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Department of the Army Historical Summary: FY 1988
Glossary
| A3 | Army's Armor Anti Armor Modernization Plan |
| AAE | Army Acquisition Executive |
| AAWS-M | Advanced Antitank Weapon System-Medium |
| ACPERS | Army Civilian Personnel System |
| ACTEDS | Army Civilian Training, Education, and Development System |
| ADATS | Air defense antitank system |
| ADDS | Army Data Distribution System |
| AFATDS | Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System |
| AFQT | Armed Forces Qualification Test |
| AFSC | Armed Forces Staff College |
| AHIP | Army Helicopter Improvement Program |
| AIA | Army Information Architecture |
| AIM | Acquisition Information Management |
| AIS | Army Intelligence School |
| ALRLP | Army Long-Range Logistical Plan |
| AOC | Area of Concentration |
| APF | Appropriated Funds |
| ARI | Army Research Institute |
| ARTEP | Army Training end Evaluation Program |
| ASA (CW) | Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) |
| ASA (M&RA) | Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) |
| ASA (RDA) | Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development, and Acquisition) |
| ASAS | All Source Analysis System |
| ASD (HA) | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs |
| ATACMS | Army Tactical Missile System |
| ATB | Army Training Board |
| ATCCS | Army Tactical Command and Control System |
| ATTD | Advanced technology transition demonstration |
| AWIS | Army Worldwide Information System |
| BASOPS | Base Operations |
| BCTP | Battle Command Training Program |
| BCW | Binary Chemical Warhead |
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| BFV | Bradley fighting vehicle |
| C3 | Command, control, and communications |
| C2I | Command, control, and intelligence component |
| CAC | Combined Arms Center |
| CAL | Center for Army Leadership |
| CANE FDTE | Combined Arms in a Nuclear/Chemical Environment Program of Force Development Test and Experimentation |
| CELP | Civilian Employment Level Plan |
| CENTAG | Central Army Group |
| CGSC | Army Command and General Staff College |
| CHAMPUS | Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services |
| CLTP | Civilian Leadership Training Program |
| CMTC | Combat Maneuver Training Center |
| COHORT | Cohesion, operational readiness, and training units (traditional or sustained) |
| CPC | Civilian Pay Ceiling |
| CPMP | Civilian Personnel Modernization Project |
| CSRS | Civil Service Retirement System |
| CSSCS | Combat Service Support Control System |
| CTC | Combat Training Centers program |
| DACOWITS | Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services |
| DCPC | Direct Combat Probability Coding System |
| DCSLOG | Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics |
| DCSPER | Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel |
| DEPMEDS | Deployable medical systems |
| DFT | Deployment for Training program |
| DOS | Days of supply |
| DSB | Defense Science Board |
| DSCS | Defense Satellite Communications System |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| ENSCE | Enemy Situation Correlation Element |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPLRS | Enhanced Position Location Reporting System |
| FRETS | Enhanced RETS Range Control Station |
| FAADC21 | Forward Army Defense Command, Control, and Intelligence Area System |
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| FAADS | Forward Area Air Defense System |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FERS | Federal Employees' Retirement System |
| FLOT | Forward line of troops |
| FM | Field Manual |
| FMS | Foreign Military Sales program |
| FOGM | Fiber optic-guided missile |
| FORCE | Force Evaluation |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany |
| FTS | Full Time Support force |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| GMFS | Ground Mobile Forces Tactical Satellite Communication Program |
| GOSC | General Officer Steering Committee |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| GSM | Ground Station Module |
| HEMTT | Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HMMWV | High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle |
| HMX | High Melt Explosive |
| HNS | Host-nation support |
| IMA | Information Mission Area |
| INF | Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty |
| IPDS | Inland Petroleum Distribution System |
| IRR | Individual Ready Reserve |
| ISC | Information Systems Command |
| JAIO | Joint Assessment and Initiatives Offices |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JLOTS | Joint logistics over the shore exercise |
| JPME | Joint Professional Military Education program |
| JRTC | Joint Readiness Training Center |
| JSTARS | Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System |
| JTIDS | Joint Tactical Information Distribution System |
| LCU | Landing Craft, Utility |
| LHX | Light helicopter program |
| LOGO | Logistics Center |
| LOGMARS | Logistics Applications of Automated Marking and Reading Symbols |
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| LOS-F-H | Line of sight-forward-heavy weapon |
| LOS-R | Line of sight-rear weapon |
