Perhaps a list of a lot of the common acronyms used in the Army could be made. Sure would help the DEPers

common .... like NCOIC? :lol:

NCOIC - Non Commissioned Officer In Charge
OIC - Officer In Charge
CQ - Charge of Quarters
CO - Commander (normally Company level)
BC - Battalion Commander
CTT - Common Task Testing (you'll go over these again during STT normally)
STT - Sergeant's Time Training

I've soooooo many running through my head, they're all common anymore :shock: .... someone else please take over

I'll cover some of the more obvious ones:

PVT= Private
PV2= Private 2
PFC= Private First Class
SPC= Specialist
CPL= Corporal
SGT= Sergeant
SSG= Staff Sergeant
SFC= Sergeant First Class
MSG= Master Sergeant
1SG= First Sergeant
SGM= Sergeant Major
CSM= Command Sergeant Major
SMA= Sergeant Major of the Army
(p) = promotable
COC- Chain of Command
TM= Technical Manual
FM= Field Manual
AR= Army Regulation
DOD = Department of Defense
DA= Department of the Army

alright...someone elses turn now

lol, this is cool! learning more Acronyms that is

Curious about these because I (and probably other new recruits) don't want to get lost while getting orders or any kind of directions later on. If you've ever seen "Renaissance Man" with Danny Devito (when he firsts gets on the Army base and asks for directions) then you'll understand what I'm talking about lol.

How about:

NPBAYSTIBSITFATCOIAMLWCBOHPLTBUAAROAYSTWJSAFTIFFTTIAOQAC = No problem, but are you suggesting that it be started in the forum and then carried over into a master list which could be one huge printable list to be used as a reference? Or are you suggesting that we just start a forum that is for folks to throw in acronyms or questions about acronyms?


8) Sorry it is early.......

a bit of both.. People can come on here and post some, then you can take them and make a list out of them for future reference

[quote:7bfaac7932="SSG_K"]
NPBAYSTIBSITFATCOIAMLWCBOHPLTBUAAROAYSTWJSAFTIFFTTIAOQAC [/quote:7bfaac7932]

Thats what that means! My PSG asked me the status of that on Monday and I didnt know what to say!

listing acronyms for the army or the military is almost pointless that would take gigs of server space heheheh

most everything is turned into an acronym in the Army, that's true ... but we're just looking for the most common everyday ones here

PSG - Platoon Sergeant
PX - Post Exchange (the big store on post)
XO - Executive Officer (the second officer in command basically)
FTX - Field Training Exercise (between 3 days and 30 days in the field, depending on your unit)

[quote:ceadb87642][quote:ceadb87642]SSG_K wrote:

NPBAYSTIBSITFATCOIAMLWCBOHPLTBUAAROAYSTWJSAFTIFFTTIAOQAC [/quote:ceadb87642]


Thats what that means! My PSG asked me the status of that on Monday and I didnt know what to say!


[/quote:ceadb87642]

funny ... I need a good laugh in the morning

Can someone please define what S1, G2, etc...all those are? thanx!

S1/G1- Personnel Actions such as leave, pay, assignments.
S2/G2- Intel and Security
S3/G3- Operations
S4/G4- Logistics (supply)
S5/G5- Cival Affairs/Public Affairs
S6/G6- SIGNAL!

this ok serg?

8) 8) 8) Too Easy..

I'm surprised nobody thought to post these, from what I know they are the most commonly used acronyms in the Army

FTA
FUBAR
SNAFU
BOHICA

I don't think it apropriate on this board to define these

but just for fun, who can tell me what TLA stands for?

what about FNG?