Authorized Abbreviations, Brevity Codes, and Acronyms

1 army Regulation 310 50 military PublicationsAuthorizedAbbreviations,Brev ity Codes, and AcronymsHeadquartersDepartment of the ArmyWashington, DC15 November 1985 UnclassifiedUSAPA EPS - * FORMAL * TF 07:23:12PN 1 FILE: of CHANGEAR 310 50 Authorized abbreviations , Brevity Codes, and AcronymsThis revision--o Contains new and revised abbreviations , Brevity codes , and Incorporates chapter 4, sections I and II of the previous regulation intochapters 2 and Redesignates chapter 5 of the previous regulation as chapter EPS - * FORMAL * TF 07:23:13PN 2 FILE: of the ArmyWashington, DC15 November 1985 military PublicationsAuthorized abbreviations , Brevity Codes, and AcronymsArmy Regulation 310 50 Effective 15 November 1985 History.

2 This UPDATE printing publishes ar e v i s i o n w h i c h i s e f f e c t i v e 1 5 N o v e m b e r1 9 8 5 . B e c a u s e t h e s t r u c t u r e o f t h e e n t i r erevised text has been reorganized, no attempthas been made to highlight changes from theearlier regulation dated 15 February This regulation governs Depart-m e n t o f t h e A r m y a b b r e v i a t i o n s , b r e v i t ycodes, and This regulation applies to el-ements of the Active army , army NationalGuard, and army Reserve who manage,prepare, and distribute army r o p o n e n t a n d e x c e p t i o n a u t h o r i t y .Not on New Manning System. Thisregulation does not contains information thataffects the New Manning r m y m a n a g e m e n t c o n t r o l p r o c e s s.

3 This regulation is not subject to the require-ments of AR 11 2. It does not contain inter-nal control Supplementation of thisregulation and establishment of forms otherthan DA forms are prohibited without priora p p r o v a l f r o m H Q D A ( D A A G A M S P ) ,ALEX, VA 22331 changes. Interim changes to thisregulation are not official unless they are au-thenticated by The Adjutant General. Userswill destroy interim changes on their expira-tion dates unless sooner superseded or u g g e s t e d I m p r o v e m e n t s . T h e p r o p o -nent of this regulation is The Adjutant Gener-al s Office. abbreviations , Brevity codes, andacronyms which are considered to have anArmy wide impact will be submitted on DAForm 2028 (Recommended Changes to Publi-cations and Blank Forms), with justification,t o H Q D A ( D A A G A M S P ) , A L E X V A22331 i s t r i b u t i o n.

4 A c t i v e A r m y , B , C , D ;ARNG, B: USAR, (Listed by paragraph and page number)Chapter 1 General, page1 Purpose 1 1, page1 References 1 2, page1 Explanation of terms 1 3, page1 Responsibilities. 1 4, page1 Policy 1 5, page1 General instructions when originating and using Abbreviations, Brevity codes, and Acronyms 1 6, page2 Chapter 2 Alphabetical Listing of Authorized abbreviations , BrevityCodes, and Acronyms , page2 A Listings 2 1, page3 B listings 2 2, page19 C listings 2 3, page22 D Listings 2 4, page33 E listings 2 5, page41 F listings 2 6, page45 G listings 2 7, page50 H listings 2 8, page53 I listings 2 9, page55 J listings 2 10, page59 K listings 2 11, page61 L listings 2 12, page62 M listings 2 13, page66 N listings 2 14, page75 O listings 2 15, page80 P listings 2 16, page83 Q listings 2 17, page91 R listings 2 18.

