List Of Government And Military Acronyms

List of acronyms ("words made from parts of other words, pronounceable") used by the government and the military: Please add your own, in alphabetical order.
  • APPN - Appropriation Number (U.S. Military)
  • ARMS - Automated Recruit Management System (U.S. Military)
  • ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations
  • AWOL - Absent Without Leave
  • BEA - Budget Execution Authority (U.S. Navy)
  • CAG - Commander, Air Group (U.S.)
  • CAS - Close Air Support
  • CENTCOM - United States Central Command (U.S. Military)
  • 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)
  • DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (U.S. Military)
  • DFAS - Defense Finance and Accounting Service (U.S. Military)
  • DMZ - Demilitarized Zone
  • FLOTUS - First Lady of the United States (U.S. - see POTUS)
  • FOB - Forward Operating Base
  • FOD - Foreign Object Damage / Foreign Object Debris (U.S.)
  • Gulag The Chief Administration of Collective Labor Camps (Russian Главное Управление Лагерей, "Glavnoye Upravleniye Lagerey")
  • Interpol -- International Criminal Police Organization
  • MCEN - Marine Corps Internet (U.S. Military)
  • MFA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
  • 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)
  • NAFTA - North American Free Trade Agreement
  • NAS - Naval Air Station
  • NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NMCI - Naval Marine Corps Internet (U.S. Navy)
  • O&M, MC - Operations & Maintenance, Marine Corps (U.S. Navy)
  • O&M, N - Operations & Maintenance, Navy (U.S. Navy)
  • PMS - Preventative Maintenance Schedule (U.S. Navy)
  • PO - Post Office
  • POTUS - President of the United States
  • PT - Physical Training
  • RFP - Request for Proposal (U.S.)
  • SAF - Singapore Armed Forces (Singapore)
  • SAM - Surface to Air Missile
  • SCAP - Supreme Commander Allied Powers (Allied occupation of Japan)
  • SCDF - Singapore Civil Defence Forces (Singapore)
  • SEAD - Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
  • SHAEF - Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (historic)
  • TAD - Temporary Active Duty (U.S. Military)
  • TDY - Temporary Duty (U.S. Military)
  • USA PATRIOT Act - Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism
  • USAF - United States Air Force
  • USN - United States Navy
  • USO - United Service Organizations (U.S. Military)
  • UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
  • UCAV - Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
  • UN - United Nations
See also: List of acronyms, List of U.S. Army acronyms and expressions

 

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