ACE         Allied Command Europe

ADAL        Authorized Dental Allowance List

ADVON       Advanced Echelon

AE          Aeromedical Evacuation

AECC        Aeromedical Evacuation Control Center

AECE        Aeromedical Evacuation Control Element

AELT        Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Team

AFB         Air Force Base

AFMIC       Armed Forces Military Intelligence Center

AJBPO       Area Joint Blood Program Office

AMAL        Authorized Medical Allowance List

AMEDDC&S    Army Medical Department Center and School

AO          Area of Operations

AOR         Area of Responsibility

ASBPO       Armed Services Blood Program Office

ASWBPL      Armed Services Whole Blood Processing Laboratory

ATC         Air Transportable Clinic

ATF         Amphibious Task Force

ATH         Air Transportable Hospital

AUTODIN     Automated Defense Information Network

AWOL        Absent without Leave

BAS         Battalion Aid Station

BLDREP      Blood Report

BS          Battle Stress

BLDSHIPREP  Blood Shipment Report

BSU         Blood Supply Unit

BTC         Blood Transshipment Center

CAP         Crisis Action Planning

CBG         Carrier Battle Group

CDC         Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDS         Cargo Delivery System

CI          Civilian Internee

CINC        Commander-in-Chief

CJTF        Commander, Joint Task Force

COA         Course of Action

CONPLAN     Operation Plan in Conceptual Form

CONUS       Continental United States

CSAR        Combat Search and Rescue

CSH         Combat Support Hospital

CV          Aircraft Carrier

CVN         Aircraft Carrier, Nuclear

DA          Direct Action

DD          Destroyer

DEAR        Disease and Environmental Alert Report

DEPMEDS     Deployable Medical Systems

DET         Detainee

DISCOM      Division Support Command

DISRAP      Disease Risk Assessment Profile

DLA         Defense Logistics Agency

DPMIAC      Defense Pest Management Information Analysis Center

DMOC        Division Medical Operations Center

DMSO        Division Medical Supply Office

DNBI        Disease or Non-Battle Injury

DOMS        Director of Military Support

DVEP        Disease Vector Ecology Profile

EEI         Essential Element of Information

ESF #8      Emergency Support Function, Medical

EPW         Enemy Prisoner of War

FCO         Federal Coordinating Officer

FDA         Food and Drug Administration

FEMA        Federal Emergency Management Agency

FF          Frigate

FID         Foreign Internal Defense

FM          Field Manual

FRP         Federal Response Plan

FSB         Forward Support Battalion

FSC         Federal Supply Class

FSSG        Force Service Support Group

FST         Fleet/Forward Surgical Team

GCCS        Global Command and Control System

GPMC        Global Patient Movement Requirements Center

G4          Logistics Staff Office(r), Division level or higher

HA          Humanitarian Assistance

HAZMAT      Hazardous Material

HCT         Hepatocrit

HGB         Hemoglobin

HIV         Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HSS         Health Service Support

ICU         Intensive Care Unit

INS         Immigration and Naturalization Service

IPB         Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield

ISB         Intermediate Staging Base

ISO         International Standardization Organization

IV          Intravenous

JBPO        Joint Blood Program Office

JOA         Joint Operational Area

JPMRC       Joint Patient Movement Requirements Center

JTF         Joint Task Force

JTG         Joint Task Group

J1          Joint Staff Personnel Office(r)

J2          Joint Staff Intelligence Office(r)

J3          Joint Staff Operations Office(r)

J4          Joint Staff Logistics Office(r)

J4-MRD      The Joint Staff Medical Readiness Director(ate)

J5          Joint Staff Plans Office(r)

KIA         Killed in Action

LAPES       Low Altitude Parachute Extraction System

LAV         Light Armored Vehicle

LCAC        Landing Craft Air Cushion

LCM         Landing Craft Mechanical

LCU         Landing Craft Utility

LCVP        Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel

LHA         General Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship

LHD         Multipurpose Amphibious Assault Ship

LPH         Helicopter amphibious Assault Ship

MAGTF       Marine Air Ground Task Force

MAP         Military Assistance Program

MASF        Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility

MASH        Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

MCA         Military Civic Action

MEB         Marine Expeditionary Brigade

MEDCAP      Medical Capability Study

MEDCEN      Medical Center

MEDDAC      Medical Activity

MEDSTAT     Medical Status Report

MEF         Marine Expeditionary Force

MEU         Marine Expeditionary Unit

MI          Myocardial Infarction

MILSTRIP    Military Standard Requisition and Issue Procedure

MIPB        Medical Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield

MMART       Mobile Medical Augmentation Team

MMWR        Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

MOC         Medical Operations Center

MOOTW       Military Operations Other than War

MOPP        Military Operational Protective Posture

MPM         Military Planning Module

MRE         Meal Ready to Eat

MRO         Medical Regulating Office(r)

MSB         Main Support Battalion

MSCA        Military Support to Civil Authorities

MSD         Military Stress Diet

MTF         Medical Treatment Facility

N4          Naval Staff Logistics Office(r)

NAPMIS      Navy Preventive Medicine Management Information System

NAVHOSP     Navy Hospital

NBC         Nuclear, Biological, Chemical

NBI         Non-Battle Injury

NDMS        National Disaster Medical System

NEACDS      Naval Emergency Airdrop Cargo Delivery System

NEHC        Navy Environmental Health Center

NEO         Non-combatant Evacuation Operation

NEPMU       Naval Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit

NG          Nasogastric

NGO         Non-Governmental Organization

NSN         National Stock Number

OEP         Office of Emergency Preparedness

OFDA        Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance

OPCON       Operational Control

OPORD       Operation Order

OPLAN       Operation Plan

OPSEC       Operation Security

OR          Operating Room

PAHO        Pan American Health Organization

PCRTS       Primary Casualty Receiving and Treatment Ship

PE          Polyethylene

PLAD        Plain Language Address Directory

PMI         Patient Movement Items

POL         Petroleum, Oils, Lubricants

RBC         Red Blood Cell

RFI         Request for Information

S4          Logistics Office(r), Regiment, Brigade, or Battalion level

SA          Security Assistance

SOF         Special Operations Force(s)

SPRINT      Special Psychiatric Rapid Intervention Team

SR          Special Reconnaissance

SYSOP       System Operator

TAES        Theater Aeromedical Evacuation System

TAH         Hospital Ship

TAMMIS      Theater Army Medical Management Information System

TBTC        Theater Blood Transshipment Center

TEMPER      Temperature Controlled (Tent)

TPFDD       Time-Phased Force Deployment Data

TPFDL       Time-Phased Force Deployment List

TPMRC       Theater Patient Movement Requirements Center

USACOM      U.S. Atlantic Command

USAID       U.S. Agency for International Development

USCOM       U.S. Chief of Mission

USTRANSCOM  U.S. Transportation Command

VA          Veterans’ Administration

VECTRAP     Vector Risk Assessment Profile

WER         Weekly Epidemiological Record

WIA         Wounded in Action

WHO         World Health Organization

WRAIR       Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

WWMCCS      World Wide Military Command and Control System

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