Navy
396 abbreviations
| Abbreviation | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 3M | Maintenance and Material Management (3M System) | |
| 3MC | Maintenance Material Management Coordinator | |
| AA | Airman Apprentice | |
| AAW | Anti-Air warfare | |
| AB | Aviation Boatswain's Mate | |
| ABE | Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Launching and Recovery) | |
| ABF | Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Fuels) | |
| ABH | Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Aircraft Handling) | |
| AC | Air Controlman | |
| ACR | Armored cruiser | |
| AD | Aviation Machinist's Mate | |
| ADSW | Active Duty Special Work [U.S. Navy Reserves, type of orders, typically 6-months in duration] | |
| ADT | Active Duty Training [U.S. Navy Reserves, type of orders, typically more than 30 days but less than 6 months] | |
| AE | Aviation Electrician's Mate | |
| AF | Aviation Photographer's Mate | |
| AFC | Aviation Fire Control | |
| AFCM | Master Chief Aircraft Maintenanceman | |
| AFFF | Aqueous film forming foam | |
| AG | Aerographer's Mate | |
| AIMD | Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department (or Detachment) | |
| AK | Aviation Storekeeper | |
| ALPO | Assistant Lead Petty Officer | |
| AM | Aviation Structural Mechanic | |
| AMMRL | Aviation Maintenance Material Readiness List | |
| AMO | Assistant Maintenance Officer | |
| AN | Airman | |
| AO | Aviation Ordnanceman | |
| AOW | Auxilliaryman of the Watch | |
| AR | Airman Recruit | |
| ASAU | Air Search and Attack Unit | |
| ASUW | Anti-surface warfare | |
| ASVAB | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery | |
| ASW | Anti-Air warfare | |
| ASW | Auxiliary SeaWater system | |
| ASWO | Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer | |
| AT | Aviation Electronics Technician | |
| AT | Annual Training [U.S. Navy Reserves, type of orders, typically less than 30 days] | |
| AUTEC | Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center | |
| AUXO | Auxiliaries Officer | |
| AVGAS | AViation Gasoline | |
| AWCS | Assistant Work Center Supervisor | |
| AWOL | Absent without leave[NB 1] | |
| AZ | Aviation Maintenance Administrationman | |
| BB | Battleship | |
| BCD | Bad Conduct Discharge (also colloquially known as "Big Chicken Dinner") | |
| BCGs | Birth Control Glasses | |
| BJOQ | Blue Jacket of the Quarter | |
| BJOY | Blue Jacket of the Year | |
| BM | Boatswain's Mate | |
| BMOW | Boatswain's Mate of the Watch |