AAAV

Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle

AAMMP

Active Army Military Management Program

AAN

Army After Next

ABL

Airborne Laser

AC

Active Component

AC2ISRC

Aerospace Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center

ACS

Agile Combat Support

ACSC

Armaments Cooperation Steering Committee

ACTD

Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration

AEF

Aerospace Expeditionary Force

AFB

Air Force Base

AFIP

Armed Forces Institute of Pathology

AFQT

Armed Forces Qualification Test

AFRIS

Air Force Recruiting Information System

AFSCN

Air Force Satellite Control Network

AIP

Antisurface Warfare Improvement Program

ALI

Aegis Leap Intercept

AMEC

Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation

AMRAAM

Advanced Medium–Range Air–to–Air Missile

ANG

Air National Guard

AOC

Air Operations Center

AOR

Area of Responsibility

ARG

Amphibious Ready Group

ARNG

Army National Guard

ASARS

Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System

ASCM

Antiship Cruise Missile

ASD(C3I)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence

ASEAN

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

ASW

Antisubmarine Warfare

ATACMS

Army Tactical Missile System

ATARS

Advanced Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance System

ATSD–CS

Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Civil Support

AVIP

Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program

AWACS

Airborne Warning and Control System

BASOPS

Base Operations

BES

Budget Estimate Submission

BRAC

Base Realignment and Closure

C²

Command and Control

C³

Command, Control, and Communications

C⁴I

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence

C⁴ISR

Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

CAIV

Cost as an Independent Variable

CBIRF

Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force

CBO

Congressional Budget Office

CCR

Central Contractor Registration

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CEC

Cooperative Engagement Capability

CFC

Combined Forces Command

CFO

Chief Financial Officer

CIAO

Chief Infrastructure Assurance Officer

CINC

Commander in Chief

CIO

Chief Information Officer

CIP

Critical Infrastructure Protection

CJCS

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

CLU

Command Launch Unit

CMD

Cruise Missile Defense

CND

Computer Network Defense

CNO

Chief of Naval Operations

CONUS

Continental United States

COS

Critical Occupational Specialist

COTS

Commercial–off–the–shelf

CRAF

Civil Reserve Air Fleet

CSS

Combat Support Service

CTBT

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty

CTC

Combat Training Center

CTR

Cooperative Threat Reduction

CVBG

Carrier Battle Group

DACOWITS

Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services

DAU

Defense Acquisition University

DCAA

Defense Contract Audit Agency

DCAS

Defense Cash Accountability System

DCII

Defense Finance and Accounting Service Corporate Information Infrastructure

DCPDS

Defense Civilian Personnel Data System

DCSPER

Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel

DDR&E

Director for Defense Research and Engineering

DeCA

Defense Commissary Agency

DEOMI

Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute

DEPTEMPO

Deployment Tempo

DESC

Defense Energy Support Center

DFAS

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

DIBRS

Defense Incident–Based Reporting System

DIMHRS

Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System

DISN

Defense Information System Network

DLA

Defense Logistics Agency

DLAMP

Defense Leadership and Management Program

DLH

Direct Labor Hour

DMC

Defense Management Council

DMDC

Defense Manpower Data Center

DMS

Defense Message System

DNSC

Defense National Stockpile Center

DoDDS

DoD Dependents Schools

DoDEA

DoD Education Activity

DoE

Department of Energy

DoEd

Department of Education

DoJ

Department of Justice

DoS

Department of State

DoT

Department of Transportation

DOT&E

Director, Operational Test and Evaluation

DPP

Domestic Preparedness Program

DRI

Defense Reform Initiative

DRID

Defense Reform Initiative Directive

DSC

Decision Support Center

DTO

Defense Technology Objective

DWCF

Defense Working Capital Fund

E–IMET

Expanded International Military Education and Training

E–Mall

Electronic–Mall

EAF

Expeditionary Aerospace Force

EDA

Excess Defense Articles

EDC

Economic Development Conveyance

EDI

Electronic Data Interchange

EDM

Electronic Document Management

EELV

Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle

EFT

Electronic Funds Transfer

EKV

Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle

ELV

Expendable Launch Vehicle

EMD

Engineering and Manufacturing Development

EO

Equal Opportunity

EO/IR

Electro–Optic/Infrared

EPA

Environmental Protection Agency

eSB

Enhanced Separate Brigade

ESH

Environment, Safety, and Health

ESI

Enterprise Software Initiative

ESPC

Energy Savings Performance Contract

ESSM

Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile

EUSC

Effective U.S. Control

FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCR

Fire Control Radar

FCS

Future Combat System

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FHP

