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Glossary of Military Acronyms
T
search time available; short ton; trackline pattern
T&DE
test and diagnostic equipment
T&E
test and evaluation
T2
technology transfer
TA
target acquisition; target audience; technical arrangement;
theater Army
TAA
tactical assembly area
TAACOM
Theater Army Area Command
TAADS
The Army Authorization Document System
TAB
tactical air base
TAC
tactical advanced computer; terminal access controller; terminal
attack control; terminal attack controller
TAC(A)
tactical air coordinator (airborne)
TACAIR
tactical air
TACAMO
take charge and move out (E-6A/B aircraft)
TACAN
tactical air navigation
TACC
tactical air command center (USMC); tactical air control center
(USN); tanker airlift control center
TAC-D
tactical deception
TACDAR
tactical detection and reporting
TACINTEL
tactical intelligence
TACLAN
tactical local area network
TACLOG
tactical-logistical
TACM
tactical air command manual
TACO
theater allied contracting office
TACON
tactical control
TACOPDAT
tactical operational data
TA/CP
technology assessment/control plan
TACP
tactical air control party
TACRON
tactical air control squadron
-ACS
tactical auxiliary crane ship
TACS
tactical air control system; theater air control system
TACSAT
tactical satellite
TACSIM
tactical simulation
TACSTANS
tactical standards
TACT
tactical aviation control team
TACTRAGRULANT
Tactical Training Group, Atlantic
TAD
tactical air direction; temporary additional duty
(non-unit-related personnel); theater air defense; time
available for delivery
TADC
tactical air direction center
TADCS
tactical airborne digital camera system
TADIL
tactical digital information link
TADS
Tactical Air Defense System; target acquisition system and
designation sight
TAES
theater aeromedical evacuation system
TAF
tactical air force
TAFDS
tactical airfield fuel dispensing system
TAFIM
technical architecture framework for information management
TAFS
tactical aerodrome forecasts
TAFT
technical assistance field team
TAG
technical assessment group; The Adjutant General; Tomahawk
land-attack missile aimpoint graphic
T-AGOS
tactical auxiliary general ocean surveillance
TAGS
theater air ground system
T-AH
hospital ship
TAI
International Atomic Time; target area of interest; total active
inventory
TAIS
transportation automated information systems
TAK
cargo ship
T-AKR
fast logistics ship
TALCE
tanker airlift control element
TALD
tactical air-launched decoy
TALO
theater airlift liaison officer
TAMCA
theater Army movement control agency
TAMCO
theater Army movement control center
TAMMC
theater army material management command
TAMMIS
theater Army medical management and information system
TAMS
transportation analysis, modeling, and simulation
tanalt
tangent altitude
TAO
tactical actions officer
TAOC
tactical air operations center (USMC)
TAP
troopship
TAR
tactical air request; Training and Administration of the Reserve
TARBS
transportable amplitude modulation and frequency modulationradio
broadcast system
TARBUL
target bulletin
TARE
tactical record evaluation
TAREX
target plans and operations
TARS
tethered aerostat radar system
TARWI
target weather and intelligence
TAS
tactical atmospheric summary; true air speed
T-ASA
Television Audio Support Agency
TASCID
tactical Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) satellite
compensation interface device
TASCO
tactical automatic switch control officer
TASIP
tailored analytic intelligence support to individual electronic
warfare and command and control warfare projects
TASKORD
tasking order
TASMO
tactical air support for maritime operations
TASOSC
theater Army special operations support command
TASS
tactical automated security system; tactical automated switch
system
TAT
tactical analysis team; technical assistance team
TATC
tactical air traffic control
TAV
total asset visibility
T-AVB
aviation logistics support ship
TAW
tactical airlift wing
TBD
to be determined
TBM
tactical ballistic missile; theater ballistic missile
TBMCS
theater battle management core system
TBMD
theater ballistic missile defense
TBP
to be published
TBSL
to be supplied later
TBTC
transportable blood transshipment center
TC
tidal current; transmit clock and/or telemetry combiner;
Transportation Corps (Army)
TCA
terminal control area; time of closest approach; traditional
combatant commander activity
TC-ACCIS
Transportation Coordinator's Automated Command and Control
Information System
TC-AIMS
Transportation Coordinator's Automated Information for Movement
System
TC-AIMS II
Transportation Coordinator's Automated Information for Movement
System II
TCC
transmission control code; transportation component command
TCCF
tactical communications control facility
TCEM
