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==Other==
==#==


*2IC       Second-in-Command
{|
*404s       DND 404 (Military Driver's License)
|width="200px"|'''2IC'''
|Second-in-Command
|-
|'''404s'''
|DND 404 (Military Driver's License)
|}


==A==


*ADM     Assistant Deputy Minister
{|
*Adm       Administration
|width="200px"|ACP
*AFC     Armed Forces Council
|Access Control Point
*ATI     Access to Information Act
|-
*AVGP     Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (Grizzly, Cougar and Bison)
|'''ADM'''
|Assistant Deputy Minister
|-
|'''Adm''' or '''Admin'''
|Administration
|-
|'''AFC'''
|Armed Forces Council
|-
|'''AMSC'''
|Advanced Military Studies Course (16 weeks run at CFC Toronto)
|-
|'''ASC'''
|Advanced Surgical Centre
|-
|'''ATI'''
|Access to Information Act
|-
|'''[[AVGP]]'''
|Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (Grizzly, Cougar and Bison)
|}


==B==


*BATUS British Army Training Unit Suffield
{|
*BC     Battery Commander
|width="200px"|BASF
*Bde     Brigade
|Base Auxiliary Security Force
*BF         Bring Forward (placed on a document with date the Clerk is to bring it back from the files)
|-
*BFA     Blank Firing Attachment
|BATUS
*BG     Battle Group
|British Army Training Unit Suffield
*BK     Battery Captain
|-
*BMQ       Basic Military Qualification
|'''BC'''
*Bn       Battalion
|Battery Commander
*BOR     Battalion Orderly Room
|-
*BOS       Battalion Orderly Sergeant
|'''Bde '''
*BPSO     Base Personnel Selection Office
|Brigade
*BQMS     Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
|-
*BSM     Battery Sergeant Major
|'''BF'''
*Bty     Battery
|Bring Forward (placed on a document with date the Clerk is to bring it back from the files)
|-
|'''BFA'''
|Blank Firing Attachment
|-
|BFT
|Battle Fitness Test
|-
|'''BG'''
|Battle Group
|-
|'''BK'''
|Battery Captain
|-
|BMET
|Bio-Medical Engineering Technican
|-
|'''BMS'''
|Brigade Medical Station
|-
|'''BMQ'''
|[[Basic Military Qualification]]
|-
|'''Bn'''
|Battalion
|-
|'''BOR'''
|Battalion Orderly Room
|-
|'''BOS'''
|Battalion Orderly Sergeant
|-
|'''BPSO'''
|Base Personnel Selection Officer
|-
|'''BQMS'''
|Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
|-
|'''BSM'''
|Battery Sergeant Major
|-
|'''Bty'''
|Battery
|-
|}


*C&P        Counselling and Probation
==C==
*CADPAT      Canadian Disruptive Pattern
*CANFORGEN    Canadian Forces General Order
*CAR    Canadian Airborne Regiment
*CAS    Chief of the Air Staff
*CBG        Canadian Brigade Group
*CDS    Chief of the Defence Staff
*CEF        Canadian Expeditionary Force (1914-1919)
*CF    Canadian Forces
*CF 98        Canadian Forces form #98 - Report on Injuries
*CFAO    Canadian Forces Administrative Order
*CFCSC    Canadian Forces Command and Staff College (located in Toronto)
*CFHA      Canadian Forces Housing Agency
*CFNIS    Canadian Forces National Investigation Service
*CFP    Canadian Forces Publication
*CFPAS    Canadian Forces Personnel Appraisal System
*CFR        Commissioning From the Ranks
*CFRC      Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre
*CFRETS    Canadian Forces Recruiting, Education and Training System
*CFSD        Canadian Forces Supply Depot
*CFSEME        Canadian Forces School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
*CFTO      Canadian Forces Technical Order
*CHAP    Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention
*CHRC    Canadian Human Rights Commission
*CIC    Cadet Instructor Cadre
*CLFCSC    Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College (located in Kingston)
*CLS    Chief of the Land Staff
*CMBG        Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
*CO    Commanding Officer
*COA        Course of Action
*COS        Change of Strength
*COS        Chief of Staff
*COS        Company Orderly Sergeany
*Coy        Company
*CP      Command Post
*CQMS      Company Quartermaster Sergeant
*CRB    Career Review Board
*CSIS    Canadian Security and Intelligence Service
*CSM        Company Sergeant Major
*CT        Component Transfer
*CTP        Course Training Plan
*CTS        Clothe The Soldier


