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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


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