theater contingency engineering management
TCF
tactical combat force; technical control facility
TCM
theater construction manager
TCMD
transportation control and movement document
TCN
third country national; transportation control number
TCSEC
trusted computer system evaluation criteria
TD
theater distribution; timing distributor; total drift; transmit
data
TDA
Table of Distribution and Allowance
TDAD
Table of Distribution and Allowance (TDA) designation
T-day
effective day coincident with Presidential declaration of a
National Emergency and authorization of partial mobilization
TDBM
technical database management
TDD
target desired ground zero (DGZ) designator; time definite
delivery
TDF
tactical digital facsimile
TDI
target data inventory
TDIC
time division interface controller
TDIG
time division interface group
TDIM
time division interface module
TDM
time division multiplexed
TDMA
time division multiple access
TDMC
theater distribution management cell
TDMF
time division matrix function
TDMM
time division memory module
TDMX
time division matrix
TDP
theater distribution plan
TDR
transportation discrepancy report
TDSG
time division switching group
TDSGM
time division switching group modified
TDT
theater display terminal
TDY
temporary duty
TE
transaction editor
TEA
Transportation Engineering Agency
tech
technical
TECHCON
technical control
TECHDOC
technical documentation
TECHEVAL
technical evaluation
TECHINT
technical intelligence
TECHOPDAT
technical operational data
TECS II
Treasury Enforcement Communications System
TED
trunk encryption device
TEL
transporter-erector-launcher (missile platform)
TELEX
teletype
TELINT
telemetry intelligence
TELNET
telecommunication network
TENCAP
tactical exploitation of national capabilities program
TEOB
tactical electronic order of battle
TEP
test and evaluation plan; theater engagement plan
TERCOM
terrain contour matching
TERF
terrain flight
TERPES
tactical electronic reconnaissance processing and evaluation
system
TERPROM
terrain profile matching
TERS
tactical event reporting system
TES
tactical event system; theater event system
TESS
Tactical Environmental Support System
TEU
technical escort unit; twenty-foot equivalent unit
TF
task force
TFA
toxic free area
TFADS
Table Formatted Aeronautic Data Set
TFCICA
task force counterintelligence coordinating authority
TFE
tactical field exchange; transportation feasibility estimator
TFLIR
targeting forward-looking infrared
TFR
temporary flight restriction
TFS
tactical fighter squadron; Tactical Forecast System
TG
task group
TGC
trunk group cluster
TGEN
table generate
TGM
trunk group multiplexer
TGMOW
transmission group module and/or orderwire
TGO
terminal guidance operations
TGT
target
TGTINFOREP
target information report
TGU
trunk compatibility unit
THREATCON
terrorist threat condition
TI
threat identification; training instructor
TIAP
theater intelligence architecture program
TIARA
tactical intelligence and related activities
TIBS
tactical information broadcast service
TIC
target information center; toxic industrial chemicals
TIDP
technical interface design plan
TIDS
tactical imagery dissemination system
TIFF
tagged image file format
TII
total inactive inventory
TIM
toxic industrial material
TIO
target intelligence officer
TIP
target intelligence package
TIPG
telephone interface planning guide
TIPI
tactical information processing and interpretation system;
tactical information processing interpretation
TIPS
tactical optical surveillance system (TOSS) imagery processing
system
TIROS
television infrared observation satellite
TIS
technical interface specification; thermal imaging system
TISG
technical interoperability standards group
TISS
thermal imaging sensor system
T-JMC
theater-joint movement center
T-JTB
Theater-Joint Transportation Board
TL
team leader
TLAM
Tomahawk land attack missile
TLAM/N
Tomahawk land attack missile/nuclear
TLC
traffic load control
TLCF
teleconference
TLE
target location error
TLP
transmission level point
TLR
trailer
TLX
teletype
TM
tactical missile; target materials; team member; technical
manual; theater missile; TROPO modem
TMAO
theater mortuary affairs officer
TMD
tactical munitions dispenser; theater missile defense
TMEP
theater mortuary evacuation point
TMG
timing
TMIS
theater medical information system
TML
terminal
TMMMC
theater medical materiel management center
TMN
trackline multiunit non-return
TMO
traffic management office; transportation management office
TMP
target materials program; telecommunications management program;
theater manpower forces
TMR
trackline multiunit return
T/M/S
type, model, and/or series (also as TMS)
TNAPS
tactical network analysis and planning system
TNAPS+
tactical network analysis and planning system plus
T-net
