P1
PERSHING 1
P1a
PERSHING 1a
PA
pending availability; per annum; performance analysis; procurement
appropriations; public affairs; proponent agency; privacy act
PAA
procurement of ammunition, Army
PAC
Personnel and Administration Center; pursuant to authority contained in
PACAS
Patient Care System
PACDA
Personnel and Administration, Combat Development Activity
PACOM
Pacific Command
PAD
preferred arrival date; Public Affairs Division
PADAR
program approval disposal and redistribution
PADMIS
Patient Administration Information System
PADO
proposed advanced development objective
PADOC
pay adjustment document
PAECT
pollution abatement and environmental control technology
PAG
project advisory group
PAGE
piston arrestment gas entrapment system (Sprint Launch Cell)
PAHO
Pan American Health Organization
PAILS
Publication Automated Information Locator System
PAL
permissive action link
PALR
permissive action link report
PALSG
Personnel and Logistics Systems Group
PAM
Department of the Army Partial Mobilization Expansion Plan; priorities and
allocations manual
pam
pamphlet
PAMUSA
Post Attack Mobilization of the United States Army
PAO
primary action office; public affairs office(r)
PAP
personnel assistance point; product assurance plan
P&A
personnel and administration
P&E
propellants and explosives
P&P
procurement and production
PAR
perimeter acquisition radar; precision approach radar
para
paragraph
PARB
Perimeter Acquisition Radar Building
PARC
principal assistant for contracting
PARD
Personnel Actions and Records Directorate, MILPERCEN
PARDP
perimeter acquisition radar data processor
paren
parenthesis
PARR
Program Assessment Review Report
parsq
pararescue
PASS
Procurement Aging and Staging System
PASTRAM
Passenger Traffic Management System
PAT
Pattern Analysis Test; priority air travel; production acceptance test
PATCENT
patching central
PAV
personnel allotment voucher
PB
property book
PBA
Pine Bluff Arsenal
PBAC
Program Budget Advisory Committee
PB-AESRS
property book-Army Equipment Status Reporting System
PBD
program/budget decision
PBEIST
Planning Board European Inland Surface Transport
PBG
Program Budget Guidance
PBI
partial background investigation
PBO
property book officer
PBOS
Planning Board for Ocean Shipping
PBR
precision bombing range
PBS
production base support
PBX
private branch exchange (tel)
PC
port call; purchasing and contracting; personal computer
PCA
permanent change of assignment
PCB
printed circuit board
PCC
postal concentration center
PCCB
Project Configuration Control Board
PCCN
port call control number
PCCU
Punched card control unit
PCD
program change decision
PCF
personnel control facility
PCHT
packaging, crating, handling, and transportation
PCM
planning and control memorandum; pulse code modulation; punched card
machine
PCMS
punched card machine systems
PCN
project control number
PCO
procuring contracting officer; publications control officer
PCP
passenger control point
PCR
Program Change Request
PCS
permanent change of station; post, camp, or station; physically controlled
space
PCU
printed control unit
PCV
passenger carrying vehicle
PCW
previously complied with
PD
procurement directive; priority designator
PDA
present duty assignment option; property disposal agent
P-DAY
Production Day
PDC
Per Diem, Travel, and Transportation Allowance Committee for Departments
of the Army, Navy, and Air Force; proficiency data card
PDCO
property disposal contracting officer
PDD
priority delivery date
PDDLS
Post D-Day Logistic Support
PDE
prospective data element
PDF
point detonating fuze; principal direction of fire
PDIP
Program Development Increment Package
PDM
Program Decision Memorandum
PDO
property disposal officer
PDP
procurement data package; program definition phase
PDR
Philippine Defense Ribbon
PDS
personnel daily summary; program data sheets; protected distribution
system
PDT-1
Picatinny Arsenal Detonation Trap Number 1
PDY
principal duty
PE
post engineer; probable error; program element
PEA
primary expense account
PEB
Physical Evaluation Board
PEC
production equipment code
PEBD
pay entry basic date
ped
pediatrics
PED
Personnel-Equipment Data; promotion eligibility date
PEM
production engineering measure; phased equipment modernization
PEMA
procurement of equipment and munition appropriations
PEMARS
Procurement of Equipment and Missiles, Army Management and Accounting
Reporting System
PENAIDS
penetration aids
PEO
program evaluation office
PEP
producibility engineering and planning; United States Army Personnel
Exchange Program
PEQUA
production equipment agency
PERDDIMS
Personnel Deployment and Distribution Management System
