(Abbreviations) : Joint Services Staff Duties Manual

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JOINT SERVICES
STAFF DUTIES MANUAL
VOLUME II
(ABBREVIATIONS)
Revised Apr 07
MCP
DS (SD)
May 07
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LIST OF CONTENTS
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1. List of Contents (i) - (iv)
2. Introduction (v)
SECTION 1 : CONVENTIONS
3. Definition and Uses 1
4. Aim 2
5. Use of Capital Letters in Abbreviations 2
SECTION 2 : RANKS, BRANCHES, ARMS AND SERVICES
6. Officer Ranks - Army 3
7. Officer Ranks - Navy 3
8. Officer Ranks - Air Force 4
9. Junior Commissioned Officers - Army 4
10. Other Ranks - Army 5
11. Other Ranks - Navy 6
12. Other Ranks - Air Force 7
13. Arms and Services - Army 7
14. Branches - Navy 17
15. Branches - Air Force 18
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SECTION 3 : COMMAND AND STAFF APPOINTMENTS
16. Army.
(a) Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Army) 19
(b) Command Headquarters 31
(c) Corps Headquarters 36
(d) Division and Area Headquarters 36
(e) Brigade, Sector and Sub Area Headquarters 38
(f) Military Stations 39
(g) Units 40
17. Navy.
(a) Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Navy) 40
(b) Commands 44
(c) Afloat Appointments 47
18. Air Force.
(a) Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Air 51

Force)
(b) Commands 57
(c) Stations/Wings/Units 58
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SECTION 4 : FORMATIONS, ESTABLISHMENTS AND UNITS
19. Army.
(a) Commands 60
(b) Corps, Divisions and Brigades 60
(c) Areas and Sub Areas 63
(d) Category A Establishments 63
20. Navy.
(a) Commands 65
(b) Establishments/Units 65
(c) Ships and Aircraft 66
(d) Squadrons 67
21. Air Force.
(a) Formation 67
(b) Establishments 68
(c) Units 68
22. Inter Service Establishments 69
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SECTION 5 : HEADQUARTERS INTEGRATED DEFENCE STAFF
23. Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman Chiefs of 71

Staff Committee
24. Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning 72

and Force Development) and Staff
25. Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) 74

and Staff
26. Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, 75

Organisation and Training)
27. Director General Defence Intelligence Agency and Deputy 77

Chief Integrated Defence Staff (Intelligence)
SECTION 6 : HEADQUARTERS ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR COMMAND
28. Commander-in-Chief Secretariat 80
29. Chief of Staff Secretariat 80
30. Operations Division 80
31. Technical Division 81
32. Logistics, Administrative and Personnel Division 82
SECTION 7 : COMMON USER ABBREVIATIONS
33. Alphabetical List of Common User Abbreviations 83
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INTRODUCTION
1. The aim of this publication is to :-
(a) Standardise the abbreviations to be used in inter-services

correspondence.
(b) Complement instructions contained in paragraph 54 of Section 2 of

Joint Services Staff Duties Manual, Volume 1, Service Writing, (JSSD 1).
2. In inter-service writing, abbreviations normally used pertain to ranks,

appointments, formations and units only. These along with a few other commonly
used abbreviations are given in this manual.
3. The abbreviations laid down in this publication have been agreed to amongst
the three services and adherence to them is desirable in inter-service
correspondence. Service Headquarters may issue their own service amplification
notes with regard to abbreviations peculiar to their own service.
4. Proposals for amendments or additions to the text may be made to the

respective training directorates through the normal service channels.
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SECTION 1
CONVENTIONS
Definition
1. Abbreviation means an act of shortening, ie, part of a word or words written for
the whole, and includes acronyms.
Uses
2. By this definition, it is clear that abbreviations are a means of saving time. This
can be achieved effectively provided both writer and reader are familiar with the
abbreviations used. Consistency is, therefore, a pre-requisite if abbreviations are to be
of help and not a hindrance.
3. Abbreviations may also be used if the meaning is clearly indicated when first
used, eg, Amplification Notes on Staff Duties (ANSD) or Joint Training Committee
(JTC). It may be noted that no full stops are used within or after an abbreviation
unless, of course, it happens to be the last word of a sentence.
4. When abbreviations are used in the possessive, plural or collective sense, no

