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| GLOSSARY |
| AAAV | Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle |
| ABL | Airborne Laser |
| ABM | Anti-Ballistic Missile |
| AC | Active Component |
| AC2ISRC | Aerospace Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center |
| ACE | Acquisition Center of Excellence |
| ACRI | African Crisis Response Initiative |
| ACSC | Armaments Cooperation Steering Committee |
| ACTD | Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration |
| ADL | Advanced Distributed Learning |
| AEF | Aerospace Expeditionary Force |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFDO | Advanced Full Dimensional Operation |
| AFIP | Armed Forces Institute of Pathology |
| AFQT | Armed Forces Qualification Test |
| AFR | Air Force Reserve |
| AGS | Advanced Gun System |
| AIS | Automated Information System |
| AMEC | Arctic Military Environmental Cooperation Program |
| AMRAAM | Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile |
| ANG | Air National Guard |
| AOR | Area of Responsibility |
| ARG | Amphibious Ready Group |
| ARNG | Army National Guard |
| ASCM | Antiship Cruise Missile |
| ASD(C3I) | Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ASMP | Army Strategic Mobility Program |
| ASW | Antisubmarine Warfare |
| ATACMS | Army Tactical Missile System |
| ATAV | Army Total Asset Visibility |
| AWACS | Airborne Warning and Control System |
| AWE | Advanced Warfighting Experiment |
| BAT | Brilliant Antiarmor Submunition |
| BCTO | Base Closure and Transition Office |
| BCTP | Battle Command Training Program |
| BES | Budget Estimate Submission |
| BM/C3 | Battle Management/Command, Control, and Communications |
| BM/C4I | Battle Management/Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence |
| BMDO | Ballistic Missile Defense Organization |
| BMT | Basic Military Training |
| BRAC | Base Realignment and Closure |
| BTU | British Thermal Unit |
| C2 | Command and Control |
| C4I | Command, Control, Communications, and Computers |
| C4ISR | Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance |
| CAP | Critical Acquisition Position |
| CAS | Cost Accounting Standard |
| CBIRF | Chemical/Biological Incident Response Force |
| CBW | Chemical and Biological Weapons |
| CDL | Common Data Link |
| CEC | Cooperative Engagement Capability |
| CFC | Combined Forces Command |
| CFJO | Concept for Future Operations |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer |
| CINC | Commander in Chief |
| CINCNORAD | Commander in Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command |
| CINCSTRAT | Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer |
| CJCS | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| CLU | Command Launch Unit |
| CMD | Cruise Missile Defense |
| COE | Common Operating Environment |
| CONUS | Continental United States |
| COP | Common Operational Picture |
| COP/CSE | Combat Support Enabled Common Operational Picture |
| COS | Critical Occupational Specialties |
| COSSI | Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative |
| COTS | Commercial Off-The-Shelf |
| CRAF | Civil Reserve Air Fleet |
| CTC | Combat Training Center |
| CTR | Cooperative Threat Reduction |
| CVBG | Carrier Battle Group |
| DACOWITS | Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services | DAWIA | Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency |
| DCPDS | Defense Civilian Personnel Data System |
| DCPS | Defense Civilian Pay System |
| DeCA | Defense Commissary Agency |
| DFAS | Defense Finance and Accounting Service |
| DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DIBRS | Defense Incident Based Reporting System |
| DII | Defense Information Infrastructure |
| DISA | Defense Information Systems Agency |
| DISN | Defense Information System Network |
| DJMS | Defense Joint Military Pay System |
| DLAMP | Defense Leadership and Management Program |
| DMLSS | Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support |
| DMS | Defense Message System |
| DNSC | Defense National Stockpile Center |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DoDEA | DoD Education Activity |
| DPAS | Defense Property Accountability System |
| DPPS | Defense Procurement Payment and Disbursement Systems |
| DPRK | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
| DRI | Defense Reform Initiative |
| DSC | Decision Support Center |
| DSCS | Defense Satellite Communications System |
| DTO | Defense Technology Objective |
| DTRA | Defense Threat Reduction Agency |
| DVA | Department of Veteran’s Affairs |
| DWCF | Defense Working Capital Funds |
| DXXI | Division XXI |
| EAF | Expeditionary Aerospace Force |
| EB | Electric Boat Corporation |
| EDC | Economic Development Conveyance |