*DAOD    Defence Administrative Order and Directive
{|
*DCDS    Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff
|width="200px"|C&P
*DCO      Deputy Commanding Officer
|Counselling and Probation
*DCOS      Deputy Chief of Staff
|-
*DDH        Destroyer, Helicopter carrying
|CADPAT
*DEO        Direct Entry Officer
|Canadian Disruptive Pattern
*DEU        Distinctive Environmental Uniform
|-
*DGMC    Director General (Military Careers)
|CANFORGEN
*DGPA    Director General (Public Affairs)
|Canadian Forces General Order
*DGRC    Director General (Reserves and Cadets)
|-
*DGSP    Director General (Strategic Planning)
|CANSOFCOM
*DHH        Directorate of History and Heritage
|Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
*DI      Daily Inspection (vehicle)
|-
*DIN    Defence Information Network
|CAF
*DISO    Defence Information Services Organization
|Canadian Air Force
*DM    Deputy Minister
|-
*DND    Department of National Defence
|CAP
*DO      Duty Officer
|Common Army Phase
*DP    Development Period
|-
*DPM    Deputy Provost Marshal
|CAR
*DRET    Directorate of Recruiting, Education and Training
|Canadian Airborne Regiment
*DSM        Drill Sergeant Major
|-
*DVA        Department of Veteran Affairs
|CAS
|Chief of the Air Staff
|-
|CB
|Confined to Barracks / Base
|-
|CBG
|Canadian Brigade Group
|-
|CBRN
|Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
|-
|CD
|Canadian Decoration
|-
|CDS
|Chief of the Defence Staff
|-
|CE
|Construction Engineering
|-
|CEF
|Canadian Expeditionary Force (1914-1919)
|-
|CF
|Canadian Forces
|-
|CF 98
|Canadian Forces form #98 - Report on Injuries
|-
|CFAD
|Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot
|-
|CFAO
|Canadian Forces Administrative Order
|-
|CFB
|Canadian Forces Base
|-
|CFC
|Canadian Forces College (located in Toronto)
|-
|CFCSC
|Canadian Forces Command and Staff Course (run at CFC located in Toronto)
|-
|CFHA
|Canadian Forces Housing Agency
|-
|CFH
|Canadian Forces Hospital
|-
|CF H Svcs Gp
|Canadian Forces Health Services Group (formerly CFMG)
|-
|CFMG
|Canadian Forces Medical Group (Old terminology)
|-
|CFMPA
|Canadian Forces Military Police Academy
|-
|CFNES
|Canadian Forces Naval Engineering School
|-
|CFNIS
|Canadian Forces National Investigation Service
|-
|CFNOS
|Canadian Forces Naval Operations School
|-
|CFP
|Canadian Forces Publication
|-
|CFPAS
|Canadian Forces Personnel Appraisal System
|-
|CFPSA
|Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency
|-
|CFPM
|Canadian Forces Provost Marshal
|-
|CFR
|Canadian Forces Registration
|-
|CFR
|Commissioning From the Ranks
|-
|CFRC
|Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre
|-
|CFRETS
|Canadian Forces Recruiting, Education and Training System
|-
|CFSD
|Canadian Forces Supply Depot
|-
|CFSEME
|Canadian Forces School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
|-
|CFSPDB
|Canadian Forces Service Prison and Detention Barracks
|-
|CFTO
|Canadian Forces Technical Order
|-
|CHAP
|Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention
|-
|CHRA
|Canadian Human Rights Act
|-
|CHRC
|Canadian Human Rights Commission
|-
|CIC
|Cadet Instructor Cadre
|-
|CLFCSC
|Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College (located in Kingston)
|-
|CLS
|Chief of the Land Staff
|-
|CMBG
|Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
|-
|CMG
|Canadian Medical Group
|-
|CO
|Commanding Officer
|-
|COA
|Course of Action
|-
|COS
|Change of Strength
|-
|COS
|Chief of Staff
|-
|COS
|Company Orderly Sergeant
|-
|Coxn
|Coxswain
|-
|Coy
|Company
|-
|CP
|Command Post
|-
|CQMS
|Company Quarter Master Sergeant
|-
|CRB
|Career Review Board
|-
|CRB(M)
|Career Review Board (Medical)
|-
|CRO
|Custody Review Officer
|-
|CSIS
|Canadian Security and Intelligence Service
|-
|CSM
|Company Sergeant Major
|-
|CSOR
|Canadian Special Operations Regiment
|-
|CSTC
|Cadet Summer Training Centre
|-
|CT
|Component Transfer
|-
|CTP
|Course Training Plan
|-
|CTS
|Clothe The Soldier
|}


*ED & T        Exempt From Drill and Training
==D==
*EIS        Equipment Issue Scale
*ELOC      Essential Level of Capability
*EO      Enabling Objective