apostrophe need be inserted; instead, the addition of the small alphabet ‘s’ will suffice
to indicate the precise meaning within the context of the sentence. For example: -
(a) JTCs and not JTC’s (Possessive).
(b) COs and not CO’s (Plural/Collective).
(c) AOsC-in-C (Plural/Collective).
(d) AOC-in-Cs (Possessive).
5. When corresponding with civilians, the use of service abbreviations should be

avoided. Similarly, decorations should not be abbreviated.
6. In service writing, abbreviations fall into two main categories: -
(a) Inter Service. Those used in correspondence with the other two services
and include abbreviations universally used, as explained in the Concise Oxford
Dictionary.
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(b) Intra Service. Those used in correspondence within a particular service

and, therefore, not always familiar outside it.
7. Abbreviations to be used in signal message writing will follow the instructions

laid down in the Pamphlet “Joint Message Procedure 1966”.
Aim
8. The abbreviations laid down in this Manual standardise the requirements of

Sub-paragraph 6(a) above.
9. The requirements of Sub-paragraph 6(b) will be the issue of abbreviations by

the respective Service Headquarters.
Use of Capital Letters in Abbreviations
10. Rules regarding use of block capitals and initial capitals as given in Paragraph
43 to 45 of Section 2 of JSSD 1 (as amended) apply equally to abbreviations, for
instance: -
(a) Abbreviations composed of initial letters of words (or acronyms) are to be

written in block capitals; for example, ‘ACT’ for ‘air control team’.
(b) Abbreviations consisting of shortened version of a full word or words are

to be written in block capitals, with initial capitals or in small letters according to
the relevant context, eg: -
(i) ‘RECCE REPORT’ as a centre heading (Paragraph 43 (b) of

Section 2 of JSSD 1).
(ii) ‘Recce Report’ as a group heading or ‘recce report’ in text of

paragraph (Paragraph 44(a) of Section 2 of JSSD 1).
(c) Abbreviations for all ‘ranks’ are to be written with initial capitals,
irrespective of the context, eg, Lt Col Singh, two Lt Cols, Nb Sub Ram Singh,
five Nb Subs.
11. For sake of clarity, full words have been started with initial capitals in this
Manual, while abbreviations are given in accordance with rules given in Paragraph 43
to 45 of Section 2 of JSSD 1.
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SECTION 2
RANKS, BRANCHES, ARMS AND SERVICES
Officer Ranks - Army
1. (a) Lieutenant - Lt
(b) Captain - Capt
(c) Major - Maj
(d) Lieutenant Colonel - Lt Col
(e) Colonel - Col
(f) Brigadier - Brig
(g) Major General - Maj Gen
(h) Lieutenant General - Lt Gen
(j) General - Gen
(k) Field Marshal - FM
Officer Ranks - Navy
2. (a) Sub Lieutenant - S Lt
(b) Lieutenant - Lt
(c) Lieutenant Commander - Lt Cdr
(d) Commander - Cdr
(e) Captain - Capt
(f) Commodore - Cmde
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(g) Rear Admiral - R Adm
(h) Vice Admiral - V Adm
(j) Admiral - Adm
(k) Admiral of the Fleet - F Adm
(l) Surgeon - Surg

