Last updated 9 March 2004
Department of the Army Historical Summary: FY 1983
Glossary
| AA/AB | Air assault/airborne division |
| AAFES | Army and Air Force Exchange Services |
| AALISS | Army Automated Library and Information Support System |
| A and T | Assignments and Terminations module |
| AAO | Affirmative Action Officer |
| AAOTF | Army Agent Orange Task Force |
| AAWS | Advanced antitank weapon system |
| ABCA/QWG | American, British, Canadian, and Australian Quadripartite Group |
| AC | Active Component |
| ACCES | Army Civilian Career Evaluation System |
| ACCS | Army Command and Control System |
| ACE | Airframe Condition Evaluation |
| ACE | Assistant Chief of Engineers |
| ACE | Armored Combat Earthmovers |
| ACEB | Army Clothing Equipment Board |
| ACES | Army Continuing Education System |
| AC 2MP | Army Command and Control Master Plan |
| ACP | Asset Capitalization Program |
| ACS | Army Community Service program |
| ACSC | Army Computer System Command |
| ACSI | Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence |
| ACT | Advanced Concepts and Technology |
| ACTEDS | Army Civilian Training Education and Development System |
| ADABAS | Adaptable Data Base System |
| ADAPCP | Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Program |
| ADEA | U.S. Army Development and Employment Agency |
| ADP | Automatic data processing |
| AE | Architectural and engineering firms |
| AFAPS | Artillery-Fired Atomic Projectiles |
| AFATDS | Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System |
| AFH | Army family housing |
| AFMCO | Army Force Modernization Coordination Office |
| AFQT | Armed Forces Qualification Test |
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| AFRC | Armed Forces Recreation Center |
| AFSS | Automatic Fire Suppression System |
| AHIP | Army Helicopter Improvement Program |
| AHMD | Army Housing Management Division |
| AGT | Aircraft Gas and Turbine |
| AIF | Army Industrial Fund |
| AJ | Antijamming |
| AJCC | Alternate Joint Communications Center |
| ALBE | Airland Battlefield Environment Thrust |
| ALMC | Army Logistics Management Center |
| ALMO | Army Library Management Office |
| AMEDD | Army Medical Department |
| AMIM | Army Modernization Information Memorandum |
| AMIP | Army Models Improvement Program |
| AMSP | Advanced Military Studies Program |
| AMT | Army Modernization Training |
| AMWRF | Army Morale Welfare Recreation Fund |
| ANVIS | Aviator's Night Vision Imaging System |
| AOA | Airborne Optical Adjunct study |
| AP | Antipersonnel |
| APCs | Armored Personnel Carriers |
| APG | Aberdeen Proving Ground |
| APOs | Areal Post Offices |
| AR | Army Regulation |
| ARNG | Army National Guard |
| ARSTAF | Army staff |
| ARTEP | Army Training and Evaluation Program |
| ARVN | Army Republic of Vietnam |
| ASA | Assistant Secretary of the Army |
| ASA (IL&FM) | Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Logistics, and Financial Management |
| ASARC | Army System Acquisition Review Council |
| ASAS | All Source Analysis System |
| ASB | Army Science Board |
| ASF | Army Stock Fund |
| ASIDE | Associated Support Items of Equipment |
| ASMSA | Army Strategic Mobility System Assessment |
| ASQT | Armed Services Qualification Test |
| ASVAB | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery |
| AT | Antitank |
| AT | Active Duty for Training |
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| AIRRS | Army training Requirements and Resources Systems |
| AUSA | Association of the United States Army |
| AVSCOM | Aviations Systems Command |
| AWOL | Absent without Leave |
| BAS | Battlefield Automated Systems |
| BAST | Board on Army Science and Technology |
| BDO | Battle Dress Overgarment |
| BDU | Battle Dress Uniform |
| BERH | Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors |
| BETA | Battlefield Exploitation and Target Acquisition project |
| BFVS | Bradley Fighting Vehicle System |
| BLAST | Building Loads Analysis and System Thermodynamics |
| BMAR | Backlog of Maintenance and Repair |
| BMD | Ballistic Missile Defense |
| BMDATC | Ballistic Missile Defense Advanced Technology Center |
| BMDO | Ballistic Missile Defense Organization |
| BMDSCOM | Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command |
| BOA | Basic ordering agreement |
| BOIP | Basis of Issue Plan |
| BRIGHT STAR | Army training exercise in Europe |
| BTA | Best technical approach |
| BTC | Basic Technical Courses |
| BZ | 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate |
| CA | Civil Affairs |
| CA | Commercial Activities |
| CAA | Conference of American Armies |
| CABER | Toss 91D field training exercise |
| CACDA | Combined Arms Combat Development Activity |
| CAEADS | Computer-Aided Engineering and Architectural Design System |
| CAI | Centralized Accident Investigation team |
