List of acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable") used by the government and the military: It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Backronym and Apronym (Discuss) Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations, such as NATO, laser, and ABC, written as the initial letter or letters of words, and pronounced on the basis of this abbreviated written form. ...

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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A

• ADF - Australian Defence Force (Australia)
• ADFC - Australian Defence Force Cadets (Australia)
• AAFC - Australian Air Force Cadets (Australia)
• AAC - Australian Army Cadets (Australia)
• ADFA - Australian Defence Force Academy (Australia)
• AIM - Airborne Intercept Missile (U.S. military)
• AIRTC - Air Training Corps (former name for the Australian Air Force Cadets)
• An - Antonov (Russian)
• APC - Armored Personnel Carrier
• APOAE - Army Post Office Armies in Europe
• APPN - Appropriation Number (U.S. Military)
• ARA - Australian Regular Army (Australia)
• ARes - Army Reserve (Australia)
• ARM - Anti-Radiation (or Radar) Missile
• ARMS - Automated Recruit Management System (U.S. military)
• ARVN - Army of the Republic of (South) Viet Nam (U.S. Military)
• ASAP - As Soon As Possible (U.S. military)
• ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations
• ASM - Anti-Ship Missile; ASM- Air to Surface Missile
• ASV - Anti-Surface Vessel (airborne radar)
• AWOL - Absent Without Leave; Absent Without Official Leave;
• AOL - Absent Over Leave (U.S. Navy)
• ANZAC - Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

The Australian Defence Force numbers about 53,000 full-time active duty personnel plus another 20,700 reservists. ... The Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) formerly Air Training Corps (AIRTC) is a government funded aviation youth organisation. ... Australian Army Cadets Logo The Australian Army Cadets (AAC) is a youth organisation that is involved with progressive training of youths in military and adventurous activities. ... The ADFA Shield The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) is a tri-service military Academy that provides military and tertiary academic education for junior officers of the Australian Defence Force in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), Australian Regular Army (ARA) and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). ... AIM is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: AOL Instant Messenger A I M Management Group Inc. ... The Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) formerly Air Training Corps (AIRTC) is a government funded aviation youth organisation. ... The Australian Air Force Cadets (AAFC) formerly Air Training Corps (AIRTC) is a government funded aviation youth organisation. ... Private Antonov AN-2 in the UK Antonov, aka Antonov Aeronautical Scientific/Technical Complex (Antonov ASTC) (Ukrainian: ) is a Ukraine-based (since 1952) aircraft manufacturing and services company (design office prefix An) with particular expertise in the field of very large aircraft construction. ... Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are armoured fighting vehicles developed to transport infantry on the battlefield. ... Army reserves are a part of an army which is normally activated only during emergencies such as a war. ... The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) was a military component of the armed forces of the Republic of Vietnam (commonly known as South Vietnam). ... Main languages See Languages of ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong of Singapore Area  - Total 4,480,000 km2 Population  - Total (2004)  - Density 550,000,000 122. ... AWOL (pronounced a-wall) is an acronym for the United States and other armed forces expression Absent WithOut Leave or Absence Without Official Leave. The United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy use the term Unauthorized Absence (UA) instead. ... AWOL (pronounced a-wall) is an acronym for the United States and other armed forces expression Absent WithOut Leave or Absence Without Official Leave. The United States Marine Corps and the United States Navy use the term Unauthorized Absence (UA) instead. ... An ANZAC soldier gives water to a wounded Turk The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (popularly abbreviated as ANZAC) was originally an army corps of Australian and New Zealand troops who fought in World War I at Gallipoli, in the Middle East and on the Western Front. ...

B

• BDF - Barbados Defense Force (Barbados)
• BEA - Budget Execution Authority (U.S. Navy)
• Be - Beriev (Russian)

The Beriev Aircraft Company is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Be), specializing in amphibious aircraft. ...

