List of abbreviations
- ADC
- Aide de Camp
- AdeC
- Aide-de-Camp and Honorary Aide-de-Camp to the Governor General and Lieutenant-Governors
- ADF
- Australian Defence Force
- AFC
- Armed Forces Council
- AFC
- Air Force Cross
- AFM
- Air Force Medal
- ALCE
- Airlift Control Element
- ALCE
- Air Control Element
- AMISOM
- African Union Mission in Somalia
- AMODATT
- Ammunition Management and Ordnance Disposal Advisory Training Team in Albania
- ANTC
- Afghan National Training Centre
- AO
- Area of Operation
- AOO
- Area of Operation
- AOE
- Alberta Order of Excellence
- ARRC
- Associate of the Royal Red Cross
- ARSIC
- Afghan Regional Security Integration Command
- ASIC
- All Source Intelligence Centre
- ATF
- Air Task Force
- ATF-M
- Air Task Force Mali
- AU
- African Union
- AWACS
- Airborne early warning and control systems
- BA
- Bachelor of Arts
- BEM
- British Empire Medal
- BG
- Battle Group
- BH
- Battle Honours
- CA
- Canadian Army
- CANFORGEN
- Canadian Forces General Message
- CANSOFCOM
- Canadian Special Operations Forces Command
- CAOC
- Combined Air and Space Operations Center
- CAOC
- Combined Air Operations Centre
- CARE
- Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere
- CA TF
- Canadian Task Force
- CB
- Companion of the Order of the Bath
- CBE
- Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- CBSA
- Border Services Agency Canada
- CC
- Companion of the Order of Canada
- CCTM-A
- Canadian Contribution Training Mission Afghanistan
- CD
- Canadian Forces Decoration
- CDA
- Canadian Defence Attaché
- CDS
- Chief of the Defence Staff
- CDSC
- Chief of the Defence Staff Commendation
- CECOG
- Commonwealth Election Commission Observer Group
- CF
- Canadian Forces
- CFAO
- Canadian Forces Administrative Order
- CFC-A
- Combined Forces Command - Kabul, Afghanistan
- CFCWO
- Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer
- CFDAC
- Canadian Forces Decorations Advisory Committee
- CFHPC
- Canadian Forces Honours Policy Committee
- CFHS
- Canadian Forces Health Services
- CFIC
- Coalition Intelligence Fusion Centre
- CFINTCOM
- Canadian Forces Intelligence Command
- CFLCC
- Combined Forces Land Component Command
- CFMDS
- Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service
- CFS
- Canadian Forces Station
- CFTPO
- Canadian Forces Task Plans and Operations
- CFUC
- Canadian Forces Unit Commendation
- CGM
- Conspicuous Gallantry Medal
- CGSO
- Canadian Governance and Security Office
- CH
- Order of the Companions of Honour
- CHF-A
- Canadian Helicopter Force - Afghanistan
- CHUD
- Canadian Heron UAV Detachment
- CIDA
- Canadian International Development Agency
- CJFMCC
- Coalition Joint Forces Movement Co-ord Command Centre
- comd CJOC
- Canadian Joint Operations Command
- CJTF
- Coalition Joint Task Force
- CJTF
- Combined Joint Task Force
- CM
- Member of the Order of Canada
- CMAC
- Cambodia Mine Action Centre
- CMF
- Combined Maritime Force
- CMG
- Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George
- CMM
- Commander of the Order of Military Merit
- CMP
- Chief of Military Personnel
- CO
- Commanding Officer
- COATS
- Cadet Organizations Administration and Training Service
- COM
- Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces
- COMKAF
- Commander of Kandahar Airfield
- COMSA
- Commonwealth Observer Mission South Africa
- CP
- Command Post
- CPSM
- Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal
- CQ
- Order of Quebec
- CSC
- Correctional Services of Canada
- CSDP
- Common Security and Defence Policy
- CSE
- Combat Support Elements
- CSTC-A
- Combined Security Transitional Command - Afghanistan
- CTF
- Combined Task Force
- CV
- Cross of Valour
- CVO
- Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
- CVOT
- Council Vote Of Thanks
- CWO
- Chief Warrant Officer
- DAOD
- Defence Administrative Orders and Directives
- DART
- Disaster Assistance Response Team
- DCM
- Distinguished Conduct Medal
