List of government and military acronyms
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.
- APPN - Appropriation Number (U.S. Military)
- ARMS - Automated Recruit Management System (U.S. Military)
- ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations
- AWOL - Absent Without Leave
- BEA - Budget Execution Authority (U.S. Navy)
- 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)
- DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (U.S. Military)
- DFAS - Defense Finance and Accounting Service (U.S. Military)
- DMZ - Demilitarized Zone
- 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")
- Interpol -- International Criminal Police Organization
- MCEN - Marine Corps Internet (U.S. Military)
- 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 Organization
- 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 - Preventative Maintenance Schedule (U.S. Navy)
- PO - Post Office
- POTUS - President of the United States
- RFP - Request for Proposal (U.S.)
- SAM - Surface to Air Missile
- SCAP - Supreme Commander Allied Powers (Allied occupation of Japan)
- SEAD - Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
- SHAEF - Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (historic)
- 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
- USN - United States Navy
- USO - United Service Organizations (U.S. Military)
- UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- UCAV - Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
- UN - United Nations