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U.S. Military Abbreviations & Acronyms:  R

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).

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N

O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

 

R: (1) Rock Outcrops; (2) Receiver

RA: (1) Restricted Area; (2) Responsible Agency; (3) Resident Agent

RAAF: Royal Australian Air Force

RAAP: Rapid Application of Air Power

RAC: (1) Resident Agent in Charge; (2) RF Cafe

RACE: Rapid Automatic Cryptographic Equipment

RAF: Royal Air Force

RABFAC: Radar Beacon Forward Air Controller

RAC: Research and Analysis Company

RACO: Rear Area Combat Operations

RAD: Radiation Absorbed Dose

RADAR: Radio Detection and Ranging

RADAREXREP: Radar Exploitation Report

RADAY: Radio Day

RADBN: Radio Battalion

RADC: Rome Air Development Center

RADCM: Radar Countermeasures

RADCOM: Radio Communications

RADCON: Radiological Control

RADIAC: Radioactive Detection, Indication, and Computation

RADINT: Radar Intelligence

RADREL: Radio Relay

RAF: Royal Air Force (U.K.)

RAG: (1) River Assault Group; (2) Regimental Artillery Group (FSU)

RAIDS: Rapid Access Imagery Dissemination System

RAILS: Relational Analyses of Internetted Linkages System

RAM: (1) Rolling Airframe Missile; (2) Random Access Memory; (3) Radar Absorbing Materials;

         (4) Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability

RAMP: Rating Maintenance Program

RAMPART: Radar Advanced Measurement Program for Analysis of Reentry Techniques

RAOC: (1) Rear Area Operations Center; (2) Regional Air Operations Center

RAOWG: Radar and Optical Intelligence Working Group

RAP: (1) Rocket Assisted Projectile; (2) Remedial Action Projects

RAPIDE: Relocatable Army Processors for IntelligenceData-Europe

RAPIER: Rapid Emergency Reconstitution

RAPTOR: Responsive Aircraft Program for Theater Operations

RAS: (1) Record Assigned Systems; (2) Replenishmest at Sea; (3) Regional Analysis Section;

        (4) Rear Area Security; (5) Remote Access Support

RASC: Required Automated Services Center

RASS: Random Access Storage System

RAST: Regional Analyst Support Team

RATO: Rocket-Assisted Takeoff

RATT: Radio Teletypewriter/Teleprinter

RATV: Rescue All Terrain Vehicle

RAU: Radio Access Unit

RAWS: RAPIDE Analyst Workstation

RAWSII: Raw Statement of Intelligence Interest

RB/ER: Reduced Blast/Enhanced Radiation

RBIF: Red Basic Intelligence File

RBS: (1) Regional Broadcast System; (2) Remote Base Server

RC: (1) Radio-Controlled; (2) Required Capability; (3) Reserve Component;

      (4) Riverine Craft

RCA: (1) Riot Control Agent; (2) Royal Canadian Army; (3) Requirements Control Authority

RCAF: Royal Canadian Air Force

RCAS: Reserve Component Automated System

RCC: (1) Regional Control Center; (2) Rescue Coordination Center

RCF: Remote Collection facility

RCM: Radar Countermeasures

RCOC: Regional Communications Operations Center

RCMP: Royal Canadian Mounted Police

RCP: Remote Communications Processor

RCS: (1) Radar Cross Section; (2) Remote Collection System

RCSS: (1) Reconnaissance Cargo; (2) RC-135 Support Service

RCST: RC-135 Support Team

RCU

Reserve Component Unit

RCV

Receive

RCW

Reconfigurable Workstation

RCZ

Rear Combat Zone

RD

(1) Restricted Data; (2) Radius of Damage; (3) Replacement Detachment; (4) Readiness Division

R&D

Research and Development

RD&A

Research, Development, and Acquisition

RDA

Research, Development, Acquisition

RDAISA

United States Army Research, Development & Acquisition

Information

Systems Agency

RDB

Requirements Data Base

RDBMS

Relational Data Base Management System

RDC

Rapid Deployment Capability

RDD

Required Delivery Date

RDE

Radiation Detection Experiment

RDEC

Research Development Engineering Center

RDF

(1) Radio Direction Finding; (2) Rapid Deployment Force

RDI

Reconnaissance, Detection & Identification

RDIT

Rapid Deployment Imagery Terminals

RDJTF

Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force

RDL

Recurring Document Listing

RDMSS

Rapidly Deployable Mobile SIGINT Systems

RDS

(1) Remote Display System; (2) Rapid Dissemination System

RDSS

Rapidly Deployed Surveillance System

RDT&E

Research, Development, Test and Evaluation

RDV

Rapid Deployment Vehicles

RE

Receive Element

READ

Readiness

READYCAP

Fighter Aircraft in Standby Condition

REC

Radio-Electronic Combat

RECA

Residual Capabilities Assessment

RECA(T)

Residual Capability Assessment (Team)

