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S
second    s
(Geom.) surface, area     S
second, section, semi, series, shilling, shillings, sine, singular, snow, son, sou, south, Southern, stem,
stem of, substantive    s.
Sabbath, Saint, Saturday, senate, signor, small Smooth, society, south, southern, subject, sulfur     S.
Scientific and Technical Intelligence    S&TI
South Australia     S. Aust
South Dakota     S. Dak. or S.D.
without place, year, or name     s. l. a. n
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals     S. P. C. A.
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children     S. P. C. C.
(Radio) single sideband     s. s. b.
selective service system     S. S. S.
Bachelor of Sacred Theology.,
Bachelor of Theology     S. T. B.
Doctor of Sacred Theology     S. T. D.
(Chem.)standard temperature and pressure     S. T. P.
Salvation Army, sex appeal, (F. société anonyme), South Africa, South America, South Australia     S.A.
Bachelor of Science, South Britain
(England and Wales)    S.B.
South Carolina, supreme court     S.C.
small capitals     s.caps.
Standard deviation     S.D.
sine die (without day)     s.d.
(Eng.) slip fit     S.F.
specific gravity     s.g.
surgeon general     S.G.
(Phys.) simple harmonic motion     S.H.M.
(Eng.) shatt horse-power     S.H.P, shp.
(Elec. Eng.)specific inductive capacity     S.I.C.
(Pet. Eng.)shut in pressure     S.I.P.
(Chem.) spontaneous ignition temperature     S.I.T.
Society of Jesus1461, (Build.) soldered joint     S.J.
 Doctor of Juridical Science     S.J.D.
sea level     S.L.
Master of Science     S.M.
(Pet. Eng.)show of oil     S.O.
(Pet. Eng.) show of oil, gas and water    S.O.G.&W.
self-propelled, shore patrol, shore police     S.P.
sedimentation rate, shipping receipt     S.R.
standard railway gauge     S.R.G.
same size, steam ship, Sunday school     S.S.
short ton, surface tension     s.t.
saturated vapour pressure     S.V.P.
Shortwave, South Wales, southwest, southwestern     S.W.
South West Africa     S.W.A.
standing wave ratio     S.W.R. or
 s. w. r.
Sea level    S/L
signal/noise ratio    S/N
Selective Availability    SA
surface-to-air missile    SA
Saudi Arabian Armed Forces    SAAF
naval surface-to-air anti-missile system    SAAM
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation    SAARC
Sabbath     Sab.
Strategic Air Command    SAC
Small Area Camouflage Cover    SACC
Strategic Air Command Automated Command Control System    SACCS
SAC digital network    SACDIN
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe    SACEUR
Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic    SACLANT
Semi-Automatic Command to Line Of Sight.    SACLOS
Southern African Customs Union    SACU
stand-alone digital communications units    SACU
Safety and arming device    SAD
Semi-automatic Air Defense system    SADA
search and destroy armor munitions    SADARM
Southern African Development Community    SADC
Southern African Development Coordination Conference    SADCC
Society of Automotive Engineers    SAE
Saudi Arabian Government or Surface Action Group (USN)    SAG
semi-automatic ground environment (air defense)    SAGE
Strategic Arms Limitation    SAL
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty    SALT
Surface-to-Air Missile    SAM
Saudi Arabian Marketing and Refining Company    SAMAREC
Space and Missile Systems Organization    SAMSO
Strategic Automatic Message Switching Operational Network    SAMSON
State-of-the-Art Medium Terminals    SAMT
surface-to-air (navy) missile designator    SA-N
Saudi Arabian National Guard    SANG
Elf communications program (US)    Sanguine
sanitary, sanitation     sanit.