training net
TNF
theater nuclear force
TNL
target nomination list
TO
technical order; theater of operations
T/O
table of organization
TO&E
table of organization and equipment
TOA
table of allowance
TOAI
total overall aircraft inventory
TOC
tactical operations center; tanker airlift control center
(TALCE) operations center
TOCU
tropospheric scatter (TROPO) orderwire control unit
TOD
time of day
TOE
table of organization and equipment
TOF
time of flight
TOFC
trailer on flatcar
TOH
top of hill
TOI
track of interest
TOPINT
technical operational intelligence
TOR
term of reference; time of receipt
TOS
time on station
TOSS
tactical optical surveillance system
TOT
time on target
TOW
tube launched, optically tracked, wire guided
TP
technical publication; turn point
TPB
tactical psychological operations battalion
TPC
tactical pilotage chart; two person control
TPC/PC
tactical pilotage chart and/or pilotage chart
TPED
tasking, processing, exploitation, and dissemination
TPERS
type personnel element
TPFDD
time-phased force and deployment data
TPFDL
time-phased force and deployment list
TPL
technical publications list; telephone private line
TPME
task, purpose, method, and effects
TPMRC
theater patient movement requirements center
TPO
task performance observation
TPRC
theater planning response cell
TPT
tactical petroleum terminal
TPTRL
time-phased transportation requirements list
TPU
tank pump unit
TRA
technical review authority
TRAC2ES
transportation command regulating and command and control
evacuation system
TRACON
terminal radar approach control facility
TRADOC
United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
TRAM
target recognition attack multisensor
TRANSEC
transmission security
TRAP
tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel (Marine Corps);
tactical related applications; tanks, racks, adapters, and
pylons; terrorism research and analysis program
TRC
tactical radio communication; transmission release code
TRCC
tactical record communications center
TRE
tactical receive equipment
TREAS
Department of the Treasury
TREE
transient radiation effects on electronics
TRICON
triple container
TRI-TAC
Tri-Service Tactical Communications Program
TRK
truck; trunk
TRNG
training
TRO
training and readiness oversight
TROPO
troposphere; tropospheric scatter
TRS
tactical reconnaissance squadron
TS
terminal service; top secret
TSA
target system analysis; theater storage area; travel security
advisory
TSB
trunk signaling buffer
TSBn
transportation support battalion (USMC)
TSC
theater security cooperation; theater support command
TSCIF
tactical sensitive compartmented information facility
TSCM
technical surveillance countermeasures
TSCO
target selection confusion of the operator; top secret control
officer
TSCP
theater security cooperation plan
TSE
tactical support element
TSEC
transmission security
TSG
targeting support group; test signal generator
TSGCE
tri-Service group on communications and electronics
TSGCEE
tri-Service group on communications and electronic equipment
(NATO)
TSM
trunk signaling message
TSN
trackline single-unit non-return; track supervision net
TSO
technical standard order; telecommunications service order
TSOC
theater special operations command
TSP
telecommunications service priority
TSR
telecommunications service request; theater support
representative; trackline single-unit return
TSS
tactical shelter system; target sensing system; timesharing
system; time signal set; traffic service station
TSSP
tactical satellite signal processor
TSSR
tropospheric scatter (TROPO)-satellite support radio
TST
tactical support team; theater support team; time-sensitive
target
TSWA
temporary secure working area
TT
terminal transfer
TT&C
telemetry, tracking, and commanding
TTB
transportation terminal battalion
TTD
technical task directive
TTL
transistor-transistor logic
TTM
threat training manual; training target material
TTP
tactics, techniques, and procedures; trailer transfer point
TTR
tactical training range
TTT
time to target
TTU
transportation terminal unit
TTY
teletype
TUBA
transition unit box assembly
TUCHA
type unit characteristics file
TUCHAREP
type unit characteristics report
TUDET
type unit equipment detail file
TV
television
TVA
Tennessee Valley Authority
TW/AA
tactical warning and attack assessment
TWC
Office for Counterterrorism Analysis (DIA); total water current
TWCF
transportation working Capital Fund
TWCM
theater wartime construction manager
TWD
transnational warfare counterdrug analysis
TWDS
tactical water distribution system
TWI
Office for Information Warfare Support (DIA)
TWPL
teletypewriter private line
TWX
teletypewriter exchange
TX
transmitter; transmit
TYCOM
type commander
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