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A
|
|
A
|
|
AA
|
Anti-Aircraft
Attack Assessment
Avenue of Approach
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|
A/A
|
Air-to-Air
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AAA
|
Anti-Aircraft Artillery
|
|
A3I
|
Accelerated Architecture Acquisition Initiative (Imagery)
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|
AAAV
|
Advanced Assault Amphibious Vehicle
|
|
AAC
|
Anti-Aircraft Control (Net)
|
|
AAFCE
|
Allied Air Forces, Central Europe (NATO)
|
|
AACG
|
Arrival Airfield Control Group
|
|
AACOMS
|
Army Area Communications System
|
|
AADEOS
|
Advanced Air Defense Electro Optical Sensor
|
|
AADF
|
Air and Air Defense Force
|
|
AADS
|
Advanced Air Delivered Sensor
|
|
AAFCS
|
Automated Artillery Fire Control System
|
|
AAG
|
Army Artillery Group
|
|
AAI
|
Anti-Aircraft Intelligence (Net)
|
|
AAIC
|
Active Addressing Integrated Circuits
|
|
AALC
|
Amphibious Assault Landing Craft
|
|
AAM
|
Air-to-Air Missile
|
|
AAMAB
|
Anti-Aircraft Missile and Artillery Battery
|
|
AAMPS
|
Automated Aircraft Mission Planning System
|
|
AAR
|
Air-to-Air Refueling
|
|
AARS
|
Advanced Airborne Radar System
|
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AASSS
|
Advanced Automated Signals Search System
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|
AAV
|
Assault Amphibious Vehicle
|
|
AAW
|
Anti-Air Warfare
|
|
AAWC
|
Anti-Air Warfare Commander (Navy)
Anti-Air Warfare Coordinator
|
|
AAWCS
|
Anti-Air Warfare Combat System
|
|
AB
|
Airbase
Address Bus
|
|
ABCC
|
Airborne Battlefield Command and Control Center
|
|
ABCS
|
Army Battle Command System
|
|
ABM
|
Asynchronous Balanced Mode
|
|
ABN
|
Airborne
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|
ABNCP
|
Airborne Command Post
|
|
ABS
|
Advanced Battle Simulations
|
|
AC
|
Air Controller
|
|
A/C
|
Aircraft
|
|
ACA
|
Airspace Control Agency
Airspace Coordination Area
|
|
ACACS
|
Army Command and Area Communications System
|
|
AC ANT SYS
|
Aircraft Antenna System
|
|
ACBA
|
Airborne Communications Bus Architecture C-135 "Speckled Trout"
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|
ACC
|
Air Combat Command
|
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ACCES
|
Advanced Cryptologic Carry- On Exploitation System
|
|
ACCESS
|
New Carry on Package (VXI- Plug & Play Capability for CCOP)
|
|
ACCHAN
|
Allied Command Channel
|
|
ACCS
|
Army Command and Control System
|
|
AC/DC
|
Alternating Current/Direct Current
|
|
ACDS
|
Advanced Combat Direction System
|
|
ACE
|
Aviation Combat Element
Analysis Control Element(XVIII ABN Corps)
Allied Command Europe
|
|
ACEOI
|
Automated Communications Electronic Operating Instructions
|
|
ACF
|
Air Contingency Force
|
|
ACFT
|
Aircraft
|
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ACID
|
Advanced Concept Technology Demo
|
|
ACINT
|
Acoustical Intelligence
|
|
ACLANT
|
Allied Command Atlantic (NATO)
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|
ACM
|
Air Combat Maneuver
|
|
ACO
|
Air Control Officer
Airspace Coordination Order
|
|
ACOC
|
Area Communications Operations Center
|
|
ACOM
|
U.S. Atlantic Command
