1.

Armed Forces Organization Glossary

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

ADF
AF
AF
cav
CJCOS
CoS
CG
CSS
CS
CINC

ENGLISH TERM
Active Duty
Aggression
Air Defense Forces
Air Forces
Amphibious Operations
Armed Forces
Army
Cavalry
Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff
Chief of Staff
Coast Guard
Combat Arms
Combat Service Support
Command
Combat Support
Commander-in-Chief

Commo/Sig

Communications/Signal
Draft

EW

Electronic Warfare
Emergency
Enemy
Engineer
Field Artillery
Fleet
Foreign Threat
King
Land Force
Logistics
Marines Corps
Medics
Mobile
National Guard Forces

Eng
FA

LF
LOG
MC
Med
NGF

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Natural Disaster
Naval Base
Navy
NBCW

Pers
ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

Recon

SECDEF

Nuclear/ Biological/ Chemical Warfare

Outlaws
Peacetime
Personnel
President

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ENGLISH TERM

Protect
Reconnaissance
Regular Forces
Reserve Forces
Ruler
Secretary (Minister) of Defense
Service Arm/Corps
Service Branch

SF

Special Forces
Squadron
Stationary
Unit
Vessels
Volunteer
War/ Warfare
Wartime
Wing

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2. Military Ranks Glossary

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

ENGLISH TERM
ARMY/AIR FORCES/ MARINES OFFICERS

GEN
LTG

General of the Army

General
Lieutenant General

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Major General
BG
Brigadier General
COL
Colonel
LTC
Lieutenant Colonel
MAJ
Major
CPT
Captain
1LT
First Lieutenant
2LT
Second Lieutenant
CW5
Chief Warrant Officer 5
CW4
Chief Warrant Officer 4
CW3
Chief Warrant Officer 3
CW2
Chief Warrant Officer 2
WO1
Warrant Officer 1
ARMY/AIR FORCES/MARINES ENLISTED
SMA
SGM
MSG
1SG
SFC
SSG
SGT
CPL
PFC
PV2

ADM
VADM
RADM
RADM (LH)
CAPT
CDR
LCDR
LT
LTJG
ENS

Sergeant Major of the Army

Sergeant Major
Master Sergeant
First General
Sergeant First Class
Staff Sergeant
Sergeant
Corporal
Private First Class
Private E-2
NAVY OFFICERS
Fleet Admiral
Admiral
Vice Admiral
Rear Admiral
Rear Admiral Lower Half
Captain
Commander
Lieutenant Commander
Lieutenant
Lieutenant Junior Grade
Ensign

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

ENGLISH TERM

5
4
3
2
1

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SN
PO3
PO2
PO1
CPO
SCPO
MCPO
MCPON
SgtMajMC

Amn
A1C
SrA
SSgt
TSgt
SMSgt
CMSgt
CMMSAF

NAVY ENLISTED
Seaman Apprentice
Seaman
Petty Officer Third Class
Petty Officer Second Class
Petty Officer First Class
Chief Petty Officer
Senior Chief Petty Officer
Master Chief Petty Officer

Master Chief Petty Officer of the

Navy

Sergeant Major of the Marine

Corps
AIR FORCES
General of the Air
Airman
Airman First Class
Senior Airman
Staff Sergeant
Technical Sergeant
Senior Master Sergeant
Chief Master Sergeant

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air

Forces

3. Army Role & Missions Glossary (1)

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

AASLTT
ABNT
Ammo

ENGLISH TERM
Agility
Air Assault troops
Airborne troops
Airdrop troops
Ammunition/Munitions
Amphibious troops
Armament
Armor
Armored Vehicle
Army group

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Bty
Bde
Cmbt
Co

Div

Inf
LI
Mech Inf

Motr Inf

Plt

Reg
Sec
SF
Sqd
ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

Sqdn

Battalion
Battlefield
Battery
Behind Enemy Lines
Brigade
Combat
Commandoes
Company
Corps
Dismount
Division
Field army
Fire team
Infantry
Light Infantry
Maneuver
Mechanized Infantry
Medical Treatment & Evacuation
Mission
Motorized Infantry
Mounted
Organic
Paratroops/Parachute
Platoon
Ranges
Rations
Regiment
Section
Special Forces
Squad
ENGLISH TERM
Squadron
Tank
Transportation
Troop

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4. Army Role & Missions Glossary (2)

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

Cmbt Eng
CS
Commo

FS

Info
INSCOM

JTF
MDW

Sig

TF

ENGLISH TERM
Analysis
Canon
Chemical Warfare
Collection
Combat Engineer
Combat Support
Communications
Countermobility
Detachment
Disrupting
Dissemination
Estimation
Gun
Howitzer
Field Artilley
Fire Support
Friendly Forces
Indirect Fires
Information
Integrated Operations
Intelligence and Security Command
Jamming
Joint Task Force
Listening
Mass Destruction Weapons
Missile
Mobility
Mortar
Movement
Signals
Survivability
Task Force
Terrain

ARABIC TERM

Weather

5. Army Role & Missions Glossary (3)

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

Admin

CSS
Dept

FS

LOG

Maint

MEDS

AMMO

ENGLISH TERM
Administration
Award
Bathing
Bandage
Casualty/Wounded
Classes
Combat Service Support
Combined
Department
Device
Equipment
Financial Affairs
Field Services
Fuel
Garrison
Health Affairs
Hospital
Integrated
Joint
Laundry
Logistics
Lost in Battle
Mail
Maintenance
Material
Medal
Medical Services
Medicine/Drug
Morale
Munitions/Ammunitions
Ordnance

