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Glossary of Military Acronyms
CJDA
critical joint duty assignment
CJMAO
Central Joint Mortuary Affairs Office; Chief, joint mortuary
affairs office
CJSOTF
combined joint special operations task force
CJTF
combined joint task force (NATO); commander, joint task force
C-JWICS
Containerized Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
CKT
circuit
CLA
landing craft air cushion launch area
CLD
compact laser designator
CLEA
civilian law enforcement agency
C-level
category level
CLF
cantilever lifting frame; combat logistics force; commander,
landing force
CLGP
cannon-launched guided projectile
CLIPS
communications link interface planning system
CLPSB
Combatant Commander Logistic Procurement Support Board
CLS
contracted logistic support
CLSS
combat logistic support squadron
CLT
combat lasing team
CLZ
craft landing zone; cushion landing zone
Cm
mean coverage factor
CM
Chairman's memorandum; collection manager; configuration
management; consequence management; control modem; countermine
CMA
collection management authority
CMAA
Cooperative Military Airlift Agreement
CMAH
commander of a combatant command's Mobile Alternate Headquarters
CMC
Commandant of the Marine Corps
Cmc
midpoint compromise coverage factor
CMD
command; cruise missile defense
CMHT
consequence management home team
CMMA
collection management mission application
CMO
Central Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT)
Organization; chief medical officer; chief military observer;
civil-military operations; collections management office(r);
configuration management office
CMOC
Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center; civil-military operations
center
CMOS
cargo movement operations system; complimentary metal-oxide
semiconductor
CMP
communications message processor
CMPT
consequence management planning team
CMRT
consequence management response team
CMS
cockpit management system; command management system; community
management staff; community security materiel system;
contingency mutual support; crisis management system
CMTS
comments
CMTU
cartridge magnetic tape unit
CMX
crisis management exercise
CN
counternarcotic
CNA
computer network attack
CNAC
Customs National Aviation Center (USCS)
CNASP
chairman's net assessment for strategic planning
CNC
Counter-Narcotics Center (CIA); Crime and Narcotics Center
CNCE
communications nodal control element
CND
computer network defense; counternarcotics division
CNGB
Chief, National Guard Bureau
CNO
Chief of Naval Operations; computer network operations
CNOG
Chairman, Nuclear Operations Group
CNRF
Commander, Naval Reserve Forces
CNSG
Commander, Naval Security Group
CNTY
country
CNWDI
critical nuclear weapons design information
CO
commanding officer
COA
course of action
COAMPS
Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System
COB
collocated operating base
COBOL
common business-oriented language
COC
combat operations center
COCOM
combatant command (command authority)
COD
carrier onboard delivery; combat operations division
COE
Army Corps of Engineers; common operating environment; concept
of employment
COF
conduct of fire
COFC
container on flatcar
COG
center of gravity
COGARD
Coast Guard
COIN
counterinsurgency
COLDS
cargo offload and discharge system
COLISEUM
community on-line intelligence system for end-users and managers
COLT
combat observation and lasing team
COM
chief of mission; collection operations management; commander
COMACC
Commander, Air Combat Command
COMAFFOR
Commander, Air Force forces
COMAFSOC
Commander, Air Force Special Operations Command
COMAJF
commander, allied joint force
COMALF
commander airlift forces
COMALOC
commercial air line of communications
COMARFOR
commander, Army forces
COMCAM
combat camera
COMCARGRU
commander, carrier group
COMCEN
communications center
COMCRUDESGRU
commander, cruiser destroyer group
COMDCAEUR
Commander, Defense Communications Agency Europe
COMDESRON
commander destroyer squadron
COMDT COGARD
Commandant, United States Coast Guard
COMDTINST
Commandant, United States Coast Guard Instruction
COMICEDEFOR
Commander United States Forces, Iceland
COMIDEASTFOR
Commander, Middle East Forces
COMINEWARCOM
Commander, Mine Warfare Command
COMINT
communications intelligence
COMJCSE
Commander, Joint Communications Support Element
COMJIC
Commander, Joint Intelligence Center
COMJSOTF
commander, joint special operations task force
COMLANDFOR
commander, land forces
COMLANTAREACOGARD
Commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area
COMLOGGRU
combat logistics group
COMM
communications
COMMARFOR
commander, Marine Corps forces
COMMDZ
Commander, Maritime Defense Zone
COMMZ
communications zone
COMNAV
Committee for European Airspace Coordination Working Group on
