Abbreviations and Acronyms

  • ACDA = Arms Control & Disarmament AgencyAFS&A or AFSA = Air Force Studies and Analysis
  • AFSC = Air Force Staff College
  • AU = The American University
  • CAA = US Army Concepts Analysis Agency or Center for Army Analysis [name change occurred in 1999]
  • CIA = Central Intelligence Agency
  • DIA = Defense Intelligence Agency
  • DNA = Defense Nuclear Agency
  • DCSOPS = Deputy Chief of Staff of Operations, US Army
  • F. Watts = Franklin Watts Publishers
  • IDA = Institute for Defense Analyses
  • JCS = Joint Cheifs of Staff
  • JPL = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • Oak Ridge = Oak Ridge National Laboratories
  • OTEA = Operational Test Evaluation Agency, US Army
  • RAC = Research Analysis Corporation
  • RMDA = Records Management and Declassification Agency
  • Sandia = Sandia National Laboratories
  • Smithsonian = Smithsonian Institute
  • TRADOC = Training and Doctrine Command, US Army
  • USAF = United States Air Force
  • VVAF = Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation