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Glossary of Military Acronyms
P
parallel pattern; priority
PA
parent relay; physician assistant; probability of arrival;
public affairs
PAA
primary aircraft authorization
PABX
private automatic branch exchange (telephone)
PACAF
Pacific Air Forces
PAD
positional adjustment; precision aircraft direction
PADD
person authorized to direct disposition of remains
PADS
position azimuth determining system
PAG
public affairs guidance
PAI
primary aircraft inventory
PAL
permissive action link; personnel allowance list; program
assembler language
PALS
precision approach landing system
PAM
pulse amplitude modulation
PANS
procedures for air navigation services
PAO
Public Affairs Office; public affairs officer
PAR
performance assessment report; population at risk; precision
approach radar
PARKHILL
high frequency cryptological device
PARPRO
peacetime application of reconnaissance programs
PAS
personnel accounting symbol
PAT
public affairs team
PAV
policy assessment visit
PAWS
phased array warning system
PAX
passengers; public affairs plans
PB
particle beam; patrol boat; President's budget
PBA
production base analysis
PBCR
portable bar code recorder
PBD
program budget decisions
Pc
cumulative probability of detection
PC
patrol craft; personal computer; pilot in command; preliminary
coordination; principals committee
P,C,&H
packing, crating, and handling
PCC
policy coordinating committee; primary control center
PCF
personnel control facility
PCL
positive control launch
PC-LITE
processor, laptop imagery transmission equipment
PCM
pulse code modulation
PCO
primary control officer; procuring contracting officer
PCRTS
primary casualty receiving and treatment ship
PCS
permanent change of station; personal communications system;
primary control ship; processing subsystem; processor controlled
strapping
PCT
personnel control team
PCZ
physical control zone
Pd
drift compensated parallelogram pattern
PD
position description; Presidential directive; probability of
damage; probability of detection; procedures description;
program definition; program directive; program director; public
diplomacy
PDAI
primary development/test aircraft inventory
PDD
Presidential decision directive
PDDA
power driven decontamination apparatus
PDDG
program directive development group
PDG
positional data graphic
PDM
program decision memorandum
PDOP
position dilution of precision
PDS
position determining system; primary distribution site;
protected distribution system
PE
peace enforcement; peacetime establishment; personal effects;
program element
PEAD
Presidential emergency action document
PEAS
psychological operations (PSYOP) effects analysis subsystem
PEC
program element code
PECK
patient evacuation contingency kit
PECP
precision engagement collaboration process
PEDB
planning and execution database
PEGEO
personnel geographic location
PEI
principal end item
PEM
program element monitor
PEO
peace enforcement operations
PEP
personnel exchange program
PER
personnel
PERE
person eligible to receive effects
PERID
period
PERINTSUM
periodic intelligence summary
PERMREP
permanent representative (NATO)
PERSCO
personnel support for contingency operations
PERSCOM
personnel command (Army)
PERSINS
personnel information system
PES
preparedness evaluation system
PFD
personal flotation device
PFDB
planning factors database
PFIAB
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
PFID
positive friendly identification
PFP
Partnership for Peace (NATO)
PGM
precision-guided munition
PHIBCB
amphibious construction battalion
PHIBGRU
amphibious group
PHIBOP
amphibious operation
PHIBRON
amphibious squadron
PHO
posthostilities operations
PHOTINT
photographic intelligence
PHS
Public Health Service
PI
point of impact; probability of incapacitation; procedural item
PIC
parent indicator code; payment in cash; person identification
code; pilot in command; press information center (NATO)
PID
plan identification number
PIDD
planned inactivation or discontinued date
PIF
problem identification flag
PII
pre-incident indicators
PIM
pretrained individual manpower
PIN
personnel increment number
PINS
precise integrated navigation system
PIO
press information officer; public information officer
PIPS
plans integration partitioning system
PIR
priority intelligence requirement
PIRAZ
positive identification radar advisory zone
PIREP
pilot report
PIW
person in water
PJ
pararescue jumper
PK
peacekeeping; probability of kill
PKG-POL
packaged petroleum, oils, and lubricants
PKI
public key infrastructure
PKO
peacekeeping operations
PKP
purple k powder
PL
phase line; public law
PLA
plain language address
PLAD
plain language address directory
PLANORD
planning order
PLAT
pilot's landing aid television
PLB
personal locator beacon
PLC
power line conditioner
PLGR
precise lightweight global positioning system (GPS) receiver
PLL
phase locked loop
PLL/ASL
prescribed load list/authorized stock level
PLRS
position location reporting system
PLS
palletized load system; personal locator system; pillars of
logistic support: precision locator system
PLT
platoon; program library tape
PM
parallel track multiunit; passage material; patient movement;
preventive medicine; program manager; provost marshal
PMA
political/military assessment
PMAI
primary mission aircraft inventory
PMC
parallel multiunit circle; partial mission-capable
P/M/C
passengers/mail/cargo
PMCM
partial mission-capable, maintenance
PMCS
partial mission-capable, supply
PMCT
