Numbers

 

1LT                                                      first lieutenant

1SG                                                     first sergeant

2IC                                                      second in charge

2LT                                                     second lieutenant

35MM                                                 fuel, ammo, maintenance, and medical (TC 90‑1)

3D                                                       three dimensional

40mm                                                  (noun; also, for example, 81mm, 155mm, 25mm)

40‑mm                                                 (adj; also, for example, 81‑mm mortar, 155‑mm howitzer, 25‑mm cannon)

5 W's                                                  Who, What, Where, When, and Why?

5‑S Rule                                              Search, Silence, Segregate, Safeguard, and Speed to rear

 

A

A/A                                           air‑to‑air

A/EGM                                       attack/effects guidance matrix (FM 3‑21.20)

A/F                                           adjust fires

A/G                                           air to ground (FM 1‑02)

A/L                                                                         administration/logistics (FM 3‑90.6, FM 3‑90.2); air land (FM 90‑26; administrative and logistics (FM 7‑1); administrative/logistics (FM 3‑90.1)

A/S                                           air‑to‑surface (FM 1‑02)

A2                                                                          Army airspace (FM 7‑98); Army aviation (ARTEP 7‑30‑MTP)

A2C2                                         Army airspace command and control (FM 1‑02)

AA                                            assembly area; avenue of approach (FM 1‑02); arrival angle; Active Army; after‑action review

AAA                                           antiaircraft artillery (FM 1‑02); air avenues of approach (FM 90‑26)

AAAD                                                                    all arms for air defense (FM 3‑21.20)

AAC                                                                       aerial ambulance company; Alaskan Air AAO Command; acquisition advice code; arrival area control group (ARTEP 7‑20‑MTP)

AACFT                                                                 Army aircraft

AACG                                                                    control group

AACOMS                                                             Army Area Communications System

AACS                                                                    airways and air communications Service; Area Airspace Control System

AAD                                                                       admission and disposition; Army air defense

AADC                                         area air defense commander (FM 1‑02)

AADCCS                                                              Army Air Defense Control and Coordination System

AADCOM                                                             army air defense Command(er)

AADCP                                                                 Army Air Defense Command Post

AADS                                                                    antiaircraft defense system

AADV                                                                    acquisition aid vehicle

AAE                                                                       Army Aviation Element

AAF                                                                       Army airfield

AAFES                                                                  Army and Air Force Exchange Service

AAFU                                                                    augmented assault fire units

AAG                                                                       army artillery group (opposing forces)

AAGE                                                                    Army Advisory Group on Energy

AAGR                                                                    air‑to‑air gunnery range

AAH                                                                       advanced attack helicopter

AAHA                                                                    awaiting action higher authority

AAL                                                                        additional authorizations list

AALPS                                                                  automated air loading planning system (FM 90‑26)

AALS                                                                     Active Army Locator System

AAM                                                                      air‑to‑air missile; Army aircraft maintenance: Army Achievement Medal

AAMG                                                                   antiaircraft machine gun

AAMS                                                                   Army aircraft maintenance shop

AAMS‑H                                                              advanced antitank missile system—heavy

AAO                                                                       authorized acquisition objective

AAOD                                                                    Army Aviation Operating Detachment

AAP                                                                       Allied Administrative Publication (FM 1‑02); Affirmative Action Plan; Army ammunition plant

AAPM                                                                    Army Aviation Planning Manual

AAR                                                                       after‑action review, 7‑series ARTEPs and FMs; after‑action report (FM 3‑22.65)

AARA                                                                    Access and Amendment Refusal Authority

AARDAC                                                              Army air reconnaissance for damage assessment in the continental United States

AASA                                                                    Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army

AASC                                                                    Army Area Signal Center

AASE                                                                    Army Aviation Support Element

AASHTO                                                              American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

AASLT                                       air assault (FM 1‑02)

AASP                                                                    Army Automation Security Program

AASTA                                                                 (US) Army Aviation Systems Test Activity

AAT                                                                       air‑assault task force (ARTEP 7‑20-MTP); Army assault team

AATCC                                                                 Army air traffic control center (FM 90‑26)

AATCO                                                                 Army Air Traffic Coordinating Office

AATF                                         air assault task force (FM 1‑02)

AATFC                                       air assault task force commander (FM 1‑02)

AATRI                                                                   Army Air Traffic Regulation and Identification System

AATT                                                                    Army aerial towed targets

AAVN                                                                    Army aviation

AAW                                          antiair warfare (FM 1‑02)

AAWSSC                                                             Army Atomic Weapons Systems Safety Committee

AB                                                                          air base

ABA                                                                       American, British, Australian; appropriation and budget activity

ABAR                                                                     alternate battery acquisition radar

abate                                                                   to reduce, slow, or end

abatis                                        A vehicular obstacle constructed by felling trees (leaving a 1‑ to 2‑meter stump above the ground on both sides of a road, trail, gap, or defile) so that they fall, interlocked, toward the expected direction of enemy approach. The trees should remain attached to the stumps and be at a 45‑degree angle to the roadway. The obstacle itself should be at least 75 meters in depth to be most effective (FM 5‑103; see Table 7‑14 for symbol)

abbr                                                                      abbreviation (use abbreviations in graphics only)

abbreviation                                                     A shortened form of a word. For example, appt—appoint; asgd—assigned; PA—Pennsylvania, how AR 310‑50 defines abbreviations, also combinations and acronyms)

ABC                                                                       air battle captain (FM 3‑21.20)

ABC2                                                                     airborne command and control (FM 3‑90.6)

ABCA                                         America, Britain, Canada, and Australia [Armies Standardization Program] (FM 1‑02)

ABCC                                                                    airborne battlefield command and control center (FM 3‑90.6, FM 3‑21.20, FM 7‑98, FM 90‑26)

ABCCC                                       airborne battlefield command and control center (FM 1‑02)