Military Acronyms
Let's face it, the Military loves their acronyms. It doesn't matter if you're a new recruit, seasoned operator or the spouse of a soldier, you're going to eventually come up against a term you haven't encountered before. Don't sweat it, we've got you covered with our Military Acronym Finder. If you've got some time to kill, browse through the acronym's letter by letter. If you just need to find a definition for an acronym real quick, use the handy search box. If we missed an Acronym in our database, send it to us!
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Popular Military Acronyms
| Acronym | Definition |
| ASVAB | The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) is a multiple choice test, administered by the United States Military Entrance Processing Command, used to determine qualification for enlistment in the United States armed forces. |
| MILSPEC | military specification |
| OCS | Officer Candidate School |
| ACU | Army Combat Uniform |
| AIT | Advanced Individual Training |
| BDU | Battle Dress Uniform |
| BCT | Basic Combat Training |
| MOLLE or M.O.L.L.E. | MOdular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DEFCON | defense readiness condition |
| MIA | missing in action |
| POW | prisoner of war |
| SPAWAR | The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), based in San Diego, is an echelon II organization within the United States Navy and Navy's technical authority and acquisition command for C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance), business information technology and space systems. |
| DFGL | DFGL Distinct Faith Group Leader |
Featured Military Acronyms
| Acronym | Definition |
| nuclear certified | (DOD,NATO) See nuclear certified delivery unit; nuclear certified delivery vehicle. |
| CLG | combat logistics group |
| NAVSOC | Naval Satellite Operations Center; naval special operations command; naval special operations component; naval special warfare special operations component; Navy special operations component |
| CM R&A | consequence management response and assessment |
| theater strategy | (DOD) Concepts and courses of action directed toward securing the objectives of national and multinational policies and strategies through the synchronized and integrated employment of military forces and other instruments of national power. See also National Military Strategy; National Security Strategy; strategy. |
| DET | detachment; detainee |
| JPG | joint planning group |
| J-2T-2 | Target Plans Division |
| Joint Logistics Operations Center | (DOD) The Joint Logistics Operations Center is the current operations division within the Logistics Directorate of the Joint Staff. It monitors crisis, exercises, and interagency actions. It also works acquisition and cross-servicing agreements as well as international logistics. The Joint Logistics Operations Center reviews deployment orders produced by the Operations Directorate of the Joint Staff for logistic issues and ensures the correct airlift priority code is assigned. Also called JLOC. See also logistics. |
| JMLO | joint medical logistics officer |
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