Navy
396 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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3M | Maintenance and Material Management (3M System) | |
3MC | Maintenance Material Management Coordinator | |
AA | Airman Apprentice | |
AAW | Anti-Air warfare | |
AB | Aviation Boatswain's Mate | |
ABE | Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Launching and Recovery) | |
ABF | Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuels) | |
ABH | Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Aircraft Handling) | |
AC | Air Controlman | |
ACR | Armored cruiser | |
AD | Aviation Machinist's Mate | |
ADSW | Active Duty Special Work [U.S. Navy Reserves, type of orders, typically 6-months in duration] | |
ADT | Active Duty Training [U.S. Navy Reserves, type of orders, typically more than 30 days but less than 6 months] | |
AE | Aviation Electrician's Mate | |
AF | Aviation Photographer's Mate | |
AFC | Aviation Fire Control | |
AFCM | Master Chief Aircraft Maintenanceman | |
AFFF | Aqueous film forming foam | |
AG | Aerographer's Mate | |
AIMD | Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (or Detachment) | |
AK | Aviation Storekeeper | |
ALPO | Assistant Lead Petty Officer | |
AM | Aviation Structural Mechanic | |
AMMRL | Aviation Maintenance Material Readiness List | |
AMO | Assistant Maintenance Officer | |
AN | Airman | |
AO | Aviation Ordnanceman | |
AOW | Auxilliaryman of the Watch | |
AR | Airman Recruit | |
ASAU | Air Search and Attack Unit | |
ASUW | Anti-surface warfare | |
ASVAB | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery | |
ASW | Anti-Air warfare | |
ASW | Auxiliary SeaWater system | |
ASWO | Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer | |
AT | Aviation Electronics Technician | |
AT | Annual Training [U.S. Navy Reserves, type of orders, typically less than 30 days] | |
AUTEC | Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center | |
AUXO | Auxiliaries Officer | |
AVGAS | AViation Gasoline | |
AWCS | Assistant Work Center Supervisor | |
AWOL | Absent without leave[NB 1] | |
AZ | Aviation Maintenance Administrationman | |
BB | Battleship | |
BCD | Bad Conduct Discharge (also colloquially known as "Big Chicken Dinner") | |
BCGs | Birth Control Glasses | |
BJOQ | Blue Jacket of the Quarter | |
BJOY | Blue Jacket of the Year | |
BM | Boatswain's Mate | |
BMOW | Boatswain's Mate of the Watch |