ACTD Advanced Concepts Technology Demonstration
AFNSEP Air Force National Security Emergency Preparedness Office
AFRES Air Force Reserve
AMC Army Materiel Command
ANG Air National Guard
ARNG Army National Guard
ASA Assistant Secretary of the Army
ASD Assistant Secretary of Defense
BDRP Biological Defense Research Program
C2 Command and Control
CAM Chemical Agent Monitor
CB Chemical Biological
CB2010 Assessment of Chemical & Biological Agents on Joint Operations in 2010
CBDCOM Chemical Biological Defense Command
CBIRF Chemical Biological Initial Response Force
CBRRT Chemical & Biological Rapid Response Team
CDC Centers for Disease Control
CDRG Catastrophic Disaster Response Group
CINC Commander in Chief
Commo Communications
CONPLAN Contingency plan
CONUS Continental United States
CWC Chemical Weapons Convention
DCO Defense Coordinating Officer
Decon Decontamination
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DoD Department of Defense
DoDRDB Department of Defense Resources Database
DoE Department of Energy
DoJ Department of Justice
DOMS Director of Military Support
DoT Department of Transportation
DPP Domestic preparedness Program
DSB Defense Science Board
DSWA Defense Special Weapons Agency
EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPLO Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer
ER Emergency Room
ERDEC Edgewood Research, Development and Engineering Center
ESF Emergency Support Function
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCO Federal Coordinating Officer
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FORSCOM Forces Command
FRP Federal Response Plan
GSA General Services Administration
HAZMAT Hazardous Materials
HQDA Headquarters Department of the Army
IAW In Accordance With
ICS Incident Command System
ILE Installations, Logistics & Environment
I-TRAP Interagency Terrorism Response Awareness Program
LFA Lead Federal Agency
MARS Mobile Analytical Response System
MMST Metropolitan Medical Strike Team
MRE Meal, Ready to Eat
MRMC Medical Research and Materiel Command
MSCA Military Support to Civilian Authorities
MTOE Modified Table of Organization and Equipment
MTW Major Theater War
NBC Nuclear Biological Chemical
NC&B Nuclear, Chemical & Biological
NCO Non Commissioned Officer
NCS National Communications System
NDP National Defense panel
NG National Guard
NGA National Governors’ Association
NGB National Guard Bureau
NICI National Interagency Counterdrug Institute
NLD Nunn-Lugar Domenici
NMRI Naval Medical Research Institute
NRC National Response Center
OCAR Office, Chief of the Army Reserve
OCONUS Outside of the Continental United States
P.L. Public Law
PAT Process Action Team
PC Personal Computer
PDD Presidential Decision Directive
PHS Public Health Service
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PSRC Presidential Selected Reserve Call-up
QDR Quadrennial Defense Review
RA Reserve Affairs
RAID Rapid Assessment and Initial Detection
RC Reserve Component
Recon Reconnaissance
RTF Response Task Force
SCO State Coordinating Officer
SECARMY Secretary of the Army
SECDEF Secretary of Defense
SICG Senior Interagency Coordination Group
STARC State Area Command
TAG The Adjutant General
TDA Table of Distribution of Allowances
TEU Technical Escort Unit
USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers
USACOM United States Atlantic Command
USAMRICD United States Army Medical Research Institute for Chemical Defense
USAMRIID United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease
USAR United States Army Reserve
USCG United States Coast Guard
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USMCRC United States Marine Corps Reserve Component
USNR United States Naval Reserve
VA Department of Veterans Affairs
WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction