Military Abbreviations (WW1 to present) Canadian
& Commonwealth
Below
is a list of Canadian & Commonwealth Military Abbreviations and/or
Acronyms. This list is principally focused on the Canadian Military from WW1 to
present day, however this list also contains many Commonwealth (
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2IC
2nd in Command 404s - DND
404 (Military Driver's License) a/ -
Acting Rank AA
Anti-Aircraft; or Approving authority; or Air Attache AAA
Anti-Aircraft Artillery AAC -
Army Air Corps; Anti Aircraft Co-operation AACC -
Army Air Corps Center AACTDC -
Army Air Corpse Tactical AACU -
Anti Aircraft Co-operation Unit AAEE -
Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment AAF -
Army Airfield; or Auxiliary Air Force; or Anti-Aircraft Flight; or Allied Air
Force AAFCE -
Allied Air Forces AAGS - AAITS - AAP
Anti-Armour Platoon; or Air to Air Missile; or AAPC -
Anti-Aircraft Practice Camp
AATTF -
Anti-Aircraft and Target Towing Flight AATT&DC
- AAU -
Air Ambulance Unit; or Aircraft Acceptance Unit; or Aircraft Assembly Unit AAW -
Anti-Air Warfare AB -
Able Seaman ABC -
Airborne Cigar (transmitter aboard aircraft which jammed German fighter
control frequencies) ABGS(ME)
ABTF -
Air Bombing Training Flight A/C -
Aircraft A/Cdre -
Air Commodore AC -
Aircraftman AC1 -
Aircraftman First Class ACAC - ACATC - ACAV -
Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle ACDC - ACDW -
Air Crew Disposal Wing ACC -
Army Co-operation Command; or Allied Control Commission; or ACCF -
Army Co-operation Command Communication Flight ACCGS - ACCU
Airborne Car Contact Unit ACGFSOC
- Air Cadet Gliding Flight Safety Officer's Course ACDU -
Army Co-operation Development Unit ACTC -
Air Cadet Training Centre ACV -
Armoured Cavalry Vehicle ACOL -
Area Coordinator of Official Languages AD -
Aircraft Depot; or Air Defence; or After duty ADC
- Air Defence Centre/Aide de Camp ADCC -
Air Defence Cadet Corps (established 1938, see ATC) ADLS -
Air Despatch Letter Service ADM - Assistant
Deputy Minister; or Air Defence Missile ADM(Fin
CS) - Assistant Deputy Minister (Finance and Corporate Services) ADM(HR-Civ)
- Assistant Deputy Minister (Human Resources Civilian) ADM(HR-Mil)
- Assistant Deputy Minister (Human Resources -Military) ADM(IE)
- Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure and Environment) ADM(IM)
- Assistant Deputy Minister (Information Management) ADM(Mat)
- Assistant Deputy Minister (Materiel) ADM(PA)
- Assistant Deputy Minister (Public Affairs) ADMS Assistant
Director of Medical Services ADRU -
Air Dispatch & Reception Unit ADS - Advanced
Dressing Station ADU -
Aircraft Delivery Unit AE - Air
Efficiency award AEAF -
Allied Expeditionary Air Forces AES -
Air Electronics School; or Armament Experimental Station AEW -
Airborne Early Warning AFDE - Air
Fighting Development Establishment AFE -
Airborne Forces Establishment AFEE -
Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment AFG - AFHQ -
Airfield Headquarters AFWE -
Air Forces Western Europe AGL -
Air Gun Laying AGTS -
Air Graduate Training School AIF
Australian Imperial Forces AIFV - Armoured
Infantry Fighting Vehicle AIRCOM
Air Command (Airforce) AIS -
Air Interception School AITF -
AI Training Flight AJAGs - Assistant
Judge Advocates General ALG -
Advance Landing Ground AMDP -
Air Member for Development & Production AMMF -
Air Ministry Meteorological Flight AMOR - Annual
Military Occupation Review AMSC - Advanced
Military Studies Course AMSDU -
Air Ministry Servicing Development Unit AMV
Advanced Modular Vehicle AMWD -
Air Ministry Works Department ANGLICO
- Air and Naval Gunfire Liason Company ANS - ANZAC - Australian
and AOC - Air
Officer Commanding; or Army Operations Course AOCU - AOR - Area
of Responsibility; or Auxiliary Oiler (Navy) AORG -
Army Operational Research Group AP - APC (S)
- Armament Practice Camp (Station) AR
analyst - Administrative Review Analyst ARC -
Aircrew Recruiting Centre; or Aircrew Reception Centre ARMD - Armoured,
Armour Corps ARP -
Aircraft Repair Park ARS -
Aircraft Repair Section ARV -
Armoured Recovery Vehicle Arty - Artillery ARWF/S -
Advanced Rotary Wing Flight/Squadron AS&RU
- Aircraft Salvage & Repair Unit ASAP -
As Soon As Possible ASC -
Aircrew Selection Centre; or Air Support Command; or Area Support Group; or Army
Service Corps ASD -
Aeroplane Supply Depot ASF -
Air Survey Flight AST -
Air Service Training (CRO) ASTOR -
Airborne Stand-Off Radar ASU -
Area Support Unit; or Aircraft Storage Unit ASuW - Anti-Surface
Warfare ASV -
Airborne Surface Vessel, radar for maritime patrol aircraft ASW - Anti-Submarine
Warfare ASWDU -
Air-Sea Warfare Development Unit A&T
Administration and Training ATA -
Air Transport Auxiliary ATC -
Air Traffic Control ATI - Access
to Information Act ATOC - Army
tactical Operations Course ATOF - Army
Training and Operations Framework ATP -
Advanced Training Poll; or Aircrew Transit Pool; or Air Transit Pool ATS -
Auxiliary Territorial Service (women); or Armament Training Station; or Air
Training Squadron ATTDU -
Air Transport Tactical Development Unit; or Armament Training Unit; or
Aircrew Transit Unit; or Air Trials Unit AVG -
American Volunteer Group AVGP - Armoured
Vehicle General Purpose (Grizzly, Cougar and Bison) AVLB -
Armoured Vehicle Launched Bridge AVM -
Air Vice Marshal AWOCU -
All Weather Operational Conversion Unit AWACS
Airborne Warning And Control Systems AWRE -
