| Acronym | Meaning |
![](file.png) | AAF | Army Airfield |
![](file.png) | AAFES | Army And Air Force Exchange Service |
![](file.png) | AAM | Army Achievement Medal; Air-to-Air Missile (see ATAM); Automated Acquisition Module |
![](file.png) | AAR | After-Action Review (formerly After-Action Report); Air-to-Air Receive; Air-to-Air Refueling; Aircraft Accident Report |
![](file.png) | ABN | Airborne |
![](file.png) | AC | Aircraft Commander; Active Component; Alternating Current; Aircraft; Aircraft Carrier; Air Conditioning; Air Controller; Aircrew; Armament Computer; Associate Contractor |
![](file.png) | ACU | Army Combat Uniform; Assault Craft Unit; Annunciator Control Unit; Automatic Calling Unit; Administrative Control Unit |
![](file.png) | AIT | Advanced Infantry Training; Advanced Individual Training (specialty Training Post-BCT); Aircraft Interface Tester; Automated Interactive Target; AUTODIN Interface Terminal; Automated Identification Technology |
![](file.png) | ALICE | All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment |
![](file.png) | AMF | Army Modular Force |
![](file.png) | AN | Army/Navy; See JETDS |
![](file.png) | ANCOC | Advanced Noncommissioned Officer Course |
![](file.png) | AO | Accounts Office; Acquisition Objective; Action Officer; Aircraft Operator; Oiler (underway Replenishment); Administration Officer; Air Officer; Area Of Operations; Aviation Ordnance Person |
![](file.png) | AOC | Air And Space Operations Center; Air Operations Center; Army Operations Center; Air/Oil Cooler; Approach On Course; Auxiliary Output Chips; Aviation Ordnance Chief; Area Of Concentration |
![](file.png) | AOO (AO) | Area Of Operations; Aviation Ordnance Officer |
![](file.png) | AOR | Area Of Responsibility; Allowance Overrides; Annual Operating Requirement; Area Of Operations; Replenishment Oiler (underway Replenishment) |
![](file.png) | APC | Armored Personnel Carrier; Acquisition Professional Community; Accelerated Provision Concepts; Account Processing Code; Activity Process Codes; Agency Program Coordinator; Air Project Coordinator; Aerial Port Commander; Assign Pre-programmed Conference (l |
![](file.png) | APFT | Army Physical Fitness Test |
![](file.png) | ARCAM | Army Reserve Component Achievement Medal |
![](file.png) | ARCOM | Army Commendation Medal |
![](file.png) | ARFORGEN | Army Force Generation |
![](file.png) | ASAP | As Soon As Possible (pronounced AY-sap) |
![](file.png) | ASCC | Army Service Component Command |
![](file.png) | ASI | Additional Skill Identifier |
![](file.png) | ASOC | Air Support Operations Center |
![](file.png) | AST | Area Support Team |
![](file.png) | ASW | Anti-Submarine Warfare; Average Surface Wind |
![](file.png) | ATAM | Air-To-Air Missile |
![](file.png) | AVF | All-Volunteer Force |
![](file.png) | AWOL | Absent Without Official Leave. Not At One's Place Of Duty |
![](file.png) | AWR | Air Worthiness Release |
![](file.png) | B/N | Bombardier/Navigator. The Observer On A US Air Force Fighter-bomber. |
![](file.png) | BAH | Basic Allowance For Housing (formerly BAQ) |
![](file.png) | BAQ | Basic Allowance For Quarters; Basic Aircraft Qualification |
![](file.png) | BCD | Bad Conduct Discharge; Binary-Coded Decimal; Battlefield Coordination Detachment |
![](file.png) | BCT | Basic Combat Training (familiarly Basic Training Or Basic) |
![](file.png) | BDU | Battle-Dress Uniform; Bomb Dummy Units |
![](file.png) | BEQ | Bachelor Enlisted Quarters |
![](file.png) | BLUF | Bottom Line Up Front (i.e. |
![](file.png) | BNCOC | Basic Noncommissioned Officer Course |
![](file.png) | BOG | Beach Operations Group |
![](file.png) | BOQ | Bachelor Officers' Quarters |
![](file.png) | BRM | Basic Rifle Marksmanship |
![](file.png) | BSB | Base Support Battalion |
![](file.png) | BWT | Battlefield Weather Team |
![](file.png) | BX | Base EXchange. Air Force Name For A PX (see Below.) |
![](file.png) | CAB | Combat Aviation Brigade; Cabin; Centralized Accounting & Billing (Navy); Contract Adjustment Board; Cost Analysis Brief; Combat Action Badge |
![](file.png) | CAC | Common Access Card; Community Activity Center |
![](file.png) | CAPE | Corrective Action Through Physical Exercise |
![](file.png) | CASEVAC | CASualty EVACuation |