|
|
ACP
|
Allied Communication Publication
Allied Communications Protocol
|
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ACQ
|
Acquisition
|
|
ACR
|
Armored Cavalry Regiment
|
|
ACRV
|
Artillery Command Reconnaissance Vehicle
|
|
ACS
|
Assistant Chief of Staff
|
|
ACSI
|
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence
|
|
ACSP
|
Additional Cryptologic Support Plan
|
|
ACTD
|
Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (formerly SEA DRAGON)
|
|
ACTS
|
Advanced Communications Technologies and Services (Europe) (was RACE)
Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
|
|
ACU
|
Audio Control Unit
Audio call/calling unit
|
|
ACUS
|
Area Common User System
|
|
ACV
|
Armored Command Vehicle
|
|
ACVOP
|
Advanced COMINT Voice Processor
|
|
ACW
|
Aircraft Control and Warning
|
|
A/D
|
Analog to Digital (Conversion)
|
|
AD
|
Air Defense
Armored Division
|
|
ADA
|
Air Defense Artillery
Air Defense Advisory or Alert (Net)
|
|
ADASIA
|
Allied Data Systems Interoperability Agency
|
|
ADAPT
|
Architectures Design, Analysis and Planning Tool
|
|
ADC
|
Air Defense Coordinator
Adaptive Data Compression
Asynchronous Data Communications
|
|
ADCAP
|
Advanced Capability (EA-6B)
|
|
ADCON
|
Administrative Control
|
|
ADCP
|
Air Defense Communications Platform
|
|
ADDISS
|
Advanced Deployable Digital Imagery Support System
|
|
ADDS
|
Army Data Distribution System
Air Deployable Delivery System
|
|
AD/EXJAM
|
Artillery Delivered/Expendable Jammer
|
|
ADF
|
Automatic Direction Finding/Finder
|
|
ADIZ
|
Air Defense Identification Zone
|
|
ADJAM
|
Artillery Delivered Jammer
|
|
ADL
|
Automatic Data Link
|
|
ADMG
|
Air Defense Machine Gun
|
|
ADNET
|
Anti-Drug Network
|
|
ADNS
|
Advanced PLRS Interface Segment
Automated Digital Network System
|
|
ADP
|
Automated Data Processing
|
|
ADRG
|
Arc Digitized Raster Graphics
|
|
ADS
|
Advanced Display System (Navy)
|
|
ADSP
|
Air Dropable Soil Pentameter
|
|
ADT
|
Airborne Data Terminal
|
|
ADZ
|
Air Defense Zone
|
|
AE
|
Aerial Exploitation/Assault Echelon
|
|
AED
|
Active Electronic Decoy
|
|
AEELS
|
Airborne ELINT Emitter Location System
|
|
AEGIS
|
Airborne Early Warning/Ground Environmental Integration Systems
|
|
AEN
|
Arbitrary ELINT Notation
|
|
AEW
|
Airborne Early Warning
|
|
A/F
|
Airfield
|
|
AF
|
Airfield
Air Force
|
|
AFAC
|
Airborne Forward Air Controller
|
|
AFAMPE
|
Air Force Automated Message Processing Exchange
|
|
AFATDS
|
Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
|
|
AFB
|
Air Force Base
|
|
AFC
|
All-source Fusion Center
Automatic Frequency Control
|
|
AFC2A
|
Air Force Command and Control Agency (formerly AFCC)
|
|
AFC4A
|
Air Force Command, Control, Communications, and Computers Agency
|
|
AFC2S
|
Air Force Command and Control Systems
|
|
AFCEA
|
Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association
|
|
AFCENT
|
Allied Forces Central Europe
|
|
AFCSC
|
Air Force Cryptologic Support Center
|
|
AFDS
|
Amphibious Flagship Data System
|
|
AFECO
|
Air Force Electronic Combat Office
|
|
AFFOR
|
Air Force Force (Air Component of JTF)
|
|
AFID
|
Anti-Fratricide Identification Device
|
|
AFIWC
|