5 Page92 S listings 2 19, page98 T listings 2 20, page109 U listings 2 21, page116 V listings 2 22, page126 W listings 2 23, page128 X listings 2 24, page129 Y listings 2 25, page130 Z listings 2 26, page130 Chapter 3 Alphabetical Explanation of Authorized Abbreviations, Brevity Codes, and Acronyms , page130 A listings Abbreviated Performance Characteristics (APC) 3 1,page130 B listings 3 2, page140 C listings 3 3, page142 D listings 3 4, page150 E listings 3 5, page155 F listings 3 6, page158 G listings 3 7, page161 H listings 3 8, page163 I listings 3 9, page164 J listings 3 10, page166 K listings 3 11, page168 L listings 3 12, page168 M listings 3 13, page170AR 310 50 15 November 1985 iUnclassifiedUSAPA EPS - * FORMAL * TF 13:18:37PN 137 FILE.

6 Continued N listings 3 14, page176 O listings 3 15, page179 P listings 3 16, page181 Q listings 3 17, page186 R listings 3 18, page187 S listings 3 19, page191 T listings 3 20, page198 U listings 3 21, page202 V listings 3 22, page210 W listings 3 23, page211 Y listings 3 24, page212 Z listings 3 25, page212 Chapter 4 Other abbreviations , page213 National distinguishing letters for use by NATO Armed Forces 4 1, page213 Quadripartite Standardization Agreement (QSTAG) abbreviations 4 2, page213 Appendix A, page214ii AR 310 50 15 November 1985 USAPA EPS - * FORMAL * TF 11:24:51PN 138 FILE: 1 General1 1.

7 PurposeThis regulation a. Authorizes standardized abbreviations , Brevity codes, and acro-nyms to be used throughout the Department of the Prescribes procedures for the use of abbreviations , brevitycodes, and Acronyms within the Department of the Governs the use of abbreviations , Brevity codes, and acronymsin correspondence with other Department of Defense (DOD) Serv-ices, Armies of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Lists national distinguishing letters reserved for identifyingNATO Armed 2. Referencesa. Related publications are listed in appendix In addition to those listed in chapters 2 and 3, abbreviations inthe following publications are Authorized for army use:(1) FM 21 30.

8 This FM authorizes abbreviations used in opera-tional plans and orders to form military symbols. This includesreports, records, overlays, and charts.(2) FM 21 31. This FM authorizes abbreviations used in maps,overlays, and related activities to form topographic symbols.( 3 ) D O D S T D 1 2 D . T h i s p u b l i c a t i o n s u p e r s e d e sMIL STD 12C.(4) MIL STD 129F. This publication contains markings for ship-ment and storage.(5) SB 708 6C. This supply bulletin lists abbreviations and sym-bols approved for (a) Preparing some Federal Catalog System item identifications.(b) Listing Federal Catalog data in supply manuals and the partslists appendixes of technical manuals.(6) AR 105 32.

9 This regulation lists Authorized addresses forelectrically transmitted messages.(7) AR 680 29. This regulation contains the two letter abbrevia-tion for army branch 3. Explanation of termsa. Abbreviation. An abbreviation is a shortened form of a example, appt appoint, asgd assigned, or PA Brevity Code. A Brevity code is the shortened form of a frequ-ently used unclassified phrase, sentence, or group of sentences. Forexample, COMSEC means communications security, SQT meansskill qualification test, and MOS means military occupational spe-cialty. When originating Brevity codes (1) Use letters that convey the meaning of the language theyrepresent.(2) Do not represent the same word with more than one brevitycode.

10 (3) The first letter of the Brevity code and the first letter of thephrase should be the Acronyms . An acronym is a word formed from the initialletters of a name or parts of a series of words. For example, TAFFS means The army Functional File System, MARKS means ModernA r m y R e c o r d K e e p i n g S y s t e m , a n d A S A P m e a n s a s s o o n a 4. of HQDA agencies and major army commands will submitto HQDA(DAAG AMS P), ALEX VA 22331 0301, recommendedchanges, corrections, additions, and deletions to AR 310 50 on DAForm 2028 (Recommended Changes To Publications and BlankForms). Required documentation will include a. A reference as to where and how the term is An explanation of the term if it is not defined in AR 310 The extent of usage within 5.