*F & E        Furniture and Effects
{|
*FFH        Frigate, Helicopter equipped
|width="200px"|DAOD
*FHP        Force Health Protection
|Defence Administrative Order and Directive
*Fin        Financial
|-
*Fin O      Financial Officer
|DCAAR
*FOA      Field Operations Allowance
|Defence Controlled Area Access Regulations
*FOO      Forward Observation Officer
|-
|DCDS
|Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff
|-
|DCO
|Deputy Commanding Officer
|-
|DCOS
|Deputy Chief of Staff
|-
|DDH
|Destroyer, Helicopter carrying
|-
|DEO
|Direct Entry Officer
|-
|DEU
| Distinctive Environmental Uniform
|-
|DGHS
|Director General Health Services (also Comd CF H Svcs Gp)
|-
|DGMC
|Director General (Military Careers)
|-
|DGPA
|Director General (Public Affairs)
|-
|DGRC
|Director General (Reserves and Cadets)
|-
|DGSP
|Director General (Strategic Planning)
|-
|DHH
|Directorate of History and Heritage
|-
|DI
|Daily Inspection (vehicle)
|-
|DIN
|Defence Information Network
|-
|DISO
|Defence Information Services Organization
|-
|DM
|Deputy Minister
|-
|DND
|Department of National Defence
|-
|DO
|Duty Officer
|-
|DP
|Development Period
|-
|DPM
|Deputy Provost Marshal
|-
|DRDC
|Defence Research and Development Canada
|-
|DRET
|Directorate of Recruiting, Education and Training
|-
|DSM
| Drill Sergeant Major
|-
|DVA
|Department of Veteran Affairs
|-
|DZ
|Drop Zone
|}


*HHT        House Hunting Trip
==E==
*HLVW      Heavy Logistics Vehicle Wheeled
*HMCS      Her Majesty's Canadian Ship
*HQ    Headquarters
*HR      Human Resources (ie... HR (Mil)- Military, HR (Civ)- Civiliian


*IAW        In Accordance With (reference)
{|
*IE    Intermediate Engagement
|width="200px"|'''ED & T'''
*ISCC      Infantry Section Commander's Course
|Exempt From Drill and Training
*ISTAR        Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
|-
|'''EIS '''
|Equipment Issue Scale
|-
|'''ELOC'''
|Essential Level of Capability
|-
|'''EO'''
|Enabling Objective
|-
|EOD
|Explosive Ordinance Disposal
|-
|'''ETQMS'''
|Engineer Technical Quartermaster Sergeant
|}


*JAG    Judge Advocate General
==F==
*JFHQ    Joint Force Headquarters
*JTF2    Joint Task Force 2


{|
|width="200px"|F & E
|Furniture and Effects
|-
|FASF
|Fleet Auxiliary Security Force
|-
|FDU
|Fleet Diving Unit
|-
|FFH
|Frigate, Helicopter equipped
|-
|FFO
|Full Fighting Order
|-
|FHP
|Force Health Protection
|-
|Fin
|Financial
|-
|Fin O
|Financial Officer
|-
|FOA
|Field Operations Allowance
|-
|FOO
|Forward Observation Officer
|-
|FST
|Forward Surgical Team
|-
|}


*LEME      Land Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
==G==
*LFA        Land Force Area
*LFAA      Land Force Atlantic Area
*LFC    Land Force Command
*LFCA      Land Force Central Area
*LFDTS    Land Forces Doctrine and Training System
*LFRR    Land Force Reserve Restructure
*LFWA      Land Force Western Area
*LOAC    Law of Armed Conflict
*LP                Listening Post
*LSVW      Light Support Vehicle Wheeled


*MARCOM  Maritime Command
{|
*MCC    Military Career Counsellor
|width="200px"|GPTR
*MCDV    Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel
|Government Property Traffic Regulations
*MFRC      Military Family Resource Centre
|-
*MIO      Maritime Interdiction Operations
|GRA
*MIR        Medical Inspection Room
|General Restricted Area
*MLOC        Minimum Level of Capability
|-
*MLVW      Medium Logistics Vehicle Wheeled
|}
*MND    Minister of National Defence
*MOC    Military Occupation Code
*MOU    Memorandum of Understanding
*MP    Military Police
*MPCC    Military Police Complaints Commission
*MPI        Mean Point of Impact
*MSE        Mobile Support Equipment
*MTAP      Military Training Assistance Program


*NATO    North Atlantic Treaty Organization
==H==
*NCO/NCM    Non-Commissioned Officers/Non-Commissioned Members
*NDA    National Defence Act
*NDHQ    National Defence Headquarters
*NDOC    National Defence Operations Centre
*NEO    New Entry Officer
*NES        Non-Effective Strength
*NGO    Non Governmental Organization
*NIS    National Investigation Service
*NIS        National Investigation Service
*NJTP    National Joint Training Plan
*NPF        Non Public Funds
*NSSC    National Security Studies Course


