UNSC/Military Acronyms

This is a list of acronyms used in the UNSC armed forces. Acronyms are commonly used throughout the UNSC in both official and unofficial capacity to more quickly communicate situations or names of various military equipment, which may have long, official names that slow down communication.
==Official Acronyms==
Acronym 	Full Phrase 	Source 	 	
Weapons, Ammo and Vehicles 	Weapons, Ammo and Vehicles 	Weapons, Ammo and Vehicles 	 	
AAA 	Anti-Aircraft Artillery 	Halo 3, level The Covenant 	 	
AP 	Armor Piercing 	Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 33 	 	
APC 	Armored Personnel Carrier 	Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 39 	 	
AR 	Assault rifle 	 	 	
ASW 	Anti-Ship Weapon 	 	 	
A/X 	Atmospheric/Exoatmospheric 	 	 	
BR 	Battle rifle 	 	 	
DMR 	Designated Marksman Rifle 	Halo: Reach 	 	
DEM 	Directed Energy Mortar 	 	 	
DESW 	Direct Energy Support Weapon 	 	 	
DEW/L 	Directed Energy Weapon/Linked 	 	 	
DEW/M 	Directed Energy Weapon/Mounted 	 	 	
DEWE 	Directed Energy Weapon Emplacement 	 	 	
GAU 	Gun, Aircraft Unit 	 	 	
HE 	High Explosive 	Halo 2, level Metropolis 	 	
HEAT 	High Explosive Anti-Tank 	Halo: Ghosts of Onyx 	 	
HEV 	Human Entry Vehicle 	Halo: Contact Harvest, page 350 	 	
LAAG 	Light Anti-Aircraft Gun 	Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 14 	 	
LAAV 	Light Anti-Armor Vehicle 	Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 18 	 	
LRV 	Light Reconnaissance Vehicle 	Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 19 	 	
MAC 	Magnetic Accelerator Cannon 	Halo 2, level The Armory (Level) 	 	
MBT 	Main Battle Tank 	Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 17 	 	
RAV 	Rapid Assault Vehicle 	 	 	
RPG 	Rocket-propelled grenade 	Halo: The Cole Protocol, page 114 	 	
SAM 	Surface-to-Air Missile 	Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 17 	 	
SMG 	Sub Machine Gun 	Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 12 	 	
SOEIV 	Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle 	 	 	
SSM 	Surface-to-Surface Missile 	Halo: Combat Evolved Instruction Manual, page 13 	 	
SSR 	Surface-to-Surface Rocket 	Halo 2 Instruction Manual, page 13 	 	
TT 	Troop Transport 	http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=12675 Top Story of Warthog on Bungie.net	 	
ULATV 	Ultra Light All Terrain Vehicle 	Top Story of Mongoose on Bungie.net 	 	
Organizations 	Organizations 	Organizations 	 	
CAA 	Colonial Administration Authority 	Halo: The Fall of Reach 	 	
CDS 	Chalybs Defense Solutions 	 	 	
CENTCOM 	UNSC Central Command 	Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 34 	 	
CMA 	Colonial Military Administration 	 	 	
DCS 	UNSC Department of Commercial Shipping 	Halo: Contact Harvest, page 24 	 	
ENGCORP 	UNSC Engineering Corps 	Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 123 	 	
FLEETCOM 	UNSC Fleet Command 	Halo: The Fall of Reach 	 	
HIGHCOM 	UNSC High Command 	Halo: The Fall of Reach 	 	
MEDCORPS 	UNSC Medical Corps 	Halo: Ghosts of Onyx 	 	
NAVCOM 	UNSC Naval Command 	Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 135 	 	
NavLogCom 	UNSC Navy Logistical Operations Command 	Halo: Ghosts of Onyx 	 	
NavSpecWar 	UNSC Navy Special Warfare 	Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 232 	 	
ODST 	Orbital Drop Shock Trooper 	Halo: The Fall of Reach 	 	
OI 	Office of Investigations 	Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 122 	 	
ONI 	Office of Naval Intelligence 	Halo 3, level Tsavo Highway (Level) 	 	
PERSCOM 	UNSC Personnel Command 	Halo: The Fall of Reach 	 	
S-III 	SPARTAN-III 	Deliver Hope 	 	
SPECWARCOM 	UNSC Special Warfare Command 	 	 	
UEG 	Unified Earth Government 	 	 	
UNICOM 	Unified Ground Command 	Halo Encyclopedia, page ?? 	 	
