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Appendix C: Acronyms and Abbreviations
Pages 150-152

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... C Acronyms and Abbreviations AFQT Armed Forces Qualification Test AIP assignment incentive pay ARCI acoustic rapid COTS insertion ASN(M&RA) Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs ASVAB Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery ASW antisubmarine warfare AVF all-volunteer force BAH basic housing allowance BAS basic allowance for subsistence BRAC Base Realignment and Closure CAOCL Center for Advanced Operational Cultural Learning CARS Country, Area, Regional Specialist CARSO Country, Area, Regional Specialty Officer CBO Congressional Budget Office CMC Commandant of the Marine Corps CNA Center for Naval Analyses CNO Chief of Naval Operations COTS commercial off-the-shelf DACMC Defense Advisory Committee on Military Compensation DACOWITS Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Service 150
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... Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Manpower and Reserve Affairs DDG guided missile destroyer DDX next-generation destroyer DOD Department of Defense DOPMA Defense Officer Personnel Management Act EOD explosive ordnance disposal EW electronic warfare FAO foreign area officer FMTU Foreign Military Training Unit FSA family separation allowance GAO Government Accountability Office GWOT global war on terror HCS human capital strategy HSV high-speed vessel IA individual augmentee IED improvised explosive device IRR Individual Ready Reserve IT information technology JAMRS Joint Advertising, Market Research and Studies JASS Job Assignment Selection System JROTC Junior ROTC LCS littoral combat ship MPT&E Manpower, Personnel, Training, and Education NAVAIR Naval Air Systems Command NCO noncommissioned officer NRC National Research Council NJROTC Naval Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps OJT on-the-job training
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... SECNAV Secretary of the Navy SRB selective reenlistment bonus SSB selective separation benefit TSP Thrift Savings Plan USAID U.S. Agency for International Development USERRA Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act VBSS visit, boarding, search, and seizure VLS vertical launch system VSI voluntary separation incentive VSP voluntary separation pay WOMA Warrant Officer Management Act WWII World War II YATS Youth Attitude Tracking Study YOS years of service
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  • marine corps
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  • council njrotc

  • defense officer
  • act wwii
  • naval junior
  • attitude tracking
  • junior reserve

  • incentive vsp
  • officer nrc
  • rotc lcs
  • combat ship
  • study yos

  • affairs ddg
  • officer management
  • destroyer dod
  • naval air
  • guided missile

  • noncommissioned officer
  • individual ready
  • selective reenlistment
  • littoral combat
  • reserve affairs


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