MANPADS — Man-portable Air-defense Systems
MP — Member of Parliament
MPH — Miles Per Hour
MRE — Meal Ready-to-Eat
MWR — Morale, Welfare and Recreation
NCO — Noncommissioned Officer
NVG — Night Vision Goggles
PEOC — Presidential Emergency Operations Center
PLA — People’s Liberation Army (Chinese army)
PM — Prime Minister
POTUS — President of the United States
PSYOPS — Psychological Operations
R & D — Research and Development
RIM — Rolling Airframe Missile
RO-RO — Roll-on, Roll-off
ROTC — Reserve Officer Training Course
RPA — Russian Provisional Authority
RPG — Rocket Propelled Grenade
RTO — Radio-telephone Operator
SAM — Surface-to-Air Missile
SAS — Special Air Service
SecDef — Secretary of Defense
SITREP — Situational Report
SOF — Special Operations Forces
TACP — Tactical Air Control Party
TOW — Tube-Launched Optically Tracked Wire-Guided
UPS — United Parcel Service
USAID — United States Agency for International Development
VLS — Vertical Launch System
VP — Vice President
VTOL — Vertical Takeoff and Landing
WMD — Weapon of Mass Destruction
XO — Commanding Officer