Force Health Protection

FLIR

Forward–Looking Infrared

FMF

Foreign Military Financing

FMS

Foreign Military Sales

FMTV

Family of Medium Tactical Vehicle

FSL

Federal, State, and Local

FSMP

Full Service Moving Project

FSS

Fast Sealift

FTC

Federal Trade Commission

FUE

First Unit Equipped

FWE

Fighter Wing–Equivalent

FYDP

Future Years Defense Program

GAO

General Accounting Office

GATM

Global Air Traffic Management

GCCS

Global Command and Control System

GCSS

Global Combat Support System

GED

General Equivalency Diploma

GEIS

Global Emerging Infections System

GIG

Global Information Grid

GNFP

Global Naval Force Presence

GPRA

Government Performance and Results Act

GPS

Global Positioning System

GSA

General Services Administration

GSORTS

Global Status of Resources and Training System

HAE

High–Altitude Endurance

HAF

Headquarters Air Force

HHS

Department of Health and Human Services

HIMARS

High–Mobility Artillery System

HMMWV

High–Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle

HQ AFPC

Headquarters, Air Force Personnel Command

IA

Information Assurance

ICBM

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

ICOG

International Cooperative Opportunities Group

ID

Identification

IDTC

Interdeployment Training Cycle

IG

Inspector General

IM

Information Management

IMET

International Military Education and Training

IMINT

Imagery Intelligence

IMM

Integrated Materiel Manager

INS

Inertial Navigation System

IO

Information Operations

IOT&E

Initial Operational Test and Evaluation

ISR

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

IT21

Information Technology 21st Century

JASSM

Joint Air–to–Surface Standoff Missile

JDA

Joint Duty Assignment

JDAM

Joint Direct Attack Munition

JECPO

Joint Electronic Commerce Program Office

JEFX

Joint Expeditionary Force Experiment

JITC

Joint Interoperability Test Command

JLENS

Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System

JMRR

Joint Monthly Readiness Review

JPME

Joint Professional Military Education

JRIP

Joint Reserve Intelligence Program

JROTC

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps

JSF

Joint Strike Fighter

JSIMS

Joint Simulation System

JSO

Joint Specialty Officer

JSOW

Joint Standoff Weapon

JSTARS

Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System

JTF

Joint Task Force

JTF–CND

Joint Task Force–Computer Network Defense

JTF–CS

Joint Task Force for Civil Support

JTF–SWA

Joint Task Force–Southwest Asia

JTMP

Joint Training Master Plan

JWCO

Joint Warfighting Capabilities Objective

KEM

Kinetic–Energy Missile

KFOR

Kosovo Force

LAMPS

Light Airborne Multipurpose System

LAWS

Land Attack Warfare System

LCAC

Landing Craft Air Cushion

LD/HD

Low Density/High Demand

LMARS

Logistics Metrics Analysis Reporting System

LMSR

Large Medium–Speed Roll–on/Roll–off

LOSAT

Line–of–Sight Antitank

LRIP

Low–Rate Initial Production

MAGTF

Marine Air–Ground Task Force

MARAD

Maritime Administration

MASINT

Measurement and Signature Intelligence

MAV

Medium Armored Vehicle

MCM

Mine Countermeasure

MCTFS

Marine Corps Total Force System

MDAP

Major Defense Acquisition Program

MEADS

Medium Extended Air Defense System

MEB

Marine Expeditionary Brigade

MEF

Marine Expeditionary Force

MEU

Marine Expeditionary Unit

MFP

Major Force Program

MHPI

Military Housing Privatization Initiative

MHS

Military Health System

MIO

Maritime Intercept Operation

MNWG

Multinational Working Group

MPA

Maritime Patrol Aircraft

MPF

Maritime Prepositioning Force

MPF(E)

Maritime Prepositioning Force Enhancement

MPF(F)

Maritime Prepositioning Force Future

MRS–05

Mobility Requirements Study FY 2005

MSC

Military Sealift Command

MTF

Military Treatment Facility

MTI

Moving Target Indicator

MTM/D

Million Ton–Miles Per Day

MTVR

Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement

MWR

Morale, Welfare, and Recreation

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAVWAR

Navigation Warfare

NBC

Nuclear, Biological, and/or Chemical

NCO

Noncommissioned Officer

NES

Navy Enlisted System

NM

Nautical Mile

NMD

National Missile Defense

NMS

National Military Strategy

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NOR

Net Operating Result

NORAD

North American Aerospace Defense Command

NPOESS

National Polar–Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System

NPR

National Partnership for Reinventing Government

NSA

National Security Agency

NSA/CSS

National Security Agency/Central Security Service

NSFS

Naval Surface Fire Support

NSS

National Security Strategy

O&M

Operation and Maintenance

OIPT

Overarching Integrated Product Team

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OPINS

Officer Personnel Information System

OPTEMPO

Operating Tempo

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSTP

White House Office of Science and Technology Policy

PAA

Primary Authorized Aircraft

PAC–3

Patriot Advanced Capability–3

PAI

Primary Aircraft Inventory

PC–WIPT

Paperless Contracting Working Integrated Process Team

PCC

Panama Canal Commission

PDD

Presidential Decision Directive

PDS

Personnel Data System

PERSTEMPO

Personnel Tempo

PfP

Partnership for Peace

PKI

Public Key Infrastructure

P.L.

