A³

Armor/Anti-Armor

AAE

Army Acquisition Executive

A-AF-CLIC

Army–Air Force Center for Low-Intensity Conflict

AAFES

Army–Air Force Exchange Service

AAMP

ArmyAviation Modernization Program

AAWS

Advanced Antitank Weapons System

AAWS-H

Advanced Antitank Weapons System–Heavy

AAWS-M

Advanced Antitank Weapons System–Medium

AAWWS

Airborne Adverse Weather Weapons System

ABCA

American, British, Canadian, and Australian

ABE

Advanced Boresight Equipment

AC

Active component

ACCS

Army Command and Control System

ACE

Assistant Chief of Engineers

ACF

Army College Fund

ACFT

Aircraft

ACOE

Army Communities of Excellence

ACPERS

Army Civilian Personnel System

ACR

Armored cavalry regiment

ACRA

Airlift Concepts and Requirements Agency  (TRADOC)

ACTEDS

Army Civilian Training, Education, and Development System

ADAPCP

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program

ADATS

Air Defense Anti-Tank System

ADDS

Army Data Distribution System

AFA

Architecture for the Future Army

AFAP

Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectile

AFATDS

Advanced Field ArtilleryTactical Data System

AFB

Air Force Base

AFFS

Army Field Feeding System

AFHC

Army Family Housing Construction

AFHO

Army Family Housing Operations

AFQT

Armed Forces Qualification Test

AFRC

Armed Forces Recreation Center

AFSC

Armed Forces Staff College

AFV

Armored family of vehicles

AGES

Air-Ground Engagement System

AGR

Active guard/reserve

AGS

Armored Gun System

AHIP

Army Helicopter Improvement Program

AIA

Army Information Architecture

AIDS

Auto-immune deficiency syndrome

AKARNG

Alaska Army National Guard

ALB-F

AirLand Battle–Future

ALB-F(H)

AirLand Battle–Future (Heavy)

ALC

Army Logistics Center

ALFA

Air-Land Forces Application Agency (TRADOC)

ALO

Authorized Level of Organization

AMC

Army Materiel Command

AMMO

Ammunition

AMSAA

Army Materiel Systems Analysis Agency

ANC

Army Nurse Corps

ANCOC

Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course

ANVIS

Aviator Night-Vision Imaging System

AOC

Army Operations Center

AOE

Army of Excellence

AOS-JTF

Alaska Oil Spill–Joint Task Force

AP

Ammonium perchlorate

APF

Appropriated funds

APFT

Army physical fitness test

APGM

Autonomous precision guided munitions

APPS

Army Personnel Proponent System

AR

Army Regulation

ARCOM

Army Reserve Command

ARI

Army Research Institute

ARNG

Army National Guard

ARPERCEN

Army Personnel Center

ARR

Annual recurring requirements

ARTBASS

ArmyTraining Battle Simulation System

ARTEP

ArmyTraining and Evaluation Program

ASA (CW)

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)

ASA (RDA)

Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development, and Acquisition)