Submarine/Aircraft Optical Communications System    SAOCS
semi-armor-piercing high explosive incendiary    SAPHEI
Sensor Active Passive Infra-Red    SAPIR
Small arms projected line charge    SAPLIC
(1) Synthetic aperture radar (2) search and rescue    SAR
Search And Rescue Beacon Equipment (UK)    SARBE
Static Automatic Reporting System    SARS
Special Air Service    SAS
Saturate, saturated, saturation    sat.
Saturday, Saturn     Sat.
Satellite communications    SATCOM
Saturated     Satd.
Strategic Air Command Automated Total Information Network    SATIN
Standard Army Vectronics Architecture    SAVA
surface acoustic wave    SAW
Simulated Area Weapons Effects    SAWE
SHAPE Alternative War Headquarters (NATO)    SAWHQ
Squad Automatic Weapon System    SAWS
Same as dog-tooth also flight profile of motor-glider.    sawtooth
(Chem.)antimony     Sb
Substantive    Sb.
space-based interceptor    SBI
space-based laser    SBL
Special Boat Service    SBS
Standard Base Supply System    SBSS
(Chem.) scandium    Sc
Scale, scene, science,scientific, namely screw, He carved or engraved it, she carvedor engraved it, small capitals     sc.
Scotch, Scotland, Scots, Scottish     Sc.
Master of Science     Sc. M.
 Bachelor of Science     Sc.B.
Doctor of Science     Sc.D.
subsonic cruise armed decoy    SCAD
Site Chemical Agent Detection System    SCADS
Suit, Contamination Avoidance, Liquid Protection    SCALP
Sperry Computer Aided Message Processor    SCAMP
Scandinavia     Scan.
Scandinavia, Scandinavian     Scand.
Stability and control augmentation system.    SCAS
Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus    SCBA
Standing Consultative Commission    SCC
school     sch.
Sensitive Compartmented Information    SCI
science, scientific     sci.
Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility    SCIF
 namely    scil.
Shipborne SATCOM terminal (UK)    SCOT
Scotch, Scotland, Scottish     Scot.
Simplified Collective Protection System    SCPE
Survivable Collective Protection System    SCPS
scruple     scr.
single channel radio access    SCRA
Scripture     Script.
scattered     sctd.
Soviet surface-to-surface missile    SCUD
sewed, sound    sd.
space defense center    SDC
Strategic Defense Initiative    SDI
Skin Decontamination Kit    SDK
Shipboard Data Multiplex System    SDMS
strategic defense system    SDS
Swimmer delivery vehicle    SDV
(Chem.) selenium     Se
Southeast, southeastern     SE,
Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses    SEAD
Sea Air Land    SEAL
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization     SEATO
secant, second, secondary, seconds, secretary, section, sector, according to     sec.
Secretary of Defense    SECDEF
seconds, sections     secs.
section     sect.
secretary     secy. or sec’y
sediment, sedimentation     sed.
Small emplacement excavator    SEE
Jam-resistant digital tactical communications system (US)    Seek Bus
Secure communications system (US)    Seek Talk
Short-range wide-band radio (US)    Seeley
the following (one)    seg.
select, selected, selection     sel.
Modular record traffic terminal (US)    Seldon
seminary, semitic    Sem.
senate, senator, senior     sen.
ASW sensor operators.    SENSO
Sensor operator (tactical).    SENTAC
Single Engineering Order-Wire    SEOW
separate, separator     sep.
September     Sep.
separated     sepd.
separating     sepg.
separation     sepn.
September     Sept.
the following (ones)    seqq.
serial, series     ser.
sergeant     serg. or sergt.
service     serv.
Surface effect ship    SES
Specially equipped vehicle    SEV
satellite early-warning system    SEWS
Special Forces    SF
science fiction     sf
sforazando    sf. or stz.
Special Federal Aviation Regulation(s).    SFAR
Soldier fighting cover    SFC
Special Forces Group    SFG
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; dissolved 5 December 1991    SFRY
Sensor Fused Weapon    SFW
(Pet. Eng.) show of gas     SG
signed     sgd.
system-generated EMP    SGEMP
Sergeant    SGT
sergeant     sgt.