C

• CAG - Commander, Air Group (U.S.)
• CAGE - Commercial and Government Entity
• CAS - Close Air Support
• CDIAC - Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
• CENTCOM - Central Command (U.S. Military)
• CIC - Command Intelligence Center (U.S. Navy)
• CINCLANT - Commander-in-chief, Atlantic Forces (U.S. Navy)
• CINCLANTFLT - Commander-in-chief, Atlantic Fleet (U.S. Navy)
• CINCPAC - Commander-in-chief, Pacific Forces (U.S. Navy)
• CIWS - Close-In Weapon System
• CONUS - CONtinental United States (U.S. military)
• CORDS - (U.S. military, Vietnam era)
• CQB Close Quarters Battle
• CVN Aircraft Carrier, Nuclear-powered (from Carrier, V for heavier than air flying machine {as opposed to Z, airship, from Zeppelin})

CAG may refer to: CAG, in biology is the codon that codes for the amino acid glutamine Comptroller and Auditor General of India California Association for the Gifted Carrier Air Group, in the Royal Navy, formed of BAE Sea Harrier fighters, AgustaWestland EH101 Merlin helicopters in an Anti-Submarine Warfare... The Commercial And Government Entity Code, or CAGE Code, is an identifier assigned to any organization wishing to be a supplier to the United States Department of Defense. ... Close air support (often abbreviated CAS) is the use of military aircraft in a ground attack role against targets in close proximity to friendly troops, in support of ground combat operations. ... The Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) is an organization within the United States Department of Energy and has the primary responsibility for providing the US government and research community with global warming data and analysis as it pertains to energy issues. ... Emblem of the United States Central Command. ... Phalanx CIWS A Close-in weapon system (CIWS) is a naval shipboard weapon system for detecting and destroying incoming anti-ship missiles and enemy aircraft at short range (the threat(s) having penetrated the ships available outer defences). ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with MOUT. (Discuss) CQB, sometimes CQC, is an acronym for Close Quarters Battle or Close Quarters Combat, and refers to fighting methods within buildings, streets, narrow alleys and other places where visibility and maneuverability are limited. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. ... USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship or dirigible is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ... LZ127 Graf Zeppelin, one of the two zeppelins that carried passengers from Germany to the United States. ...

D

• DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (U.S. Military)
• DFAS - Defense Finance and Accounting Service (U.S. Military)
• DoDAF - Department of Defense Architectural Framework
• DMS - Defense Message System (U.S. Military)
• DMZ - Demilitarized Zone

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. ... The U.S. Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) is a framework for development of a systems architecture or Enterprise architecture (EA). ... In military terms, a demilitarized zone (DMZ) is an area, usually the frontier or boundary between two or more military powers (or alliances), where military activity is not permitted, usually by peace treaty, armistice or other bilateral or multilateral agreement. ...

E

• EOD-Explosive Ordnance Disposal

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F

• FEBA - Forward Edge of the Battle Area
• FLOTUS - First Lady of the United States (U.S. - see POTUS)
• FOB - Forward Operating Base
• FOD - Foreign Object Damage / Foreign Object Debris (U.S.)

G

• GOCO - Government owned, contractor operated
• GPMG General Purpose Machine Gun
• Gulag The Chief Administration of Collective Labor Camps (Russian Главное Управление Лагерей, "Glavnoye Upravleniye Lagerey")

The general purpose machine gun (GPMG) is a compromise weapon, capable of doing the tasks of a light machine gun, a medium machine gun and a heavy machine gun, but none as well as a specialised weapon. ... Gulag ( , Russian: ) is an acronym for Главное Управление Исправительно—Трудовых Лагерей и колоний, Glavnoye Upravleniye Ispravitelno-trudovykh Lagerey i kolonii, The Chief Directorate [or Administration] of Corrective Labour Camps and Colonies of the NKVD. Anne Applebaum, in her book Gulag: A History, explains: The word Gulag has also come to signify not only the administration of the...