PERG
production equipment redistribution group
PERI
production equipment redistribution inventory
PERINTREP
periodic intelligence report
PERINTSUM
periodic intelligence summary
perm
permanent
PERMACAP
Personnel Management and Accounting Card Processors
PERMAS
Personnel Management Assistance System
pers
personnel
PERSEXP
personal expense money
PERSINSD
Personnel Information Systems Directorate, MILPERCEN
PERSIR
personnel inventory report
PERSPROC
personnel processing
PERSTATREP
personnel status report
pert
pertain
PERT
Program Evaluation and Review Technique
PESD
program execution sub-directive
PETN
Pentaerythritoltetranitrate
PETS
prior to expiration of term of service
PF
performance factor; pneumatic float
PFC
private first class
pfdr
pathfinder
PFDRBAD
Pathfinder Badge
PFNS
position fixing navigation system
PFO
postal finance officer
PFR
personal financial record
PFRT
preliminary flight rating test (Sprint)
PFT
portable flame-thrower
PG
permanent grade; post graduate; proving ground
PGRC
Program Guidance and Review Committee
PH
Purple Heart
ph
phase
PHIBRON
amphibious squadron
PHILPUC
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Badge
photo
photograph; photographer; photographic; photography
PHAROS
phased-array radar operational simulation
PI
position indicator; programmed instruction; public information
IBAL
pilot-balloon observation
PIBD
point initiating, base detonating
PIBL
PEMA Item Baseline List
PID
public information division
PIF
pilot information file; place in inactive file; provision of industrial
facilities
PIIN
procurement instrument identification number
PILO
public information liaison officer
PINS
Personnel Information System
PIP
Product Improvement Program
PIR
personnel information roster; Philippine Independence Ribbon
PJBD
Permanent Joint Board on Defense, Canada-United States
pl
pipeline; place
PL
public law; phase line
PLADS
parachute low altitude delivery system
PLANAT
North Atlantic Treaty Regional Planning Group (London) and the North
Atlantic Treaty Regional Planning Subgroup (Paris)
PLC
platoon leaders class
PLD
probable line of deployment
PLL
prescribed load list
PLM
power line modulation
PLO
passenger liaison office(r)
PLOCSA
Personnel Liaison Officer, Chief of Staff, Army
PLOM
Prescribed Loan Optimization Model
PLR
Philippine Liberation Ribbon
plt
pallet; platoon
PLT
pipeline time; procurement lead time
PLUCON
plutonium decontamination emergency teams
PM
postmaster; preventive maintenance; project manager
PM
provost marshal
pmap
photomap
PMCS
Preventive maintenance checks and services; program management
PMCT
permissive action link management control team
PMDD
Personnel Management Development Directorate, MILPERCEN
PMDL
Post M-Day Deployment List
PMF
personnel master file; professional medical film
PMI
preventive maintenance inspection
PMO
personnel management officer; project management office
PMOF
Presidential Medal of Freedom
PMCS
Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services; program management control
system
PMOS
primary military occupational specialty
PMOSC
primary military occupational specialty code
PMP
project master plan
PMR
Pacific Missile Range
PMRMO
protectable mobilization reserve materiel objective
PMRY
Presidio of Monterey
PMS
professor of military science; program management support
PN
part number
PNL
prescribed nuclear load
PNMO
provided no military objection exists
PNOK
primary next of kin
PNS
prescribed nuclear stockage
PNVAL
previously not available
PNVD
passive night vision devices
PO
post office; previous orders; production offset
POB
place of birth
POC
point of contact; privately owned conveyance
POD
port of debarkation
POE
port of embarkation
POI
program(s) of instruction
POL
petroleum, oils and lubricants
POLAD
political advisor
POLIC
Petroleum Intersectional Command
POLIS
petroleum intersectional service
POLO
Pacific Command Operations Liaison Office
POM
preparation for oversea movement (units); program objective memorandum
POMCUS
prepositioning of materiel configured to unit sets
POMM
Preliminary Operating and Maintenance Manual
pon
ponton
POO
priority operational objective
POPGUN
policy and procedure governing the use of nicknames
POR
preparation of replacements for oversea movement
PORT CAP
Automated Port Call System for AIT Graduates
POS
period of service
POSD
personnel on station date
POV
privately owned vehicle
PP
parcel post; permanent party; physical profile
PP&C
production planning and control
PPB
plans, program, budget
PPBS
planning, programming, and budgeting system
PPD
proficiency pay designator
PPF
provision of production facilities