*OGS    Officer General Specifications
{|
*OP    Observation Post
|width="200px"|HHT
*Op    Operation
|House Hunting Trip
*OPDP    Officer Professional Development Program
|-
*OPI        Office of Primary Interest
|HLTA
*OPME      Officer Professional Military Education
|Home Leave Travel Assistance
*OPV      Offshore Patrol Vessel
|-
*Ops O      Operations Officer
|HLVW
*OR        Orderly Room
|Heavy Logistics Vehicle Wheeled
|-
|HMCS
|Her Majesty's Canadian Ship
|-
|HQ
|Headquarters
|-
|HR
|Human Resources (ie... HR (Mil)- Military, HR (Civ)- Civiliian
|}


*P & A      Pay and Allowances
==I==
*P Res    Primary Reserve
*PA      Put Away (as instructed to a Clerk in a minute to file a document)
*PD    Professional Development
*PDC    Professional Development Council
*PER    Personnel Evaluation Report
*pl        Platoon
*PLD        Post Living Differential
*PLQ        Primary Leadership Qualification
*PMed      Preventive Medicine (NOTE IT IS NOT PreMed or PrevMed!!!!)
*PMQ      Permanent Married Quarters
*PO      Performance Objective
*PRB      Performance Review Board
*PSA      Personnel Support Agency
*PSO      Personnel Selection Officer


*QL        Qualification Level
{|
*QM        Quartermaster
|width="200px"|IAW
*QMSI      Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor
|In Accordance With (reference)
*QOL    Quality of Life
|-
*QOLPMO    Quality of Life Project Management Office
|I/C
*QOLSRB    Quality of Life Senior Review Board
|In Charge
*QR&O    Queen's Regulations and Orders
|-
|IBTS
|Individual Battle Task Standards
|-
|ICE
|Integrated Clothing Ensemble
|-
|IECS
|Improved Environmental Clothing System
|-
|IE
|Intermediate Engagement
|-
|IED
|Improvised Explosive Device
|-
|IPB
|Intelligence Preparation of Battlefield
|-
|ISCC
|Infantry Section Commander's Course
|-
|ISDR
|Inspection and Search Defence Regulations
|-
|ISTAR
|Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
|}


*R & Q      Rations and Quarters
==J==
*RETP    Reserve Entry Training Program
*RIIP    Reserve Integrated Information Project
*RMC    Royal Military College
*ROE    Rules of Engagement
*ROTP    Regular Officer Training Plan
*RSM        Regimental Sergeant Major
*RSO        Range Safety Officer
*RSS      Reg F Support Staff
*RTU        Returned To Unit
*RV        Rendezvous point on patrol
*RW        Recorded Warning


*SAV        Staff Assistance Visit
{|
*SCONDVA    Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs
|width="200px"|JAG
*SCRR    Special Commission on the Restructuring of the Reserves
|Judge Advocate General
*SFOR    Stabilization Force
|-
*SHARP    Standard for Harassment and Racism Prevention
|JFHQ
*SIU    Special Investigation Unit
|Joint Force Headquarters
*SIV    Staff Inspection Visits
|-
*Sp        Support
|JPSU
*Spr        Sapper
|Joint Personnel Support Unit
*SQ        Soldier Qualification
|-
*SQFT        Secteur du Québec de la Force terrestre
|JTF2
|[[Joint Task Force 2]]
|}


*TD      Temporary Duty
==K==
*TL        Trade Level (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TL 2, TL 3 ...)
*TOS    Terms of Service
*TP      Training Plan
*TQ        Trade Qualification (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TQ 2, TQ 3 ...)
*Trg        Training
*Trg O      Training Officer


*UMS      Unit Medical Section
{|
|width="200px"|KBR
|Kellogg Brown and Root
|-
|KMB
|Kabul Multi-National Brigade
|-
|}


*VAC         Veterans Affairs Canada
==L==
*VCDS     Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
 
*VFS       Verification of Former Service
{|
|width="200px"|LAV
|Light Armoured Vehicle
|-
|LDA
|Land Duty Allowance
|-
|LEME
|Land Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
|-
|LFA
|Land Force Area
|-
|LFAA
|Land Force Atlantic Area
|-
|LFC
|[[Land Force Command]]
|-
|LFCA
|Land Force Central Area
|-
|LFDTS
|Land Forces Doctrine and Training System
|-
|LFQA
|Land Force Quebec Area
|-
|LFRR
|Land Force Reserve Restructure
|-
|LFWA
|Land Force Western Area
|-
|LHQ
|Local Headquarters
|-
|LOAC
|Law of Armed Conflict
|-
|LP
| Listening Post
|-
|LSVW
|Light Support Vehicle Wheeled
|-
|LZ
|Landing Zone
|}
 
