Military Acronyms

What does this Military Acronym Mean?

Use the following chart for military acronyms*:

*Provision of this list does not mean these acronyms are acceptable to use for Utility Account names. For verification of Utility Account names, please reference the following document regarding Utility Account creation: https://www.us.army.mil/suite/doc/13359519

Military Acronym Description

• AAFES Army and Air Force Exchange Service
• ACERT Army Computer Emergency Response Team
• ACL Access Control List
• ADP Automated Data Processing
• AEI Army Enterprise Infrastructure
• AES Advanced Encryption Standard
• AGR Active Guard/Reserve (“Full time” Guardsmen or Reservists)
• AIAP Army Information Assurance Program
• AISSP Army Information Systems Security Program
• AKO Army Knowledge Online
• ALARACT All Army Action
• AMC Army Materiel Command
• ANOSC Army Network Operations and Security Center
• AOE Area of Responsibility
• AR Army Regulation
• ARAMP Army Reserve Account Maintenance and Provisioning
• ARCOM Army Reserve Command
• ARL Army Research Laboratory
• ARMEDCOM Army Reserve Medical Command
• ARRTC 84th Training Command (Leader Readiness)
• ARRTD Army Reserve Retention & Transition Division
• ASA(ALT) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisitions, Logistics, and Technology)
• ASC Army Signal Command
• AT/FP Anti-Terrorism / Force Protection
• ATCTS Army Training and Certification Tracking System
• ATO Authority To Operate
• ATRRS Army Training Requirements & Resources System
• ATS Automated Tactical System
• AUP Acceptable Use Policy
• AV Anti-Virus
• AVN BDE Aviation Brigade
• AWRAC Army Web Risk Assessment Cell
• AWS Automated Weapons System
• BBP Best Business Practices
• BPA Blanket Purchase Agreement
• C&A Certification and Accreditation
• C4IM Command, Control, Communications, and Computers for Information Management
• CA Certification Authority
• CAC Common Access Card
• CAR Chief of the Army Reserve
• CCB Configuration Control Board
• CCI Controlled Cryptographic Item
• CCIU Computer Crime Investigative Unit
• CECOM U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command
• CHESS Computer Hardware Enterprise Software and Solutions
• CI Counter-Intelligence
• CID Criminal Investigation Command
• CIO Chief Information Officer
• CISS Center for Information Systems Security
• CMB Configuration Management Board
• CNA Computer Network Attack
• CND Computer Network Defense
• CNO Computer Network Operations
• CNSS Committee on National Security Systems
• COMSEC Communications Security
• CONUS Continental United States
• COOP Continuity of Operations
• COR Contracting Officer’s Representative
• COTS Commercial Off-The-Shelf
• CPOL Civilian Personnel Online
• CPP Cooperative Program Personnel
• CRD Compliance Reporting Database
• CSLA Communications Security Logistics Agency
• CSSAMO Combat Service Support Automation Management Office
• CSTG Combat Support Training Center
• CT&E Certification, Test, and Evaluation
• CT1S Common Tier 1 System
• CTO Certificate to Operate
• CVS Contractor Verification System
• CVT Compliance Verification System
• DAA Designated Approving Authority
• DAR Data-at-Rest
• DBA Database Administrator
• DCAM DMLSS Customer Assistance Module
• DCE Distributed Computing Environment
• DCID Director of the Central Intelligence Directive
• DCS Deputy Chief of Staff
• DDL Delegation of Disclosure Authority Letter
• DEERS Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
• DES Data Encryption Standard
• DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
• DIAM Defense Intelligence Agency Manual
• DiD Defense in Depth
• DISA Defense Information Systems Agency
• DISA/CISS Defense Information Systems Agency / Center for Informaiton Systems Security
• DISN Defense Information Systems Network
• DITSCAP DOD Information Technology Security Certification and Accreditation process
• DITYVAP Do-It-Yourself Vulnerability Assessment Program
• DIV-IT Division Institutional Training
• DIV-TS Division Training Support
• DKO Defense Knowledge Online
• DMLSS Defense Medical Logistics Standard Support
• DMZ Demilitarized Zone
• DNS Domain Name Service
• DOD Department of Defense