(Prefix ‘Surgeon’ abbreviated ‘Surg’
is used with the ranks of all medical officers)
Officer Ranks - Air Force
3. (a) Flying Officer - Fg Offr
(b) Flight Lieutenant - Flt Lt
(c) Squadron Leader - Sqn Ldr
(d) Wing Commander - Wg Cdr
(e) Group Captain - Gp Capt
(f) Air Commodore - Air Cmde
(g) Air Vice Marshal - AVM
(h) Air Marshal - Air Mshl
(j) Air Chief Marshal - Air Chf Mshl
(k) Marshal of the Indian Air Force - MIAF
Junior Commissioned Officers - Army
4. (a) Naib Risaldar - Nb Ris
(b) Naib Subedar - Nb Sub
(c) Risaldar - Ris
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(d) Subedar - Sub
(e) Risaldar Major - Ris Maj
(f) Subedar Major - Sub Maj
Other Ranks - Army
5. (a) Sowar - Swr
(b) Gunner - Gnr
(c) Sapper - Spr
(d) Signalman or Signalmen - Sigmn
(e) Guardsman or Guardsmen - Gdsm
(f) Paratrooper - Ptr
(g) Sepoy - Sep
(h) Grenadier - Gdr
(j) Rifleman or Riflemen - Rfn
(k) Acting Lance Dafadar - ALD
(l) Lance Naik - L Nk
(m) Lance Dafadar - L Dfr
(n) Naik - Nk
(o) Lance Havildar - L Hav
(p) Dafadar - Dfr
(q) Havildar - Hav
(r) Squadron Quartermaster Dafadar - SQMD
(s) Battery Quartermaster Havildar - BQMH
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(t) Company Quartermaster Havildar - CQMH
(u) Regimental Quartermaster Dafadar - RQMD
(v) Regimental Quartermaster Havildar - RQMH
(w) Battalion Quartermaster Havildar - BQMH
(x) Squadron Dafadar Major - SDM
(y) Battery Havildar Major - BHM
(z) Company Havildar Major - CHM
(aa) Regiment Dafadar Major - RDM
(ab) Regiment Havildar Major - RHM
(ac) Battalion Havildar Major - BHM
Other Ranks - Navy
6. (a) Seaman Second Class - Sea II
(b) Seaman First Class - Sea I
(c) Leading Seaman - LS
(d) Petty Officer - PO
(e) Chief Petty Officer - CPO
(f) Master Chief Petty Officer Second Class - MCPO II
(g) Master Chief Petty Officer First Class - MCPO I
7. Trades. It may be noted that sailors have specialist trades, which replace the
first and second class ranks and form a suffix to the other given in Paragraph 6 above.
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Other Ranks - Air Force
8. (a) Aircraftman 1 (and 2) - AC1 (and 2)
(b) Leading Aircraftman - LAC
(c) Corporal - Cpl
(d) Sergeant - Sgt
(e) Junior Warrant Officer - JWO
(f) Warrant Officer - WO
(g) Master Warrant Officer - MWO
Arms and Services - Army
9. Arms.
(a) The President’s Body Guard - PBG
(b) The Armoured Corps - AC
(c) The Regiment of Artillery - ARTY
(d) Army Air Defence - AAD
(e) Army Avn Corps - AVN CORPS
(f) The Corps of Engineers - ENGRS
(g) The Corps of Signals - SIGS
(h) Infantry - Inf
(j) Intelligence Corps - INT CORPS
10. Services.
(a) Army Service Corps - ASC
(b) Military Nursing Service - MNS
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(c) Army Medical Corps - AMC
(d) Army Dental Corps - AD Corps
(e) Army Ordnance Corps - AOC
(f) Corps of Electronics and Mechanical - EME

Engineers
(g) Remount and Veterinary Corps - RVC
(h) Military Farms Services - MFS
(j) Army Education Corps - AEC
(k) Corps of Military Police - CMP
(l) Army Physical Training Corps - APTC
(m) Pioneer Corps - PNRS
(n) Army Postal Service Corps - APS
(o) Defence Security Corps - DSC
11. Abbreviations ‘ARTY’, ‘ENGRS’ ‘SIGS’ or ‘Arty’, Sigs’, ‘Engrs’, and ‘Inf’ signify
the appropriate arm/corps as a whole. Their units will carry the name of a particular
branch/level/function as shown in Paragraphs 12 to 20 below. Abbreviations ‘arty’,
‘engrs’, ‘sigs’ and ‘inf’ refer to these arms or corps in their functional aspects.
12. Armoured Corps.
(a) Armoured car squadron - armd C sqn
(b) Armoured delivery squadron - armd del sqn
(c) Armoured regiment - armd regt
(d) Armoured squadron - armd sqn
(e) Independent armoured brigade - indep armd bde
(f) Light armoured squadron - lt armd sqn
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(g) ……Light Cavalry or ……..Cavalry - ……CAV
(h) …. Horse eg, The Skinner’s Horse, The - ….. HORSE

Poona Horse
(j) …… Lancers - …….. L
(k) Central India Horse - CIH
(l) …… Armoured Regiment - ….. Armd Regt
(m) …… Independent Armoured Squadron - ….. (I) Armd Sqn
(n) …… Independent Reconnaissance - ….. (I) Recce Sqn*