Atomic Weapons Research Establishment AWWC - Advanced
Winter Warfare Course A/SLt -
Acting Sub-Lieutenant BABS - Blind (Beam?) Approach Beacon System BAC -
British Air Commission BACB - British Air Command Berlin BAFSEA - British Air Force BANS - Basic Air Navigation School BARU - British Airways Repair Unit; or Base Aircraft
Repair Unit BBCS - Bengal/Burma Communication Squadron BCAir - British Commonwealth Air Component, Japan BCAS -
Bomber Command Armament School BCOF - BCRD - BCRS - Bomber Command Radar School Bde Brigade Bdr - Bombardier
(Cpl in the Artillery) BDR - BDU - BEF - British Expeditionary Force BFA - Blank
Firing Attachment BFG
British Forces BFPO
British Forces Post Office BFT - BFTS - B&GF - Bombing & Gunnery Flight BG - Battle
Group BGen - Brigadier
General BGHQ
Battle Group Headquarters BGT - Basic Gliding Training (Air Cadets) BIQ - Basic
Infantry Qualification BK - BLEU - Blind Landing Experimental Unit BMH BMQ - Basic
Military Qualification BMT - Basic
Military Training (Past term for BMQ and QL2) Bn - Battalion BoB - Battle of BobMF - BOD - Board
of Directors BOHICA -
BOQ -
Bachelor Officers' Quarters BOR - Battalion
Orderly Room BOS - Battalion
Orderly Sergeant BOTC - Basic
Officer Training Course BOTP - Basic
Officer Training Program BRCS -
British Red Cross Society BRD - Base Repair Depot BRSC -
British Rear Support Command BRTC - Basic
Recruit Training Course Br. CWO
- Branch Chief Warrant Officer BPSO - Base
Personnel Selection Office BSDU - Bomber Support Development Unit BSRU - Base Signal Radar Unit BT Bathythermograph BTF - Bomber Towing/Training Flight Bty BU - Broken Up Bus - Bilingual
Units BQMS - B&W
Buildings & Works B/WEO - Base
or Wing Education Officer B/WPSO -
Base or Wing Personnel Selection Officer BWF - BZ - (Bravo
Zulu) Good job or well done (C) -
Coastal CACS -
Central Air Command Section CADC - Canadian
Army Dental Corps CADPAT -
Canadian Disruptive Pattern (uniform design) CAEU -
Casualty Air Evacuation Unit CAMC - Canadian
Army Medical Corps CAMO -
Camouflage Unit CANCOM
CANFORGEN
- Canadian Forces General Order CANLANDGEN
- Land Force General Message CANSOFCOM
- Canadian Special Operations Forces Command Canex - Canadian
Forces Exchange CANS -
Civil CAOC - Canadian
Army Ordnance Corps Capt (N)
- Captain (Navy) CAR - Canadian
Airborne Regiment CARD -
Central Aircraft Repair Depot CASC - Canadian
Army Service Corps Casevac
- Casualty Evacuation CASF - Canadian
Active Service Force; or Canadian Army
Special Force CASTS -
Combined Anti Submarine Tactical School CBD - Canadian
Base Details CBE -
Central Bomber Establishment CBRN - Chemical,
Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Cbt Tm -
Combat Team CC -
Confined to Camp; or Capability Component CCD - Course
Control Document; or Canadian Convalescent Depot CCDU -
Coastal Command Development Unit CCPP -
Coastal Command Preparation Pool CCS
Casualty Clearing Station CCTDU -
Coastal Command Tactical Development Unit CDAC Canadian
Divisional Ammunition Depot CDC
Canadian Dental Corps CDCF -
Coastal Command Cooperation Flight CDS - Chief
of the Defence Staff CDSA - Controlled
Drugs and Substances Act CE - Canadian
Engineers CEDIT -
Command Engineering Development & Investigation Unit CEOTP - Continuing
Education Officer Training Plan CERD - Canadian
Engineer Reinforcement Depot CF - Canadian
Forces; or Canadian Fighter; or Communication Flight; or Conversion Flight
(number Prefix) CE Round
- Chemical Energy Round CEW -
Centimetric Early Warning CF 98 - Canadian
Forces form #98 - Report on Injuries CF H
Svcs Gp - Canadian Forces Health Services Group CF JNBCD
- Canadian Forces Joint Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Defence CF LA - Canadian
Forces Legal Advisor CFA - Canadian
Field Ambulance; or Canadian Field Artillery CFAD - Canadian
Forces Ammunition Depot CFAO - Canadian
Forces Administrative Order CFB - Canadian
Forces Base CFC Canadian
Forestry Corps CFCCU -
Civilian Fighter Control Cooperation Flight CFCEP - Canadian
Forces Continuing Education Program CFCF - Canadian
Forces Central Fund CFCS
Canadian Forces Communications System; or CFCSC - Canadian
Forces Command and CFDCP - Canadian
Forces Drug Control Program CFE - Canadian
Forces CFEWC - Canadian
Forces Electronic Warfare Centre. Located a CFF -
Combined Forces in CFFM - Canadian
Forces Fire Marshal CFFTS - CFHA - Canadian
Forces Housing Agency CFI -
Chief Flying Instructor; or Chief Flight Instructor; or Communications Flight
CFI&P
- Communication Flight CFIOG - Canadian
Forces Information Operations Group CFITES -
Canadian Forces Individual Training and Education System CFLAWC
CFLC - Canadian
Forces Liaison Council CFLRS - Canadian
Forces Leadership and CFMEP - Canadian
Forces Military Equivalencies Program CFMO - Canadian
Forces Medical Order CFMPA - CFMS
Canadian Forces Medical Service Cfn - Craftsman,
A Private in any 400 series trade (VehTech, Wpns Tech, FCS Tech, Mat Tech) CFN - Canadian
Forces Newspapers CFNCIU -
Canadian Forces National Counter-Intelligence Unit CFNES - Canadian
Forces Naval CFNIS -
Canadian Forces National Investigation Service CFP - Canadian
Forces Publication: A Canadian military book or PAM. CFPAF - Canadian
Forces Personnel Assistance Fund CFPAS - Canadian
Forces Personnel Appraisal System CFPD - Canadian
Forces professional development CFPM - Canadian
