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* ''TSgt'' – '''T'''echnical '''S'''er'''g'''ean'''t''' (USAF E-6) |
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Revision as of 22:34, 20 August 2012
List of initialisms, acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the United States:
0–9
- 1LT – First Lieutenant (U.S. Army) (USAF uses "1st Lt")
- 2LT – Second Lieutenant (U.S. Army) (USAF uses "2d Lt")
- 2IC – Second In Command
A
- A – analog
- A1C – Airman 1st Class (USAF E-3)
- A2C2 – Army airspace command and control
- A-3 – (Operations Directorate (COMAFFOR))
- A-5 – (Plans Directorate (COMAFFOR))
- AA – Anti-Aircraft
- AA – assembly area
- AA – assessment agent
- AA – avenue of approach
- AAA – antiaircraft artillery
- AAA – arrival and assembly area
- AAA – assign alternate area
- AAAS – amphibious aviation assault ship
- AABB – American Association of Blood Banks
- AABWS – amphibious assault bulk water system
- AAC – activity address code
- AAC – Army Air Corps (British)
- AAC – Australian Army Cadets (Australia)
- 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 (Australia)
- 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 (Australia)
- 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 (USAF E-1)
- ABCA – American, British, Canadian, Australian Armies Program
- ABCS – Army Battle Command System
- ABD – airbase defense
- ABFC – advanced base functional component
- ACF – Army Cadet Force (UK Military)
- ADF – Australian Defence Force (Australia)
- ADFA – Australian Defence Force Academy (Australia)
- ADFC – Australian Defence Force Cadets (Australia)
- ADOS – Active Duty, Operational Support
- ADSW – Active Duty, Special Work
- AFI – Awaiting Further Instruction
- AFMC- Armed Forces Medical College
- AFO – Another Fucking Observer
- AFOQT - Air Force Officer Qualifying Test
- AFOSI – Air Force Office of Special Investigations
- AFSC Air Force Specialty Code
- AHA – Ammunition Holding Area
- AIM – Airborne Intercept Missile (U.S. military)
- AIPD – Army Institute For Professional Development
- AIRTC – Air Training Corps (former name for the Australian Air Force Cadets)
- AIT – Advanced Individual Training (U.S. Army)
- Amn – Airman (USAF E-2)
- ALCON – ALl CONcerned (U.S. military)
- AMU – Aicraft Maintenance Unit
- AMXG – Aircraft Maintenance Group
- AMXS – Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
- An – Antonov (Russian)
- ANZAC – Australian and New Zealand Army Corps
- AOL – Absent Over Leave (U.S. Navy)
- AO – Area of Operations
- A&P – administrative and personnel
- AP – Armor-Piercing
- APC – Armored Personnel Carrier
- APFSDS – Armour-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot
- APO – Army Post Office; See also FPO
- APPN – Appropriation Number (U.S. Military)
- APRT – Army Physical Readiness Test (U.S. Army)
- ARA – Australian Regular Army (Australia)
- ARes – Army Reserve (Australia)
- ARM – Anti-Radar Missile
- ARM – Anti-Radiation Missile
- ARMS – Automated Recruit Management System (U.S. military)
- ARMS – Aviation Resource Management System (USAF)
- ARMY - Aren't Ready for Marines Yet (U.S. Marines)
- ART – Alarm Response Team (USAF)
- ARVN – Army of the Republic of (South) Viet Nam (U.S. Military)
- ASAP – Army Substance Abuse Program (U.S. military)
- ASAP – As Soon As Possible
- ASEAN – Association of South East Asian Nations
- ASM – Air to Surface Missile
- ASCM – Anti-Ship C Missile
- ASV – Anti-Surface Vessel (airborne radar)
- ASVAB – Armed Services Voccasional Aptitude Battery
- ASW – Anti-Submarine Warfare
- ATC – Air Training Corps
- ATC – Air Traffic Control
- ATO – Air Tasking Order
- ATO – Antiterrorism Officer
- ATTRS – Army Training Requirements And Resources Development
- AWOL – Absent With Out Leave
B
- BAMCIS – Begin planning Arrange Recon Make the plan Complete the plan Issue the order Supervise (US Navy Seabees)
- BAH - Basic Allowance for Housing
