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
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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 |