| CAMDS | Chemical Agency and Munition Disposal System |
| CAPSTONE | A procedure aligning reserve component units scheduled for Europe with their wartime chain of command |
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| CAS3 | Combined Arms and Services Staff School |
| CBP | Central Banking Program |
| CCF | Central Personnel Security Clearance Facility |
| CDC | Center for Disease Control |
| CDEC | Combat Developments Experimentation Command Board |
| CDIP | Combined-defense improvement projects program |
| CDS/YA | Child development services and youth activities |
| CEETA | Defense Communications Electronics Evaluation Testing Agency |
| CEMOPS | Corps of Engineers Mobilization and Operations Planning System |
| CERF | Corps of Engineers Reserve Fleet |
| CERL | Construction Engineering Research Laboratory |
| CERLA | Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Better known as "Superfund." |
| C-FLEX | Cobra Fleet Life Extension program |
| CFMP | Civilian Force Management Plan |
| CFV | Cavalry Fighting Vehicle |
| CGSO | Command and General Staff Officer |
| C3I | Command, control, communications, and intelligence requirements |
| CINCUSAREUR | Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe |
| CISM | Conseil International du Sport Militaire competitions |
| CMFs | Career Management Forces |
| CMI | Centralized Mishap Investigation program |
| CMSS | Collection Management Support System |
| CNPO | Central NAF Payroll Office |
| COLADA | Containerized Cargo Distribution Analysis |
| COE | Corps of Engineers |
| COEA | Cost and Operational Effectiveness Analysis |
| COHORT | Cohesion, operational readiness, and training |
| COLA | Cost of living adjustments |
| COLD WEATHER EXPRESS | Army training exercise |
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| CONUS | Continental United States |
| CP | Chemical protective overgarment |
| CRAZY HORSE |
System designed to satisfy selected intelligence collection requirements at the echelon above corps for theaters throughout the world |
| CSA | Chief of Staff of the Army |
| CSB | Closely speed basing |
| CS/CSS | Combat Support/Combat Service Support |
| CSWS | Corps Support Weapon System |
| CUCV | Commercial utility and cargo vehicles |
| C4 | Command, Control, Communications, and Computers |
| DA | Department of the Army |
| DAIG | Department of the Army Inspector General |
| DAMMS | Department of the Army Movement Management Systems |
| DARCOM | U.S. Army Materiel Development and Readiness Command |
| DAS3 | Decentralized Automated Service Support System |
| DAS | Director of the Army Staff |
| DASPS-E | Department of the Army Standard Port System Enhanced |
| DATS | Drill and Transfer System |
| DC | Dichloro |
| DCPC | Direct Combat Probability Coding System |
| DCSOPS | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans |
| DCSPER | Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel |
| DCSRDA | Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development, and Acquisition |
| DDT | Doctrine and Tactics Training |
| DEH | Directorate of Engineering and Housing |
| DEOMI | Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute |
| DET | Displaced Equipment Training |
| DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DISPLAY DETERMINATION | Overseas training exercise |
| DIVAD | Division Air Defense |
| DLA | Defense Logistics Agency |
| DLI | Defense Language Institute |
| DNA | Defense Nuclear Agency |
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| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOPMA | Defense Officer Personnel Management Act |
| DRVT | Deployment Readiness Verification Test |
| DS | Division set |
| DSCS | Defense Satellite Communications System |
| DS/GS | Direct Support/General Support concept |
| DSTV | Direct support team vehicle |
| EA | Economic Analysis |
| EAA | Engineer Assistance Agreement program |
| ECIP | Energy Construction Investment Program |
| ECONPACK | An Assistant Chief of Staff automated program |
| EEMI | Economies, Efficiencies, and Management Improvement |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| EFM | Exceptional Family Member program |
| EIFS | Economic Impact Forecast System |
| EIS | Environmental Impact Statement |
| ELAC | Echelons above corps |
| EMP | Electromagnetic Pulse (detection) |
| EMR | Electromagnetic radiation |
| ENSCE | Enemy Situation Correlation Element |
| EO | Equal Opportunity |
| EO NCOs | Equal Opportunity noncommissioned officers |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPOS | Electronic Processing and Dissemination System |
| EPUT | Engineering Prototype Unit Test |
| ESSS | External stores support system |
| ETL | Engineer Topographic Laboratories |
| ETS | Expiration of Term of Service |
| ETUT | Enhanced Tactical Users Manual |