- BAR - Browning Automatic Rifle
- BAU – Behavioural Analysis Unit
- BCG – Birth Control Glasses (U.S. Military)
- BCT – Basic Combat Training (U.S. Army)
- BDF – Barbados Defence Force (Barbados)
- BDU – Battle Dress Uniform (U.S. Military)
- Be – Beriev (Russian)
- BEA – Budget Execution Authority (U.S. Navy)
- BFT - Blue Force Tracker (U.S. Military)
- BG – Bodyguard
- BGHR – By God He's Right (U.S Military)
- BLUF - Bottom Line Up Front (US Military)
- BMNT – Begin Morning Nautical Twilightight (U.S Army)
- BOHICA – Bend Over Here It Comes Again (US Military)
- BRAC – Base Realignment And Closure Comission
- BRAT (American)– Born RaisedAndTransferred (American usage, refers to dependent children of military personnel) Usually Pronounced "Military Brat" (Or "Air Force BRAT", or Army "Brat", Navy "Brat" etc.).[1]
- BRAT (British)– British RegimentAttachedTraveler (British military usage, may have been the original usage, which was later adapted to the American military: Means "child that travels with a soldier") Usually pronounced "Military Brat" or "Base Brat".[2][3]
- BUB - Battle Update Brief
- BVR – Beyond Visual Range (USAF)
- BX – Base Exchange (USAF)
C
- C1 – Command
- C2 – Command And Control
- C3 – Command Control And Communication
- C4IR – Command Control Communication Computers Intelligence And Recognition
- CAC – Common Access Card (U.S. DoD, pron. "cac")
- CAG – Commander, Air Group (U.S. Navy, pron. "cag")
- CAGE – Commercial and Government Entity
- CAS – Close Air Support
- CASEX – Coordinated Antil-Submarine EXercise
- CAT – Combat Application Tourniquets
- CBRN – Chemical Biological Nuclear Radiological
- CBU – Cluster Bomb Unit
- CCIR – Commanders Critical Information Requirements
- CDIAC – Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center
- CDRUSPACOM Commander United States Pacific Command
- CENTCOM – Central Command (U.S. Military)
- CF – Cluster Fuck (always pronounced phonetically "Charlie Foxtrot")
- CH - Cunt Hair (a unit of measurement)
- CIA – Central Intelligence Agency
- CIC – Command Intelligence Center (U.S. Navy)
- CINCLANT – Commander-in-chief, Atlantic Forces (U.S. Navy before 2002)
- CINCLANTFLT – Commander-in-chief, Atlantic Fleet (U.S. Navy before 2002)
- CINCPAC – Commander-in-chief, Pacific Forces (U.S. Navy before 2002)
- CIWS – Close-In Weapon System
- CMSgt – Chief Master Sergeant (USAF E-9; highest AF enlisted rank)
- CMSAF – Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (USAF E-9 – Senior Enlisted Member)
- CO – Commanding Officer
- CO – Company
- COA – Course of Action
- COCOM – Combatant Commander
- CODELS – Congressional Delegations
- COMINT – Communications Intelligence
- COMPACFLT – Commander, Pacific Fleet (U.S. Navy)
- COMSEC' – Communication Security
- CONUS – Continental United States (U.S. military, pron. "cone-us")
- CONUSA – Continental United States Army (numbered Armies of U.S. military)
- CORDS – (U.S. military, Vietnam era)
- CoS – Chief of Staff
- CPL – Corporal (U.S. Army and Marine Corps E-4)
- CPO – Chief Petty Officer (USCG/USN E-7)
- CPT – Captain
- CPX – Command Post Exercise
- CQB – Close Quarters Battle
- CRC – CONUS Replacement Center (a military processing center at Fort Benning, Georgia, US)
- CSM – Command Sergeant Major (U.S. Army E9 highest Army enlisted rank))
- CT – Counter-terrorism Team
- CTR – Close Target Reconnaissance
- CUB - Commander Update Brief
- CVN – Nuclear-powered Aircraft Carrier (NOTE: the V comes from the expression "heavier than air flying machine")
- CZN – Nuclear-powered Airship Carrier (NOTE: the Z comes from the use of the word Zeppelin although non-Zeppelin airships would also be transported on a CZN)
D
- DA – Defence Attaché
- DAC - Department of the Army Civilian
- DAGR – Defense Advanced GPS Receiver
- DARPA – Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (U.S. Military)
- DCAA - Defense Contract Audit Agency
- DFAC – Dining Facility (U.S. Military)