Air Force Information Warfare Center (San Antonio)
|
|
AFLD
|
Airfield
|
|
AFM
|
Air Force Manual
|
|
AFMIC
|
Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center
|
|
AFMSS
|
Air Force Mission Support System
|
|
AFNORTHWEST
|
Allied Forces Northwestern Europe (NATO)
|
|
AFOE
|
Assault Follow-on Echelon
|
|
AFOSI
|
Air Force Office Of Special Investigations
|
|
AFS
|
Adaptive Force Structure
|
|
AFSAT
|
Air Force Satellite (UHF)
|
|
AFSATCOM
|
Air Force Satellite Communications
|
|
AFSCN
|
Air Force Single Channel Network
|
|
AFSOC
|
Air Force Special Operations Command
|
|
AFSOF
|
Air Force Special Operations Forces
|
|
AFSOUTH
|
Allied Forces Southern Europe (NATO)
|
|
AFSPC
|
Air Force Space Command
|
|
AFTAC
|
Air Force Technical Application Center
|
|
AFV
|
Armored Fighting Vehicle
|
|
A/G
|
Air-to-Ground
|
|
AGCCS
|
Army Global Command and Control System
|
|
AGI
|
Auxiliary Intelligence Gatherer (CIS Naval)
|
|
AGL
|
Above Ground Level
|
|
AGM
|
Air-to-Ground Missile
|
|
AGOS
|
Air Ground Operations School - Ft. Walton Beach, FL
|
|
AH
|
Attack Helicopter (Cobra)
|
|
AHIF
|
Airborne Heavy Intercept Facility
|
|
AHQ
|
Ad Hoc Querry
|
|
AI
|
Artificial Intelligence
Air Intercept
Air Interdiction
Acquisition Indicator
Air Intelligence (Officer-Navy)
Area of Interest
|
|
AIA
|
Air Force Intelligence Agency (Formerly AFIC)
|
|
AIB
|
Atlantic Intelligence Board
|
|
AIC
|
Air Intercept Controller
Atlantic Intel Center (USACOM)
|
|
AICA
|
Alternate Intercept Coverage Activity
|
|
AICP
|
Alternate Intercept Coverage Plan
|
|
AID
|
Arbitrary Intercept Designator
|
|
AIG
|
Address Indicator Group
|
|
AIM
|
Air Intercept Missile
|
|
AIRES
|
Advanced Imagery Requirement and Exploitation System
|
|
AIS
|
Air Intelligence Squadron
|
|
AIT
|
Advanced Identification Techniques
|
|
AIZ
|
Air Intercept Zone
|
|
AJ
|
Anti-Jam
|
|
AJFP
|
Adaptive Joint Force Packaging (USACOM)
|
|
AKA
|
Also known as
|
|
ALCE
|
Airlift Control Element (USAF)
|
|
ALCON
|
All Concerned
|
|
ALCM
|
Air-launched Cruise Missile
|
|
ALE
|
Automatic Link Establishment
|
|
ALERT
|
Attack Launch Early Reporting to the Theater
|
|
ALFCE
|
Advance Landing Force Command Element
|
|
ALIF
|
Airborne Light Intercept Facility
|
|
ALO
|
Air Liaison Officer
|
|
ALSA
|
Air, Land, Sea Application Center
|
|
ALSP
|
Aggregate Level Simulation Protocol
|
|
AM
|
Amplitude Modulation
Active Matrix
|
|
AMA
|
Airborne Modern Assembly
|
|
AMASS
|
Advanced Marine Airborne SIGINT System
|
|
AMC
|
Air Mobility Command (USAF Formerly MAC)
Army Material Command
AirMission Commander
|
|
AMHS
|
Automated Message Handling Service/System
|
|
AMI
|
ASARS Processing Segment Maintenance Improvement
|
|
AMP
|
Amplification
Amplitude
|
|
AMPE
|
Automated Message Processing Exchange
|
|
AMPHI
|
Aerial Mission Photographic Index
|
|
AMPS
|
Advanced Mobile Phone System (standard)
|
|
AMS
|
Alternate Management System
Automanual System
|
|
AMSL
|
Above Mean Sea Level
|
|
AMW
|
Amphibious Warfare
|
|
A/N
|
Army-Navy
|
|
ANCS
|
Alternate Net Control Station
|
|
ANDVT
|
Advanced Narrowband Digital Voice Terminal
|
|
ANGLICO
|
Air- Naval Gunfire Liaison Company
|
|
ANI
