2.6 "F" listings




FA
field artillery



FAA
Federal Aviation Administration



FAAO
field artillery air observer



FAAR
forward area alerting radar



FAAS
forward area alerting system



FAB
field artillery brigade



FAC
forward air controller



FACCONCEN
facilities control center



FACE
facilities and communication evaluation



FACI
first article configuration inspection



FACP
forward air control post



FACR
first article configuration review



FACS
Field Army Communication System



FAD
force/activity designator; Funding Authorization Document



FADAC
field artillery digital automatic computer



FADM
fleet admiral



FAE
fuel air explosive



FAIO
Field Army Issuing Office; field artillery intelligence officer



FALT
field artillery logic tester



FAM
field artillery missile; full Army mobilization war reserves



FAMC
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center



FAMF
floating aircraft maintenance facility



FAMS
Field Army Messenger Service



FAO
finance and accounting office(r); foreign area officer



FAP
Finance and Accounting Policy



FAPO
Field Army Petroleum Office



FAR
Federal Aviation Regulations; forward acquisition radar; Federal Acquisition Regulation



FARC
Federal Archives and Records Center



FARP
forward area ream/refuel point



FARS
Field Army Replacement System



FAS
field alert status; force accounting system; Foreign Agricultural Service



FASA
Field Army Service Area



FASCAM
family of scatterable mines



FASCO
Forward Area Support Coordination Officer



FASO
forward airfield supply organization



FAST
Freight Automated System for Traffic Management



FATAB
field artillery target acquisition battalion



FATAG
field artillery target acquisition group



FATOC
Field Army Tactical Operation Center



FAW
forward area weapons



fax
facsimile



FB
firing battery



FBHDL
force beachhead line



FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation



FBIS
Foreign Broadcast Information Service



FBM
fleet ballistic missile



FBR
fireball radius



FBRL
final bomb release line



FC
Finance Corps; Fire Control; functional chief (of a civilian career program); fund code



FCC
Federal Communications Commission; Flight Communications Center; Flight Coordination Center



FCCB
Field Configuration Control Board



FCDA
Federal Civil Defense Administration



FCDIVBAD
First Class Diver Badge



FCG
foreign clearance guide (military)



FCGS
freight classification guide system



FCIP
field cable installation platoon



FCJ
foreign criminal jurisdiction



FCL
fire coordination line



FCLP
field carrier landing practice



FCPC
Federal Committee on Pest Control



FCRC
Federal Contract Research Center



FCRU
facilities control relay unit



FCS
fire control system



FCSC
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission



FCU
field communication unit



FDC
fire direction center



FDL
Fast Deployment Logistic (Ship)



FDM
frequency division multiplex



FDO
fire direction officer



FDP
foreign duty pay; funded delivery period



FDRF
financial data records folder



FDS
finance disbursing section



FD/SC
failure definitions/scoring criteria



FDTE
force development testing and experimentation



FE
Far East; field expedient



FEBA
forward edge of the battle area



FEGLI
Federal Employees Group Life Insurance



FEHBP
Federal Employees Health Benefits Program



FEI
facilities engineering items



FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency



FEPA
Fair Employment Practices Act



FFA
French Forces in Germany (Forces Francaises en Allemagne); free fire area; Frankfort Arsenal