- DFAS – Defense Finance and Accounting Service (U.S. Military) * D.I.A - Defensive Intelligence Agency
- DINFAC – Dining Facility (U.S. Military)
- DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency
- DLB – Dead Letter Box
- DMS – Defense Message System (U.S. Military)
- DMZ – Demilitarized Zone
- DoDAAC – Department of Defense Activity Address Code (U.S. Military)
- DoDAF – Department of Defense Architectural Framework (U.S. Military)
- DoDIC – Department of Defense Identification Code (U.S. Military)
- DOP – Drop-Off Point
- DPMs – Disruptive Pattern Material
- 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 (Dead On Arrival)
- DZ – Drop Zone
E
- E&E – Escape and Evade
- ECP – Entry Control Point
- ELINT – Electronic Intelligence
- EPW – Enemy Prisoner of War
- EOD – Explosive Ordnance Disposal
- EI - Engineering and Installation
- EIS - Engineering and Installation Squadron
- EI SIT - Engineering and Installation Site Implementaion Team
- ENS - Ensign (US Navy junior officer rank, O-1)
- ERV – Emergency Rendezvous
- ETA – Estimated time of arrival
- ETS – Estimated Termination of Service
- EUCOM – European Command (U.S. Military)
- Exfil – Exfiltration (Opposite of infiltration; exiting undetected)
- EMP- Electronic Magnetic Pulse
- "EMI" - Extra Military Instruction
- "EOS" - End Of Service
F
- FA – Field Artillery
- FABS - Fetus Aborted By Squad
- FAK – First Aid Kit
- FAR – Federal Acquistion Regulation
- FBCB2 – Force XXI Battlefield Command Brigade and Below
- FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FEBA – Forward Edge of the Battle Area
- FIDO – FIre Direction Officer
- 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 (U.S. – see POTUS)
- FM - Field Marshal
- FMC – Fully Mission Capable
- FO – Foxtrot Oscar (i.e. F**k Off) (US/UK Forces)
- FOB – Forward Operating Base
- FOD – Foreign Object Damage (U.S.)
- FOD – Foreign Object Debris (U.S.)
- FPO – Fleet Post Office; See also APO
- FSA – Force Structure Allowance
- FSTE – Foreign Service Tour Extension
- FTUS – Full Time Unit Specialist
- FUBAR - Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition
G
- G1 – General Staff Level office for Personnel and Manpower (Division and Above)
- G2 – General Staff Level office for Military Intelligence (Division and Above)
- G3 – General Staff Level office for Operations and Plans (Division and Above)
- G4 – General Staff Level office for Logistics (Division and Above)
- G5 – General Staff Level office for Military/Civil Affairs (Division and Above)
- G6 – General Staff Level office for Signal and Communication (Division and Above)
- G7 – General Staff Level office for Training and Exercises (Division and Above)
- G8 – General Staff Level office for Force Development and Analysis (Division and Above)
- G9 – General Staff Level office for Civil Operations (Division and Above)
- GBU – Guided Bomb Unit
- GEN – General
- GI – Government Issue
- 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
- GROM – Polish Special Operations Team (Polish Grupa Reagowania Operacyjno-Manewrowego)
- Gulag – The Chief Administration of Collective Labor Camps (Russian Главное Управление Лагерей, "Glavnoye Upravleniye Lagerey")
H
- HALO – High Altitude Low Opening (Airborne)
- HE – High Explosive
- HEAT – High Explosive Anti-Tank warhead
- HMAS – Her Majesty's Australian Ship (Australia)
- HMCS – Her Majesty's Canadian Ship (Canada)
- HMFIC - Head Motherf*cker In Charge - colloquialism for the highest-ranking person present; more commonly used by NCO's than by officers (U.S. Military)
- HMMWV – High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (U.S. Military)
- HMNZS – Her Majesty's New Zealand Ship (New Zealand)
- HMS – Hans Majestäts Skepp (His Majesty's ship, Sweden)
- HMS – Her Majesty's Ship (Royal Navies such as Royal British Navy) (His Majesty's Ship if King)
- HOMSEC – Homeland Security
- HQ – Headquarters
