AAA

Army Audit Agency

AADEOS

Advanced Air Defense Electro-Optical System

AAE

Army Acquisition Executive

AAFES

Army and Air Force Exchange Service

ACR

Armored cavalry regiment

ACSIM

Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management

ADA

Air defense artillery

ADAPCP

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program

ADDS

Army Data Distribution System

AFAS

Advanced Field Artillery System

AFATDS

Advanced Field Artillery System Tactical Data System

AGR

Active Guard/Reserve

AIPC

Army Information Processing Center

ALBE

AirLand Battlefield Environment

AMC

Army Materiel Command

AMEDD

Army Medical Department

AMOPES

Army Mobilization Operations Planning and Execution System

APC

Armored personnel carrier

ARCENT

Army Forces Central Command

ARI

Aviation Restructure Initiative

ARMS

Army Readiness Management System

ARNG

Army National Guard

ARPA

Advanced Research Projects Agency

ARPERCEN

Army Reserve Personnel Center

ARSOF

Army Special Operations Forces

ARSTAF

Army Staff

ASARC

Army Systems Acquisition Review Council

ASAS

All Source Analysis System

ASB

Army Science Board

ASMP

Army Strategic Mobility Program

ASTMP

Army Science and Technology Master Plan

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ASVAB

Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

ATCCS

Army Tactical Command and Control System

ATCOM

U.S. Army Aviation and Troop Command

ATD

Advanced Technology Demonstration

AVIM

Aviation intermediate maintenance

AWCF-SMA

Army Working Capital Fund, Supply Management Army

AWCP

Army Weight Control Program

BAST

Board on Army Science and Technology

BBS

Brigade/battalion simulation

BRAC

Base Realignment and Closure

BUR

Bottom-Up Review

CA

Civil Affairs

CAC-T

Combined Arms Command-Training

CAR

Chief, Army Reserve

CASCOM

Combined Arms Support Command

CASS

Common ATCCS support software

CATS

Combined Arms Training Strategy

CATT

Combined arms tactical trainer

CATTB

Component Advanced Technology Testbed

CAX

Computer-assisted exercise

CBS

Corps battle simulation

CENTCOM

U.S. Central Command

CFP

Contingency Force Pool

CINC

Commander in Chief

CJCS

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

CMAOC

Casualty and Memorial Affairs Operations Center

CMTC

Combat Maneuver Training Center

COE

Corps of Engineers

COMSEC

Communications security

CONUS

Continental United States

COTS

Commercial off-the-shelf

CPX

Command post exercise

CS

Combat support

CSA

Chief of Staff, Army

CSS

Combat service support

CSSCS

Combat Service Support Control System

CTC

Combat Training Center

CW

Chemical warfare

DA

Department of the Army

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DAIG

Department of the Army Inspector General

DCPC

Direct combat position coding

DCSOPS

Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations

DCSPER

Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel

DEA

Drug Enforcement Administration

DEPMEDS

Deployable medical systems

DIA

Defense Intelligence Agency

DII

Defense information infrastructure

DISA

Defense Information Systems Agency

DISC4

Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers

DMRD

Defense Management Report Decision

DOD

Department of Defense

DPA

Delegation of procurement authority

DSB-RTF

Defense Science Board Readiness Task Force

DTSS

Digital Topographic Support System

DUSA-OR

Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for Operations Research

EAC

Echelon above corps

EMD

Engineering and manufacturing development

EO

Equal opportunity

EOA

Equal opportunity adviser

EPLRS

Enhanced Position Location Reporting System

EREC

Enlisted Records Center

EUSA

Eighth U.S. Army

FAA

Functional area assessment

FAADC2

Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control System

FARV

Future ammunition resupply vehicle

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FM

Field manual

FMS

Foreign Military Sales program

FOA

Field operating agency

FORSCOM

U.S. Army Forces Command

FTX

Field training exercise

GAO

General Accounting Office

GFRE

Ground force readiness enhancement

GHQX

General headquarters exercise

HMMWV

High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle

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HQDA

Headquarters, Department of the Army

HSC

Health Services Command

IAP

International Activities Program

ICDT

Inter-component data transfer

IEW

Intelligence and electronic warfare

IMA

Individual mobilization augmentation

IMA

Information mission area

IMAART

Information Mission Area Assessment Review Team

INSCOM

Intelligence and Security Command (Army)

