APPENDIX K:
GLOSSARY
GLOSSARY
2LM Two-Level Maintenance
A&E Audits and Examinations
A3I Accelerated Architecture Acquisition Initiative
AAAV Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
AAC Army Acquisition Corps
ABL Airborne Laser
ABM Anti-Ballistic Missile
AC Active Component
ACAT Acquisition Category
ACIU Arms Control Implementation Units
ACM Advanced Cruise Missile
ACTD Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration
ACTS Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
AFB Air Force Base
AFG Air Force Group
AFQT Armed Forces Qualification Test
AIS Automated Information System
ALCM Air-launched Cruise Missile
AMRAAM Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile
APAM Antipersonnel/Antimateriel
APDP Acquisition Professional Development Program
APR Agency Procurement Request
AR&D Advanced Research and Development
ARCC Acquisition REform Communications Center
ARG Amphibious Ready Group
ARNG Army National Guard
ARTM Acquisition Reform Training Module
ASAP Advanced Sensor Applications Program
ASCM Antiship Cruise Missile
ASD(C3I) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
ASD(SO/LIC) Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict
ASVAB Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
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ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System
ATARS Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System
AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System
BAQ Basic Allowance for Quarters
BAT Brilliant Antiarmor Technology
BCTP Battle Command Training Program
BM/C3 Battle Management/Command, Control, and Communications
BMD Ballistic Missile Defense
BMDO Ballistic Missile Defense Organization
BPI Boost-Phase Intercept
BPR Business Process Reengineering
BRAC Base Realignment and Closure
BUR Bottom-Up Review
BW Biological Weapons
BWC Biological Weapons Convention
C2 Command and Control
C2W Command and Control Warfare
C3 Command, Control, and Communications
C4 Command, Control, Communications, and Computers
C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
C4ISR Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
CA Civil Affairs
CALCM Conventional Air-launched Cruise Missiles
CALS Continuous Acquisition and Life Cycle Support
CAP Critical Acquisition Position
CARE Civilian Assistance and Re-Employment
CAS Close Air Support
CBO Congressional Budget Office
CBT Combatting Terrorism
CCEP Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program
CE Command Element
CEC Cooperative Engagement Capability
CFO Chief Financial Officer
CHAMPUS Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
CI Counterintelligence
CIGSS Common Imagery Ground/Surface System
CIM Corporate Information Management
CINC Commander in Chief
CIO Central Imagery Office
CISA C4I Integration Support Activity
CIWS Close-in Weapon System
CJCS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
CMTC Combat Maneuver Training Center
CONUS Continental United States
CORM Commission on Roles and Missions of the Armed Forces
COTS Commercial Off-the-Shelf
CP Counterproliferation
CPRC Counterproliferation Program Review Committee
CRAF Civil Reserve Air Fleet
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CTC Combat Training Center
CTR Cooperation Threat Reduction
CVBG Carrier Battle Group
CVW Carrier Air Wing
CW Chemical Weapon
CWC Chemical Weapons Convention
DA Direct Action
DAB Defense Acquisition Board
DACOWITS Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services
DAE Defense Acquisition Executive
DARO Defense Airborne Reconnaissance Office
DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
DAWMS Deep Attack/Weapons Mix Study
DBOF Defense Business Operations Fund
DCGS Distributed Command Ground System
DCI Director of Central Intelligence
DCIIS Defense Counterintelligence Integrated Information System
DCPS Defense Civilian Payroll System
DDESB Department of Defense Explosives Safety Board
DDR&E Director, Defense Research and Engineering
DDRS Defense Data Repository Suite
DoN Department of the Navy
DFARS Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement
DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting Service
DGP Defense Group on Proliferation
DHS Defense HUMINT Service
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DIBRS Defense Incident Based Reporting System
DID Data Item Description
DII Defense Information Infrastructure
DIS Defense Investigative Service
DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
DISN Defense Information Systems Network
DJMS Defense Joint Military Pay System
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DMA Defense Mapping Agency
DMDC Defense Manpower Data Center
DMLSS Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support
DMS Defense Message System
DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program
DNA Defense Nuclear Agency
DoE Department of Energy
DOPMA Defense Officer Personnel Management Act
DPA Delegation of Procurement Authority
DPC Defense Partnership Council
DRAS Defense Retiree and Annuitant System
DRB Defense Resources Board
DRMS Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
DSB Defense Science Board
DSCS Defense Satellite Communications System
DSS Distribution Standard System
DTIRP Defense Treaty Inspection Readiness Program
