List of U.S. government and military acronyms

0–9

• 0K – Zero Killed
• 1LT – First Lieutenant
• 2LT – Second Lieutenant
• 2IC – Second In Command
• 1SG – First Sergeant
• ‘’’777’’’ – Refers to the M777 howitzer. A towed 155 mm artillery weapon. It succeeded the M198 howitzer in the United States Marine Corps and United States Army in 2005. The M777 is also used by the ground forces of Australia, Canada, India and Saudi Arabia. It made its combat debut in the War in Afghanistan.

  A

• A – Analog
• A1C – Airman First Class
• A2C2 – Army Airspace Command And Control
• A-3 –
• A-5 –
• AA – Anti-Aircraft
• AA – Armed Forces America
• AA – Assembly Area
• AA – Assessment Agent
• AA – Avenue Of Approach
• AAA – Army Audit Agency
• AAA – Antiaircraft Artillery
• AAA – Arrival And Assembly Area
• AAA – Assign Alternate Area
• AAAD – Airborne Anti-Armor Defense
• AAAS – Amphibious Aviation Assault Ship
• AABB – American Association of Blood Banks
• AABWS – Amphibious Assault Bulk Water System
• AAC – Activity Address Code
• AACG – Arrival Airfield Control Group
• AADC – Area Air Defense Commander
• AADP – Area Air Defense Plan
• AA&E – Arms, Ammunition, And Explosives
• AAEC – Aeromedical Evacuation Control Team
• AAFC – Australian Air Force Cadets
• AAFES – Army and Air Force Exchange Service
• AAFIF – Automated Air Facility Information File
• AAFS – Amphibious Assault Fuel System
• AAFSF – Amphibious Assault Fuel Supply Facility
• AAGS – Army Air-Ground System
• AAI – Air-To-Air Interface
• AAM – Air-To-Air Missile
• AAMDC – US Army Air And Missile Defense Command
• AAOE – Arrival And Assembly Operations Element
• AAOG – Arrival And Assembly Operations Group
• AAP – Allied Administrative Publication
• AAP – Assign Alternate Parent
• AAR – After Action Report
• AAR – After Action Review
• AAS – Army Apprentice School
• AAST – Aeromedical Evacuation Administrative Support Team
• AAT – Automatic Analog Test
• AAT – Aviation Advisory Team
• AAU – Analog Applique Unit
• AAV – Amphibious Assault Vehicle
• AAW – Antiair Warfare
• AB – Airbase
• AB – Airman Basic
• ABCA – American, British, Canadian, Australian Armies Program
• ABCS – Army Battle Command System
• ABD – Airbase Defense
• ABU – Airman Battle Uniform
• ABV – Assault Breacher Vehicle
• ABFC – Advanced Base Functional Component
• ACU – Army Combat Uniform
• ADOS – Active Duty, Operational Support
• ADSW – Active Duty, Special Work
• AE – Armed Forces Europe
• AEW&C – Airborne Early Warning And Control
• AFI – Awaiting Further Instruction/Air Force Instruction
• AFMC – Armed Forces Medical College
• AFOQT – Air Force Officer Qualifying Test
• AFOSI – United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations
• AFSC – Air Force Specialty Code
• AHA – Ammunition Holding Area
• AIM – Airborne Intercept Missile
• AIPD – Army Institute For Professional Development
• AIS – Automated Information System
• AIT – Advanced Individual Training
• Amn – Airman
• ALCON – All Concerned
• AMU – Aircraft Maintenance Unit
• AMXG – Aircraft Maintenance Group
• AMXS – Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
• ANG – Air National Guard
• AOC – Air Operations Center
• AOL – Absent Over Leave
• AO – Area Of Operations
• A&P – Administrative And Personnel
• AP – Armed Forces Pacific
• AP – Armor-Piercing
• APC – Armored Personnel Carrier
• APFSDS – Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot
• APFT – Army Physical Fitness Test
• APFU – Army Physical Fitness Uniform
• APO – Army Post Office; See Also FPO
• APPN – Appropriation Number
• APRT – Army Physical Readiness Test
• ARCENT/TUSA – US Army Forces Central Command /Hq Third US Army
• ARPANET – Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
• ARM – Anti-Radar Missile
• ARM – Anti-Radiation Missile
• ARMS – Automated Recruit Management System
• ARMS – Aviation Resource Management System
• ARNG – Army National Guard
• ARS – Air Refueling Store
• ART – Alarm Response Team
• ARVN – Army Of The Republic Of Viet Nam
• ASAP – Army Substance Abuse Program
• ASAP – As Soon As Possible
• ASEAN – Association Of South East Asian Nations
• ASM – Air-to-Surface Missile
• ASCM – Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
• ASROC – Anti-Submarine ROCket
• ASV – Anti-Surface Vessel
• ASVAB – Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
• ASW – Anti-Submarine Warfare
• ATC – Air Training Corps
• ATC – Air Traffic Control
• ATFU – Ate The Fuck Up
• ATO – Air Tasking Order
• ATO – Antiterrorism Officer
• ATRRS – Army Training Requirements And Resources System
• AWACS – Airborne Warning and Control System
• AWOL – Absent Without Leave