Forces Provost Marshall (Commanding Officer of Canadian Military Police) CFPO - Canadian
Forces Post Office CFPP - Canadian
Forces Parliamentary Program (C)FPP -
Civilian Ferry Pilots Pool CFPSA - Canadian
Forces Personnel Support Agency CFR - Canadian
Forces Registration (vehicles license plate number); or Commissioning From Ranks CFRC - Canadian
Forces Recruiting Centre CFRETS -
Canadian Forces Recruiting, Education and Training System CFRG - Canadian
Forces Recruiting Group CFRIMS -
Canadian Forces Resources Information Management System CF(S) -
Communications Flight (Squadron) CFS - Canadian
Forces Station; or CFSAL - CFSATS -
Canadian Forces Small Arms Trainer Simulator CFSCE - CFSD - Canadian
Forces Supply Depot CFSEME -
CFSME - CFSO - Canadian
Forces Supplementary Orders CFTO - Canadian
Forces Technical Order CFWD - CGH - CGIS - CGR - Canadian
Garrison Regiment CGS - CH -
Chain Home (Radar chain) CHEL -
Chain Home Extra Low (Radar) CHRC - Canadian
Human Rights Commission CHRPCC -
Civilian Human Resource Planning and Coordination Committee CHRSC -
Civilian Human Resource Service Centers CIBG - Canadian
Infantry Brigade Group CIC - Cadet
Instructors Cadre, formerly the Cadet Instructors List or CIG
Chief Instructor in Gunnery CinC
Commander in Chief CITC
Canadian Infantry Training Centre CJTF - Combined
Joint Task Force CL - Casualty
List CLAM - Combat
Liberation Army of Meaford CLE -
Central Landing Establishment CLH Canadian
Light Horse CLS - Chief
of the Land Staff; or Central Landing School CMBG - Canadian
Mechanized Brigade Group Cmd -
Command Cmdre - Commodore CME - Canadian
Military Engineer CMF -
Central Med Forces CMGC - Canadian
Machine Gun Corps CMIS - Career
Management Information System CMJ - Chief
Military Judge CMP - Chief
of Military Personnel; or Corps of Military Police CMPA - Canadian
Military Police Association CMR - Canadian
Mounted Rifles CMS - Chief
of Maritime Staff CMTC
Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre CMU -
Civilian Maintenance Unit CNS -
Central Navigation School COD -
Command Ordinance Depot COI - Conflict
of Interest COIN - Counter-Insurgency
Operations Comd. Commander;
or Command COMINT -
Communications Intelligence Comm(s)
Communication(s) Compo
Composite Ration (also called comp rat) COMSEN
Communications Centre Conv
Conversion Coord
Co-ordinate CORD - COTU -
Coastal Operational Training Unit Coy - Company
C&P
- Counseling and Probation CPC Canadian
Postal Corps CPE -
Central Photographic Establishment CPF - Canadian
Patrol Frigate. ( Cpl
Corporal CPO
Chief Petty Officer (Navy Rank); or Command Pay Office CPO1 - Chief
Petty Officer 1st Class CPO2 - Chief
Petty Officer 2nd Class CPPR - Civilian
Performance Planning and Review CQMS -
Company Quartermaster Sergeant CRB -
Career Review Board CRC -
Control and reporting center CRCR - Canadian
Reserve Cavalry Regiment CRF -
Controller of Research & Development CRP -
Civilian Repair Party CRPG - Canadian
Ranger Patrol Group CRS - Chief
Review Services; or Control and Reporting School CRT - Canadian
Railway Troops CS(A) -
Controller of Supply (Air) CSDE -
Central Servicing Development Establishment CSE -
Central Signals Establishment CSM -
Company Sergeant Major CSOR - Canadian
Special Operations Regiment CSPDE -
Combined services Project Development Unit C SCOT R
- Canadian Scottish Regiment. A Reserve Infantry Regiment on CSU -
Communications and Support Unit CT - Component
Transfer CTAT - Controlled
Technology Access Transfer CTC
Canadian Training Centre CTF - Combined
Task Force (refers to a multi-national TF) CTO - Compensated
Time Off CTP
Commonwealth Training Plan (aka BCATP); or Course Training Plan CTS - Combat
Training School; or Clothe The Soldier CVN - Aircraft
Carrier, Nuclear CVR (T)
or (W) Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) or (Wheeled) CW -
Communication Wing; or Chemical Warfare CWAC
ACCOMM - Canadian Women's Army Corps Accommodations CWGC -
Commonwealth War CWP -
Contractor's Working Party CWRO Canadian
War Records Office CZP - Correct
Zeroing Point CzTU -
Czechoslovak Training Unit
D Dent
Svcs - Director Dental Services D Env P
- Director, Environmental Protection D Fin
Ops - Directorate Financial Operations D Law HR
- Director Law Human Resources D Law
MJPR - Director Law Military Justice Policy and Research D Law/ I
- Director of Law/ International D
Law/Mil Per - Director of Law/Military Personnel D Mar
Pers - Directorate of Maritime Personnel D Med
Pol - Director Medical Policy D Med
Svcs - Director Medical Services D Mil C
- Director Military Careers D Pub
Pol - Directorate of Public Policy DAC Divisional
Ammunition Company DAF -
Desert Air Force DAFTF -
Desert Air Force Training Flight DAIP - Director
Access to Information and Privacy DAOD - Defense
Administration Orders and Directives DAPPP - Director
Accounts Processing, Pay and Pensions DART - Disaster
Assistance Response Team DATCO -
Deputy Air Traffic Controller DBF -
Destroyed By Fire DBR -
Damaged Beyond Repair DC Pol -
Directorate Contracting Policy DCCL - Director,
Claims and Civil Litigation DCCO - Director
Civilian Classification and Organization DCDS - Deputy
Chief of the Defence Staff DCEP - Director
Civilian Employment Policies DCHRHP -
Director of Civilian Human Rights and Harassment Programs DCIEM - Defence
and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine. DCM
Distinguished Conduct Medal DCO - Deputy
