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Department of the Army Historical Summary: FY 1987
Glossary
| AAE | Army Acquisition Executive |
| AALPS | Automated Air Load Planning System |
| AAWS-H | Advanced antitank weapons system-heavy |
| AAWS-M | Advanced antitank weapons system-medium |
| AC | Active component |
| ACE | Armored combat earthmover |
| ACR | Armored cavalry regiment |
| ACSI | Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence |
| ACSIM | Assistant Chief of Staff for Information Management |
| ADA | Air defense artillery |
| ADATS | Air Defense Antitank System |
| ADP | Automatic data processing |
| ADT | Active duty training |
| AFATDS | Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System |
| AFCS | Army Facilities Component System |
| AHIP | Army Helicopter Improvement Program |
| AIA | Army Intelligence Agency |
| AMC | Army Materiel Command |
| AOE | Army of Excellence |
| APC | Armored personnel carrier |
| AR | Army Regulation |
| ARNG | Army National Guard |
| ARTBASS | Army Training Battle Simulation System |
| ASA (FM) | Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management) |
| ASA (RDA) | Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development, and Acquisition) |
| ASAS | All Source Analysis System |
| AT | Annual training |
| BEV | Bradley fighting vehicle |
| BNCOC | Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course |
| BRL | Ballistic Research Laboratory |
| CAI | Combined arms initiative |
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| CAMS | Crisis Action Management System |
| CAPSTONE | A procedure aligning reserve component units scheduled for Europe with their wartime chain of command |
| CAS3 | Combined Arms Services Staff School |
| CFC | Combined Forces Command |
| C-FLEX | Cobra Fleet Life Extension program |
| CFV | Cavalry fighting vehicle |
| CLU | Command and launch unit |
| CMH | Center of Military History, U.S. Army |
| COA | Comptroller of the Army |
| COE | Corps of Engineers |
| COHORT | Cohesion, operational readiness, and training units (traditional and sustained) |
| CONUS | Continental United States |
| CONUSA | Continental U.S. armies |
| CPM | Civilian personnel management |
| CPMP | Civilian Personnel Modernization Project |
| DA | Department of the Army |
| DAMMS-R | Department of the Army Movements Management System-Redesign |
| DASPS-E | Department of the Army Standard Port System-Enhanced |
| DCPC | Direct combat probability coding |
| DCSINT | Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence |
| 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 |
| DEA | Drug Enforcement Agency |
| DGSM | Downsized ground station module |
| DISC4 | Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers |
| DIVAD | Division air defense |
| DMS | Directorate of Military Support |
| DOCS | DSCS operational control segment |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DSCS | Defense Satellite Communications System |
| EIDS | Electronic Information Delivery System |
| ENSCE | Enemy situation correlation element |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
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| FAADC21 | FAADS command, control, and intelligence |
| FAADS | Forward Air Defense System |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FLIR | Forward-looking infrared |
| FOGM | Fiber optic-guided missile |
| FORSCOM | Forces Command, U.S. Army |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany |
| FY | Fiscal year |
| GSM | Ground station module |
| HIP | Howitzer Improvement Program |
| HLPS | Heavy lift pre-positioning ships |
| HMMWV | High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle |
| HNS | Host-nation support |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| IDT | Inactive duty training |
| IFF | Identification friend or foe |
| IFV | Infantry fighting vehicle |
| IMA | Individual mobilization augmentation |
| INF | Intermediate range nuclear forces |
| IRR | Individual ready reserve |
| ITO | Installation transportation office |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JDAL | Joint duty assignment list |
| JDS | Joint Development System |
| Joint STARS | Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System |
| JRTC | Joint Readiness Training Center |
| JSO | Joint specialty officer |
| JTFP | Joint Tactical Fusion Program |
| LAW | Light antitank weapon |
| LHX | Light helicopter family |
| LOGC | Logistics Center, U.S. Army |
| LOS-F-H | Line of sight forward heavy weapon |
| LOS-R | Line of sight rear weapon |
| LOTS | Logistics-over-the-shore |
| MACOM | Major army command |
