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U.S. Military Abbreviations & Acronyms:  S

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

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S

Secret

/s/

Signature

S-1

Personnel Staff Officer

S-2

Intelligence Staff Officer; Brigade, Battalion, and Armored Cavalry

S-3

Operations Staff Officer

SA

(1) Logistics Staff Officer; (2) Special Access; (3) Situational Awareness; (4) Signals Analysis; (5) Surface-to-Air; used to identify FSU Surface-to-Air Missiles, e.g., SA-7/GRAIL; (6) Situation Assessment; (7) Security Assistance; (8) Special Agent; (9) Stand Alone; (10) Secretary of the Army; (11) Systems Administrator; (12) Strategic Attack

SAA

(1) Special Area Assessments; (2) Strategic Air Army

SAAC

Strategic Analysis Applications Center

SAAM

Special Assignment Airlift Mission

SAASE

Standard Data Element-Based Automated Architecture Support

Environment

SACC

Supporting Arms Coordination Center

SACCS

Strategic Air Command Automated Command & Control System

SACS

(1) Secure Access Control System; (2) STU-III Access Control System

SAE

Service Acquisition Executive

SAB

Subject as Above

SAC

(1) Strategic Air Command; (2) Scientific Advisory Committee; (3) Senate Appropriations Committee

SACDIN

SAC Digital Network

SACEUR

Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (NATO)

SACLANT

Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic (NATO)

SACLANTREPEUR

SACLANT Representative in Europe

SACOM

Southern Area Command

SACOS

SAC Operational Staff

SACWARNS

(1) Strategic Air Command Indications and Warning; (2) SAC Warning System

SADARM

Sense and Destroy Armor

SADF

South African Defense Force

SADO

Senior Air Defense Officer

SADT

Structured Analysis Design Technique

SAEDA

Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the Army

SAF

(1) Soviet (FSU) Air Force; (2) Source Acquisitions File; (3) Secretary of the Air Force; (4) US Air Force Staff

SAFE

(1) Support for the Analysts’ File Environment; (2) Selected Area for Evasion

SAFF

Safing, Arming, Fuzing, and Firing

SAF/O/T

Security Assistance Force/Organization/Team

SAG

(1) Study Advisory Group; (2) Surface Action Group; (3) Strategic Advisory Group

SAGE

Semiautomatic Ground Environment (Radar)

SAI

Strategic Command Administrative Instruction

SAIB

Safe Area Intelligence Brief

SAID

Safe Area Intelligence Description

SAIS

Strategic Aerospace Intelligence System

SAL

(1) Strategic Arms Limitation; (2) Submarine Alerting and Locating

SALT

(1) Strategic Arms Limitation Talks; (2) Supporting Arms Liaison Team

SALUTE

Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time, Equipment (spot report format)

SAM

(1) Surface-to-Air Missile; (2) Summary Assessment Matrix

SAMOB

Surface-to-Air Missile Order of Battle

SAMSO

Space And Missile System Organization

SAMT

State of the Art Medium Terminals

SAO

(1) Special Access/Activities Office; (2) Select Attack Option; (3) Special Access Only; (4) Security Assistance Organization; (5) Security Assistance Office

SAOB

FSU Air Order of Battle

SAOC

(1) Space Actions Officers Course; (2) Sector Air Operations Center

SAOCS

Submarine/Aircraft Optical Communications System

SAP

(1) Special Access Program; (2) System Acquisition Plan

SAPAS

Semiautomatic Population Analysis System

SAR

(1) Search and Rescue; (2) Synthetic Aperture Radar; (3) Special Access Required; (4) Sea-Air Rescue

SARC

Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center

SARDA

Secretary of the Army for Research, Development and Acquisition

SARP

Storage and Retrieval Processor

SARPF

Strategic Air Relocatable Processing Facility

SARSAT

Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking

SART

Strategic Aircraft Recovery Team

SARV

Strategic Aerospace Reconnaissance Vehicle

SAS

(1) Strategic Area Study; (2) Strategic Aerospace Summary; (3) Special Activities Squadron; (4) Support to Analyst Subsystem; (5) Survivable Adaptive Systems

SASC

Senate Armed Services Committee

SASM

Strategic Air-to-Surface Missile

SASS

(1) Small Aerostat Surveillance System; (2) Systems Acquisition Support Services

SAT

(1) Satellite; (2) Staff Augmentation Team; (3) Satisfactory

SATCOM

Satellite Communications

SATCOMA

Satellite Communications Agency (U.S. Army)

SATKA

Surveillance, Acquisition, Tracking, and Kill Assessment

SATRAN

(1) Satellite Reconnaissance Advanced Notice; (2) Satellite Transmission

SATS

Southwest Asia Telecommunications System

SATVUL

Satellite Vulnerability

SAVE

Situation Analysis and Vulnerability Estimate

SAVI

Systems Analysis of Vulnerability to Intrusion

SAWC

Special Air Warfare Center

SAWG

Simulation and Analysis Working Group

SAWIC

Strike and Amphibious Warfare Intelligence Center

SAWS

Submarine Analyst Work Station

SAWVS

Satellite Attack Warning and Verification System

SB

Sentinel Byte

S-BAND

2 to 4 GHz

SBB

Sustained Bare Base

SBI

(1) Special Background Investigation; (2) Space-Based Interceptor

SBIRS

Space-based Infrared Radar System

SBIS

Sustaining Base Information Services

SBKKV

Space-Based Kinetic Kill Vehicle

SBL

Space-Based Laser

SBM

Single-Point Mooring Buoy

SBR

(1) Special Boat Squadron; (2) Space-Based Radar

SBS

Site Backbone Segment

SBSS

Space-Based Surveillance System

SBU

(1) Special Boat Unit; (2) Sensitive but Unclassified

SBWASS

Space-Based Wide-Area Surveillance System

SC

(1) Science Committee (NATO); (2) Signal Corps; (3) Security Code; (4) Signal Company; (5) System Center; (6) Structural Category; (7) Screen Commander or Coordinator; (8) Air Force Communications-Computers Directorate; (9) Submarine Conversion