| EURCOR | European Commissary Region |
| EUSA | Eighth U.S. Army |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Authority |
| FAASV | Field Artillery Ammunition Support Vehicle |
| FACT | Family Action Coordination Team |
| FANS | Friendly/Allied Nation Support program |
| FAO | Foreign Area Officer |
| FAP I | Force Alignment Plan I |
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| FAS | Force Accounting System |
| FASTAB | Field Artillery Surveillance and Target Acquisition Battery |
| FAV | Field Assistance Visitation |
| FDS | Field Dressing Station |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FISTV | Fire Support Team Vehicle |
| FLIN | Federal Library Information Network |
| FLIR | Forward looking infrared |
| FLRA | Federal Labor Relations Authority |
| FMIAS | Force Management Impact Analysis System |
| FMMP | Force Modernization Master Plan |
| FMS | Foreign Military Sales program |
| FOA | Field Operating Agency |
| FOCUS 21 | Process to develop a joint Army and Air Force future concept based on Air Land Battle 2000 and Air Force 2000 |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FORDIMS | Force Development Integrated Management System |
| FORSCOM | U.S. Army Forces Command |
| FPAO | Force Planning Analysis Office |
| FPOs | Federal Post Offices |
| FPW | Firing Port Weapon |
| FPWs | Facility planning worksheets |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany |
| FSAS | Force Structure Analysis System |
| FSD | Full-scale development |
| FSED | Full-Scale Engineering Development |
| FSPs | Facility support plans |
| FST/FSS | Fire Support Terminal and Fire Support System |
| FTCA | Federal Tort Claims Act |
| FUED | First Unit Equipped Date |
| FWCA | Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act |
| FWS | Fish and Wildlife Service |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| GEMSS | Ground Emplaced Mine Scattering System |
| GLCM | Ground-launched cruise missiles |
| GLLD | Ground Laser Locator Designator |
| GMFSC | Ground Mobile Forces Satellite Communications program |
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| GPO | Government Printing Office |
| GR | Graves registration |
| GRAINY HIDE | Project designed to assess the capabilities of national intelligence systems to support tactical intelligence requirements |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| HALO | High altitude, low opening parachute jumps |
| HELP | Howitzer Extended Life Program |
| HEMTT | Heavy expanded mobility tactical truck |
| HG | High grade |
| HMMS | Hellfire Missile System |
| HMMWV | High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle program |
| HNS | Host-nation support |
| HOMES | Housing Operations Management System |
| HQDA | Headquarters Department of the Army |
| HRD | Human Resources Directorate |
| HRS | Housing Referral Services |
| HSC | Health Services Command |
| HTLD | High Technology Light Division |
| HTMD | High Technology Motorized Division |
| HTTB | High Technology Test Bed |
| HUMINT | Human Intelligence |
| HVAC | Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning |
| ICBMs | Intercontinental ballistic missiles |
| ICC | International Communications Commission |
| IFP | International Fellow Program |
| IFV | Infantry Fighting Vehicle |
| IHFR | Improved High Frequency Radio |
| IG | Inspector General |
| IKPT | Instructor and Key Personnel Training |
| ILS | Integrated Logistics System |
| IMA | Individual Mobilization Augmentees/Augmentation |
| IMETP | International Military Education and Training Program |
| IMETP-TLA | International Military Education and Training Program-Travel and Living Allowance |
| IMIP | Industrial Modernization Incentives Program |
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| IMWRF | Installation MWR Fund |
| INF | Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces |
| ING | Inactive National Guard |
| INSCOM | Intelligence and Security Command |
| INTELPOST | A system to bring personal mail delivery and dispatch into the 21st century through satellite communication |
| IOC | Initial operational capability |
| IPPR | Initial Production Readiness Reviews |
| IPR | In-Process Review |
| IPS | Interim Permanent Secretariat |
| IPT | Initial production testing |
| IRB | Individual Record Brief |
| IRM | Information Resource Management |
| IRR | Individual Ready Reserve |
| ISBs | Installation support books program |
| ISP | Information System Planning study |
| ISR | In-Service Recruiting program |
| ISU | Installation Support Units |
| ITV | Improved TOW Vehicle |
| ITT | International Telephone & Telegraph |
| IWR | Institute for Water Resources |
| JACADS | Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System |
| JAG | Judge Advocate General |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JOINT STARS | Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System |
