| AES |
Alliance of Sahel States (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger) |
| ASF |
African Standby Force |
| AIA |
Arab Israeli Alliance (Israel, UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, Morocco) |
| ANZ |
ANZUS (US, NZ, Australia) |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) |
| ASPM |
Agreement on Strategic Partnership and Mutual Support |
| AU |
African Union |
| AUK |
AUKUS (Australia-United Kingdom-United States Security Partnership) |
| ATMIS |
African Union Transition Mission in Somalia |
| AXIS2 |
China, Russia, Iran, North Korea |
| BDCA |
Bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement |
| BRI |
Belt & Road Initiative (China & World) |
| BRIC |
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) |
| BPU |
British-Polish-Ukrainian Trilateral Pact |
| CEDC |
Central European Defence Commission (Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia) |
| CFC |
Combined Forces Command |
| CJEF |
Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (UK-France) |
| CMF |
Combined Maritime Force |
| CSTO |
Collective Security Treaty Organization (Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan) |
| DCA |
Defense Cooperation Agreement |
| EDCA |
Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement |
| EEZ |
Exclusive Economic Zone |
| EIJ |
Egypt-Iraq-Jordan Entente |
| EU |
European Union |
| EUBG |
European Union Battlegroup |
| EU-UK |
EU-UK Mutual Defence Agreement |
| EUSEC |
EU Security Committee |
| FPDA |
Five Power Defence Arrangements (UK, Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, NZ) |
| FVEY |
Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance (US, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ) |
| G7 |
Group of Seven (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US) |
| GCAP |
Global Combat Air Programme |
| GCC |
Gulf Cooperation Council (UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman) |
| IMCTC |
Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (Saudi Arabia + 41 Muslim-majority nations) |
| IMET |
International Military Education and Training Program |
| IMSC |
International Maritime Security Construct (US, UK, UAE, Albania, Estonia, Lithuania, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia + others) |
| JEF |
Joint Expeditionary Force (UK, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden) |
| JSDF |
Japan Self-Defense Force |
| JUSMAG-K |
Joint United States Military Affairs Group - Korea |
| MARFOR |
Marine Forces |
| MARFOR-K |
Marine Forces - Korea |
| NARC |
North African Region Capability (ASF Initiative; Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, other North African states) |
| LUB |
Lublin Triangle (Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine) |
| NORAD |
North American Aerospace Defense Command (US, Canada) |
| OAS |
Organization of American States (35 nations of Americas; Cuba suspended, Venezuela participation disputed) |
| OSCE |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (57 member countries in Europe, North America, Central Asia) |
| PSF |
Peninsula Shield Force (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, US; operational arm of GCC) |
| PSI |
Proliferation Security Initiative (100+ countries) |
| QUAD |
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (US, Japan, India, Australia) |
| ROK |
Republic of Korea |
| TIAR |
Reciprocal Treaty of Inter-American Assistance (Rio Treaty) |
| TSCTP |
Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership |
| TRA |
Taiwan Relations Act (1979) |
| UDCG |
Ukraine Defense Contact Group |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNC |
United Nations Command |
| UNC-R |
United Nations Command-Rear |
| UNSC |
UN Security Council |
| USFK |
United States Forces Korea |
| UKR/WEST |
Ukraine & the West |
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| Bilaterals |
ISCAMP abbreviates most bilateral partnerships by conjoining the first three letters of each partner’s name. For example: USBUL (US-Bulgaria); GERPOL (Germany-Poland); AUSIND (Australia-Indonesia); RUSIRA (Russia-Iran), etc. |
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| NATO |
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| BAP |
NATO Baltic Air Policing |
| eAP |
NATO Enhanced Air Policing |
| eFP |
NATO Enhanced Forward Presence |
| ICI |
NATO Istanbul Cooperation Initiative |
| IFFG |
NATO Initial Follow-on Forces Group |
| DIANA |
NATO Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic |
| KFOR |
NATO Kosovo Force |
| MD |
NATO Mediterranean Dialogue |
| MNC-NE |
NATO Multinational Corps Northeast |
| MNC-SE |
NATO Multinational Corps Southeast |
| MND-N |
NATO Multinational Division North |
| MND-SE |
NATO Multinational Division Southeast |
| MNNA |
Major Non-NATO Ally |
| NMI |
NATO Mission Iraq |
| NRF |
NATO Response Force |
| PfP |
NATO Partnership for Peace Program |
| VJTF |
NATO Very High Readiness Task Force |
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| ABCT |
Armored Brigade Combat Team |
| ASW |
Anti-Submarine Warfare |
| BMD |
Ballistic Missile Defense |
| C2 |
Command and Control |
| C2E |
Command and Control Elements |
| CAOC |
Combined Air Operations Center |
| CSG |
Carrier Strike Group |
| EW |
Electroinc Warfare |
| HADR |
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief |
| FMF |
Foreign Military Financing |
| FOC |
Full Operational Capability |
| FONOPS |
Freedom of Navigation Operations |
| HNS |
Host Nation Support |
| IMX |
International Maritime Exercise |
| JLOTS |
Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore |
| JMFC |
Joint Military Frequency Committee |
| MASCAL |
Mass Casualty Evacuations |
| MCM |
Mine Countermeasures |
| MPF |
Maritime Prepositioning Force |
| QRA |
Quick Reaction Alert |
| QRF |
Quick Reaction Force |
| SAR |
Search & Rescue |
| SUW |
Surface Warfare |
| TDY |
Temporary Duty |
| USV |
Unmanned Surface Vehicle |
| UUV |
Unmanned Underwater Vehicle |