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Glossary of Military Acronyms
C
centigrade; clock; coverage factor; creeping line pattern
C&A
certification and accreditation
C&E
communications and electronics
C&LAT
cargo and loading analysis table
C-130
Hercules
C-141
Starlifter
C-17
Globemaster III
C2
command and control
C-21
Learjet
C-27
Spartan
C2-attack
an offensive form of command and control warfare
C2E
command and control element
C2IP
Command and Control Initiatives Program
C2IPS
Command and Control Information Processing System
C2P
command and control protection
C2-protect
a defensive form of command and control warfare
C2S
command and control support
C2W
command and control warfare
C-2X
coalition Intelligence Directorate counterintelligence and
humanintelligence staff element
C3
command, control, and communications
C3AG
Command, Control, and Communications Advisory Group
C3CM
command, control, and communications countermeasures
C3I
command, control, communications, and intelligence
C3IC
coalition coordination, communications, and integration center
C3SMP
Command, Control, and Communications Systems Master Plan
C4
command, control, communications, and computers
C4CM
command, control, communications, and computer countermeasures
C4I
command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence
C4IFTW
command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence
for the Warrior
C4ISR
command, control, communications, computers, intelligence,
surveillance, and reconnaissance
C4S
command, control, communications, and computer systems
C4 systems
command, control, communications, and computer systems
C-5
Galaxy
CA
civil administration; civil affairs; combat assessment
C/A
course acquisition
CAA
civil air augmentation; Command Arrangement Agreements
CAB
combat aviation brigade
CAC
common access card; current actions center
CACOM
Civil Affairs command
CACTIS
community automated intelligence system
CAD
cartridge actuated device; collective address designator
CADRS
concern and deficiency reporting system
CADS
containerized ammunition distribution system
CAF
Canadian Air Force; Combat Air Forces; commander, airborne/air
assault force
CAFMS
computer-assisted force management system
CAG
civil affairs group; collective address group
CAIMS
conventional ammunition integrated management system
CAINS
carrier aircraft inertial navigation system
CAL
caliber
CALCM
conventional air-launched cruise missile
CALMS
computer-aided load manifesting system
CAM
chemical agent monitor; crisis action module
CAMPS
consolidated air mobility planning system
CAMT
countering air and missile threats
CANA
convalescent antidote for nerve agent
CANR
Canadian NORAD region
CANUS
Canada-United States
CAO
chief administrative officer; civil affairs operations;
counterair operation
CAOC
combat air operations center; combined air operations center
CAO SOP
standing operating procedures for coordination of atomic
operations
CAP
Civil Air Patrol; civil augmentation program; combat air patrol;
configuration and alarm panel; Consolidated Appeals Process
(UN); crisis action planning
CAR
Chief of the Army Reserve
CARDA
continental United States airborne reconnaissance for damage
assessment; continental United States area reconnaissance for
damage assessment
CARE
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CAREUSA)
CARIBROC
Caribbean Regional Operations Center
CARP
computed air release point; contingency alternate route plan
CARS
combat arms regimental system
CARVER
criticality, accessibility, recuperability, vulnerability,
effect, and recognizability
CAS
casualty; civil aviation security; close air support
CASEVAC
casualty evacuation
CASP
computer-aided search planning
CASPER
contact area summary position report
CASREP
casualty report
CASREQ
close air support request
CAT
category; crisis action team
CATCC
carrier air traffic control center
CATF
commander, amphibious task force
CAU
crypto ancillary unit; cryptographic auxiliary unit
CAVU
ceiling and visibility unlimited
CAW
carrier air wing
CAW/ESS
crisis action weather and environmental support system
CAX
computer-assisted exercise
C-B
chemical-biological
CB
chemical-biological; construction battalion (SEABEES)
CBBLS
hundreds of barrels
CBD
chemical, biological defense
CBFS
cesium beam frequency standard
CBIRF
chemical-biological incident response force
CBLTU
common battery line terminal unit
CBMR
capabilities-based munitions requirements
CBMU
construction battalion maintenance unit
CBPO
Consolidated Base Personnel Office
CBPS
chemical biological protective shelter
CBR
chemical, biological, and radiological
CBRN
Caribbean Basin Radar Network; chemical, biological,
radiological, and nuclear
CBRNE
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high yield