Squadron *see para 4 of
Sec 4
13. Artillery.
(a) Artillery Depot Regiment - Arty Dep Regt
(b) Artillery Records - Arty Records
(c) Field battery - fd bty
(d) Field battery (self propelled) - fd bty (SP)
(e) Field regiment - fd regt
(f) Field regiment (self propelled) - fd regt (SP)
(g) Flash spotting troop - F sg tp
(h) Heavy mortar battery - hy mor bty
(j) Heavy mortar regiment - hy mor regt
(k) Heavy regt - hy regt
(l) Independent field battery - indep fd bty**

** see Para 4 of
Sec 4
(m) Medium battery - med bty
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(n) Medium regiment - med regt
(o) Medium battery / regiment (self - med bty / regt (SP)

propelled)
(p) Mountain regiment - mtn regt
(q) Parachute field battery - para fd bty
(r) Parachute field regiment - para fd regt
(s) Pilot-less target aircraft flight - PTA flt
(t) Rocket battery - rkt bty
(u) Rocket regiment - rkt regt
(v) Light regiment - lt regt
(w) Sound ranging troop - S rg tp
(x) Survey battery - svy bty
(y) Surveillance and target acquisition - SATA bty / regt

battery / regiment
14. Army Air Defence.
(a) Army Air defence - AAD
(b) Air defence battery - AD bty
(c) Air defence battery (SP) - AD bty (SP)
(d) Air defence brigade - AD bde
(e) Air defence group (SP) - AD gp (SP)
(f) Air defence regiment - AD regt
(g) Air defence missile battery - AD msl bty
(h) Light air defence regiment - lt AD regt
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15. Army Aviation Corps.
(a) Army Aviation Corps - AVN CORPS
(b) Army aviation squadron - army avn sqn
(c) Army aviation flight - army avn flt
16. Engineers.
(a) Assault engineer regiment - aslt engr regt
(b) Bomb disposal group - BD gp
(c) Bomb disposal platoon - BD pl
(d) College of Military Engineering - CME
(e) Divisional engineer regiment - div engr regt
(f) Docks and inland water transport - docks & IWT engrs
engineers
(g) Docks operating company - docks op coy
(h) Engineer bridge company - engr br coy
(j) Engineer electrical and mechanical - engr E & M coy

company
(k) Engineer park - engr pk
(l) Engineer plant company - engr plant coy
(m) Engineer works section - engr wks sec
(n) Engineer stores depot - ESD
(o) Engineer sub park - engr sub pk
(p) Field company - fd coy
(q) Field park company - fd pk coy
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(r) Field survey company - fd svy coy
(s) Field survey engineer group - fd svy engr gp
(t) Inland water transport operating - IWT op coy

company
(u) Map reproduction company - map repro coy
(v) Map supply section - map sup sec
(w) Military Engineering Service - MES
(x) Parachute field company - para fd coy
(y) Photo mapping company - photo map coy
(z) Photo mapping engineer group - photo map engr gp
(aa) Port construction and maintenance - port constr and

company maint coy
(ab) Port operating company - port op coy
(ac) Port engineers - port engrs
(ad) Printing section engineers - print sec engrs
(ae) Quarrying company - quarry coy
(af) Railway bridge construction company - rly br constr coy
(ag) Railway construction and maintenance - rly constr and maint

company coy
(ah) Railway engineer brigade - rly engr bde
(aj) Railway operating company - rly op coy
(ak) Railway workshop company - rly wksp coy
(al) River survey company - river svy coy
(am) Works Engineers - works engrs
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17. Signals.
(a) Air defence brigade signal company - AD bde sig coy
(b) Air defence regiment signal section - AD regt sig sec
(c) Air field signal section - air fd sig sec
(d) Air formation signal regiment - air fmn sig regt
(e) Air support signal company - ASSC
(f) Air support signal regiment - ASSR
(g) Air support signal unit - ASSU
(h) Area signal regiment / company - area sig regt / coy
(j) Army Headquarters signals - Army HQ sigs
(k) Army Headquarters Signal Regiment - Army HQ Sig Regt
(l) Army radio engineering network - AREN
(m) Cipher section - cipher sec
(n) Command mobile signal company - comd mob sig coy
(o) Command signal regiment - comd sig regt
(p) Communication centre - comn cen
(q) Communication centre signal company / - comn cen sig coy /

