List of government and military acronyms
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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.
- An - Antonov (Russian)
- APC - Armored Personnel Carrier
- APPN - Appropriation Number (U.S. Military)
- ARMS - Automated Recruit Management System (U.S. Military)
- ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations
- ASM - Anti-Ship Missile
- AWOL - Absent Without Leave
- BEA - Budget Execution Authority (U.S. Navy)
- Be - Beriev (Russian)
- 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)
- CIWS - Close-In Weapon System
- 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")
- Il - Ilyushin
- Interpol - International Criminal Police Organization
- IFV - Infantry Fighting Vehicle
- Ka - Kamov (Russian)
- MBT - Main Battle Tank
- MCEN - Marine Corps Internet (U.S. Military)
- MFA - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Mi - Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (Russian)
- 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 Organisation
- 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 - Planned 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 (http://www.sgwiki.com/Singapore_Civil_Defence_Force_%28SCDF%29) - Singapore Civil Defence Forces (Singapore)
- SEAD - Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
- SHAEF - Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (historic)
- Su - Sukhoi (Russian)
- 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
- USMC - United States Marine Corps
- 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