• DODD Department of Defense Directive
• DODI Department of Defense Instruction
• DODIIS Department of Defense Intelligence Informaiton System
• DOHA Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals
• DOIM Director of Information Management
• DRU Direct Reporting Unit
• DSN Defense System Network
• DTMS Digital Training Management System
• DTP Drug Testing Program
• DTS Defense Travel System
• ECSC Enterprise Customer Service Center
• EIO&M Engineering, Implementation, Operation, and Maintenance
• EKMS Electronic Key Management System
• EMALL Electronic Mall
• ENBOSS Engineering and Base Operations Support System
• ENCOM Engineering Command
• ENOSC Enterprise Network Operations and Security Center
• EOIS Employee Owned Information System
• ERB Enlisted Records Brief
• ESEP Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program
• ESC Expeditionary Sustainment Command
• ESD Enterprise Service Desk
• FLMS Fleet Logistics Management System
• FLO Foreign Liaison Officer
• FN Foreign National
• FOIA Freedom of Information Act
• FOT&E Follow-On Test and Evaluation
• FOUO For Official Use Only
• FPAT Force Protection Assessment Team
• FTP File Transfer Protocol
• GIG Global Information Grid
• GOTS Government Off-The-Shelf
• HQDA Headquarters of the Department of the Army
• HRC Human Resources Command
• I&A Identification and Authetication
• IA Information Assurance
• IAD Information Assurance Directorate
• IAM Information Assurance Manager
• IANM Information Assurance Network Manager
• IANO Information Assurance Network Officer
• IAPM Information Assurance Program Manager
• IASO Information Assurance Security Officer
• IATC Interim Authority To Connect
• IATO Interim Approval To Operate
• IATT Information Assurance Technical Tip
• IAVA Information Assurance Vulnerability Alert
• IAVB Information Assurance Vulnerability Bulletin
• IAVM Information Assurance Vulnerability Management
• IDR USAR Integrated Data Retrieval System
• IDS Intrusion Detection System
• ILAP Integrated Logistics Analysis Program
• IGNET Inspector General Network
• IMA Installation Management Agency
• INFOCON Information Operations Condition
• INFOSEC Information Security
• INSCOM US Army Intelligence and Security Command
• IO Information Operations
• IOT&E Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
• IOVAD Information Operations Vulnerability Assessments Division
• IP Internet Protocol
• IPSec IP Security
• IS Information System
• ISP Internet Service Provider
• ISS Information Systems Security
• IT Information Technology
• ITRS Individual Training and Readiness System
• JDSCISSS Joint DODIIS Cryptologic SCI Information Systems Security Standards
• JIM Joint Interagency and Multinational
• JKMIWG Joint Key Management Infrastructure Working Group
• JKO Joint Knowledge Online
• JPAS Joint Personnel Adjudication System
• JTA-A Joint Technical Architecture-Army
• JWICS Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
• KMEC Key Management Executive Committee
• KMI Key Management Infrastructure
• KVM/KMM Keyboard, Video, and Mouse / Keyboard, Monitor, and Mouse
• LAN Local Area Network
• LCERT Local Computer Emergency Response Team
• LDAP Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
• LE Law Enforcement
• LIW Logistics Information Warehouse
• LOC Level of Confidentiality
• LOGSA Logistics Support Activity
• MAC Mission Assurance Category
• MACOM Major Command (Army)
• MCEB Military Communications Electronics Board
• MDEP Management Decision Package
• MDID Market Driven, Industry Developed
• MEDCOM Medical Command
• MEVA Mission Essential Vulnerable Area
• MI RC Military Intelligence Readiness Command
• MOA Memorandum of Agreement
• MOU Memorandum of Understanding
• MPDV Mobilization Planning Data Viewer
• MPE Miscellaneous Processing Equipment
• MPEP Military Personnel Exchange Program
• MSC Major Subordinate Command
• MWR Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
• NA Network Administrator
• NAC National Agency Check
• NACIC National Agency Check with Credit Check and Written Inquiries
• NACLC National Agency Check with Local Agency and Credit Checks
• NDI Non-Developmental Item
• NETCOM Network Enterprise Technology Command
