Please browse our alphabetized list of military acronyms. If you don't find the acronym you're looking for, you may want to try searching Google by typing in the acronym plus "stands for." So, for instance, if you wanted to know the meaning of DLAB, you'd type in "DLAB stands for." This simple phrasing has turned up many hard to find acronyms that are now categorized on this web site.
AFESC - Air Force Electronic Security Command
ASVAB - Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery
AWOL - Away Without Leave
ASW - Anti-Submarine Warfare
BDU - Battle Dress Uniform
BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again...
CO - Commanding Officer
DIA - Defence Intelligence Agency
DIS - Defence Investigative Service
DISCO - Defence Industry Security Command
DLAB - Defense Language Aptitude Battery
DLI - Defense Language Institute
FUBAR - "Fudged" Up Beyond All Recognition (polite form)
GI - Government Issue (as in GI Joe)
ICBM - Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
INSCOM - U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command
JAG - Judge Advocate General
KIA - Killed In Action
MEPS - Military Entrance Processing Station
MIA - Missing In Action
MOS - Military Operations Specialty
MRE - Meal Ready to Eat
NCIS - Naval Criminal Investigation Service
NCO - Non-Commissioned Officer
NIS - Naval Investigative Service
NORAD - North American Aerospace Defense Command
NRO - National Reconnaissance Office
ONI - U.S. Navy Office of Naval Intelligence
POW - Prisoner of War
PSYOPS - Psychological and Psychotronic Warfare
PT - Physical Training
ROTC - Reserve Officers Training Corps
SAP - Semi-Armor-Piercing
SNAFU - Situation Normal All "Fudged" Up (polite form)
TCN - Third Country Nationals
TLF - Temporary Lodging Facility
USAF - United States Air Force
USMC - United States Marine Corps
WMD - Weapons of Mass Destruction
WWI - World War One
WWII - World War Two