Glossary of Military Acronyms
F
flare patterns; flash
FA
feasibility assessment; field artillery
FAA
Federal Aviation Administration; Foreign Assistance Act
FAAR
facilitated after-action review
FAC
forward air controller
FAC(A)
forward air controller (airborne)
FACSFAC
fleet area control and surveillance facility
FAD
feasible arrival date; force activity designator
FAE
fuel air explosive
FALD
Field Administration and Logistics Division
FAM
functional area manager
FAMP
forward area minefield planning
FAO
Food and Agriculture Organization (UN); foreign area officer
FAPES
Force Augmentation Planning and Execution System
FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulation; Federal Aviation Regulation
FARP
forward arming and refueling point
FAS
Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA); frequency assignment
subcommittee; fueling at sea; functional account symbol
FASCAM
family of scatterable mines
FAX
facsimile
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBIS
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FC
field circular; floating causeway; floating craft; force
commander
FCA
functional configuration audit
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
FCE
forward command element
FCG
foreign clearance guide
FCO
Federal coordinating officer
FCP
fire control party
FCT
firepower control team
FDA
Food and Drug Administration
FDBM
functional database manager
FDC
fire direction center
FDESC
force description
FDL
fast deployment logistics
FDLP
flight deck landing practice
FDM
frequency division multiplexing
FDO
fire direction officer; flexible deterrent option; flight deck
officer
FDR/FA
flight data recorder/fault analyzer
FDS
fault detection system
FDSL
fixed directory subscriber list
FDSS
fault detection subsystem
FDSSS
flight deck status and signaling system
FDUL
fixed directory unit list
FDX
full duplex
FE
facilities engineering
FEA
front-end analysis
FEBA
forward edge of the battle area
FEC
forward error correction
FED-STD
federal standard
FEK
frequency exchange keying
FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEP
fleet satellite (FLTSAT) extremely high frequency (EHF) package
FEPP
federal excess personal property; foreign excess personal
property
FEST
foreign emergency support team
FEU
forty-foot equivalent unit
FEZ
fighter engagement zone
FF
navy fast frigate
Ff
fatigue correction factor
FFA
free-fire area
FFC
force fires coordinator
FFCC
flight ferry control center; force fires coordination center
FFD
foundation feature data
FFE
fire for effect; flame field expedients
FFG
guided missile frigate
FFH
fast frequency hopping
FFH-net
fast-frequency-hopping net
FFHT-net
fast-frequency-hopping training net
FFP
fresh frozen plasma
FFTU
forward freight terminal unit
FG
fighter group
FGMDSS
Future Global Maritime Distress and Safety System
FGS
final governing standards
FH
fleet hospital
FHA
Bureau for Food and Humanitarian Assistance; foreign
humanitarian assistance
F-hour
effective time of announcement by the Secretary of Defense to
the Military Departments of a decision to mobilize Reserve units
FHP
force health protection
FHWA
Federal Highway Administration
FIA
functional interoperability architecture
FIC
force indicator code
FID
foreign internal defense
FIDAF
foreign internal defense augmentation force
FIE
fly-in echelon
FIFO
first-in-first-out
FIR
first-impressions report; flight information region
FIRCAP
foreign intelligence requirements capabilities and priorities
FIS
flight information service; Foreign Intelligence Service
FISC
fleet and industrial supply center
FISINT
foreign instrumentation signals intelligence
FISS
foreign intelligence security service
FIST
fire support team; fleet imagery support terminal
FIWC
fleet information warfare center
FIXe
navigational fix error
FLAR
forward-looking airborne radar
FLENUMMETOCCEN
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center
FLENUMMETOCDET
Fleet Numerical Meteorological and Oceanographic Detachment
FLETC
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
FLIP
flight information publication; flight instruction procedures
FLIR
forward-looking infrared
FLO/FLO
float-on/float-off
FLOLS
fresnel lens optical landing system
FLOT
forward line of own troops
FLP
force level planning
FLS
forward logistic site
FLSG
force logistic support group
FLTSAT
fleet satellite
FLTSATCOM
fleet satellite communications
FM
field manual (Army); financial management; flare multiunit;
force module; frequency modulation; functional manager
FMA-net
frequency management A-net
FMAS
foreign media analysis subsystem
FMC
force movement characteristics; full mission-capable
FMCC
force movement control center (USMC)
FMCH
fleet multichannel
FMCR
Fleet Marine Corps Reserve
FMF
Fleet Marine Force
FMFP
foreign military financing program
FMID
force module identifier
FMO
frequency management office
FMP
force module package
FMS
force module subsystem; foreign military sales
FMSC
frequency management sub-committee
FMT-net
frequency management training net
FNMOC
Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanographic Center
FNOC
Fleet Numerical Oceanographic Command
FNS
foreign nation support
FO
fiber optic; flash override; forward observer
FOB
forward operating base; forward operations base
FOC
full operational capability
FOD
field operations division; foreign object damage
FOFW
fiber optic field wire
FOI
fault detection isolation
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
FOIU
fiber optic interface unit
FOL
fiber optic link; forward operating location
FON
freedom of navigation (operations)
FORSCOM
United States Army Forces Command
FORSTAT
force status and identity report
FOS
full operational status
FOT
follow-on operational test
FOUO
for official use only
FOV
field of view
FP
firing point; force protection; frequency panel
FPA
foreign policy advisor
FPC
field press censorship; final planning conference
FPD
foreign post differential
FPF
final protective fire
FPM
Federal personnel manual
FPS
force protection source
FPTS
forward propagation by tropospheric scatter
FR
final report; frequency response
FRA
Federal Railroad Administration (DOT)
FRAG
fragmentation code
FRAGORD
fragmentary order
FRD
formerly restricted data
FREQ
frequency
FRMAC
Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (DOE)
FRN
force requirement number
FROG
free rocket over ground
FRP
Federal response plan (USG)
FRRS
frequency resource record system
FS
fighter squadron; file separator; file server; flare single-unit
fs
search radius safety factor
FSA
fire support area
FSB
fire support base; forward staging base; forward support base;
forward support battalion
FSC
fire support coordinator
FSCC
fire support coordination center
FSCL
fire support coordination line
FSCM
fire support coordinating measure
FSCOORD
fire support coodinator
FSE
fire support element
FSEM
fire support execution matrix
FSK
frequency shift key
FSN
foreign service national
FSO
fire support officer; flight safety officer; foreign service
officer
FSS
fast sealift ships; fire support station; flight service station
FSSG
force service support group (USMC)
FSST
forward space support to theater
FST
fleet surgical team
FSU
former Soviet Union; forward support unit
FSW
feet of seawater
ft
feet; foot
ft3
cubic feet
FTC
Federal Trade Commission
FTCA
Foreign Tort Claims Act
FTP
file transfer protocol
FTRG
fleet tactical readiness group
FTS
Federal telecommunications system; Federal telephone service;
file transfer service
FTU
field training unit; freight terminal unit
FTX
field training exercise
FUAC
functional area code
FUNCPLAN
functional plan
F/V
fishing vessel
Fv
aircraft speed correction factor
FVT
Force Validation Tool
FW
fighter wing; weather correction factor
FWD
forward
FWDA
friendly weapon danger area
FWF
former warring factions
FY
fiscal year
FYDP
Future Years Defense Program |