| EDI | Electronic Data Interchange |
| EDM | Electronic Document Management |
| EELV | Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle |
| EFT | Electronic Funds Transfer |
| EFX | Expeditionary Force Experiments |
| ELV | Expendable Launch Vehicle |
| EMD | Engineering and Manufacturing Development |
| ERGM | Extended-Range Guided Munition |
| ESH | Environmental, Safety, and Health |
| ESSM | Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile |
| EUSC | Effective U.S. Control Fleet |
| FAA | Federal Aviation Administration |
| FBE | Fleet Battle Experiment |
| FCR | Fire Control Radar |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FHP | Force Health Protection |
| FLIR | Forward-looking Infrared |
| FMTV | Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles |
| FOS | Family of Systems |
| FSS | Fast Sealift |
| FTE | Full-time Equivalent |
| FUE | First Unit Equipped |
| FWE | Fighter Wing-Equivalent |
| FYDP | Future Years Defense Program |
| G-CPR | Government-Computerized Patient Record |
| GANS | Global Access, Navigation, and Safety |
| GAO | General Accounting Office |
| GATM | Global Air Traffic Management |
| GCCS | Global Command and Control System |
| GCCS-T | Global Command and Control System-Top Secret |
| GCSS | Global Combat Support System |
| GMFP | Global Military Force Policy |
| GPRA | Government Performance and Results Act |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| HAE | High Altitude Endurance |
| HHS | Health and Human Services |
| HUMINT | Human Intelligence |
| IA | Information Assurance |
| IADS | Integrated Air Defense System |
| ICBM | Intercontinental Ballistic Missile |
| ICOG | International Cooperative Opportunities Group |
| ID | Identification |
| IDTC | Interdeployment Training Cycle |
| IFSAR | Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar |
| IMET | International Military Education and Training |
| IMINT | Integrate Imagery Intelligence |
| IMM | Integrated Materiel Manager |
| INS | Inertial Navigation System |
| IO | Information Operations |
| IOC | Initial Operational Capability |
| IOT&E | Initial Operational Testing and Evaluation |
| IR | Infrared |
| ISO | International Standards Organization |
| ISR | Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance |
| IT | Information Technology |
| ITM | Information Technology Management |
| ITMRA | Information Technology Management Reform Act |
| JASSM | Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile |
| JCF AWE | Joint Contingency Force Advanced Warfighting Experiment |
| JCSE | Joint Continuous Strike Environment |
| JDA | Joint Duty Assignment |
| JDAL | Joint Duty Assignment List |
| JDAM | Joint Direct Attack Munition |
| JPME | Joint Professional Military Education |
| JRICP | Joint Reserve Intelligence Connectivity Program |
| JRIP | Joint Reserve Intelligence Program |
| JROC | Joint Requirements Oversight Council |
| JSAF | Joint SIGINT Avionics Family |
| JSEAD | Joint Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses |
| JSF | Joint Strike Fighter |
| JSO | Joint Specialty Officer |
| JSOW | Joint Standoff Weapon |
| JSTARS | Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System |
| JTA | Joint Technical Architecture |
| JTRS | Joint Tactical Radio System |
| JWCO | Joint Warfighting Capabilities Objective |
| LAMPS | Light Airborne Multipurpose System |
| LASM | Land-Attack Version of the Standard Missile |
| LAWS | Land Attack Weapons System |
| LCAC | Landing Craft Air Cushion |
| LEAP | Lightweight Exoatmospheric Projectile |
| LMSR | Large, Medium Speed Roll-on/Roll-off |
| LRIP | Low-Rate Initial Production |
| MAGTF | Marine Air-Ground Task Force |
| MAISRC | Major Automated Information System Review Council |
| MAP | Military Assistance Program |
| MARITECH | Maritime Technology |
| MASINT | Measurement and Signature Intelligence |
| MCDP | Military Child Development Program |
| MCM | Mine Countermeasure |
| MCTFS | Marine Corps Total Force System |
| MDAP | Major Defense Acquisition Program |
| MEADS | Medium Extended Air Defense System |
| MEB | Marine Expeditionary Brigade |
| MEF | Marine Expeditionary Force |
| MEU(SOC) | Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) |
| MILCON | Military Construction |
| MILSATCOM | Military Satellite Communications |
| MLRS | Multiple-Launch Rocket System |
| MPA | Maritime Patrol Aircraft |
| MPF | Maritime Prepositioning Force |
| MRS BURU | Mobility Requirements Study Bottom-Up Review Update |
| MSC | Military Sealift Command |
| MSF | Million Square Feet |
| MTI | Moving Target Indicator |
| MTM/D | Million Ton-Miles per Day |
| MTVR | Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement |
| MTW | Major Theater War |
