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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 acronyms==
==Official acronyms==
*'''AAA''' - Anti-Aircraft Artillery<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[The Covenant (Level)|The Covenant]]''</ref>
*'''AAA''' - Anti-Aircraft Artillery<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', [[campaign]] level ''[[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>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 39''</ref>
*'''APC''' - Armored Personnel Carrier<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 39''</ref>
*'''AR''' - [[Assault Rifle]]
*'''AR''' - [[Assault Rifle]]
*'''AWOL''' - Absent Without Official Leave<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page ?''</ref>
*'''AWOL''' - Absent Without Official Leave<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''BR''' - [[Battle Rifle]]
*'''BR''' - [[Battle Rifle]]
*'''CA''' - Civil Affairs
*'''CA''' - Civil Affairs
*'''CMDR''' - [[Commander (UNSC)|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]]''', ''[[Metropolis (level)|Metropolis]]''</ref>
*'''CP''' - Command Post<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[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]]''', ''[[Two Betrayals (level)|Two Betrayals]]''</ref>
*'''CNI''' - [[Command Neural Interface]]<ref name="tb">'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', ''[[Two Betrayals (level)|Two Betrayals]]''</ref>
*'''DCS''' - [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 24''</ref>
*'''DCS''' - [[UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 24''</ref>
*'''EMP''' - [[Electromagnetic Pulse]]<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', ''Two Betrayals''</ref>
*'''EMP''' - [[Electromagnetic Pulse]]<ref name="tb"/>
*'''ENGCORP''' - [[UNSC Engineering Corps]]<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 123''</ref>
*'''ENGCORP''' - [[UNSC Engineering Corps]]<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 123''</ref>
*'''ETA''' - Estimated Time of Arrival<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Sierra 117 (level)|Sierra 117]]''</ref>
*'''ETA''' - Estimated Time of Arrival<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Sierra 117 (level)|Sierra 117]]''</ref>
*'''FLEETCOM''' - [[UNSC Fleet Command]]<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''FLEETCOM''' - [[UNSC Fleet Command]]<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''HAZMAT''' - Hazardous Materials<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 53''</ref>
*'''HAZMAT''' - Hazardous Materials<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 53''</ref>
*'''HE''' - High Explosive<ref>'''Halo 2''', ''[[Metropolis (level)|Metropolis]]''</ref>
*'''HE''' - High Explosive<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Metropolis (level)|Metropolis]]''</ref>
*'''HEAT''' - High Explosive Anti-Tank<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''HEAT''' - High Explosive Anti-Tank<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''HEV''' - [[Human Entry Vehicle]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 350''</ref>
*'''HEV''' - [[Human Entry Vehicle]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 350''</ref>
*'''HIGHCOM''' - [[UNSC High Command]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''HIGHCOM''' - [[UNSC High Command]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''HUD''' - [[Heads Up Display]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 9''</ref>
*'''HUD''' - [[Heads Up Display]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 9''</ref>
*'''IFF''' - [[IFF|Identification Friend or Foe]] tag<ref>'''Halo 2''', ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref>
*'''IFF''' - [[IFF|Identification Friend or Foe]] tag<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref>
*'''KIA''' - [[KIA|Killed in Action]]<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', ''[[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]''</ref>
*'''KIA''' - [[KIA|Killed in Action]]<ref name="343gs">'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[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#Character and settings|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''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''LRV''' - Light Reconnaissance Vehicle<ref>'''Halo 2 Instruction Manual''', ''page 19''</ref>
*'''LRV''' - Light Reconnaissance Vehicle<ref>'''Halo 2 Instruction Manual''', ''page 19''</ref>
*'''LT''' - [[Lieutenant]]<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Floodgate (level)|Floodgate]]''</ref>
*'''LT''' - [[Lieutenant]]<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Floodgate (level)|Floodgate]]''</ref>
*'''LZ''' - [[Landing Zone]]<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', ''[[The Silent Cartographer (level)|The Silent Cartographer]]''</ref>
*'''LZ''' - [[Landing Zone]]<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[The Silent Cartographer (level)|The Silent Cartographer]]''</ref>
*'''MAC''' - [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]<ref>'''Halo 2''', ''[[The Armory]]''</ref>
*'''MAC''' - [[Magnetic Accelerator Cannon]]<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[The Armory]]''</ref>
*'''MBT''' - Main Battle Tank<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual''', ''page 17''</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>''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''MEDCORPS''' - [[UNSC Medical Corps]]<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''MIA''' - [[Missing in Action]]
*'''MIA''' - [[Missing in Action]]
*'''MRE''' - [[Meal, Ready-to-Eat]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref>
*'''MRE''' - [[Meal, Ready-to-Eat]]<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''NAV''' - Navigation<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 25''</ref>
*'''NAV''' - Navigation<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 25''</ref>
*'''NAVCOM''' - [[UNSC Naval Command]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 135''</ref> or [[Navigation computer]]
*'''NAVCOM''' - [[UNSC Naval Command]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 135''</ref> or [[Navigation computer]]
*'''NavLogCom''' - [[UNSC Navy]] [[Logistical Operations Command]]<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx'''</ref>
*'''NavLogCom''' - [[UNSC Navy]] [[Logistical Operations Command]]<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''NavSpecWar''' - [[UNSC Navy]] Special Warfare<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 232''</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>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref>
*'''ODST''' - [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''ONI''' - the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]<ref>'''Halo 3''', ''[[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]''</ref>
*'''ONI''' - the [[Office of Naval Intelligence]]<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Tsavo Highway (level)|Tsavo Highway]]''</ref>
*'''PERSCOM''' - [[UNSC Personnel Command]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''PERSCOM''' - [[UNSC Personnel Command]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''PFC''' - [[Private First Class]]<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''PFC''' - [[Private First Class]]<ref>'''Halo: The Flood''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''PT'''-Physical Training
*'''PT''' - Physical Training
*'''PVT''' - [[Private]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref>
*'''PVT''' - [[Private]]<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''PZ''' - Pickup Zone<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach'''</ref>
*'''PZ''' - Pickup Zone<ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''REG''' - Registration<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest'''</ref>
*'''REG''' - Registration<ref>'''Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page ??''</ref>
*'''RV''' - Rendezvous<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', [[343 Guilty Spark (level)|343 Guilty Spark]]</ref>
*'''RV''' - Rendezvous<<ref name="343gs"/>
*'''SAM''' - Surface-to-Air Missile<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]''', ''page 17''</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
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*'''SSM''' - Surface-to-Surface Missile<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual''', ''page 13''</ref>
*'''SSM''' - Surface-to-Surface Missile<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual''', ''page 13''</ref>
*'''SSR''' - Surface-to-Surface Rocket<ref>'''Halo 2 Instruction Manual''', ''page 13''</ref>
*'''SSR''' - Surface-to-Surface Rocket<ref>'''Halo 2 Instruction Manual''', ''page 13''</ref>
*'''TOC''' - [[Tactical Operations Center]]<ref>Halo: Contact Harvest''', ''page 12''</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>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', ''[[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]''</ref>
*'''UNSC''' - [[United Nations Space Command]]<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Halo]]''</ref>
*'''UNSCDF''' - [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force]]<ref>'''Halo 2''', ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref>
*'''UNSCDF''' - [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force]]<ref>'''Halo 2''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref>
*'''UNSCMID''' - [[UNSCMID|UNSC Military Identification Number]]<ref>'''Halo: Ghosts of Onyx''', ''page 123''</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]]''', ''page ??''</ref>