H

• HMMWV - High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (U.S. Military)
• HMAS - Her Majesty's Australian Ship (Australia)
• HMS - Her Majesty's Ship (UK)
• HMNZS - Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship (New Zealand)
• HMCS - Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (Canada)
• HYT - High Year Tenure (USAF)

This article refers to the Military HMMWV, not the civilian Hummer sold by General Motors General Characteristics (Humvee) Manufacturer: AM General Length: 4. ... His or Her Majestys Ship (HMS) is the title of any commissioned ship in the British Royal Navy, and refers to the King or Queen of the United Kingdom as appropriate at the time. ... HMS is a TLA that may stand for: Her Majestys Ship or His Majestys Ship (Royal Navy) hour-minute-second Halb Mastwurf Sicherung Harvard Medical School Haslemere Musical Society Hazardous materials safety Headend management station Health monitoring system Heavy melting scrap Helmet-mounted sight Her Majestys Service... His or Her Majestys Ship (HMS) is the title of any commissioned ship in the British Royal Navy, and refers to the King or Queen of the United Kingdom as appropriate at the time. ... Her Majestys Canadian Ship (HMCS) is the English designation of any Canadian warship. ...

I

• IAF - Indian Air Force, Israeli Air Force
• IED-Improvised Explosive Device
• Il - Ilyushin
• Interpol - International Criminal Police Organization
• IFF - Identification Friend or Foe
• IFV - Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The Indian Air Force (भारतीय वायु सेना : Bharatiya Vayu Sena) is the air-arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting air-based warfare and securing Indian airspace. ... Official shield of the IAF The Israeli Air Force (IAF; Hebrew: זרוע האויר והחלל, Zroa HaAvir VeHaḤalal, Air and Space Division) is the air force of the Israel Defense Forces. ... IED is a three-letter abbreviation which may refer to: Improvised explosive device, an explosive devices often used in unconventional warfare. ... Ilyushin (Russian: Илью́шин) is a Russian (formerly Soviet) aircraft manufacturer (design office prefix Il), founded by Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin. ... Interpol, or International Criminal Police Organization, was established as The International Criminal Police Commission in 1923 to assist international criminal police cooperation. ... A Warrior vehicle with UN markings, during the making of the eponymous film. ...

J

• JANFU - Joint Army-Navy Fuck-up
• JETDS - Joint Electronics Type Designation System

This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The multinational Combined Task Force One Five Zero (CTF-150) The British Grand Fleet, the supreme naval force of World War I A rare occurrence of a 5-country multinational fleet, during Operation Enduring Freedom in the Oman Sea. ... The Joint Electronics Type Designation System (JETDS), which was previously known as the Joint Army-Navy Nomenclature System (AN System) and the Joint Communications-Electronics Nomenclature System, is a method developed by the U.S. War Department during World War II for assigning an unclassified designator to electronic equipment. ...

K

• KIA - Killed In Action

L

• LZ- Landing Zone

M

• MBT - Main Battle Tank
• MCEN - Marine Corps Internet (U.S. Military)
• MFA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Mi - Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (Russian)
• MIA-Missing In Action
• MICV - Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle
• MiG - Mikoyan-Gurevich (Russian)
• MOAB - Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (U.S. military)
• MOB - Main Operating Base
• MRE - Meal Ready to Eat (U.S. Military)

The US M1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. ... A foreign minister is a cabinet minister that helps to form foreign policy for sovereign nations. ... Mil (Миль) is the short name of the Soviet Russian helicopter producer Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (design office prefix Mi), named after the constructor Mikhail Mil. ... MIA is a three-letter acronym that is most commonly used to designate a combatant who is Missing In Action, and has not yet returned or otherwise been accounted for as either dead (KIA) or a prisoner of war (POW). ... Infantry of the Royal Irish Rifles during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Infantry are soldiers who fight primarily on foot with small arms in organized military units, though they may be transported to the battlefield by horses, ships, automobiles, skis, or other means. ... MIG may refer to one of the following. ... The Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (MOAB) (also known as the Mother Of All Bombs) is a large-yield conventional bomb developed by the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts Jr. ... An MRE packet, containing a main course or entrée of spaghetti with meat sauce. ...

N

• NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
• NAS - Naval Air Station
• NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• NMC - Not Mission Capable
• NMCI - Naval Marine Corps Internet (U.S. Navy)

Nafta or NAFTA may refer to: an acronym for the North American Free Trade Agreement an acronym for the New Zealand Australia Free Trade Agreement the town/Tokyo of Nafta, Tunisia This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... NATO 2002 Summit in Prague The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation[2] (NATO; French: ; also called the North Atlantic Alliance, the Atlantic Alliance, or the Western Alliance) is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. ...