SCA

Service Cryptologic Agency

SCAD

Subsonic Cruise Armed Decoy

SCAMP

Sensor Control and Management Platoon

SCAMPI

SOF C3I Telecommunications System

SCARE

Standard Collection Asset Request Format

SCATANA

Security Control of Air Traffic and Air Navigation Aids

SCC

(1) Special Coordination Committee; (2) Standing Consultative

Commission

(SALT); (3) Surveillance Coordination Center; (4) System Control Center; (5) Space Control Center; (6) Service Component Commander

SC

CAT SOUTHCOM Crisis Action Team

SCC(I)

Special Coordination Committee (Intelligence)

SCCP

Single-Channel Command Post

SCCS-R

Single-Channel Collection System - Rear

SCCTV

Secure Closed-Circuit Television

SCDL

Surveillance and Control Data Link (JSTARS)

SCE

Service Cryptologic Element

SCF

Satellite Control Facility

SCF-UK

Save the Children Federation-UK

SCG

Special Consultative Group (NATO)

SCI

(1) Sensitive Compartmented Information or Information Programs; (2) Source Code Indicator

SCIBS

Sensitive Compartmented Information Billet System

SCIC

State Crime Information Center

SCIF

Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

SCIM

Subject Codes for Intelligence Management

SCIMITAR

System for Countering Interdiction Missiles and Target Radars

SCINET

Sensitive Compartmented Information Network (DoDIIS)

SCIP

Special Communications Intelligence Package

SCIPMIS

Standard Civilian Personnel Management Information System

SCIPS

Sensitive Compartmented Information Processing System

SCIS

Survivable Communication Information System

SCISS

SOUTHCOM Intelligence Support System

SCI-VTC

Sensitive Compartmented Information-Video Teleconferencing

SC

J2 USSOUTHCOM J2

SCL

Standard Conventional Load

SCLNO

SOUTHCOM Liaison Officer

SCM

Security Countermeasures

SCN

Satellite Control Network

SCO

(1) Service Cryptologic Organizations; (2) Sub-Control Office

SCOLA

Satellite Communications for Learning

SCORE

Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment

SCOTT

Single-Channel Objective Tactical Terminal

SCP

Secure Conferencing Project

SCPC

Single Channel per Carrier

SCS

(1) Signal Collection System; (2) Satellite Control Squadron

SCSC

SOUTHCOM Support Center

SCSI

Small Computer Systems Interface

SCT

(1) Single-Channel Terminal; (2) Single-Channel Transponder

SCUBA

Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

SCUD

Nickname of a Missile System

SD

(1) Space Director; (2) Standard Displacement; (3) Senior Director; (4) Security Division; (5) Strategic Command

Directive

SDA

(1) Ships Destination Authority; (2) Strike Damage Assessment

S&DA

Strike and Damage Assessment

SDB

Space Data Base

SDC

(1) Strategic Dissemination Company; (2) Strategic Defense Command

SDD

Secure Data Device

SDF

Structured Data Fields

SDHS

Satellite Data Handling System

SDI

Strategic Defense Initiative

SDIE

Special Defense Intelligence Estimate

SDIN

(1) Secure Digital Information Network; (2) Special Defense Intelligence Notice

SDIO

Strategic Defense Initiative Organization

SDIS

Switched Digital Integrated Service

SDLC

Synchronous Data Link Control

SDM

Standoff Destructive Munition

SDMA

Spaced Division Multiple Access

SDMS

SINET Data Management System

SDNRIU

Secure Digital Network Radio Interface Unit

SDNS

Secure Data Network System

SDO

System Development Office

SDOB

Scaled Depth of Burst

SDR

(1) Source-Directed Requirements; (2) System Design Review

SDS

(1) Satellite Data System; (2) SIGINT Direct Support; (3) Satellite Dissemination System; (4) Secondary

Dissemination

System; (5) Strategic Defense System; (6) Switched Data Services; (7) Spatial Data Server; (8) Small

Digital

Switch

SDV

(1) Swimmer Delivery Vehicle; (2) SEAL Delivery Vehicle

SDVT

SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team

SDYS

Studies

SE

Southeastern

SEA

(1) Southeast Asia; (2) Senior Enlisted Advisor

SEABEE

Navy Construction Battalion Personnel

SEALANCE

Anti-Submarine Warfare Standoff Weapons (ASW/SOW)

SEAD

Suppression of Enemy Air Defense

SEADS

Southeast Air Defense Sector

SEAGA

Selective Employment Air Ground Alert Forces

SEAL

Sea/Air/Land

SEASTAG

SEATO Standardization Agreement

SEATO

Southeast Asia Treaty Organization

SEAWATCH

NOSIC On-Line Computer System

SEC

(1) Second; (2) Section; (3) Submarine Element Coordinator

SECAF

Secretary of the Air Force

SECARMY

Secretary of the Army

SECC

Survivable Enduring Command Center

SECCLEAR

Security Clearance (Management System)