| JPO | Joint Program Committee |
| JSEP | Job Skills Education Program |
| JTACMS | Joint Tactical Missile System |
| JTFP | Joint Tactical Fusion Program |
| JVX | Joint Advanced Vertical Lift Aircraft |
| LAB | Light Attack Battalion |
| LACV-30 | A lighter, air cushion vehicle company |
| LASER MACE | 91D field training exercise |
| LCC | Logistics Coordination Cells |
| LCCS | Life Cycle Software Support program |
| LHX | Light helicopters experimental aircraft |
| LIIP | Line Item Improvement Program |
| LLC | Limited life component |
| LLT | Long Lead Time |
| LMIB | Light Motorized Infantry Battalion |
| LMSC | Lockheed Missile and Space Corporation |
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| LOGEX | Training exercise |
| LOTS | Logistics over the shore program |
| LRIP | Low Rate Initial Production |
| LTAMR | Long-Term Airlift Modernization Report |
| "M" drawings | Mobilization facilities designs |
| MAB | Marine Amphibious Force Brigade |
| MACOM | Army Major Command |
| MAF | Marine Amphibious Force |
| MAPEX | Map Exercise |
| MAPS | Military Assistance Programs |
| MARKS | Modern Army Record-Keeping System |
| MCA | Military Construction, Army |
| MCAR | Military Construction, Army Reserve program |
| MCS | Maneuver Control System |
| MCTNS | Manportable Common Thermal Night Sights |
| MFO | Multination Force and Observers |
| MFP | Materiel fielding plan |
| MI | Military Intelligence |
| MICNS | Modular Integrated Communications and Navigation System |
| MICOM | Missile Command |
| MIDEASTFOR | Naval Middle East Force |
| MLRS | Multiple launch rocket system |
| MMIP | Maintenance Management Improvement Program |
| MMPs | Mobilization Master Plans |
| MMW | Millimeter wave |
| MOB ARPRINT | Mobilization Army Program of Individual Training |
| MOBEX | Training exercise |
| MOBPERS | Mobilization Personnel Processing System |
| MOs | Military Occupational Specialty |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPSA | Military Postal Service Agency |
| MQS-I | Military Qualification Standards I |
| MS 3 | Munition Systems Support Structure |
| MRE | Meals, Ready-to-Eat |
| MTMC | Military Traffic Management Command |
| MTOE | Modification Table of Organization and Equipment |
| MWR | Morale, welfare, and recreation programs and services for Army soldiers and their families |
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| NAAG | NATO Army Armaments Group |
| NAC | Navigation Analysis Center |
| NADs | National Armaments Directors |
| NAF | National Armed Forces |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBC | Nuclear, biological, and chemical |
| NCO | Noncommissioned officer |
| NCOES | Noncommissioned Officer Education System |
| NET | New Equipment Training |
| NGB | National Guard Bureau |
| NIOSH | National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health |
| NIP | Nonindustrial facilities |
| NM | Nautical miles |
| NNK | Nonnuclear kill technique |
| Non-ETS | Non-Expiration of Term of Service |
| NORAD | North American Aerospace Defense Command |
| NPRC | National Personnel Records Center |
| NPS | Nonprior Service |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NSA | National Security Agency |
| NSNF | Nonstrategic Nuclear Forces |
| NSWC | Naval Surface Weapons Center |
| NTC | National Training Center |
| NTPF | Near Term Pre-position Force |
| NTPR | Nuclear Test Personnel Review |
| OACE | Office of the Assistant Chief of Engineers |
| OACSI | Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence |
| OASA (MRA) | Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army, Manpower and Reserve Affairs |
| OBC | Officer Base Courses |
| OCCH | Office of the Chief of Chaplains Handbook |
| OCE | Office of the Chief of Engineers |
| OCE | Office of the Chief of Engineers/Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (dual office) |
| OCLC | Online Computer Library Center |
| OCM | On Condition Maintenance |
| OCS | Officer Candidates School |
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| ODCSLOG | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics |
| ODCSOPS | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans |
| ODCSPER | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel |
| ODCSRDA | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development, and Acquisition |
| ODT | Overseas Deployment Training |
| OEMPS | Officer and Enlisted Personnel Management System |
| OJCS | Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| O & MA | Operation and Maintenance Activities |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| OPA | Army procurement program |
| OPM | Office of Personnel Management |
| OSARIM | Office of the Special Assistant to the Director of the Army Staff for Information Resource Management |
