| Acronym | Meaning |
| ISB | Intermediate Staging Base |
| JFMCC | Joint Force Maritime Component Commander |
| BARDA | Biomedical Advanced Research & Development Agency |
| USDRE | (U.S.) Under-Secretary Of Defense For Research And Engineering (1978?1986) |
| OCIDS | Optical Combat Identification System |
| NC | Network Computer -New Caledonia (ISO 3166 Digram) -Node Centre - Non-Consensual - Normally Closed -North Carolina (postal Symbol) |
| AMOS | Advanced MOrtar System - Air Force Maui Optical And Supercomputing Observatory |
| CARP | Computed Air Release Point |
| B&W | Babcock & Wilcox - Black And White - Bowers & Wilkins |
| RD | Radio Disney |