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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. | 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 | ==Official acronyms== | ||
*'''AAA''' - Anti-Aircraft Artillery<ref>[[Halo 3]], | *'''AAA''' - Anti-Aircraft Artillery<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]]''</ref> | ||
*'''AI''' - [[Artificial Intelligence]]<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], page 25</ref> | *'''AI''' - [[Artificial Intelligence]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 25''</ref> | ||
*'''AP''' - Armor Piercing<ref>[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]], page 33</ref> | *'''AP''' - Armor Piercing<ref>'''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''', ''page 33''</ref> | ||
*'''APC''' - Armored Personnel Carrier<ref> | *'''APC''' - Armored Personnel Carrier<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 39''</ref> | ||
*'''AR | *'''AR''' - [[Assault Rifle]] | ||
*'''AWOL''' - Absent Without Official Leave<ref> | *'''AWOL''' - Absent Without Official Leave<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page ?''</ref> | ||
*'''BR | *'''BR''' - [[Battle Rifle]] | ||
*'''CA''' - Civil Affairs | *'''CA''' - Civil Affairs | ||
*'''CMDR''' - [[Commander]] | *'''CMDR''' - [[Commander (UNSC)|Commander]] | ||
*'''CO''' - [[Commanding Officer]]<ref>[[Halo: Contact Harvest]], page 10</ref> | *'''CO''' - [[Commanding Officer]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''', ''page 10''</ref> | ||
*'''COM''' - Communications | *'''COM''' - Communications | ||
*'''CP''' - Command Post<ref>[[Halo 2]], | *'''CP''' - Command Post<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', ''[[Metropolis (level)|Metropolis]]''</ref> | ||
*'''CPL''' - [[Corporal]] | *'''CPL''' - [[Corporal]] | ||
*'''CPO''' - [[Chief Petty Officer]] | *'''CPO''' - [[Chief Petty Officer]] | ||
*'''CPT''' - [[Captain]] | *'''CPT''' - [[Captain]] | ||
*'''CMT''' - [[Colonial Militia Training]] | *'''CMT''' - [[Colonial Militia Training]] | ||
*'''CNI''' - [[Command Neural Interface]]<ref>[[Halo: Combat Evolved]], | *'''CNI''' - [[Command Neural Interface]]<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', ''[[Two Betrayals (level)|Two Betrayals]]''</ref> | ||
*'''DCS''' - [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]]<ref> | *'''DCS''' - [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 24''</ref> | ||
*'''EMP''' - [[Electromagnetic Pulse]]<ref> | *'''EMP''' - [[Electromagnetic Pulse]]<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', ''Two Betrayals''</ref> | ||
*'''ENGCORP''' - [[UNSC Engineering Corps]]<ref> | *'''ENGCORP''' - [[UNSC Engineering Corps]]<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 123''</ref> | ||
*'''ETA''' - Estimated Time of Arrival<ref> | *'''ETA''' - Estimated Time of Arrival<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Sierra 117 (level)|Sierra 117]]''</ref> | ||
*'''FLEETCOM''' - [[UNSC Fleet Command]]<ref>[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]</ref> | *'''FLEETCOM''' - [[UNSC Fleet Command]]<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page ??''</ref> | ||
*'''HAZMAT''' - Hazardous Materials<ref> | *'''HAZMAT''' - Hazardous Materials<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 53''</ref> | ||
*'''HE''' - High Explosive<ref> | *'''HE''' - High Explosive<ref>'''Halo 2''', ''[[Metropolis (level)|Metropolis]]''</ref> | ||
*'''HEAT''' - High Explosive Anti-Tank<ref> | *'''HEAT''' - High Explosive Anti-Tank<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page ??''</ref> | ||
*'''HEV''' - [[Human Entry Vehicle]]<ref> | *'''HEV''' - [[Human Entry Vehicle]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 350''</ref> | ||
*'''HIGHCOM''' - [[UNSC High Command]]<ref> | *'''HIGHCOM''' - [[UNSC High Command]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ??''</ref> | ||
*'''HUD''' - [[Heads Up Display]]<ref> | *'''HUD''' - [[Heads Up Display]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 9''</ref> | ||
*'''IFF''' - [[IFF|Identification Friend or Foe]] tag<ref> | *'''IFF''' - [[IFF|Identification Friend or Foe]] tag<ref>'''Halo 2''', ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref> | ||
*'''KIA''' - [[KIA|Killed in Action]]<ref> | *'''KIA''' - [[KIA|Killed in Action]]<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''</ref> | ||
*'''LAAG''' - Light Anti-Aircraft Gun<ref>[[Halo 2]] | *'''LAAG''' - Light Anti-Aircraft Gun<ref>'''[[Halo 2 Instruction Manual]]''', ''page 14''</ref> | ||