SECDEF

Secretary of Defense

SECNAV

Secretary of the Navy

SECOM

Security Committee

SECS

Survivable and Enduring Communications System

SECSTATE

Secretary of State

SECTY

Security

SED

Simulated Electronic Deception

SEDSCAF

Standard ELINT Data System Codes and Formats

SEE

(1) System Engineering and Evaluation; (2) Softcopy Exploitation Environment

SEEI

Special Essential Elements of Information

SEEK

Soviet Emigre Exploitation Kit

SEI

Specific Emitter Identification

SEIP

Senior Enlisted Intelligence Program

SEIS

Survivable and Enduring Intelligence System

SELA

Latin American Economic System

SELORS

Ship Emitter Locating Reports

SELMON

Selective Monitoring

SEMA

Special Electronic Mission Aircraft

SEMEC

SOF Enhanced Moldable Explosive Change

SEN

(1) Small Extension Node; (2) Space Engagement Node

SEOS

SIGINT/Electronic Warfare Operating System

SEP

(1) Selective Employment Plan (NATO); (2) Separate

SEPA

FSU Extended Planning Annex

SEPS

NATO Selective Employment Plan

SERE

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape

SERER

Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape, and Recovery

SERNO

Serial Number

SES

(1) Surface Effects Ship; (2) Systems Engineering Study; (3) Senior Executive Service; (4) Sensor Employment Squadron; (5) Softcopy Exploitation System; (6) Societe European Des

Satellites

SESOCC

Southeastern Sector Operations Control Center

SESS

Space Environment Sensor Suite

SET

Sensor Employment Teams

SETAF

Southern European Task Force

SEVOCCS

Secure Voice Command and Control System

SEVOX

Secure Voice

SEWC

Space and Electronic Warfare Commander

SEWCC

SIGINT/Electronic Warfare Coordination Center

SEWS

(1) Satellite Early Warning System; (2) SIGINT Electronic Warfare Subsystem

SF

(1) Special Forces; (2) Standard Form

SFA

Security Fault Analysis

SFAT

Strategic Forces Advisory Team

SFD

Saturated Flux Density

SFEM

Space Forces Engagement Model

SFG

Special Forces Group

SFG-A

Special Forces Group-A

SFG(A)

Special Forces Group (Airborne)

SFOA

Special Forces Operations Area

SFOB

(1) Special Forces Operating Base; (2) Soviet (FSU) Forces Order of Battle

SFOD

Special Forces Operational Detachment

SFODA

Special Forces Operational Detachments-A

SFOD-D

First Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta

SFOS

Special Forces Operating System

SFQC

Special Forces Qualification Course

SFR

Statement of Functional Requirement

SFRD

Safe Functional Requirements Document

SFT

Secure Fault Tolerant

SFTL

Strategic Future Targets List

SFUG

Security Features Users Guide

SGB

SOUTHCOM Ground Order of Battle

SGDPS

Second Generation Data Processing System

SGEMP

System Generated Electromagnetic Pulse

SGF

(1) Southern Group of Forces (Soviet Forces in Hungary); (2) Synthetic Aperture Radar Ground Facility

SGS

(1) Secretary to the General Staff; (2) Squadron Ground Station

SGT

(1) Satellite Ground Terminal; (2) Sergeant

SHA

Secure Hast Algorithm

SHAPE

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (NATO)

SHARES

Shared HF Resources

SHC

Supreme High Command

SHF

Super High Frequency

SHED

Special Handling and Evaluation Detachment

SHELREP

Shell Report

SHF

Super High Frequency

SHOP

Special Handling for Operations Purposes

SHORAD

Short-Range Air Defense

SI

(1) Special Intelligence; (2) Special Instructions

S&IA

Security and Investigative Activities

SIAB

Senior Imagery Advisory Board

SIAD

Strategic Imagery Analysis Detachment

SIAP

Strategic Intelligence Architecture Program

SIB

Special Intelligence Brief

SIC

(1) Subject Indicator Code (NATO message code); (2) System Integration Configuration

SICAM

SIGINT Control and Analysis Module

SICR

Specific Intelligence Collection Requirement

SID

(1) Secondary Imagery Dissemination; (2) Subscriber Identification

SID(S)

Selective Imagery Dissemination (System)

SIDA

Single Integrated Data Base

SIDAC

Single Integrated Damage Assessment Code

SIDPAC

Strategic Imagery Detachment Pacific

SIDS

Secondary Imagery Dissemination System

SIE

Space Intelligence Element

SIF

Special Interrogation Facility

SIFR

Special Intelligence Functional Requirement

Sig

Signal

SIGCEN

U.S. Army Signal Center

SIG-I

Senior Interagency Group for Intelligence

SIGINT

Signals Intelligence

SIGSEC

Signals Security

SIGSUM

SIGINT Summary

SII

Statement of Intelligence Interest

SIIR

Special Imagery Interpretation Report

SIL

Systems Integration Laboratory

SIM

(1) Sensor Interface Module; (2) Systems Integration Management

SIMIR

USSTRATCOM IDHS Monthly Integration Review

SIMM

Single Inline Memory Module

SIMNET

Single Channel Ground/Airborne Radio Sub-Systems

SIMO

SIM Office

SIMP

Space Intelligence Master Plan

SIMS

SOUTHCOM Intelligence Management System

SINCGARS

(1) Single Integrated Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Subsystems; (2) Single Channel Ground-to-Air Radio System

SINET

Strategic Intelligence Network

SINTER

SIGINT/IMINT Interaction

SIO

(1) Senior Intelligence Officer; (2) Space Intelligence Officer; (3) Ship’s Intelligence Officer

