Canadian Military Acronyms

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

A

ADM	Assistant Deputy Minister
Adm	Administration
AFC	Armed Forces Council
ATI	Access to Information Act
AVGP	Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (Grizzly, Cougar and Bison)

B

• 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
• BG Battle Group
• BK Battery Captain
• BMQ Basic Military Qualification
• Bn Battalion
• BOR Battalion Orderly Room
• BOS Battalion Orderly Sergeant
• BPSO Base Personnel Selection Office
• 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
• 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

D

• DAOD Defence Administrative Order and Directive
• 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
• 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
• DRET Directorate of Recruiting, Education and Training
• DSM Drill Sergeant Major
• DVA Department of Veteran Affairs

E

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

F

• F & E Furniture and Effects
• FFH Frigate, Helicopter equipped
• FHP Force Health Protection
• Fin Financial
• Fin O Financial Officer
• FOA Field Operations Allowance
• FOO Forward Observation Officer

H

• HHT House Hunting Trip
• 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)
• IE Intermediate Engagement
• ISCC Infantry Section Commander's Course
• ISTAR Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance

J

• JAG Judge Advocate General
• JFHQ Joint Force Headquarters
• JTF2 Joint Task Force 2

L

• 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
• LFRR Land Force Reserve Restructure
• LFWA Land Force Western Area
• LOAC Law of Armed Conflict
• LP Listening Post
• LSVW Light Support Vehicle Wheeled

M

• MARCOM Maritime Command
• MCC Military Career Counsellor
• MCDV Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel
• MFRC Military Family Resource Centre
• MIO Maritime Interdiction Operations
• MIR Medical Inspection Room
• 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

N

• NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
• 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

O

• OGS Officer General Specifications
• 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)
• 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

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
• 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

S

• 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
• SIU Special Investigation Unit
• SIV Staff Inspection Visits
• Sp Support
• Spr Sapper
• SQ Soldier Qualification
• SQFT Secteur du Québec de la Force terrestre

T

• 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 ...)
• Trg Training
• Trg O Training Officer

U

• UMS Unit Medical Section

V

• VAC Veterans Affairs Canada
• VCDS Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
• VFS Verification of Former Service