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AA&E

Arms, Ammunition and Explosives

ACC

Accelerated Case Closure

ACDA

Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

ACO

Allied Command Operations

ACOTA

African Contingency and Disarmament Agency

ACSS

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

ACT

Allied Command Transformation

ACT

Allied Command Transformation

ADL

Advanced Distributed Learning

ADM

Administration and Management (DSCA Business Operations)

ADP

Automated Data Processing

ADUSD(TP)

Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense - Transportation Policy

AECA

Arms Export Control Act

AFI

Air Force Instruction

AFJMAN

Air Force Joint Manual

AFP

Annual Funding Plan

AFR

Africa Region

AFSAC

Air Force Security Assistance Training

AGE

Aerospace Ground Equipment

AIG

Address Information Group

AIK

Assistance-in-Kind

ALP

Aviation Leadership Program

AMC

Air Mobility Command

AMRAAM

Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles

AOR

Area of Responsability

APCSS

Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies

APO

Army Post Office

ASCA

Acquisition and Cross-Security Agreement

ASM

Airspace Management Control

BALTDEFCOL

Baltic Defense College

BALTOPS

Baltic Operations

BAO

Bilateral Affairs Officer

BSC

Border Security and Control

BSI

Black Sea Initiative

C2

Command and Control

C3I

Command, Control, Communication and Information

C4I

Command, Control, Communication and Information

CASEVAC

Casualty Evacuation

CAX

Computer Assisted Exercise

CBRN

Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense Battalion

CCIF

Combatant Command Initiative Fund

CDC

Concept Development Conference

CDT

Cooperative Development Team

CDTS

Counter-Drug Training Support

CE

Combined Endeavor

CENTCON

Central Command

CEP

Civil Emergency Planning

CEPS

Central Europe Pipeline System

CHDS

Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

CHR

Commission of Human Rights

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CMEP

Civil-Military Emergency Planning

COCOM

Combatant Command

COMEDS

Committee of the Chiefs of Military Medical Services in NATO

CONUS

Continental United States

CP

Command Post; Check Point

CSC

Consortium Steering Committee

CSC

Consortium Steering Committee

CSIS

Center for Strategic and International Studies

CTFP

Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program

CTR

Cooperative Threat Reduction

CTWG

Combating Terrorism Working Group

CUI

Controlled Unclassified Information

CY

Calendar Year

DAO

Defense Attache Office

DASD

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

DATT

Defense Attache

DCMA

Defense Contract Management Agency

DELP

Defense English Language Program

DES

Department of Emergency Situations

DFAS

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

DFAS

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

DIC

Defense Industrial Cooperation

DIILS

Defense Institute of International Legal Studies

DISA

Defense Institute Systems Agency

DoD

US Department of Defense

DoS

US Department of State (equivalent of MFA)

DPB

Defense Planning, Budgeting and Resource Management

Drupal

Open Source Content Management System

DSCA

Defense Security Cooperation Agency

DSCA

Defense Security Cooperation Agency

EADRCC

Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center

EAP

East Asia and Pacific Region

EAPC

Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council

EAPN

Euro-Atlantic Partnership Network

EAPWP

Euro-Atlantic Partnership Work Programme

EB

Editorial Board

ECHO

European Commission Humanitarian Office

ECL

English Comprehensive Level

EDWG

Education Development Working Group

ELT

English Language Training

EOC

Emergency Operations Center

EU

European Union

EUCOM

US European Command

FY

Fiscal Year

GCMC

George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies

GRE

Graduate Record Examination

GWOT

Global War on Terrorism

GWT

Greenwich Mean Time

HA

Humanitarian Assistance

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

I/O

Interoperability Objectives

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ICC

In Country Coordinator

ICI

Istanbul Cooperation Initiative

ICRC

International Committee of Red Cross

ID

Identification

IDRA

International Disaster Relief Assistance

ILIAS

(Integriertes Lern-, Informations- und Arbeitskooperations-System [German for "Integrated Learning, Information and Work Cooperation System"])

IMET

International Military Education and Training

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMS

International Military Staff at NATO HQ

IMWG

Information Management Working Group

IPAP

Individual Partnership Action Plan

IT

Information Technology

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff

JET

Joint Education and Training

JFCOM

US Joint Forces Command

KFOR

Kosovo Force

LCT

legal Aspects of Comabating Terrorism

LEMA

Local Emergency Management Authority

LMS

Learning Management System

LNG

Language Training

MAP

Membership Action Plan

MAP

Membership Action Plan

MD

Mediterranean Dialogue

MERLN

Military Education Research Library Network

MET

Mobile Education Team

MFA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

MOD

Ministry of Defense

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MPC

Main Planning Conference

NAC

North Atlantic Council

NAMSA

NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBC

Nuclear, Biological, Chemical

NDC

NATO Defense College

NDU

National Defense University

NESA

Naval Education and Training Security Assistance Field Activity

NGA

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

NGO

Non-Governmental Organizations

NPS

Naval Postgraduate School

NRC

NATO-Russia Council

NUC

NATO-Ukraine Commission

O&M

Operations and Maintenance

OCHA

Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

ODC

Office of Defense Cooperation

OSD

Office of Secretary of Defense

PAP-DIB

Partnership Action Plan - Defense Institution Building

PAP-T

Partnership Action Plan against Terrorism

PARP

Planning and Review Process

PCC

Partnership for Peace Coordination Cell

PfP

Partnership for Peace

PfPC

Partnership for Peace Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes

PIMS

Partnership for Peace Information Management System

PKG

Peacekeeping

PKO

Peacekeeping Operations

PM

Program Manager

PME

Professional Military Education

POC

Point of Contact

PRIME

Partnership Real Time Information and Management System

PTC

PfP Training Centers

PWP

Partnership Work Program

QOL

Quality of Life

R&D

Research and Development

RDSC

Rakovski Defense and Staff College

RIO

Regional International Outreach

RM

Resource Management

RSGBSA

Regional Stability in Greater Black Sea Area

RSGBSA-WG

Regional Stability in the Greater Black Sea Area Working Group

RSSEE

Regional Stability in South East Europe

RSSEE-WG

Regional Stability South East Europe Working Group

SA

Security Assistance

SAC

Senior Advisory Council

SAC

Senior Advisory Council

SACEUR

Supreme Allied Commander Europe

SACT

Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

SALW

Small Arms and Light Weapons

SCORM

Sharable Courseware Objects Reference Mode

SEE

Southeastern Europe

SHAPE

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SOFA

Status of Forces Agreement

SPP

State Partnership Program

SSR

Security Sector Reform

STANAG

Standardization Agreement

SWGs

Study/Working Groups

TDY

Temporary Duty

TEX

Military Exercise and Related Training

TOEFL

Test of English as a Foreign Language

TOR

Term of Reference

TTX

Table Top Exercise

UN

United Nations

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations

UNICEF

United Nations Children Fund

USAF

United States Air Force

USAID

(United States) Agency for International Development

USAREUR

United States Army - Europe

WHINSEC

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation

WIF

Warsaw Initiative Fund

WMD

Weapons of Mass Destruction