission in Georgia UNOMIL: United
Nations Observer Mission in Liberia UNOMUR: United Nations Mission for Uganda-Rwanda UNOSOM: United
Nations Operations in Somalia UNMSC: United Nations Military Staff Committee UNODIR: Unless Otherwise
Directed UNPROFOR: United Nations Protection Force
UNPP: UN Peace Plan UNSAT: Unsatisfactory UNSC: United Nations Security Council
UNTSO: United Nations Truce Supervision Organization UNTSU: United Nations Terrorist Support Unit UQL:
Universal Query Language UNREF: United Nations Refugee Fund UNRWA: United Nations Relief & Works Agency
UO: Using Organization UPI: United Press International
UPP: User Partnership Program UPS: (1) Uninterruptible Power Supply; (2) Universal Polar Stereographic
U2R: Reconnaissance Aircraft (U.S. Air Force) URBBO: Urban Area Boundary File
URBPOP: Urban Population File URD: User Requirements Document URG: Underway Replenishment Group URS:
User Readout Simulator US: United States U&S: Unified and Specified (Archaic, now Unified) Commands
US: MLO U.S. Military Liaison Office US/AIA: USEUCOM/ACE Interface Architecture USA: (1) U.S. Army; (2)
United States of America USAABMDA: United States Army Advanced Ballistic Missile Defense Agency USAADASCH:
U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School
USACAPOC: U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command USACC: U.S. Army Communications
Command USACE: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACID: U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Division Command
USACSLA: United States Army Communications Security Logistics Agency USACOM: U.S. Atlantic Command USAEIS:
United States Army Electronic Intelligence & Security
USAF: United States Air Force USAFE: U.S. Air Forces, Europe USAFE/CC: Commander, U.S. Air Forces Europe
USAFINTEL: United States Air Force Intelligence USAFISA: U.S. Army Force Integration Support Agency USAFJ:
U.S. Air Forces, Japan USAFK: U.S. Air Forces, Korea USAFLANT: U.S. Air Force, Atlantic USAFR: U.S.
Air Force Reserve USAFRED: U.S. Air Force Readiness Command USAFSO :U.S. Air Force Southern Command
USAFSOC: U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command USAFSOS: U.S. Air Force Special Operations School
USAFSS: United States Air Force Security Service USAFTAC: (1) U.S. Air Force Technical Applications Center;
(2) U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Command USAFWTC: U.S. Air Force Weapons and Tactics Center
USAIA: U.S. Army Intelligence Agency USAICE: U.S. Army Intelligence Center, Europe USAIC: U.S. Army
Intelligence Center USAICS: U.S. Army Intelligence Center and School USAID: U.S. Agency for International
Development USAIIA: United States Army Imagery Interpretation Agency
USAINSCOM: U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command USAISC: U.S. Army Information Systems Command
USAISD: U.S. Intelligence School, Fort Devens USAITAC: U.S. Army Intelligence Threat Analysis Center
USAITFG: United States Army Intelligence Threats & Forecasts Group USAJFKWCS: U.S. Army John F. Kennedy
Special Warfare Center and School USAKA: U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll
USAOG: U.S. Army Operational Group USAR: U.S. Army Reserve USARAK: U.S. Army Alaska
USARC: U.S. Army Reserve Command USARCENT: U.S. Army Forces, Central Command USARCO: U.S. Army
Commercial Communications Office USAREUR: U.S. Army, Europe USARJ: U.S. Army, Japan USARLANT: U.S.
Army, Atlantic USARPAC: U.S. Army, Pacific USARSO: (1) U.S. Army, South; (2) U.S. Army Forces, South
USARSOC: U.S. Army Reserve, Special Operations Command
USARSPACE: U.S. Army Space Command USARSPACECOM: U.S. Army Space Command USASAALA: US Army Security
Assistance Agency Latin America USASACDA: United States Army Security Agency Combat Development Activity
USASACDSA: United States Army Security Agency Command Data Systems Activity
USASAE: United States Army Security Agency, Europe USASAPAC: United States Army Security Agency, Pacific
USASASA: United States Army Security Agency Systems Activity USASASSA: United States Army Security Agency
Signal Security Activity USASATCOMA: United States Army Satellite Communications Agency USASATEC: United
States Army Security Agency Test & Evaluation Center
USASEXC: United States Army Services Exploitation Center USASFC :U.S. Army Special Forces Command
USASOA: U.S. Army School of the Americas USASOC: U.S. Army, Special Operations Command
USASOF: U.S. Army, Special Operations Forces USASOSC: U.S. Army Special Operations Support Command
USASSDC: U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command USASSG: U.S. Army Special Security Group USATAC:
U.S. Army Terrain Analysis Center USATACOM: U.S. Army Tank Command
USATC: United States Air Target Chart USATEC: U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center
USATSC: U.S. Army Training Support Center USB: Upper Sideband USC: (1) Under Secretaries Committee; (2)
United States Code USCENTAF: U.S. Air Forces Central Command USCENTCOM: U.S. Central Command USCG:
U.S. Coast Guard USCG: INT U.S. Coast Guard Intelligence USCGNET: U.S. Communications Grid Network