- HUMINT – Human Intelligence
- HYT – High Year Tenure (USAF)
I
- IAF – Indian Air Force
- IAF – Israeli Air Force
- ICBM – Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- ICE – Individual Carrying Equipment
- ID – IDentification
- IED – Improvised Explosive Device
- IFAK – Individual First Aid Kit
- IFF – Identification Friend or Foe
- IFF – Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (USAF)
- IG – Inspector General (US Military)
- IFV – Infantry Fighting Vehicle
- INSCOM – United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
- Il – Ilyushin
- Interpol – International Criminal Police Organization
- ISO – Inter School Course
- ISR – Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconaissance
- IYAAYAS – If You Aint AMMO, You Ain't Shit
J
- JAG – Judge Advocate General
- J.S.F -- Joint Strike Fighter
- JATO – Jet-fuel Assisted Take Off
- JETDS – Joint Electronics Type Designation System
- JSAM - Joint Service Achievement Medal
- JSTAR – Joint Surveillance Target Acquisition Radar
- JSOC – Joint Special Operations Command
- JDAM - Joint Direct Attack Munition
K
- KATUSA - Korean Augmentation Troops to the United States Army
- KIA – Killed In Action
- KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid - USAF
- KP – Kitchen Police or Kitchen Patrol
- KBO - Keep Buggering On
L
- LAAD – Low Altitude Air Defense
- LCDR – Lieutenant Commander (US Navy)
- LCPL – Lance Corporal (US Marines)
- LES – Leave and Earnings Statement
- LP – Listening Post
- LP/OP – Listening Post Observation Post
- LGOP – Little Group Of Paratroopers
- LT – Lieutenant
- LTC or Lt Col – Lieutenant Colonel
- LTG or Lt Gen – Lieutenant General
- LTJG – Lieutenant, Junior Grade (US Navy)
- LUP – Lying-Up Point
- LZ – Landing Zone
M
- MARCORSYSCOM – MARine CORps SYStems COMmand (U.S. Military)
- MARINE - My Ass Really Is Navy Equipment (U.S. Navy)
- MARINE - My Ass Rides In Navy Equipment (U.S. Navy)
- MARINE - Muscles Are Required; Intelligence, Not Essential
- MARFORRES – MARine FORces REServe (U.S. Marine Corps)
- MAW - Maximum Allowable Weight
- MBT – Main Battle Tank
- MCCS – Marine Corps Community Services (also known by the humorous backronym Marine Corps Crime Syndicate)
- MCEN – Marine Corps Enterprise Network (U.S. Military)
- MCEITS – Marine Corps Enterprise Information Technology Service (U.S. Military)
- MCPO – Master Chief Petty Officer (USCG/USN E-9)
- MFA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- MG - Machine Gun
- MG – Major General
- MI – Military Intelligence
- Mi – Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (Russian)
- MIA – Missing In Action
- MedEvac – Medical Evacuation
- MICV – Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle
- MiG – Mikoyan-Gurevich (Russian)
- MK – Mark
- MK – Machinery Technician (U.S. Coast Guard)
- MLRS - Multiple Launch Rocket System
- MMFD – Miles and Miles of F...ing Desert (unofficial report in Gulf War)
- MOA – Military Operating Area (USAF Airspace)
- MOAB – Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (U.S. military)
- MOB – Main Operating Base
- MOBCOM – MOBile COMmand
- MOPP – Mission Oriented Protective Posture
- MPDS – Military Planning Data Allowance
- MRAP – Mine Resistant Ambush Protected
- MRE – Meal Ready to Eat (U.S. Military)
- MRX – Mission Rehearsal Exercise
- MSgt – Master Sergeant (USAF E-7)
- MTOE – Modified Table Of Organizational Equipment
- MTS+ – Movement Tracking System Plus
- MSDC+ – Marine Science Diving Club (Diving Club Of Hasanudin University)
N
- NAFTA – North American Free Trade Agreement
- NAS – Naval Air Station
- NATO – North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- NCIS – Naval Criminal Investigative Service (U.S. Navy)
- NAVAIR – Non-Naval Air S'ystems Command
- NCO – Non-Commissioned Officer
- ND – Negligent Discharge
- NMC – Not Mission Capable
- NMCI – Naval Marine Corps Internet (U.S. Navy)
- NNMSA – Non-Nuclear Munitions Storage Area
