| Acronym | Meaning |
| PTFE | PolyTetraFluoroEthylene |
| FOB | Forward Operating Base |
| BART | Bay Area Rapid Transit |
| NGS | Naval Gunfire Support |
| ASD(LA) | (U.S.) Assistant Secretary Of Defense (Legislative Affairs) |
| BCER | British Columbia Electric Railway |
| CINEOS | Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Objects Survey |
| S/SSM | Surface-to-Subsurface Missile |
| VCNO | (U.S.) Vice Chief Of Naval Operations |
| ADI | Acceptable/Allowable Daily Intake |