Commanding Officer; or Duty Carried Out DCOS - Deputy
Chief of Staff DCSA - Directorate
Casualty Support and Administration DDDO -
Direction for Domestic Operations DDG - Destroyer,
Guided Missile DDH - Destroyer,
Helicopter carrying DDL - Destroyer
Deck Landings DDR -
East Germany Deutsche Democratic Republic - also GDR DDSAL - Director
of Disposals, Sales, Artifacts and Loans DECPR - Director,
External Communications and Public Relations Def
Defence Del/Dly
- Delivery DEO - Direct
Entry Officer DEOP - Direct
entry officer plan DEP - Delayed
Entry Program; or Director Ethics Program Det Detachment;
or Detached Dett -
Detachment (detachment to another unit or Squadron) DEU - Distinctive
Environmental Uniform DEW -
Distant Early Warning (The DEW-line radar system) DEW Line
Distant Early Warning Line D/F -
Direct Finding (Station) DF
Defensive Fire DFC -
Distinguished Flying Cross DFLS - DFM -
Distinguished Flying Medal DFPP - Director
of Financial Policy and Procedures DFS - Direct
Fire Support DG Cond
Svc - Director General Conditions of Service DG Int -
Director General Intelligence DGA -
Director General of Aviation DGCESP -
Director General Civilian Employment Strategies and Programs DGE - Director
General Environment DGEPS - Director
General Equipment Program Services DGER - Director
General Employee Relations DGFDA - Director
General Force Development Analysis DGHS - Director
General Health Services. DGIIP - Director
General International and Industry Programs DGLPD - Director
General Learning and Professional Development DGLRC - Director
General Labour Relations and Compensation DGMC - Director
General (Military Careers) DGNS - Director
General Nuclear Safety DGPA - Director
General (Public Affairs) DGPGP - Director
General Personnel Generation Policy DGRC - Director
General (Reserves and Cadets) DGRD -
Director General of Research & Development DGSP - Director
General (Strategic Planning) DHFS - DHH - Directorate
of History and Heritage DHO - Director
of Health Operations DHRD - Director
Human Rights and Diversity DHRIM - Directorate
Human Resources Information Management. (The PeopleSoft people.) DI -
Drill Instructor; or Daily Inspection (This was done every morning on
equipment) DICASS -
Directional Command Activated Sonobouy System. DIFAR - Directional
Frequency Analisys and Recording. DIHRS - Defence
Integrated Human Resource System DIMSP - Directorate
Information Management Strategic Planning DIN - Defence
Information Network DIP - Director
Intellectual Property DIRPR - Director
Information Resource Plans and Regulation Disb
Disbanded DISO - Defence
Information Services Organization DJAG - Deputy
Judge Advocate General DKIM - Director
Knowledge and Information Management DL - Distributed
Learning DLBM/Food
S - Director Logistics Business Management/Food Services DLBM/TM
- Director Logistics Business Management/Transportation Management DLPDPS -
Director Learning and Professional Development Programs and Services DLPDSP -
Director Learning and Professional Development Strategies and Policies DLRPP - Director
Labour Relations Policies and Programs DM - Deputy
Minister DMASP - Director
Materiel Acquisition and Support Programme DMC - Defence
Management Committee DMCARM -
Director Military Careers Administration and Resource Management DME -
Distance Measuring Equipment DMFS - Directorate
Military Family Services Dml
Demolition DMMD - Director
Materiel Management Distribution DMPD - Director,
Management Policy Development DMPP - Director
Materiel Policy and Procedures DNCO Duty
Not Carried Out; or Did Not Complete Operation DND - Department
of National Defence DO - Duty
Officer; or Daily Order DOB - Date
of Birth; or Deployed Operating Base DOL - Director
Official Languages DOS SJS
- Director of Staff, Strategic Joint Staff D of W
Died of Wounds DP - Development
Period; officer and NCM careers are divided into Developmental Periods DPDT - Director
Plans, Doctrine and Training DPE - Directorate
of Physical Education DPFL - Directorate
Protocol and Foreign Liaison DPM - Deputy
Provost Marshal DQA - Director
Quality Assurance DQOL - Director
Quality of Life DRET - Directorate
of Recruiting, Education and Training DRSO - DS - Directing
Staff DSA - Director
Senior Appointments DSCDS - Defence
Subject Classification and Disposition System DSCES - Director
Strategic Communications and Executive Services DSCO - Director
Supply Chain Operations DSEI - Directorate
of Special Examinations and Inquiries DSM - Drill
Sergeant Major DSO -
Distinguished Service Order DTD -
Directorate of Technical Development; or Director of Technical Development
(Air Ministry) DTEP - Director
Training and Education Policy DTG
Date Time Group DEU - Distinctive Environmental Uniform DTMS - Defence
Terminology Management System DTN -
Defence Teleprinter Network DTSES - Directorate
Telecommunications and Spectrum Engineering and Support DUAS - DVA - Department
of Veteran Affairs Dvr
Driver DWAN - Defence
Wide Area Network DWI -
Directional Wireless Installation (Magnetic Minesweepers) EAAS -
Empire Air Armament School ECS - Environmental
Chiefs of Staff ECDU -
Electronic Countermeasures Development Unit; or Engine Control Demonstration
Unit ECI -
Engineer Control Instructors ECM - Electronic Countermeasures ED &
T - Exempt From Drill and Training EDD -
Equipment Disposal Unit EDP
Emergency Defence Plan EFS -
Empire Flying School ELG -
