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
• 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