O

• O&M, MC - Operations & Maintenance, Marine Corps (U.S. Navy)
• O&M, N - Operations & Maintenance, Navy (U.S. Navy)
• OBE- Overcome by Events (DoD)

P

• PMS - Planned Maintenance Schedule (U.S. Navy)
• PO - Post Office
• POTUS - President of the United States
• PT - Physical Training
• POW-Prisoner Of War

Small-town post office and town hall in Lockhart, Alabama A post office is a facility (in most countries, a government one) where the public can purchase postage stamps for mailing correspondence or merchandise, and also drop off or pick up packages or other special-delivery items. ... The presidential seal was first used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... Physical instruction at the U.S. Naval Training Station, Newport, RI, 1917 In most educational systems, physical education (PE), also called physical training (PT) or gym in less progressive settings, is a course in the curriculum which utilizes learning in the cognitive, affective and psycho motor domains in a play... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...

Q

R

• RFP - Request for Proposal (U.S.)
• RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force (Australia)
• RAN - Royal Australian Navy (Australia)
• RMC - Royal Military College of Canada (Canada) Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario
• RN - Royal Navy (UK)
• RAF - Royal Air Force (UK)
• RNZAF - Royal New Zealand Air Force (New Zealand)
• RCSCC - Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps (Canada)
• RSS - Regional Security System (Caribbean)

RFP is an acronym (or TLA) for request for proposal, a business term referring to a request for bids, through a tender process, on a specific product or service. ... The RAAF Roundel is based on that of the British Royal Air Force, with the central circle replaced by a Kangaroo, a symbol of Australia. ... The term Ran can refer to: In film and television: Ran (film), a 1985 film directed by the master Japanese director, Akira Kurosawa Tsukikage Ran, an anime, or its title character Rachel Moore, also called Ran Mori, a fictional character in the manga Case Closed (known as Detective Conan in... RMC may refer to: Radio Monte Carlo, a radio station operation in France, Monaco and Italy Royal Military College Randolph Mountain Club Ready mixed concrete Readymix Corporation Group, a construction supplies company based in the United Kingdom Resource Monitoring and Control Rawalpindi Medical College ,Pakistan. ... The Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), is the military academy of the Canadian Forces and is a full degree-granting university. ... Murney Tower, Kingston The Fort Henry Guard performing an historical demonstration The Prince George Hotel. ... The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ... The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air force branch of the British Armed Forces. ... The Royal New Zealand Air Force or RNZAF is the air operations arm of the New Zealand Defence Force. ... For RSS feeds from Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Syndication. ...

T

• TAD - Temporary Additional Duty (U.S. Military)
• TDY - Temporary Duty (U.S. Military)

U

• USA PATRIOT Act - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
• USAF - United States Air Force
• USMC - United States Marine Corps
• USN - United States Navy
• USO - United Service Organizations (U.S. Military)
• UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• UCAV - Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
• UN - United Nations

The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56), known as the USA PATRIOT Act or simply the Patriot Act, is an American act which President Bush signed into law on October 26, 2001. ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial-warfare branch of the United States armed forces and one of the seven uniformed services. ... The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces to global crises. ... The United States Navy, also known as the USN or the U.S. Navy, is a branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations. ... The United Service Organizations The United Service Organizations (USO) is a volunteer organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military worldwide. ... UAVs in a hangar An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a pilotless aircraft, controlled either remotely or flown autonomously, used for a number of missions, including reconnaissance and attack roles. ... A Boeing X-45A UCAV The Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) is the name of a new class of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that have been designed to carry out air strikes. ... The foundation of the U.N. The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress and human rights issues. ...

V

• VFD - Volunteer Fire Department

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Y

Z

See also: List of acronyms, List of U.S. Army acronyms and expressions This list contains acronyms, initialisms and pseudo-blends. ... The U.S. Army, like any bureaucratic organization, produces its own acronyms, which often come to have meaning beyond their bare expansions. ...