US Army Dictionary of Military Terms
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Appendix A |
As Amended Through 23 January 2002 |
SWAT |
special weapons and tactics |
SWBD |
switchboard |
SWC |
strike warfare commander; swell/wave current |
SWO |
staff weather officer |
SWORD |
submarine warfare operations research division |
SWSOCC |
Southwest Sector Operation Control Center North |
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American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) |
SYDP |
six year defense plan |
SYG |
Secretary General (UN) |
SYNC |
synchronization |
SYS |
system |
SYSCON |
systems control |
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T |
T |
search time available; short ton; trackline pattern |
T&DE |
test and diagnostic equipment |
T&E |
test and evaluation |
T2 |
technology transfer |
TA |
target acquisition; theater Army |
TAA |
tactical assembly area |
TAACOM |
Theater Army Area Command |
TAADS |
The Army Authorization Document System |
TAB |
tactical air base |
TAC |
tactical advanced computer; terminal access controller |
TAC(A) |
tactical air coordinator (airborne) |
TACAIR |
tactical air |
TACAMO |
take charge and move out (EA-6B aircraft) |
TACAN |
tactical air navigation |
TACC |
tactical air command center (USMC); tactical air control |
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center (USN); tanker/airlift control center (USAF) |
TAC-D |
tactical deception |
TACDAR |
tactical detection and reporting |
TACINTEL |
tactical intelligence |
TACLOG |
tactical-logistical |
TACM |
tactical air command manual |
TACON |
tactical control |
TACOPDAT |
tactical operational data |
TA/CP |
technology assessment/control plan |
TACP |
tactical air control party |
TACRON |
tactical air control squadron |
T-ACS |
tactical auxiliary crane ship |
TACS |
tactical air control system; theater air control system |
TACSAT |
tactical satellite |
TACSIM |
tactical simulation |
TACSTANS |
tactical standards |
TACT |
tactical aviation control team |
TACTRAGRULANT |
Tactical Training Group, Atlantic |
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TAD |
tactical air direction; temporary additional duty |
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(non-unit-related personnel); theater air defense; time |
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available for delivery |
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TADC |
tactical air direction center |
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TADCS |
tactical airborne digital camera system |
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TADIL |
tactical digital information link |
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TADS |
Tactical Air Defense System |
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TAES |
theater aeromedical evacuation system |
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TAF |
tactical air force |
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TAFDS |
tactical airfield fuel dispensing system |
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TAFIM |
technical architecture framework for information |
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management |
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TAFS |
tactical aerodrome forecasts |
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TAFT |
technical assistance field team |
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TAG |
technical assessment group; The Adjutant General; |
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Tomahawk land-attack missile aimpoint graphic |
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T-AGOS |
tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance |
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T-AH |
hospital ship |
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TAI |
International Atomic Time; target area of interest; total |
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active inventory |
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TAIS |
transportation automated information systems |
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TAK |
cargo ship |
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T-AKR |
fast logistics ship |
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TALCE |
tanker airlift control element |
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TALD |
tactical air-launched decoy |
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TALO |
theater airlift liaison officer |
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TAMCA |
theater Army movement control agency |
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TAMCO |
theater Army movement control center |
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TAMMC |
theater army material management command |
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TAMMIS |
theater Army medical management and information system |
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tanalt |
tangent altitude |
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TAO |
tactical actions officer |
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TAOC |
tactical air operations center (USMC) |
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TAP |
troopship |
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TAR |
Training and Administration of the Reserve |
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TARBUL |
target bulletin |
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TARE |
tactical record evaluation |
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TAREX |
target plans and operations |
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TARS |
tethered aerostat radar system |
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TAS |
tactical atmospheric summary; true air speed |
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T-ASA |
Television Audio Support Agency |
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TASCID |
tactical Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) satellite |
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compensation interface device |
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TASCO |
tactical automatic switch control officer |
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TASIP |
tailored analytic intelligence support to individual |
