Military

GLOSSARY

A²C²      Army Airspace Command and Control
AAF       Army airfield
ACA       airspace control authority; airlift clearance authority
ACL       area calibration laboratory
ACO       airspace control order
ACP       airspace control plan
AD        air defense
ADA       air defense artillery
ADDS      Automatic Data Distribution System
AIC       airspace information center
AL        Alabama
ALOC      air lines of communication
AM        amplitude modulated
AMC       (United States) Army Materiel Command
AMSF      area maintenance supply facility
AOAP      Army Oil Analysis Program
AOC       air operations center
ASG       area support group
ASL       authorized stockage list
ASOC      air support operations center
ATC       air traffic control
ATS       air traffic services
attn      attention
AVIM      aviation intermediate maintenance

BCE       battlefield coordination element
BDZ       base defense zone

C²        command and control
CAIC      corps airspace information center
C&E       communications and electronics
COMMZ     communications zone
COMSEC    communications security
CONUS     continental United States
COSCOM    corps support command
CP        command post
CRC       control and reporting center
CRSC      calibration and repair support company
CS        combat support
CSS       combat service support
CTOC      corps tactical operations center

DA        Department of the Army
DAIC      division airspace information center
DAMA      demand-assigned multiple access
dept      department
DISCOM    division support command
DLA       Defense Logistics Agency
DMA       Defense Mapping Agency
DOD       Department of Defense
DS        direct support
DSA       division support area
DSS       direct support system
DTO       division transportation officer
DTOC      division tactical operations center
DX        direct exchange
DZ        drop zone

EAC       echelons above corps
ECCM      electronic counter-countermeasures
ENCOM     Engineer Command
EW        electronic warfare

FAA       Federal Aviation Administration
FAC       forward air controller
FACP      forward air control post
FARP      forward arming and refueling point
FLOT      forward line of own troops
FM        field manual; frequency modulation
FSB       forward support battalion

G3        Assistant Chief of Staff, G3 (Operations and Plans)
G4        Assistant Chief of Staff, G4 (Logistics)
GCA       ground-controlled approach
GS        general support
GSA       General Services Administration

HF        high frequency
HHC       headquarters and headquarters company
HQ        headquarters

ICAO      Internal Civil Aviation Organization
ID        identification
IMC       instrument meteorological conditions

J3        Operations Directorate
JCS       Joint Chiefs of Staff
JFC       joint force commander
JOPES     joint operations planning and execution system
JTIDS     joint tactical information distribution system

LCC       land component commander
LIC       low intensity conflict
LLTR      low level transit route
LRS       long range surveillance
LZ        landing zone

MACOM     major Army command
MCC       movement control center
MCO       movement control officer
MEDCOM    medical command
METL      mission essential task list
METT-T    mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available
MI        military intelligence
MMC       Materiel Management Center
MOS       military occupational specialty
MP        military police
MSB       main support battalion
MSC       Military Sealift Command
MTMC      Military Traffic Management Command

NAS       National Airspace System
NATO      North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAVAID    navigational aid
NBC       nuclear, biological, chemical
NLOS      non-line-of-sight
NOE       nap-of-the-earth
NVD       night vision device

OCONUS    outside continental United States
OPCON     operational control
OPLAN     operation plan
OPORD     operation order

PERSCOM   US Army Total Personnel Command
PLL       prescribed load list
PZ        pickup zone

RSP       reconnaissance and security positions

S3        Operations and Training Officer (US Army)
S4        Supply Officer (US Army)
SAR       search and rescue
SATCOM    satellite communications
SOF       special operations forces
SOP       standing operating procedure
SRA       special repair activity

TA        theater Army
TAACOM    Theater Army Area Command
TACP      tactical air control party
TACS      theater air control system
TACT      tactical aviation control team
TADCSLOG  Theater Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics
TAGS      theater air-ground system
TAMCA     Theater Army Movement Control Agency
TASG      theater Army support group
TCC-A     Theater Communications Command--Army
TERPS     terminal instrument procedures
TM        technical manual
TMDE      test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment
TMT       transportation motor transport
TOC       tactical operations center
TOE       table(s) of organization and equipment
TRADOC    United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
trans     transportation
TRANSCOM  (United States Army) Transportation Command
treas     treasury

UCMJ      Uniformed Code of Military Justice
UHF       ultra high frequency
US        United States
USA       United States Army
USAAVNC   United States Army Aviation Center
USAF      United States Air Force
USAISC    United States Army Information Systems Command
USAMC     United States Army Materiel Command
USMC      United States Marine Corps
USN       United States Navy

VA        Virginia
VFR       visual flight rules
VHF       very high frequency

WFZ       weapons-free zone
WW        world war