Communications and Navigation Aids
COMNAVAIRLANT
Commander, Naval Air Force, Atlantic
COMNAVAIRPAC
Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific
COMNAVAIRSYSCOM
Commander, Naval Air Systems Command
COMNAVCOMTELCOM
Commander, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Command
COMNAVFOR
commander, Navy forces
COMNAVMETOCCOM
Commander, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
COMNAVSEASYSCOM
Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command
COMNAVSECGRP
Commander, United States Navy Security Group
COMNAVSURFLANT
Commander, Naval Surface Force, Atlantic
COMNAVSURFPAC
Commander, Naval Surface Force, Pacific
COMNORAD
Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command
COMP
component
COMPACAREACOGARD
Commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area
COMPASS
common operational modeling, planning, and simulation strategy;
Computerized Movement Planning and Status System
COMPES
contingency operations mobility planning and execution system
COMPLAN
communications plan
COMPUSEC
computer security
COMSAT
communications satellite
COMSC
Commander, Military Sealift Command
COMSEC
communications security
COMSOC
Commander, Special Operations Command
COMSOCCENT
Commander, Special Operations Command, United States Central
Command
COMSOCEUR
Commander, Special Operations Command, United States European
Command
COMSOCPAC
Commander Special Operations Command, United States Pacific
Command
COMSOCSOUTH
Commander Special Operations Command, United States Southern
Command
COMSOF
commander, special operations forces
COMSTAT
communications status
COMSUBLANT
Commander Submarine Force, United States Atlantic Fleet
COMSUBPAC
Commander Submarine Force, United States Pacific Fleet
COMSUPNAVFOR
commander, supporting naval forces
COMTAC
tactical communications
COMUSAFE
Commander, United States Air Force in Europe
COMUSARCENT
Commander, United States Army Forces, Central Command
COMUSCENTAF
Commander, United States Air Force, Central Command
COMUSFORAZ
Commander United States Forces, Azores
COMUSJ
Commander, United States Forces Japan
COMUSK
Commander, United States Forces Korea
COMUSLANTFLT
Commander, US Atlantic Fleet
COMUSMARCENT
Commander, United States Marine Forces, Central Command
COMUSNAVCENT
Commander, United States Navy, Central Command
COMUSPACFLT
Commander, US Pacific Fleet
COMUSSOCJFCOM
Commander Special Operations Command, United States Joint Forces
Command
CONCAP
construction capabilities contract (Navy); Construction
Capabilities Contract Process; construction capabilities
contract program
CONEX
container express
CONEXPLAN
contingency and exercise plan
CONOPS
concept of operations
CONPLAN
concept plan; operation plan in concept format
CONR
continental United States North American Aerospace Defense
Command Region
CONTRAIL
condensation trail
CONUS
continental United States
CONUSA
Continental United States Army
COOP
continuity of operations
COP
common operational picture
COP-CSE
common operational picture-combat support enabled
COPE
custodian of postal effects
COPG
chairman, operations planners group
COPPERHEAD
name for cannon-launched guided projectile
COPS
communications operational planning system
CORE
contingency response program
COS
chief of staff; chief of station; critical occupational
specialty
COSCOM
corps support command
COSMIC
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) security category
COSPAS
cosmicheskaya sistyema poiska avariynch sudov - space system for
search of distressed vessels (Russian satellite system)
COSR
combat and operational stress reactions
COT
commanding officer of troops; crisis operations team
COTHEN
Customs Over-the Horizon Enforcement Network (USCS)
COTP
captain of the port
COTS
cargo offload and transfer system; commercial off-the-shelf
COU
cable orderwire unit
counter C3
counter command, control, and communications
COVCOM
covert communications
CP
check point; collection point; command post; contact point;
control point; counterproliferation
CP&I
coastal patrol and interdiction
CPA
Chairman's program assessment; closest point of approach
CPD
combat plans division
CPE
customer premise equipment
CPFL
contingency planning facilities list
CPG
central processor group; Commander, Amphibious Group;
Contingency Planning Guidance
CPI
crash position indicator
CPIC
coalition press information center
CPM
civilian personnel manual
CPO
chief petty officer; complete provisions only
CPR
cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Chairman's program recommendation
CPS
characters per second; collective protective shelter
CPU
central processing unit
CPX
command post exercise
CRA
command relationships agreement; coordinating review authority
CRAF
civil reserve air fleet
CRAM
control random access memory
CRB
