Military acronyms

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
 * AI - Artificial Intelligence
 * AP - Armor Piercing
 * APC - Armored Personnel Carrier
 * CO - Commanding Officer
 * CP - Command Post
 * CNI - Command Neural Interface
 * DCS - UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping
 * EMP - Electromagnetic Pulse
 * ENGCORP - UNSC Engineering Corps
 * ETA - Estimated time to arrival
 * FLEETCOM - UNSC Fleet Command
 * HAZMAT - Hazardous Materials
 * HE - High Explosive
 * HEAT - High Explosive Anti-Tank
 * HEV - Human Entry Vehicle
 * HIGHCOM - UNSC High Command
 * HUD - Heads Up Display
 * IFF - Identification Friend or Foe tag
 * KIA - Killed in Action
 * LAAG - Light Anti-Aircraft Gun
 * LAAV - Light Anti-Armor Vehicle
 * LRV - Light Reconnisance Vehicle
 * LT - Lieutenant
 * LZ - Landing Zone
 * MAC - Magnetic Accelerator Cannon
 * MBT - Main Battle Tank
 * MED CORPS - UNSC Medical Corps
 * MRE - Meal Ready to Eat
 * NAV - Navigation
 * NAVCOM - UNSC Navigation Command
 * NavLogCom - UNSC Navy Logistical Operations Command
 * NavSpecWep - UNSC Navy Special Warfare
 * ODST - Orbital Drop Shock Trooper
 * ONI - the Office of Naval Intelligence
 * PERSCOM - UNSC Personnel Command
 * PFC - Private First Class
 * PVT - Private
 * RV - Rendezvous
 * SAM - Surface-to-Air Missile
 * SMG - Sub Machine Gun
 * SSM - Surface-to-Surface Missile
 * SSR - Surface-to-Surface Rocket
 * TOC - Tactical Operations Center
 * TT - Troop Transport
 * ULATV - Ultra Light All Terrain Vehicle
 * UNSC - United Nations Space Command
 * UNSCDF - United nations Space Command Defense Force
 * UNSCMID - UNSC Military Identification Number

Unofficial Acronyms

 * ASAP - As Soon as Possible
 * CF - Charlie Foxtrot