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Sup
Trans

Personnel
Preventive Medicine
Promotion
Recovery
Repair
Replacement
Spare Parts
Supply
Transportation

6. Maneuver Glossary
ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

ENGLISH TERM
Advance
Advantage
Art
Attack
Audacity
Concentration
Consolidation
Contact
Counterreconnaissance

Def

Eng

Defeat
Defense
Disruption
Economy of Force
Enemy Forces
Engagement
Envelopment
Flank
Flexibility
Fortification
Friendly Forces
Frontal Attack

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Off

Rear Ops
Reorg

Infiltration
Maneuver Form
Mass
Mobilization
Objective
Obstacle
Offense
Penetration
Phase
Preparation
Rear Operations
Reorganization
Retain Ground

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

Sec

Tac

ENGLISH TERM
Science
Security
Simplicity
Speed
Strategy
Surprise
Tactics
Theater of Operations
Turning Movement
Unity of Command

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7. Land Navigation Glossary

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

Alt

ENGLISH TERM
Altitude
Contour
Coordinates
Depression
Direction
Drawn

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East-West Grid Lines
Grid North
Grids
Hilltop
Horizontal
Magnetic North
Marginal Information
Mean Sea Level
Mils
North-South Grid Lines
Picture
Ridge
Saddle
Scale
Specific Geographic Area
Symbol
Terrain Feature
True North
Valley/ Wadi
Vertical

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8. Air Forces Role & Missions Glossary

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

ACC

AEW
AWACS

ENGLISH TERM
Air Base
Air Combat Command
Air Interdiction
Air Photography
Air Reconnaissance
Air Rescue/Recovery
Air Space
Air Superiority
Air Transportation/Airlift
Airborne Early Warning
Airborne Warning and Control System

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COS

OAS
Sqd

Close Air Support

Helicopter
Homeland
Offensive Air Support
Squadron
Wing

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9. Navy Role & Missions Glossary

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

ENGLISH TERM
Aggressive
Base
Boredom
Coast
Combat Group
Deepwater
Fleet
Intruder
Maritime Command
Maritime Transportation
Naval Territory
Port/seaport/harbor
Preventive Measure
Saboteurs
Shore
Smuggler
Theater Battle Group

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10. Air Defense Forces Role & Missions Glossary

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

ENGLISH TERM
Aerospace/Airspace
Air Defense Network
Air Defense Umbrella
Detect
High Altitude
Low Altitude
Medium Altitude
Missile
Mobile
Outer Space
Radar
Search
Sensor
Surface to Air Missile
Stationary
Theater Air Combat Operations
Warning

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11. Army Equipment & Weapons Glossary (1)

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

Amb
ATWGM
AFV
APC
AG

CSW

ENGLISH TERM
Ambulance
Anti Tank Wire Guided Missile
Armored Fighting Vehicle
Armored Personnel Carrier
Assault Gun
Automatic Gun/Cannon
Bridge
Crew Served Weapon
Day Sight

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IFV
LAV
MG

Mrt

Rkt
SSM

Decontamination
Direct Fires
Fighting Weapon
Indirect Fires
Individual Weapon
Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Light Armored Vehicle
Machinegun
Mine Detector
Mine Layer
Mine Sweeper
Mortar
Night Sight
Personal Defense Weapon
Pistol
Radio
Retransmission
Riffle
Rocket
Submachine gun
Surface to Surface Missile
Towed Gun
Tracked Vehicle
Truck
Wheeled Vehicle

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12. Army Equipment & Weapons Glossary (2)

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

ENGLISH TERM
Automatic Gun
Mounted
Tank
Caliber
Man Portable

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Self-propelled

MLRS

Howitzer
Multi Launched Rocket System

13. Air Forces Equipment & Weapons Glossary

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

AWACS

AAM/AIM
AGM

RPV

UAV

ENGLISH TERM
Airborne Warning and Command
System Aircraft
Aircraft /airplane
Air-to-Air Missile
Air-to-Surface )Ground) Missile
All weather fighter
Antisubmarine Aircraft
Bomber
Fighter
Hangar
Heavy Long Range Bomber
Interceptor
Intercontinental Cargo Aircraft
Landing
Navigation
Observation/Surveillance Aircraft
Raid
Reconnaissance/Spying Aircraft
Remotely Piloted Vehicle
Rescue/recovery plane
Sortie/daily
Strategic Bomber
Take off
Tanker
Test plane
Transport plane
Unmanned Arial Vehicle

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14. Navy Equipment & Weapons Glossary

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

CVBG

ENGLISH TERM
Aircraft Carrier Battle Group
Amphibious Assault Vessel
Beach
Boat
Cargo Vessel
Cruise
Cruiser
Destroyer
Flagship
Frigate
Landing Craft
Logistics ship
Mine Sweeper
Ocean
Submarine
Surface Combatant (Battleship)
Vessel/ Ship

ARABIC TERM

15. Air Defense Forces Equipment & Weapons Glossary

ACRONYM/
ABBREVIATION

ADA
ADW
ALCM

ENGLISH TERM
Air Defense Artillery
Air Defense Warnings
Air Launched Cruise Missile

AAA
ABM

Air Sovereignty
Anti-aircraft Artillery
Anti-Ballistic Missile
Frequency
High altitude
Identify

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Infrared Directed
Long-range
Low altitude
Man-Portable
Medium altitude
Medium-range
Radar Directed
Receiver Device
Short-range
Surface to Air Missile
Ultrahigh
Wave

SAM