regiment regt
(r) Company Headquarters section - CHQ sec
(s) Corps signal regiment - corps sig regt
(t) Despatch rider section - DR sec
(u) Divisional signal regiment - div sig regt
(v) Joint operations centre signal section - JOC sig sec
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(w) Inspectorate of signal trades training - ISTT
(x) Light radio section - lt radio sec
(y) Light radio relay section - lt RR sec
(z) Line carrier section - line carr sec
(aa) Line construction section - line constr sec
(ab) Line section - line sec
(ac) Medium radio relay section - med RR sec
(ad) Medium radio section - med radio sec
(ae) Naval formation signal staff - naval fmn sig staff
(af) Operating section - op sec
(ag) Public address equipment signal section - PA eqpt sig sec
(ah) Radio monitoring company - RMC
(aj) Radio relay section - RR sec
(ak) Radio tele printer / teletype section - RTT sec
(al) Signal centre section (abbreviated title - sig cen sec

of parent unit or functional title may be
prefixed)
(am) Signal training centre - STC
(an) Sub area signal company / section - sub area sig coy /
sec
(ao) Switch board operating section - swbd op sec
(ap) Technical maintenance section - TM sec
(aq) Telegraph operating section - tg op sec
(ar) Terminal equipment section - TE sec
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(as) Wing signal section - wg sig sec
(at) Wireless experimental centre - WEC
(au) Wireless experimental unit - WEU
18. Infantry.
(a) Anti tank guided missile battalion - ATGM bn
(b) Defence and employment company / - def and emp coy / pl

platoon
(c) Gorkha training centre - GTC
(d) Infantry battalion - inf bn
(e) Motorized infantry battalion - mot inf bn
(f) Parachute holding wing - para holding wg
(g) Reconnaissance and support battalion - recce & sp bn
(h) Record office - Records
(j) Regimental centre (with prefix of - RC (with prefixed

regimental title) abbreviated
regimental title)
(k) Training Centre (with prefix of - TC (with prefixed

regimental title) abbreviated
regimental title)
(l) The Brigade of the Guards - GUARDS
(m) The Parachute Regiment - PARA
(n) The Mechanised Infantry Regiment - MECH INF
(o) The Punjab Regiment - PUNJAB
(p) The Madras Regiment - MADRAS
(q) The Grenadiers - GRENADIERS
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(r) The Maratha Light Infantry - MARATHA LI
(s) The Rajputana Rifles - RAJ RIF
(t) The Rajput Regiment - RAJPUT
(u) The Jat Regiment - JAT
(v) The Sikh Regiment - SIKH
(w) The Sikh Light Infantry - SIKH LI
(x) The Dogra Regiment - DOGRA
(y) The Garhwal Rifles - GARH RIF
(z) The Kumaon Regiment - KUMAON
(aa) The Assam Regiment - ASSAM
(ab) The Bihar Regiment - BIHAR
(ac) The Mahar Regiment - MAHAR
(ad) The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles - JAK RIF
(ae) Ladakh Scouts - LADAKH SCOUTS
(af) Border Scouts - SCOUTS
(ag) The Naga Regiment - NAGA
(ah) Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry - JAK LI
(aj) 1st Gorkha Rifles - 1 GR
(ak) …… Gorkha Rifles - ……GR
19. Abbreviated title of infantry battalions will consist of the battalion number in
front of the abbreviated regimental title. In case of Gorkha Battalions, an oblique
stroke will be interposed between the battalion number and the abbreviated
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regimental title eg : -
Full Title Abbreviation
(a) 18th Battalion, Jammu and Kashmir Rifles 18 JAK RIF
(b) Ist Battalion, The 3rd Gorkha Rifles 1/3 GR
20. Army functional or traditional titles or suffixes, when specifically authorised in

Army Orders, for use with the abbreviated titles, will be placed in brackets, eg : -
9th Battalion, The Parachute 9 PARA (SF)