USCINCACOM: Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command USCINCARRED: Commander in Chief, United States Army
Forces, Readiness Command USCINCCENT: Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command USCINCEUR: Commander in
Chief, U.S. European Command USCINCFOR: United States Commander in Chief, US Forces Command USCINCLANT:
Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command
USCINCMEAFSA: United States Commander in Chief Middle East, Southern Asia, &
Africa South of the Sahara USCINCPAC: Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command USCINCPACFLT: Commander in
Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet USCINCRED: United States Commander in Chief, US Readiness Command USCINCSO:
Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command USCINCSOC: Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command
USCINCSOINT: Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Intelligence
USCINCSPACE: Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command USCINSTRAT: Commander in Chief, Strategic Command
USCINCTRANS: Commander in Chief, U.S. Transportation Command USCMA: United States Court of Military Appeals
USCOB: United States Command Berlin USCOMEASTLANT: U.S. Commander, Eastern Atlantic USCS: (1) U.S. Customs
Service; (2) Unified Soils Classification System; (3) U.S. Cryptologic System USD: Under Secretary of Defense
USD(A&T): Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Technology) USD(P): Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
USDA: U.S. Department of Agriculture USDAO: U.S. Defense Attache Office USDE: Undesired Signal Data
Emanations USDR: United States Defense Representative USELEMNORAD: U.S. Element NORAD
USEMB: United States Embassy USEUCOM: U.S. European Command USFJ: U.S. Forces, Japan
USFK: U.S. Forces, Korea USFORAZ: U.S. Forces, Azores USFORCARIB: U.S. Forces, Caribbean
USFORDOMREP: U.S. Forces, Dominican Republic USFORSCOM: U.S. Forces Command USFORSOM: U.S. Forces,
Somalia USG: United States Government USGS: U.S. Geological Survey USI: U.S. Intelligence USIA:
U.S. Information Agency USIS: (1) U.S. Information Service (USIA abroad); (2) U.S. Imagery System USIC:
U.S. Intelligence Community USILO: U.S. Imagery Liaison Officer USIS: (1) U.S. Information Service; (2)
U.S. Imagery System USJTF: United States Joint Task Force USLANTCOM: U.S. Atlantic Command USLO:
United States Liaison Officer
USM: Underwater-to-Surface Missile USMAAG: U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group USMARCENT: U.S.
Marine Forces Central Command USMARDEZLANT: U.S. Maritime Defense Zone, Atlantic USMARFORK: U.S. Marine
Forces, Korea USMARFORLANT: U.S. Marine Forces, Atlantic USMC: United States Marine Corps USMILGP:
U.S. Military Group USMLM: U.S. Military Liaison Mission USMOG-W: U.S. Military Observer Group-Washington
USMS: U.S. Marshal Service USMTF: (1) U.S. Message Text Formats; (2) U.S. Message Text Formatter USMTM:
U.S. Military Training Mission USN: U.S. Navy USNA: United States Naval Academy USNAVAK: U.S. Navy
Alaska USNAVCENT: U.S. Naval Forces, Central Command USNAVEUR: U.S. Naval Forces, Europe
USNAVFORJAPAN: U.S. Naval Forces, Japan (also USNAVFORJ) USNAVFORKOREA: U.S. Naval Forces, Korea (also
USNAVFORK)
USNAVSO: U.S. Naval Forces, Southern Command USNI: U.S. Naval Institute USNR: U.S. Naval Reserve USNS:
U.S. Naval Ship USO: (1) United Service Organization; (2) Unit Security Officer
USODC: U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation USOMC: U.S. Office of Military Cooperation
USOUTHAF: United States Southern Command Air Forces USOS: USAF Special Operations School
USP&FO: U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer USPACOM: U.S. Pacific Command USPS: U.S. Postal Service USR:
Unit Status Report USREDCOM:U.S. Readiness Command USREPMILCOMUN: United States Representative, UN
Military Staff Committee USRNMC: United States Representative To NATO Military Committee USS: (1) User
Support System; (2) U.S. Ship USSID: U.S. Signals Intelligence Directive USSIS: U.S. Signals Intelligence
System USSOCOM: U.S. Special Operations Command
USSOCPAC: U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific USSOUTHAF: U.S. Southern Command Air Forces
USSOUTHCOM: U.S. Southern Command USSPACECOM: U.S. Space Command USSR: (1) Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics (now FSU); (2) Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics USSS: (1) U.S. SIGINT System; (2)
U.S. Secret Service
USSTRATCOM: U.S. Strategic Command USTRANSCOM: U.S. Transportation Command USTS: UHF Satellite Terminal
System USW: Undersea Warfare USYG:Under-Secretary General UT: Users Terminal UTAIN: USAFE Tactical
Air Intelligence Network UTAIS: USAFE Tactical Air Intelligence System UTC: (1) Unit Type Code; (2)
Universal Coordinated Time UTCB: USCENTCOM Transportable Communications Backbone UTH: USAREUR
Transportable Host UTIC: USAREUR Tactical Intelligence Center UTM: Universal Transverse Mercator (Grid)
UTTAS: Utility Tactical Transport Aircraft System UV: Ultra Violet UW: (1) Unconventional Warfare; (2)
Underwater UWB: Ultra Wide Band UWOA: Unconventional Warfare Operational Area |