  B

• BAH – Basic Allowance for Housing
• BAMCIS – Begin planning Arrange Recon Make the plan Complete the plan Issue the order Supervise
• BAR – Browning Automatic Rifle
• BAU – Behavioral Analysis Unit
• BCD – Battlefield Coordination Detachment
• BCD – Bad Conduct Discharge
• BCG – Birth Control Glasses
• BCT – Basic Combat Training
• BCT – Brigade Combat Team
• BDA – Battle Damage Assessment
• BDE – Brigade
• BDF – Barbados Defence Force
• BDU – Battle Dress Uniform
• Be – Beriev
• BEA – Budget Execution Authority
• BFT – Blue Force Tracker
• BG – Bodyguard
• BGHR – By God He's Right
• BLUF – Bottom Line Up Front
• BMNT – Begin Morning Nautical Twilight
• BN – Battalion
• BOHICA – Bend Over Here It Comes Again
• BRAC – Base Realignment And Closure
• BRAT – Born Raised And Transferred Usually Pronounced "Military Brat".
• BRAT – British RegimentAttachedTraveler, or "Born, Raised and Trapped". Usually pronounced "Military Brat" or "Base Brat".
• BUB – Battle Update Brief
• BVR – Beyond Visual Range
• BX – Base Exchange
• BZ – spoken "Bravo Zulu", meaning "congratulations, job well done"

  C

• C1 – Command
• C2 – Command And Control
• C3 – Command Control And Communication
• C4IR – Command Control Communication Computers Intelligence And Recognition
• CAC – Common Access Card
• CAG – Commander, Air Group
• CAG – Civil Affairs Group. Term used for military members assigned to assist civilian governments with restoring infrastructure
• CAGE – Commercial and Government Entity
• CALL – Center for Army Lessons Learned
• CAPT – Captain
• CPT – Captain
• CAS – Close Air Support
• CASEX – Coordinated Anti-Submarine EXercise
• CASEVAC – Casualty Evacuation
• CAT – Combat Application Tourniquets
• CBRN – Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear
• CBU – Cluster Bomb Unit
• CCIP – Continually Calculated Impact Point
• CCIR – Commanders Critical Information Requirements
• CCP – Casualty Collection Point
• CCRP – Continually Calculated Release Point
• CDAT – Computerized Dumb Ass Tanker
• CDIAC – Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
• CDRUSPACOM – Commander United States Pacific Command
• CENTCOM – Central Command
• CF – Cluster Fuck
• CHU – Containerized Housing Unit
• Chief – Chief Warrant Officer
• CIA – Central Intelligence Agency
• CIB – Combat Infantry Badge
• CIC – Command Intelligence Center
• CINCLANT – Commander-in-chief, Atlantic Forces
• CINCLANTFLT – Commander-in-chief, Atlantic Fleet
• CINCPAC – Commander-in-chief, Pacific Forces
• CIWS – Close-In Weapon System
• CJOTUS – Chief Justice of the United States
• CMSgt – Chief Master Sergeant
• CMSAF – Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force
• CO – Commanding Officer
• COA – Course of Action
• COB – Chief Of the Boat
• COCOM – Combatant Commander
• CODELS – Congressional Delegations
• Col – Colonel
• COMINT – Communications Intelligence
• COMPACFLT – Commander, Pacific Fleet
• COMSEC – Communication Security
• CONUS – Continental United States
• CONUSA – Continental United States Army
• CORDS –
• COP – Combat Out Post
• CoS – Chief of Staff
• COT – Commissioned Officer Training
• CPL – Corporal
• CPO – Chief Petty Officer
• – Captain
• CP – Check Point
• CPX – Command Post Exercise
• CQB – Close Quarters Battle
• CRC – CONUS Replacement Center
• CSM – Command Sergeant Major )
• CSAR – Combat Search And Rescue
• CT – Counter-terrorism Team
• CTR – Close Target Reconnaissance
• CUB – Commander Update Brief
• CVN – Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier
• CWO – Chief Warrant Officer
• CZN – Nuclear-powered Airship Carrier