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electronic warfare and command and control warfare |
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projects |
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TASMO |
tactical air support for maritime operations |
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TASOSC |
theater Army special operations support command |
TASS |
tactical automated security system; tactical automated |
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switch system |
TAT |
tactical analysis team; technical assistance team |
TATC |
tactical air traffic control |
TAV |
total asset visibility |
T-AVB |
aviation logistics support ship |
TAW |
tactical airlift wing |
TBD |
to be determined |
TBM |
tactical ballistic missile; theater ballistic missile |
TBMCS |
theater battle management core system |
TBMD |
theater ballistic missile defense |
TBP |
to be published |
TBSL |
to be supplied later |
TBTC |
transportable blood transshipment center |
TC |
tidal current; transmit clock and/or telemetry combiner; |
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Transportation Corps (Army) |
TCA |
terminal control area; time of closest approach; traditional |
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CINC activity |
TC-ACCIS |
Transportation Coordinator's Automated Command and |
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Control Information System |
TC-AIMS |
Transportation Coordinator’s Automated Information for |
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Movement System |
TCAIMS II |
Transportation Coordinator’s Automated Information for |
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Movement System II |
TCC |
transmission control code; transportation component |
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command |
TCCF |
tactical communications control facility |
TCEM |
theater contingency engineering management |
TCF |
tactical combat force; technical control facility |
TCM |
theater construction manager |
TCMD |
transportation control and movement document |
TCN |
third country national; transportation control number |
TCSEC |
trusted computer system evaluation criteria |
TD |
timing distributor; total drift; transmit data |
TDA |
Table of Distribution and Allowance |
TDAD |
Table of Distribution and Allowance (TDA) designation |
T-day |
effective day coincident with Presidential declaration of a |
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National Emergency and authorization of partial |
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mobilization |
TDBM |
technical database management |
TDD |
target desired ground zero (DGZ) designator |
TDF |
tactical digital facsimile |
TDI |
target data inventory |
TDIC |
time division interface controller |
TDIG |
time division interface group |
TDIM |
time division interface module |
TDM |
time division multiplexed |
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TDMA |
time division multiple access |
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TDMF |
time division matrix function |
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TDMM |
time division memory module |
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TDMX |
time division matrix |
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TDSG |
time division switching group |
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TDSGM |
time division switching group modified |
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TDT |
theater display terminal |
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TDY |
temporary duty |
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TE |
transaction editor |
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TEA |
Transportation Engineering Agency |
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tech |
technical |
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TECHCON |
technical control |
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TECHDOC |
technical documentation |
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TECHEVAL |
technical evaluation |
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TECHINT |
technical intelligence |
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TECHOPDAT |
technical operational data |
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TECS II |
Treasury Enforcement Communications System |
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TED |
trunk encryption device |
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TEL |
transporter-erector-launcher (missile platform) |
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TELEX |
teletype |
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TELINT |
telemetry intelligence |
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TELNET |
telecommunication network |
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TENCAP |
tactical exploitation of national capabilities |
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TEOB |
tactical electronic order of battle |
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TEP |
test and evaluation plan; theater engagement plan |
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TERCOM |
terrain contour matching |
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TERF |
terrain flight |
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TERPES |
tactical electronic reconnaissance processing and |
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evaluation system |
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TERPROM |
terrain profile matching |
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TERS |
tactical event reporting system |
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TES |
tactical event system; theater event system |
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TEU |
twenty-foot equivalent unit |
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TF |
task force |
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TFCICA |
task force counterintelligence coordinating authority |
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TFE |
tactical field exchange; transportation feasibility estimator |
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TFR |
temporary flight restriction |
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TFS |
tactical fighter squadron |
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TG |