==M==
 
{|
|width="200px"|MARCOM
|[[Maritime Command]]
|-
|MCC
|Military Career Counsellor
|-
|MCDV
|Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel
|-
|MCSP
|Maintenance of Clinical Skills Program (For non-physicians)
|-
|MFRC
|Military Family Resource Centre
|-
|MILCOTS
|Militarized Commercial Off-the-Shelf
|-
|MIO
|Maritime Interdiction Operations
|-
|MIR
|Medical Inspection Room
|-
|MLOC
|Minimum Level of Capability
|-
|MLVW
|Medium Logistics Vehicle Wheeled
|-
|MMU
|Multi-National Medical Unit
|-
|MND
|Minister of National Defence
|-
|MOC
|Military Occupation Code
|-
|MOCOMP
|Maintenance of Competency (Physicians only)
|-
|MOSID
|Military Occupation Structure Identification Code
|-
|MOU
|Memorandum of Understanding
|-
|MP
|Military Police
|-
|MPCC
|Military Police Complaints Commission
|-
|MPI
|Mean Point of Impact
|-
|MSE
|Mobile Support Equipment
|-
|MSR
|Main Supply Route
|-
|MTAP
|Military Training Assistance Program
|}
 
==N==
 
{|
|width="200px"|[[NATO]]
|[[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]]
|-
|NCIU
|National Counter Intelligence Unit
|-
|NCO/NCM
|Non-Commissioned Officers/Non-Commissioned Members
|-
|ND
|Negligent Discharge
|-
|NDA
|National Defence Act
|-
|NDHQ
|National Defence Headquarters
|-
|NDI
|Natioanl Defence Identification
|-
|NDOC
|National Defence Operations Centre
|-
|NEO
|New Entry Officer
|-
|NES
|Non-Effective Strength
|-
|NGO
|Non Governmental Organization
|-
|NIS
|National Investigation Service
|-
|NJTP
|National Joint Training Plan
|-
|NORAD
|North American Aerospace Defence
|-
|NPF
|Non Public Funds
|-
|NPP
|Non Public Property
|-
|N/S
|Non-Serviceable
|-
|NSSC
|National Security Studies Course
|-
|NVG
|Night Vision Goggles
|}
 
==O==
 
{|
|width="200px"|OGS
|Officer General Specifications
|-
|OOD
|Officer On Duty
|-
|OP
|Observation Post
|-
|Op
|Operation
|-
|OPDP
|Officer Professional Development Program
|-
|OPI
|Office of Primary Interest
|-
|OPME
|Officer Professional Military Education
|-
|OPV
|Offshore Patrol Vessel
|-
|Ops O
|Operations Officer
|-
|OR
|Orderly Room
|}
 
==P==
 
{|
|width="200px"|P & A
|Pay and Allowances
|-
|P Res
|Primary Reserve
|-
|PA
|Put Away (as instructed to a Clerk in a minute to file a document)
|-
|PAFO
|Public Affairs Officer
|-
|PD
|Professional Development
|-
|PDC
|Professional Development Council
|-
|PER
|Personnel Evaluation Report
|-
|Pl
| Platoon
|-
|PLD
|Post Living Differential
|-
|PLQ
|Primary Leadership Qualification
|-
|PMed
|Preventive Medicine (NOTE IT IS NOT PreMed or PrevMed!!!!)
|-
|PMQ
|Permanent Married Quarters
|-
|PO
|Performance Objective
|-
|POL
|Petroleum, Oil & Lubricants
|-
|POW
|Prisoner of War
|-
|POOD
|Petty Officer of the Day
|-
|PRB
|Performance Review Board
|-
|PSA
|Personnel Support Agency
|-
|PSP
|Personnel Support Programs
|-
|PSWQ
|Platoon Support Weapons Qualification
|-
|PSO
|Personnel Selection Officer
|}
 
==Q==
 
{|
|width="200px"|QL
|Qualification Level
|-
|QM
| Quartermaster
|-
|QMSI
|Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor
|-
|QOL
|Quality of Life
|-
|QOLPMO
|Quality of Life Project Management Office
|-
|QOLSRB
|Quality of Life Senior Review Board
|-
|QR&O
|Queen's Regulations and Orders
|}
 
==R==
 
{|
|width="200px"|R & Q
|Rations and Quarters
|-
|R&R
|Rest & Relaxation
|-
|RCAF
|Royal Canadian Air Force
|-
|RCN
|Royal Canadian Navy
|-
|RETP
|Reserve Entry Training Program
|-
|RHU
|Residential Housing Unit
|-
|RIIP
|Reserve Integrated Information Project
|-
|RMC
|Royal Military College
|-
|RMNACSTC
|Rocky Mountain National Army Cadet Summer Training Centre
|-
|RO
|Reviewing Officer
|-
|ROE
|Rules of Engagement
|-
|ROTP
|Regular Officer Training Plan
|-
|RSM
|Regimental Sergeant Major
|-
|RSO
|Range Safety Officer
|-
|RSS
|Reg F Support Staff
|-
|RTU
|Returned To Unit
|-
|RV
|Rendezvous point on patrol
|-
|RVS
|Road and Vehicle Safety
|-
|RW
|Recorded Warning
|}
 
