| ACDA |
|
Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency |
| ACIU |
|
Arms Control
Implementation Unit |
| ACV |
|
armored combat vehicle |
| AIFV |
|
armored infantry fighting vehicle |
| AMC |
|
Air Mobility Command |
| APC |
|
armored personnel carrier |
| ATTU |
|
Atlantic to the Urals |
| BDU |
|
battle dress uniform |
| CAEST |
|
conventional armaments and
equipment subject to the treaty |
| CBMs |
|
confidence-building measures |
| CFE Treaty |
|
Conventional Armed Forces in
Europe Treaty |
| CIS |
|
Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CIVA |
|
Centro Italiano de Ver�fica de
Armi |
| CSBMs |
|
confidence and security building
measures |
| CSCE |
|
Conference on Security and
Cooperation in Europe |
| CWC |
|
Chemical Weapons Convention |
| DLI |
|
Defense Language Institute |
| DoD |
|
Department of Defense |
| DPSS |
|
designated permanent storage sites |
| EIF |
|
entry into force |
| EO |
|
European Operations |
| EU |
|
European Union |
| EUCOM |
|
European Command |
| FAO |
|
foreign area officer |
| FSC |
|
Forum for Security Cooperation |
| GDR |
|
German
Democratic Republic |
| GMT |
|
Greenwich mean time |
| GSFG |
|
Group of Soviet Forces in Germany |
| HLTF |
|
High Level Task Force |
| INF Treaty |
|
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces |
| INMARSAT |
|
International Maritime Satellite |
| ISS |
|
Inspection Support Staff |
| JACIG |
|
Joint Arms Control Implementation
Group |
| JCG |
|
Joint Consultative Group |
| JCS |
|
Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| LNO |
|
liaison officer |
| MAC |
|
Military Airlift Command |
| MBFR |
|
Mutual and Balanced Force
Reductions |
| MD |
|
Military District |
| mm |
|
millimeter |
| NACC |
|
North Atlantic Cooperation Council |
| NAKI |
|
National Agency for Control and
Inspections |
| NATO |
|
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NCO |
|
noncommissioned officer |
| NRCC |
|
Nuclear Risk Reduction Center |
| NSC |
|
National Security Council |
| NSD 41 |
|
National
Security Directive 41 |
| NTM |
|
national
technical means |
| NTT |
|
Nuclear
Testing Treaties |
| OOV |
|
object
of verification |
| OSCE |
|
Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| OSIA |
|
On-Site
Inspection Agency |
| PACAF |
|
Pacific
Air Forces |
| PNET |
|
Peaceful
Nuclear Explosions Treaty |
| POC |
|
point of
contact |
| POE |
|
point of
entry |
| POET |
|
Protocol
on Existing Types of Conventional Armaments and Equipment |
| RAF |
|
Royal
Air Force |
| RLVP |
|
residual
level validation period |
| SAC |
|
Strategic
Air Command |
| SHAPE |
|
Supreme
Headquarters Allied Powers Europe |
| SRF |
|
Strategic
Rocket Forces |
| START |
|
Strategic
Arms Reduction Treaty |
| TAMC |
|
Theater
Army Materiel Command |
| TLE |
|
treaty-limited
equipment |
| TTBT |
|
Threshold
Test Ban Treaty |
| UFV |
|
L'Unit�
Fran�aise de V�rification |
| USA |
|
U.S.
Army |
| USAF |
|
U.S. Air
Force |
| USAFA |
|
U.S. Air
Force Academy |
| USAFE |
|
U.S. Air
Forces in Europe |
| USAREUR |
|
U.S.
Army Europe |
| USARI |
|
U.S.
Army Russian Institute |
| USCINCEUR |
|
U.S.
Commander in Chief, Europe |
| USEUCOM |
|
U.S.
European Command |
| USLANTCOM |
|
U.S.
Atlantic Command |
| USMC |
|
U.S.
Marine Corps |
| USMLM |
|
U.S.
Military Liaison Mission |
| USN |
|
U.S.
Navy |
| USNAVEUR |
|
U.S.
Navy Europe |
| USSR |
|
Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics |
| UVB |
|
L'Unit�
Belge de V�rification |
| VCC |
|
Verification
Coordinating Committee |
| VICS |
|
Verification
and Implementation Coordination Section |
| WTO |
|
Warsaw
Treaty Organization |
| ZVBW |
|
Zentrum
f�r Verifikationsaufgaben der Bundeswehr |