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U.S. Military Acronyms

Can you guess what these military acronyms stand for?
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First submittedMarch 7, 2010
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Acronym
Phrase
AWOL
Absent Without Leave
POW
Prisoner of War
MIA
Missing in Action
IED
Improvised Explosive Device
CO
Commanding Officer
MRE
Meal Ready to Eat
SAM
Surface-to-Air Missile
DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
APO
Army Post Office
KP
Kitchen Patrol
Acronym
Phrase
LZ
Landing Zone
NCO
Non-Commissioned Officer
RPG
Rocket-Propelled Grenade
UAV
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
PFC
Private First Class
ICBM
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ROTC
Reserve Officers' Training Corp
ROE
Rules of Engagement
PT
Physical Training
DoD
Department of Defense
 
                                                         
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31 Comments
Triviabuddy
+4
Level 57
May 7, 2013
100% with 2:41 to go. Great quiz!
beekash
+7
Level 57
Apr 4, 2014
Was kind of expecting FUBAR and SNAFU...
sillie
+5
Level 76
Oct 28, 2015
and the ID-10-t form
Polygal2017
+2
Level 49
Dec 17, 2014
Only 33% of people got ROTC... that's rather sad...
sillie
+18
Level 76
Oct 28, 2015
Why? American military acronyms are not common knowledge all over the world. I don't know the percentage of non-Americans here, but I'd guess it's at least 10-20% of users?
relessness
+11
Level 46
Mar 15, 2016
Non Americans are now 60% of users on this site apparently
Algernon
+2
Level 73
Jun 11, 2018
I didn't get ROTC, it was one of two I missed. I'm not American and I've never heard it before.
jennraven
+2
Level 67
May 26, 2021
I know what it is, just didn't know what it stood for. Kept trying to figure out something with Recruit. I think Recruiter Officers' was the first thing I tried.
OneWhale
+3
Level 66
Jun 23, 2015
SOP would be a good one to add.
samiamco
+3
Level 68
Mar 15, 2016
I'd like to add some suggestions too, quiz creator, if you ever wanted to expand this one or create a sequel/advanced version: TDY, CINC, XO, OCS, FOB, OPSEC, 2LT, NORAD, ASAP, BX, SEAL.
ander217
+9
Level 75
Mar 15, 2016
I'm nonmilitary and I wouldn't get any of those. I only missed two on this one, but all I could think of for PT was potty training, reflecting on the fact that I have young grandchildren.
BlackLab
+2
Level 66
Mar 19, 2019
XO - Commanding Officer

OCS - Officer Candidate School

2LT - Second Lieutenant

ASAP - ?As Soon As possible?

PX - Post Exchange

jennraven
+4
Level 67
May 26, 2021
XO is Executive Officer
2Boo2
+2
Level 39
Mar 19, 2019
The advanced version would probably be all Navy acronyms - COMNAVRESFOR, CVN, PTG, CTI, DRB, etc
emwcee
+2
Level 48
Mar 16, 2016
I did better than I thought I would.
kasiabasia
+2
Level 54
Mar 16, 2016
14/20 and I'm not American. Serial podcast and Hollywood taught me well.
Grafakos
+2
Level 34
Jun 13, 2016
Got everything except LZ and KP. Would have been more challenging if this were less US-centric.
gewehr6628
+10
Level 46
May 26, 2021
well then it wouldn't be a us military quiz would it
tmaster52
+2
Level 63
Apr 26, 2018
Take your military knowledge, and see if you can ace the 50 Most Powerful Military Nations Quiz
IsleAuHaulte
+3
Level 91
Nov 24, 2018
Ruling class diglossia.
divantilya
+3
Level 36
Mar 10, 2019
Didn't accept "loading zone" for me; and typed "reserved" officers instead of 'reserve" officers. And my husband was in ROTC!
SMFlex
+1
Level 54
Jan 18, 2024
It’s landing zone, that’s why.
geohillierneo
+2
Level 47
Mar 19, 2019
Can't believe I put Non-Commission instead of Non-CommissionED
gauge28
+2
Level 17
May 11, 2019
make a canadian please one i know like three american ones
cyclops
+4
Level 36
Jun 12, 2020
These are not acronyms but initialisms
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Oct 21, 2020
except for the first one (AWOL), yes
jmellor13
+2
Level 67
May 26, 2021
You can omit FUBAR and SNAFU, but that will not stop us from thinking of them.
SMFlex
+1
Level 54
Mar 2, 2024
What about BOHICA?
abdullah04
+1
Level 29
Mar 25, 2023
I’ll take 13/20 for a non-American
Shannanygans
+1
Level 67
Feb 23, 2024
I was waiting for SNAFU or FUBAR. ;)
PitifulExcuse
+1
Level 66
Mar 11, 2025
only the first is an acronym, unless you can say dmz as a word.

The rest are just abbreviations.

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