Military acronyms
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This is a list of acronyms used in the United Nations Space Command 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[edit]
- AAA - Anti-Aircraft Artillery[1]
- AI - Artificial Intelligence[2]
- AP - Armor Piercing[3]
- APC - Armored Personnel Carrier[3]
- AR - Assault Rifle
- AWOL - Absent Without Official Leave[4]
- BR - Battle Rifle
- CA - Civil Affairs
- CMDR - Commander
- CO - Commanding Officer[5]
- COM - Communications
- CP - Command Post[6]
- CPL - Corporal
- CPO - Chief Petty Officer
- CPT - Captain
- CMT - Colonial Militia Training
- CNI - Command Neural Interface[7]
- DCS - UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping[2]
- EMP - Electromagnetic Pulse[7]
- ENGCORP - UNSC Engineering Corps[8]
- ETA - Estimated Time of Arrival[9]
- FLEETCOM - UNSC Fleet Command[10]
- HAZMAT - Hazardous Materials[11]
- HE - High Explosive[6]
- HEAT - High Explosive Anti-Tank[3]
- HEV - Human Entry Vehicle[12]
- HIGHCOM - UNSC High Command[13]
- HUD - Heads Up Display[5]
- IFF - Identification Friend or Foe tag[14]
- JAG - Judge Advocate General[15]
- KIA - Killed in Action[16]
- LAAG - Light Anti-Aircraft Gun[17]
- LAAV - Light Anti-Armor Vehicle[18]
- LCDR - Lieutenant Commander
- LIC - License[4]
- LRV - Light Reconnaissance Vehicle[19]
- LT - Lieutenant[20]
- LZ - Landing Zone[21]
- MAC - Magnetic Accelerator Cannon[22]
- MBT - Main Battle Tank[23]
- MCPO - Master Chief Petty Officer
- MEDCORPS - UNSC Medical Corps[24]
- MIA - Missing in Action
- MRE - Meal, Ready-to-Eat[4]
- NAV - Navigation[2]
- NAVCOM - UNSC Naval Command[25] or Navigation computer
- NavLogCom - UNSC Navy Naval Logistical Operations Command[3]
- NavSpecWar - UNSC Navy Special Warfare[26]
- NCO - Non-Commissioned Officer
- ODST - Orbital Drop Shock Trooper[13]
- ONI - the Office of Naval Intelligence[27]
- OWAP - Orbital Weapons Array Platform[28]
- PERSCOM - UNSC Personnel Command[13]
- PFC - Private First Class[29]
- PT - Physical Training
- PVT - Private[13]
- PZ - Pickup Zone[13]
- REG - Registration[4]
- RV - Rendezvous<[16]
- SAM - Surface-to-Air Missile[30]
- SCPO - Senior Chief Petty Officer
- SDM - Squad Designated Marksman[31]
- SGT - Sergeant
- SMG - Sub Machine Gun[32]
- SSEP - Safe Slipsace Entry Point
- SSM - Surface-to-Surface Missile[33]
- SSR - Surface-to-Surface Rocket[34]
- TOC - Tactical Operations Center[5]
- TT - Troop Transport[35]
- ULATV - Ultra Light All Terrain Vehicle[36]
- UNSC - United Nations Space Command[37][38]
- UNSCMID - UNSC Military Identification Number[8]
- WIA - Wounded In Action[39]
Unofficial acronyms[edit]
- ASAP - As Soon as Possible[40]
- CF - Charlie Foxtrot[1]
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b Halo 3, campaign level The Covenant
- ^ a b c Halo: Contact Harvest, chapter 1
- ^ a b c d Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 1
- ^ a b c d Halo: Contact Harvest, page ??
- ^ a b c Halo: Contact Harvest, Prologue
- ^ a b Halo 2, campaign level Metropolis
- ^ a b Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level Two Betrayals
- ^ a b Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 13
- ^ Halo 3, campaign level Sierra 117
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 3
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 350
- ^ a b c d e Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level Gravemind
- ^ Halo: Last Light, page 2
- ^ a b Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level 343 Guilty Spark
- ^ Halo 2 Manual, page 14
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Manual, page 18
- ^ Halo 2 Manual, page 19
- ^ Halo 3, campaign level Floodgate
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Silent Cartographer
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level The Armory
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Manual, page 17
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, chapter 11
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 135
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 232
- ^ Halo 3, campaign level Tsavo Highway
- ^ Halo Graphic Novel - Armor Testing
- ^ Halo: The Flood, page ??
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, Prologue
- ^ Halo Legendary Crate - Data Drop #7
- ^ Halo 2 Manual, page 12
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Manual, page 13
- ^ Halo 2 Manual, page 13
- ^ Top Story of Warthog on Bungie.net
- ^ Top Story of Mongoose on Bungie.net
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level Halo
- ^ Halo 2, campaign level Cairo Station
- ^ Halo: First Strike, page ??
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Pillar of Autumn
