ABM, anti-ballistic missile
ABNCP, airborne command posts
ACE, Allied Command, Europe
ADM, atomic demolition munitions
AEC, Atomic Energy Commission
AF, Air Force
AID, Agency for International Development
AJCBM, air-launched intercontinental ballistic missile
ALBM, air-launched ballistic missile
ANZUS, Australia - New Zealand - United States (treaty organization)
ASW, anti-submarine warfare

BAOR, British Army on the Rhine
BMEWS, Ballistic Missile Early Warning System
BNSP, basic national security policy
BOB, Bureau of the Budget
BOMARC, Boeing-Michigan Aeronautical Test Center missile; U.S. Air Force surface-to-air delta winged area defense missile

C, Office of the Counselor, Department of State
CBR, chemical, biological, and radiological warfare
CENTO, Central Treaty Organization
CEP, circular error probable
CI, Counter-Insurgency (Special Group)
ClA, Central intelligence Agency
ClNCEUR, Commander in Chief, Europe
CINCNORAD, Commander in Chief, North American Air Defense Command
CINCPAC, Commander in Chief, Pacific
CINCSAC, Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command
CJCS, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
CM, Chairman's Memorandum
CNO, Chief of Naval Operations
CONUS, Continental United States
CSAF, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force
CSD, Commodities Division, Office of International Resources, Bureau of Economic Affairs, Department of State
CST, Central Standard Time
CW, chemical warhead; chemical warfare

DCI, Director of Central Intelligence
DEW, distant early warning
DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency
DGZ, Designated Ground Zero
DOD, Department of Defense
DPM, draft Presidential memorandum
DSTP, Director of Strategy Target Planning

ECM, electronic countermeasures

FBM, forward-based missile
FRC, Federal Records Center
FRG, Federal Republic of Germany
FY, fiscal year

GCI, ground controlled interception
GRC, Government of the Republic of China

H and D, hardened and dispersed

IBRD, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICBM, intercontinental ballistic missile
ICE, Index of Combat Effectiveness
ICF, Index of Comparative Firepower
INR, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State
IO, Bureau of International Organization Affairs, Department of State
IRBM, intermediate-range ballistic missile
ISA, Office of International Security Affairs, Department of Defense

JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCSM, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
JSCAP, Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan
JSOP, Joint Strategic Operations Plan
JSTPS, Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff

KT, kiloton

LOC, line of communication

MAAG, Military Assistance Advisory Group
MAP, Military Assistance Program
MATS, Military Air Transport Service
MLF, Multilateral Force
MM, Minuteman
MMT, Military Mobile Training Team
MRBM, medium-range ballistic missile
MSTS, Military Sea Transportation Service
MT, megaton

NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NESC, Net Evaluation Subcommittee
NIE, National Intelligence Estimate
nm, nautical mile
NMCC, National Military Command Center
NOA, new obligational authority
NORAD, North American Air Defense Command
NSA, National Security Agency
NSAM, National Security Action Memorandum
NSC, National Security Council
NSTL, National Strategic Target List

OAS, Organization of American States
OCB, Operations Coordinating Board
OCDM, Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
OPNAV, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

OSD, Office of the Secretary of Defense

PACCS, Post-Attack Command and Control System
PPC, Policy Planning Council, Department of State
PPS, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
PSI, pounds per square inch

R & D, research and development
RCT, Regimental Combat Team
RDT&E, Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
RG, Record Group
ROAD, Reorganization Objective, Army Division
ROK, Republic of Korea

S, Office of the Secretary of State
SAC, Strategic Air Command
SACEUR, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
SAGE, semi-automatic ground environment system
SAM, surface-to-air missile
SEATO, Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SG, Standing Group
SHAPE, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe
SIOP, Single Integrated Operational Plan
SLAM, Supersonic Low Altitude Missile
SLBM, submarine-launched ballistic missile
SOSUS, Sound Surveillance Undersea System
S/P, Policy Planning Staff, Department of State
SRG, Strategic Resources Group
SSBN, ballistic missile nuclear submarine
SSN, nuclear attack submarine
STP, Strategic Target Planning
STRAC, Strategic Air Command

TAC, Tactical Air Command

UN, United Nations
USA, United States Army
USAF, United States Air Force
USIA, United States Information Agency
USIB, United States Intelligence Board
USMC, United States Marine Corps
USSR, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

VTOL, vertical takeoff and landing

WH, White House
WSEG, Weapons Systems Evaluation Group