U.S. Navy acronyms

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The U.S. Navy, like any bureaucratic organization, produces its own acronyms, which often come to have meaning beyond their bare expansions.

Official acronyms

For a comprehensive list of unit organizations in the US Navy, see List of units of the United States Navy.

• 3M - Maintenance and Material Management (3M System)



• 3MC - Maintenance Material Management Coordinator



• AAW - Anti-Air Warfare



• AFFF - Aqueous Film-Forming Foam



• AIMD - Aircraft Intermiediate Maintenance Department



• AUTEC - Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center



• ASAU - Air Search and Attack Unit



• ASUW - Anti-SUrface Warfare



• ASW - Anti-Submarine Warfare



• ASWO - Anti-Submarine Warfare Officers



• AUXO - Auxiliaries Officer



• AWOL - Absent Without Official Leave ^[1]



• BB - Battleship



• BMOW - Boatswain's Mate Of the Watch



• BUMED - Bureau of MEDicine and Surgery



• BUPERS - Bureau of Naval Personnel



• CAG - Carrier Air Group (outdated, see CVW) (CAG is still used as a nickname for the Air Wing Commander, and DCAG for his/her Deputy Commander.)



• CAP - Combat Air Patrol



• CICO - Combat Information Center Officer



• CARBATGRU - CARrier BATtle GRoUp (see CVBG)



• CB - Construction Battalion (pronounced Seabees)



• C4I - Command Control Communications Computers & Intelligence



• CG - Guided Missile Cruiser



• CGN - Guided Missile Cruiser Nuclear Power



• CHENG - CHief ENGineer (pronounced "Chang")



• CIC - Combat Information Center



• CICO - Combat Information Center Officer (pronounced "Sikko")



• CINCLANTFLT - Commander-In-Chief, us atLANTic FLeeT (see COMLANTFLT)



• CINCPACFLT - Commander-In-Chief, us PACific FLeeT (see COMPACFLT)



• CINCUSNAVEUR - Commander-In-Chief, US NAVal forces EURope



• CIWS - Close-In Weapons System (pronounced sea-whiz)



• CM/C - Command Master Chief



• CNET - Chief of Naval Education and Training



• CNO - Chief of Naval Operations



• CO - Commanding Officer^[2]



• COB - Chief Of the Boat (traditionally found only on submarines)



• COMLANTFLT - COMmander, u.s. atLANTic FLeeT (see CINCLANTFLT)



• COMEX - Commence Exercise



• CommO - COMMunications Officer



• COMNAVAIRLANT - COMmander, NAVal AIR forces, atLANTic



• COMNAVAIRPAC - COMmander, NAVal AIR forces, PACific



• COMNAVSEASYSCOM - COMmander, NAValy SEA SYStems COMmand



• COMNAVSECGRU - COMmander, NAVal SECurity GRoUp



• COMPACFLT - COMmander, PACific FLeeT (formerly CINCPACFLT)



• COMPTUEX - COMPosite Training Unit EXercise



• COMSEC - COMmunications SECurity



• COMSUBLANT - COMmander, SUBmarine force AtLANTtic



• COMSUBPAC - COMmander, SUBmarine force PAcific



• CPO - Chief Petty Officer



• CQ - Carrier Qualification



• CV - Carrier Vessel



• CVN - Carrier Vessel Nuclear Power



• DD - Destroyer



• DDG - Guided Missile Destroyer



• CRUDESRON - CRUiser DEStroyer squadRON



• CVBG - Carrier Battle Group (V comes from ship designation CV/CVN)



• CVW - Carrier air Wing (V from carrier's CV designation)



• DAPA - Drug and Alcohol Programs Advisor



• DCA - Damage Control Assistant



• DCAG - Deputy Air Wing Commander (see CAG)