Emergency Landing Ground ELOC - Essential
Level of Capability ELUs - English
Language Units EMCS - EMUAS - Eng English Engr Engineer EO - Enabling
Objective EOD
Explosive Ordnance Disposal EORD EOWS -
Elementary EP - ERP - Emergency
Response Plans ERPT - Emergency
Response Planning Team ERS -
Empire Radio School; or Engine Repair Section ESR - Engineer
Support Regiment ETA -
Estimated Time of Arrival E&WS
- Electrical & Wireless School EX
Exercise ; or Executive Group F1A - Fitter
I (Airframes) F1E -
Fitter I (Engines) F2A -
Fitter II (Airframes) F2E -
Fitter II (Engines) FAA -
Fleet Air Arm; or Financial Administration Act FAC
Forward Air Controller FAE
Fitter Aero Engines FAP -
First Aid Post FBDF -
Flying Boat Development Flight FBS -
Flying Boat School FCPU -
Ferry Command Preparation Unit FDF -
Fighter Defence Unit F/E -
Flight Engineer FE - Far
FECEF - FEE -
Fighter Experimental Establishment FEO - Fire
Effects Observer/Officer FES
Flight Engineer School; or Field Engineering Squadron FFFF -
Free French Fighter Flight FFH - Frigate,
Helicopter. A Frigate type vessel with Helicopter(s) as its primary armament FFP - Final
Firing Position FHP - Force
Health Protection FIBUA - Fighting
In Built Up Areas FIDO -
Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation Fin O - Financial
Officer FIS - FLOT
Forward Location Own Troops; or Flotilla (Flot) FLS - FLUs - French
Language Units FMA -
Flight Mechanic Airframes FMAS - Financial
and Managerial Accounting System FMC
Force Mobile Command FME -
Flight Mechanic Engines FMP - Field
Message Pad FMS -
Facilities Management Squadron; or Field Maintenance Squadron FOB - Forward
Operating Base FOO - Forward
Observation Officer FOUO
For Official Use Only FP - Ferry Pool FPP -
Ferry Pilots Pool FRU -
Field Repair Unit/Fleet Requirements Unit FTU -
Ferry Training Unit/Floatplane Training Unit/Flight Trials Unit FUP
Forming Up Point (or Position) FWS -
Fighter Weapons School GATES - German
Army Training Establishment Shilo GATU - Ground
Attack Training Unit GCCS - Global
Command and Control System (Maritime) GCF -
Gunnery Co-operation Flight/Group Communication Flight GDP
General Defence Plan GE -
George Cross GEP - GIP - Grid
Intersecting Point GIS - Gnd -
ground GoC - Government
of GOC -
General Officer Commanding Gp -
Group GPO - Gun
Position Officer GPS
Global Positioning System GPUTF -
Glider Pick-up Training Unit GR -
General reconnaissance GS - GSU -
Group Support Unit GTF -
Gunnery Training Flight GWTS -
Guided Weapon Training Squadron HAA
Heavy Anti Air HAAPC -
Heavy antiaircraft Practice Camp HAZMAT -
Hazardous Material (HB) -
Heavy Bomber HCA - Health
Care Administrator HCCS -
Home Command Communications Squadron Hel
Helicopter HEMTT
Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck HFDF -
High Frequency Direction Finding ("Huff-Duff") HGSU -
Heavy Glider Servicing Unit HKAAF -
Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force HM
Her/His Majesty HMCS - Her
Majesty's Canadian Ship HMMWV
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (Humvee) HMS -
His/Her Majesty's Ship ( HOCF =
Helicopter Operational Conversion Flight HQ PTC -
Headquarters Personnel & Training Command HRG - Historical
Research Group HRMS - Human
Resources Management System HS Flt -
High Speed Flight HST -
High Speed Telegraphist HUA Heard,
Understood, Acknowledged HUMINT -
Human Intelligence (information collected from a human source) HVM
Hyper Velocity Missile (I) - IAAD -
Inland Area Aircraft Depot IAP - Initial
Assessment Phase IBTS - Individual
i/c - In
charge ICC - Input
Control Centre ICF/S - IFCCS - Indirect
Fire Control Computer Software IFCS - Integrated
Fire Control System IFDU -
Intensive Flying Development Unit IFS -
Instrument Flying Squadron IFTS -
Initial Flying Training School ILF -
Independent Liaison Flight ILP - Individual
Learning Plan ILS -
Instrument Landing System IMP - Individual
Meal Packets Int Intelligence;
or Interned Int Op -
Intelligence Operator Int Sum
Intelligence Summary IoM -
Isle of Man IP - Intellectual
property IR -
Immediate Reserve; or Individual Reservist IRIS -
Inspector of Radio Installation Services IS
Internal Security ISAF - International
Security Assistance Force ISC
Infantry Section Carrier ISCC - Infantry
Section Commander's Course ISF -
Internal Security Flight IT&E
- Individual Training and Education ITF/S -
Instrument Raining Flight/Squadron IW
Individual Weapon J3 - Joint
Staff 3 (Operations and Training) JAG - Judge
Advocate General JAPIC -
Joint Air Photographic Interpretation Centre JGWTU -
Joint Guided Weapons Training Unit JNBCD - Joint
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defence JNCO -
Junior NCO JSPI -
Joint School of Photographic Interpretation JTF-2 - Joint
Task Force 2 JTU -
Joint Trials Unit KAAU - KFS - Knife,
Fork, Spoon KF -
King's Flight KIA -
Killed In Action KZ - Killing
Zone L1s - Level
One Advisors as set out in A-FN-100-002/AG-006 LAAGS - LAS -
Light Aircraft School LAV
Light Armoured Vehicle LAW -
Leading Aircraft Woman (Airforce) LCF - LCol - Lieutenant
Colonel LCP -
Launch Control Post (Bloodhound missile) LCpl
Lance Corporal LdSH
(RC) Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians) LEME - Land
Electrical and Mechanical Engineering LFA - Land
Force Area LFAA
Land Force Atlantic Area LFCA
Land Force Central Area LFC - Land
Force Command (Army) LFC2IS -