ASAS

All-Source Analysis System

ASAT

Anti-Satellite

ASE

Aircraft survivability equipment

ASF

Army Stock Fund

ASIMS

Army Standard Information Management System

ASVAB

Armed service vocational aptitude battery

AT

Annual training

ATACMS

ArmyTactical Missile System

ATCCS

ArmyTactical Command and Control System

ATM

Anti-Tactical Missile

ATMD

Anti-Tactical Missile Defense

ATOIC

Army Antiterrorism Operations and Intelligence Cell

ATP

ArmyTraining Program

ATTD

Advanced Technology Transition Demonstration

AUDIT

Authorization Discipline Task Force

AVSCOM

Aviation Systems Command, U.S. Army

AWOL

Absent without leave

BAI

Battlefield Air Interdiction

BAQ

Basic allowance for quarters

BASOPS

Base Operations

BBS

Battalion/brigade simulation

BCTP

Battle Command Training Program

BCW

Binary chemical warhead

BDP

Battlefield Development Plan

BEAR

Bonus Extension and Retraining

BFA

Battlefield functional area

BMAR

Backlog of maintenance and repair

BNCOC

Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course

BOS

Battlefield Operating System

BOSS

Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers

C²

Command and Control

C³

Command, Control, and Communications

C³I

Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence

CA

Civil affairs; commercial activities

CACDA

Combined Arms Combat Development Activity

CAL

Center for Army Leadership

CALL

Center for Army Lessons Learned

CAM

Catchment area management

CAPS

Conventional Armaments Planning System

CAPSTONE

A procedure aligning reserve component units scheduled for Europe with their wartime chain of command

CAR

Chief, Army Reserve

CAS

Close air support

CASMARG

Close Air Support Mission Area Review Group

CAT

Crisis action team

CATS

Combined Arms Training Strategy

CBAS

Company/Battalion Administrative System

CBRS

Concept Based Requirements System

CCL

Combat-configured load

C-CLAW

Close-Combat Laser Weapon

CCTT

Close-Combat Tactical Trainer

CDC

Child Development Center

CECOM

Communications-Electronics Command, U.S. Army

CELP

Civilian Employment Level Plan

CENTCOM

Central Command, U.S.

CEP

Concept Evaluation Program

CFC

Chloroflourocarbons

CFFS

Combat Field Feeding System

CG

Commanding general

CGS

Common ground station

C&GSC

Command and General Staff College

CGSOC

Command and General Staff Officers Course

CHAMPUS

Civilian Health and Medical Program for the Uniformed Services

CINCEUR

Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command

CINCFORSCOM

Commander in Chief, Forces Command

CINCSO

Commander in Chief, Southern Command

CINCSOC

Commander in Chief, Special Operations Command

CINCUSAREUR

Commander in Chief, U.S. Army, Europe

CIPPS

Civilian Personnel Proponent System

CJCS

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

CLTP

Civilian Leadership Training Program

CMH

Center of Military History, U.S. Army

CMTC

Combat Maneuver Training Center

COHORT

Cohesion, Operational Readiness, and Training

COLA

Cost of living allowance

COMINT

Communications intelligence

CONUS

Continental United States

CONUSA

Continental United States Armies

COSCOM

Corps Support Command

CPX

Command post exercise

CS

Combat support

CSS

Combat service support

CSSCS

Combat Service Support Control System

CTC

Combat Training Center

DA

Department of the Army

DAB

Defense Acquisition Board

DAC

Department of the Army civilian

DACOWITS

Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services

DARPA

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DAS

Director of the Army Staff

DEA

Drug Enforcement Administration

DEP

Delayed Entry Program

DEPMEDS

Deployable Medical System

DEW

Directed energy weapon

DFT

Deployment for training

DISCOM

Division Support Command

DOD

Department of Defense

DOE

Department of Energy

DOMS

Directorate of Military Support (ODSOPS)

DOPMA

Defense Officer Personnel Management Act

DOR

Date of rank

DRB

Defense Resources Board

DS

Direct support

DSB

Defense Science Board

DSS

Devices, Simulators, and Simulation

DTA

Dedicated Training Association (program)

DWS

Distributed Wargaming System

EAC

Echelons above corps

EAD

Echelons above divisions

EADTB

Extended Air Defense Test Bed

EB

Enlistment bonus

ECWCS

Extended Cold Weather Clothing System

EFMP

Exceptional Family Member Program

EIDS

Electronic Information Delivery System

ELINT

Electronic intelligence

EMC

Equipment Maintenance Center

EPUU

Enhanced Position Location Reporting System User Unit

ERINT

Extended range intercept technology

EUCOM

European Command, U.S.