configuration review board
CRC
circuit routing chart; control and reporting center,CONUS
replacement center; COOP response cell; cyclic redundancy rate
CRD
capstone requirements document; chemical reconnaissance
detachment; combatant commander's required date
CRE
control reporting element
CRF
channel reassignment function
CRI
collective routing indicator
CRIF
cargo routing information file
CRITIC
critical information; critical intelligence communication;
critical message (intelligence)
CRITICOMM
critical intelligence communications system
CRM
collection requirements management; crew resource management
CRP
control and reporting post
CRRC
combat rubber raiding craft
CRS
Catholic Relief Services; Chairman's readiness system; coastal
radio station; community relations service; container recovery
system
CRSP
centralized receiving and shipping point
CRT
cathode ray tube
CRTS
casualty receiving and treatment ship
CR-UAV
close-range unmanned aerial vehicle
CRYPTO
cryptographic
CS
call sign; Chaplain Service (Air Force); circuit switch; civil
support; coastal station; combat support; controlled space;
creeping line single-unit; critical source
CSA
Chief of Staff, United States Army; combat support agency;
container stuffing activity
CSAAS
combat support agency assessment system
CSADR
combat support agency director's report
CSAF
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
CSAM
computer security for acquisition managers
CSAR
combat search and rescue
CSAR3
combat support agency responsiveness and readiness report
CSARTE
combat search and rescue task element
CSARTF
combat search and rescue task force
CSC
combat support center; combatant commander's strategic concept;
community support center; convoy support center; creeping line
single-unit coordinated; International Convention for Safe
Containers
CSCC
coastal sea control commander
CSE
client server environment; combat support equipment
CSEL
circuit switch select line; combat survivor evader locator
CSEP
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored exercise program
CSG
Chairman's Staff Group; coordinating subgroup; cryptologic
services group; Cryptologic Support Group (NSA)
CSGN
coordinating subgroup for narcotics
CSH
combat support hospital
CSI
critical safety item; critical sustainability item
CSIF
communications service industrial fund
CSIPG
circuit switch interface planning guide
CSL
combat stores list
CSNP
causeway section, nonpowered
CSNP(BE)
causeway section nonpowered (beach end)
CSNP(I)
causeway section, nonpowered (intermediate)
CSNP(SE)
causeway section, nonpowered (sea end)
CSO
communications support organization
CSOA
combined special operations area
CSOB
command systems operations branch
CSOD
command systems operation division
CSP
call service position; causeway section, powered; commence
search point; contracting support plan; crisis staffing
procedures (JCS); cryptologic support package
CSPAR
combatant commander's preparedness assessment report
CSR
central source registry; combatant commander's summary report;
commander's summary report; controlled supply rate
CSRF
common source route file
CSS
central security service; combat service support; communications
subsystem; coordinator surface search
CSSA
combat service support area
CSSC
coded switch set controller
CSSE
combat service support element (MAGTF)
CSST
combat service support team
CSSU
combat service support unit
CST
customer service team
CSW
compartment stowage worksheet
CT
communications terminal; control telemetry; counterterrorism;
country team
CTA
common table of allowance
CTAPS
contingency Theater Air Control System automated planning system
CCTC
cargo transfer company (USA); counterterrorist center
CTF
combined task force
CTG
commander, task group
CTID
communications transmission identifier
CTM
core target material
CTOC
corps tactical operations center
CTRIF
Combating Terrorism Readiness Initiative Fund
CTS
Commodity Tracking System
CTSS
central targeting support staff
CU
cubic capacity; common unit
CUL
common-user logistics
CULT
common-user land transportation
CV
aircraft carrier; carrier; curriculum vitae
CVBG
carrier battle group
CVISC
combat visual information support center
CVR
cockpit voice recorder
CVS
commercial vendor services
CVSD
continuous variable slope delta
CVW
carrier air wing; cryptovariable weekly (GPS)
CVWC
carrier battle group air wing commander
CW
carrier wave; chemical warfare; continuous wave
CWC
Chemical Weapons Convention; composite warfare commander
CWDE
chemical warfare defense equipment
CWO
communications watch officer
CWP
causeway pier
CWPD
Conventional War Plans Division, Joint Staff (J-7)
CWR
calm water ramp
CWT
combat weather team; customer wait time
CY
calendar year
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