UNSC 	United Nations Space Command 	Halo: Combat Evolved, level Halo (Halo: Combat Evolved Level) 	 	
UNSCDF 	United Nations Space Command Defense Force 	Halo 2, level Cairo Station (Level) 	 	
Titles, Positions, and Ranks	Titles, Positions, and Ranks 	Titles, Positions, and Ranks 	Titles, Positions, and Ranks	Titles, Positions, and Ranks
CINCONI 	Commander-in-Chief of the Office of Naval Intelligence	Halo Waypoint: Universe - Factions - ONI 	 	
CMDR 	Commander 	 	 	
CO 	Commanding Officer 	Halo: Contact Harvest, page 10 	 	
CPL 	Corporal 	 	 	
CPO 	Chief Petty Officer 	 	 	
CPT 	Captain 	 	 	
LCDR 	Lieutenant Commander 	 	 	
LJG 	Lieutenant, Junior Grade 	Halo: The Fall of Reach 	 	
LT 	Lieutenant 	Halo 3, level Floodgate (Level) 	 	
NCO 	Non-Commissioned Officer 	 	 	
PFC 	Private First Class 	Halo: The Flood 	 	
POFC 	Petty Officer First Class 	 	 	
PVT 	Private 	Halo: The Fall of Reach 	 	
SCPO 	Senior Chief Petty Officer 	 	 	
SGT 	Sergeant 	 	 	
XO 	Executive Officer 	 	 	
Technology 	Technology 	Technology 	 	
AI 	Artificial intelligence 	Halo: Contact Harvest, page 25 	 	
COM 	Communications 	 	 	
CNI 	Command Neural Interface 	Halo: Combat Evolved level Two Betrayals 	 	
EMP 	Electromagnetic pulse 	Halo: Combat Evolved, level Two Betrayals 	 	
HUD 	Heads-up display 	Halo: Contact Harvest, page 9 	 	
IFF 	Identification Friend or Foe tag 	Halo 2, level Gravemind (Level) 	 	
NAV 	Navigation 	Halo: Contact Harvest, page 25 	 	
ODG 	Orbital Defense Generator 	 	 	
SFTE 	Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine 	 	 	
VISR 	Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance 	 	 	
Status 	Status 	Status 	 	
AWOL 	Absent Without Official Leave 	Halo: Contact Harvest 	 	
KIA 	Killed in action 	Halo: Combat Evolved, level 343 Guilty Spark (Level) 	 	
MIA 	Missing in action 	 	 	
PoW 	Prisoner of War 	 	 	
WIA 	Wounded in action 	Halo: First Strike 	 	
Other 	Other 	Other 	 	
BDU 	Battle Dress Uniform 	 	 	
CA 	Civil Affairs 	 	 	
CP 	Command Post 	Halo 2, level Metropolis 	 	
CMT 	Colonial Militia Training 	 	 	
CQC 	Close Quarters Combat 	 	 	
EOD 	Explosive Ordinance Disposal 	 	 	
ETA 	Estimated Time of Arrival 	Halo 3, level Sierra 117 (Level) 	 	
EVA 	Extra-Vehicular Activity 	 	 	
HAZMAT 	Hazardous Materials 	Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 53 	 	
HAZOP 	Hazard Operability 	 	 	
HQ 	Headquarters 	 	 	
JFO 	Joint Fire Operation 	 	 	
LIC 	License 	Halo: Contact Harvest 	 	
LZ 	Landing zone 	Halo: Combat Evolved, level The Silent Cartographer (Level) 	 	
MP 	Military Police 	 	 	
MRE 	Meal, Ready-to-Eat 	Halo: Contact Harvest 	 	
OWAP 	??? 	Halo Graphic Novel, Armor Testing page 64 	 	
PT 	Physical Training 	 	 	
PZ 	Pickup Zone 	Halo: The Fall of Reach 	 	
REG 	Registration 	Halo: Contact Harvest 	 	
RV 	Rendezvous 	Halo: Combat Evolved, level 343 Guilty Spark (Level) 	 	
SitRep 	Situation report 	 	 	
SSEP 	Safe Slipspace Entry Point 	 	 	
TOC 	Tactical Operations Center 	Halo: Contact Harvest, page 12 	 	
TPC 	Tactical planning center 	 	 	
UNSCMID 	UNSC Military Identification Number 	Halo: Ghosts of Onyx, page 123 	 	
UNSCOTEC 	Operational Test and Evaluation Center 	Halo Graphic Novel 	 	
==Unofficial Acronyms==
*ASAP - As Soon as PossibleThe Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)
*CF - Charlie FoxtrotHalo 3, level The Covenant
==Sources==
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