  D

• DA – Defence Attaché
• DAC – Department of the Army Civilian
• DAGO – Department of the Army General Officer
• DAGR – Defense Advanced GPS Receiver
• DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
• DASA – Division Artillery Security Area
• DAT – Dumb Ass Tanker
• DC3 – Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center
• DCAA – Defense Contract Audit Agency
• DCMA – Defense Contract Management Agency
• DEROS – Date Estimated Return From Overseas
• DEVGRU – the United States naval special warfare DEVelopment GRoUp
• DFAC – Dining Facility
• DFAS – Defense Finance and Accounting Service
• DIA – Defense Intelligence Agency
• DINFAC – Dining Facility
• DISA – Defense Information Systems Agency
• DLA – Defense Logistics Agency
• DLB – Dead Letter Box
• DMDC – Defense Manpower Data Center
• DME – Depot Maintenance Enterprise
• DMEA – Defense Microelectronics Activity
• DMS – Defense Message System
• DMZ – Demilitarized Zone
• DOA – Dead on Arrival
• DoDAAC – Department of Defense Activity Address Code
• DoDAF – Department of Defense Architectural Framework
• DoDIC – Department of Defense Identification Code
• DOEHRS – Defense Occupational and Environmental Health Readiness System
• DOP – Drop-Off Point
• DPMs – Disruptive Pattern M
• DRT – Dead Right There; wounded in such a way as to indicate immediate and/or unavoidable death; often used as a sarcastic form of the civilian acronym DOA
• DTO – Daily Tasking Order
• DTRA – Defense Threat Reduction agency
• DZ – Drop Zone

  E

• E&E – Escape and Evade
• EA – Electronic Attack
• ECP – Entry Control Point
• EDCSA – Effective Date of Change of Strength Accountability
• EHRS – Electronic Health Records
• EI – Engineering and Installation
• EIS – Engineering and Installation Squadron, Environmental Impact Statement
• EIB – Expert Infantry Badge
• EI SIT – Engineering and Installation Site Implementation Team
• EKIA – Enemy Killed in Action
• ELINT – Electronic Intelligence
• EMI – Extra Military Instruction
• ENS – Ensign
• EOD – Explosive Ordnance Disposal
• EOS – End of Service
• EP – Electronic Protection
• EPR − Enlisted Performance Report
• EPW – Enemy Prisoner of War
• ERV – Emergency Rendezvous
• ESSENCE – Electronic Surveillance System for Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics
• ETA – Estimated time of arrival
• ETS – Estimated Termination of Service
• EUCOM – European Command
• EW – Electronic Warfare
• Exfil – Exfiltration

  F

• FA – Field Artillery
• FAK – First Aid Kit
• FAR – Federal Acquisition Regulation
• FBCB2 – Force XXI Battlefield Command Brigade and Below
• FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation
• FEBA – Forward Edge of the Battle Area
• FFE – Fire for effect
• FIDO – FIre Direction Officer
• FIGMO – Fuck It, Got My Orders
• FIST – Fire Support Team
• FISTer – Member of a Fire Support Team
• FIST-V – Fire Support Team Vehicle
• FISINT – Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelligence
• FISHDO – Fuck It, Shit Happens, Drive On
• FitRep – Fitness Report
• FLOT – Forward Line of Troops
• FLOTUS – First Lady of the United States
• FM – Field Marshal; more commonly "Field Manual"
• FMC – Fully Mission Capable
• FMTV – Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
• FNG – Fucking New Guy
• FO – Forward Observer
• FO – Foxtrot Oscar
• FOB – Forward Operating Base
• FOD – Foreign Object Damage
• FOD – Foreign Object Debris
• FOI - Field of Imaging
• FPO – Fleet Post Office; See also APO
• FRACU – Flame-Resistant Army Combat Uniform
• FSA – Force Structure Allowance
• FSTE – Foreign Service Tour Extension
• FTUS – Full Time Unit Specialist
• – Fouled Up Beyond All Recognition or Fucked Up Beyond All Repair
• FYSA – For Your Situational Awareness
• FYI – For Your Information