Land Force Command and Control Information System LFCA - Land
Force Central Area LFCA TC
Land Forces Central Area Training Centre LFDTS - Land
Forces Doctrine and Training System LFNA
Land Force Northern Area LFQA
Land Force LFRR - Land
Force Reserve Restructure LFS - LFWA - Land
Force Western Area LFWATC
Land Force Western Area Training Centre LG -
Landing Ground LGen - Lieutenant
General LHQ - Local
Headquarters (Army Cadet term) Linc
Weld - Lincoln and LLF -
Light Liaison Flight LMG -
Light Machine Gun LO -
Liaison Officer LOAC - Law
of Armed Conflict L of C -
Lines of Communications LOD - Line
of Departure Log -
Logistic LOS - Line
Of Sight LP - Listening
Post LRATGW -
LRDG -
Long Rang Desert Group LRSW - LRWE - LRWRE - LS - Leading
Seaman LSDI -
Large Scale Deliberate Intervention LST -
Landing Ship, Tank LSVW - Light
Support Vehicle Wheeled LSW -
Light Support Weapon Lt
Lieutenant Lt (N) -
Lieutenant (Navy) LTAs - Leave
Travel Assistance LTI
Link Trainer Instructor LTP - Long
Term Planning LTW -
Lyneham Transport Wing LUP -
Lying Up Point LVS -
Logistics Vehicle System LW -
Light Warning (radar) LWCC - Lightweight
Combat Clothing LZ - Landing
Zone MA - Managing
Authority MAA - Mutual
Aid Agreement MAAF -
Mediterranean Allied Forces; or Malayan Auxiliary Air Force MAD -
Marine Acceptance Depot MAEU - Marine Aircraft Experimental Unit MAJAID -
Major Air Disaster MAP - Ministry of Aircraft Production MAREL - Moveable Air Reconnaissance Exploitation Unit MASFS - MASR&CF - MBT Main
MC - Military Cross MCC&FF - Maintenance Command Communication and Ferry
Flight MCpl - Master
Corporal MCS - Metropolitan Communication Squadron MC&TTS - Malta Communication & Target Towing
Flight MDA - Main
Defensive Area MCDV - Maritime
Coastal Defence Vessel Me - Messerschmitt Med -
Medical MedMe - MENVTS - MFH - Military Field Hospital MFP - Military Foot Police MG - Machine Gun; or Motor Generator MGS - Mobile
Gun System MGSP - Mobile Glider Servicing Party MI - Military Intelligence MICV -
Mechanized Infantry/Cavalry Vehicle MID - Mentioned in Dispatches Militia
- The Reserve Force (RF) Min Tech - Ministry of Technology MIO - Maritime
Interdiction Operations Mk - Mark MLU
Maple Leaf Up MLVW - Medium
Logistics Vehicle Wheeled MM -
Military Medal MMESTF/S Mediterranean & Middle East Special
Transport Flight/Squadron MML
Manual of Military Law MND - Minister
of National Defence MMP -
Military Mounted Police MO - Medical Officer (doctor) MOC - Military
Occupation Code MOD - Ministry of Defence ( MOPA -
Military Objective Previously Attacked MORU - Mobile Operations Room Unit MOUT - Military
Operations in Urban Terrain Mov O
Movement Order MP - Military
Police MPCC - Military
Police Complaints Commission MPI - Mean
Point of Impact MPIR - Military
Police Investigation Report MPRR - Members
Personnel Record Rιsumι MRD MRE - Meal
Ready to Eat (rations) MRES - Missing Research and Enquiry Service MREU - Missing Research and Enquiry Unit MS - Master
Seaman (Navy) MSE - Mobile
Support Equipment MSFU - Merchant Ship Fighter Unit MSM - Mainstream
Media MSR - Morse Slip Reader MTBD - Mechanical Transport Base Unit MTO - Mechanical Transport Officer MvOr Movement Order MWO - Master
Warrant Officer N/A - not
applicable NA - NAFTA - North
American Free Trade Agreement NAI - Named
Area of Interest NARD -
Northern Aircraft Repair Depot NBCD - Nuclear,
Biological and Chemical Defence NBCW - Nuclear,
Biological, Chemical Warfare NCCIS - National
Command and Control Information System NCdt - Naval
Cadet NCIP - National
Counter-Intelligence Program NCM Non-Commissioned
Members NCMGS - Non-Commissioned
Member General Specification NCMPDS -
Non-Commissioned Member Professional Development System NCO
Non-Commissioned Officer NCS -
Northern Communication Squadron NDCC - National
Defence Command Centre NDHQ
- National Defence Headquarters NDHQ Sec
- National Defence Headquarters Secretariat NDMC - NDOC
- National Defence Operations Centre NDSP - National
Defence Security Policy N/E -Non
Effective Used NERT -
Nuclear Emergency Reaction Team NES - Non-Effective
Strength NFA - Non
Forecasted Airlift NFD - No
further Data NFT - No
further trace NIAB - Network
in a Box NIB -
New In Box NI CF -
Night Conversion Flight NJTP - National
Joint Training Plan NMSU -
Nimrod Major Servicing Unit NOIC -
Naval Officer In Command NOK -
Next of Kin NORAD -
North American Air Defence (Command) NPP - Non-Public
Property NRC -
Nuclear Reporting Cell NSCE - National
Star Certification Exam NSDU - Navigation synthetic Development Unit NSN - NATO
Stock Number NSPTF - Navigators Staff Pilot Training Flight NSSC - National
Security Studies Course NT - No Trace NTR
Nothing To Report NTS - (Night) Training Squadron NVITS - Night Vision Instructors Training School NYD - not yet determined OADF/U - Overseas Aircraft Delivery Flight/Unit OBE - Order of the Oblt - Oberleutnant OC - Officer Commanding (or CO); or Officer Cadet OCIPEP -
Office of Critical Infrastructure and Emergency Preparedness OCTU - Officer Cadet Training Unit O Group
- Order Group OGS - Officer
General Specifications OIC - Officer in Charge; or Officer's Initial
Course OMFC - Overseas
Military Forces of OO - Orderly Officer OP - Observation Post; or Operation Op Operation;
or Operator OPDP - Officer
Professional Development Program OPI - Office
of Primary Interest Opl - Operational Op O -
Operation Order OPSEC - Operational