• DCC - Damage Control Central



• DESRON - DEStroyer squadRON



• DOD - Department Of Defense



• DON - Department Of the Navy



• EAOS - End of Active Obligated Service



• ECMO - Electronic CounterMeasures Operators



• FAC - Forward Air Controller



• FAC/A - Forward Air Controller/Airborne



• FDO - Flight Deck Officer



• F/MC - Fleet (or Force) Master Chief



• FOD - Foreign Object Damage (Debris and Detection also used in some cases)



• FRS - Fleet Replacement Squadron (Formerly RAG)



• JAG - Judge Advocate General



• JBD - Jet Blast Deflector (carriers)



• JTF - Joint Task Force



• JTFEX - Joint Task Force EXercise



• LES - Leave and Earnings Statement



• LPO - Leading Petty Officer



• LSO - Landing Signal Officer



• MCPO - Master Chief Petty Officer



• MCPON - Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy



• MPA - Main Propulsion Assistant



• MO - Maintenance Officer (pronounced "Moe")



• NFO - Naval Flight Officer



• NAVAIR - NAVal AIR systems command



• NAWCAD - Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division



• NAVCOMP - COMPtroller of the NAVy



• NAVEDTRA - chief of NAVy EDucation and TRAining



• NAVMAT - NAVal MATerial command



• NAVMILPERSCOM - NAVy MILitary PERSonnel COMmand



• NAVSUP - NAVal SUPply systems command



• NAVTRA - chief of NAVal TRAining



• NAWCWD - Naval Air Warfare Center - Weapons Division



• NCDU - Navy Combat Demolition Unit



• NeL - Navy eLearning



• NEX - Navy EXchange



• NKO - Navy Knowledge Only



• NMCI - Navy & Marine Corps Intranet



• NROTC - Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps



• NJROTC - Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps



• NSAWC - Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center



• NSGA - Naval Security Group Activity



• NSWG - Naval Special Warfare Group



• OCS - Officer Candidate School



• OOD - Officer Of the Deck



• OPSO - OPerationS Officer



• OPNAV - office of the chief of NAVal OPerations



• POD - Plan Of the Day



• RAG - Replacement Air Group (now known as FRS)



• RIO - Radar Intercept Officer



• RL - Restricted Line (Officer)



• RT - RadioTelephone (voice radio)



• RTC - Recruit Training Command



• SAG - Surface Action Group



• SAM - Surface-to-Air Missile ^[3]



• SAU - Search and Attack Unit



• SEAL - SEa Air Land



• SECDEF - SECretary of DEFense



• SECNAV - SECretary of the NAVy



• SCBA - Self Contained Breathing Apparatus



• SCPO - Senior Chief Petty Officer



• SICLOS - Shift Inspect Clean Lube Oil Strainers



• SOPA -Senior Officer Present Afloat



• SOP(A) - Senior Officer Present (Ashore)



• SPAWAR - Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command



• STREAM - Standard Tension REplenishment Alongside Method



• SSTG - Ships Service Turbo Generator



• SUBRON - SUBmarine squadRON



• SWO - Surface Warfare Officer



• TE - Task Element



• TF - Task Force



• TG - Task Group



• TU - Task Unit



• UA - Unauthorized Absence/unauthorized



• UAS - Unmanned Aerial System (replaced UAV)



• UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle



• UCMJ - Uniform Code of Military Justice



• UDT - Underwater Demolition Team



• UNREP - Underway replenishment



• USMC - United States Marine Corps (organized under the DON)



• USN - United States Navy



• UDT - Underwater Demolition Team (see SEAL)



• URL - UnRestricted line (Officer)



• USNA - United States Naval Academy



• UWT - UnderWater Telephone



• VERTREP - Vertical Replenishment



• VCNO - Vice Chief of Naval Operations



• WSO - (Wizzo) Weapon system Operator



• XO - eXecutive Officer

See also

• List of acronyms
• List of government and military acronyms
• List of U.S. Marine Corps acronyms and expressions
• List of U.S. Army acronyms and expressions
• Glossary of nautical terms
• United States Navy portal

Notes and references

Published - September 2008

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