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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).
W: (1) A W prefix to any ship type designates it as subordinated to a quasi-military force; (2) Watt
WABNRES: WWMCCS Airborne Resources WAC: (1) World Aeronautical Chart; (2) World Area Code WADS: West Air
Defense Sector WAG: World Area Grid W-CIOC: Wartime Combined Intelligence Operations Center WAM:
WWMCCS ADP Modernization WAN: Wide-Area Network
WARC: World Administrative Radio Conference WARLOG: Wartime Logistics WARM: Wartime Reserve Mode WAS:
Wide-Area Search WASAS: Weekly All-Source Algerian Situation Report WASHFAX: Washington Area Secure
Facsimile System WASP: War Air Service Program WARSIM: War Simulation
WASS: Wide-Area Surveillance System WASSO: WWMCCS ADP System Security Officer WATCHCON: Watch Condition
WATS: Wide Area Telecommunications System WAWS: Washington Area Wideband System WB: Wideband WBIS:
Wideband Intercept System WBMS: Wideband Measurement System
WBST: Wideband Subscriber Terminals WC: (1) Weather Center; (2) Weapon Control WCCS: Wing Command and
Control System WCG: Workstation Computer Graphics WDCS: Weapons Data Correlation System WE: Weather
Element WEBE: Western European Basic Encyclopedia WECON: Weather Control WEFAX: Weather Facsimile
WES: WWMCCS Entry System WESS: Weather Environmental Support System WESTLANT: Western Atlantic Area (NATO)
WESTPAC/WPAC: Western Pacific
WESTLCF: WES Teleconferencing System WETM: Cadre Weather Team WEU: West European Union
WFC: World Food Council WFOV: Wide Field of View
WFP: World Food Program WG: (1) Wing; (2) Working Group WGS: World Geodetic System WH:White House
WHCA: White House Communications Agency WHD: Western Hemisphere Defense WHO: World Health Organization
WHQ: War Headquarters WHSR: White House Situation Room WIA: Wounded in Action WIC: Worldwide
Intelligence Conference WICP: Wing Initial Communications Package
WICS: Worldwide Intelligence Communications System WIDARSURV: Wide-Area Surveillance
WIFC: Wallops Island Flight Center WIG: Wing-in-Ground Effect WIMS: Warning and Indications Monitoring
System WIN: (1) WWMCCS Intercomputer Network; (2) WWMCCS Interconnected Network
WINCO: Warning Intelligence Non-Commissioned Officer WINCS: WWMCCS Information Network Communications System
WINE: Warning and Indications in Europe WINK: Warning in Korea WINTEX: Winter Exercise WIP: Weekly
Intelligence Production Listing WIR: Weekly Intelligence Review
WIS: (1) Weekly Intelligence Summary; (2) WWMCCS Information System; (3) Weaponeering Information
Sheet WISE: Warning Indicators System Europe WISP: (1) Warning Improvement Study Plan; (2) Wartime
Information Security Program; (3) Worldwide Intelligence Support Program WISS: WESTCOM
Intelligence Support System WMD: (1) Western Military District; (2) Weapons of Mass Destruction WMTR:
Western Missile Test Range
WN: Warning-Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved WNA: Would Not Answer WN/WNINTEL: Warning
Notice-Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved WNY: Washington Navy Yard WO: (1) Washington Office; (2)
Warrant Officer W/OAP: With Offset Aim Point WOC: Wing Operations Center WORM: Write Once/Read Many
WP: (1) Warsaw Pact; (2) Word Processing WPAC: West PAC WPC: (1) Warsaw Pact Countries; (2) Word
Processing Center; (3) World Peace Council
WPM: Words Per Minute Wpn: Weapon WPNS: Weapons WPNVG: Waterproof Night Vision Goggles
WPRS: War Powers Reporting System WR: (1) Weapon Radius; (2) Western Range WRA: Weapon Release Authority
WRM: War Reserve Materiel WRMS: War Reserve Materiel Stocks WRNC: Washington National Records Center
WRS: (1) Weapons Recommendation Sheet; (2) War Reserve Stocks
WRSA: War Reserve Stocks for Allies WRSK: War Readiness Spares Kits WS: (1) Workstation; (2) Weather
Squadron; (3) Weapons School WSAP: (1) Weapons System Acquisition Program; (2) White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
WSEP: Weapon System Evaluation Program WSI: Weapons School of Intelligence
WSI/L: War Supporting Industries and Logistics WSMC: Western Space and Missile Center
WSMR: White Sands Missile Range WSS: Workfile Support System WSSIC: Weapon and Space Systems
Intelligence Committee WTM: World Target Mosaic WTO: (1) Warsaw Treaty Organization; (2) World Treaty
Organization WVRD: World Vision Relief and Development, Inc. WWABNCP: Worldwide Airborne Command Post
WWCT: Worldwide Color TV WWDMS: WWMCCS Data Base Management System
WWHFIBSN: Worldwide High Frequency Interlocking Base Station Network WWIMS: Worldwide Warning Indicator
Monitoring System WWMCCS: Worldwide Military Command and Control System(s) WWSVCS: Worldwide Secure Voice
Conferencing System WWW: Worldwide Web WX: Weather WXFCST: Weather Forecast |
