Navy
396 abbreviations
Abbreviation | Meaning | |
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ST | Sonar Technician | |
STREAM | Standard Tension REplenishment Alongside Method | |
SUBRON | SUBmarine squadRON | |
SUBSAFE | SUBmarine SAFEty program | |
SUPPO | SUPPly Officer | |
SWCC (swick) | Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen, the Special Operations Forces who operate and maintain an inventory of boats used to support special operations missions, particularly those of the U.S. Navy SEALs. | |
SWO | Surface Warfare Officer | |
TAD | Temporary Additional Duty | |
TADCEN | Training and Distribution Center | |
TAO | Tactical Action Officer (Fights the ship under the supervision of the Captain) | |
TE | Task Element | |
TF | Task Force | |
TFOA | Things Falling Off Aircraft | |
TG | Task Group | |
TM | Torpedoman's Mate | |
TOPGUN | United States Navy Fighter Weapons School | |
TU | Task Unit | |
UA | Unauthorized absence, equivalent to Army absent without leave | |
UA | Urinalysis | |
UAS | Unmanned Aerial System | |
UCMJ | Uniform Code of Military Justice | |
UDT | Underwater Demolition Team | |
UNODIR | UNless Otherwise DIRected | |
UNREP | Underway replenishment | |
UNSAT | Unsatisfactory | |
URL | Unrestricted line officer | |
USMC | United States Marine Corps, organized under the United States Department of the Navy) | |
USNA | United States Naval Academy (Annapolis) | |
UWT | Underwater telephone | |
VAQ | Fixed Wing Electronic-Attack Squadron | |
VAW | Fixed Wing Airborne Early Warning Squadron | |
VCNO | Vice Chief of Naval Operations | |
VERTREP | Vertical replenishment | |
VF | Fixed Wing Fighter (no longer used) | |
VFA | Fixed Wing Strike Fighter Squadron | |
VP | Fixed Wing Patrol Squadron | |
VRC | Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC-30 Providers) | |
VTU | Volunteer Training Unit | |
WCS | Workcenter Supervisor | |
WO | Warrant Officer | |
WSO | Weapon Systems Operator/Naval Flight Officer | |
WTD | Watertight Door | |
WTF | Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, usually an interrogative phrase, but may also be used in a declarative manner | |
WTH | Water Tight Hatch | |
XO | Executive officer | |
YN | Yeoman |