BAA
budget activity account
BAAN
budget authorization account number
BAAF
Badger Army ammunition plant
BAG
ballistic attack game
bal
balance
BALLWIN
ballistic winds
BAMC
Brooke Army Medical Center
BAPREPT
beds and patient report
BAQ
basic allowance for quarters
BAR
battery acquisition radar
BAS
basic allowance for subsistence
BASD
basic active service date
BASE
basic Army strategic estimates
BASOPS
Base Operating Information System
BC
battery commander
BCA
battery control area
BCC
battery control central
BCD
bad conduct discharge; binary coded decimal
BCE
baseline cost estimate
BCS
battery computer system
BCT
basic combat training
BD
bomb disposal
BDB
Base Development Board
BDC
brigade data center
BDD
blanket delivery date
bde
brigade
BDELT
brigade landing team
BDFA
basic daily food allowance
BDL
battery data link
BDP
base development plan
bdry
boundary
BDS
British Defense Staff
BDU
battery display unit
BECAMP
Ballistic Environmental Characteristics and Measurement Program
BEFOURRA
Belgian Fourragere
BEMAR
backlog of essential maintenance and repair
BENELUX
Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg
BENT
beginning evening nautical twilight
BEP
Budget Execution Plan
BEQ
bachelor enlisted quarters
BER
budget execution review
BERADEV
Berlin Airlift Device
BERH
Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors
BESD
basic enlisted service date
BESRL
Behavior and Systems Research Laboratory
BEXEC
budget execution
BFD
Budget Formulation Directive
bfg
briefing
BFO
beat frequency oscillator
BFORM
budget formulation
BG
beach group; brigadier general
BGDA
Blue Grass Depot Activity
BGSS
battalion ground surveillance section
bhd
beachhead
BI
background investigation; battlefield illumination; branch immaterial
BIC
battlefield information center
BICC
battlefield information control center
BII
basic issue items
BIIL
basic issue item list
bio
biographics
biol
biological
BIOLDEF
biological defense
BIOLOPS
biological operations
BIOLREPT
biological report
BIOLRSCH
biological research
BIOLWPN
biological weapons
BIOLWPNSYS
biological weapon system
BIRDIE
battery integration and radar display equipment
BITE
built in test equipment
BJCEB
British Joint Communications-Electronics Board
BJU
beach jumper unit
BL
bill of lading; basic load (ammunition)
bl
bombline
bldg
building
bloc
blockade
BLSJICP
beam lead sealed junction integrated circuit package
BM
bench mark; branch material
BMD
ballistic missile defense
BMDATC
Ballistic Missile Defense Advanced Technology Center
BMDC
Ballistic Missile Defense Center
BMDCP
ballistic missile defense command post; Battalion Mortar and Davy Crockett
Platoon
BMDEAR
Ballistic Missile Defense Emergency Action Report
BMDITP
Ballistic Missile Defense Integrated Training Plan
BMDMB
ballistic missile defense missile battalion
BMDMP
Ballistic Missile Defense Master Plan
BMD-NEAT
Ballistic Missile Defense-Nuclear Effects and Threat Committee
BMDO
Ballistic Missile Defense Operations
BMDOA
Ballistic Missile Defense Operations Activity
BMDPM
Ballistic Missile Defense Program Manager
BMDPO
Ballistic Missile Defense Program Office
BMDSB
ballistic missile defense surveillance battalion
BMDSCOM
Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Command
BMEWS
ballistic missile early warning system
BMG
budget and manpower guidance
BMM
borrowed military manpower
BMNT
beginning morning nautical twilight
BMRMO
balance mobilization reserve materiel objective
BMRSYS
Ballistic Missile Reentry System
BMU
beachmaster unit
bn
battalion
BNSFCP
battalion shore fire control party
BOB
beginning of business
BOC
battalion operation center (AD)
BOI
basis of issue
BOIMARS
Basis of Issue Monitoring and Recording System
BOIP
basis-of-issue plan
BOIP II
basis-of-issue plan II
bomb
bombardment
BOMREP
bombing report
bomst
bombsight
BOP
balance of payments; basic operation plan
BOPA
Balance of Payments Act
BOPP
balance of payment programmed
BOQ
bachelor officers' quarters
BOR
board of review
BOT
burst on target
BP
base point; basic pay; Budget Program; battle position
BPA
budget project account; blanket purchase agreement
BPD
basic planning document
BPED
basic pay entry date
BPHI
boost phase intercept
BPI
binary bits per inch
BPRF
bullet proof
BPU
base production unit
br
branch
BRC
Budget Review Committee
BRD
bomb release distance
Brig
brigadier
BRL
bomb release line
BSA
Basic Standardization Agreement; brigade support area
BSEP
Basic Skills Education Program
BSM
Bronze Star Medal
BT
basic training
BTE
battery terminal equipment
BTL
Bell Telephone Laboratories
BTO
bombing through overcast; branch transportation office(r)
btry
battery
BTU
British thermal unit
bud
budget
BUIC
back-up interceptor control
BUT
basic unit training
BV
bureau voucher
BVG
battlefield visualization graphics
BY
budget year