Public Law

PM&O

Portfolio Management and Oversight

PMAI

Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory

PME

Professional Military Education

POM

Program Objective Memorandum

PPBS

Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System

PPI

Past Performance Information

PRTV

Production Representative Test Vehicle

QDR

Quadrennial Defense Review

QoL

Quality of Life

R&D

Research and Development

RAM

Rolling Airframe Missile

RBA

Revolution in Business Affairs

RC

Reserve Components

RCCPDS

Reserve Component Common Personnel Data System

RCE 05

Reserve Component Employment–2005

RCI

Residential Communities Initiative

RDT&E

Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation

REMIS

Reliability and Maintenance Information System

RETAIN

Reenlistment, Reclassification, and Assignment System

RMA

Revolution in Military Affairs

RO/RO

Roll–on/Roll–off

ROK

Republic of Korea

RPM

Real Property Maintenance

RRE

Risk Reduction Effort

RRF

Ready Reserve Force

RSIP

Radar System Improvement Program

RSOI

Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration

RV

Reentry Vehicle

S&T

Science and Technology

SADARM

Sense and Destroy Armor Munition

SATCOM

Satellite Communications

SBIR

Small Business Innovation Research

SBIRS

Space–Based Infrared System

SDB

Small Disadvantaged Business

SEP

System Enhancement Program

SFW

Sensor–Fuzed Weapon

SIDPERS

Standard Installation/Division Personnel System

SIGINT

Signals Intelligence

SIPRNET

Secret Internet Protocol Router Network

SLAM

Standoff Land Attack Missile

SLBM

Submarine–Launched Ballistic Missile

SLEP

Service Life Extension

SM

Standard Missile

SOC

Special Operations Capable

SOF

Special Operations Forces

SORTS

Status of Resources and Training System

SPI

Single Process Initiative

SROC

Senior Readiness Oversight Council

SSBN

Ballistic–Missile Submarine

SSC

Smaller–Scale Contingency

SSF

Single Stock Fund

SSN

Attack Submarine

SSP

Stockpile Stewardship Program

START

Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty

STOVL

Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing

TADIL

Tactical Data Information Link

TAMD

Theater Air and Missile Defense

TARA

Technology Area Review and Assessment

TARS

Theater Airborne Reconnaissance System

TAV

Total Asset Visibility

TBM

Theater Ballistic Missile

TCS

Temporary Change of Station

TD–1

Taepo Dong–1

TD–2

Taepo Dong–2

TDY

Temporary Duty

TFRS

Total Force Retention System

THAAD

Theater High Altitude Area Defense

TMA

TRICARE Management Activity

TMD

Theater Missile Defense

TPED

Tasking, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination

UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UFO

Ultra–High Frequency Follow–on

URD

Uniform Resource Demonstration

USAR

U.S. Army Reserve

USAREUR

United States Army Europe

USARSA

United States Army School of the Americas

USCINCEUR

Commander in Chief of the United States European Command

USCINCJFCOM

Commander in Chief of the United States Joint Forces Command

USCINCPAC

Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Command

USCINCSOC

Commander in Chief of the United States Special Operations Command

USCINCSTRAT

Commander in Chief of the United States Strategic Command

USDA

U.S. Department of Agriculture

USEUCOM

United States European Command

USFK

United States Forces Korea

USJFCOM

United States Joint Forces Command

USPACOM

United States Pacific Command

USSOCOM

United States Special Operations Command

USSOUTHCOM

United States Southern Command

USSPACECOM

United States Space Command

USSTRATCOM

United States Strategic Command

USTRANSCOM

United States Transportation Command

V&V

Verification and Validation

VAMOSC

Visibility and Management of Operating and Support Costs

VISA

Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement

VTOL

Vertical–Takeoff–and–Landing

WCMD

Wind–Corrected Munitions Dispenser

WMD

Weapons of Mass Destruction

WOSB

Women–Owned Small Business

WRAP

Warfighter Rapid Acquisition Program

Y2K

Year 2000

YATS

Youth Attitude Tracking Study