| AA |
Alcoholics Anonymous |
| AC |
active component |
| ACCP |
Army contingency
communications package |
| ACCP |
Army Correspondence
Course Program |
| ACS |
Army Corrections System |
| ACT |
active duty |
| admin |
administrative |
| ADT |
active-duty tour |
| AFJI |
Armed Forces Journal
International |
| AFR |
Air Force regulation |
| AG |
adjutant general |
| AICS |
Army Inmate Correction
System |
| AMEDD |
Army Medical Department |
| AMS |
Army management structure |
| AO |
area of operations |
| AOR |
area of responsibility |
| AR |
Army regulation |
| ASD |
Assistant Secretary of
Defense |
| ATTN |
attention |
| AWOL |
absent without leave |
| BDU |
battle dress uniform |
| BLD |
brigade liaison
detachment |
| BSA |
brigade support area |
| BTOC |
brigade tactical
operations center |
| C
2 |
command and control |
| CA |
civil affairs |
| CARE |
Cooperative for American
Relief Everywhere, Incorporated |
| CHA |
corps holding area |
| CHS |
combat health support |
| CI |
civilian internee |
| CID |
criminal investigation
division |
| CINC |
commander in chief |
| CMO |
civil-military operations |
| co |
company |
| COL |
colonel |
| COMMZ |
communications zone |
| CONUS |
continental United States |
| COS |
civilian occupational
specialty |
| COSCOM |
Corps Support Command (US
Army) |
| CP |
collecting point |
| CPT |
captain |
| CRS |
Catholic Relief Services |
| CRS |
Correctional-Reporting
System |
| CS |
o-chlorobenzylidine
malonitrile |
| CS |
combat support |
| CSB |
correctional-supervision
branch |
| CSS |
combat service support |
| CTA |
common table of allowance |
| CTF |
correctional-treatment
file |
| CZ |
combat zone |
| D |
disperser |
| D |
day |
| DA |
Department of the Army |
| DART |
disaster assistance
response team |
| DASD |
Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense |
| DC |
District of Columbia |
| DC |
dislocated civilian |
| DCAA |
dislocated-civilian
assembly area |
| DCSOPS |
Deputy Chief of Staff for
Operations and Plans |
| DD |
Department of Defense |
| DFAS-IN |
Defense Finance and
Accounting Service—Indianapolis |
| DNBI |
disease and nonbattle
injuries |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice |
| DOMS |
Director of Military
Support |
| DOS |
Department of State |
| DOT |
Department of
Transportation |
| DP |
displaced person |
| DS |
direct support |
| DSA |
division support area |
| ea |
each |
| EAC |
echelons above corps |
| EBC |
echelons below corps |
| EEI |
essential elements of
information |
| EGA |
electronically generated
form |
| EGCT |
extra good-conduct time |
| EHP |
emergency home patrol |
| EPW |
enemy prisoner of war |
| ERA |
emergency rest area |
| ES |
emergency services |
| ESF |
emergency support
function |
| eval |
evaluation |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of
Investigation |
| FCF |
field confinement
facility |
| FDF |
field detention facility |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency
Management Agency |
| Five Ss and T |
search, segregate,
silence, speed, safeguard, and tag |
| FM |
field manual |
| FMFM |
Fleet Marine Force manual |
| FMFRP |
Fleet Marine Force
reference publication |
| FN |
foreign nation |
| FORSCOM |
United States Army Forces
Command |
| FSB |
forward support battalion |
| ft |
foot, feet |
| G2 |
Assistant Chief of Staff,
G2 (Intelligence) |
| G3 |
Assistant Chief of Staff,
G3 (Operations and Plans) |
| G4 |
Assistant Chief of Staff,
G4 (Logistics) |
| G5 |
Assistant Chief of Staff,
G5 (Civil Affairs) |
| gal |
gallon(s) |
| GC |
Geneva Convention
Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of
War, 12 August 1949 |
| gd |
guard |
| GO |
general officer |
| GP |
general purpose |
| GPW |
Geneva Convention
Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, 12 August
1949 |
| GWS |
Geneva Convention for the
Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in
Armed Forces in the Field, 12 August 1949 |
| GWS (SEA) |
Geneva Convention for the
Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick, and
Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea, 12 August
1949 |
| H&RA |
Humanitarian and Refugee
Affairs |
| H/CA |
humanitarian and civic
assistance |
| HA |
humanitarian assistance |
| HHC |
headquarters and
headquarters company |
| HIV |
human immunodeficiency
virus |
| HM |
hazardous material |
| HN |
host nation |
| HQ |
headquarters |
| HQDA |
Headquarters, Department
of the Army |
| ht |
height |
| I/R |
internment/resettlement |
| ICRC |
International Committee
of the Red Cross |
| ID |
identification |
| IDP |
internally displaced
person |
| IFRC |
International Federation
of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies |
| IG |
inspector general |
| IHO |
international
humanitarian organization |
| IMC |
International Medical
Corps |
| INS |
Immigration and
Naturalization Service |
| IO |
international
organization |
| IOM |
International
Organization for Migration |
| IR |
information requirements |