explosives
CBRT
chemical-biological response team
CBS
common battery signaling
CBT
combating terrorism; common battery terminal
CBTZ
combat zone
CBU
cluster bomb unit; conference bridge unit; construction
battalion unit
CBW
chemical and biological warfare
C/C
cabin cruiser; cast off and clear
CC
command center; component command (NATO)
CC&D
camouflage, concealment, and deception
CCA
carrier-controlled approach; central contracting authority;
circuit card assembly; container control activity; contamination
control area; contingency capabilities assessment; contract
construction agent (DOD)
CCAP
combatant command AFRTS planner
CCAS
contingency contract administration services
CCAS-C
contingency contract administration services commander
CCB
Community Counterterrorism Board; Configuration Control Board
CCC
coalition coordination cell; Combined Command Center
(USSPACECOM); crisis coordination center; critical control
circuit; cross-cultural communications course
CCE
container control element; continuing criminal enterprise
CCEB
Combined Communications-Electronics Board
CCF
collection coordination facility
CCG
crisis coordination group
CCGD
commander, Coast Guard district
CCIB
command center integration branch
CCIP
continuously computed impact point
CCIR
commander's critical information requirement; International
Radio Consultative Committee
CCIS
common channel interswitch signaling
CCITT
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee
CCIU
CEF control interface unit
CCJTF
commander, combined joint task force
CCL
communications/computer link
CCLI
computer control list item
CCO
central control officer; combat cargo officer
CCP
casualty collection point; consolidated cryptologic program;
consolidation and containerization point
CCPDS
command center processing and display system
CCRD
combatant commander's required delivery date
CCS
central control ship; container control site
C-CS
communication and computer systems
CCSA
containership cargo stowage adapter
CCSD
command communications service designator; control
communications service designator
CCT
collaborative contingency targeting; combat control team
CCTI
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff commended training issue
CCTV
closed circuit television
CCW
1980 United Nations Convention on Conventional Weapons;
continuous carrier wave
CD
channel designator; counterdrug
C-day
unnamed day on which a deployment operation begins
CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDE
collateral damage estimation
CDF
combined distribution frame
C di
conditioned diphase
CDI
cargo disposition instructions; conditioned diphase
CDIP
combined defense improvement project
CDIPO
counterdrug intelligence preparation for operations
CDLMS
common data link management system
CDM
cable driver modem
CDMGB
cable driver modem group buffer
CDN
compressed dial number
CDO
command duty officer
CDOC
counterdrug operations center
CDOPS
counterdrug operations
CDP
landing craft air cushion departure point
CDR
combatant commander; commander; continuous data recording
CDRCFCOM
Commander, Combined Forces Command
CDRESC
commander, electronic security command
CDREUDAC
Commander, European Command Defense Analysis Center (ELINT) or
European Data Analysis Center
CDRFORSCOM
Commander, Forces Command
CDRG
catastrophic disaster response group (FEMA)
CDRJSOTF
commander, joint special operations task force
CDRL
contract data requirements list
CDRMTMC
Commander, Military Traffic Management Command
CD-ROM
compact disc read-only memory
CDRUNC
Commander, United Nations Command
CDRUSAINSCOM
Commander, United States Army Intelligence and Security Command
CDRUSCENTCOM
Commander, United States Central Command
CDRUSELEMNORAD
Commander, United States Element, North American Aerospace
Defense Command
CDRUSEUCOM
Commander, United States European Command
CDRUSJFCOM
Commander, United States Joint Forces Command
CDRUSNAVEUR
Commander, United States Naval Forces, Europe
CDRUSPACOM
Commander, United States Pacific Command
CDRUSSOCOM
Commander, United States Special Operations Command
CDRUSSOUTHCOM
Commander, United States Southern Command
CDRUSSTRATCOM
Commander, United States Strategic Command
CDRUSTRANSCOM
Commander, United States Transportation Command
CDS
Chief of Defence Staff (Canada); container delivery system
CDSO
counterdrug support office
CDSSC
continuity of operations plan designated successor service chief
CDU
counterdrug update
C-E
communications-electronics
CE
casuality estimation; civil engineering; command element
(MAGTF); communications-electronics; counterespionage
CEB
combat engineer battalion
CEC
civil engineering corps
CECOM
communications-electronics command
CEDI
commercial electronic data interface
CEDREP
communications-electronics deployment report
CEE