Sary Shagan designator (NATO for Russian ABM)    SH
(Geol.)shale and line     Sh&l
share, sheep, sheet, shilling     sh.
Shakespeare     Shak.
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe (NATO)    SHAPE
Super Hard Elf System (US)    SHELF
super-high frequency (3-30 GHz)    SHF
(Radio.) super high frequency     shf. or SHF.
Shipboard Integrated Processing and Display System (Canada)    SHINPADS
Protocol of 1978 Relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 (MARPOL)    Ship Pollution
short range air defense    SHORAD
Short range navigation (radio).    Shoran
Solid projectile fired by cannon or artillery    Shot
Shaft horse power    shp
shipment     shpt. or shipt.
superheterodyne receiver    SHR
sheet     sht.,
shortage     shtg.
(Chem.) silicon, silicum    Si,
Sampling and Identification of Biological and Chemical Agents    SIBCA
Ship Installed Chemical Alarm System    SICAS
small intercontinental ballistic missile    SICBM
Standardized integrated command post shelter    SICPS
Ship Installed Chemical System    SICS
Secondary Imagery Dissemination System    SIDS
Selective identification facility.    SIF
signal, signature, signor     sig.
Signals intelligence    SIGINT
signals    Sigs
Signal Security    SIGSEC
Simultaneous Operation    SIMOP
(Maths.) sine     sin.
Single Channel Ground/Air Radio System    SINCGARS
Single Channel Ground/Airborne Radio Subsystem    SINCGARS
Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System VHF    SINCGARS V
singular     sing.
(Maths.) hyperbolic sine     sinh.
ship's inertial navigation system    SINS
Tactical communications system (France)    SINTAL
Single Integrated Operations Plan    SIOP
software intensive projects    SIPS
Ship Installed Radiac System    SIRS
Situation report    SITREP
sack     sk.
Sanskrit     skt.
British military communications satellite (UK)    Skynet
space launcher    SL
slightly     sl.
Standoff Land Attack Missile    SLAM
Saboted Light Armor Penetrator    SLAP
Side-Looking Airborne Radar    SLAR
Shoulder-Launched Assault Weapon    SLAW
submarine-launched ballistic missile    SLBM
sea-launched cruise missile    SLCM
ship- or submarine-launched cruise missile    SLCM
sailed, sealed     sld.
service life extension program    SLEP
Survivable Low Frequency Communications System (US)    SLFCS
sea-launched mobile mine    SLMM
Sea Lines of Communications    SLOC
Single Integrated Operations Plan    Slop
Self-Loading Rifle    SLR
Surface-Launched Unit, Fuel-Air Explosive    SLUFAE
satellite launch vehicle    SLV
standard missile    SM
small     sm.
(Chem.) samarium     Sm.
Shoulder-launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon    SMAW
Scatterable mineclearing device    SMCD
Special Middle East Shipping Agreement    SMESA
Sub-Machine Gun    SMG
Surface mine plough    SMP
Scatterable mine system    SMS
tin     Sn,
(Eng.) snug fit     SN.F.
strategic nuclear delivery vehicle    SNDV
Saudi Naval Expansion Program, Communications    SNEP-C
short-range nuclear force    SNF
Special National Intelligence Estimate    SNIE
special nuclear material    SNM
Signal-to-Noise Ratio    SNR
south     so.
Sultanate of Oman Air Force    SOAF
Sector Operations Center (Air Defense) or Special Operations Command    SOC
special operations capable    SOC
social, Societies, society     soc.
Special Operations Command, Central Command    SOCCENT
Sociologist, sociology     social.
Special Operations Command    SOCOM
Special Operations Forces    SOF
Status of Forces Agreement    SOFA
Special Operations Group    SOG
solicitor, soluble, solution     sol.
solution     soln.