SIOP

Single Integrated Operational Plan

SIORI

Self-Initiated Operational Readiness Inspection

SIPE

Strategic Intelligence Processing Element

SIPRNET

Secret Internet Protocol Router Network

SIR

(1) Shuttle Imaging Radar; (2) Specific Information Requirements; (3) Spectrum Interferance Resolution

SIRADS

Shared Imagery Repository and Dissemination System

SIRCS

Shipborne Intermediate-Range Combat System

SIREP

Sensitive Information Report

SIRVES

SIGINT Requirements Validation and Evaluation Subcommittee (of SIGINT Committee)

SIS

(1) Significant Indications Summary; (2) Space Intelligence System; (3) Special Intelligence Support; (4) Selective Inquiry System; (5) Special Information System

SISOCS

Army Logistics/Maintenance Depot Data Network

SISR

SIGINT Security Regulation

SISS

(1) Survivable Intelligence Support to SlOP; (2) Subcommittee on Information Systems Security of the NSTISSC

SISUM

Sensitive Information Summary

SIT

Specialized Investigations Team

SITAS

Strategic Industrial Target Analysis Systems

SITDEV

Situation Development

SITMAP

Situation Map

SITREP

Situation Report

SITS

Secondary Imagery Transmission System

SITSUM

Situation Summary

SITTP

(US)STRATCOM Intelligence Tactics, Techniques, and

Procedures

for Strategic Operations

SIW

Strategic Intelligence Wing

SJA

Staff Judge Advocate

SJCS

Secretary, Joint Chiefs of Staff

SKCATL

South Korea Conventional Air Target List

SKE

Station-Keeping Equipment

SKYLINK

Communications System Provided by the Diplomatic

Telecommunications

System

SKYNET

United Kingdom Military Communications Satellite

SL

Sea Level

SLA

Special U.S. Liaison Advisor

SLAM

Standoff Land Attack Missile (Navy)

SLAR

Side-Looking Airborne Radar

SLAT

Surface-Launched Air-Targeted

SLBM

Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

SLC

Space Launch Complex

SLCM

(1) Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile; (2) Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

SLDCOM

Satellite Launch Dispenser Communications

SLED

Safe Low-Energy Detonators

SLEP

Service Life Extension Program

SLF

Super Low Frequency

SLFCS

Survivable Low Frequency Communications System

SLGR

Small Lightweight Global Positioning System Receiver

SLIP

Serial Line Interface Protocol

SLMM

U.S. Submarine-Launched Mobile Mine

SLO

Space Liaison Officer

SLOC

Sea Lines of Communication

SLOC(S)

Sea Line(s) of Communication

SLR

Side-Looking Radar

SLS

Space Launch Squadrons

SLSSM

Submerged-Launched Surface-to-Surface Missile

SLV

Space Launch Vehicle

SM

(1) Memorandum by the Secretary, JCS; (2) Statute Mile; (3) Service Member; (4) Security Monitor; (5) Smart Modules

SMAA

Submarine Movement Advisory Authority

S/MANCO

Space/Missile Analyst NCO

SMANCO

Space/Missile Analyst NCO

SMART-T

Secure Mobile Antijam Reliable Tactical Terminal

SMCC

Survivable Mobile Command Center

SMDPS

Strategic Mission Data Preparation System

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SMEB

Significant Military Exercise Brief

S/MEO

Space/Missile Event Office

SMG

Standard Mail Guard

SMIOC

Senior Military Intelligence Officers’ Conference

SMLM

Soviet (FSU) Military Liaison Mission

SMM

(1) Spatial Model Matching; (2) Special Mission Mandatory Modification

SMO

(1) Support to Military Operations; (2) Senior METOC Officer; (3) Special Mission Optional Modification

SMOB

Strategic Missile Order of Battle

SMOTEC

Special Missions Operational Test and Evaluation Center

SMP

Soviet Military Power (the publication)

SMPAS

Space Mission Payload Assessment System

SMR

Sources, Methods, and Rationale

SMS

Stand-Alone Analysis Subsystems

SMTP

Single Mail Transfer Protocol

SMU

Secure Mobile Unit

SNA

(1) Soviet Naval Aviation; (2) System Network Architecture

SNAP

Soviet (FSU) Nuclear Artillery Projectile

SNCCDIPP

Selected Non-Communist Countries DIPP

SNDV

Strategic Nuclear Delivery Vehicles

S/NF

Secret/NOFORN

SNF

(1) Short-Range Nuclear Forces; (2) Secret NOFORN

SNI

Soviet (FSU) Naval Infantry

SNIE

Special National Intelligence Estimate

SNIP

Soviet (FSU) Naval Imagery Panel

SNM

Special Nuclear Materials

SNMS

Security and Network Management Segment

SNO

Special Naval Operations

SNR

Signal-to-Noise

SNS

Shared Network Server

SNUTR

SIGINT Numerical Tasking Register

SO

Special Operations

SO/LIC

Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict

SOA

(1) Special Operations Aviation; (2) Special Operations Area; (3) Speed of Advance

SOAB

(1) Special Operations Aviation Battalion; (2) Special Operations Aviation Brigade

SOAC

(1) Special Operations Aviation Command; (2) Special Operations Aviation Company; (3) Special Operations Acquisition

Center

SOAD

Special Operations Aviation Detachment

SOADS

Special Operations Automated Data System

SOAE

Deputy for Acquisition and Acquisition Executive

SOAG

Special Operations Aviation Group

SOAR

(1) Special Operations Aviation Regiment; (2) Special Operations Analytical Reports

