UNITED24 - Make a charitable donation in support of Ukraine!

Military

Index References


Terms / Abbreviations / Acronyms

To quickly locate the acronym you are looking for, select a letter below to go to the desired section. Use the "EDIT", "FIND" tool located in your browser's menu bar. Type in the acronym or the phrase and click find.

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 


S
S&M Scheduling & Movement
SA Surface To Air
Signals Analysis
Standalone
Security Administration
SAR Phased History Data
SAA Satellite Access Approval
SAAM Special Assignment Airlift Mission
SAAWC Sector Anti-Air Warfare Coordinator
SAB Special Advisory Broadcast
SABER Situation Awareness Beacon with Reply
SABI SECRET and Below Interoperability
SAC Supporting Arms Coordinator
Senior Air Coordinator
Strategic Air Coordinator
Senate Appropriations Committee
SACC Supporting Arms Coordination Center
SACCS Ship Automated Command & Control System
SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
SACLANT Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic
SACS STU III Access Control System
SAD Senior Air Director
SADARM Search and Destroy Armor
SADL Situation Awareness Data Link
SAE Ship Antenna Electronics
SAER Security Access Eligibility Report
SAF Secretary of the Air Force
SAFE Support for Analysts' File Environment
Source Analytical Field Environment
SAG Surface Action Group
SAIP Semi-Automated IMINT Processing
Semi-Automated Imagery Processing
SALGP Semi-Active Laser Guided Projectile
SALT Supporting Arms Liaison Team
SALUTE Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment
SAM Surface To Air Missile
SAO Special Activity Office/Officer
Security Assistance Office/Officer
SAP Special Access Program
SAR Search and Rescue
Surveillance Acquisition Radar
Synthetic Aperture Radar
Satellite Access Rqst
SARC Surveillance & Recce. Center (SRIG)
SARH Semi-Active Radar Homing
SARK SAVILLE Automatic Rekeying
SARSAT Space System for Search of Vessels in Distress
SASC Senate Armed Services Committee
SASS Supporting Arms Special Staff
System Acquisition and Service Support
SASSY Supported Activities Supply System
SATCOM Satellite Communications
SATS Southwest Asia Telecommunications Systems
Standalone TENCAP Simulator
SATVUL Satellite Vulnerability
SAW Squad Automatic Weapon
Standard Application Workstation
SAWIC Strike Amphibious Warfare Intelligence Cell (Formerly MAGIC)
SBB Switched Back Bone
SBI Special Background Investigation
SBU Sensitive But Unclassified
S/C Switching Center
SCA Service Cryptologic Agency
SCAMP Sensor Control and Management Platoon
Small Communications Anti-jam Man Pack
SCCTV Secured Closed Circuit Television
SCD Simulative Communication Deception
SCDL Surveillance and Control Data Link
SCE Service Cryptologic Element
SCI Sensitive Compartmented Information
Special Compartmented Information
SCIF Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
SCO Senior Collection Office
SCOL SIGINT Collection Objectives List
SCOLA Satellite Communications for Learning Advancement
SCORE SIGINT Classification of Recognized Emitters
SCP Secondary Control Point
Secure Conferencing Project
SCR Single Channel Radio
SCS Signal Collection System
SCSI ("SCUZZY") Small Computer System Interface
SDI Strategic Defense Initiative
SDIS Switched Digital Integrated Service (FTS 2000)
SDP Service Delivery Points (FTS 2000)
SDR Symbol Data Reporting
Surrogate Data Radio
Single Data Recorder
SD/R Scan Duration Rate
SDS Special Development Signals
Short Duration Signals
Switched Data Service (FTS 2000)
SDU Signal Display Unit
Secure Data Unit
Spectral Display Unit
SE Seismic
SEAD Suppression of Enemy Air Defense
SEAL Sea Air Land Team
SECDEF Secretary of Defense
SED Simulative Electronic Deception
SEDSCAF Standard Electronic Intelligence Data System Code and Format (Manual)
SELOR Shipboard Emitter Locating Report
SEN Small Extension Node (MSE)
SEPP SIGINT End Product Program
SERE Survival Evasion Resistance Escape
SERV Service
SES Softcopy Exploitation Segment
SEW Space & Electronic Warfare
Shared Early Warning
SEWC Space & Electronic Warfare Coordinator/Commander (Navy)
S/EWCC Signals Intelligence/Electronic Warfare Coordination Center
SEXTANT Signals Exploitation Tactical Network
SF Special Force
SFCP Shore Fire Control Party
SFG Special Forces Group
SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
SHELREP Shelling Report
SHF Super High Frequency
SHORAD Short Range Air Defense
SHRIKE AGM-45 Anti-Radiation Missile
SI Special Intelligence
Signals Intelligence
SICPS Standard Integrated Command Post Shelter
SID Sudden Ionospheric Disturbance