- DCSM
- Directorate of Casualty Support Management
- DCSM
- Director Casualty Support Management
- DFC
- Defence Forms Catalogue
- DFC
- Distinguished Flying Cross
- DFM
- Distinguished Flying Medal
- DGCB
- Director General Compensation and Benefits
- DGLS
- Director General Land Staff
- DGNP
- Director General Naval Personnel
- DGRC
- Director General Reserve Personnel
- DH&R
- Directorate of Honours and Recognition
- DHH 6
- Directorate of History and Heritage
- DITF
- African Union's Darfur Integrated Task Force
- DMCA
- Director Military Careers Administration
- DND
- Department of National Defence
- DOMREP
- Mission of the Representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic
- DRC
- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- DSA
- Director of Senior Appointment
- DSC
- Distinguished Service Cross
- DSM
- Distinguished Service Medal
- DSO
- Distinguished Service Order
- DVI
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police - International Peace Operation Disaster Victim Identification Mission
- EACS
- 71st Expeditionary Air Control Squadron
- ECMMY
- European Community Monitor Mission in ex-Yugoslavia
- ECMMY
- European Community Monitor Mission - Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- ED
- Efficiency Decoration
- ED&T
- Excused Drill and Training
- EEI
- Integrated training team
- EFP
- Enhanced forward presence
- EIIR
- Elizabeth II Regina
- ERW
- Explosive Remnants of War
- ESDP
- European Security and Defence Policy
- ESU
- Engineer Support Unit
- ETT
- Embedded Training Team
- EU
- European Union
- EUFOR
- European Union Force
- EULEX-K
- European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo
- EUPM
- European Union military operation in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- EUPM
- EU Police Mission in Bosnia
- EUPOL-COPPS
- European Union Police Coordination Office for Palestine Police Support Mission
- EUPOL-AFG
- European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan
- EW
- Electronic Warfare
- FE
- Force Employer
- FG
- Force Generator
- FLS
- Fleet Logistical Support
- FLS
- Forward Logistics Sites
- FOL
- First Official Language
- FRCGS
- Fellowship of the Royal Canadian Geography Society
- FRSC
- Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada
- FYROM
- NATO Medal for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- GAC
- Global Affairs Canada
- GC
- George Cross
- GCS
- General Campaign Star
- GCS-AF
- General Campaign Star - Allied Force
- GCVO
- Knight/Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
- GM
- George Medal
- GOQ
- Order of Quebec
- GSM
- General Service Medal
- GSM-SWA
- General Service Medal - SOUTH-WEST ASIA
- Guardian
- Orders, Decorations, Medals and Commendations
- HLTA
- Home Leave Travel Assistance
- HMC
- Her Majesty’s Canadian
- HMCS
- Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship
- HPC
- Honours Policy Committee
- HQ
- Headquarters
- HR
- High Readiness
- HRH
- His/Her Royal Highness
- HSS
- Health Service Support
- IAP
- Iceland Air Policing Program
- ICCS
- International Commission of Control and Supervision Vietnam
- ICRC
- International Committee of the Red Cross
- ICSC
- International Commission for Supervision and Control - Indo-China
- ICSMH
- International Civilian Support Mission in Haiti
- IED
- Improvised Explosive Device
- IEMF-B
- Interim Emergency Multinational Force in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo
- IFOR
- Implementation Force
- IMATT
- International Military Advisory and Training Team
- IMP
- Information Management Program
- INTERFET
- International Force East Timor
- IPTF
- International Police Task Force
- ISAF
- International Security Assistance Force
- ISBTC
- Interim Staging Base and Training Centre
- ISO
- Imperial Service Order
- IST
- Interim Staging Team
- IST
- Intermediate Staging Team
- IT
- information technology
- IUSS-SURTASS