| LOTS | Logistics over the shore |
| LRSS | Long-Range Stationing Study |
| LSVs | Logistics support vessels |
| LUPS | Logistics unit productivity systems , |
| MAC | Military Airlift Command |
| MANPRINT | Manpower and Personnel Integration Program |
| MCB | Managing the Civilian Work Force to Budget |
| MCS | Maneuver Control System |
| METL | Mission Essential Task List |
| MICAF | Measuring Improved Capability of Army Forces |
| MILES | Multiple integrated laser engagement system |
| MILRP | Managing Information Long-Range Plan |
| MILSTAR | Military Strategic and Tactical Relay Satellite Communications System |
| MLRS | Multiple launch rocket system |
| MOBC2 | Mobilization Command and Control |
| MOBMAN | Mobilization Manpower Planning System |
| MOS | Military occupational specialty |
| MOUT | Military operations on urbanized terrain |
| MIZE | Meal, Ready to Eat |
| MSE | Mobile Subscriber Equipment |
| MTMC | Military Traffic Management Command |
| MTM/D | Million ton miles per day |
| MTOE | Modification Table of Organization and Equipment |
| MUSALL | Monsanta, Under Secretary of the Army, Lawrence Livermore |
| MUST | Medical unit self-contained transportable |
| NAF | Nonappropriated funds |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBC | Nuclear, biological, and chemical |
| NCO | Noncommissioned officer |
| NCO-ER | Noncommissioned Officer Evaluation Report |
| NCOES | Noncommissioned Officer Education System |
| NDU | National Defense University |
| NGB | National Guard Bureau |
| NLOS | Non-line of sight weapon |
| NORTHAG | Northern Army Group |
| NRRC | Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers |
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| NTC | National Training Center |
| NTVs | Nontactical vehicles |
| OASA (I&L) | Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations and Logistics) |
| OASA (RDA) | Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research, Development, and Acquisition) |
| 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 |
| ODISC4 | Office of the Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications, and Computers |
| ODT | Overseas deployment training |
| OJCS | Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| OPTEMPO |
Operating Tempo: an Army method that measures the assignment of operating and sustaining resources to a particular training strategy in order to predict levels of combat readiness |
| OSI | Open Systems Interconnection Profile |
| OSIA | On-Site Inspection Agency |
| PEIS | Programmatic environmental impact statement |
| PEOs | Program executive officers |
| PLS | Palletized Loading System |
| PME | Prime Mission Equipment |
| PMS | Pedestal-Mounted Stinger |
| POM | Program Objective Memorandum |
| POMCUS | Pre-positioned materiel configured to unit sets |
| PPBES | Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System |
| PPBS | Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System |
| PRIME | Phantom Run Instrumented MILES Enhancement |
| RCAS | Reserve Component Automation System |
| RCW | Ration, Cold Weather |
| RDA | Research, Development, and Acquisition |
| RDTE | Research, development, test, and evaluation program |
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| RDX | Research Department Explosive |
| REFORGER | Return of Forces to Germany |
| RETS | Remote Engaged Target Systems |
| RMP | Reprogrammable microprocessor |
| ROBUST | Redistribution of BASOPS/Unit Structure within TDA |
| ROK | Republic of Korea |
| RPV | Remotely piloted vehicle program |
| SA | Security assistance program |
| SCOTT S | ingle Channel Objective Tactical Terminal |
| SEMA | Special Electronic Mission Aircraft |
| SES | Senior executive service |
| SFOB | Single fuel on the battlefield |
| SGL | Standard general ledger |
| SINCGARS | Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems |
| SL7s | Fast sealift ships |
| SOF | Special Operations Forces |
| SSC | Soldier Support Center |
| STANFINS | Standard Financial Systems |
| STRAC | Standards in Training Commission |
| TAADS-R | The Army Authorization Documents System-Redesign project |
| TAC | Tactical Air Command |
| TACOS | Tactical Army Combat Service Support Computer System |
| TACFIRE | Tactical fire direction system |
| TAPA | Total Army Personnel Agency |
| TDA | Table of Distribution and Allowances |
| TOE | Tables of Organization and Equipment |
| TOW | Tube-launched, optically tracked, wire command link-guided (antitank missile) |
| TRITAC | Joint Service Communications Systems |
| TSG | The Surgeon General |
| TSM | Terminal Support Module |
| TSP | Thrift Savings Plan |
| TTU | Transportation Terminal Units |
| TWOS | Total Warrant Officer System |
| UAV | Unmanned aerial vehicle |
| UCMJ | Uniform Code of Military Justice |
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| USAREUR | U.S. Army, Europe |
| USASDC | U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command |
| USATHAMA | U.S. Army Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency |
| USTRANSCOM | U.S. Transportation Command |
| VCSA | Vice Chief of Staff, Army |
| VHA | Variable Housing Allowance |
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