captured enemy equipment
CEF
civil engineering file; common equipment facility
CEG
common equipment group
CEI
critical employment indicator
CEM
combined effects munition
CEMC
communications-electronics management center
CENTRIXS
Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange System
CEOI
communications-electronics operating instructions
CEP
cable entrance panel; circular error probable
CEPOD
communications-electronics post-deployment report
CERF
Central Emergency Revolving Fund (UN)
CERT
computer emergency response team
CERTSUB
certain submarine
CES
coast earth station
CESE
civil engineering support equipment; communications equipment
support element
CESG
communications equipment support group
CESO
civil engineer support office
CESP
civil engineering support plan
CESPG
civil engineering support plan group; civil engineering support
planning generator
CF
causeway ferry; drift error confidence factor
CFA
Committee on Food Aid Policies and Programmes (UN)
CFACC
combined force air component commander
CFC
Combined Forces Command, Korea
CFL
Contingency Planning Facilities List; coordinated fire line
CFM
cubic feet per minute
CFR
Code of Federal Regulations
CFS
CI force protection source
CFSO
counterintelligence force protection source operations
CFST
coalition forces support team
CG
Chairman's guidance; Coast Guard; commanding general;
Comptroller General
CGAS
Coast Guard Air Station
CGAUX
Coast Guard Auxiliary
CGC
Coast Guard Cutter
CGCAP
Coast Guard capabilities plan
CGFMFLANT
Commanding General, Fleet Marine Forces, Atlantic
CGFMFPAC
Commanding General, Fleet Marine Forces, Pacific
CGFMFPAC
Commanding General, Fleet Marine Forces, Pacific
CGIS
US Coast Guard Investigative Service
CGLSMP
Coast Guard logistic support and mobilization plan
CGS
common ground station; continental United States ground station
CGUSAREUR
Commanding General, United States Army, Europe
CH
channel; contingency hospital
CH-53
Sea Stallion
CHAMPUS
Civilian Health and Medical Program for the Uniformed Services
CHB
cargo handling battalion
CHCSS
Chief, Central Security Service
CHE
cargo-handing equipment; container-handling equipment
CHET
customs high endurance tracker
CHOP
change of operational control
CHPPM
US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
CHRIS
chemical hazard response information system
CHSTR
characteristics of transportation resources
CHSTREP
characteristics of transportation resources report
CI
civilian internee; counterintelligence
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CIAP
Central Intelligence Agency program; central intelligence
architecture plan; command, control, communications, computers,
intelligence surveillance, reconnaissance (C4ISR) integrated
architecture program; command intelligence architecture plan;
command intelligence architecture program
CIAS
counterintelligence analysis section
CIAT
counterintelligence analytic team
CIB
combined information bureau; controlled image base
CIC
combat information center; combat intelligence center (Marine
Corps); combined intelligence center; communications interface
controller; content indicator code; counterintelligence center
CID
combat identification; combat intelligence division; criminal
investigation division
CIDB
common intelligence database
CIDC
Criminal Investigation Division Command
CIEG/CIEL
common information exchange glossary and language
CIF
Combatant Commander's Initiative Fund
CIFA
Counterintelligence Field Activity
CIG
communications interface group
CIHO
counterintelligence/human intelligence officer
CIIR
counterintelligence information report
CIL
critical item list
CILO
counterintelligence liaison officer
CIMIC
civil-military coorperation
CIN
cargo increment number
CIO
chief information officer
CIOTA
counterintelligence operational tasking authority
CIP
communications interface processor
CIPSU
communications interface processor pseudo line
CIR
continuing intelligence requirement
CIRM
International Radio-Medical Center
CIRV
common interswitch rekeying variable
CIRVIS
communications instructions for reporting vital intelligence
sightings
CIS
common item support; Commonwealth of Independent States;
communications interface shelter
CISO
counterintelligence staff officer; counterintelligence support
officer
CIV
civilian
CIWG
communications interoperability working group
CJ-4
combined-joint logistics officer
CJATF
commander, joint amphibious task force
CJB
Congressional Justification Book
CJCS
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
CJCSAN
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Alerting Network
CJCSI
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff instruction
CJCSM
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff manual
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