cbt veh combat vehicle
CBU cluster bomb unit
CBV Combat Breacher Vehicle
CCDR Regional Combatant Commander
CDC combat direction center
CE command element
CE Corps of Engineers
C-E; C/E communications-electronics
CENTCOM US Central Command
CEP circular error probable
CEV combat engineer vehicle
CEWI combat electronic warfare and intelligence
cft craft
CFV cavalry fighting vehicle
CG Coast Guard
CG commanding general
CG phosgene
char characteristic
CHC Chaplain Corps
CHOP Change in Operational Control
CHS combat health support
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CinC; CINC Commander-in-Chief
CINCNORAD Commander-in-Chief, NORAD
CITV commander’s independent thermal viewer
CIWS close-in weapon system
CJCS chairman of the joint chiefs of staff
ckt circuit
Cl chlorine
CLU command launch unit
CM court-martial
CM cruise missile
CMC Commandant of the Marine Corps
CMD countermeasure dispenser
cml chemical
cml agt chemical agent
cml atk chemical attack
Cml C Chemical Corps
cml co chemical company
cml wpn chemical weapon
cmpr, cmptr computer
CNI communication, navigation, and identification
CNO Chief of Naval Operations
CNR combat net radio
CO commanding officer
co company
COCOM combatant command
CofS chief of staff
COGARD Coast Guard
co hq company headquarters
COIN counterinsurgency
COL colonel
colm column
COLPRO collective protection
COLT combat observation/lasing team
comd command
comdr commander
comd sec command section
comd veh command vehicle
COMFLTFORCOM Commander, Fleet Forces Command
COMINT communications intelligence
COMLANTFLT Commander, Atlantic Fleet
comm communication (s)
comms communications
COMMCEN communications center
COMMZ communications zone
ComO commissioned officer
comp component
COMPACFLT Commander, Pacific Fleet
COMSEC (101) communications security
COMUSFLTFORCOM Commander, U.S Fleet Forces Command
COMUSNAVCENT Commander, United States Navy, Central Command
con control
con surf control surface
conn control room
const construction
CONUS continental United States
COSCOM corps support command
CP command post
CP concrete-piercing
CPE chemical protective equipment
CPL corporal
CPT captain
CRUDESGRU cruiser-destroyer group
crypto cryptographic
CS combat support
CSS combat service support
CSUSA Chief of Staff, US Army
CSUSAF Chief of Staff, United States Air Force
CTOL conventional take off and landing
CV aircraft carrier
CVN aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion)
CVBG Carrier Battle Group
CW chemical warfare
CW continuous wave
CW telegraphy
CW agt chemical warfare agent
CZ combat zone
DA diphenylchlorarsine
DA department of the Army
DAF department of the Air Force
DC diphenylcyanarsine
DC Dental Corps
DC District of Columbia
DCA defensive counterair
DCS/LOG Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics
DDG guided missile destroyer
decon decontamination
decon elm decontamination element
def defense; defensive
Def-Aids defensive aids
dept department
desron destroyer squadron
det detachment
DF direction-finding
dir