==S==
 
{|
|width="200px"|SAR
|Search and Rescue
|-
|SAMPIS
|Security and Military Police Information System
|-
|SAV
|Staff Assistance Visit
|-
|SCONDVA
|Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs
|-
|SCRR
|Special Commission on the Restructuring of the Reserves
|-
|SFOR
|Stabilization Force
|-
|SHARP
|Standard for Harassment and Racism Prevention
|-
|SIR
|Significant Incident Report
|-
|SISIP
|Company Orderly Sergeant
|-
|SIU
|Special Investigation Unit
|-
|SIV
|Staff Inspection Visits
|-
|SLA
|Service Level Agreement
|-
|SN
|Service Number
|-
|SOP
|Standard Operating Procedure
|-
|Sp
|Support
|-
|Spr
|Sapper
|-
|SQ
|Soldier Qualification
|-
|SQFT
|Secteur du Québec de la Force terrestre
|-
|Sup
|Supply
|}
 
==T==
 
{|
|width="200px"|TCCC
|Tactical Combat Casulty Care
|-
|TD
|Temporary Duty
|-
|TL
|Trade Level (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TL 2, TL 3 ...)
|-
|TOS
|Terms of Service
|-
|TP
|Training Plan
|-
|TQ
|Trade Qualification (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TQ 2, TQ 3 ...)
|-
|TQMS
|Technical Quartermaster Sergeant
|-
|Trg
|Training
|-
|Trg O
|Training Officer
|}
 
==U==
 
{|
|width="200px"|UIC
|Unit Identification Code
|-
|UMS
|Unit Medical Section
|}
 
==V==
 
{|
|width="200px"|VAC
| Veterans Affairs Canada
|-
|VCDS
|Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
|-
|VCP
|Vehicle Check Point
|-
|VFS
|Verification of Former Service
|-
|VACSTC
|Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre
|}
 
==W==
 
{|
|width="200px"|WASF
|Wing Auxiliary Security Force
|-
|}
 
==X==
 
{|
|width="200px"|XO
|Executive Officer
|-
|}
 
[[Category:Canadian Forces]]

Latest revision as of 05:21, 3 July 2014

Ranks

#

2IC Second-in-Command
404s DND 404 (Military Driver's License)

A

ACP Access Control Point
ADM Assistant Deputy Minister
Adm or Admin Administration
AFC Armed Forces Council
AMSC Advanced Military Studies Course (16 weeks run at CFC Toronto)
ASC Advanced Surgical Centre
ATI Access to Information Act
AVGP Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (Grizzly, Cougar and Bison)

B

BASF Base Auxiliary Security Force
BATUS British Army Training Unit Suffield
BC Battery Commander
Bde Brigade
BF Bring Forward (placed on a document with date the Clerk is to bring it back from the files)
BFA Blank Firing Attachment
BFT Battle Fitness Test
BG Battle Group
BK Battery Captain
BMET Bio-Medical Engineering Technican
BMS Brigade Medical Station
BMQ Basic Military Qualification
Bn Battalion
BOR Battalion Orderly Room
BOS Battalion Orderly Sergeant
BPSO Base Personnel Selection Officer
BQMS Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
BSM Battery Sergeant Major
Bty Battery