- Integrated Towed Array Sensor System
- JAG
- Judge Advocate General
- JDF
- Jamaica Defence Force
- JIATF South
- Joint Interagency Task Force South
- JIATF-S
- Joint Task Force – South
- JMSG
- Joint Mission Support Group
- JP
- Joint Personnel
- JPCC
- Joint Provincial Co-ord Centre
- JSC
- Joint Sub-Committee
- JTF-A HQ
- Joint Task Force Afghanistan HQ
- JTF- HoA
- Joint Task Force Horn of Africa
- KASOTC
- King Abdullah Special Operations Training Centre
- KDOM
- Kosovo Diplomatic Observer Mission
- KFOR
- Kosovo Force
- KMNB
- Kabul Multinational Brigade
- KR&O
- King's Regulations and Order
- KVCC
- Kosovo Verification Coordination Centre
- KVM
- Kosovo Verification Mission
- KVM
- Kosovo Verification Mission
- LOC, SLOC
- Strategic Lines of Communications
- LTF
- Land Task Force
- LVO
- Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order
- LWOP
- Leave Without Pay
- MA
- Military Assistant
- MACTP
- Mine Awareness and Clearance Training Programme - Pakistan
- MAMDRIM
- Multinational Air Movements Detachment
- MATA/PATA
- Maternity/Parental Leave
- MB
- Medal of Bravery
- MBE
- Member of the Order of the British Empire
- MC
- Master of Ceremonies
- MC
- Military Cross
- MDEC Lab
- Multi-disciplinary Exploitation Capability Lab
- MFO
- Multinational Forces and Observers
- MHRRP
- Military Human Resource Records Procedure
- MICIVIH
- International Civilian Mission in Haiti
- MID
- Mention in Dispatches
- MIF
- Multinational Interim Force
- MILPERSCOM
- Military Personnel Command
- MINUGUA
- UN Mission for the Verification of Human Rights and of Compliance with the Commitments of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights in Guatemala
- MINUGUA
- UN Verification Mission in Guatemala
- MINURCA
- UN Mission in the Central African Republic
- MINURSO
- UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara
- MINUSMA
- UN Mission in Mali
- MINUSTAH
- UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti
- MIPONUH
- United Nations Civilian Police Mission in Haiti
- MM
- Military Medal
- MMM
- Member of the Order of Military Merit
- MMV
- Medal of Military Valour
- MO
- Medical Officer
- MOG
- Military Observer Group
- MOGDR
- Military Observer Group in Dominican Republic
- MOM
- Member of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces
- MONUA
- UN Observer Mission in Angola
- MONUC
- United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- MONUSCO
- UN Observer Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
- MONUSCO
- UN Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- MP
- Military Police
- MP
- COY Military Police Company
- MPP
- Member of Provincial Parliament
- MPRR
- Member's Personnel Record Résumé
- MSC
- Meritorious Service Cross
- MSD
- Meritorious Service Decorations
- MSGU
- Military Security Guard Unit
- MSM
- Meritorious Service Medal
- MVD
- Military Valour Decorations
- MVO
- Member of the Royal Victorian Order
- NAC
- North Atlantic Council
- NAEW&C
- NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control
- NAEWF
- NATO Airborne Early Warning Force
- NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- NAVCENT
- Navy Central
- NBC
- Nuclear Biological Chemical
- NCC
- National Communication Centre
- NCE
- National Command Element
- NCR
- National Capital Region
- NDA
- National Defence Act
- NDHQ
- National Defence Headquarters
- NEO
- Non-combatant Evacuation Operation
- NES
- Non-Effective Strength
- NHAC
- National Honours and Awards Committee
- NORAD
- North American Aerospace Defence Command
- NSA
- Naval Support Activity
- NSE
- National Support Element
- NTIM-I
- NATO Training Implementation Mission
- NTM-I
- NATO Training Mission
- OAS
- Organization of American States
- OBC
- Order of British Columbia
- OBE
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- OC
- Order of Canada
- ODMC
- Orders Decorations Medals Commendation
- OHAC
- Order Honours and Awards Committee