| OSB | Officer Selection Battery |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| OSD PIF | Office of the Secretary of Defense Productivity Investment Funding |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Act |
| OSI | Office of Special Investigation |
| OUSDRE | Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering |
| PA | Procurement Appropriation |
| PAC | Professional and administrative career occupations |
| PACCAR | Pacific Car and Foundry Company |
| PACE | Professional and Administrative Career Examination |
| PAD | POMCUS Authorization Document |
| PADS | POMCUS Authorization Documents System |
| PAEO | Program Analysis and Evaluation Office |
| PAVER | An on-line, interactive decision support system to assist pavement maintenance managers in the Army, Air Force, and Navy to program their maintenance activities for roads, streets, and airfields so that they can extend the service life of the |
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| pavement and use to best advantage the limited funds available for such maintenance (Pavement Maintenance Management System). | |
| PAX | Programming, Administration, and Execution System |
| PCB | Polychlorinated bipheyl |
| PD | Purchase description |
| PDIP | Program Development Increment Package |
| PDSS | Post Development Software Support |
| PDW | Personal Defense Weapon |
| PE | Program element |
| PEP | Personnel Exchange Program |
| PFD | Personal Flotation Devices |
| PIa | Pershing la missile |
| PII | Pershing II missiles |
| PL | Public Law |
| PLRS | Position Locating Reporting System |
| PMF | Personnel Master File |
| PM-NUC | Project Manager for Nuclear Munitions |
| PMP | Program Management Plan |
| PMS | Professor of Military Science |
| PMS | Performance Monitoring System |
| PMTBOR | Post mobilization training base output requirement |
| POD | Pacific Ocean Division |
| POM | Programmed Objective Memorandum |
| POMCUS | Pre-positioned materiel configured to units sets |
| POST | Passive Optical Seeker Technique |
| PPBERS | Program Performance and Budget Execution Review System |
| PPBES | Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution System |
| PR | Periodic Reinvestigations |
| PROUD SABER | Training exercise |
| PTC | Primary Technical Courses |
| PTSD | Post Traumatic Stress Disorder |
| PX | Post exchange |
| QRIP | Quick Return on Investment Program |
| QRMC | Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation |
| QRP | Quick Reaction program |
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| RAM | Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability study |
| RC | Reserve Component |
| RCF | Repair Cycle Floats |
| RCIA | Rite for Continuing Instruction of Adults |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RDTE | Research, development, test, and evaluation program |
| REDTRAIN | Tactical Intelligence Readiness Training program |
| REFORGER | Training exercise |
| REMR | Repair, evaluation, maintenance, and rehabilitation research program |
| RFP | Request for Test Samples |
| RFTS | Request for Test Samples |
| RMA | Rocky Mountain Arsenal |
| RMC | Resource Management Corporation |
| RMP | Reprogrammable Microprocessor |
| RMTC | Regional Military Training Center |
| ROK | Republic of Korea |
| ROM | Read Only Memory |
| ROTC | Reserve Officers' Training Corps |
| RPMA | Real Property Maintenance Activities |
| RPV | Remotely Piloted Vehicle |
| RSS | Rosette Scan Seeker |
| SA | Secretary of the Army |
| SACS | Structure and Composition System |
| SAG | Saudi Arabian government |
| SAM | Stationing analysis mode |
| SAMPAM | System for Automation of Materiel Plans for Army Material |
| SANG | Saudi Arabian National Guard |
| SARIM | Special Assistant to the Director of the Army Staff for Information Resource Management |
| SCCE | Satellite Communications Control Elements |
| SCOTT | Single Channel Objective Tactical Terminal |
| SCS | Special Communication Systems |
| SDAF | Special Defense Acquisition Fund |
| SDI | Strategic Defense Initiative |
| SELCOM | Joint Select Committee |
| SEMA | Special electronics intelligence mission |
| SES | Senior Executive Service employees |
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| SES4WAR | New Army computer system |
| SHAPE | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe |
| SIDPERS | Standard Installation Division Personnel System |
| SIGINT | Signal Intelligence Division of the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence |
| SINCGARS | Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System |
| SNEP | Saudi Naval Expansion Program |
| SOCOM | Special Operations Command |
| SOCP | Saudi Arabian Army Ordnance Corps Program |
| SOF | Special Operations Forces |
| SOFAS | Status of Forces Agreements |