  G

• G1 – General Staff Level office for Personnel and Manpower
• G2 – General Staff Level office for Military Intelligence
• G3 – General Staff Level office for Operations and Plans
• G4 – General Staff Level office for Logistics
• G5 – General Staff Level office for Military/Civil Affairs
• G6 – General Staff Level office for Signal and Communication
• G7 – General Staff Level office for Training and Exercises
• G8 – General Staff Level office for Force Development and Analysis
• G9 – General Staff Level office for Civil Operations
• GBU – Guided Bomb Unit
• GEN – General
• GI – Government Issue
• GIG – Global Information Grid
• GIGO – Garbage In Garbage Out
• GM – Gone Mersault
• GO – General Officer
• GOCO – Government owned, contractor operated
• GPMG – General Purpose Machine Gun
• GPS – Global Positioning System
• GS – General Schedule

  H

• HALO – High Altitude Low Opening
• HAHO – High Altitude High Opening
• HAAMS – High Altitude Airdrop Missions
• HBL – Holiday Block Leave
• HE – High Explosive
• HEAT – High Explosive Anti-Tank warhead
• HEP – High Explosive, Plastic
• HESH – High-explosive squash head
• HIMARS – High Mobility Artillery Rocket System
• HMAS – Her Majesty's Australian Ship
• HMCS – Her Majesty's Canadian Ship
• HMFIC – Head Motherfucker In Charge – colloquialism for the highest-ranking person present; more commonly used by NCO's than by officers
• HMMWV – High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle
• HMNZS – Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship
• HMS – Hans Majestäts Skepp
• HMS – Her Majesty's Ship
• Hr.Ms – His/Her Dutch Majesty's Ship
• HOMSEC – Homeland Security
• HRAP – Hometown Recruiter Assistance Program
• HQ – Headquarters
• HHB – Headquarters and Headquarters Battery
• HHC – Headquarters and Headquarters Company
• HHT – Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
• HUMINT – Human Intelligence
• HVI – High Value Individual
• HVT – High Value Target
• HYT – High Year Tenure

  I

• IAF – Indian Air Force
• IAF – Israeli Air Force
• IAVA – Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert
• ICBM – Intercontinental ballistic missile
• ICE – Individual Carrying Equipment, eg All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment
• ID – IDentification
• IED – Improvised explosive device
• IFAK – Individual First aid kit
• IFF – Identification Friend or Foe
• IFF – Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals
• IG – Inspector General
• IFV – Infantry Fighting Vehicle
• IN – Infantry
• INSCOM – United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
• Il – Ilyushin, Russian aircraft company
• Interpol – International Criminal Police Organization
• ISO – Inter School Course
• ISR – Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
• IYAAYAS –" If You Ain't AMMO, You Ain't Shit"

  J

• JA – Judge Advocate
• JAFO – Just Another Fucking Observer
• JAG – Judge Advocate General
• JDAM – Joint Direct Attack Munition
• JSF – Joint Strike Fighter program
• JATO – Jet-assisted Take Off
• JETDS – Joint Electronics Type Designation System
• JNN – Joint Network Node
• JSAM – Joint Service Achievement Medal
• JSTARS – Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
• JSOC – Joint Special Operations Command
• JTF – Joint Task Force
• JEEP – "Just Enough Essential Parts"

  K

• KATUSA – Korean Augmentation Troops to the United States Army
• KIA – Killed In Action
• KFOR -- Kosovo Force
• KISS – Keep It Simple, Stupid – USAF
• KO – Contracting Officer, Navy
• KP – Kitchen Police or Kitchen Patrol
• KBO – Keep Buggering On