Sound navigation and ranging.    SONAR, sonar
standard operating procedure    SOP
soprano     sop.
sophomore     Soph.
Special Operations Squadron    SOS
Save Our Souls     SOS
sound surveillance system    SOSUS
standoff target acquisition system    SOTAS
Soviet    Sov
Special operations vehicle    SOV
Special Operations Wing    SOW
stand-off weapon    SOW
self-propelled    SP
single phase or self-propelled    SP
special, specialist, species, specific, specimen,
 spelling, spirit     sp.
Spain, Spaniard, Spanish     Sp.
specific gravity     sp. gr.
specific heat     sp. ht.
U.S. SPACECOM Space Control Center    SPACC
Space Detection and Tracking System    SPADATS
Space Defense Operations Center    SPADOC
Simulated Projectile Airburst Liquid    SPAL
Spanish     Span.
Special Analysis of Net Radio     SPANNER
South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement    SPARTECA
self-propelled acoustic target    SPAT
Section personnel bridge    SPB
South Pacific Commission    SPC
Stored Program Control    SPC
Strike Projection Evaluation and Anti-Air Warfare Research    SPEAR
special, specially, specifically     spec.
specific, specifically     specif.
small platform electronic warfare system    SPEW
South Pacific Forum    SPF
Self-propelled gun    SPG
Spin prevention and incidence-limiting system.    SPILS
Special Instructions    SPINS
species (pl. of specie)    spp.
signal processing in the detector    SPRITE
support    spt
square kilometer    sq km
square mile    sq mi
squadron, Square     sq.
square foot, square feet     sq. ft.
square inch, square inches     sq. in.
square mile, square miles     sq. mi.
square yard, square yards     Sq. yd.
structured query language    SQL
squadron    sqn
seqq    sqq.
(Chem.) strontium     Sr
senior     sr.
Senor, Sir, sister     Sr.
senora     Sra.
short-range air-to-air missile    SRAAM
short range attack missile    SRAM
Short-range Ballistic Missile    SRBM
Super rapid blooming offboard chaff    SRBOC
Signals Research and Development Establishment    SRDE
Short Range Hit-to-Kill Missile    SRHIT
Sealift Readiness Program    SRP
Standard Remote Terminal     SRT
Senorita     Srta.
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing    SRW
Surface-to-Surface Missile    SS
submarine (coastal/ inshore)    SS(C/I)
namely, section, one half     ss.
Saints     SS.
Selective Service Act    SSA
single sideband    SSB
ballistic-missile submarine/ nuclear-fuelled    SSB/N
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine    SSBN
surface-to-surface ballistic missile    SSBS
ground-launched cruise missile designator    SS-C
Sensor safety device    SSD
Submerged signal and decoy ejector    SSDE/SSE
Ship self-defense system    SSDS
SSN with dedicated non-ballistic missile launchers (in Military Balance)    SSGN
staff sergeant     SSgt
Solid-State Ice Detector    SSID
Diesel-electric power submarine    SSK
Single Shot Kill Probability    SSKP
Surface-to-Surface Missile    SSM
nuclear-fuelled submarine (in Military Balance)    SSN
Nuclear-powered attack submarine    SSN
surface-to-surface missile (navy) designator    SS-N
subspecies     ssp.
supplement, supplementary     sspp. or suppl.
Solid-State Quick Access Recorder    SSQAR
secondary surveillance radar    SSR
Soviet Socialist Republic     SSR. or S.S.R.
Supersonic transport.    SST
Stabilized Steerable Thermal Imager    SSTI
Sensor Surveying Unit    SSU
shipboard surveillance radar systems    SSURADS
Static thrust.    st
(Meteor.) stratus     St
saint, stanza, state, stitch, stone, strait, street     st.
surveillance and target acquisition    STA
station, stationary     sta.