Regiment (Special Forces)
21. Title of Territorial Army units are abbreviated with suffix ‘TA’ in brackets, eg :-
199 Infantry Battalion (Territorial Army) 199 Inf Bn (TA)
Branches - Navy
22. The branch to which an officer belongs is to be indicated after the name within
brackets as indicated below :-
(a) Executive - (X)
(b) Engineering - (E)
(c) Electrical - (L)
(d) Medical - Med
(e) Dental - Med (D)
(f) Education - Edn
(g) Regulating - (Reg)
(h) Constructors - (Con)
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Branches - Air Force
23. (a) Flying (Pilot) - F(P)
(b) Flying (Navigator) - F(N)
(c) Aeronautical Engineering (Mechanical) - AE (M)
(d) Aeronautical Engineering (Electronics) - AE (L)
(e) Administrative - Adm
(f) Logistics - Lgs
(g) Medical - Med
(h) Medical Dental - Med (D)
(j) Meteorological - Met
(k) Accounts - Accts
(l) Education - Edn
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SECTION 3
COMMAND AND STAFF APPOINTMENTS
INDIAN ARMY (IA)
Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Army)
1. (a) Chief of Army Staff - COAS
(b) Vice Chief of the Army Staff - VCOAS
(c) Military Assistant - MA
(d) Military Assistant to the Chief of the Army - MA to COAS

Staff
(e) Deputy Military Assistant to the Chief of the - Dy MA to

Army Staff COAS
(f) Military Assistant to the Vice Chief of the - MA to VCOAS

Army Staff
(g) Staff Officer to the Vice Chief of the Army - SO to VCOAS

Staff
(h) Scientific Advisor to the Chief of the Army - SA to COAS

Staff
2. General Staff Branch (GS Branch).
(a) Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Information - DCOAS (IS&T)

Systems and Training)
(b) Deputy Chief of the Army Staff (Planning and - DCOAS (P&S)
Systems)
(c) Military Assistant to the Deputy Chief of the - MA to DCOAS

Army Staff (T&C/P&S) (T&C/P&S)
(d) Director General of Military Operations - DGMO
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(e) Additional Director General of Military - Addl DGMO (A/B)

Operations (A/B)
(f) Deputy Director General of Military - DDG MO (A/B/C/D)

Operations (A/B/C/D)
(g) Director of Military Survey - D Mil Svy
(h) Deputy Director of Military Survey - DD Mil Svy
(j) Assistant Director of Military Survey - AD Mil Svy
(k) Director General of Military Intelligence - DG MI
(l) Additional Director General Military - Addl DGMI (A/B)

Intelligence (A/B)
(m) Deputy Director General Military Intelligence - DDG MI(B)

(Counter Intelligence)
(n) Deputy Director General Military Intelligence - DDG MI(C)

(Psychological Operations)
(o) Deputy Director General Military Intelligence - DDG MI(E)

(East)
(p) Deputy Director General Military Intelligence - DDG MI(FD)

(Foreign Division)
(q) Deputy Director General Military Intelligence - DDG MI(Tech)

(Technical)
(r) Deputy Director General Military Intelligence - DDG MI(W)

(West)
(s) Commander Headquarters Intelligence Group - Cdr (HIG)
(t) Additional Director General Signal - Addl DG SI

Intelligence
(u) Additional Director General Staff Duties - Addl DG SD
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(v) Deputy Director General Staff Duties (A/B/C/D) - DDG SD (A/B/C/D)
(w) Additional Director General Financial Planning - Addl DG FP
(x) Deputy Director General Financial Planning (2/3) - DDG FP (2/3)
(y) Additional Director General Perspective Planning - Addl DG PP
(z) Deputy Director General of Perspective Planning - DDG PP (A/B/C)

(A/B/C)
(aa) Deputy Director General Management Studies - DDG Mgt Studies
(ab) President Army Standing Establishment - President ASEC

Committee
(ac) Director General Military Training - DG MT
(ad) Additional Director General (Nuclear, Biological - Addl DG (NBC Cell)

and Chemical Warfare Cell)
(ae) Deputy Director General Military Training (A/B/C) - DDG MT (A/B/C)
(af) Additional Director General Army Education - Addl DG AE
(ag) Deputy Director General Technical Training - DDG TT
(ah) Deputy Director General Physical Training - DDG PT
(aj) Additional Director General Weapons and - Addl DG WE

Equipment
(ak) Deputy Director General Weapons and - DDG WE (1/A/B)

Equipment (1/A/B)
(al) Chairman Equipment Table Revision Committee - Chairman ETRC
(am) Director General Mechanised Forces - DG MF
(an) Additional Director General Armoured Corps - Addl DG AC
(ao) Additional Director General Army Aviation - Addl DG AA
(ap) Additional Director General Mechanised Infantry - Addl DG Mech Inf
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(aq) Director General Artillery - DG Arty
(ar) Additional Director General Artillery (A/B/C) - Addl DG Arty

