2.16 "P" listings




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


AR 310-50 * 15 November 1985 * Unclassified