SOARS

Satellite On-Board Attack Reporting System

SOB

Space Order of Battle

SOC

(1) Special Operations Command; (2) Special Operations Capable; (3) Sector Operations Center; (4) Special Operations Craft

SOCACOM

Special Operations Command-Atlantic Command

SOCC

(1) Sector Operational Control Center; (2) Special Operations

Control

Center

SOCCE

(1) Special Operations Command Communications Element; (2) Special Operations Command and Control Element

SOCCENT

(1) Special Operations Command Center; (2) Special Operations

Command

Component, CENTCOM

SOCCMO

Special Operations Command Collection Management Office

SOCCS

Special Operations Combat Control Squadron

SOCCT

Special Operations Combat Control Team

SOCDSS

Special Operations Command Deployable Support Set

SOCET

Special Operations Command Extraction Tool

SOCEUR

Special Operations Command, Europe

SOCJIC

United States Special Operations Command Joint Intelligence

Center

SOCKOR

Special Operations Command, Korea

SOC-K

Special Operations Command, Korea

SOCLANT

Special Operations Command, Atlantic

SOCLITE

Special Operations Command Laptop

SOCOM

Special Operations Command

SOCOORD

Special Operations Coordination Element

SOCOS

Special Operations Command Operating Staff

SOCPAC

Special Operations Command, Pacific

SOCRATES

Special Operations Command Research, Analysis, and Threat

Evaluation

System

SOCSIDS

Special Operations Command - Secondary Imagery

Dissemination

System

SOCSO

Special Operations Command, South

SOCSOUTH

Special Operations Command, South

SOD

Special Operations Detachment

SODARS

Special Operations Debriefing and Retrieval System

SOEAID

Special Operations Executive Aide

SOF

Special Operations Forces

SOF-IV

Special Operations Forces-Intelligence Vehicle

SOF

C4I Special Operations Forces Command, Control,

Communications,

Computers, and Intelligence

SOF-MOSS

SOF Modular Remote Sensing System

SOFA

Status of Forces Agreement

SOFATS

Special Operations Forces Aircrew Training System

SOFCOM

Special Operations Forces Command

SOF

EW Special Operations Forces Enhanced Weapons

SOFPAC

Special Operating Forces, Pacific

SOFI

Special Operations Forces Improvements

SOF

IRIS Special Operations Forces Imagery Receiver and Intelligence

System

SOFIST

Foreign Instrumentation Signals Requirement (a collection management software application)

SOFLAM

Special Operations Forces Laser Acquisition Marker

SOFPARS

Special Operations Forces Planning and Rehearsal System

SOF

PLD Special Operations Forces Protection Laser Defense

SOFPREP

Special Operations Forces Planning, Rehearsal and Execution

Preparation

SOF

PSA Special Operations Forces Power Supply Assembly

SOFSA

Special Operations Forces Support Activity

SOFTACS

Special Operations Forces Tactical Assured Connectivity System

SOG

Special Operations Group

SOH

SOF Offensive Handgun

SOHFRAD

Special Operations HF Radio

SOHI

Seminar on Human Intelligence

SOI

(1) Signal Operating Instructions; (2) Signal of Interest; (3) Space Object Identification

SOIC

(1) Space Operational Intelligence Center; (2) Senior Official of the Intelligence Community; (3) Special Operations Intelligence Center

SOICS

Special Operations Improved Cryptographic System

SOIF

Special Operational Intelligence Folders

SOIN

Special Operations Intelligence Notes

SOINT

Staff Officer Intelligence

SOIPS

Special Operations Imagery Production System

SOIS

Special Operations Intelligence System

SOISUM

Space Object Identification Summary

SOIT

Seminar on International Terrorism

SOIWSD

Special Operations Information Warfare Support Demonstration

SOJ

(1) Sea of Japan; (2) Stand-Off Jamming

SOJTF

Special Operations Joint Task Force

SOLANT

South Atlantic

SOLARS

SAC On-Line Analysis and Retrieval System

SOLE

Special Operations Liasion Element

SOLIS

SIGINT On-Line Intelligence (or Information) System

SOLL

Special Operations Low Level

SOLOG

Special Operations Logistics System

SOMA

Status of Mission Agreement

SOME

Satellite Orbit Mission Evaluation

SOMOB

Strategic Offensive Missile Order of Battle

SOMPF

Special Operations Mission Planning Folder

SOMS

Special Operations Media System

SON

Statement of Need

SONAR

Sound Navigation and Ranging

SONET

Synchronous Optical Network

SONI

Seminar on National Intelligence

SONMET

Special Operations Naval Mobile Environmental Teams

SOO

Space Operations Officer

SOP

(1) Standard Operating Procedure(s); (2) Senior Officer Present

SOPE

Special Operations Planning Exercise

SOPEO

Special Operations Program Executive Officer

SOPIF

Special Operations Photographic Interpretation Facility

SOPM

Special Operations Program Manager

SOPPC

Special Operations Photo Processing Cell

SOPPREP

Special Operation Forces Planning, Rehearsal, and

Execution

System

SOPS

(1) Space Operations Squadron; (2) Special Operations Power

Sources

SOR

(1) Specific Orders and Requests; (2) Statement of Requirements

SORD

System Operational Requirements Document

SORDAC

Special Operations Research, Development and Acquisition

Center

SORFMS

Special Operations Radio Frequency Management System

SORS

(1) Specific Order or Requests; (2) SIGINT Overhead Reconnaissance Subcommittee

SORTIEALOT

Sortie Allotment

SORTIC

Seminar on Reconnaissance and Technical Information Collection

SORTS

Status of Resources and Training System

SOS

(1) International Distress Signal (2) Squadron Officers’ School; (3) Special Operations Squadron