Security Ops O - Operations
Officer OPP - Operational
Planning Process OPV - Offshore
Patrol Vessel; or Observation Post Vehicle OR - Orderly
Room; or Other Ranks (Often mistakenly taken to mean Ordinary Ranks); Or Bat
Order of Battle ORB - Operations Record Book OS - OS(R) - Ordinary
Seaman (Recruit) (O)SoAG - OTS Operational Training Squadron; or Operational
Training School OTSCU - P &
A - Pay and Allowances PA - Public
Affairs PACT -
Pre Aircrew Training PAF -
Polish Air Force (P)AFU -
Pilots Advanced Flying Unit PAR -
Precision Approach Radar PAS/U -
Pilotless Aircraft Section Unit PATP -
Packed Aircraft Transit Pool PATS - Pax
Passengers PCCS -
Protectorate Communication & Support Unit P&D's
- Pipes and Drums PD -
Packing Depot; or Professional Development PDC -
Personnel Dispatch Centre; or Professional Development Council; or Port
Defence Committee PDU -
Personnel Dispersal Unit; or Photographic Development Unit PERMIS -
Personnel Electronic Records Management Information System PERSEC -
Personnel Security PES -
Parachute Exercise Squadron PI -
Practice Interception PIB - Personal
Information Bank PLAR - Prior
Learning Assessment and Recognition PLD - Post
Living Differential PLF - Princess
Louise Fusiliers PLQ - Primary
Leadership Qualification PLS - Pallet
Loading System P/M - Pipe
Major PMC
-Personnel Management Centre; or President of the Messing Committee. PMed - Preventive
Medicine PMQ - Private
Married Quarters PO - Performance
Objective PO1 - Petty
Officer 1st Class PO2 - Petty
Officer 2nd Class POETS
Day - Push Off Early Tomorrow's Saturday POG - Person
Other than Grunt, describing anyone not Infantry POL - Petroleum,
Oil, Lubricants POM -
Potential Officer Material POMV Personally/Privately
Owned Motor Vehicle PONTI - Slang
- Personnel Of No Tactical Importance POR
Personnel Occurrence Records POW -
Prisoner of War; or Privately Owned Weapon PP
Pilot Pupil PPCLI - Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry PPE - Personal
Protective Equipment PPF - Parachute Practice Flight; or Patrol Pathfinder PR - Photographic Reconnaissance PRC - Personnel Reception Centre PRETC - Post
Recruit Education Training Centre PRFU/S - Pilots Refresher Flying Unit/School PRTU - Pilot Refresher Training Unit PSEA -
Public Service Employment Act PSHRMAC
- Public Service Human Resources Management Agency of PSI - President of the Services Institute PRU - Photographic Reconnaissance Unit/Pilot Replacement
Unit; or Personnel Reception Unit PSP - Perforated Steel Planking (for runways); or Personnel Support Program PT - Physical
Training PTC - Parachute Training Centre; or Personnel Transit
Camp; or Personnel Transit Centre Pte(B) -
Private (Basic) Pte(R) -
Private (Recruit) Pte(T) -
Private (Trained) PTF - Parachute Test Flight PWS - Protected
Weapons Station (in QAIMNS -
Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service QCS -
Queen's Colour Squadron (RAF Regiment) QF - QHNS -
Queen's Honorary Nursing Sister Nurse QHN -
Queen's Honorary Nurse QL - Qualification
Level QM - Quartermaster QMG -
Quartermaster General QMS -
Quartermaster Sergeant QMSI - Quartermaster
Sergeant Instructor QOL - Quality
of Life QOLPMO -
Quality of Life Project Management Office QOLSRB -
Quality of Life Senior Review Board QOR - Queen's
Own Rifles of QRs -
Queen's Regulations QRD - QR&O
- Queen's Regulations and Orders QS - Qualification
Standard QVJI -
Queen QYRANG -
Queen's R22eR -
Royal 22e Regiment (R)
Reserve RAAF -
Royal Australian Air Force; or Royal Auxiliary Air Force (UK) RAE -
Royal Aircraft Establishment; or Royal Aerospace Establishment RAFG -
Royal Air Force Germany RAP -
Reserve Aircraft Pool; or Regimental Aid Post; or Rocket Assisted Projectile;
or Recognized Air Picture RAT
Flight - Radio Aids Training Flight RATW -
Rhodesian Air Training Wing RBG - Reserve
Brigade Group RC -
Recruiting Centre RCAF
Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF(WD)
Royal Canadian Air Force (Womens Division) RCAC - Royal
Canadian Armoured Corps; or Royal Canadian Army Cadets RCACA - Royal
Canadian Armoured Corps Association RCAMC - Royal
Canadian Army Medical Corp RCASC
Royal Canadian Army Service Corps RCASU -
Radar Controlled Air Survey Unit RCCS - Royal
Canadian Corps of Signals RCD - Royal
Canadian Dragoons RCDC -
Royal Canadian Dental Corps RCE - Royal
Canadian Engineers RCEME - Royal
Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers RCFS - RCIFF -
Reserve Command Intensive Flying Flight RCMP
Royal Canadian Mounted Police RCN
Royal Canadian Navy RCOC - Royal
Canadian Ordnance Corps RCR
Royal Canadian Regiment RCTF -
Reserve Command Training Flight RDA Records
Disposition Authority RDAF -
Royal Danish Air Force RDAO - Regional
Departmental Accounting Office RDF -
Radio Direction Finder REU -
Radio Engineering Unit Reg - contraction
for "Regular" and "Regular Force"; or Regulation; or Retirement
RETP - Reserve
Entry Training Program RFC - Royal
Flying Corps RFF -
Refresher Flying Flight RFS - RFTS - RHQ -
Regimental Headquarters RIAF -
Royal Indian Air Force RIMU -
Radio Installation Maintenance Unit RLF -
Rapid Landing Flight RMAF -
Royal Malaysian Air Force RMF -
Radar (Radio) Meteorological Flight RM RANG
- Rocky Mountain Rangers RMS -
Royal Mail Ship RNCU -
Radar Navigation Conversion Unit ROS -
Repairable on Site ROTC
Reserve Officer Training Corps ROTP - Regular
