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| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAE | Army Acquisition Executive | In English | |
| ABMCP | Airborne Military Command Post | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| ACCP | (The) Army Correspondence Course Program (www.atsc.army.mil/accp/) | In English | → Education |
| ACF | Army Cadet Force (www.armycadets.com) | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| ACIOC | Army Customer Order Control | In English | |
| ACM | Affaires Civilo-Militaires | In French | |
| ACS | Army Communication System | In English | → Telecommunications |
| ACTEDS | Army Civilian Training, Education And Development System | In English | → Education |
| AD | Active Duty | In English | |
| ADEA | Army Development and Employment Agency | In English | |
| ADT | Active Duty Training | In English | → Education |
| AEC | Army Evaluation Center | In English | |
| AERB | Army Education Requirements Board | In English | → Education |
| AFAD | Armed Forces Acquisition Document | In English | |
| AFD | Army Functional Dictionary | In English | → Dictionaries → United States |
| AFH | Army Family Housing | In English | → Accommodation |
| AFHPSP | Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship Program | In English | → Education → Medicine |
| AFIS | American Forces Information Services | In English | |
| AFNA | Aozadur Feur-emglev Norzh-Atlantel (www.nato.int) = OTAN | Organització del Tractat de l'Atlàntic Nord | In Catalan = NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation | In English = OTAN | Organizazión d'o Tratau de l'Atlantico Norte | In Aragonese = OTAN | Organización del Tratáu del Atlánticu Norte | In Asturian = OTAN | Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord | In French = ন্যাটো | উত্তর আটলান্টিক নিরাপত্তা জোট | In Bengali = NATO | Οργανισμός Βορειοατλαντικού Συμφώνου | In Greek = NATO | Nordatlantikvertrag-Organisation | In German = OTAN | Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte | In Spanish = NATO | Nord-Atlantika Traktat-Organizo | In Esperanto = NAFO | Noard-Atlantyske Ferdrachsorganisaasje | In Frisian = OTAN | Organización do Tratado do Atlántico Norte | In Galician = ნატო | ჩრდილოატლანტიკური თანამშრომლობის ორგანიზაცია | In Georgian = OTAN | Organização do Tratado do Atlântico Norte | In Portuguese = OTNA | Organizaciya le Tratatosko le Nordutne Atlantikosko | In Vlax Romani = OTAN | Organizaţia Tratatului Atlanticului de Nord | In Romanian = NATO | Organisatschoon vun den Noordatlantikverdrag | In Low German = NAVO | Noord-Atlantische Verdragsorganisatie | In Dutch |
In Breton | → International relations |
| AFRC | Armed Forces Recreation Center | In English | |
| AFRC | Armed Forces Reserve Center | In English | |
| AFRRI | Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute (www.afrri.usuhs.mil) | In English | → Research institutes → Biological sciences |
| AFRTS | American Forces Radio and Television Service | In English | → Telecommunications |
| AFS | Air Force Standard | In English | → Standardization → Military engineering → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AFS | Air Force Station | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → United States |
| AGR | Active Duty Guard/Reserve | In English | |
| AIA | Association Internationale Antimilitariste | In French | → Political parties and movements |
| AIAD | Advanced Individual Academic Development | In English | → Education |
| AIAT | Association Internationale Antimilitariste des Travailleurs | In French | → Political parties and movements |
| AIF | Army Industrial Fund | In English | |
| AIFAS | Army Industrial Fund Analytical Study | In English | |
| AIVD | Algemene Inlichtingen en Veiligheids Dienst (www.aivd.nl) | In Dutch | → Netherlands |
| ALAT | Aviation Légère de l'Armée de Terre | In French | |
| AMEDD | Army Medical Department | In English | → Medicine |
| AMGOT | Allied Military Government for Occupied Territories | In English | → History |
| AMHA | Army Management Headquarters Activities | In English | → Management |
| AMOD | Army Mobility, Opportunity and Development | In English | |
| AMS | Army Management Structure | In English | → Management |
| AMSC | Advanced Military Space Flight Capability | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| AMSCO | Army Management Structure Code | In English | |