  L

• LAAD – Low Altitude Air Defense
• LAAT – Low Altitude Assault Transport
• LAV – Land Artillery Vehicle
• LCDR – Lieutenant Commander
• LCPL – Lance Corporal
• LES – Leave and Earnings Statement
• LIC – Low Intensity Conflict
• LP – Listening Post
• LP/OP – Listening Post Observation Post
• LPC – Leather Personnel Carrier
• LGOP – Little Group Of Paratroopers
• LMTV – Light Medium Tactical Vehicle
• LPO – Leading Petty Officer
• LT – Lieutenant
• LTC or Lt Col – Lieutenant Colonel
• LTG or Lt Gen – Lieutenant General
• LTJG – Lieutenant, Junior Grade
• LUP – Lying-Up Point
• LZ''' – Landing Zone

  M

• MACV/SOG – Military Assistance Command Vietnam / Studies and Observation Group
• MAJ – Major
• MARCORSYSCOM – MARine CORps SYStems COMmand
• MARCENT Marine Corps Central Command
• MARFORRES – MARine FORces REServe
• MARSOC – Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command
• MAV – Micro Air Vehicle
• MAW – Maximum Allowable Weight
• MBT – Main battle tank
• MC 326/2 – ″NATO Medical Support Principles and Policies″, approved by Military Committee, second revision.
• MCCS – Marine Corps Community Services
• MCEN – Marine Corps Enterprise Network
• MCEITS – Marine Corps Enterprise Information Technology Service
• MCPO – Master Chief Petty Officer
• MedEvac – Medical evacuation
• MFA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• MG – Machine gun
• MG – Major general
• MI – Military Intelligence
• Mi – Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant
• MIA – Missing in action
• MICV – Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle
• MiG – Mikoyan-Gurevich
• MILCON – Military Construction
• MK – Mark
• MK – Machinery Technician
• MLRS – Multiple Launch Rocket System
• MMFD – Miles and Miles of F...ing Desert
• MOA – Military Operating Area
• MOAB – Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, also known as "Mother Of All Bombs".
• MOAC – Mother of All Coffee
• MOB – Main Operating Base
• MOBCOM – MOBile COMmand
• MOPP – Mission Oriented Protective Posture
• MOS – Military Occupation Specialty
• MOUT – Military Operations in Urban Terrain
• MPDS – Military Planning Data Allowance
• MRAP – Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected
• MRE – Meal, Ready-to-Eat
• MRX – Mission Rehearsal Exercise
• MSG – Master Sergeant
• MSgt – Master Sergeant
• MTOE – Modified Table Of Organizational Equipment
• MTS+ – Movement Tracking System Plus
• MTV – Medium Tactical Vehicle
• MSDC+ – Marine Science Diving Club
• MSR – Main Supply Route
• MSR – Major Supply Route
• MWR – Morale Welfare Recreation

  N

• NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement
• NAS – Naval Air Station
• NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
• NCIS – Naval Criminal Investigative Service
• NAVAIR – Naval Air Systems Command
• NAVCENT – Naval Forces Central Command
• NAVOCEANO – Naval Oceanographic Office
• NBACC – National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center
• NCI – National Cancer Institute
• NCO – Non-Commissioned Officer
• NCOIC – Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge
• NCOES – Non-Commissioned Officer Education System
• ND – Negligent Discharge
• NDP – Night Defensive Position
• NEFF – New Equipment Fielding Facility
• NIBC National Interagency Biodefense Campus
• NICBR – National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research
• NLT – No Later Than
• NMC – Not Mission Capable
• NME – Non-Mission Essential
• NMCI – Naval Marine Corps Intranet
• NNMSA – Non-Nuclear Munitions Storage Area
• NOC -Non Official Cover
• NORAD – North American Aerospace Defense Command
• NPDES – National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System
• NS – Network Services
• NSA – National Security Agency
• NSW – Naval Special Warfare
• NSWDG – Naval Special Warfare Development Group
• NUB – Non-Useful Body / Nuclear Unqualified Bitch