| IRIC |
internment/resettlement
information center |
| IRIS |
Internment/Resettlement
Information System |
| IRS |
Internal Revenue Service |
| ISN |
internment serial number |
| J4 |
Logistics Directorate |
| Jan |
January |
| JCS |
joint chief of staff |
| JFC |
joint forces commander |
| JTF |
joint task force |
| JTR |
joint travel regulation |
| L&O |
law and order |
| LOC |
lines of communication |
| LP |
listening post |
| LRA |
local reproduction
authorized |
| LTC |
lieutenant colonel |
| LZ |
landing zone |
| M |
month |
| MAJ |
major |
| MANSCEN |
Maneuver Support Center |
| MARKS |
Modern Army Recordkeeping
System |
| MBA |
main battle area |
| MCCM |
modular crowd control
munition |
| MCO |
Marine Corps order |
| MCO |
movement control officer |
| MCRP |
Marine Corps reference
publication |
| MDMP |
military decision-making
process |
| METT-TC |
mission, enemy, terrain,
troops, time available, and civilian considerations |
| MI |
military intelligence |
| misc |
miscellaneous |
| MOOTW |
military operations other
than war |
| MOS |
military occupational
specialty |
| MP |
military police |
| MRE |
meal, ready-to-eat |
| MRO |
medical regulating
officer |
| MSCA |
military support to civil
authorities |
| MSF |
Médecin Sans Frontiéres
(Doctors Without Borders) |
| MSR |
main supply route |
| MWD |
military working dog |
| NA |
not applicable |
| NA |
Narcotics Anonymous |
| NATL |
national |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization |
| NBC |
nuclear, biological, or
chemical |
| NCCB |
National Council of
Catholic Bishops |
| NCO |
noncommissioned officer |
| NCOIC |
noncommissioned officer
in charge |
| NDC TACNOTE |
National Disaster
Coalition tactical note |
| NG |
national guard |
| NGO |
nongovernmental
organization |
| NLW |
nonlethal weapon |
| No. |
number |
| NOK |
next of kin |
| NWP |
Naval warfare publication |
| obj |
objective |
| OC |
oleoresin capsicum |
| OCONUS |
outside continental
United States |
| OD |
other detainee |
| OFDA |
Office of Foreign
Disaster Assistance |
| OG |
olive green |
| OIC |
officer in charge |
| OIP |
organization inspection
policy |
| OP |
observation post |
| OPCON |
operational control |
| OPLAN |
operation plan |
| OPNAVINST |
Office of the Chief of
Naval Operations instruction |
| OPORD |
operation order |
| OSD |
Office of the Secretary
of Defense |
| PA |
physician's assistant |
| PACAFP |
Pacific Air Forces
pamphlet |
| pam |
pamphlet |
| PAO |
public affairs officer |
| PHS |
Public Health Service |
| PIR |
priority intelligence
requirements |
| PM |
provost marshal |
| POC |
point of contact |
| pr |
pair |
| PRC |
populace and resource
control |
| PSB |
prisoner services branch |
| PSYOP |
psychological operations |
| pub |
publication |
| PVNTMED |
preventive medicine |
| PW |
prisoners of war |
| QRF |
quick-reaction force |
| qty |
quantity |
| RCF |
regional corrections
facility |
| RCM |
rules for courts-martial |
| reg |
regimental |
| ROE |
rules of engagement |
| ROI |
rules of interaction |
| RP |
retained person |
| S2 |
Intelligence Officer (US
Army) |
| S3 |
Operations and Training
Officer (US Army) |
| S4 |
Supply Officer (US Army) |
| S5 |
Civil Affairs Officer (US
Army) |
| SA |
situational awareness |
| SCF |
Save the Children
Foundation |
| SECDEF |
Secretary of Defense |
| SGT |
sergeant |
| SJA |
staff judge advocate |
| SM |
selected marksman |
| SOP |
standing operating
procedure |
| SSN |
social security number |
| STANAG |
Standardization Agreement |
| STD |
sexually transmitted
disease |
| STP |
soldier testing program |
| STP |
soldier training
publication |
| STRESS |
search, tag, report,
evacuate, segregate, and safeguard |
| TB |
tuberculosis |
| TCMS |
Theater Construction
Management System |
| THP |
temporary home patrol |
| TO |
theater of operations |
| TOC |
tactical operations
center |
| TOE |
table(s) of organization
and equipment |
| TRADOC |
United States Army
Training and Doctrine Command |
| TSC |
Theater Support Command |
| TTP |
tactics, techniques, and
procedures |
| UCMJ |
Uniform Code of Military
Justice |
| UIC |
unit identification code |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNDP |
United Nations
Development Program |
| UNDRC |
United Nations Disaster
Relief Coordinator |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children's
Fund |
| UNOCHA |
United Nations Office for
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| US |
United States |
| USACIC |
United States Army
Criminal Investigation Command |
| USAFEP |
United States Air Forces
Europe pamphlet |
| USAID |
United States Agency for
International Development |
| USAR |
United States Army
Reserve |
| USCG |
Unites States Coast Guard |
| USD |
Under Secretary of
Defense |
| USDA |
United States Department
of Agriculture |
| USDB |
United States
Disciplinary Barracks |
| USIA |
United States Information
Agency |
| WFP |
World Food Program |
| WO |
warrant officer |
| wt |
weight |
| Y |
year |