FAADS

Forward Area Air Defense System

FAMSIM

Family of simulators

FAO

Foreign area officer

FAST

Field Assistance in Science and Technology

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCP

Family Care Plan

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FLOT

Forward Line of Troops

FLRRDAP

Field Long-Range Research, Development, and Acquisition Plan

FM

Field manual

FOG-M

Fiber-Optic Guided Missile

FORSCOM

Forces Command, U.S. Army

FOSC

Federal on-scene coordinator

FOTL

Follow-on to Lance

FSMP

Fire Support Modernization Plan

FTS

Full-time support

FY

Fiscal year

GAO

General Accounting Office

GBCS

Ground-Based Common Sensor

GBFEL

Ground-Based Free Electron Laser

GDLS

General Dynamics Land Systems

GNP

Gross national product

GOCOM

General officer command

GRHP

Government Rental Housing Plan

GRREG

Graves registration

GS

General support

GSA

General Services Administration

GSM

Ground Station Module

HEL

High-Energy Laser

HEMCO

Heavy Equipment Maintenance Company

HEMTT

Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck

HFM

Heavy Forces Modernization

HIMAD

High-Medium Altitude Air Defense

HIP

Howitzer Improvement Program

HIV

Human immuno-deficiency virus

HMMWV

High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle

HOMES

Housing Operations Management System

HQDA

Headquarters, Department of the Army

HSB

Heavy Support Brigade

HSM

Humanitarian Service Medal

HVM

Hypervelocity Missile

IAS

Integrated Avionics Subsystem

ICBM

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

ICR

Individually carried record

ID

Infantry Division

IDF

Installation detention facility

IDT

Inactive duty training

IEW

Intelligence and Electronic Warfare

IMA

Individual Mobilization Augmentation

INF

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Force

IP

Installment Purchase

IRR

Individual Ready Reserve

IST

Invite, Show, and Test

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S.

JDAL

Joint duty assignment list

JESS

Joint Exercise Support System

JFDI

Joint Forces Development Initiative

JPME

Joint professional military education

JPO

Joint Project Office

JRDC

Joint Regional Defense Command

JRTC

Joint Readiness Training Center

JSAC

Joint State Area Command

JSO

Joint service officer

JSTARS

Joint Surveillance and Target Acquisition System

JTF

Joint Task Force

JTF-AK

Joint Task Force–Alaska

JTF-B

Joint Task Force–Bravo

JTF-P

Joint Task Force–Panama

JTFP

Joint Tactical Fusion Program

JTMD

Joint Tactical Missile Defense

JTMDPO

Joint Tactical Missile Defense Project Office

JTX

Joint training exercise

KEM

Kinetic Energy Missile

LABCOM

Laboratory Command, U.S. Army

LAMP

Lighter amphibian

LAV

Light Armored Vehicle

LCAC

Landing Craft, Air Cushion

LCU

Landing Craft, Utility

LEA

Law enforcement authority

LHX

Light Helicopter, Experimental

LID

Light Infantry Division

LOGCAP

Logistics Civil Augmentation Program

LOGEX

Logistics training exercise

LOGMARS

Logistics application of automated marking and reading symbols

LOGNET

Logistical Data Network

LOGWP

Logistics working party

LOSAT

Line-of-Sight Anti-Tank (vehicle)