Officer Training Plan; or Reserve Officer Training Program ROWPU
Reverse-Osmosis Water Purification Unit RP -
Regimental Police R&Q
- Rations and Quarters RQMS - Regimental
Quartermaster Sergeant RRC -
Royal Red Cross RRE -
Radar Research Establishment RRU -
Raid Reporting Unit RSP
Red Spot Flares/Fires (?) RS&RE
- Royal Signals & Radar Establishment RSU -
Repair & Servicing Unit; or Repair & Salvage Unit RTC Returned
To Corps RTD -
Return To Depot RTO -
Rail Transport Officer RW -
Receiving Wing; or Recorded Warning RWE -
Radio Warfare Establishment RWS - Remote
Weapons Station (in SAA - Small Arms Assn.; or Small Arms Ammunition SACEUR - Supreme Allied Commander Europe SADO -
Senior Administrative Officer SAP - SAR - Search & Rescue SARD - Southern Aircraft Repair Depot SatCom
Satellite Communications SAV - Staff
Assistance Visit SCBS - SCR - SCRR - Special
Commission on the Restructuring of the Reserves SDU - Signals Development Unit SEF - Special Experimental Flight; or Siberian
Expeditionary Force SEMO - Self Evident Military Objective SF - Station Flight; or Special Forces (S)FPP - (Service) Ferry Pilots Pool SHARP - Standard
for Harassment and Racism Prevention SHINCOM
- Shipboard Integrated Communications SHLVW - Super
Heavy Logistic Vehicle Wheeled SHofC - Seaforth
Highlanders of SHQ - Station Head Quarters SIB
-Special Investigation Branch SIF - Special Instruction Flight SIGINT - Signals Intelligence Sigs - Signals SIS - Secret Intelligence Service SISIP - Service Income Security Insurance Plan Sit Situation SitRep -Situation Report SITF - Station Instrument Training
Flight SIV - Staff Inspection Visits S/L or S/Ldr - Squadron Leader SLt - Sub-Lieutenant SLT - Second
Language Training SME - Subject
Matter Expert SMG - Sub
Machine Gun SMP - Standard
Military Pattern SMR - School of Maritime Reconnaissance Soi - SOIC Senior Officer In Command SoPT - SOS - Struck
off strength (of a unit);
or Save Our Souls SoSF - Sp - Support SPSS - Spare
Parts Supply Section SPTU - Staff Pilots Training Unit Sq/Sqn/Sqd - Squadron SR - Strategic Reconnaissance SSF - Special Service Flight; or Special Survey Flight SSN - Nuclear
Powered Attack Submarine SSOs - Station Standing Orders SSQ - Station Sick Quarters SSVC -
Services Sound and Vision Corporation STANAG -
NATO Standardization Agreements STDU - Synthetic Training Development Unit; or Special
Torpedo Development Unit Stn - Station Supy - Supernumery SW Shrapnel (Shell) Wound SWAFIS - T - Transmitter TAB -
Tactical Advance to TAC
Tactical; or Translation accuracy check TACEVAL
- Tactical Evaluation TAMU -
Transport Aircraft Maintenance/Modification Unit TBF -
Torpedo Bomber Fighter TC -
Training Command (Later Transport Command); or Training Centre TCASF -
Transport Command Air Support Flight TCDU/F -
Transport Command Development Unit TCPS -
Transport Command Practice Flight TD - Temporary
Duty TDS -
Training Depot Station TEWT - Training
Exercise Without Troops TF -
Training Flight; or Task Force TIMs - Toxic
Industrial Materials TIMEX
- Time-Expired TL - Trade
Level (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TL 2, TL 3 ...) TLA - Three
Letter Acronym TM
Trench Mortar TMB - Trench
Mortar TMSBP - Theater
Mission Specific TMST - Theater
Tn - Transport T/O -
Take Off TOET - Test
of Elementary Training TOS - Taken
on strength (of a unit);
or Terms of Service TOT
Time On Target TOW - Tube-launched
Optically-tracked Wire-guided missile Tourex -
Tour-Expired TPO -
Teleprinter Operator TPS - TPT
Transport ; or Target practice tracer; or Third Party Targeting TQ - Trade
Qualification (levels; obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TQ 2, TQ
3) TQF -
The T/R -
Transmitter/Receiver TRS - Tactical
Reconnaissance Squadron; or TS -
Training School; or Training Squadron TSCU -
Transport Support Conversion Unit TTS -
Torpedo Training School/Squadron TURP -
Training Unit & Reserve School TWDU -
Tactical Weapons Development Unit TWU -
Tactical Weapons Unit UAV - Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle UAS -
University Air Squadron U/C
Undercarriage UHF -
Ultra High Frequency (radio) UKMF UMS - Unit
Medical Section Unclass
Unclassified UOR -
Urgent Operational Requirement us -
unserviceable UNPROFOR
- United Nations Protection Force UPR - Unit
Personnel Record (CF 478) URS - Records
Support Unit U/S
Unserviceable USAAC - USAAF -
United States Army Air Forces UTPNCM -
University Transfer Program (Non-Commissioned Member) UXB -
Unexploded Bomb UXO - Unexploded
Ordnance VAC - Veterans
Affairs VAD -
Voluntary Aid Detachment VAdm - Vice
Admiral VC
Victoria Cross VCAS -
Vice Chief of the Air Staff VCDS
Vice Chief of the Defence Staff VCP
Vehicle Check Point VCR -
Valve, Cathode-Ray (cathode-ray tube) Veh
Vehicle VFS- Verification
of Former Service VGS -
Volunteer Gliding School VR - Voluntary
Release WAAC -
Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (UK) WAAF -
Women's Auxiliary Air Force WDCF/U -
WE - War
Establishment WEE -
Wireless Experimental Establishment Wksp -
Workshop WL -
Wing Leader WO -
Warrant Officer; or War Office ( WO1 -
Warrant Officer First Class WOS - WRAF -
Women's Royal Air Force W/T -
Wireless Telegraphy (morse code communicatons) WTP -
Wireless Testing Park WTt -
Wireless Telegraphy XO - Executive
Officer (Navy); 2nd in command, reports to the CO Zulu - Greenwich
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Updated: 4
November 2007