IOT&E

Initial operational test and evaluation

IRM

Information resource management

IRR

Individual Ready Reserve

ISC

Information Systems Command

ISM

Installation support module

ISR

Installation status report

ISSAA

Information Systems Selection and Acquisition Agency

JAGC

Judge Advocate General's Corps

JRISS

Joint Recruiting Information Support System

JRTC

Joint Readiness Training Center

JSCP

Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan

JTIDS

Joint Tactical Information Distribution System

LAM

Louisiana Maneuvers

LFX

Live fire exercise

LOGCAP

Logistics Civil Augmentation Program

LUT

Limited user test

MACOM

Major command

MAISRC

Major Automated Information Systems Review Council

MASH

Mobile Army surgical hospital

MCA

Military Construction, Army

MCS

Maneuver Control System

MDW

Military District of Washington

MEPCOM

Military Entrance Processing Command

MF2K

Medical Force 2000

MFO

Multinational Force and Observers

MIRS

MEPCOM Integrated Resource System

MISM

MACOM internal support module

MLRS

Multiple Launch Rocket System

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MOBPERS

Mobilization Personnel Processing System

MOS

Military occupational specialty

MRR

Monthly readiness review

MRSR

Multirole survivable radar

MSE

Mobile subscriber equipment

MSI

Multispectral imagery

MT

Military technicians

MTFAA

Manning the force automation architecture

MTMC

Military Traffic Management Command

MTOE

Modified table of organization and equipment

MWR

Morale, welfare, and recreation

NAF

Nonappropriated funds

NCO

Noncommissioned officer

NGB

National Guard Bureau

NLOS

Non-line-of-sight

NTC

National Training Center

OCAR

Office of the Chief, Army Reserve

OCS

Officer Candidate School

ODCSINT

Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence

ODCSOPS

Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans

ODISC4

Office of the Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers

OGE

Office of Government Ethics

OMA

Operation & Maintenance, Army

OOTW

Operations other than war

OPTEMPO

Operational tempo

ORE

Operational readiness evaluation

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

PERMS

Personnel Electronic Records Management System

PERSCOM

Personnel Command

POM

Program Objective Memorandum

PREPO

Pre-position

PRIME

Priority Reserve Initiatives in Mobilization Enhancement

PRISM

Personnel Readiness Information System

PSYOP

Psychological Operations

QRF

Quick Reaction Force

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R2K

Recruiting 2000

RCAS

Reserve Component Automation Systems

RCP

Retention control points

RDTE

Research, development, test, and evaluation

RIF

Reduction in force

RO

Roundout

ROTC

Reserve Officers' Training Corps

RRF

Ready Reserve Force

RU

Roundup S&T Science & technology

SAT

Systems approach to training

SBIS

Sustaining base information services

SECDEF

Secretary of Defense

SFO

Support for Others program

SINCGARS

Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System

SIPE

Soldier integrated protective ensemble

SLEP

Service Life Extension Program

SME

Subject matter expert

SOF

Special Operations Forces

SPS

Status Projection System

SSA

Staff support agency

SSB

Special separation benefit

STEP

Software Test and Evaluation Panel

STIR

Special technical inspection and repair

STRICOM

U.S. Army Simulations, Training, and Instrumentations Command

SWA

Southwest Asia

TADSS

Training aids, devices, simulators, and simulations

TAPDB

Total Army personnel data base

TAPOI

Total Army personnel operations integration

TATS

Total Army Training Study

TEC

Topographical Engineering Center

TOA

Total obligation authority

TOE

Table of organization and equipment

TOW

Tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided missile

TPU

Troop program unit

TQM

Total quality management

TRADOC

U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command

TRI-TAC

Triservice Tactical System

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TSC

Test score category

UCCATS

Urban Combat Computer Assisted Training System

UCMJ

Uniform Code of Military Justice

UN

United Nations

USACOE

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

USAIOD

U.S. Army Intelligence Operations Detachment

USAISC

U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command

USAR

U.S. Army Reserve

USARC

U.S. Army Reserve Command

USAREC

U.S. Army Recruiting Command

USAREUR

U.S. Army, Europe

USARPAC

U.S. Army, Pacific

USARSO

U.S. Army, South

USASOC/
USASOCOM

U.S. Army Special Operations Command

USMA

United States Military Academy

USR

Unit status reporting

USSOCOM

U.S. Special Operations Command

VCSA

Vice Chief of Staff (Army)

VET

Voluntary early transition

VSI

Voluntary separation incentive

VSIP

Voluntary Separations Incentive Program

WAN

Wide area network

YATS

Youth Attitudes Tracking Study

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