C

C&P Counselling and Probation
CADPAT Canadian Disruptive Pattern
CANFORGEN Canadian Forces General Order
CANSOFCOM Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
CAF Canadian Air Force
CAP Common Army Phase
CAR Canadian Airborne Regiment
CAS Chief of the Air Staff
CB Confined to Barracks / Base
CBG Canadian Brigade Group
CBRN Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear
CD Canadian Decoration
CDS Chief of the Defence Staff
CE Construction Engineering
CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force (1914-1919)
CF Canadian Forces
CF 98 Canadian Forces form #98 - Report on Injuries
CFAD Canadian Forces Ammunition Depot
CFAO Canadian Forces Administrative Order
CFB Canadian Forces Base
CFC Canadian Forces College (located in Toronto)
CFCSC Canadian Forces Command and Staff Course (run at CFC located in Toronto)
CFHA Canadian Forces Housing Agency
CFH Canadian Forces Hospital
CF H Svcs Gp Canadian Forces Health Services Group (formerly CFMG)
CFMG Canadian Forces Medical Group (Old terminology)
CFMPA Canadian Forces Military Police Academy
CFNES Canadian Forces Naval Engineering School
CFNIS Canadian Forces National Investigation Service
CFNOS Canadian Forces Naval Operations School
CFP Canadian Forces Publication
CFPAS Canadian Forces Personnel Appraisal System
CFPSA Canadian Forces Personnel Support Agency
CFPM Canadian Forces Provost Marshal
CFR Canadian Forces Registration
CFR Commissioning From the Ranks
CFRC Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre
CFRETS Canadian Forces Recruiting, Education and Training System
CFSD Canadian Forces Supply Depot
CFSEME Canadian Forces School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
CFSPDB Canadian Forces Service Prison and Detention Barracks
CFTO Canadian Forces Technical Order
CHAP Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention
CHRA Canadian Human Rights Act
CHRC Canadian Human Rights Commission
CIC Cadet Instructor Cadre
CLFCSC Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College (located in Kingston)
CLS Chief of the Land Staff
CMBG Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
CMG Canadian Medical Group
CO Commanding Officer
COA Course of Action
COS Change of Strength
COS Chief of Staff
COS Company Orderly Sergeant
Coxn Coxswain
Coy Company
CP Command Post
CQMS Company Quarter Master Sergeant
CRB Career Review Board
CRB(M) Career Review Board (Medical)
CRO Custody Review Officer
CSIS Canadian Security and Intelligence Service
CSM Company Sergeant Major
CSOR Canadian Special Operations Regiment
CSTC Cadet Summer Training Centre
CT Component Transfer
CTP Course Training Plan
CTS Clothe The Soldier

D

DAOD Defence Administrative Order and Directive
DCAAR Defence Controlled Area Access Regulations
DCDS Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff
DCO Deputy Commanding Officer
DCOS Deputy Chief of Staff
DDH Destroyer, Helicopter carrying
DEO Direct Entry Officer
DEU Distinctive Environmental Uniform
DGHS Director General Health Services (also Comd CF H Svcs Gp)
DGMC Director General (Military Careers)
DGPA Director General (Public Affairs)
DGRC Director General (Reserves and Cadets)
DGSP Director General (Strategic Planning)
DHH Directorate of History and Heritage
DI Daily Inspection (vehicle)
DIN Defence Information Network
DISO Defence Information Services Organization
DM Deputy Minister
DND Department of National Defence
DO Duty Officer
DP Development Period
DPM Deputy Provost Marshal
DRDC Defence Research and Development Canada
DRET Directorate of Recruiting, Education and Training
DSM Drill Sergeant Major
DVA Department of Veteran Affairs
DZ Drop Zone

E

ED & T Exempt From Drill and Training
EIS Equipment Issue Scale
ELOC Essential Level of Capability
EO Enabling Objective
EOD Explosive Ordinance Disposal
ETQMS Engineer Technical Quartermaster Sergeant

F

F & E Furniture and Effects
FASF Fleet Auxiliary Security Force
FDU Fleet Diving Unit
FFH Frigate, Helicopter equipped
FFO Full Fighting Order
FHP Force Health Protection
Fin Financial
Fin O Financial Officer
FOA Field Operations Allowance
FOO Forward Observation Officer
FST Forward Surgical Team

G

GPTR Government Property Traffic Regulations
GRA General Restricted Area

H

HHT House Hunting Trip
HLTA Home Leave Travel Assistance
HLVW Heavy Logistics Vehicle Wheeled
HMCS Her Majesty's Canadian Ship
HQ Headquarters
HR Human Resources (ie... HR (Mil)- Military, HR (Civ)- Civiliian

I

IAW In Accordance With (reference)
I/C In Charge
IBTS Individual Battle Task Standards
ICE Integrated Clothing Ensemble
IECS Improved Environmental Clothing System
IE Intermediate Engagement
IED Improvised Explosive Device
IPB Intelligence Preparation of Battlefield
ISCC Infantry Section Commander's Course
ISDR Inspection and Search Defence Regulations
ISTAR Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance

J

JAG Judge Advocate General
JFHQ Joint Force Headquarters
JPSU Joint Personnel Support Unit
JTF2 Joint Task Force 2

K

KBR Kellogg Brown and Root
KMB Kabul Multi-National Brigade

L

LAV Light Armoured Vehicle
LDA Land Duty Allowance
LEME Land Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
LFA Land Force Area
LFAA Land Force Atlantic Area
LFC Land Force Command
LFCA Land Force Central Area
LFDTS Land Forces Doctrine and Training System
LFQA Land Force Quebec Area
LFRR Land Force Reserve Restructure
LFWA Land Force Western Area
LHQ Local Headquarters
LOAC Law of Armed Conflict
LP Listening Post
LSVW Light Support Vehicle Wheeled
LZ Landing Zone