| SOFMAA | SOF Mission Area Analysis |
| SOLFEAS | Solar Energy System Economic Feasibility program |
| SOR | Joint Service Operational Requirement |
| SPBS | Standard Property Book System |
| SPLLS | Self-Propelled Launcher Loaders |
| SQ,T | Software Qualification Test |
| SRB | Selective Reenlistment Bonus |
| SRC | Standard Requirements Code |
| SRINF | Shorter-Range Intermediate Nuclear Forces |
| SRNF | Short-Range Nuclear Forces |
| SRV | Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| SSN X REF | Standard Study Number Cross Reference file |
| ST | Sustainment Training |
| STARC | State Area Commands |
| START | Proposed reduction in ballistic missile warheads and limits on deployed ICBMs and heavy bombers |
| STF | Specal Task Force |
| STRAC | Standards in Training Commission |
| SUSV | Small unit support vehicle |
| TAA | Total Army Analysis |
| TAA 90 | Army analyzed and programmed major force structure initiatives regarding its light force |
| TAADS | The Army Authorization Documents System |
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| TACFIRE | Tactical Fire Direction System |
| TACIES | Tactical Imagery Exploitation System |
| TACOM | Tank Automative Command |
| TACSATCOM | Tactical Satellite Communications program |
| TACSIM | Tactical Simulation Program |
| TADS | Training aids and devices |
| TADS/PNVS | Target acquisition designation system and pilot night vision sensors |
| TAEDP | Total Army Equipment Distribution Program |
| TAEDP ASIOE | Total Army Equipment Distribution Program, Associated Support Items of Equipment |
| TAG | The Adjutant General |
| TAGO | The Adjutant General's Office |
| TAOAP | Total Army Officer Accession Plan |
| TASAPS-77 | "The Army Security Assistance Program Study" report |
| TCAC | Technical Control and Analysis Center |
| TC ACCIS | Transportation Coordinator, an Automated Command and Control Information System |
| TCATA | The Command and Control Test Division |
| TDA | Tables of Distribution and Allowances |
| TDY | Temporary Duty |
| TEAM SPIRIT | Training exercise |
| TEMP | Test and Evaluation Master Plan |
| TEMPEST | Computer Terminal |
| TENCAP | Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities |
| Ten-Tom | Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway project |
| TGSM | Terminally guided submunition |
| TGW | Terminal Guidance Warhead |
| THS | Transient; holdees, and student account |
| TLA | Travel Living Allowance |
| TLAT | TOW Light Antitank Battalion |
| TOES | Tables of organization and equipment |
| TOW | Tube launched, optically tracked, wire guided |
| TRACE | Total risk assessing cost estimates |
| TRADOC | U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command |
| TRADOC-SATFA | U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command-Security Assistance Training Field Activity |
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| TRDI | Technical Research and Development Institute |
| TRD/TIPS | Test requirements documents and test program site |
| TRI-TAC | Joint Tactical Communications program |
| TROJAN | Field training exercise |
| TSC | Test score category |
| TSWG | Training Support Work Group |
| TTS | Tank thermal sight |
| UCMJ | Uniform Code of Military Justice |
| UPDATE | Unlimited Potential Data Through Automation Technology in Education. Publishing technique used for all Army publications |
| UPH | Unaccompanied Personnel Housing |
| URCS | Uniform Rail Costing System |
| USACAA | U.S. Army Concepts and Analysis Agency |
| USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USAFAC | U.S. Army Finance and Accounting Center |
| USAMSSA | U.S. Army Management Systems Support Agency |
| USAR | U.S. Army Reserve |
| USAREC | U.S Army Recruiting Command |
| USAREUR | U.S. Army, Europe |
| USARJ | U.S. Army, Japan |
| USARSA | U.S. Army School of the Americas |
| USC | United States Code |
| USCENTCOM | U.S. Central Command |
| USDRE | Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering |
| USEUCOM | United States European Command |
| USO | United Service Organizations |
| USPS | U.S. Postal Service |
| USSS | U.S. Secret Service |
| VA | Veterans Administration |
| VE | Value Engineering program |
| VEAP | Veterans Educational Assistance Program |
| VFDMIS | Vertical Force Development Management Information Systems |
| VIABLE | Vertical Installation Automated Baseline; an automated data processing resource computer |
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| VIP | Very important person |
| WES | Waterways Experiment Station |
| WESTCOM | Western Command |
| WINTEX-CIMEX | JCS-sponsored mobilization exercise |
| WRSC-D | Water Resources Support Center-Director |
| WTCV | Weapons and tracked combat vehicles |
| YMCA | Young Men's Christian Association |
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