• NETOPS Network Operations
• NGB National Guard Bureau
• NIAP National Information Assurance Partnership
• NIPRNET Non-Classified Internet Protocol Router Network (Unclassified but Sensitive)
• NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
• NMCI Navy Marine Corps Intranet
• NSA National Security Agency
• OCA Original Classification Authority
• OCAR Office of the Chief of the Army Reserve
• OCONUS Outside the Continental United States
• OISS Operational Information Systems Security
• OPCON Operational Control
• OPM Office of Personnel Management
• OPSEC Operations Security
• ORB Officer Records Brief
• ORD Operational Requirements Document
• PAO Public Affairs Officer
• PBUSE Proberty Book Unite System Enhancement
• PDA Personal Digital Assistant
• PDS Protected Distribution System
• PED Personal/Portable Electronic Device
• PEG Program Evaluation Group
• PEO Program Executive Officer
• PERnet Personnel Network (Army)
• PIN Personal Identification Number
• PL Protection Level
• PM Program/Project Manager
• POM Program Objective Memorandum
• PPS Ports, Protocols, and Services
• RA Remote Access
• RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User System
• RAS Remote Access Server
• RCAS Reserve Component Automation System
• RCERT Regional Computer Emergency Response Team
• RCIO Regional Chief Information Officer
• RDT&E Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
• RFTA Reserve Forces Training Area
• RLAS Regional Level Application Software
• ROM Read-Only Memory
• RRC Regional Readiness Command
• RSC Region Support Command
• SA Systems Architecture or Systems Administrator
• SABI Secret And Below Interoperability
• SAMS-E Standard Army Maintenance System -Enhanced
• SAP Special Access Program
• SBU Sensitive But Unclassified
• SC(E) Sustainment Command (Expeditionary)
• SCE Service Cryptologic Element
• SCI Sensitive Compartmentalized Information
• SCT Signal Command Theater
• SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol
• SIGCOM Signal Command
• SIGINT Signals Intelligence
• SII Statement of Intelligence Interest
• SIO Senior Intelligence Officer
• SIOP-ESI Single Integrated Operational Plan with Extremely Sensitive Information
• SIPRNET Secure Internet Protocol Router Network
• SIR Serious Incident Report
• SISS Subcommittee for Information Systems Security
• SOP Standard Operating Procedure
• SSAA System Security Authorization Agreement
• SSBI Single-Scope Background Information
• SSH Secure Shell
• SSL Secure Socket Layer
• SSN Social Security Number
• SSO Single Sign-On
• SSP System Security Policy
• STAMIS Standard Army Management Information System
• STANREP Standardization Representative
• STEP Standard Tactical Entry Point
• STIG Security Technical Implementation Guide
• STS Subcommittee for Telecommunications Security
• SWA Southwest Asia
• TA Technical Advisory
• TACACS Terminal Access Controller Access Control System
• TAG Technical Advisory Group
• TEC Theater Engineer Command
• TEMP Test Evaluation Master Plan
• TLA Top Layer Architecture
• TNOSC Theater Network Operations and Security Center
• TPU Troop Program Unit
• TRADOC Training and Doctorine Command
• TRANSEC Transmission Security
• TS Top Secret
• TS/SCI Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmentalized Information
• TSACS Terminal Server Access Control System
• TSC Theater Support Command
• TSIGC Theater Signal Command
• TSMB Tier 1 System Management Board
• TTP Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures
• UCMJ Uniform Code of Military Justice
• URL Universal Resource Locator
• USAAA United States Army Audit Agency
• USACAPOC United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command
• USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers
• USAG United States Army Garrison
• USAR United States Army Reserve
• USARC United States Army Reserve Command
• USARJSTSC United States Army Reserve Joint Special Troops Support Command
• USERID User Identification
• VAT Vulnerability Assessment Technician
• VIS Vendor Integrity Statement
• VPN Virtual Private Network
• WAN Wide Area Network
• WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
• WWW World Wide Web