M

MARCOM Maritime Command
MCC Military Career Counsellor
MCDV Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel
MCSP Maintenance of Clinical Skills Program (For non-physicians)
MFRC Military Family Resource Centre
MILCOTS Militarized Commercial Off-the-Shelf
MIO Maritime Interdiction Operations
MIR Medical Inspection Room
MLOC Minimum Level of Capability
MLVW Medium Logistics Vehicle Wheeled
MMU Multi-National Medical Unit
MND Minister of National Defence
MOC Military Occupation Code
MOCOMP Maintenance of Competency (Physicians only)
MOSID Military Occupation Structure Identification Code
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MP Military Police
MPCC Military Police Complaints Commission
MPI Mean Point of Impact
MSE Mobile Support Equipment
MSR Main Supply Route
MTAP Military Training Assistance Program

N

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCIU National Counter Intelligence Unit
NCO/NCM Non-Commissioned Officers/Non-Commissioned Members
ND Negligent Discharge
NDA National Defence Act
NDHQ National Defence Headquarters
NDI Natioanl Defence Identification
NDOC National Defence Operations Centre
NEO New Entry Officer
NES Non-Effective Strength
NGO Non Governmental Organization
NIS National Investigation Service
NJTP National Joint Training Plan
NORAD North American Aerospace Defence
NPF Non Public Funds
NPP Non Public Property
N/S Non-Serviceable
NSSC National Security Studies Course
NVG Night Vision Goggles

O

OGS Officer General Specifications
OOD Officer On Duty
OP Observation Post
Op Operation
OPDP Officer Professional Development Program
OPI Office of Primary Interest
OPME Officer Professional Military Education
OPV Offshore Patrol Vessel
Ops O Operations Officer
OR Orderly Room

P

P & A Pay and Allowances
P Res Primary Reserve
PA Put Away (as instructed to a Clerk in a minute to file a document)
PAFO Public Affairs Officer
PD Professional Development
PDC Professional Development Council
PER Personnel Evaluation Report
Pl Platoon
PLD Post Living Differential
PLQ Primary Leadership Qualification
PMed Preventive Medicine (NOTE IT IS NOT PreMed or PrevMed!!!!)
PMQ Permanent Married Quarters
PO Performance Objective
POL Petroleum, Oil & Lubricants
POW Prisoner of War
POOD Petty Officer of the Day
PRB Performance Review Board
PSA Personnel Support Agency
PSP Personnel Support Programs
PSWQ Platoon Support Weapons Qualification
PSO Personnel Selection Officer

Q

QL Qualification Level
QM Quartermaster
QMSI Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor
QOL Quality of Life
QOLPMO Quality of Life Project Management Office
QOLSRB Quality of Life Senior Review Board
QR&O Queen's Regulations and Orders

R

R & Q Rations and Quarters
R&R Rest & Relaxation
RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force
RCN Royal Canadian Navy
RETP Reserve Entry Training Program
RHU Residential Housing Unit
RIIP Reserve Integrated Information Project
RMC Royal Military College
RMNACSTC Rocky Mountain National Army Cadet Summer Training Centre
RO Reviewing Officer
ROE Rules of Engagement
ROTP Regular Officer Training Plan
RSM Regimental Sergeant Major
RSO Range Safety Officer
RSS Reg F Support Staff
RTU Returned To Unit
RV Rendezvous point on patrol
RVS Road and Vehicle Safety
RW Recorded Warning

S

SAR Search and Rescue
SAMPIS Security and Military Police Information System
SAV Staff Assistance Visit
SCONDVA Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs
SCRR Special Commission on the Restructuring of the Reserves
SFOR Stabilization Force
SHARP Standard for Harassment and Racism Prevention
SIR Significant Incident Report
SISIP Company Orderly Sergeant
SIU Special Investigation Unit
SIV Staff Inspection Visits
SLA Service Level Agreement
SN Service Number
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
Sp Support
Spr Sapper
SQ Soldier Qualification
SQFT Secteur du Québec de la Force terrestre
Sup Supply

T

TCCC Tactical Combat Casulty Care
TD Temporary Duty
TL Trade Level (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TL 2, TL 3 ...)
TOS Terms of Service
TP Training Plan
TQ Trade Qualification (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TQ 2, TQ 3 ...)
TQMS Technical Quartermaster Sergeant
Trg Training
Trg O Training Officer

U

UIC Unit Identification Code
UMS Unit Medical Section

V

VAC Veterans Affairs Canada
VCDS Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
VCP Vehicle Check Point
VFS Verification of Former Service
VACSTC Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre

W

WASF Wing Auxiliary Security Force

X

XO Executive Officer
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