| MWR | Morale, Welfare, and Recreation |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Navwar | Navigation Warfare |
| NBC | Nuclear, Biological, and/or Chemical |
| NCW | Network Centric Warfare |
| NDS | National Defense Stockpile |
| NIS | New Independent States |
| nm | Nautical Mile |
| NMD | National Missile Defense |
| NNS | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| NOR | Net Operating Result |
| NORAD | North American Aerospace Defense Command |
| NPOESS | National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System |
| NSA | National Security Agency |
| NSA/CSS | National Security Agency/Central Security Service |
| NSFS | Naval Surface Fire Support |
| NSSN | New Attack Submarine |
| NTW | The Navy Wide |
| O&M | Operation and Maintenance |
| O&S | Operations and Support |
| OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
| OMFTS | Operational Maneuver From the Sea |
| OPM | Office of Personnel Management |
| OPTEMPO | Operating Tempo |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| OT&E | Operational Test and Evaluation |
| PAC-3 | Patriot Advanced Capability-3 |
| PAI | Primary Aircraft Inventory |
| PDT | Permanent Duty Travel |
| PERSTEMPO | Personnel Tempo |
| PFP | Partnership for Peace |
| PMAI | Primary Mission Aircraft Inventory |
| PME | Professional Military Education |
| POM | Program Objective Memorandum |
| PPBS | Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System |
| PPI | Past Performance Information |
| PPV | Public-Private Venture |
| PSRC | Presidential Selected Reserve Call-up |
| QDR | Quadrennial Defense Review |
| QoL | Quality of Life |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| RAM | Rolling Airframe Missile |
| RBA | Revolution in Business Affairs |
| RC | Reserve Component |
| RDT&E | Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation |
| RMA | Revolution in Military Affairs |
| RO/RO | Roll-on/roll-off |
| ROK | Republic of Korea |
| ROSC | Rear Operations Support Center |
| RRF | Ready Reserve Force |
| RRT | Ready Reserve Travel |
| RSOI | Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration |
| RTS | Rapid Targeting System |
| RV | Reentry Vehicle |
| S&T | Science and Technology |
| SADARM | Sense and Destroy Armor Munition |
| SAM | Surface-to-Air Missile |
| SBIR | Small Business Innovation Research Program |
| SBIRS | Space-Based Infrared System |
| SBP | Strategic Business Plan |
| SDB | Small Disadvantaged Business |
| SBP | Strategic Business Plan |
| SFW | Sensor-Fuzed Weapon |
| SIGINT | Signals Intelligence |
| SLAM | Standoff Land Attack Missile |
| SLBM | Submarine-launched Ballistic Missile |
| SLEP | Service Life Extension Program |
| SOC | Special Operations Command |
| SOF | Special Operations Forces |
| SSC | Smaller-Scale Contingency |
| SSN | Attack Submarine |
| START | Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty |
| STOM | Ship-to-Objective Maneuver |
| STOVL | Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing |
| TADSS | Training Aids, Devices, Simulators, and Simulation |
| TAMD | Theater Air and Missile Defense |
| TARA | Technology Area Review and Assessment |
| TAV | Total Asset Visibility |
| TBM | Theater Ballistic Missile |
| TBMD | Theater Ballistic Missile Defense |
| TCDL | Tactical Common Data Link |
| TCS | Tactical Control System |
| TD-1 | Taepo Dong-1 |
| TDY | Temporary Duty |
| THAAD | Theater High Altitude Area Defense |
| TMD | Theater Missile Defense |
| TUAV | Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UFO | Ultra\-High Frequency Follow-on |
| URD | Uniform Resource Demonstration |
| USACOM | United States Atlantic Command |
| USAR | United States Army Reserve |
| USAREUR | U.S. Army Europe |
| U.S.C. | United States Code |
| USCENTCOM | United States Central Command |
| USCINCEUR | Commander in Chief of USEUCOM |
| USELEMNORAD | U.S. Element NORAD |
| USEUCOM | United States European Command |
| USFK | United States Forces Korea |
| USMCR | Marine Corps Reserve |
| USNR | Naval Reserve |
| USPACOM | United States Pacific Command |
| USSOCOM | United States Special Operations Command |
| USSOUTHCOM | United States Southern Command |
| USSPACECOM | United States Space Command |
| USSTRATCOM | United States Strategic Command |
| USTRANSCOM | United States Transportation Command |
| VAMOSC | Visibility and Management of Operating and Support Cost |
| VISA | Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement |
| VMF | Variable Message Format |
| WCMD | Wind-Corrected Munition Dispenser |
| WMD | Weapons of Mass Destruction |
| WOSB | Women-Owned Small Business |
| Y2K | Year 2000 |
| YATS | Youth Attitude Tracking Study |
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