| MASH | Mobile army surgical hospital |
| MCS | Maneuver Control System |
| MDW | Military District of Washington |
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| MICOM | Missile Command, U.S. Army |
| MILES | Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System |
| MILPERCEN | Military Personnel Center |
| MLRS | Multiple Launch Rocket System |
| MOA | Memorandum of agreement |
| MOS | Military occupational specialty |
| MOU | Memorandum of understanding |
| MOUT | Military operations on urbanized terrain |
| MSE | Mobile subscriber equipment |
| MSO | Military service obligation |
| MTMC | Military Traffic Management Command |
| MTM/D | Millions of ton miles per day |
| MTOE | Modified Table of Organization and Equipment |
| MWR | Morale, welfare, and recreation |
| NAF | Nonapproriated funds |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBC | Nuclear, biological, and chemical |
| NCO | Noncommissioned officer |
| NCOES | Noncommissioned Officer Education System |
| NDI | Nondevelopmental item |
| NLOS | Non-line of sight |
| NORTHAG | Northern Army Group |
| NTC | National Training Center |
| OASA | (FM) Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management) |
| OASA | (RDA) Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development, and Acquisition) |
| OCA | Office of the Comptroller of the Army |
| ODCSINT | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence |
| 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 |
| OPBAT | Operation Bahamas and Turks/Caicos Islands |
| OPCOM | Operational command |
| OPCON | Operational control |
| OPTEMPO | The established number of training miles for a unit's major equipment systems, or their allocated operating tempo |
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| OTJAG | Office of the Judge Advocate General |
| PACM | Public Affairs and Communications Media Career Program |
| PDW | Personal defense weapon |
| PEO | Program executive officers |
| PIP | Product Improvement Program |
| PIVADS | Product Improved Vulcan Air Defense System |
| PL | Public law |
| POMCUS | Pre-positioned materiel configured to unit sets |
| POST | Passive optical seeker technique |
| PPBES | Program, Planning, Budgeting, and Executive System |
| PSYOP | Psychological operations |
| P3I | Preplanned product improvements |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RC | Reserve component |
| REDCOM | Readiness Command (See also USCINCRED) |
| RMP | Reprogrammable microprocessor |
| RMTC | Regional maintenance training center |
| RMTS | Regional maintenance training site |
| ROK | Republic of Korea |
| RO/RO | Roll-on/roll-off shipping |
| ROTC | Reserve Officers' Training Corps |
| RSS | Rosette scan seeker |
| RTC | Regional training center |
| RTS-MED | Regional training site-medical |
| SAPA | Secretary of the Army, Public Affairs |
| SARC | Secretary of the Army Reorganization Commission |
| SHORAD | Short-range air defense |
| SIMNET | Simulation networking |
| SINCGARS | Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System |
| SMA | Sergeant Major of the Army |
| SOCOM | Special Operations Command |
| SOF | Special operations forces |
| STARC | State area command |
| TACCS | Tactical Army Combat Service Support Computer System |
| TACMS | Tactical Missile System |
| TACOM | Tank Automotive Command |
| TADARS | Tactical Acquisition/Designation Aerial Reconnaissance System |
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| TAGCEN | The Adjutant General Center |
| TCACCIS | Transportation Coordinator Automated Command and Control Information System |
| TOE | Tables of Organization and Equipment |
| TOW | Tube launched, optically tracked, wire command-link guided |
| TPU | Troop program units |
| TRADOC | Training and Doctrine Command, U.S. Army |
| TRI-TAC | Joint Tactical Communications Program |
| TWGSS | Tank Weapons Gunnery Simulation System |
| TWOS | Total Warrant Officer System |
| UAV | Unmanned aerial vehicle |
| UCOFT | Unit conduct of fire trainer |
| USAR | U.S. Army Reserve |
| USAREUR | U.S. Army, Europe |
| USARSO | U.S. Army; South |
| USASMA | U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy |
| USCENTCOM | U.S. Central Command |
| USCINCRED | U.S. Commander in Chief, Readiness Command |
| USLANTCOM | U.S. Atlantic Command |
| USPACOM | U.S. Pacific Command |
| USPS | United States Postal Service |
| USSOCOM | U.S. Special Operations Command |
| USSOUTHCOM | U.S. Southern Command |
| WESTCOM | Western Command, U.S. Army |
| WWMCCS | Worldwide Military Command and Control System |
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