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