FAA - Federal Aviation Administration
FARC - Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia:
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBO - Fixed Base Operator
FITREP - Fitness Report FLIR - Forward Looking Infrared
G - gravity
GA - General Aviation
GAO - Government Accountability Office
GBU - Guided Bomb Unit
GED - General Education Development
GS - General Schedule
GT - General Technical
HAHO - High Altitude High Opening
HH - Hospital Helicopter
HUD - Heads Up Display
I&NS - Immigration and Naturalization Service
IC - Intelligence Community
ID - Identification
IED - Improvised Explosive Device
ISI - InterServices Intelligence: Pakistan’s National Intelligence Service
ISR - Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
IT - Information Technology
JCS - Joint Chief of Staff
JDAM - Joint Direct Attack Munitions JPAS - Joint Personnel Adjudication System
JROTC - Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
JSOC - Joint Special Operations Command
KIA - Killed in Action
LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
LD - Laser Designator
MBA - Master of Business Administration
MECEP - Marine Enlisted Commissioning and Education Program
MH - Multimission Helicopter
MOS - Military Occupational Specialty
MRTA - Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVAIR - Naval Air Systems Command
NCTC - National Counterterrorism Center
NCS - National Clandestine Service
NE - Near East Division
NECEP - Navy Enlisted Commissioning and Education Program
NGA - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
NHB - New Headquarters Building
NOFORN - Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals
NOMEX - A registered trademark for flame-resistant, meta-aramid material
NRO - National Reconnaissance Office
NSA - National Security Agency
NVG - Night Vision Goggles
NWC - Naval War College
OBL - Osama bin Laden
OBL - Operation Broken Lance
OCS - Officer Candidate School
OHB - Old Headquarters Building OICOfficer in Charge
ONI - Office of Naval Intelligence
OQR - Officer Qualification Record
PD - Police Department
PFT - Physical Fitness Test
PMO - Provost Marshal Office
POAC - Pentagon Officer’s Athletic Club
POTUS - President of the United States
RAG - Replacement Air Group
R&D - Research and Development
RIO - Radar Intercept Officer RPM - Revolutions Per Minute
SA - Schweizer Aircraft
SA - Special Access
SAM - Surface-to-Air Missile
SAP - Special Access Program
S&D - Search and Destroy
SEAL - Sea, Air, and Land SECDEFSecretary of Defense
SCI - Sensitive Compartmented Information
SCIF - Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility
SF - Standard Form
SIS - Senior Intelligence Service
SITREP - Situation Report
SNCO - Staff Non-Commissioned Officer
SOAR - Special Operations Aviation Regiment
SOCOM - Special Operations Command
SOF - Special Operations Forces
SOG - Special Operations Group
SSGT - Staff Sergeant
STE - Secure Terminal Equipment
STU - Secure Telephone
TS - Top Secret
TSA - Transportation Security Administration
UnitTHC - Tetrahydrocannabinol
UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
USAF - United States Air Force
USBP - United States Border Patrol
USG - United States Government
USMC - United States Marine Corps
USN - United States Navy
UV - Ultra Violet
VC - Viet Cong
VCR - Video Cassette Recorder
VHF - Very High Frequency
VTC - Video Teleconference
WMD - Weapons of Mass Destruction
WTC - World Trade Center
XO - Executive Officer
YO-3A - Prototype Observation: Third Model, First Series Utility Aircraft
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