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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).
V-22: OSPREY Joint Advanced Vertical-Lift Aircraft (Formerly JVX) VA: Veterans Administration
VAAP: Vulnerability Analysis and Assistance Program VAB: French Front Armored Vehicle
VAC: Volts Alternating Current VAN: Value-Added Networks VAR: (1) Variable; (2) Volt-Amperes Real
VAX: Virtual Address Extension VBR: Variable Bit Rate VCA: Virginia Contracting Activity VCINCNORAD:
Vice Commander in Chief, NORAD VCJCS: Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff VCO: Voltage-Controlled
Oscillator VCR: Video Cassette Recorder VCS: (1) Video Conference Server; (2) VLAN Common Server; (3)
Voice Communications Services VCSA: Army Vice Chief of Staff VDL: Video Down Link VDP: Video Disk
Player VDS: Variable Depth Sonar
VDT: Video Display Terminal VDU: (1) Video Display Unit (TV Monitor); (2) Video Docking Unit VDV: Soviet
(FSU) Airborne Forces veh: Vehicle VERT: Vertical VF: Voice Frequency
VFR: Visual Flight Rules VGA: Virtual Graphics Array VGK: Supreme High Command (FSU)
VGW: Variable-Geometry Wing VHF: Very High Frequency VHS: Video Home System VHSIC: Very High Speed
Integrated Circuit vic: Vicinity VICE: Voice Interceptor Comprehensive Evaluation
VID: Visual Identification (Canadian) VIDINT: Video Intelligence VIDS: Visually Integrated Display
System VIN: Vehicle Identification Number VIP: (1) Very Important Person; (2) Variable Incentive Payment;
(3) Visual Input Processor VISINT: Visual Intelligence VISTA: Very Intelligent Surveillance & Target
Acquisition VIXS: Video Information Exchange System VLAN: Very Local Area Network VLAR: Vertical
Launch and Recovery
VLCC: Very Large Crude Carrier VLDS: Very Large Data Storage VLF: Very Low Frequency
VLS: Vertical Launch System VLSI: Very Large-Scale Integration VM: Virtual Memory VMAP: Vector Product
Format VMAQ: Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron VMFP: Marine Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron
VMO: (1) Marine Observation Squadron; (2) Tactical Operations Squadron
VADM: Model Advanced Development Model VMS: Virtual Memory System VN: Vulnerability Number VO:
Validation Office V/O: Vertical/Oblique VOA: Voice of America VOCOM: Voice Communications VOD:
Vertical On-Board Delivery VOL: Volume VOR: Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range VORTAC:
Collocated VOR and TACAN VP: (1) Patrol Aircraft (Navy); (2) U.S. Naval Patrol Squadron; (3) Maritime Patrol
Squadron VPCN: Virtual Personal Communications Networking VPF: Vector Product Format VPH: Video Phase
History VPK: Military Industrial Commission (FSU) VPN: Voice Product Net VQ: U.S. Naval Fleet Air
Reconnaissance Squadron
VR: Virtual Reality VRD: Virtual Retinal Display VRBM: Variable-Range Ballistic Missile
VRHS: VIDMAR Robotic Hoist System VRIT: Volume Reduced Imagery Transmission VSAT: (1) Very Small
Aperture Satellite Terminal; (2) Very Small Aperture Terminals VSO: Vault Security Officer VSS: VIDMAR
STAK System V/STOL: Vertical/Short Takeoff & Landing VSWING: Anti-Submarine Wing VT: (1) Variable Time
(Fuse); (2) Video Terminal VTA: Military Transport Aviation (FSU) VTB: Video Telebroadcasting VTC: (1)
Video Teleconferencing; (2) Video Telegraph
VTOL: Vertical Takeoff and Landing VTR: Tracked Recovery Vehicle VTS: Vandenberg Tracking Station
VTT: Video Teletraining VULREP: Vulnerability Report VVS: FSU Air Forces |