task group |
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TGC |
trunk group cluster |
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TGEN |
table generate |
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TGM |
trunk group multiplexer |
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TGMOW |
transmission group module and/or orderwire |
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TGT |
target |
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TGTINFOREP |
target information report |
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TGU |
trunk compatibility unit |
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THREATCON |
terrorist threat condition |
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TI |
threat identification; training instructor |
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TIAP |
theater intelligence architecture program |
TIARA |
tactical intelligence and related activities |
TIBS |
tactical information broadcast service |
TIC |
target information center |
TIDP |
technical interface design plan |
TIDS |
tactical imagery dissemination system |
TIFF |
tagged image file format |
TII |
total inactive inventory |
TIO |
target intelligence officer |
TIP |
target intelligence package |
TIPG |
telephone interface planning guide |
TIPI |
tactical information processing and interpretation system; |
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tactical information processing interpretation |
TIPS |
tactical optical surveillance system (TOSS) imagery |
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processing system |
TIS |
technical interface specification; thermal imaging system |
TISG |
technical interoperability standards group |
TISS |
thermal imaging sensor system |
TL |
team leader |
TLAM |
Tomahawk land-attack missile |
TLAM/N |
Tomahawk land attack missile/nuclear |
TLC |
traffic load control |
TLCF |
teleconference |
TLP |
transmission level point |
TLR |
trailer |
TLX |
teletype |
TM |
tactical missile; target materials; team member; technical |
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manual; theater missile; TROPO modem |
TMAO |
theater mortuary affairs officer |
TMD |
tactical munitions dispenser; theater missile defense |
TMEP |
theater mortuary evacuation point |
TMG |
timing |
TMIS |
theater medical information system |
TML |
terminal |
TMMMC |
theater medical materiel management center |
TMN |
trackline multiunit non-return |
TMO |
traffic management office; transportation management |
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office |
TMP |
target materials program; telecommunications |
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management program; theater manpower forces |
TMR |
trackline multiunit return |
T/M/S |
type, model, and/or series (also as TMS) |
TNAPS |
tactical network analysis and planning system |
TNAPS+ |
tactical network analysis and planning system plus |
T-net |
training net |
TNF |
theater nuclear force |
T/O |
table of organization |
TO |
technical order; theater of operations |
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TO&E |
table of organization and equipment |
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TOA |
table of allowance |
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TOAI |
total overall aircraft inventory |
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TOC |
tactical operations center |
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TOCU |
tropospheric scatter (TROPO) orderwire control unit |
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TOD |
time of day |
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TOE |
table of organization and equipment |
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TOFC |
trailer on flatcar |
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TOH |
top of hill |
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TOI |
track of interest |
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TOPINT |
technical operational intelligence |
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TOR |
term of reference; time of receipt |
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TOS |
time on station |
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TOSS |
tactical optical surveillance system |
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TOT |
time on target |
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TP |
technical publication; turn point |
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TPB |
tactical psychological operations battalion |
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TPC |
two person control |
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TPC/PC |
tactical pilotage chart and/or pilotage chart |
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TPED |
tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination |
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TPERS |
type personnel element |
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TPFDD |
time-phased force and deployment data |
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TPFDL |
time-phased force and deployment list |
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TPL |
technical publications list; telephone private line |
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TPMRC |
theater patient movement requirements center |
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TPT |
tactical petroleum terminal |
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TPTRL |
time-phased transportation requirements list |
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TPU |
tank pump unit |
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TRA |
technical review authority |
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TRAC2ES |
transportation command regulating and command and |
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control evacuation system |
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TRACON |
terminal radar approach control facility |
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TRADOC |
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command |
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TRAM |
target recognition attack multisensor |
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TRANSEC |
transmission security |