RECAP

Requirements and Capabilities System

RECAS

Residual Capabilities Assessment System

RECC

Regional Emergency Communications Coordinator

RECCE

Reconnaissance

RECCEXREP

Reconnaissance Exploitation Report

RECI

Radar Emitter Classification Identification

RECLAU

Reconnaissance Launch Report

RECON

Reconnaissance

RECONBN

Reconnaissance Battalion

RECONT

Reconnaissance Intentions Report

REDCOM

Readiness Command

REDCON

Readiness Condition

RED

Cell Rapid Exploitation and Dissemination Cell

RED

FLAG ACC Combat Flying Exercise at Nellis AFB

RED

HORSE Deployable Civil Engineering Group

REDTRAIN

Readiness Training

REFORGER

Return of Forces to Germany (Exercise)

RFC

Request for Collection

REG

Regulation

REGT/Regt

Regiment

REL

Releasable

RELCAN

Releasable to Canada

RELROK

Releasable to the Republic of Korea

REM

Route Evaluation Module

REMAB

Remote Marshalling Base

REMBASS

Remotely Emplaced Battlefield Surveillance System

REMS

Remote Employed Sensors

REMT

Regional Emergency Management Team

RENS

Reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare & Naval Intelligence

System

REP

(1) Range Error Probable; (2) Reserve Exploitation Program; (3) Representative

RES

Remote Earth Sensing

Res

Reserve

RESDAT

Restricted Data

RESTA

Reconnaissance, Surveillance & Target Acquisition

RETRANS

Retransmission

RETS

Remoted Target System

REUTERS

A News Service

REW(S)

Radio Electronic Warfare (Service)

REWSON

Reconnaissance, Electronic Warfare, Special Operations &

Naval

Intelligence Processing System

RF

(1) Radio Frequency; (2) Representative Fraction

RF-4

Designator for Reconnaissance Aircraft (USAF/USMC)

RFA

Restricted Fire Area

RFC

Request for Collection

RFD

Radio Frequency Distribution

RFE/RL

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

RFI

(1) Radio Frequency Interference; (2) Request for Information

RFIS

Reserve Forces Intelligence School

RFL

Restrictive Fire Line

RFMETS

Radio Frequency Mobile Electronics Test Set

RFP

(1) Remaining Force Potential; (2) Radio Frequency Pulse; (3) Request for Proposal; (4) Request for Production

RFPI

Rapid Force Projection Initiative

RFPW

Radio Frequency Pulse Weapon

RFR

Request for Requirements

RFS

Request for Service

RFTB

Reserve Force Target Base

RFTL

Reserve Forces Target List

RGB

Red-Green-Blue

RGR

(1) Ranger; (2) Roger

RGS

Relay Ground Station

RGT

Regiment

RHAW

Radar Homing and Warning

RHIB

Rubber Hull Inflatable Boat

RI

Routing Indicator

RIB

Rigid Inflatable Boat

RIC

(1) Regional Intelligence Center; (2) Resource Identification Code

RIF

Reduction in Force

RII

Request for Intelligence Information

RIM

ROTHR Interface Module

RIMPAC

U.S. Naval Exercise

RIMS

Requirements Inventory Management System

RINT

Unintentional Radiation Intelligence

RIO

Radar Intercept Officer

RIP

(1) Register of Intelligence Publications; (2) Reconnaissance Information Point

RIPL

Reconnaissance and Interdiction Planning Line (NATO)

RIPSO

Revised IP Security Option

RISC

Reduced Instruction Set Computer

RISOP

Red Integrated Strategic Operations Plan

RISP

Reserve Intelligence Support Project

RIT

Remote Imagery Transceiver

RITS

Remote Imagery Transceiver System

RJITF

Regional Joint Intelligence Training Facility

RL

(1) Rocket Launcher; (2) Radio Liberty; (3) Receive Location

RLG

Ring Laser Gyro

RM

(1) Requirements Management; (2) Resource Management

RMBUX

Rocky Mountain Basic UNIX

RMEC

Regional Military Emergency Coordinator

RMG

Resource Management Group

RMO

(1) Records Management Officer; (2) Requirements Management Office

RMS

(1) Requirements Management System; (2) Remote Monitoring System

RNAV

Area Navigation

RNO

Regional Nuclear Option

RNP

(1) Radio Navigation Point; (2) Remote Network Processor

RO

(1) Reporting Officer; (2) Radar Operation; (3) Receive Only; (4) Resident Office

RO/RO

Roll-On/Roll-Off (Ship)

ROB

Radar Order of Battle

ROC

(1) Required Operational Capability; (2) Republic of China; (3) Reconnaissance Operations Center; (4) Required Operational Capability; (5) Regional Operations Center