Surveillance Identification Director
Subscriber Identification
SIDS Secondary Imagery Dissemination System
SIEAG Signals Intelligence Executive Advisors Group (HQMC/CIS)
SIFO Systems Integration & Fielding Office (U.S. Army)
SIGAD SIGINT Address Designator
SIGINT Signals Intelligence
SIGS Synthetic Imagery Generation System
SIGSEC Signals Security
SII Statement of Intelligence Interest
SIIR Special Imagery Interpretation Report
SILC Special Intelligence Lightweight Communication System
SILO Signal Intercept from Low Orbit
SIMDAS RF Propagation Prediction Tool (JC2WC)
SIMNET Simulation Network (ARPA)
SIMOS (Service/Agency) System Integration Management
SINBAD Simple Interface for Browsing Any Data Base
SINCGARS Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
SIO Signals Intelligence Officer
Ship's Intelligence Officer
SIOP-ESI Single Integrated Operational Plan-Extremely Sensitive Information
SIPRNET SECRET Internet Protocol Routing Network (Replacement For DSNET 1)
SIR Specific Information Requirements
SIRADS Shared Imagery Repository And Disseminaton System
SIRFC Suite of Integrated Radar Frequency Countermeasures
SIRVES SIGINT Requirements Validation Evaluation Subcommittee
SISOCS Army Logistics/Maintenance Depot Data Network
SISR Signals Intelligence Security Regulations
SITAC Spectral Imagery Technology Applications Center
SITGO Special Intelligence Task Group ORESTES
SITREP Situation Report
SITSUM Situation Summary
SKYLINK Diplomatic Telecommunications Services Satellite System
SL Stock List (SL-3)
SLAR Side-Looking Airborne RADAR
SLBM Submarine (sea)-Launched Ballistic Missile
SLCM Surface Launched Cruise Missile
Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile
SLDCOMM Satellite Launch Dispenser Communications
SLEP Service Life Extension Program
SLIP Serial Line Internet Packet
Satellite Link Interface Chassis
SLOC Sea Lines of Communications
SLS Sidelobe Suppression
SMART-T Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal
SMDS Switched Multi-megabyte Digital Services
SMEAC Situation, Mission, Execution, Admin & Logistic, Command & Signal (Five Paragraph Order)
SMG Standard Mail Guard
SMMS Sensor Mobile Monitor System
SMO Support to Military Operations
SMS Sensor Monitor System
SMTA Subordinate Message Transfer Agent (DMS)
SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
SMU SASSY Management Unit
Smart Multiplexing Unit
SN Standing (Requirement)
SNA Systems Network Architecture
SNAP Shipboard Non-Tactical ADP System
SNFM Standing Naval Forces Mediterranean (NATO)
SNL Standard Nomenclature List
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SNR Signal to Noise Ratio
SNS Secure Network Server
SNUTR SIGINT Numerical Tasking Register
SO Special Operations
SOA Speed of Advance
Sustained Operations Ashore
SOAR Special Operations Aviation Regiment
SOC Special Operations Capable
SOCCENT Special Operations Command, USCENTCOM
SOCEX Special Operations Capable Exercise
SOCLANT Special Operations Command, Atlantic Command
SOCOM Special Operations Command
SOCRATES Special Operations Command Research, Analysis & Threat Evaluation System
SOF Special Operations Forces
SOFA Status of Forces Agreement
SOF IV Special Operations Forces Intelligence Vehicle (SOCOM)
SOI Signals of Interest
SIGINT Operation Instruction
SOIC Senior Official of the Intelligence Community
SOIS Special Operations Intelligence System
SOJ Stand-Off Jamming
SOLIC Special Operations in Low Intensity Conflict
SOLIS SIGINT On-Line Information/Intelligence System
SOMMS SIGINT Overhead Mission Management System
SON Statement of Need
SONET Synchronous Optical Network
SOP Standing/Standard Operating Procedure
SOPA Senior Officer Present Afloat
SOR Specific Order or Request
SORS SIGINT Overhead Reconnaissance Subcommittee
SORTIE An Acft take off/land Cycle
SORTS Status of Resources and Training System
SOSS Satellite Ocean Surveillance System
SOSUS U. S. Sound Surveillance System (Underseas)
SOT Special Operational Training
SOTA SIGINT Operational Tasking Authority
SOTAS Stand-Off Target Acquisition System
SOTG Special Operations Training Group
SOTVS Special Operations Tactical Video Systems
SOUTHAF U.S. Air Forces, U.S. Southern Command
SOUTHCOM U.S. Southern Command
SOW Statement of Works
SP Self-Propelled
Sound-Powered
Scan Period
Shore Party
Support Party
SPAA Self-Propelled Anti-aircraft Artillery
SPACECOM Space Command
SPAD Special Advisor
SPADOC Space Defense Operations Center
SPAWARSYSCOM Navy Space Warfare Systems Command
SPEAR Strike Protection Evaluation Anti-Air Warfare Research
SPEAR TIP SPEAR- Tactical Intel Product
