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The military and
government are famous for using - or overusing - abbreviations and acronyms for designating equipment, programs,
and agencies. These eight pages are chock full of nearly every commonly used abbreviations and acronyms used by
the U.S. military (at least up through around the year 2000).
BA: (1) Budget Authority; (2) Budget Activity BAA: Broad Agency Announcement BAC: (1) Budget Activity
Code; (2) Broad Area Coverage BAD: Baseline Assessment Document BADGE: FINDER Proper Name of System
BADGE: KEEPER Proper Name of System BAE: Battlefield Area Evaluation
BAG: Battalion Artillery Group BAI: (1) Battlefield Air Interdiction; (2) Backup Aircraft Inventory; (3)
Battlefield Artificial Intelligence BALTAP: Baltic Approaches (NATO Naval Command)
BAN: Base Area Network BANDIT: Bragg Area Network for Digital Intelligence Transmission
BAO: Basic Attack Option BAOR: British Army of the Rhine BARB: Beacon-Aided Radar Bombing
BARCS: Battlefield Area Reconnaissance System BAS: (1) Broad Area Search; (2) Battlefield Automated Systems;
(3) Billet Access System BASIC: Battle Area Surveillance & Integrated Communications BASOPS: Base
Operations BASS: Battlefield Surveillance System BAT-D: Battlefield Deception BATF: Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Firearms BATO: Balloon-Assisted Take-Off BATS: Ballistic Aerial Target System BAWB:
Bomber Activity Weekly Brief BB: Battleship BBBG: Battleship Battle Group BBLS: Barrels BBO:
Booster Burnout BBS: Brigade/Battalion Simulation B2C2: Brigade and Below Command and Control System
BCA: Broadcast Control Authority BC2A: Bosnia Command and Control Augmentation BCBL: Battle Command Battle
Lab BCC: Base Communications Center BCDSS: Battle Command Decision Support System BCE: Battlefield
Coordination Element BCI: Bit-Count Integrity BCR: (1) Battlefield Communications Review; (2) Baseline
Change Request BCS: Broadcast Control Station BCT: (1) Base Consolidated Telecommunications; (2) Betac
Command Team BCTP: Battle Command Training Program BCV: Battle Command Vehicle Bd: Baud BDA: (1)
Battle Damage Assessment; (2) Bomb Damage Assessment
BDA/PSA: Bomb Damage Assessment/Post Strike Assessment
BDE/Bde: Brigade BDM: Budget Decision Memorandum BDP: Battlefield Development Plan
BDS: (1) Base Development Survey; (2) Bulk Data Service BDSP: Battle Dress System Project
BE: Basic Encyclopedia BEMT: Basic Electronic Maintenance Trainer BENELUX: Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg BER: Bit Error Rate BERT: Bit Error Rate Tester BES: Budget Estimate Submission BETA:
Battlefield Exploitation and Target Acquisition BEYOND: DUTY Proper Name of System BF: Battle Force
BFA: Battlefield Function Area BFACS: BFA Control System
BF(S)BL: Battle Focus (Support) Battle Lab BFCS: Ballistic Framing Camera System BFE:Blacker Front End
BFI: Battlefield Interdiction BFM: Basic Flight Maneuvers BFMA: Battlefield Functional Mission Area
BFOV: Broad Field of View BG: (1) Battle Group; (2) Brigadier General
BGN: Board on Geographic Names BGPHES: Battle Group Passive Horizon Extension System
BGW: Battlefield Guided Weapon BGWU: Battle Group Workup BH: Busy Hour B-H: Bosnia-Hercegovina
BI: Background Investigation BIACC: Basic Integrated Aircraft Command and Control BIC: Battlefield
Information Center BICC: Battlefield Information Coordination Center BICES: Battlefield Information
Collection and Exploitation Systems BICM: Battlefield Intelligence Collection Model BIDS: Battlefield
Information Distribution System BIF: Basic Imagery File BIFF: Bistatic Identification Friend or Foe
BIIB: Basic Imagery Interpretation Brief BIIR: Basic Imagery Interpretation Report BIM: Ballistic