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TRAP |
tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel (Marine Corps); |
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tactical related applications; tanks, racks, adapters, and |
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pylons; terrorism research and analysis program |
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TRC |
tactical radio communication; transmission release code |
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TRCC |
tactical record communications center |
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TRE |
tactical receive equipment |
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TREAS |
Department of the Treasury |
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TREE |
transient radiation effects on electronics |
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TRICON |
triple container |
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TRI-TAC |
Tri-Service Tactical Communications Program |
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TRK |
truck; trunk |
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TRNG |
training |
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TRO |
training and readiness oversight |
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TROPO |
troposphere; tropospheric scatter |
TRS |
tactical reconnaissance squadron |
TS |
terminal service; top secret |
TSA |
theater storage area; travel security advisory |
TSB |
trunk signaling buffer |
TSCM |
technical surveillance countermeasures |
TSCO |
target selection confusion of the operator; top secret control |
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officer |
TSE |
tactical support element |
TSEC |
transmission security |
TSG |
test signal generator |
TSGCE |
tri-Service group on communications and electronics |
TSGCEE |
tri-Service group on communications and electronic |
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equipment (NATO) |
TSM |
trunk signaling message |
TSN |
trackline single-unit non-return; track supervision net |
TSO |
technical standard order; telecommunications service order |
TSP |
telecommunications service priority |
TSR |
telecommunications service request; trackline single-unit |
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return |
TSS |
tactical shelter system; timesharing system; time signal |
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set; traffic service station |
TSSP |
tactical satellite signal processor |
TSSR |
tropospheric scatter (TROPO)-satellite support radio |
TST |
tactical support team; theater support team |
TSWA |
temporary secure working areas |
TT |
terminal transfer |
TT&C |
telemetry, tracking, and commanding |
TTB |
transportation terminal battalion |
TTD |
technical task directive |
TTL |
transistor-transistor logic |
TTM |
threat training manual |
TTP |
tactics, techniques, and procedures |
TTR |
tactical training range |
TTT |
time to target |
TTU |
transportation terminal unit |
TTY |
teletype |
TUBA |
transition unit box assembly |
TUCHA |
type unit characteristics file |
TUCHAREP |
type unit characteristics report |
TUDET |
type unit equipment detail file |
TV |
television |
TVA |
Tennessee Valley Authority |
TW/AA |
tactical warning and attack assessment |
TWC |
total water current |
TWCF |
transportation working Capital Fund |
TWCM |
theater wartime construction manager |
TWD |
transnational warfare counterdrug analysis |
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TWDS |
tactical water distribution system |
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TWPL |
teletypewriter private line |
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TWX |
teletypewriter exchange |
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TX |
transmitter; transmit |
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TYCOM |
type commander |
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U |
U |
wind speed |
UARM |
unconventional assisted recovery mechanism |
UAV |
unmanned aerial vehicle |
U/C |
unit cost; upconverter |
UCFF |
Unit Type Code Consumption Factors File |
UCMJ |
Uniform Code of Military Justice |
UCP |
Unified Command Plan |
UCT |
underwater construction team |
UDAC |
unauthorized disclosure analysis center |
UDC |
unit descriptor code |
UDESC |
unit description |
UDL |
unit designation list |
UDP |
unit deployment program |
UDT |
underwater demolition team |
UE |
unit equipment |
UFO |
ultrahigh frequency (UHF) follow-on satellite system |
UGM-84A |
Harpoon |
UGM-96A |
Trident I |
UHF |
ultrahigh frequency |
UAOBS |
upper air observation |
UAR |
unconventional assisted recovery |
UHV |
Upper Huallaga Valley |
UIC |
unit identification code |
UICIO |
unit identification code information officer |
UIRV |
unique interswitch rekeying variable |
UIS |
unit identification system |
UJTL |
Universal Joint Task List |
UK |
United Kingdom |
UK(I) |
United Kingdom and Ireland |
ULC |
unit level code |
ULF |
ultra low frequency |
ULN |
unit line number |
UMCC |
unit movement control center |
UMD |
unit manning document; unit movement data |
UMIB |
urgent marine information broadcast |
UMMIPS |
uniform material movement and issue priority system |
UMPR |
unit manpower personnel record |
UMT |
unit ministry team |
UN |
United Nations |
UNAAF |
Unified Action Armed Forces |
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UNC |
United Nations Command |
UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UND |
urgency of need designator |
UNDHA |
United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs |
UN-DMT |
United Nations disaster management team |
UNDP |
United Nations development programme |
UNDPKO |
United Nations Department for Peacekeeping Operations |
UNEF |
United Nations emergency force |
UNEP |
United Nations environment program |
UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural |
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Organization |
UNHCHR |
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
UNHCR |
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for |
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Refugees |
UNICEF |
United Nations Children’s Fund |
UNIFIL |
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon |
UNITAF |
unified task force |
UNITAR |
United Nations Institute for Training and Research |
UNITREP |
