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S scatterable mines (graphics); screen (FM 1‑02); South (use abbreviations in graphics only, FM 3‑25.26)

S&A what does this mean? It modifies the noun "delay" in a callout that is part of a figure showing the parts of a TOW 2B missile (FM 3‑22.1)

S&C strategic and critical raw material

S&D search and destroy

S&M supply and maintenance

S&P stake and platform (FM 1‑02)

S&R stability and reconstruction (FM 3‑21.10)

S&S supply and service

S&T supply and transport; supply and transport (unit, FM 90‑26)

S&TI scientific and technical intelligence (FM 1‑02); adjutant (US Army), Infantry pubs

S/A surface to air (FM 1‑02)

S‑1 personnel staff officer (FM 1‑02)

S‑2 intelligence staff officer (FM 1‑02)

S‑3 operations staff officer (FM 1‑02)

S‑3 Air assistant S‑3, air operations (FM 3‑90.2, FM 3‑21.20)

S‑4 logistics staff officer (FM 1‑02)

S‑5 civil affairs officer

S‑6 command, control, communications and computer operations (C4 Ops) officer (FM 1‑02)

S‑7 ?

S‑8 ?

S‑9 civil‑military officer

SA security assistance; staging area (FM 1‑02); Secretary of the Army, small arms; situational awareness (FM 3‑22.1)

SAA small arms ammunition, Staff Administrative Assistant; summary activity account

SAAC special assistant for Arms Control

SAAD Sacramento Army Depot

SAAF small‑arms alignment fixture (ARTEP 7‑90‑MTP)

SAAFR standard use Army aircraft flight route (FM 1‑02)

SAAM special assignment airlift mission

SAAP Saranton Army Ammunition Plant

SAAS Standard Army Ammunition System

SAASM selective availability antispoof module (type of GPS card (FM 3‑22.91)

SAB separate armored brigade (FM 1‑02); subject as above

SABMIS sea‑based antiballistic missile intercept system; ship‑based antiballistic missile system

sabot A thrust‑transmitting carrier that positions a missile in a gun barrel or launching tube and that prevents the escape of gas ahead of the missile (FM 3‑21.10)

sabotage (DOD) An act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources, also terrorism (FM 3‑19.1)

SAC Strategic Air Command; supreme allied commander; supply administration center; Senate Appropriations Committee

SACC supporting arms coordination center

SACCS Strategic Air Command Control System

SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander Europe

SACLANT Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic

SACLANTCEN SACLANT Antisubmarine Warfare Research Center

SACLANTREPEUR SACLANT Representative in Europe

SACLOS semiautomatic command line of sight

SACMDR site activation commander

SACOM Southern Area Command

SACR Strategic Air Command regulation (FM 90‑26)

SACS structure and composition system

SACSA special assistant for counterinsurgency and special activities

SAD safety and arming device

saddled Informative call from wingman or element indicating the return to briefed formation position)

SADM special atomic demolition munitions

SADT special active duty for training

SAE site acceptance evaluation; Society of Automotive Engineers

SAEB Special Army Evaluation Board

SAEDA subversion and espionage directed against the Army (FM 1‑02)

saf safety (use abbreviations in graphics only, FM 7‑1)

SAF Secretary of the Air Force; special action force

SAFCMD (US Army) Safeguard command

SAFCPM Safeguard communications program manager

SAFCPMO Safeguard communications program management office

safe area (DOD) A designated area in hostile territory that offers the evader or escapee a reasonable chance of avoiding capture and of surviving until he or she can be evacuated (FM 3‑05)

safe house (DOD) An innocent‑appearing house or premises established by an organization for the purpose of conducting clandestine or covert activity in relative security (FM 3‑05.20, see Table 9‑3 for symbol)

safe state (NATO) The state in which a mine cannot function and in which it is safe to handle and transport (FM 20‑32)

safeguard (noun, trans verb, MW9; not "safe‑guard")

safety and arming mechanism (DOD) A dual function device which prevents the unintended activation of a main charge or propulsion unit prior to arming, but allows activation thereafter upon receipt of the appropriate stimuli (FM 20‑32)

safety angle See angle of safety (FM 1‑02)

SAFPACC Safeguard public affairs coordinating committee

SAFTCP safeguard tactical communications plan

SAFTCS Safeguard Tactical Communications System

SAFTRANS Safeguard Transportation System

SAG study advisory group

SAGE semiautomatic ground environment

SAI Senior Army Instructor

SAILS Standard Army Intermediate Level Supply Subsystem

SAIR semiannual inventory report

SAL