|
Automatic Number Identification
|
|
ANN
|
Artificial Neural Network
|
|
ANRI
|
Automatic Net Radio Interface
|
|
ANSI
|
American National Standards Institute
|
|
AO
|
Area of Operation
Aerial Observer
Air Officer
|
|
AOA
|
Amphibious Objective Area
Angle of Arrival
|
|
AOB
|
Air Order of Battle
|
|
AOC
|
Air Operation Control (Net)
Air Operations Center (was TACC) (USAF)
|
|
AOE
|
Fast Combat Support Ship
|
|
AOI
|
Area of Interest
|
|
AOP
|
Area of Probability
|
|
AOR
|
Replenishment Oiler
Area of Responsibility
|
|
AP
|
Armored Piercing
Allied Publication
|
|
APA
|
Army Pre-positioned Afloat
|
|
APASS
|
Amphibious Assault Survey System
|
|
APC
|
Armored Personnel Carrier
|
|
APELS
|
Airborne Precision Emitter Location System
|
|
APF
|
Afloat Pre-positoned Force (NTPF + MPS)
|
|
API
|
Application Program Interface
Associated Press International
|
|
APMS
|
Advanced Precision Measurement System
|
|
APOD
|
Aerial Port Of Debarkation
|
|
APOE
|
Aerial Port of Embarkation
|
|
APOGEE
|
Point where satellite is furthest from earth. (orbitology)
|
|
APPS
|
Analytical Photogrammetric Positioning System
|
|
APS
|
Advanced Planning System
|
|
APTCAE
|
Army Pacific Technical Control Analysis Element (KRSOC)
|
|
AQF
|
Advanced QUICKFIX
|
|
AR
|
Army Regulation
Air Refueling
|
|
ARCENT
|
US Army Forces Central Command
|
|
ARDF
|
Airborne Radio Direction Finding
|
|
AREC
|
Air Element Coordinator
|
|
ARF
|
Antenna Radio Frequency
|
|
ARFCOS
|
Armed Forces Courier Service (Now Called DEFCOS)
|
|
ARFOR
|
Army Force (Army Component of JTF)
|
|
ARIES
|
Airborne Reconnaissance Integrated Electronics System
|
|
ARG
|
Amphibious Ready Group
|
|
ARL
|
Airborne Reconnaissance (Recce) Low
|
|
ARM
|
Anti-Radiation Missile
|
|
ARMS
|
Automated Resource Management System
Automated Record Message Simulator
|
|
ARNG
|
Army National Guard
|
|
ARNIP
|
Airborne Reconnaissance National Intergration Plan
|
|
ARNRP
|
Airborne Reconnaissance National Reconnaissance Program
|
|
ARO
|
Airborne-Range Only (Radar)
Airborne Reconnaissance Office
|
|
ARPA
|
Advanced Research Projects Agency (formerly DARPA)
|
|
ARPANet
|
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
|
|
ARRS
|
Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Service
|
|
ARTAS-K
|
Army Training and Support - Kuwait
|
|
ARTY
|
Artillery
|
|
AS
|
Air to Surface
Analysis Sub-station (TPCS)
|
|
ASAP
|
As Soon As Possible
|
|
ASARS
|
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System
|
|
ASARS 2
|
Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System-two
|
|
ASAS
|
All Source Analysis System (U.S. Army)
|
|
ASAT
|
Anti-satellite
|
|
ASC
|
AUTODIN Switching Center
Assault Support Coordination
Air Support Coordinator
Automatic Switching Center
Army Space Command
|
|
ASCAM
|
Air-to-Surface Cruise Missile
|
|
ASCII
|
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (Computer Format)
|
|
ASCM
|
Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
|
|
ASD C3I
|
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications,and Intelligence
|
|
ASFC
|
All Source Fusion Center (I MEF)
|
|
ASIC
|
All Source Intelligence Center
|
|
ASIP
|