*'''LAAV''' - Light Anti-Armor Vehicle<ref>[[Halo: Combat Evolved]] | *'''LAAV''' - Light Anti-Armor Vehicle<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual]]''', ''page 18''</ref> | ||
*'''LCDR''' - [[Lieutenant Commander]] | *'''LCDR''' - [[Lieutenant Commander]] | ||
*'''LIC''' - License<ref> | *'''LIC''' - License<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref> | ||
*'''LRV''' - Light Reconnaissance Vehicle<ref> | *'''LRV''' - Light Reconnaissance Vehicle<ref>'''Halo 2 Instruction Manual''', ''page 19''</ref> | ||
*'''LT''' - [[Lieutenant]]<ref> | *'''LT''' - [[Lieutenant]]<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Floodgate (level)|Floodgate]]''</ref> | ||
*'''LZ''' - [[Landing Zone]]<ref> | *'''LZ''' - [[Landing Zone]]<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', ''[[The Silent Cartographer (level)|The Silent Cartographer]]''</ref> | ||
*'''MAC''' - [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]<ref> | *'''MAC''' - [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]<ref>'''Halo 2''', ''[[The Armory (level)|The Armory]]''</ref> | ||
*'''MBT''' - Main Battle Tank<ref> | *'''MBT''' - Main Battle Tank<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual''', ''page 17''</ref> | ||
*'''MCPO''' - [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] | *'''MCPO''' - [[Master Chief Petty Officer]] | ||
*'''MEDCORPS''' - [[UNSC Medical Corps]]<ref> | *'''MEDCORPS''' - [[UNSC Medical Corps]]<ref>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', ''page ??''</ref> | ||
*'''MIA''' - [[Missing in Action]] | *'''MIA''' - [[Missing in Action]] | ||
*'''MRE''' - [[Meals | *'''MRE''' - [[Meals Ready to Eat]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref> | ||
*'''NAV''' - Navigation<ref> | *'''NAV''' - Navigation<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 25''</ref> | ||
*'''NAVCOM''' - [[UNSC Naval Command]]<ref> | *'''NAVCOM''' - [[UNSC Naval Command]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 135''</ref> or [[Navigation computer]] | ||
*'''NavLogCom''' - [[UNSC Navy]] [[Logistical Operations Command]]<ref> | *'''NavLogCom''' - [[UNSC Navy]] [[Logistical Operations Command]]<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'''</ref> | ||
*'''NavSpecWar''' - [[UNSC Navy]] Special Warfare<ref> | *'''NavSpecWar''' - [[UNSC Navy]] Special Warfare<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 232''</ref> | ||
*'''NCO''' - [[Non-commissioned officer|Non-Commissioned Officer]] | *'''NCO''' - [[Non-commissioned officer|Non-Commissioned Officer]] | ||
*'''ODST''' - [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]<ref> | *'''ODST''' - [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref> | ||
*'''ONI''' - the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]<ref> | *'''ONI''' - the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]''</ref> | ||
*'''PERSCOM''' - [[UNSC Personnel Command]]<ref> | *'''PERSCOM''' - [[UNSC Personnel Command]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ??''</ref> | ||
*'''PFC''' - [[Private First Class]]<ref> | *'''PFC''' - [[Private First Class]]<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page ??''</ref> | ||
*'''PT'''-Physical Training | *'''PT'''-Physical Training | ||
*'''PVT''' - [[Private]]<ref> | *'''PVT''' - [[Private]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref> | ||
*'''PZ''' - Pickup Zone<ref> | *'''PZ''' - Pickup Zone<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref> | ||
*'''REG''' - Registration<ref> | *'''REG''' - Registration<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref> | ||
*'''RV''' - Rendezvous<ref> | *'''RV''' - Rendezvous<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', [[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]</ref> | ||
*'''SAM''' - Surface-to-Air Missile<ref> | *'''SAM''' - Surface-to-Air Missile<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]''', ''page 17''</ref> | ||
*'''SCPO''' - [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] | *'''SCPO''' - [[Senior Chief Petty Officer]] | ||
*'''SGT''' - Sergeant | *'''SGT''' - Sergeant | ||
*'''SMG''' - [[SMG|Sub Machine Gun]]<ref> | *'''SMG''' - [[SMG|Sub Machine Gun]]<ref>'''Halo 2 Instruction Manual''', ''page 12''</ref> | ||
*'''SSEP''' - Safe Slipsace Entry Point | *'''SSEP''' - Safe Slipsace Entry Point | ||
*'''SSM''' - Surface-to-Surface Missile<ref> | *'''SSM''' - Surface-to-Surface Missile<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual''', ''page 13''</ref> | ||
*'''SSR''' - Surface-to-Surface Rocket<ref> | *'''SSR''' - Surface-to-Surface Rocket<ref>'''Halo 2 Instruction Manual''', ''page 13''</ref> | ||