unit status and identity report |
UNLOC |
United Nations logistic course |
UNMIH |
United Nations Mission in Haiti |
UNMILPOC |
United Nations military police course |
UNMOC |
United Nations military observers course |
UNMOVCC |
United Nations movement control course |
UNO |
unit number |
UNODIR |
unless otherwise directed |
UNPA |
United Nations Participation Act |
UNPROFOR |
United Nations protection force |
UNREP |
underway replenishment |
UNREP CONSOL |
underway replenishment consolidation |
UNRWA |
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine |
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Refugees in the Near East |
UNSC |
United Nations Security Council |
UNSOC |
United Nations staff officers course |
UNSCR |
United Nations Security Council resolution |
UNTAC |
United Nations Transition Authority in Cambodia |
UNTSO |
United Nations Truce and Supervision Organization |
UP&TT |
unit personnel and tonnage table |
UPU |
Universal Postal Union |
URDB |
user requirements data base |
USA |
United States Army |
USAB |
United States Army barracks |
USACCSA |
United States Army Command and Control Support |
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Agency |
USACFSC |
United States Army Community and Family Support |
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Center |
USACIDC |
United States Army Criminal Investigations Command |
USAF |
United States Air Force |
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USAFE |
United States Air Forces in Europe |
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USAFEP |
United States Air Force, Europe pamphlet |
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USAFLANT |
United States Air Force, Atlantic Command |
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USAFR |
United States Air Force Reserve |
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USAFSOC |
United States Air Force, Special Operations Command |
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USAFSOF |
United States Air Force, Special Operations Forces |
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USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
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USAITAC |
United States Army Intelligence Threat Analysis Center |
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USAJFKSWC |
United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare |
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Center |
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USAMMA |
United States Army Medical Materiel Agency |
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USAMPS |
United States Army Military Police School |
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USAO |
United States Attorney Office |
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USAR |
United States Army Reserve |
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USARCENT |
United States Army, Central Command |
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USAREUR |
United States Army, European Command |
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USARJ |
United States Army, Japan |
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USARLANT |
United States Army, Atlantic Command |
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USARPAC |
United States Army, Pacific Command |
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USARSO |
United States Army, Southern Command |
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USASOC |
United States Army, Special Operations Command |
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USB |
upper side band |
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USBP |
United States Border Patrol |
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USC |
United States Code |
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USCENTAF |
United States Central Command Air Forces |
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USCENTCOM |
United States Central Command |
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USCG |
United States Coast Guard |
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USCINCACOM |
Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command |
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USCINCCENT |
Commander in Chief, United States Central Command |
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USCINCEUR |
United States Commander in Chief, Europe |
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USCINCPAC |
Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Command |
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USCINCSO |
Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command |
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USCINCSOC |
Commander in Chief, United States Special Operations |
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Command |
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USCINCSPACE |
Commander in Chief, United States Space Command |
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USCINCSTRAT |
Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command |
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USCINCTRANS |
Commander in Chief, United States Transportation |
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Command |
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USCS |
United States Cryptologic System; United States Customs |
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Service |
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USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
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USD(A&T) |
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and |
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Technology |
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USDAO |
United States Defense Attaché Office |
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USDELMC |
United States Delegation to the NATO Military Committee |
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USD(P) |
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy |
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USDR |
United States Defense Representative |
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USD(R&E) |
Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering |
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