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Glossary of Military Acronyms
W
sweep width
w
search subarea width
WAAR
Wartime Aircraft Activity Report
WACBE
World Area Code Basic Encyclopedia
WAGB
icebreaker (USCG)
WAN
wide-area network
WARM
wartime reserve mode
WARMAPS
wartime manpower planning system
WARNORD
warning order
WAS
wide area surveillance
WASP
war air service program
WATCHCON
watch condition
WB
wideband
WC
wind current
WCA
water clearance authority
WCCS
Wing Command and Control System
WCDO
War Consumables Distribution Objective
W-day
declared by the President, W-day is associated with an adversary
decision to prepare for war
WDT
warning and display terminal
WEAX
weather facsimile
WES
weapon engagement status
WETM
weather team
WEU
Western European Union
WEZ
weapon engagement zone
WFE
warfighting environment
WFP
World Food Programme (UN)
WGS
World Geodetic System
WGS-84
World Geodetic System 1984
WH
wounded due to hostilities
WHEC
high-endurance cutter (USCG)
WHNRS
wartime host-nation religious support
WHNS
wartime host-nation support
WHNSIMS
Wartime Host Nation Support Information Management System
WHNSIMS
Wartime Host Nation Support Information Management System
WIA
wounded in action
WISDIM
Warfighting and Intelligence Systems Dictionary for Information
Management
WISP
Wartime Information Security Program
WLG
Washington liaison group
WMD
weapons of mass destruction
WMD/CM
weapons of mass destruction consequence management
WMEC
Coast Guard medium-endurance cutter
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WMP
Air Force War and Mobilization Plan; War and Mobilization Plan
WOC
wing operations center (USAF)
WOD
word-of-day
WORM
write once read many
WP
white phosphorous; Working Party (NATO)
WPA
water jet propulsion assembly
WPAL
wartime personnel allowance list
WPARR
War Plans Additive Requirements Roster
WPB
Coast Guard patrol boat
WPC
Washington Planning Center
WPM
words per minute
WPN
weapon
WPS
Worldwide Port System
WR
war reserve; weapon radius
WRC
World Radiocommunication Conference
WRL
weapons release line
WRM
war reserve materiel
WRMS
war reserve materiel stock
WRR
weapons response range (as well as wpns release rg)
WRS
war reserve stock
WRSK
war readiness spares kit; war reserve spares kit
WSE
weapon support equipment
WSES
surface effect ship (USCG)
WSESRB
Weapon System Explosive Safety Review Board
WSR
weapon system reliability
WSV
weapon system video
WT
gross weight; warping tug; weight
WTCA
water terminal clearance authority
WTLO
water terminal logistic office
Wu
uncorrected sweep width
WVRD
World Vision Relief and Development, Inc.
WWABNCP
worldwide airborne command post
WWII
World War II
WWSVCS
Worldwide Secure Voice Conferencing System
WWX
worldwide express
WX
weather
X
initial position error
XCVR
transceiver
XO
executive officer
XSB
barrier single unit
Y
search and rescue unit (SRU) error
YR
year
Z
zulu
z
effort
Zt
total available effort
ZULU
time zone indicator for Universal Time
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