DTRS Defense Transportation Payment System
DUSD(Space) Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Space
EC Electronic Commerce
EC/EDI Electronic Commerce/Electronic Data Interchange
EDA Excess Defense Articles
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EELV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EFOG-M Enhanced Fiber Optic Guided Missile
EHF Extremely High Frequency
ELV Expendable Launch Vehicle
EMD Engineering Manufacturing Development
EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESSM Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
ESTCP Environmental Security Technology Certification Program
EUSC Effective U.S. Control
FACNET Federal Acquisition Computer Network
FAA Foreign Assistance Act
FAR Federal Acquisition Regulation
FAS Field Advisory Service
FASA Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act
FCIP Foreign Counterintelligence Program
FID Foreign Internal Defense
FIP Federal Information Processing
FM Financial Management
FMF Foreign Military Financing
FMP Foreign Materiel Program
FMS Foreign Military Sales
FMTV Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles
FPD Flat Panel Display
FSP Force Support Package
FSSG Force Service Support Group
FWE Fighter Wing Equivalents
FY Fiscal Year
FYDP Future Years Defense Program
GATE Government Alliance for Training and Education
GBI Ground-Based Interceptor
GBR Ground-Based Radar
GBS Global Broadcast Service
GCC Gulf Cooperation Council
GCCS Global Command and Control System
GCSS Global Combat Support System
GDMS Global Data Management System
GED General Equivalency Diploma
GGMI&S Global Geopatial Information and Services
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act
GPS Global Positioning System
GSA General Services Administration
HAE High-Altitude Endurance
HARM High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile
HEU Highly Enriched Uranium
HTS Harm Targeting System
HUMINT Human Intelligence
IBUR Intelligence Bottom-Up Review
ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
IDE Integrated Data Environment
IFOR Inplementation Force
IMET International Military Education and Training
INF Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces
INFOSEC Information Systems Security
INS Inertial Navigation System
IOC Initial Operational Capability
IPL Image Product Library
IPM Integrated Pest Management
IPO Integrated Program Office
IPT Integrated Process Team
IRM Information Resources Management
ISM Integrated Sustainment Maintenance
ISP Industrial Security Program
ISR Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
ISTC International Science and Technology Center
IT Information Technology
ITF Integration Task Force
ITV Intransit Visibility
IW Information Warfare
JALIS Joint Air Logistics Information System
JASSM Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile
JAST Joint Advanced Strike Technology
JCALS Joint Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support System
JCIC Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission
JCMATF Joint Civil-Military Affairs Task Force
JDAM Joint Direct Attack Munitions
JEDMICS Joint Engineering Document Management and Control System
JFACC Joint Force Air Component Commander
JFC Joint Force Commander
JMETL Joint Mission Essential Task List
JMRR Joint Monthly Readiness Review
JPATS Joint Primary Aircraft Training System
JPOTF Joint Psychological Operations Task Force
JROC Joint Requirements Oversight Council
JRTC Joint Readiness Training Center
JSF Joint Strike Fighter
JSIMS Joint Simulation System
JSIPS Joint Service Imagery Processing System
JSLIST Joint Service Lightweight Suit Technology
JSMB Joint Space Management Board
JSOTF Joint Special Operations Task Force
JSOW Joint Standoff Weapon
JSTARS Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
JTCC Joint Transportation Corporate Information Management Center
JTF Joint Task Force
JTIDS Joint Tactical Information Distribution System
JWCA Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment
LAMPS Light Airborne Multipurpose System
LANTIRN Low-Altitude Night Terrain Infrared Navigation
LEA Law Enforcement Agency
LEW Leading Edge Services
LGB Laser-Guided Bombs
LMSR Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off
LOS Law of the Sea
LR-BSDS Lone-Range Biological Stand-Off Detector System
LRA Local Redevelopment Authorities
LW155 Lightweight 155 Howitzer
MAE Medium-Altitude Endurance
MAGTF Marine Air-Ground Task Force
MAISRC Major AIS Review Council
MASINT Measurement and Signature Intelligence
MC&G Mapping, Charting, and Geodesy
MCM Mine Countermeasure
MEADS Medium Extended Air Defense System
MEF Marine Expeditionary Force
MEU Marine Expeditionary Unit
MFO Multinational Force and Observer
MHC Coastal Minehunter
MHSS Military Health Services System
MIDS Multifunctional Information Distribution System
MILSATCOM Military Satellite Communications
MILSPECS Military Specifications
MIRV Multiple, Independently-Targeted Reentry Vehicle
MIS Management Information System
MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System
MOOTW Military Operations Other Than War
MOUT Military Operations in Urban Terrain
MPA Maritime Patrol Aircraft
MPS Maritime Prepositioning Ship
MRC Major Regional Conflict
MRS Mobility Requirements Study
MRS BURU Mobility Requirements Study Bottom-Up Review Update