- OHR
- Office of the High Representative in Bosnia Herzegovina
- OIC
- Orders in Council
- OM
- Order of Merit
- OM
- Order of Manitoba
- OMC
- Ontario Medal for Good Citizenship
- OMLT
- Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team
- OMM
- Officer of the Order of Military Merit
- ONB
- Order of New Brunswick
- ONL
- Order of Newfoundland and Labrador
- ONS
- Order of Nova Scotia
- ONUC
- UN Operation in the Congo
- ONUCA
- UN Observer Group in Central America
- ONUCI
- UN Operation in Ivory Coast
- ONUCI
- UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire
- ONUMOZ
- UN Operation in Mozambique
- ONUSAL
- UN Observer Mission in El Salvador
- ONUVEH
- UN Observer Group for the Verification of Elections in Haiti
- ONUVEN
- UN Observer Mission for the Verification of the Electoral Process in Nicaragua
- OOM
- Officer of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces
- OP
- Operation
- OPEI
- Order of Prince Edward Island
- OPI
- Office of Primary Importance
- OPP
- Ontario Provincial Police
- OQ
- Order of Quebec
- OR
- Orderly Room
- ORMM
- Order of Military Merit
- OSCE
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- OSGAP
- Office of Secretary General Afghanistan and Pakistan
- OSGG
- Office of the Secretary to the Governor General
- OSH
- Operational Support Hub
- OSHubs
- Operational Support Hubs
- OSI
- Operational Stress Injury
- OSM
- Operational Service Medal
- OSM-HUM
- Operational Service Medal - HUMANITAS
- OTN
- International Observer Team to Nigeria
- OTN
- International Observer Team Nigeria
- OUP
- Operation Unified Protector
- PATA
- Parental Leave
- PC
- Privy Councillor
- PCO
- Privy Council Office
- PRI
- Personal Record Identifier
- PRT
- Provincial Reconstruction Team
- PTSD
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
- PVOT
- Priory Vote Of Thanks
- QC
- Queen's Council
- QGM
- Queen's Gallantry Medal
- QHC
- Honorary Chaplain to The Queen
- QHDS
- Honorary Dental Surgeon to The Queen
- QHNO
- Honorary Nursing Officer to The Queen
- QHP
- Honorary Physician to The Queen
- QHS
- Honorary Surgeon to The Queen
- RC(S) HQ
- Regional Command (South)
- RCAF
- Royal Canadian Air Force
- RCMP
- Royal Canadian Mounted Police
- RCN
- Royal Canadian Navy
- RN
- Royal Navy
- RRC
- Member of the Royal Red Cross
- RSAT
- Rotation Staff Assistance Team
- RVM
- Royal Victorian Medal
- SAT- A
- Strategic Advisory Team - Afghanistan
- SC
- Star of Courage
- SDA
- Special Duty Area
- SDO
- Special Duty Operation
- SFOR/NATO
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization - Stabilization Force in Bosnia- Herzegovina
- SFOR
- Operation Joint Guard
- SLOC
- Strategic Lines of Communications
- SLTC- A
- Staff and Language Training Centre - Afghanistan
- SM
- Sacrifice Medal
- SMV
- Star of Military Valour
- SN
- Service Number
- SNF
- Standing Naval Force
- SNMG
- Standing NATO Reaction Force Maritime Group
- SOM
- Saskatchewan Order of Merit
- SSM
- Special Service Medal
- STANAV-FORLANT
- Standing Naval Force Atlantic
- STANAV-FORTANT
- Standing Naval Force Atlantic
- SVM
- Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal
- SWASM
- South-West Asia Service Medal
- TAN
- Travel Authority Number
- TAU
- Tactical Airlift Unit
- TAV
- Technical Assistance Visit
- TD
- Temporary Duty
- TFA
- Task Force Aviano
- TSE
- Theatre Support Element
- TTIV
- Thai Tsunami Victim Identification
- TUAV
- Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Unit
- UAV
- Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle
- UN
- United Nations
- UNADP
- UN Accelerated De-Mining Program
- UNAMA
- UN Assistance Mission Afghanistan
- UNAMET
- UN Assistance Mission East Timor
- UNAMI
- UN Assistance Mission in Iraq
- UNAMIC
- UN Advance Mission in Cambodia
- UNAMID
- UN-AU Hybrid Mission in Darfur
- UNAMIR
- UN Assistance Mission for Rwanda
- UNAMIS
- UN Advance Mission in Sudan
- UNAMSIL
