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
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 Sergeant
Coy Company
CP Command Post
CQMS Company Quarter Master Sergeant
CRB Career Review Board
CRB(M) Career Review Board (Medical)
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

TD Temporary Duty
TL Trade Level (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TL 2, TL 3 ...) replaced by QL - Qualification Level
TOS Terms of Service
TP Training Plan
TQ Trade Qualification (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TQ 2, TQ 3 ...)
TQMS Technical Quarter Master Sergeant
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