Military acronyms: Difference between revisions
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 35: | Line 35: | ||
*'''KIA''' - [[KIA|Killed in Action]]<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''</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 Instruction Manual]]''', ''page 14''</ref> | *'''LAAG''' - Light Anti-Aircraft Gun<ref>'''[[Halo 2 Instruction Manual]]''', ''page 14''</ref> | ||
*'''LAAV''' - Light Anti-Armor Vehicle<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual]]''', ''page 18''</ref> | *'''LAAV''' - Light Anti-Armor Vehicle<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved#Character and settings|Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual]]''', ''page 18''</ref> | ||
*'''LCDR''' - [[Lieutenant Commander]] | *'''LCDR''' - [[Lieutenant Commander]] | ||
*'''LIC''' - License<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref> | *'''LIC''' - License<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref> | ||
Revision as of 13:42, June 5, 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 - 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, 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
