Military acronyms: Difference between revisions

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This is a list of acronyms used in the UNSC armed forces. Acronyms are commonly used throughout the UNSC in both official and unofficial capacity to more quickly communicate situations or names of various military equipment, which may have long, official names that slow down communication.

Official Acronyms

AAA - Anti-Aircraft Artillery^[1]
AI - Artificial Intelligence^[2]
AP - Armor Piercing^[3]
APC - Armored Personnel Carrier^[4]
AR - Assault Rifle
AWOL - Absent Without Official Leave^[5]
BR - Battle Rifle
CA - Civil Affairs
CMDR - Commander
CO - Commanding Officer^[6]
COM - Communications
CP - Command Post^[7]
CPL - Corporal
CPO - Chief Petty Officer
CPT - Captain
CMT - Colonial Militia Training
CNI - Command Neural Interface^[8]
DCS - UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping^[9]
EMP - Electromagnetic Pulse^[10]
ENGCORP - UNSC Engineering Corps^[11]
ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival^[12]
FLEETCOM - UNSC Fleet Command^[13]
HAZMAT - Hazardous Materials^[14]
HE - High Explosive^[15]
HEAT - High Explosive Anti-Tank^[16]
HEV - Human Entry Vehicle^[17]
HIGHCOM - UNSC High Command^[18]
HUD - Heads Up Display^[19]
IFF - Identification Friend or Foe tag^[20]
KIA - Killed in Action^[21]
LAAG - Light Anti-Aircraft Gun^[22]
LAAV - Light Anti-Armor Vehicle^[23]
LCDR - Lieutenant Commander
LIC - License^[24]
LRV - Light Reconnaissance Vehicle^[25]
LT - Lieutenant^[26]
LZ - Landing Zone^[27]
MAC - Magnetic Accelerator Cannon^[28]
MBT - Main Battle Tank^[29]
MCPO - Master Chief Petty Officer
MEDCORPS - UNSC Medical Corps^[30]
MIA - Missing in Action
MRE - Meal Ready to Eat^[31]
NAV - Navigation^[32]
NAVCOM - UNSC Naval Command^[33] or Navigation computer
NavLogCom - UNSC Navy Logistical Operations Command^[34]
NavSpecWar - UNSC Navy Special Warfare^[35]
NCO - Non-Commissioned Officer
ODST - Orbital Drop Shock Trooper^[36]
ONI - the Office of Naval Intelligence^[37]
PERSCOM - UNSC Personnel Command^[38]
PFC - Private First Class^[39]
PT-Physical Training
PVT - Private^[40]
PZ - Pickup Zone^[41]
REG - Registration^[42]
RV - Rendezvous^[43]
SAM - Surface-to-Air Missile^[44]
SCPO - Senior Chief Petty Officer
SGT - Sergeant
SMG - Sub Machine Gun^[45]
SSEP - Safe Slipsace Entry Point
SSM - Surface-to-Surface Missile^[46]
SSR - Surface-to-Surface Rocket^[47]
TOC - Tactical Operations Center^[48]
TT - Troop Transport^[49]
ULATV - Ultra Light All Terrain Vehicle^[50]
UNSC - United Nations Space Command^[51]
UNSCDF - United Nations Space Command Defense Force^[52]
UNSCMID - UNSC Military Identification Number^[53]
WIA - Wounded In Action^[54]

Unofficial Acronyms

ASAP - As Soon as Possible^[55]
CF - Charlie Foxtrot^[56]

Sources

^ Halo 3, level The Covenant (Level)
^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 25
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 33
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 39
^ Halo: Contact Harvest
^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 10
^ Halo 2, level Metropolis (Level)
^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level Two Betrayals (Level)
^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 24
^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level Two Betrayals (Level)
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 123
^ Halo 3, level Sierra 117 (Level)
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 53
^ Halo 2, level Metropolis (Level)
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 350
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 9
^ Halo 2, level Gravemind (Level)
^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level 343 Guilty Spark (Level)
^ Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 14
^ Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 18
^ Halo: Contact Harvest
^ Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 19
^ Halo 3, level Floodgate (Level)
^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level The Silent Cartographer (Level)
^ Halo 2, level The Armory (Level)
^ Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 17
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
^ Halo: Contact Harvest
^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 25
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 135
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 232
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
^ Halo 3, level Tsavo Highway (Level)
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
^ Halo: The Flood
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
^ Halo: Contact Harvest
^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level 343 Guilty Spark (Level)
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 17
^ Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 12
^ Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 13
^ Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 13
^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 12
^ http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12675 Top Story of Warthog on Bungie.net
^ Top Story of Mongoose on Bungie.net
^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved Level)
^ Halo 2, level Cairo Station (Level)
^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 123
^ Halo: First Strike
^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level The Pillar of Autumn (Level)
^ Halo 3, level The Covenant (Level)

[1] Halo 3, level The Covenant (Level)

[2] Halo: Contact Harvest, page 25

[3] Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 33

[4] Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 39

[5] Halo: Contact Harvest

[6] Halo: Contact Harvest, page 10

[7] Halo 2, level Metropolis (Level)

[8] Halo: Combat Evolved, level Two Betrayals (Level)

[9] Halo: Contact Harvest, page 24

[10] Halo: Combat Evolved, level Two Betrayals (Level)

[11] Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 123

[12] Halo 3, level Sierra 117 (Level)

[13] Halo: The Fall of Reach

[14] Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 53

[15] Halo 2, level Metropolis (Level)

[16] Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

[17] Halo: Contact Harvest, page 350

[18] Halo: The Fall of Reach

[19] Halo: Contact Harvest, page 9

[20] Halo 2, level Gravemind (Level)

[21] Halo: Combat Evolved, level 343 Guilty Spark (Level)

[22] Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 14

[23] Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 18

[24] Halo: Contact Harvest

[25] Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 19

[26] Halo 3, level Floodgate (Level)

[27] Halo: Combat Evolved, level The Silent Cartographer (Level)

[28] Halo 2, level The Armory (Level)

[29] Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 17

[30] Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

[31] Halo: Contact Harvest

[32] Halo: Contact Harvest, page 25

[33] Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 135

[34] Halo: Ghosts of Onyx

[35] Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 232

[36] Halo: The Fall of Reach

[37] Halo 3, level Tsavo Highway (Level)

[38] Halo: The Fall of Reach

[39] Halo: The Flood

[40] Halo: The Fall of Reach

[41] Halo: The Fall of Reach

[42] Halo: Contact Harvest

[43] Halo: Combat Evolved, level 343 Guilty Spark (Level)

[44] Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 17

[45] Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 12

[46] Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 13

[47] Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 13

[48] Halo: Contact Harvest, page 12

[49] ttp://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12675 Top Story of Warthog on Bungie.net

[50] Top Story of Mongoose on Bungie.net

[51] Halo: Combat Evolved, level Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved Level)

[52] Halo 2, level Cairo Station (Level)

[53] Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 123

[54] Halo: First Strike

[55] Halo: Combat Evolved, level The Pillar of Autumn (Level)

[56] Halo 3, level The Covenant (Level)

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@@ Line 39: / Line 39: @@
 *'''LCDR''' - [[Lieutenant Commander]]
 *'''LIC''' - License<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]</ref>
-*'''LRV''' - Light Reconnisance Vehicle<ref>[[Halo 2]] Instruction Manual, page 19</ref>
+*'''LRV''' - Light Reconnaissance Vehicle<ref>[[Halo 2]] Instruction Manual, page 19</ref>
 *'''LT''' - [[Lieutenant]]<ref>[[Halo 3]], level [[Floodgate (Level)]]</ref>
 *'''LZ''' - [[Landing Zone]]<ref>[[Halo: Combat Evolved]], level [[The Silent Cartographer (Level)]]</ref>
@@ Line 49: / Line 49: @@
 *'''MRE''' - [[Meals Ready to Eat|Meal Ready to Eat]]<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]</ref>
 *'''NAV''' - Navigation<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], page 25</ref>
-*'''NAVCOM''' - [[NAVCOM|UNSC Navigation Command]]<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 135</ref>
+*'''NAVCOM''' - [[UNSC Naval Command]]<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 135</ref> or [[Navigation computer]]
 *'''NavLogCom''' - [[UNSC Navy]] [[Logistical Operations Command]]<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]</ref>
 *'''NavSpecWar''' - [[UNSC Navy]] Special Warfare<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]], page 232</ref>

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