==Unofficial Acronyms==
==Unofficial Acronyms==
*'''ASAP''' - As Soon as Possible<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref>
*'''ASAP''' - As Soon as Possible<ref>'''Halo: Combat Evolved''', level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|The Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref>
*'''CF''' - [[Charlie Foxtrot]]<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]''</ref>
*'''CF''' - [[Charlie Foxtrot]]<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''The Covenant''</ref>
 
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''
*''[[Halo 2]]''
*''[[Halo 3]]''
*''[[Halo: Reach]]''
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
*''[[Halo: First Strike]]''
*''[[Halo: Ghosts of Onyx]]''
*''[[Halo: Contact Harvest]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==
<small>{{reflist|3}}</small>
{{reflist|3}}


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[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Military Terminology]]
[[Category:Military Terminology]]

Revision as of 23:23, July 26, 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

Unofficial Acronyms

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo 3, campaign level The Covenant
  2. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 25
  3. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 33
  4. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 39
  5. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page ??
  6. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 10
  7. ^ Halo 2, campaign level Metropolis
  8. ^ a b Halo: Combat Evolved, Two Betrayals
  9. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 24
  10. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 123
  11. ^ Halo 3, campaign level Sierra 117
  12. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
  13. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 53
  14. ^ Halo 2, campaign level Metropolis
  15. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page ??
  16. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 350
  17. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
  18. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 9
  19. ^ Halo 2, campaign level Gravemind
  20. ^ a b Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level 343 Guilty Spark
  21. ^ Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 14
  22. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 18
  23. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page ??
  24. ^ Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 19
  25. ^ Halo 3, campaign level Floodgate
  26. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level The Silent Cartographer
  27. ^ Halo 2, campaign level The Armory
  28. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 17
  29. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page ??
  30. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page ??
  31. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 25
  32. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 135
  33. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page ??
  34. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 232
  35. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
  36. ^ Halo 3, campaign level Tsavo Highway
  37. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
  38. ^ Halo: The Flood, page ??
  39. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
  40. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page ??
  41. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page ??
  42. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 17
  43. ^ Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 12
  44. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 13
  45. ^ Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 13
  46. ^ Halo: Contact Harvest, page 12
  47. ^ Top Story of Warthog on Bungie.net
  48. ^ Top Story of Mongoose on Bungie.net
  49. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level Halo
  50. ^ Halo 2, campaign level Cairo Station
  51. ^ Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 123
  52. ^ Halo: First Strike, page ??
  53. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, level The Pillar of Autumn
  54. ^ Halo 3, campaign level The Covenant
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