- United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone
- UNASOG
- UN Aouzou Strip Observer Group in Chad-Libya
- UNAVEM
- UN Angola Verification Mission
- UNC
- UN Command in Korea
- UNCMAC
- United Nations Command Military Armistice Commission
- UNCOE
- UN Committee of Experts
- UNCOK
- UN Commission on Korea
- UNCRO
- UN Confidence Restoration Organization in Croatia
- UNCRO
- UN Confidence Restoration Operation
- UNCURK
- UN Commission on the reunification and rehabilitation of Korea
- UNDOF
- UN Disengagement Observer Force (Golan Heights)
- UNDP
- United Nations Developmental Program
- UNEF
- UN Emergency Force - Egypt
- UNEFME
- UN Emergency Force Middle East
- UNFICYP
- UN Force in Cyprus
- UNGOMAP
- UN Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- UNHCR
- UN High Commission for Refugees
- UNHQ
- UN mission area
- UNIFIL
- UN Interim Force in Lebanon
- UNIIMOG
- UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group
- UNIKOM
- UN Iraq/Kuwait Observer Mission
- UNIMOG
- UN Iran - Iraq Military Observer Group
- UNIPOM
- UN India-Pakistan Observation Mission
- UNMACC
- UN Mine Action Co-ordination Centre-Kosovo (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
- UNMEE
- UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea
- UNMIBH
- UN Mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina
- UNMIH
- UN Mission in Haiti
- UNMIIC
- UN International Independent Investigation Commission, Beirut, Lebanon
- UNMIK
- UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
- UNMIK
- United Nations Mission in Kosovo
- UNMIL
- UN Mission in Liberia
- UNMIS
- UN Mission in Sudan
- UNMISS
- UN Mission in South Sudan
- UNMIT
- UN Mission in in Timor-Leste - UNMIT
- UNMLOY
- UN Military Liaison Officers in Yugoslavia
- UNMOGIP
- UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
- UNMOP
- United Nations Mission in Prevlaka - Croatia
- UNMOT
- UN Mission of Observers in Tajikistan
- UNMOVIC
- UN Verification and Inspection Commission
- UNOGIL
- UN Observation Group in Lebanon
- UNOMIG
- UN Observer Mission in Georgia
- UNOMSA
- UN Observer Mission in South Africa
- UNOMSIL
- UN Mission of Observers in Sierra Leone
- UNOMUR
- UN Observer Mission Uganda - Rwanda
- UNOSOM
- UN Operation in Somalia
- UNPREDEP
- UN Preventative Deployment Force in Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- UNPREDEP
- UN Preventative Deployment Force (Macedonia)
- UNPROFOR
- UN Protection Force Ex-Yugoslavia
- UNPROFOR
- UN Protection Force - Yugoslavia
- UNPROFOR
- UN Protection Force - Former Republic of Yugoslavia
- UNPSG
- UN Civilian Police Support Group (Croatia)
- UNSCOM
- UN Special Commission on Destruction of Iraqi NBC Weapons and Facilities
- UNSF
- UN Security Force in West Guinea (West Irian)
- UNSF
- UN Security Force in West New Guinea (West Irian)
- UNSMIH
- UN Support Mission in Haiti
- UNSSM
- UN Special Service Medal
- UNTAC
- UN Transition Authority in Cambodia
- UNTAC
- UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia
- UNTAES
- UN Transitional Administration for Eastern Slovenia, Baranja and Western Sirmium
- UNTAET
- UN Transitional Administration in East Timor
- UNTAG
- UN Transition Assistance Group in Namibia
- UNTCOK
- UN Temporary Commission on Korea
- UNTEA
- UN Temporary Executive Authority & the UN Security Force in West New Guinea (West Irian)
- UNTMIH
- UN Transition Mission in Haiti
- UNTSO
- UN Truce Supervision Organization in Palestine
- UNWFP
- United Nations World Food Program
- UNYOM
- UN Yemen Observation Mission
- USAF
- United States Air Force
- USCENTCOM
- United States Central Command Area of Responsibility
- USN
- Unites States Navy
- VAC
- Veterans Affairs Canada
- VC
- Victoria Cross
- VCDS
- Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
- VD
- Volunteer Officer's Decoration
- VRD
- Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration
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