Abbreviations

AC
Aircraftsman
ACM Air Chief Marshal
ADC Aide de Camp
AEW Aircraft Engineering Wing
AFA Air Force Act
AFHQ Air Force Headquarters
AFSC Air Force Sports Council
AFL Air Force Law
AFO Air Force Order
Air Cdre Air Commodore
AM Air Marshal
AMQ Airmen's Married Quarter
AVM Air Vice Marshal
AP Air Publications
AT Anti Tank
AWOL Absent Without Official Leave
BO Battle Order
BOC Brought on Charge
BRO Base Routine Orders
BWO Base Warrant Officer
BGDS Base Ground Defence Section
CAS Casualty Evacuation
CASEVAC Casualty Evacuation
CBF Command Benevolent Fund
CBRNE Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear Explosive
CC Confined to Camp
CMC Chairman Mess Committee
CO Commanding Officer
COBF Commanding Officers Benevolent Fund
CRO Command Routine Orders
CTTB Central Trade Test Board
C Ado Civil Administration officer
C of A Civil Administration officer
C of I Court of Inquiry
CPL Corporal
C of S Chief of Staff
CPM Chief Provost Marshal
CTS Combat Training School
DGGO Director General Ground Operations
DGA Director General Administration
DGAE Director General Administration
DGAO Director General Air Operations
DGCE Director General Construction Engineering
DGE&CE Director General Electronics and Computer Engineering
DGGE Director General General Engineering
DGHS Director General Health Services
DGL Director General Logistics
DGP Director General Planning
DGGO Director General Planning
DGT Director General Training
DGW Director General Welfare
DPS Desha Puthra Sammanaya
DZ Dropping Zone
EOD Explosive Ordanace Disposal
ETA Estimated Time of Arrival
ETD Estimated Time of Departure
Sqn Ldr Squadron Leader
TAOR Tactical Area of Responsibility
TCT Tactics
TSI Treasurer Service Institute
TsOET Tests on Elementary Training
UHF Ultra High Frequency
USP Uttama Seva Padakkama
VA Vulnerable Area
VHF Very High Frequency
VIP/VVIP Very Important Person
VP Vulnerable Point
Wg Cdr Wing Commander
WO Warrant Officer
WT Weapon Training
WTO Weapon Training Officer
WWV Weera Wickrama Vibushanaya
FAFA First Aid Fire Appliances
FCO Fire Control Order
FCT Field Craft
FDL Forward Defended Locality
FFR Field Firing Range
Fg Off Flying Officer
Flt Lt Flight Lieutenant
FM Frequency Modulation
FSMO Field Service Marching Order
F/Sgt  Flight Sergeant
GC& RTU Ground Combat and Recruit Training Unit
GDP General Duties Pilot
GDS Ground Defence Section
GEW General Engineering Wing
GMT Greenwich Mean Time
Gp Capt Group Captain
GPMG General Purpose Machine Gun
GPS Global Positioning System
GR Grid Reference
GSK General Service Knowledge
GST General Service Training
HE High Explosive
HE His/Her Excellency
IED Improviced Explosive Device
KIA Killed in Action
IS Internal Security
LAC Leading Aircraftsman
LD Light Duty
LMG Light Machine Gun
LNG Land Navigation
LO Liaison Officer
LP Listening Point
LTTB Local Trade Test Board
LZ Landing Zone
MGL Multi Grenade Launcher
MIA Missing in Actionr
MOD Ministry of Defence
MOOTW Military Operations other than War
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
MTM Motor Transport Mechanic
MTROW Mechanical Transport Repair Overhaul Wing
MWO Master Warrant Officer
NCO Non Commissioned Officer
NOK Next of Kin
OCA Officer Commanding Administration
OCL Officer Commanding Logistics
OCPS Officer Commanding Personnel services
OCSS Officer Commanding Station services
OCT Officer Commanding Training
OCTS Officer Commanding Technical Service
OMQ Officers' Married Quarter
OMT Operator Motor Transport
OP Observation Point
OPSORD Operations Order
P&R Operations Order
Plt Off Pilot Officer
PMC President Mess Committee
POR Personnel Occurrence Report
POW Prisoner of War
POW Redress of Grievances
RAF Royal Air Force
RCyAF Royal Ceylon Air Force
RSP Rana Sura Padakkama
RWP  Rana Wickrama Padakkama
RPG Rocket Propelled Grenade
RV Rendezvous
Sgt Sergeant
SD Sedentary Duty
SIF Service Institute Fund
SLAF Sri Lanka Air Force
SMG Submachine Gun
SNCO Senior Non Commissioned Officer
SNLR Service No Longer Required
SOP Standard Operating Procedure
SRO Station Routine Orders
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