PPG
PEMA policy and guidance; personnel processing group; planning and
programming guidance
PPI
plan position indicator
PPM
position and pay management; program, project management; pulse position
modulation
PPN
procurement program number
PPO
publications and printing office
PPR
permanent pay record; prior permission required
PPRC
prepositioned receipt card
PPREPT
periodic personnel report
PPS
pulses per second
PPSC
physical profile serial code
PPSIA
Pamphlet "Personnel Property Shipping Information" is applicable
PPSR
periodic personnel strength report
PPT
preproduction test
PPWR
prepositioned war reserves
PQEP
Product Quality Evaluation Plan
PQQPRI
provisional qualitative and quantitative personnel requirements
information
PQR
personnel qualification roster
PQS
promotion qualification score
pr
payroll
PR
procurement regulations; purchase request
PRA
projected requisition authority
PRB
Personnel Records Branch
PRC
Passenger Reservation Center; personnel reporting code; People's Republic
of China
prcht
parachute
PRCHTBAD
Parachutist Badge
PRCM
passive radiation countermeasure
PRD
personnel readiness date; Personnel Records Division; postal regulating
detachment
prep
prepare; prepared; preparation; preparatory
PREPOSTOR
prepositioned storage
PRES100
Presidential's Hundred Tab
PRESS
Pacific Range Electromagnetic Signature Studies
PRETECHREP
preliminary technical report
PRF
personnel readiness file; pulse repetition frequency
PRI
preliminary rifle instruction
PRIMAR
Program to Improve Management of Army Resources
PRIME
priority management effort
pris
prisoner
pro
procedure; proceed; prophylactic
PROC
proposed required operational capability
PRODUTAS
proceed on duty assigned
PROFP
proficiency pay
proj
project; projectile
PROJTRNS
project transition
PROMAP
program for the refinement of the materiel acquisition process
PROMIS
project management information system
PRON
procurement request order number
pros
prosthetic
PROSIGN
procedure sign
prox
proximity
PRP
performance, requirements, practices; Program Review Panel
prsmn
pressman
prsvn
preservation
PRT
Personnel Research Test
PS
personnel subsystem; prior service, project stock
PSAC
President's Scientific Advisory Committee
PS&ER
production support and equipment replacement
PSAO
primary staff action officer
PSC
Personnel Service Company; price signal code
PSCO
personnel survey control officer
PSD
Personnel Service Division; port security detachment
PSDS
permanently separated from duty station
PSE
personnel subsystem elements; priority standardization effort
PSF
Presidio of San Francisco
PSG
PERSHING; platoon sergeant
psi
pounds per square inch
PSI
plan speed indicator
PSM
Personnel Subsystem Manager
PSNCO
personnel staff noncommissioned officer
PSO
Primary Standardization Office; provisions supply office
PSP
personnel subsystem process
PSPP
proposed system package plan
PSPR
personnel subsystem products
PSR
parachute status report
PSRD
personnel shipment ready date
PSRO
passenger standing route order
PSS
personnel support system
PSSI
primary specialty skill identifier
PST
pass time; personnel subsystem team
PSTE
personnel subsystem test and evaluation
PSVCBAD
Presidential Service Badge
psych
psychology
PSYOP
psychological operations
PSYWAR
psychological warfare
pt
point
PT
physical training; production test
PTA
primary target area; Picatinny Arsenal
PTFMPO
Peacetime Force Materiel Procurement Objective
PTFMR
Peacetime Force Materiel Requirements
PTFMR-A
Peacetime Force Materiel Requirements Acquisition
PTFMR-R
Peacetime Force Materiel Requirements Retention
PTGT
primary target
PTL
primary target line
PTOS
peacetime operating stock
PTRF
peacetime rate factor
PTRO
personnel transaction register by originator
PTSO
personnel transaction summary by originator
PTST
personnel transaction summary by type transaction
PUAD
Pueblo Army Depot Activity
pub
public; publication; publicity; publish
PUCA
Presidential Unit Citation
PUE
Presidential Unit Emblem
PULHES
physical profile serial code (numerical)
pur
purchase; pursuant; pursuit
PURA
PACOM Utilization and Redistribution Agency
PV
production validation
PV1&2
Private E1 and E2
PVT
Private
PW
prisoner of war; public works; pulse width
PWD
procurement work directive
PWP
plasticized white phosphorous
PWRR
Prepositioned War Reserve Requirements
PWRR-MF
prepositioned war reserve requirement for medical facilities
PWRS
prepositioned war reserve stock
PWRS-MF
prepositioned war reserve stocks for medical facilities
PWTN
power train
PWTCVA
procurement of weapons and tracked combat vehicles, Army
PX
Army exchange
PY
prior year
PYR
prior year report