| AAF |
Army Air Forces |
| ACAN |
Army Command and Administrative Network |
| ACC |
U.S. Army Communications System |
| ACS |
Alaska Communication System |
| ADDS |
Army Data Distribution System |
| AEF |
American Expeditionary Forces |
| AFHQ |
Allied Force Headquarters |
| AGF |
Army Ground Forces |
| AGO |
Adjutant General's Office |
| AM |
Amplitude modulated |
| AMC |
Army Materiel Command |
| AN/TRC |
Army-Navy Transportable Radio Communications |
| AR |
Army Regulations |
| ARAG |
Annual Report of the Adjutant General |
| ARMB |
Annual Report of the Chief of the Militia Bureau |
| ARQM |
Annual Report of the Quartermaster General |
| ARSO |
Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer |
| ARSW |
Annual Report of the Secretary of War |
| ARTEP |
Army Training and Evaluation Program |
| ARVN |
Army of the Republic of Vietnam |
| ASF |
Army Service Forces |
| AUTODIN |
Automatic Digital Network |
| AUTOSEVOCOM |
Automatic Secure Voice Communications |
| AUTOVON |
Automatic Voice Network (see DNS) |
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| C3 |
Command, control, and communications |
| C4 |
Command, control, communications, and computers |
| CARS |
Combat Arms Regimental System |
| CCC |
Civilian Conservation Corps |
| CCF |
Chinese Communist Forces |
| CE |
Communications-electronics |
| CECOM |
U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command |
| CMH |
U.S. Army Center of Military History |
| COMSAT |
Communications Satellite Corporation |
| CONARC |
Continental Army Command |
| CONUS |
Continental United States |
| DA |
Department of the Army |
| DAGO |
Department of the Army General Orders |
| DCA |
Defense Communications Agency |
| DCSOPS |
Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations (after
19 May 1974 the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans) |
| DISC4 |
Director of Information Systems for Command, Control,
Communications, and Computers |
| DMZ |
Demilitarized Zone |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DSCS |
Defense Satellite Communications System |
| DSN |
Defense Switched Network (formerly AUTOVON) |
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| EMP |
Electromagnetic pulse |
| ENIAC |
Electronic numerical integrator and computer |
| EPLRS |
Enhanced Position Location Reporting System |
| ETOUSA |
European Theater of Operations, United States Army |
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| FCC |
Federal Communications Commission |
| FM |
Frequency modulated (also Field Manual) |
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| GPO |
Government Printing Office |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
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| HMMWV |
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle |
| HUAC |
House Un-American Activities Committee |
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| IGY |
International Geophysical Year |
| IMA |
Information Mission Area |
| INSCOM |
U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command |
| IPY |
International Polar Year |
| IRAC |
Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committe |
| ISC |
U.S. Army Information Systems Command |
| IWCS |
Integrated Wideband Communications System |
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| JASCO |
Joint Assault Signal Company |
| JCCT |
Joint Combat Camera Team |
| JMSI |
Journal of the Military Service Institution of
the United States |
| JTIDS |
Joint Tactical Information Distribution System |
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| LASER |
Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation |
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| MACV |
U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam |
| MARS |
Military Affiliate Radio System |
| MHI |
U.S. Army Military History Institute |
| MIT |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| MOBIDIC |
Mobile digital computer |
| MOLLUS |
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States |
| MOS |
Military occupational specialty |
| MSE |
Mobile subscriber equipment |
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| NACA |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| NARA |
National Archives and Records Administration |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBC |
National Broadcasting Company |
| NDRC |
National Defense Research Committee |
| NEID |
New Equipment Introductory Detachment |
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| OB |
Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces
in the World War |
| OCSO |
Office of the Chief Signal Officer |
| OR |
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official
Records of the |
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| OSRD |
Office of Scientific Research and Development |
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| RADAR |
Radio direction finding and ranging |
| RCA |
Radio Corporation of America |
| RCM |
Radio Countermeasures |
| RG |
Record Group |
| RITA |
Reseau Integre Transmissions Automatique |
| ROAD |
Reorganization Objective Army Divisions |
| ROTC |
Reserve Officer Training Corps |
| RPL |
Rapid pole line |
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| SCORE |
Signal Communications via Orbiting Relay Equipment |
| SCR |
Signal Corps Radio or Set Complete Radio |
| SHAEF |
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force |
| SIAM |
Signal Information and Monitoring |
| SINCGARS |
Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System |
| STARCOM |
Strategic Army Communications Network |
| STRATCOM |
Strategice Communications Command |
| SW |
Secretary of War |
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| TACFIRE |
Tactical Fire Direction System |
| TACSAT |
Tactical satellite |
| TAG |
The Adjutant General |
| TDA |
Table of Distribution and Allowances |
| TIROS |
Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite |
| T/O |
Table of Organization |
| TOE |
Table of Organization and Equipment |
| TRADOC |
U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command |
| TRI-TAC |
Joint Tactical Communications Program |
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| UHF |
Ultra-high frequency |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNC |
United Nations Command |
| UNICOM |
Universal Integrated Communications System |
| USAFBI |
United States Army Forces in the British Isles |
| USARS |
United States Army Regimental System |
| USARV |
United States Army, Vietnam |
| USAVIC |
United States Army Visual Information Center |
| USMA |
United States Military Academy |
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| VHF |
Very high frequency |
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| WAAC |
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps |
| WAC |
Women's Army Corps |
| WAMCATS |
Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System |
| WD |
War Department |
| WDGO |
War Department General Orders |
| WWMCCS |
Worldwide Military Command and Control System |
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| YMCA |
Young Men's Christian Association |