FFAC
forward forward air controller



FFT
for further transfer



FFZ
free fire zone



FG
fiscal guidance



FGM
fiscal guidance memorandum



FHAI
Federal Housing Authority Insurance



FHD
Family Housing Division



FHMA
family housing management account



FHSG
family housing



FHWA
Federal Highway Administration



FI
fighter interceptor; foreign intelligence



FIA
financial inventory accounting



FIB
flight information bulletin



FIC
flight information center



FICA
Federal Insurance Contributions Act



FID
Foreign Internal Defense



fig
figure



FII
Federal item identification



FIIGS
Federal Item Identification Guide System



FIIGSC
Federal Item Identification Guides for Supply Cataloging



FIIN
Federal item identification number



FIR
financial inventory reports; flight information region



1LT
first lieutenant



1SG
first sergeant



FIS
flight information service



FIST
fault isolation by semi-automated techniques; fire support team



FISTV
fire support team vehicle



FIU
forward interpretation unit



FLA
flight article



FLAM
fault location and monitoring



FLAR
fault location and repair



fld
field



FLDCOMDNA
Field Command, Defense Nuclear Agency



FLDMS
field maintenance shop



FLEX
Flexowriter equipment



FLIC
fault location indicating console



FLIP
flight information publication



FLO
foreign liaison office



FLOT
forward line of own troops



FLP
fault location panel



FLS
fault locator system



FLSA
Fair Labor Standards Act



flt
flight



fltg
floating



FLTSURBAD
Flight Surgeon Badge



FLV
foreign leave



FM
field manual; field marshal; frequency modulated



FMC
field medical card



FMO
forms management officer



FMP
financial management plan



FMPEC
Financial Management Plan for Emergency Conditions



FMPP
Federal Merit Promotion Program



FMR
financial management report; frequency modulated radar



FMS
foreign military sales



FMSC
Federal Manual for Supply Cataloging



FMSO
foreign military sales order



FMSP
foreign military sales program



FMT
Force Modernization Training



FMTS
field maintenance test station



FO
field order; finance officer; forward observer



FOA
field operating agency



FOBS
fractional orbital bombardment system



FOC
final operational capability; flight operations center



FOD
field officer of the day; foreign object damage



FofF
field of fire



FOIA
Freedom of Information Act



fol
follow; followed; following



FOMCAT
foreign materiel catalog



FOREWAS
Force and Weapon Analysis System



FORSCOM
United States Army Forces Command



FORSTAT
forces status report



FORTL
force requirement troop list reporting system



FORTRAN
Formula Translation (a scientific programming language for computers)



FOSDIC
film optical sensing device for input to computers



FOUO
For Official Use Only



FPA
force planning analysis; funding program advice



FPC
Federal Power Commission



FPCA
Federal Post Card Application



FPF
final protection fires



FPG
force planning guide



FPJMC
Four Power Joint Military Commission



FPM
Federal Personnel Manual



FPMR
Federal Property Management Regulation



FPO
Fleet Post Office



FPP
firepower potential



FPU
first production unit



FRA
Federal Railroad Administration



FRAGO
fragmentary order



FRAT
free radical assay technique



FRC
Federal Records Center GSA



FRD
FORMERLY RESTRICTED DATA



FRE
Field Representative Europe



freq
frequency; frequent



FRFE
Field Representative Far East



FRFOURRA
French Fourragere



FRN
force requirement number



FRNA
foreign rations not available



FROG
free rocket over ground



FS
feasibility study; flight surgeon



FSA
family separation allowance; fire support area; foreign service availability



FSAO
family services and assistance officer



FSB
Final Staging Base; fire support base



FSC
Federal supply classification; foreign service credits; fire support coordination



FSCL
fire support coordination line



FSCM
Federal Supply Code for Manufacturers



FSCOORD
fire support coordinator



FSCP
Firing Site Command Post



FSD
fuel supply depot



FSE
fire support element



FSED
full-scale engineering development



FSN
Federal stock number; fiscal station number; French-speaking nation



FSO
fire support officer; fuel supply office



FSP
facility security profile



FSR
foreign separate rations; frequency scan radar



FSS
Federal supply schedule



FSSD
foreign service selection date



FSSE
forward service support element



FST
foreign service tour



FSTC
United States Army Foreign Science and Technology Center



Ft
Fort



FT
firing tables; full-tracked



FTC
fast time constant



FTD
freight traffic division



FTI
fixed target information



FTIG
Fort Indiantown Gap



FTRAC
full-tracked vehicle



FTS
field training services; Federal Telecommunications System



FTTD
full-time training duty



FTU
first training unit



FTX
field training exercise



FU
fire unit



FUA
fire unit analyzer



FUIF
fire unit integration facility



FUM
functional user's manual



FUPOSAT
followup on supply action taken



FVS
fighting vehicle system



FW
fixed wing



FWAD
Fort Wingate Army Depot



FWCL
field wire command link



fwd
forward; forwarded



FWDBL
forward bomb line



FWMAF
Free World Military Assistance Forces



FWP
Federal Women's Program



FWPC
Federal Woman's Program Coordinator



FWPCA
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration



FY
fiscal year



FYDP
Five-Year Defense Program



FYI
for your information



FYIC
for your information and guidance



FYMP
Five-Year Materiel Program



FYPB
Five-Year Planning Base



FYPP
Five-Year Procurement Program



FYTP
Five-Year Test Program


AR 310-50 * 15 November 1985 * Unclassified