MRSP Medical Readiness Strategic Plan
MSC Military Sealift Command
MSI Multi-Spectral Imagery
MTCR Missile Technology and Control Regime
MTVR Medium Tactical Vehicle Remanufacture
NAASW Nonacoustic Antisubmarine Warfare
NAD Navy Area Defense
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical
NCA National Command Authorities
NDU National Defense University
NIBRS National Incident Based Reporting System
NII National Information Infrastructure
NIMA National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NIS New Independent States
NISTS National Intelligence Support Teams
NMD National Missile Defense
NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPOESS National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System
NPT Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NRO National Reconnaissance Office
NSA National Security Agency
NSG Nuclear Suppliers Group
NSSN New Attack Submarine
NSW Naval Special Warfare
NTC National Training Center
NTP Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
NTW Navy Theater Wide
NUDET Nuclear Detonation
NULO Negative Unliquidated Obligations
O&M Operation and Maintenance
ODS Ozone Depleting Substance
OIPT Overarching Integrated Product Team
OPCW Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
OPTEMPO Operating Tempo
OSA Operational Support Airlift
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
OSIA On-Site Inspection Agency
PAA Primary Aircraft Authorized
PAC Patriot Advanced Capability
PAI Primary Aircraft Inventory
PAT Process Action Team
PCS Permanent Change of Station
PERSTEMPO Pesonnel Tempo
PFP Partnership for Peace
PGM Precision Guided Munition
PM Program Manager
PMAI Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory
PME Professional Military Education
PMPMTS Program Management Performance Management Tracking System
POES Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite
POM Program Objective Memorandum
PPP Priority Placement Program
PrepCom Preparatory Commission
PSRC Presidential Selected Reserve Call-Up
PSYOP Psychological Operations
QOL Quality of Life
QRMC Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation
R&D Research and Development
RAM Rolling Airframe Missile
RC Reserve component
RCAS Reserve Component Automation System
RDT&E Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
RETROEUR Retrograde of Materiel from Europe
RFPB Reserve Forces Policy Board
RIA Replacement Interdiction Aircraft
RMA Revolution in Military Affairs
RMS Requirements Management System
RO/RO Roll-on/Roll-off
ROPMA Reserve Officer Personnel Management Act
RRF Ready Reserve Force
RSIP Radar Sensitivity Improvement Program
RSL Reusable Space Launch
S&T Science and Technology
SADARM Sense and Destroy Armor
SAG Senior Advisory Group
SBIRS Space-Based Infrared Systems
SC-21 Surface Combatant of the 21st Century
SDV SEAL Delivery Vehicle
SEAD Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses
SEAL Sea, Air, Land
SEI Specific Emitter Identifier
SERDP Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program
SF Special Forces
SFW Sensor Fuzed Weapon
SIGINT Signals Intelligence
SIGCGARS Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
SLAM Standoff Land Attack Missile
SLAM-ER Standoff Land Attack Missile Expanded Response
SLBM Submarine-launched Ballistic Missiles
SLEP Service Life Extension Program
SOA Special Operations Aviation
SOC Special Operations Command
SOF Special Operations Forces
SORTS Status of Resources and Training System
SPO System Program Office
SR Special Reconnaissance
SRAM Short Range Attack Missile
SRB Selective Reenlistment Bonus
SROC Senior Readiness Oversight Council
SSBN Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine
SSD Ship Self-Defense
SSN Attack Submarine
SSTD Surface Ship Torpedo Defense
START Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
STOVL Short-Takeoff and Vertical-Landing
SVC Special Verification Commission
T&E Test and Evaluation
TAI Total Aircraft Inventory
TARPS Tactical Aerial Reconnaissance Pod System
TAV Total Asset Visibility
TBIP Tomahawk Baseline Improvement Program
TBM Theater Ballistic Missile
TDY Temporary Duty
TENCAP Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities
THAAD Theater High Altitude Area Defense
TLAM Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
TMD Theater Missile Defense
TPFDD Time Phased Force Deployment Data
TRANSAM Transfer of DoD Excess Medical and Other Supplies to Native Americans
TSSAM Tri-Service Standoff Attack Missile
TUAV Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UHF Ultra-High Frequency
UN United Nations
UNSC UN Security Council
UNSCOM UN Special Commission
UOES User Operational Evaluation System
USACOM U.S. Atlantic Command
USAF U.S. Air Force
USAR U.S. Army Reserve
USASOC U.S. Army Special Operations Command
USD(A&T) Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology
USERRA Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act
USSOCOM U.S. Special Operations Command
USSOUTHCOM U.S. Southern Command
USTRANSCOM U.S. Transportation Command
UW Unconventional Warfare
UXO Unexploded Ordnance
VA Veterans Affairs
VAN Value-Added Networks
VHA Variable Housing Allowance
WAM Wide Area Mine
WCMD Wind-Corrected Munition Dispenser
WHG Western Hemisphere Group
WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction
YATS Youth Attitude Tracking Study