- NS - Network Services
- NSA – National Security Agency
O
- OBE – Overcome by Events (DoD)
- OCONUS – Outside Continental United States
- OM – On the Move (Normally just spelled out Oscar Mike)
- O&M, MC – Operations & Maintenance, Marine Corps (U.S. Navy)
- O&M, N – Operations & Maintenance, Navy (U.S. Navy)
- OODA – Observe, Orient, Decide, And Act
- OP – Observation Post
- ORM – Operational Risk Management
- OSM – Oh Shit Moment (U.S. Marine Corps)
- OSP – On Site Procurement
- OPORD – Operations Order
- OPSEC – Operations Security
- OTF – Out There Flapping (Airborne)
- OTV – Outer Tactical Vest
P
- PACOM – Pacific Command
- PDS – Permanent Duty Station (U.S. Military)
- PDT – Pre-Deployment Training
- PE – Plastic Explosive
- PFC – Private First Class (U.S. Military)
- PFM – Pure Fuckin Magic (U.S. Military)
- PFT – Physical Fitness Test
- PLT – Platoon (U.S. Army)
- PMC – Partially Mission Capable
- PME – Professional Military Education
- PMS – Planned Maintenance Schedule (U.S. Navy)
- PNG – Passive Night Goggles
- PO – Post Office
- PO1 – Petty Officer 1st Class (USCG/USN E-6)
- PO2 – Petty Officer 2nd Class (USCG/USN E-5)
- PO3 – Petty Officer 3rd Class (USCG/USN E-4)
- POBCAK – Problem Occurs Between Chair And Keyboard
- POL - Petrolium Oil & Lubricants (U.S. Air Force)
- POC – Point Of Contact
- POTUS – President of the United States
- POG – Person Other than Grunt (All non-combat arms job fields i.e. any MOS or CMF other than infantry, cavalry, armor, and artillery; among infantrymen, refers to anyone other than infantry or Special Forces)
- POW – Prisoner Of War
- POV – Privately Owned Vehicle
- PPG – PT Parade Games
- PRP – Personell ReliabilityProgram
- PRP – Pretty Retarted Program
- PRT – Provincial Reconstruction Team
- PRT - Physical Readiness Training (U.S. Army)
- PT – Physical Training
- PV2 – Private 2nd class (U.S. Army E-2)
- PVT – Private (U.S. Army and Marine Corps E-1)
- PX – Post Exchange (U.S. Army)
R
- RAAF – Royal Australian Air Force (Australia)
- RAF – Royal Air Force (UK)
- RAN – Royal Australian Navy (Australia)
- RATO – Rocket Assisted Take Off
- RCSC – Royal Canadian Sea Cadets (Canada)
- REMF – Rear Echelon Mother Fucker
- RFL – Response Force Leader
- RMC – Royal Military College of Canada (Canada) in Kingston, Ontario
- RN – Royal Navy (UK)
- ROE – Rules Of Engagement
- ROMA Data, Right Out of My Ass Data. Unverifiable created data (different from SWAG)
- ROWPU – Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit
- RNZAF – Royal New Zealand Air Force (New Zealand)
- RPG – Rocket-Propelled Grenade
- RPM – Rounds per minute
- RS – RatShit (Australia – related to US – Unserviceable)
- RSS – Regional Security System (Caribbean)
- RTB – Return To Base
- RV – Rendez-Vous
S
- SA – Seaman Apprentice (USCG/USN E-2)
- SAS – Special Air Service (British special forces)
- SBS – Special Boat Service (British special forces)
- SAAS – Standard Army Ammunition System (U.S. Army)
- SAM – Surface-to-air Missile
- SARSS – Standard Army Retail Supply System (U.S. Army)
- SCPO – Senior Chief Petty Officer (USCG/USN E-8)
- SEAL – Sea, Air and Land (US Navy SEALs)
- SERE – Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape
- SFC – Sergeant First Class (U.S. Army E7)
- SGM – Sergeant Major (U.S. Army E9 – Sometimes referred to as Staff Sergeant Major)
- SGT – Sergeant (U.S. Army E5)(U.S. Marines uses Sgt)
- SITREP – Situation Report
- SLAM – Standoff Land Attack Missile
- SMA – Sergeant Major of the Army (U.S. Army E9 – Senior Enlisted Member)
- SMEAC Situation Mission Execution Admin/logistics Command/signal (US Marine Corps basic knowledge)
- SMSgt – Senior Master Sergeant (USAF E-8)
- SN – Seaman (USCG/USN E-3)
- SNAFU – Situation Normal: All Fucked Up
- SOCOM – United States Special Operations Command
- SOFA – Status of Forces Agreement
- SOP – Standard Operating Procedures
- SOS – Shit On a Shingle, or creamed chipped beef on toast.