port movement control team
PMD
program management directive
PME
professional military education
PMEL
precision measurement equipment laboratory
PMGM
program manager's guidance memorandum
PMI
patient movement item
PMIS
psychological operations (PSYOP) management information
subsystem
PMN
parallel track multiunit non-return
PMO
production management office(r); program management office
PMOS
primary military occupational specialty
PMR
parallel track multiunit return; patient movement request;
patient movement requirement
PMRC
patient movement requirements center
PMS
portable meteorological subsystem
PN
pseudonoise
PNID
precedence network in dialing
PNVS
pilot night vision system
P/O
part of
PO
peace operations; petty officer
POA
plan of action
POADS
psychological operations automated data system
POAI
primary other aircraft inventory
POAS
psychological operations automated system
POAT
psychological operations assessment team
POB
persons on board; psychological operations battalion
POC
point of contact
POD
plan of the day; port of debarkation; probability of detection
POE
port of embarkation; port of entry
POF
priority of fires
POG
port operations group; psychological operations group
POI
period of interest; program of instruction
POL
petroleum, oil, and lubricants
POLAD
political advisor
POLCAP
bulk petroleum capabilities report
POLMIL
political-military
POM
program objective memorandum
POMCUS
pre-positioning of materiel configured to unit sets
POMSO
Plans, Operations, and Military Support Office(r) (NG)
POP
performance oriented packaging
POR
proposed operational requirement
PORTS
portable remote telecommunications system
PORTSIM
port simulation
POS
peacetime operating stocks; port of support; probability of
success
POSF
port of support file
POSSUB
possible submarine
POSTMOB
post mobilization
POTF
psychological operations task force
POTG
psychological operations task group
POTUS
President of the United States
POV
privately owned vehicle
POW
prisoner of war
p-p
peak-to-peak
P/P
patch panel
PPA
personnel information system (PERSINS) personnel activity
PPAG
proposed public affairs guidance
PPBS
Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System
PPD
program planning document
PPDB
point positioning database
PPE
personal protective equipment
Pplan
programming plan
ppm
parts per million
PPP
power projection platform; primary patch panel; priority
placement program
PPR
prior permission required
PPS
precision positioning service
PR
personnel recovery; Phoenix Raven; primary zone; production
requirement; program review
PRA
primary review authority
PRANG
Puerto Rican Air National Guard
PRBS
pseudorandom binary sequence
PRCA
Presidential Reserve Callup Authority
PRD
personnel readiness division; Presidential review directive
PRECOM
preliminary communications search
PREMOB
pre-mobilization
PREPO
pre-positioned force, equipment, or supplies; pre-positioning
PREREP
pre-arrival report
PRF
personnel resources file; pulse repetition frequency
PRG
program review group
PRI
movement priority for forces having the same latest arrival date
(LAD); priority; progressive routing indicator
PRIFLY
primary flight control
Prime BEEF
Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force
PRM
Presidential review memorandum
PRMFL
perm file
PRN
pseudorandom noise
PROBSUB
probable submarine
PROC
processor; Puerto Rican Operations Center
PROFIS
professional officer filler information system
PROM
programmable read-only memory
PROPIN
caution, proprietary information involved
PROVORG
providing organization
proword
procedure word
PRP
personnel reliability program
PRRIS
Puerto Rican radar integration system
PRSL
primary zone/switch location
PRT
pararescue team
PRU
pararescue unit; primary reporting unit
PS
parallel track single-unit; processing subsystem
PSA
port support activity
PSB
poststrike base
PSC
port security company; principal subordinate command
PSD
planning systems division
PSE
peculiar support equipment; psychological operations support
element
PSHD
port security and harbor defense
PSHDGRU
port security and harbor defense group
PSI
personnel security investigation; Proliferation Security
Initiative
PSK
phase shift keying
PSL
parallel track single-unit long-range aid to navigation (LORAN)
PSMS
Personnel Status Monitoring System
PSN
packet switching node; public switch network
PSO
post security officer
PSP
perforated steel planking; power support platform
PSPS
psychological operations (PSYOP) studies program subsystem
PSS
parallel single-unit spiral
P-STATIC
precipitation static
PSTN
public switched telephone network
PSU
port security unit
PSV
psuedosynthetic video
PSYOP
psychological operations
PTAI
primary training aircraft inventory
PTC
peace through confrontation; primary traffic channel
PTT
postal telephone and telegraph; public telephone and telegraph;
push-to-talk
PTTI
precise time and time interval
pub
publication
PUK
packup kit
PUL
parent unit level
PV
prime vendor
PVNTMED
preventive medicine
PVT
positioning, velocity, and timing
PW
prisoner of war
pW
picowatt
PWB
printed wiring board (assembly)
PWD
programmed warhead detonation
PWF
personnel working file
PWIS
Prisoner of War Information System
PWR
pre-positioned wartime reserves
PWRMR
pre-positioned war materiel requirement
PWRMS
pre-positioned war reserve materiel stock
PWRR
petroleum war reserve requirements
PWRS
petroleum war reserve stocks; pre-positioned war reserve stock
PZ
pickup zone
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