SOSC

Special Operations Support Command

SOSS

Satellite Ocean Surveillance System

SOSST

Special Operations Small Secure Transceiver

SOST

Special Operations Special Technology

SOSTI

Seminar on Scientific and Technical Intelligence

SOSOS

U.S. Sound Surveillance System

SOT-A

Special or Support Operations Team-Alpha

SOTA

SIGINT Operational Tasking Authority

SOTAS

Standoff Target Acquisition System

SOT-B

Special or Support Operations Team-Bravo

SOTF

(1) Special Operations Task Force; (2) Security Operations Training Facility

SOTSE

Special Operations Theater Support Element

SOTVS

Special Operations Tactical Video System

SOTW

Special Operations Training Wing

SOUTHAM

South America

SOUTHCOM

Southern Command

SOVPACFLT

Soviet Pacific Fleet

SOW

(1) Statement of Work; (2) Special Operations Wing

SOW/TE

Special Operations Weather/Technical Element

SOWG

Special Operations Working Group

SOWT

Special Operations Weather Team

SP

(1) Self-Propelled; (2) Shore Patrol; (3) Security Police

SPA

(1) Special PSYOP Analysis; (2) Special PSYOP Assessment

SPACDEFENSE

Space Defense and Operations/Anti-Satellite (ASAT) Missile

System

SPACC

Space Command Center

SPACEAF

Space Air Force (14 AF)

SPACECOM

Space Command (See AFSPACECOM and USSPACECOM)

SPACING

Space Processing and Collection Internals Group

SPAD

Special Advisor

SPADATS

Space Detection and Tracking System

SPADCCS

Space Defense Command and Control System

SPADOC

Space Defense Operations Center

SPADVOS

Spaceborne Direct View Optical Scanner

SPAF

Special Airfield File

SPAIS

South Pacific Air Intelligence System

SPAN

Security Policy Automation Network

SPATS

Strategic Posture and Aerospace Threat Summary

SPB

Special Projects Branch (NATO)

SPC

SIGINT Processing Center

SPCL

Special Purpose Communications Link

SPD

Strategic Posture Display

SPEAR

(1) Signal Processing, Evaluation, Alert and Reporting; (2) SOF Personal Equipment Advanced Requirements

SPEC

Counterterrorism Database

Spec

Nav Special Navy Program

SPECAT

Special Category (Pneumatic Tube Message Precedence)

SPECBOATRON

Special Boat Squadron

SPECBOATUNIT

Special Boat Unit

Spectre

AC-130 H/U Gunship

SPECWAR

Special Warfare

SPETSNAZ

Soviet (FSU) Special Purpose Forces

SPF

(1) Special Purpose Forces; (2) Single Point of Failure

SPG

(1) Self-Propelled Gun; (2) Softcopy Products Group

SPIES

Special Insertion and Extraction System

SPIN

Space Intelligence Notes

SPINS

Special Instructions

SPINTCOM

Special Intelligence Communications (Network)

SPIREP

Spot Intelligence Report

SPIRES

Special Intelligence Reports

SPIRIT

Special Purpose Integrated Remote Intelligence Terminal

SPK

Single Point Key(ing)

SPO

Special Project Officer

SPOC

Space Operations Center

SPOD

Sea Ports of Debarkation

SPOE

Sea Ports of Embarkation

SPOT

Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre (French)

SPOTREP

Spot Report

SPP

Shared Production Program

SPR

Strategic Petroleum Reserve

SPRAA

Strategic Plans and Research Analysis Agency

SPS

Scratch Pad Store

SPS

Special PSYOP Study

SPSS

Secured Packet Switched Service

SPT

Support

SPTCONF

Support Confirmation

SPTD

Supported

SPTG

Supporting

SPTREQ

Support Request

SQ

(1) Square; (2) Squadron

SQD

Squad

SQDN

Squadron

SQL

(1) Standard Query Language; (2) Structured Query Language

SQN

Squadron

SR

(1) Special Reconnaissance; (2) Short Range; (3) Southern Region; (4) Senior

SRBM

Short-Range Ballistic Missile

SRF

SIGINT Readiness Facility

SRHIT

Small Radar-Homing Intercept Technology (BMD Missile)

SRIG

Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Intelligence Group

SRIS

Surface Range Imaging System

SROC

Southern Region Operations Center

SRIG

Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Intelligence Group

SRJOIC

Southern Region Joint Operations Intelligence Center

SRAM

U.S. Short-Range Attack Missile

SRAMII

U.S. Short-Range Attack Missile (XAGM-131A; formerly AASM)

SRAM-T

Short Range Attack Missile - Tactical

SRB

Senior Review Board

SRBM

Short-Range Ballistic Missile

SRC

Strategic Reconnaissance Center

SRCU

SINCGARS Remote Control Unit

SRD

(1) System Requirements Document; (2) Special Research Detachment (U.S. Army)

SRF

(1) Strategic Rocket Forces (USSR); (2) Strategic Reserve Forces; (3) Secure Reserve Force (U.S.); (4) Selected Reserve Force; (5) SIGINT Readiness Facility; (6) SPIRIT Remote

Facility

(TROJAN)

SRFTL

Secure Reserve Force Target List

SRI

Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Intelligence

SRIG

Surveillance/Reconnaissance Intelligence Group

SRINF

Short-Range, Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces

SRJOIC

Southern Region Joint Operational Intelligence Center

SRMIS

Southern Region Maritime Intelligence Summary

SRO

Sensitive Reconnaissance Operations

SROE

Standing Rules of Engagement

SRP

(1) Sealift Readiness Program; (2) SIOP Reconnaissance Plan

SRR

(1) Survival, Recovery and Reconstitution; (2) Security Requirements Review

SRS

(1) Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron; (2) Software Requirements Specification