- SPC – Specialist (U.S. Army E-4)
- SR – Seaman Recruit (USCG/USN E-1)
- SrA – Senior Airman (USAF E-4)
- SRR – Special Reconnaissance Regiment (British special Forces)
- SSDD - Same Shit Different Day
- SSDDBS - Same Shit Different Day Bigger Shovel
- SSG – Staff Sergeant (US Army E-6)
- SSgt – Staff Sergeant (US Air Force E-5)(U.S. Marines E-6)
- SOL – Shit Out of Luck (US Army)
- SOLJWF - Shit Out of Luck and Jolly Well Fucked (U.S. Marines)
- SUSFU - Situation Unchanged, Still Fucked Up
- SWAG - Scientific Wild Ass Guess
T
- TACP - Tactical Air Control Party (USAF)
- TAD – Temporary Additional Duty (U.S. Military)
- TBD - To Be Determined
- TDY – Temporary Duty (U.S. Military)
- TFOA – Things Falling Off Aircraft
- TG6 – Task Group 6 (group designation for NZ SAS - NZ Army)
- TIC – Troops In Contact
- TSgt – Technical Sergeant (USAF E-6)
- TU – Tits Up (Dead, Inoperable), a.k.a. "tango uniform"
- TARFU – Things Are Really Fucked Up, or Totally And Royally Fucked Up
U
- UA – Unauthorized Absence
- UAS – Unmanned Aerial System
- UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- UCAV – Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
- ULLS – Unit Level Logisitics System (U.S. Army)
- UMA – Unit Mobilization Assistor
- UN – United Nations
- US – Unserviceable
- USSS – United States Secret Service
- USAF – United States Air Force
- USAFE – United States Air Forces in Europe
- 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
- USMC – United States Marine Corps
- USN – United States Navy
- USO – United Service Organizations (U.S. Military)
- USR – Unit Status Report
- UUV – Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
- UXB – Unexploded Bomb (bomb disposal; British)
- UXO – Unexploded Ordnance
V
- VBIED – Vehicle-borne Improvised Explosive Device
- VDM – Visual Distinguishing Mark
- VFD – Volunteer Fire Department
- VFR – Volunteer Fire and Rescue
W
- WIA – Wounded In Action
- WO1 – Warrant Officer 1
- WSA – Weapons Storage Area
- WMD – Weapons of Mass Destruction
- WILCO - WILl COmply
X
- XO – Executive Officer
See also
- List of acronyms
- List of U.S. Air Force acronyms and expressions
- List of U.S. Marine Corps acronyms and expressions
- List of U.S. Navy acronyms
References
- ^ Wertsch, Mary E. (2006). Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress. ISBN 0-9776033-0-X.
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ignored (help) - ^ Clifton, Grace, "Making the Case for the BRAT (British Regiment Attached Traveler)", British Educational Research Journal, Vol. 30, No. 3 2004
- ^ Adams, Leah; Kirova, Anna (2006), Global Migration and education, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., p. 263–4, ISBN 0-8058-5838-5