*'''TOC''' - [[Tactical Operations Center]]<ref> | *'''TOC''' - [[Tactical Operations Center]]<ref>Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 12''</ref> | ||
*'''TT''' - Troop Transport<ref>http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12675 Top Story of Warthog on Bungie.net</ref> | *'''TT''' - Troop Transport<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12675 Top Story of Warthog on Bungie.net]</ref> | ||
*'''ULATV''' - Ultra Light All Terrain Vehicle<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BAGMongoose Top Story of Mongoose on Bungie.net]</ref> | *'''ULATV''' - Ultra Light All Terrain Vehicle<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=BAGMongoose Top Story of Mongoose on Bungie.net]</ref> | ||
*'''UNSC''' - [[United Nations Space Command]]<ref> | *'''UNSC''' - [[United Nations Space Command]]<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', ''[[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]''</ref> | ||
*'''UNSCDF''' - [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force]]<ref> | *'''UNSCDF''' - [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force]]<ref>'''Halo 2''', ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref> | ||
*'''UNSCMID''' - [[UNSCMID|UNSC Military Identification Number]]<ref> | *'''UNSCMID''' - [[UNSCMID|UNSC Military Identification Number]]<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 123''</ref> | ||
*'''WIA''' - [[Wounded In Action]]<ref>[[Halo: First Strike]]</ref> | *'''WIA''' - [[Wounded In Action]]<ref>'''[[Halo: First Strike]]'''</ref> | ||
==Unofficial Acronyms== | ==Unofficial Acronyms== | ||
*'''ASAP''' - As Soon as Possible<ref>[[Halo: Combat Evolved]], level [[The Pillar of Autumn ( | *'''ASAP''' - As Soon as Possible<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref> | ||
*'''CF''' - [[Charlie Foxtrot]]<ref>[[Halo 3]], | *'''CF''' - [[Charlie Foxtrot]]<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref> | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<small>{{reflist|3}}</small> | <small>{{reflist|3}}</small> | ||
[[Category:Lists]] | [[Category:Lists]] | ||
[[Category:Military Terminology]] | [[Category:Military Terminology]] | ||
Revision as of 18:49, March 31, 2011
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 - Meals 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, The Covenant
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 25
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 33
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 39
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page ?
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 10
- ^ Halo 2, Metropolis
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, Two Betrayals
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 24
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, Two Betrayals
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 123
- ^ Halo 3, Sierra 117
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 53
- ^ Halo 2, Metropolis
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page ??
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 350
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 9
- ^ Halo 2, Gravemind
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, 343 Guilty Spark
- ^ Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 14
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 18
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
- ^ Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 19
- ^ Halo 3, Floodgate
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, The Silent Cartographer
- ^ Halo 2, The Armory
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 17
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page ??
- ^ 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, Tsavo Highway
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
- ^ Halo: The Flood, page ??
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
- ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach
- ^ Halo: Contact Harvest
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, 343 Guilty Spark
- ^ 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
- ^ Top Story of Warthog on Bungie.net
- ^ Top Story of Mongoose on Bungie.net
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo
- ^ Halo 2, Cairo Station
- ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 123
- ^ Halo: First Strike
- ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level The Pillar of Autumn
- ^ Halo 3, The Covenant