SPECAT Special Category (type of message caveat)
SPEED Systems Planning, Engineering, and Evaluation Demonstration
SPIE Special Purpose/Patrol Insertion and Extraction
SPINS Special Instructions (w/ATO)
SPINTCOMM Special Intelligence Communications
SPIRIT Special Purpose Integrated Remote Intelligence Terminal - TROJAN (Army)
SPIREP Spot Intelligence Report
SPMAGTF Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force
SPOD Sea Port of Debarkation
SPOE Sea Port of Embarkation
SPOTREP Spot Report
SPP Shared Production Program
SPPG Special Projects Planning Group
SPRAC Special Reporting and Coordination Net
Also: LR (Long Range) & SR (Short Range)
SPRITE Signal Processing In The Element
SPSS Secured Packet Switched Service
SPT Support
SPW Special Warfare
SQNM Square Nautical Miles
Squawk To identify oneself by means of IFF
SR Spectral Radiation
SRBM Short-Range Ballistic Missile
SRF SIGINT Readiness Facility
SRI Short Range Intercept
SRIG Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Intelligence Group (USMC)
Also written as: SRI Gp
SRIS-GS Surface Reach Imaging System Ground Station
SRO Sensitive Reconnaissance Operation
SRPS Standard Radiometry Products
SRS Software Requirement Specification
SRTD Signals Research & Target Development
SRWG Standing Requirements Working Group
SS Surface Search (RADAR)
Surface to Surface
Submarine
SSA Special Support Activity (NSA)
SIGINT Support Activity
Software Support Activity
SSB Single Sideband
SSBN Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine (Nuclear)
SSC Space Surveillance Center
SSCC Special Security Communications Center
SSCI Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
SSCT Special Security Communications Team
SSDS Specified SIGINT Direct Support/Service
Specialized SIGINT Direct Support
SSEE Ships Signal Exploitation Equipment
SSES Ships Signals Exploitation Spaces
SSIC Standard Subject Identification Code
SSIXS Submarine Satellite Information Exchange System
SSJ Self-Screen Jamming
SSM Surface-To-Surface Missile
SSMS SOF Special Manpack System
SSN Switched Service Network
Attack Submarine
Space Surveillance Network
SSO Special Security Officer/Office
SSP SIGINT Support Plan
SIGINT/EW/IW Support Platoon
SSP-S Single Source Processor-SIGINT
SSS Special Support Section
System Support Segment
ST Strategic Task
STA Surveillance and Target Acquisition
STAC SIGINT Training Advisory Committee
STACCS Standard Theater Army Command and Control System
STAMPS Stand Alone Message Processing System
STANAG Standardization Agreement (NATO)
STAR S-Band Tactical Automated Receivers (Chariot/TERPES)
STARS System Threat Assessment Reports
STDA Street Talk Directory Assistance (Banyan Vines)
STE Surface Target Emitters
Secure Terminal Equiptment
Synthetic Training Enviroment
STEL Stanford Telecommunications
STEP Standard Tactical Entry Points (DISN)
STICS Scalable, Transportable Intelligence Communications Systems
STIRS Scientific & Technical Intelligence Resource System
STO Special Technical Organization/Operation
STOL Short Take-Off and Landing
STOM Ship-To-Objective Maneuver
STON Stort Ton
STOW Synthetic Theater Of War
STP Special Technology Program
STRATCOM Strategic Command
STREAMLINER Special Intelligence Message Traffic
S-TRED Standard Tactical Receive Equipment Display
STRIKEX Strike Exercise
STRUM Standard Technical Reporting Using Modules
STS SIGINT Technical System
Ship-To-Ship
Ship-To-Shore
Sensor-To-Shooter
STT Shore Targeting Terminal
STU Secure Telephone Unit (Type: STU-II, STU-III)
STUN Scenario Training Unit (Language Training)
SUBOPAUTH Submarine Operating Authority
SUCCESS Synthesized UHF Computer-Controlled Equipment Subsystem
SUPIR Supplemental Photo Interpretation Report
SURAN Southeastern Universities Research Association Network
SURTASS Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System
SUSLAK Special U. S. Liaison Advisor - Korea
SV Schedule Variance
Secure Voice
Survivability
SVC Service
Secure Voice System
SVN Secure Voice NESTOR
SVS Secure Voice System
SVT Secure Voice Terminal
SWA Southwest Asia
SWADII Southwest Asia Defense Information Infrastructure
SWAMPS Special Warfare Automated Mission Planning System
SWAN Satellite Wide Area Network
SWC Strike Warfare Coordinator
SWET Shallow Water Egress Training
SWI Signals Weather Intelligence
SWIFTHAWK Collection Requirements Management System developed by DIA
SWO Staff Weather Officer
SYERS Senior year Electro-optical Reconnaissance System
SYNC Synchronization
Synchronized
SYSCON System Control (Comm)
S&TI Scientific & Technical Intelligence

This page was last updated June 9, 1999

Return to top of Page