| AMSF | Army Maintenance Supply Facilities | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| AMSF | Army Morale Support Fund | In English | |
| AMTU | Army Marksmanship Training Unit | In English | → Education |
| ANC | Army Nurse Corps | In English | → Medicine |
| ANC | Army National Cemetery | In English | |
| ANIP | Alternate National Command Center Improvement Program | In English | |
| ANMCC | Alternate National Military Command Center | In English | |
| ANOC | Advanced Non-Commissioned Officers Course | In English | → Education |
| APA | Army Procurement Appropriations | In English | |
| APD | Army Publishing Directorate (www.apd.army.mil) | In English | → Graphic industries, printing, publishing → United States |
| APD | Appel de Préparation à la Défense | In French | |
| APLS | Armée Populaire de Libération du Soudan = SPLA | Sudan People's Liberation Army | In English = ELPS | Ejército de Liberación del Pueblo de Sudán | In Spanish = SLOA | Súdánská lidově osvobozenecká armáda | In Czech |
In French | → Political parties and movements |
| APO | Army Post Office | In English | → Transport and postal services |
| AR | Army Regulation | In English | |
| ARCOM | Army Reserve Command | In English | |
| ARI | Army Research Institute | In English | → Research institutes |
| ARIEM | Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine | In English | → Research institutes → Medicine |
| ARL | Army Research Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes |
| ARLA | Armée Révolutionnaire de Libération de l'Azawad | In French | → Political parties and movements |
| ARNG | Army National Guard | In English | |
| ARTEP | Army Training and Evaluation Program | In English | → Education |
| ARTTC | Army Reserve Technician Training Center | In English | → Education |
| ASARC | Army Systems Acquisition Review Council | In English | → Military engineering |
| ASD | Army Shipping Document | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| ASED | Assistant Secretary of Defense | In English | → Central administration |
| ASF | Army Stock Fund | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| ASFP | Army Senior Fellows Program | In English | |
| ASIMS | Army Standard Information Management System | In English | → Knowledge management |
| ASTIA | Armed Services Technical Information Agency | In English | |
| ASVAB | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Testing | In English | |
| ATCAP | Army Telecommunications Automation Program | In English | → Telecommunications |
| ATCOM | Aviation and Troop Command | In English | |
| ATEC | Army Test and Evaluation Command | In English | |
| ATF | Advanced Tactical Fighter | In English | |
| ATLP | Army Training Literature Program | In English | → Education → Literature |
| AWL | Absent Without Leave | In English | |
| AWOL | Absent WithOut Leave | In English | |
| AWOL | Absent Without Official Leave | In English | |
| BAQ | Basic Allowance For Quarters | In English | |
| BAS | Basic Allowance For Subsistence | In English | |
| BASM | Bombe à sous-munition | In French | |
| BCA | Bataillon de Chasseurs Alpins | In French | |
| BCRAM | Bureau Central de Renseignement et d'Action Militaire | In French | |
| BCT | Basic Combat Training | In English | → Education |
| BEQ | Bachelor Enlisted Quarters | In English | |
| BIA | Bureau International Antimilitariste | In French | → Political parties and movements |
| BKT | Blackstone Army Air Field | In English | → Transport by air |
| BM | Battle Management | In English | |
| BMD | Ballistic Missile Defense | In English | → Military engineering |
| BMDO | Ballistic Missile Defense Organization | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| BMPM | Bataillon des Marins-Pompiers de Marseille (www.marinspompiersdemarseille.com) | In French | → Firefighting → France |
| BMS | Battle Management Simulation | In English | |
| BOBC | Branch Officers Basic Course | In English | |
| BOQ | Bachelor Officers Quarters | In English | |
| BRDC | Belvoir Research and Development Center | In English | → Research institutes |
| BTD | Battalion Training Days | In English | → Education |
| BVE | Batallón Vasco Español | In Spanish | → Organizations and associations → Spain |
| C3 | Command and Control Communications | In English | → Telecommunications |