All Source Imagery Processor
|
|
ASIS
|
Amphibious Support Information System
Airborne SIGINT Intelligence System
|
|
ASK
|
Amplitude Shift Keying
|
|
ASLT
|
Air Support Liaison Team
|
|
ASM
|
Air-to-Surface Missile
|
|
ASMD
|
Anti-Ship Missile Defense
|
|
ASOC
|
Army Special Operations Command
|
|
ASP
|
Ammunition Supply Point
All Source Product
|
|
ASPJ
|
Automatic Self-Protective Jamming
Airborne SPJ
|
|
ASPO
|
Army Space Program Office
|
|
ASR
|
Assault Support Request
|
|
ASROC
|
Anti-Submarine Rocket
|
|
ASRP
|
Airborne SIGINT Reconnaissance Program
|
|
ASRT
|
Air Support Radar Team
|
|
ASSET
|
All-Source Satellite Evaluation Tool
|
|
ASSO
|
Assistant Special Security Officer
|
|
ASTOR
|
Airborne Stand-Off Radar (UK)
|
|
ASTP
|
Advanced Space Technology Program (DARPA)
|
|
ASUSWA
|
Administrative Support Unit Southwest Asia
|
|
ASUW
|
Anti-Surface Warfare
|
|
ASUWC
|
Anti-Surface Warfare Commander (Navy)
|
|
ASW
|
Anti-Submarine Warfare
|
|
ASWCCS
|
ASW Command and Control System
|
|
AT
|
Anti-Tank
Anti-terrorism
|
|
ATA
|
Actual Time of Arrival
|
|
ATACC
|
Advanced Tactical Air Command Center
|
|
ATACMS
|
Army Tactical Missile System
|
|
ATACS
|
Army Tactical Communications System
Advanced Tactical Cryptologic Support (CNSG)
|
|
ATADS
|
Advanced Tactical Air Defense System
|
|
ATAF
|
Allied Tactical Air Force (NATO)
|
|
ATARS
|
Advanced Tactical Aerial Reconnaissance System
|
|
ATC
|
Air Traffic Control
|
|
ATCA
|
Allied Tactical Communications Agency (NATO)
|
|
ATCCS
|
Army Tactical Command and Control System
|
|
ATCS
|
Advanced Tactical Cryptologic Support (JDISS)
|
|
ATDM
|
Asynchronous Time-Division Multiplexing
|
|
ATDS
|
Airborne Tactical Data System (E-2)
|
|
ATG
|
Automated Target Graphic
|
|
ATGM
|
Anti-Tank Guided Missile
|
|
ATE
|
Automatic Test Equipment
|
|
ATF
|
Amphibious Task Force
|
|
ATFIC
|
Amphibious Task Force Intelligence Center (Replacement of JIC)
|
|
ATID
|
Automated Tactical Information Display
|
|
ATLASS
|
Asset Tracking Logistics & Supply System
|
|
ATM
|
Anti-Tank Missile
Asynchronous Transfer Mode
|
|
ATMHS
|
Automatic Text Message Handling System
|
|
ATO
|
Air Tasking Order
|
|
ATP
|
Allied (Maritime) Tactical (Instructions) and Procedures
Advanced Tracking Prototype (TRE Related)
|
|
ATR
|
Automatic Target Recognition
|
|
ATRJ
|
Advanced Threat Radar Jammer
|
|
ATTCS
|
Army Tactical Command and Control System
|
|
ATU
|
Amphibian Task Unit
|
|
AUS
|
Australia
|
|
AUSCANUKUS
|
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States
|
|
AUTODIN
|
Automatic Digital Network
|
|
AUTOID
|
Automatic Identification
|
|
AUTOSEVOCOM
|
Automatic Secure Voice Communications
|
|
AUTOVON
|
Automatic Voice Network (Now DSN)
|
|
AV
|
AUTOVON
|
|
AWACS
|
Airborne Warning and Control System
|
|
AWE
|
Advanced Warfighting Experiment
|
|
AWIS
|
Army WWMCCS Information System
|
|
AWRPS
|
Army War Reserve Pre-positioned Sets
|
|
AWS
|
Advisory Warning System
|
|
AWSIM
|
Air Warfare Simulation System
|
|
AWT
|
Amphibious Warfare Technology Directorate
|
|
AWX
|
All Weather
|
|
AXP
|
Allied Exercise Publication
|
|
AZ
|
Azimuth
|
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