LOS-F-H

Line-of-Sight–Forward, Heavy

LOS-R

Line-of-Sight, Rear

LOTS

Logistics Over the Shore

LPN

Licensed practical nurse

LRRDAP

Long-Range Research, Development, and Acquisition Plan

LSV

Logistics SupportVehicle

LTACFIRE

Light Tactical Fire Direction System

LUPS

Logistics Unit Productivity System

MACOM

Major Army command

MAM

Materiel Acquisition Management

MANPRINT

Manpower and Personnel Integration

MAPS

Modular Azimuth Positioning System

MASINT

Measurement and signature intelligence

MATC

Mobilization ArmyTraining Center

MBT

Main Battle Tank

MC

Medical Corps, U.S. Army

MCA

Military Construction, Army

MCB

Managing the Civilian Workforce to Budget

MDW

Military District of Washington

MEC

Maneuver Exercise Command

METL

Mission essential task list

MFO

Multinational Force and Observers

MHE

Materials Handling Equipment

MIA

Missing in Action

MICOM

Missile Command, U.S. Army

MILES

Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System

MILVAN

Military van

MIRACL

Mid-Infrared Advanced Chemical Laser

MLRS

Multiple Launch Rocket System

MOADS

Maneuver Oriented Ammunition Distribution System

MOBSTA

Mobilization station

MOS

Military Occupational Specialty

MOUT

Military Operations on Urban Terrain

MPCL

Multi-Purpose Chemical Laser

MPRC

Multi-Purpose Range Complex

MPTS

Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Safety

MQS

Military Qualification Standards

MRE

Meal, Ready to Eat

MSE

Mobile Subscriber Equipment

MT

Military technician

MTOE

Modified table of organization and equipment

MTT

Mobile training team

MTU

Mobile test unit

MUSARC

Major U.S. Army Reserve Command

MW

Master warrant

MWR

Morale, Welfare, and Recreation

NAAD

National Army Medical Department Augmentation Detachment

NAF

Non-Appropriated Funds

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBC

Nuclear, biological, and chemical

NBCRS

Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Reconnaissance System

NCESGR

National Committee for Employer Support for the Guard and the Reserve

NCO

Noncommissioned officer

NCO-ER

Noncommissioned officer evaluation report

NCOES

Noncommissioned Officer Education System

NDU

National Defense University

NGB

National Guard Bureau

NGREA

National Guard and Reserve Equipment Appropriations

N-LOS

Non–Line-of-Sight

NPB

Neutral particle beam

NTC

National Training Center

NTV

Non-Tactical Vehicle

NVG

Night-Vision Goggles

OCAR

Office of the Chief, Army Reserve

OCONUS

Outside the Continental United States

ODCSLOG

Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics

ODCSPER

Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel

ODCSRDA

Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development, and Acquisition

ODP

Officer Distribution Plan

ODT

Overseas deployment training

OJCS

Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

O&O

Operational and Organizational (plan)

OP

Observation point

OPFOR

Opposition/opposing force

OPTEMPO

Operating tempo

O&S

Operation and support

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSIA

On-Site Inspection Agency

OTE

Office of Testing and Evaluation

OVT

Operational verification test

PACOM

Pacific Command, U.S.

PDF

Panamanian Defense Forces

PEO

Program executive officer

PERSCOM

Personnel Command, U.S. Total Army (see TAPA)

PL

Public law

PLDC

Primary Leadership Development Course

PLL

Prescribed load list

PLS

Palletized Loading System

PM

Product manager

PO

Program officer

POE

Port of entry

POL

Petroleum, oil, and lubricants

POM

Program Objective Memorandum

POMCUS

Pre-positioned Materiel Configured to Unit Sets

POV

Privately owned vehicle

POW

Prisoner of war

PPBES

Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System

PRIMUS

Primary Care to Uniformed Services

PSYOPS

Psychological Operations

QCI

Quarters cleaning initiative

QMP

Quality Management Program

QOL

Quality of life

RC

Reserve component

RCAS

Reserve Component Automation System

RCRS

Reconnaissance–Counter-Reconnaissance–Surveillance

RCTDAP

Reserve Component Training Development Action Plan

RCTSTF

Reserve Component Training Strategy Task Force

RCW

Ration, Cold Weather

R&D

Research and Development

RDA

Research, Development, and Acquisition

RDT&E

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

REFORGER

Return of Forces to Germany

RF

Radio-frequency

RIMS

Reserve Component Instructional Information Management System; Revised Intheater Mobility Study

RISTA

Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition

RLW

Ration, Light Weight

RMP

Reprogrammable microprocessor

ROBAT

Robotic Obstacle-Breaching Assault Tank

ROBUST

Redistribution of BASOPS/Unit Structure within TDA

ROTC

Reserve Officer Training Corps

RPMA

Real Property Maintenance Activities

RSTA

Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition

RUPS

Reserve Unit Priority System

SACEUR

Supreme Allied Commander, Europe