Canadian Military Acronyms

Ranks

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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
CAP	Common Army Phase
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
"ETQMS" - Engineer Technical Quarter Master Sergeant } 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 LFQA Land Force Quebec Area 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 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 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 TQMS Technical Quarter Master Sergeant - 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 VACSTC Vernon Army Cadet Summer Training Centre