  O

• OBE – Overcome/Overrun By Events
• OCONUS – Outside Continental United States
• OCP – Operational Camouflage Pattern
• OCS – Officer Candidate School
• ODA – Operational Detachment-Alpha
• ODU – Operational Dress Uniform
• OIC – Officer in Charge
• OIG – Office of Inspector General
• OM – On the Move
• O&M, MC – Operations & Maintenance, Marine Corps
• O&M, N – Operations & Maintenance, Navy
• OODA – Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act
• OP – Observation Post
• OPR – Officer Performance Report
• OPT – Operational Planning Team
• ORM – Operational Risk Management
• OSM – Oh Shit Moment
• OSP – On Site Procurement
• OSP – Orbital Services Program
• OPORD – Operations Order
• OPSEC – Operations Security
• OTF – Out There Flapping
• OTS – Officer Training School
• OTV – Outer Tactical Vest

  P

• PACOM – Pacific Command
• PACAF – Pacific Air Forces
• PAQ – PALACE Acquire
• PCS – Permanent Change of Station
• PDS – Permanent Duty Station
• PDT – Pre-Deployment Training
• PE – Plastic Explosive
• PFC – Private First Class
• PFM – Pure Fuckin Magic
• PFT – Physical Fitness Test
• PII – Personally Identifiable Information or Personal Identity Information
• PL – Platoon Leader
• PLL - Prescribed Load List
• PLT – Platoon
• PMC – Partially Mission Capable
• PME – Professional Military Education
• PMS – Planned Maintenance Schedule
• PNG – Passive Night Goggles
• PO – Post Office
• PO1 – Petty Officer 1st Class
• PO2 – Petty Officer 2nd Class
• PO3 – Petty Officer 3rd Class
• POBCAK – Problem Occurs Between Chair And Keyboard
• POL – Petroleum Oil & Lubricants
• POC – Point Of Contact
• POTUS – President of the United States
• POG – Person Other than Grunt
• POW – Prisoner Of War
• POV – Privately Owned Vehicle
• PPG – PT Parade Games
• PPPPPPP – Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance
• PRP – Personnel ReliabilityProgram
• PRP – Pretty Retarded Program
• PRT – Provincial Reconstruction Team
• PRT – Physical Readiness Training
• PT – Physical Training
• PTB – Powers That Be
• PV2 – Private 2nd class
• PVT – Private
• PX – Post Exchange

  R

• RavMonE – Known as the Trojan that opens a backdoor on computers running Microsoft Windows however nicknamed for a new enlisted soldier that is deployed to a unit during combat operations.
• RAAF – Royal Australian Air Force
• RAF – Royal Air Force
• RAN – Royal Australian Navy
• RATELO – Radiotelephone Operator
• RATO – Rocket Assisted Take Off
• RCSC – Royal Canadian Sea Cadets
• REMF – Rear Echelon Mother Fucker
• RFL – Response Force Leader
• RMC – Royal Military College of Canada
• RN – Royal Navy
• ROE – Rules Of Engagement
• ROMA Data, Right Out of My Ass Data. Unverifiable created data
• ROWPU – Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit
• RNZAF – Royal New Zealand Air Force
• ROZ – Restricted Operating Zone
• RPG – Rocket-propelled grenade
• RPM – Rounds per minute
• RS – RatShit
• RSS – Regional Security System
• RTB – Return To Base
• RV –
• RTO – Radio Telephone Operator