Standard Air Munitions Package    STAMP
(NATO) Standardization Agreement    STANAG
ISA temperature and pressure.    standard day
1. Signal Threat Analysis and Recognition 2. Standard Terminal Arrival Route    STAR
Strategic Army Communications     STARCOM
surveillance target attack radar system    STARS
Strategic Arms Reduction Talks/Treaty    START
immediately, statuary, statue,
statuete (miles)     stat.
Super Tropical Bleach    STB
1. Sensitivity Time Control 2. Supplemental Type Certificate (US) 3. Swept Time Constant    STC
Strike Command Integrated Communications System (UK)    STCICS
standard     std.
Submarine Tactical Data Link     STDL
Simplified Test Equipment Fighting Vehicle System    STEFVS
Self-contained Toxic Environment Protective Outfit    STEPO
Sperry Turbine Engine Vibration Indicator    STEVI
sterling     Stg. or ster.
storage     stge.
Special Tactics Group    STGP
surveillance and target indicating/illuminating radar    STIR
Strapdown Inertial Reference System    STIRS
Stabilized Thermal Imaging System    STIS
short take-off and (vertical) landing (in Military Balance)    STO(V)L
Short take-off and landing    STOL
Short Ton (2,000 pounds or 0.9 metric tons)    STON
Object carried as part of payload on external attachment (e.g. bomb, drop tank).    store
Sensored tactical off-road mine    STORM
Stores Management System    STORMS
Short take-off, vertical landing.    STOVL
Status Test Panel    STP
Special Tactic Paramedics    STPJ
Sonar Transmitter/Receiver    STR
strength    Str
steamer, strait, string, strings, strophe     str.
Straight Through Repeater Antenna Performance    STRAP
Standard Tank, Rack, Adapter, and Pylon Package    STRAPP
Strategic Forces Advisors    STRATFOR
Secure intelligence transmission system (US)    Streamliner
High-intensity flashing beacon.    strobe light
Sample Transfer System    STS
Special-to-Type Test Equipment    STTE
Satellite Terminal Unit    STU
Secure Telephone Unit    STU
student     stud.
Soviet Union Airborne Warning And Control System    SUAWACS
subaltern, subscription, substitute, suburb,
suburban, subway     sub.
subgenus     subg.
subject, subjective, subjunctive     subj.
submarine rocket    SUBROC
subsection     subsec.
sufficient, suffix     suff.
suffragan    suffr.
Surface-to-Underwater Guided Weapon    SUGW
Structural Usage Monitor    SUM
System universal modular mine and demolition explosives    SUMMADE
Sunday     Sun.
superior, superlative, supplement,
supplementary, supply    sup.
superfine     super.
superlative     superl.
supreme     supr.
superintendent     supt.
supervisor     supvr.
surface     sur.
surgeon, surgery, surgical     surg.
surveillance towed array sensor system    SURTASS
surveillance    SURV
survey, surveying, surveyor     surv.
Survivability and Vulnerability Information Analysis Center    SURVIAC
Survivable Satellite Communications System     SURVSATCOM
Sussex     Suss.
Small unit support vehicle    SUSV
surface and underwater target    SUT
Suspended underwing unit    SUU
service     svc. or svce.
savings     svgs.
switch     sw.
Sweden, Swedish     Sw. or Swed.
Southwest Asia    SWA
small waterplane area twin hulled (vessel)    SWATH
Short wheelbase    SWB
switchboard     swbd.
Standard wire gauge    SWG
static war headquarters    SWHQ
Systems Weapons Improvement Program    SWIP
short wave infra-red    SWIR
Switzerland     Switz.
Safe working load    SWL
Standing Wave Ratio    SWR
satellite X-ray test facility    SXTF
security    sy
Intelligence and operational command data system (France)    Sycamore
Senior Year Electro-Optical Reconnaissance System    SYERS
syllable     syll
symbol, symmetrical, symphony, symptom     sym.
synonym, synonymous, synonymy     syn.
system     syst.