SRSG

Special Representative to the Secretary-General

SRT

(1) Strategic Relocatable Target; (2) Standard Remote Terminals

SRW

Strategic Reconnaissance Wing

SRWG

Standing Requirements Working Group

SS

Attack Submarine

SSA

(1) Security Supporting Assistance; (2) Diesel-Powered Auxiliary Submarine; (3) Special Support Activity; (4) SIGINT

Support

Activity; (5) Soviet (FSU) Strategic Aviation

SSAN

(1) Social Security Account Number; (2) Nuclear-Powered Auxiliary Submarine

SSB

(1) Ballistic Missile Submarine; (2) Standard Software Base; (3) Single Sideband

SSB

Ballistic Missile Submarine

SSBN

Nuclear-Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine

SSBSC

Single Sideband, Suppress Carrier

SSC

(1) Coastal Submarine; (2) Space Surveillance Center; (3) Surface Support Craft

SSCC

Special Security Communications Center

SSCI

Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

SSD

Strategic Studies Detachment

SSE

Special Security Element

SSES

Ships Signal Exploitation Space

SSF

(1) Software Support Facility; (2) Special Service Force

SSG

(1) Cruise Missile Attack Submarine; (2) Special Security Group

SSGN

Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Attack Submarine

SSI

(1) Specialty Skill Identifier; (2) Safety, Security and Intelligence

SSIXS

Submarine Satellite Information Exchange Subsystem

SSJ

Self-Screening Jamming

SSLP

Transport Submarine

SSLSM

Single-Source Logistics Support Manager

SSM

(1) Surface-to-Surface Missile; (2) Midget Submarine

SSM/I

Sensor System Microwave Imager

SSM/T

Sensor System Microwave/Temperature

SSMA

Spread Spectrum Multiple Access

SSME

Spread Spectrum Modulation Equipment

SSMO

SIGINT Support to Military Operations

SSMOB

Surface-to-Surface Missile Order of Battle

SSMP

Security System Management Plan

SSN

(1) Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine; (2) Social Security Number; (3) Space Surveillance Network

SSO

(1) Special Security Office; (2) Special Security Office(r)

SSO-INT

Senior Staff Officer-Intelligence (Canadian)

SSP

(1) SIGINT Support Plan; (2) Scheduled Strike Program (NATO); (3) Single-Shot Probability of Damage; (4) Single-Source Processor; (5) SIOP Support Program

SSP-S

Single Source Processor-SIGINT

SSQ

Auxiliary Submarine, Communications

SSQN

Nuclear-Powered Auxiliary Submarine, Communications

SSR

(1) Radar Picket Submarine; (2) Secondary Surveillance Radar; (3) Special Security SSRS Representative SIGINT Surveillance and Reporting System

SSS

(1) Staff Summary Sheet; (2) Systems Science and Software; (3) System Support Segment; (4) Special Support Section

SSSP

Single-Source SIGINT Processor

SST

(1) Training Submarine; (2) System Specific Threat; (3) Supersonic Transport; (4) Single Subscriber Terminal; (5) Safe Secure Transport; (6) Strategic Support Team; (7) Space Support Team

SSTO

Single-Stage-To-Orbit

SSTS

Space Surveillance and Tracking System

SSUS

Spin-Stabilized Upper Stage

ST

(1) SEAL Team; (2) Strategic Task; (3) Short Tons

S&T

Scientific and Technical

S&TI

Scientific and Technical Intelligence

ST&E

Security Test and Evaluation

STA

Surveillance and Target Acquisition

STACCS

Standard Theater Army Command and Control System

STAMIS

Standard Army Management Information System

STAMP

SOUTHCOM Topographic Augmentation Program

STAMPS

Stand-Alone Message Processing System

STANAG

Standardization Agreement (NATO)

STANAVFORLANT

Standing Naval Force, Atlantic (NATO)

STAN-EVAL

Standardization and Evaluation

STANS

(1) Soviet Tactical Nuclear Study; (2) Space Target Analysis and Networking System

STAP

Science and Technology Advisory Panel

STAR

(1) Surface-to-Air Recovery; (2) System Threat Assessment Report

STARC

State Area Command

STARS

Surveillance, Target Acquisition & Reporting System

STAR-T

SHF Tri-Band Advanced Range Extension Tactical Terminal

START

Strategic Arms Reduction Talks/Treaty

STARTEX

Start Date of an Exercise

STASS

Submarine-Towed Array Surveillance System

STATDM

Statistical Time Division Multiplex

Static

RI Static Infrared Workstation

STATS

Strategic Target Analysis and Tracking System

STATSIONAR

USSR/Russian COMSAT System

STC

(1) Sensitivity Time Control; (2) Short Time Constant (ECCM); (3) SHAPE Technical Center

STCFE

Science and Technology Center Far East

STD

(1) SIGINT Technical Data; (2) Standard

STEL

Stanford Telecommunications

STEP

Standardized Technical Entry Point

STEPS

Scientific and Technical ELINT Processing System

STEPS

II Scientific and Technical ELINT Processing System II

STG

Special Tactical Group

STEL

Secure Telephone

S&TI

Scientific and Technical Intelligence

STIC

(1) Scientific and Technical Intelligence Committee; (2) Scientific and Technical Intelligence Center

STICS

Scalable Transportable Intelligence Communications System

STIFF

Strategic Intelligence Forecast File

STIISP

Scientific and Technical Intelligence Information Services

Program

STINT

Science and Technology (S&T) Intelligence

STIR

Scientific and Technical Intelligence Register

STITEUR

Scientific and Technical Information Team, Europe

STK

(1) Satellite Took Kit; (2) Strike

STO

Science and Technology Objectives

STOL

Short Takeoff and Landing

STON

Short Ton

STOPS

Stand-Off Optical System

STOVL

Short Takeoff, Vertical Landing

STP

(1) Space Test Program; (2) Site Transition Plan

Str

Strength

STRAM

Static Random Access Memory

STRAT

Strategic

STRATCOM

Strategic Command

STRATJIC

USSTRATCOM Joint Intelligence Center

STRATLAT

Strategic Command Liaison Assistance Team

STRATMAS

Strategic Message Analysis Server

STRATPAT

Strategic Planning and Analysis Tool

STRED

Standard-Tactical Receive Equipment Display STRICOM Simulations, Training, and Instrumentation Command

STRIKFORSOUTH

Strike Force South

S-TRED

Standard Tactical Receive Equipment Display

STRUM

Standard Technical Reporting Using Modules

STS

(1) Special Training Standard; (2) Special Tactics Squadron; (3) Subcommittee on Telecommunications Security of the

NSTISSC

STT

(1) Small Tactical Terminal; (2) Special Tactics Teams; (3) Shore Targeting Terminal

STU

Secure Telephone Unit (STU II & III)

STU-III

Secure Telephone Unit III

STUR

Secure Telephone Unit/Remote

STVD

Southern Theater of Military Operations (FSU)

STW

Strike Warfare

STWC

Strike Warfare Commander

STX

Situational Training Exercise

SUAWACS

Soviet (FSU) AWACS

SUBACS

Submarine Advanced Combat System

SUBLANT

Submarine Forces, Atlantic

SUBOPAUTH

Submarine Operating Authority

SUBORD

Subordinate

SUBPAC

Submarine Forces, Pacific

SUCCESS

Secure UHF Computer Controlled Equipment Subsystems

SUG

SAFE Users Group

SUM

(1) Surface-to-Underwater Missile; (2) Structural Usage Monitor

SUMS

Structural Usage Monitor System

SUPCOM

Support Command

SUPINTREP

Supplementary Intelligence Report

SUPIR

(1) Supplemental Photographic Interpretation Report; (2) Supplemental Phase Interpretation Report

SUPNAVFOR

Supporting Naval Force

SUPPLOT

Supplemental Plot

SUPREMS

Supplemental Preliminary Mission Summary

SUPT

Superintendent

SURAN

Southeastern Universities

SURFSHIP

Surface Ship

SURFWARDEVGRU

Surface Warfare Development Group

SURTASS

Surveillance Towed Array Sonar System (U.S.)

SURV

Surveillance

SUSLAK

Special U.S. Liaison Activity Korea

SUSLO

Special U.S. Liaison Officer

SV

(1) Secure Voice; (2) Special View

SVC

Service

SVCN

Secure Voice Conferencing Network

SVD

Soviet Sniper Rifle

SVGA

Super Video Graphics Adapter

SVIP

Secure Voice Improvement Program

SVOD

Soviet Aircraft Navigation and Landing System

SVS

Secure Voice System

SVTC

Secure Voice Teleconferencing

SVTS

Secure Video Teleconferencing System

SW

(1) Short Wave; (2) Surface Warfare; (3) Software; (4) Strategic Wing

S&W

Surveillance and Warning

SWA

(1) Southwest Asia; (2) Southwest Africa; (3) Standoff

Weapons

Assembly; (4) Senior Warning Analyst; (5) Senior

Weather

Analyst; (6) Secure Work Area

SWADII

Southwest Asia Defense Information Infrastructure

SWAL

Shallow-Water Attack Craft, Light

SWAM

Shallow-Water Attack Craft, Medium

SWAT

SOCRATES WS/LAN Analysis Testbed

SWB

Southwest Border

SWC

(1) Special Warfare Center (U.S. Army); (2) Special Warfare Craft; (3) Strategic Warfare Center; (4) Strategic Warning Center; (5) Space Warfare Center

S&WC

Surveillance and Warning Center/Control

SWCL

Special Warfare Craft, Light

SWCM

Special Warfare Craft, Medium

SWCS

Special Warfare Center and School

SWE

Sweden

SWHQ

Static War Headquarters

SWI

Special Weather Intelligence

SWIR

Short Wave Infrared

SWIRTERCAT

SWIR Terrain Categorization

SWIS

Survivable Wartime Intelligence System

SWO

(1) Special Weapons Officer; (2) Staff Weather Officer; (3) Senior Watch Officer

SWORD

Submarine Warfare Operations Research Department

SWP

Standing Warning Program

SWPS

Space & Weapons Systems SIGINT Working Group

SWR

Southwest Region

SWRS

Slow-Walker Reporting System

SWSC

Space Warning Systems Center

SWTMO

SW Theater of Military Operations

SYBASE

A Collection Requirements Database

SYDET

Sympathetic Detonator

SYDP

Six-Year Defense Plan

SYG

Secretary General

SYNCOM

Synchronous Communications Satellite

SYRACUSE

Systeme de Radio Communication Utilisant un Satellite

SYRUP

System Resource Utilization Package

SYS

System(s)

SYSADM

System Administrator

SYSADMIN

Systems Administration Technical Assistant

SYSCON

Systems Control

SYSOPR

System Operator

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