Intercept Missile BIOLDEF: Biological Defense
BIOLOPS: Biological Operations BIOLWPN: Biological Weapons BISS: Baseline Intelligence Summary
Supplement BIT: (1) Binary Digit; (2) Built-In Test BITE: Built-In Test Equipment
BITS: Base Information Transfer System BIU: Bus Interface Unit Bks: Barracks BKS: Broadcast Keying
Station BL: Bomb Line BLATT: Blattenberger BLDG: Building BLEST: Berm-Loaded Explosive Simulation
Technique BLEU: Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union BLIP: Background Limited IR Photography BLOS: Beyond
Line-of-Sight BLSS: Base Level Self-Sufficiency Spares BLT: Battalion Landing Team BLUE: FLAG ACC
command and control exercise BM: (1) FSU Truck-Mounted Multiple Rocket Launcher; (2) Ballistic Missile
BMATT: Briefcase Multi-Mission Advanced Tactical Terminal BM/C2: Battle Management/Command and Control
BM/C3: Battle Management/Command, Control, and Communications BMC: Battle Management Cell BMCT: Beginning
of Morning Civil Twilight BMD: (1) Ballistic Missile Defense; (2) FSU Airborne Combat Vehicle BMDO : (1)
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization; (2) Ballistic Missile Defense Office BMDSCOM : U.S. Army Ballistic
Missile Defense Systems Command BMEWS: Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
BMG: Basic Mission Guidance BMNT: Beginning of Morning Nautical Twilight BMP: FSU Armored Infantry
Combat Vehicle BMSS: Ballistic Missile Systems Subcommittee BN/Bn: Battalion
BND: Bundesrepublik Nachrichtendienst (German Intelligence Service) BOA: Broad Ocean Area
BOCCA: Board for Coordination of Civil Aircraft (NATO) BOIP: Basis of Issue Plan BOMREP: Bombing Report
BOQ: Bachelor Officers’ Quarters BOS: (1) Battlefield Operating System; (2) Base Operating Support BP:
(1) Battle Position; (2) Bandpass BPA: (1) Battlefield Psychological Activities; (2) Blanket Purchase
Agreement BPE: Beacon Precision Enlarger BPF: Bandpass Filter BPI: Bits Per Inch BPPBS: Biennial
Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System
BPR: Business Process Reengineering BPS: (1) Basic Psychological Operations Study; (2) Bits Per Second; (3)
Beachman Processing System BPSK: Burst Pulse Shift Key BR: Blade Rate
B/R: Bridge/Router BR/Br: Branch BRAC: Base Realignment and Closure (Commission)
BRDM: FSU Wheeled Amphibious Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle BRET: Bistatic Reflected Energy Target BRI:
Basic Rate Interface BRIXMIS: British Commanders-In-Chief Military Liaison Mission
BRL: Bomb Release Line BRP: Bomb Release Point BRS: (1) Beachman Reporting System; (2) Backup and
Recovery System (3) Beach Reconnaissance System BRU: Bomb Release Unit BS: Broadcast Service BSA:
Brigade Support Area BSD: (1) Battlefield Surveillance Device; (2) Battlefield Surveillance Display BSS:
Broadcast Satellite Service BSSC: Battle Staff Support Center BSSG: Brigade Service Support Group BST:
(1) Battle Staff Team; (2) Betac Support Team BSTS: (1) Boost Surveillance and Tracking System; (2) Boost
Phase Surveillance and Tracking System BT: Basic Training BTA: Best Technical Approach BTF: Battalion
Task Force
BTG: Basic Target Graphic BTI: Balanced Technology Initiative BTR: FSU Armored Personnel Carrier BTRY:
(1) Battery; (2) Field Artillery BTU: British Thermal Unit BTW: By The Way BUD/S: Basic Underwater
Demolition/Sea-Air-Land (SEAL) BUIC: Back-Up Intercept Control
BUNT: British Underground Nuclear Test BUR: Bottom Up Review BVITS: Baseline Video Imagery Transmission
System BVR: Beyond Visual Range BW: (1) Biological Warfare; (2) Bandwidth; (3) Beamwidth; (4) Bomb Wing
B&W: Black and White BWC: Biological Weapons Convention
BWP: Basic Working Paper BZ: Buffer Zone |