ROCC

Regional Operations Control Center

ROD

Reconnaissance Operations Division

RODCA

(1) Reporting of DoD HUMINT Collection Activities; (2) Message Caveat

ROE

Rules of Engagement

ROF

(1) Rate of Fire; (2) Remote Operating Facility

ROFA

Remote Operating Facility Airborne

ROIPB

Rear Operations Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield

ROK

Republic of Korea

ROKA

Republic of Korea Army

ROKAF

Republic of Korea Air Force

ROKN

Republic of Korea Navy

ROKUSCFC

Republic of Korea and U.S. Combined Forces Command

ROM

Read Only Memory

RON

Remain Overnight

ROP

Remote Operating Position

RORSAT

Soviet (FSU) Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite

ROSE

Remote Optical Sensing of the Environment

ROSS

Refinement of SIGINT Support

ROT

Rotating Position

ROTC

Reserve Officer Training Corps

ROTHR

Relocatable Over-the-Horizon Radar

ROU

Radius of Uncertainty

ROW

Rest-of-World

RP

(1) Reference Point; (2) Release Point

RPA

Reserve Personnel Allotment

RPB

Regional Preparedness Board

RPC

(1) Regional Preparedness Committee; (2) Regional Reporting Center; (3) Remote Procedure Calls; (4) Rapid Positioning

Capability

RPE

Reconnaissance Planning Element

RPG

(1) Soviet (FSU) Shoulder-Fired Antitank Grenade Launcher; (2) Report Program Generator

RPK

Soviet (FSU) Light Machinegun (similar in design to the AK rifle)

RPM

(1) Revolutions per Minute; (2) Rounds per Minute

RPT

Report

RPTG

Reporting

RPV

Remotely Piloted Vehicle

RQS

Rescue Squadron

RQT

(1) Reliability Qualification Tests; (2) Requirement

RQMTS

Requirements

RR

(1) Railroad; (2) Radio Relay

R&R

Rest and Recreation

RRC

Regional Reporting Center

RRDB

Rapidly Reconfigurable Data Base

RRF

(1) Ready Reserve Force; (2) Rapid Reaction Force (ACE)

RRG

Remote Receive Group

RRI

Response to Request for Information

RRICS

Rapid Response Imagery Capability System

RRII

Response to Request for Intelligence Information

RRM

Red Resource Monitoring

RRP

Rapid Reinforcement Plan

RRS

Remote Receive Station

RRT

Radio Receive/Transmitter

RRTP

Rail-to-Road Transfer Point

RS

Reconnaissance/Surveillance

R&S

Reconnaissance and Surveillance

RSB

PSYOP Regional Support Battalion

RSBN

Short-Range Navigation System (FSU)

RSDN

Long-Range Navigation System (FSU)

RSC

(1) Regional Support Commands; (2) PSYOP Regional Support

Company

R&SC

Reconnaissance and Surveillance Center

RSE

Ranger Support Element

RSI,

R/S/I Rationalization, Standardization and Interoperability

RSN

Red Switched Network

RSO

(1) Reconnaissance & Survey Officer; (2) Regional Security Officer

RSOC

Regional SIGINT Operations Center

RSOD

Remote Satellite Operations Demonstration

RSOG

Reserve Special Operations Group

RSR

(1) Resource Status Report; (2) Required Supply Rate; (3) Radar Service Request

RSSC

Regional Space Support Centers

RSSP

Reconnaissance Support Survivability Program

RST

(1) Recovery Support Team; (2) Regional Survey Team

RSTA

Reconnaissance, Surveillance, & Target Acquisition

RSW

Reflected Shockwave

RT

(1) Real Time; (2) Radio Telephone; (3) Relocatable Target; (4) Radius of Target

RTA

Residual Threat Assessment

RTAPS

Relocatable Target Adaptive Planning Support

RTASS

Remote Tactical Airborne SIGINT System

RTCE

Rapid Targeting Capability Europe

RTG

Reconnaissance Technical Group (TAC, USAFE, PACAF)

RTIC

(1) Regional Threat Information Cell; (2) Real-Time Information to the Cockpit

RTIP

Real-Time Interactive Processor

RTM

Receiver/Transmitter/Modem

RTOS

Real-Time Optical System

RTP

Rail Transfer Point

RTS

(1) Reconnaissance Technical Squadron; (2) Real-Time Simulator

RTS-I

Regional Training Site(s)-Intelligence

RTSP

Real-Time Signal Processor

RU

(1) Roundup; (2) Resident Unit

RUNT

Russian Underground Nuclear Test

RURPOP

Rural Population File

RV

(1) Reentry Vehicle; (2) Radius of Vulnerability; (3) Reconnaissance Vehicle

RVT

Remote Video Terminal

RW

(1) Radiological Warfare; (2) Rotary Wing; (3) Reconnaissance Wing

RWH

Radar Warning & Homing

RWI

Radio Wireline Interface/Integration

RWO

Reconnaissance Watch Officer

RWR

Radar Warning Receiver

RWS

Remote Workstation

RX

Receive

RZ

Recovery Zone

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