- 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
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The Dupuy Institute
Excellence in Historical Research and Analysis