| C3R | Commandement, Conduite, Communications et Renseignement | In French | |
| CAA | Concepts Analysis Agency | In English | |
| CAMP-USA | Council on America's Military Past-USA | In English | → Organizations and associations |
| CAS3 | Combined Arms and Service Staff School | In English | → Specialized or polytechnical colleges |
| CATRADA | Combined Arms Training Development Activity | In English | → Education → Military engineering |
| CDC | Collins Defense Communications | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| CDCD | Collins Defense Communications Division | In English | → Telecommunications |
| CDEC | Combat Development Experimentation Command | In English | → Military engineering |
| CDI | Center for Defense Information (www.cdi.org) | In English | → Research institutes |
| CEC | Civil Engineering Corps | In English | → Civil engineering |
| CED | Communauté Européenne de Défense = EDC | European Defence Community | In English = EVG | Europäische Verteidigungsgemeinschaft | In German = CED | Comunità Europea di Difesa | In Italian = EDG | Europese Defensie Gemeenschap | In Dutch = EWO | Europejska Wspólnota Obronna | In Polish = CED | Comunidade Europeia de Defesa | In Portuguese |
In French | → European Union |
| CED | Comunità Europea di Difesa = EDC, EVG, EDG, EWO (look above) |
In Italian | → European Union |
| CED | Comunidade Europeia de Defesa = EDC, EVG, EDG, EWO (look above) |
In Portuguese | → European Union |
| CEDOCAR | Centre de Documentation de l'Armement (www.cedocar.defense.gouv.fr) | In French | → Documentation |
| CENTAG | Central Army Group | In English | |
| CENTO | Central Treaty Organization | In English | → International relations |
| CEOA | Central European Operating Agency | In English | |
| CETIMA | Centre de Traitement de l’Information Médicale des Armées | In French | → Data processing → Medicine |
| CFAC | Conferencia de las Fuerzas Armadas Centroamericanas = CFAC | Conférence des Forces Armées Centraméricaines | In French = CFAC | Conferência das Forças Armadas da América Central | In Portuguese |
In Portuguese | → International relations |
| CFAC | Conférence des Forces Armées Centraméricaines = (look above) |
In French | → International relations |
| CFAC | Conferência das Forças Armadas da América Central = (look above) |
In Portuguese | → International relations |
| CFCU | Cours des Futurs Commandants d'Unités | In French | → Education |
| CFTM | Conversion To Full-Time Military | In English | |
| CGA | Contrôle Général des Armées | In French | |
| CGE | Compagnie de Guerre Électronique | In French | → Computer science |
| CGSC | Command and General Staff College | In English | |
| CHAMPUS | Civilian Health And Medical Program of the Uniformed Services | In English | → Medicine |
| CID | Collège Interarmées de Défense | In French | |
| CINC | Commander In Chief | In English | |
| CINCEUR | Commander In Chief, Europe | In English | |
| CINCNORAD | Commander-In-Chief, North American Aerospace | In English | → Aeronautics, aircraft → Astronautics |
| CINCPAC | Commander In Chief, Pacific | In English | |
| CIRAT | Centre d'Information et de Recrutement de l'Armée de Terre | In French | → Labour, labour economics |
| CISM | Conseil International du Sport Militaire | In French | → Organizations and associations → Sport, physical exercises |
| CJFLCC | Coalition Joint Forces Land Component Command | In English | |
| CLAM | Comité de Lutte Anti-Militariste | In French | → Political parties and movements |
| CM | Commander's Manual | In English | |
| CMHS | Chinese Military History Society | In English | → Organizations and associations → History → China |
| CMT | Critical Military Target | In English | |
| CNIC | Commander Navy Installations Command | In English | |
| CNR | Conseil National du Renseignement | In French | |
| CO | Commissioned Officer | In English | |
| COA | Comptroller Of The Army | In English | |
| COFRAS | Compagnie Française d'Assistance Spécialisée | In French | → Military engineering → France |
| COMAC | Comité d'Action Militaire | In French | |
| COPS | Comité politique et de sécurité | In French | → Politics |
| CPCO | Centre de Planification et de Conduite des Opérations | In French | |
| CSA | Corps Storage Area | In English | |
| CSEM | Cours Supérieur d'État-Major | In French | → Education |
| CSIA | Centre de Soutien Informatique des Armées | In French | → Computer science |
| CSNU | Commandement Spatial des Nations Unis | In French | → United Nations → Astronautics |
| CST | Combat Support Training | In English | → Education |
| CTSA | Centre de Transfusion Sanguine des Armées | In French | → Blood and circulatory system |
| DAB | Defense Acquisition Board | In English | |
| DABM | Defense Against Ballistic Missiles | In English | → Military engineering |
| DACCS | Department of Army Command and Control System | In English | |
| DACP | Defence Acquisition Change Programme | In English | |
| DAI | Director of Army Instruction | In English | |
| DAO | Defense Accounting Office | In English | → Accounting |
| DAR | Defense Acquisition Regulation | In English | |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | In English | |
| DBMS | Defense Business Management System | In English | → Management |
| DBOF | Defense Business Operations Fund | In English | → Finance |
| DCA | Defense Communications Agency | In English | → Telecommunications |
| DCA | Defense Communication Agency | In English | → Telecommunications |
| DCAA | Defense Contract Audit Agency | In English | → Military engineering |
| DCAS | Defense Contract Administration Services | In English | → Contract law |
| DCAS | Defense Contract Administration Service | In English | |
| DCASMA | Defense Contract Administration Services Management Area | In English | → Contract law |
| DCASR | Defense Contract Administration Services Region | In English | → Contract law |
| DCM | Distinguished Conduct Medal | In English | |
| DCS | Defense Communications System | In English | → Telecommunications |
| DCTN | Defense Commercial Telecommunications Network | In English | → Telecommunications |
| DDC | Defense Documentation Center | In English | → Documentation → Military engineering |
| DDN | Defense Data Network | In English | → Networks, communication → Telecommunications |
| DDSC | Direction de la Défense et de la Sécurité Civile | In French | |
| DDTE | Director, Defense Test and Evaluation | In English | |
| DECA | Defense Commissary Agency | In English | |
| DECCO | Defense Commercial Communication Office | In English | → Military engineering |
| DefEl | Defense Electronics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Electronics → Military engineering |
| DERA | Defense Environment Restoration Account | In English | → 5023 |
| DeScE | Defense Science Electronics | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Electronics → Military engineering |
| DFA | Defence Families of Australia (www.dfa.org.au) | In English | → Organizations and associations → Australia |
| DFAS | Defense Finance and Accounting Service | In English | → Finance → Accounting |
| DFRIF | Defense Freight Railway Interchange Fleet | In English | → Transport and postal services |
| DGA | Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (www.defense.gouv.fr/dga/) | In French | → Military engineering |
| DHP | Defense Health Program | In English | → Medicine |
| DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency (www.dia.mil) | In English | |
| DID | Defense In Depth | In English | → Computer science |
| DII | Defense Industry Initiative | In English | → Industry, industrial policy → Military engineering |
| DIPEC | Defense Industrial Plant Equipment Center | In English | → Industry, industrial policy |
| DIPR | Department Industrial Plant Reserve | In English | → Industry, industrial policy |
| DIS | Defense Investigative Service | In English | |
| DIS | Defense Industrial Security | In English | → Military engineering |
| DIS | Defense Information Service | In English | → Newspapers, journalism |
| DISCO | Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office | In English | → Military engineering |
| DISO | Defense Information Services Organization | In English | → Knowledge management |
| DJMS | Defense Joint Military Pay System | In English | → Personnel management → Accounting |
| DLA | Defense Logistics Agency (www.dla.mil) | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| DLO | Defense Logistics Organization | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| DLSC | Defense Logistics Service Center | In English | → Maintenance and logistics |
| DMA | Defense Mapping Agency | In English |