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).
QA: Quality Assessment Q&A: Question and Answer QBE: Query by Example QC: Quality Control QEA:
Quick Erect Antenna QM: Quartermaster Q-MESSAGE: Classified Message on Navigational Hazard QOL:
Quality of Life QPQ: Quid Pro Quo QPSK: Quadrature Phase Shift Keying Q/R: Query/Response QRA:
Quick Reaction Alert QRA: Quick Reaction Antenna (TRC-167; TRC-170) QRC: Quick Reaction Capability
QRF: Quick Response Force QRG: Quick Response Graphic QRLS: Quick Reaction Launch System QRMP: Quick
Response Multicolor Printer QRP: Quick Reaction Package QRRC: Quarterly Readiness Report to Congress
QRT: (1) Quick Reaction Task; (2) Quick Reaction Terminal QRSA: Quick Reaction Satellite Antennae QRSP:
Quick Reaction Shuttle Payload QSR: Quick Strike Reconnaissance QSTAG: Quadripartite Standardization
Agreement QUICKSAT: Modified AN/FSC-78 QUIP: Quarterly Intelligence Production Listing |