  S

• SA – Seaman Apprentice
• SA – Situation Awareness
• SAAS – Standard Army Ammunition System
• SAM – Surface-to-Air Missile
• SARS – Search and Rescue Swimmer
• SARSS – Standard Army Retail Supply System
• SAS – Special Air Service
• SBS – Special Boat Service
• SCIF – Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
• SCO – Squadron Commander
• SCOTUS – Supreme Court of the United States
• SCPO – Senior Chief Petty Officer
• SD – "Status Destroyed" or "Salty Dog".
• SDD – Solution Delivery Division
• SEAC – Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• SEAL – Sea, Air and Land
• SERE – Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape
• SFC – Sergeant First Class
• SFOD-A – United States Army Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha – US Special Forces team
• SFOD-B – Special Forces Operational Detachment Bravo – US Special Forces support group
• SFOD-C – Special Forces Operational Detachment Charlie – US Special Forces command group
• SFOD-D – Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta
• SGM – Sergeant Major
• SGT – Sergeant
• SITREP – Situation Report
• SJA – Staff Judge Advocate
• SLAM – Standoff Land Attack Missile
• SLBM – Submarine-launched ballistic missile
• SLOTUS – Second Lady of the United States
• SMA – Sergeant Major of the Army
• SMEAC – Situation Mission Execution Admin/logistics Command/signal
• SMSgt – Senior Master Sergeant
• SN – Seaman
• SNAFU – Situation Normal: All Fucked/Fouled Up
• SOCCENT – Special Operations Command CENTCOM
• SOCOM – United States Special Operations Command
• SOFA – Status of Forces Agreement
• SOL – Shit Out of Luck
• SOLJWF – Shit Out of Luck and Jolly Well Fucked
• SOP – Standard Operating Procedures
• SOS – Shit On a Shingle, or creamed chipped beef on toast.
• SPC – Specialist
• SR – Seaman Recruit
• SrA – Senior Airman
• SRBM – United States Army Special Forces
• SRR – Special Reconnaissance Regiment
• SSBN – Nuclear-Powered Ballistic missile submarine
• SSDD – Same Shit Different Day
• SSDDBS – Same Shit Different Day Bigger Shovel
• SSG – Staff Sergeant
• SSGN – Nuclear-Powered Cruise missile submarine
• SSgt – Staff Sergeant
• SSN – Nuclear-powered attack submarine
• STOVL – Short Takeoff, Vertical Landing
• SUSFU – Situation Unchanged, Still Fucked Up
• SWAG – Scientific Wild Ass Guess
• SWAK – Sealed With A Kiss

  T

• TACP – Tactical Air Control Party
• TAD – Temporary Additional Duty
• TAO – Tactical Action Officer
• TBD – To Be Determined
• TC3 – Tactical Combat Casualty Care
• TCCC – Tactical Combat Casualty Care
• TDPFO – Temporary Duty Pending Further Orders
• TDY – Temporary Duty
• TEL – Transporter Erector Launcher
• TF – Task Force
• TFOA – Things Falling Off Aircraft
• TG6 – Task Group 6
• TOC – Tactical Operations Center
• TIC – Troops In Contact
• TSgt – Technical Sergeant
• TU – Tits Up, a.k.a. "tango uniform"
• TARFU – Things Are Really Fucked Up, or Totally And Royally Fucked Up
• TRADOC- U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command

  U

• UA – Unauthorized Absence
• UAS – Unmanned Aerial System
• UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• UCP – Universal Camouflage Pattern
• UCAV – Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
• ULLS – Unit Level Logisitics System
• UMA – Unit Mobilization Assistor
• UN – United Nations
• US – Unserviceable
• USS – United States Ship
• USSS – United States Secret Service
• USAF – United States Air Force
• USAFA – the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado
• USAFE – United States Air Forces in Europe
• USAMRICD – United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense
• USAMRIID – United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease
• USAMRMC – United States Army Medical Research and Materiél Command
• USAMRAA – United States Army Medical Research Acquisition Activity
• USA PATRIOT Act – Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act
• USAREC – US Army REcruiting Command
• USAREUR – US Army European Command
• USCG – United States Coast Guard
• USCGC – United States Coast Guard Cutter
• USMA – the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York
• USMC – United States Marine Corps
• USN – United States Navy
• USNA – the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland
• USO – United Service Organizations
• USR – Unit Status Report
• UUV – Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
• UXB – Unexploded Bomb
• UXO – Unexploded Ordnance

  V

• VBIED – Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device
• VDM – Visual Distinguishing Mark
• VFD – Volunteer Fire Department
• VFR – Volunteer Fire and Rescue
• VPOTUS – Vice President of the United States

  W

• WIA – Wounded In Action
• WO1 – Warrant Officer 1
• WSA – Weapons Storage Area
• WMD – Weapons of Mass Destruction
• WILCO – Will Comply
• WCS – Worst Case Scenario
• WORM – War operating ready material

  X

• XO – Executive Officer

  Y

• YGBSM – You Gotta Be Shitting Me