(A/B/C)
(as) Deputy Director General (Operations and - DDG (Ops-Trg Fd)

Training Field)
(at) Deputy Director General (Equipment Field) - DDG (Eqpt Fd)
(au) Deputy Director General (Operations and - DDG (Ops-Trg AD)

Training Air Defence)
(av) Deputy Director General (Equipment Air - DDG (Eqpt AD)

Defence)
(aw) Deputy Director General (Establishment and - DDG (Estt Pers)

Personnel)
(ax) Deputy Director General (Artillery Combat - DDG (ACCCS)

Command Control Systems)
(ay) Signal Officer-in-Chief - SO-in-C
(az) Additional Director General Signal Staff - Addl DG Sig Staff
(ba) Additional Director General Telecommunications - Addl DG (Tele)
(bb) Deputy Director General Signal Staff - DDG Sigs Staff
(bc) Deputy Director General Communication - DDG Comn Plg

Planning
(bd) Deputy Director General (Tele - DDG (Tele)

communications)
(be) Deputy Director General (Suraj) - DDG (Suraj)
(bf) Deputy Director General (Computers) - DDG (Cmptrs)
(bg) Deputy Director General PMO Plan Aren - DDG (Aren)
(bh) Inspector of Signal Trades Training - ISTT
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(bj) Director General Infantry - DG Inf
(bk) Additional Director General of Territorial Army - Addl DG TA
(bl) Deputy Director General Defence Security - DDG DSC

Corps
(bm) Deputy Director General Systems - DDG (Sys)
(bn) Additional Director General Management - Addl DG (Sys)

Systems
(bo) General Staff Officer Grade 1 - GSO 1
(bp) General Staff Officer Grade 2 - GSO 2
(bq) General Staff Officer Grade 3 - GSO 3
3. Adjutant General’s Branch (AGs Branch).
(a) Adjutant General - AG
(b) Assistant Adjutant General - AAG
(c) Deputy Assistant Adjutant General - DAAG
(d) Director General Organisation and Personnel - DG (Org & Pers)
(e) Additional Director General of Organisation - Addl DG Org
(f) Additional Director General of Personnel - Addl DG PS

Services
(g) Director General Discipline, Ceremonial and - DG (D&CW)

Welfare
(h) Additional Director General Discipline and - Addl DG (D&V)

Vigilance
(j) Additional Director General (Ceremonial and - Addl DG (C&W)

Welfare)
(k) Additional Director General of Recruiting - Addl DG Rtg
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(l) Deputy Director General Organisation - DDG Org (I of R)

Inspector of Records
(m) Director General of Medical Services (Army) - DGMS (Army)
(n) Additional Director General of Medical Services - Addl DGMS (Army)

(Army)
(o) Director of Medical Services - Dir MS
(p) Joint Director of Medical Services - JD MS
(q) Additional Director General of Medical Services - Addl DGMS (H&P)

(Health and Pathology)
(r) Director of Medical Service (Health) - Dir MS (H)
(s) Director of Medical Services (PS) - Dir MS (PS)
(t) Assistant Director of Pathology - ADP
(u) Deputy Assistant Director of Health - DADH
(v) Deputy Assistant Director of Pathology - DADP
(w) Additional Director General of Dental Services - Addl DG DS
(x) Joint Director of Dental Services - JDDS
(y) Additional Director General of Military Nursing - Addl DG MNS

Services
(z) Deputy Director General of Military Nursing - DDG MNS

Services
(aa) Joint Director Military Nursing Services - JD MNS
(ab) Matron-in-Chief - MIC
(ac) Staff Captain (Medical) - SC (Med)
(ad) Judge Advocate General - JAG
(ae) Joint Judge Advocate General - JJAG
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(af) Deputy Judge Advocate General - DJAG
(ag) Assistant Judge Advocate General - AJAG
(ah) Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General - DAJAG
(aj) Staff Captain (Law) - SC (Law)
(ak) Provost Marshal - PM
(al) Deputy Provost Marshal - DPM
(am) Assistant Provost Marshal - APM
(an) Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal - DAPM
(ao) Director of Army Statistical Organisation - DASO
(ap) Managing Director Army Group Insurance - MD AGI
(aq) Managing Director Army Welfare Housing - MD AWHO

Organisation
4. Quartermaster General’s Branch (QMGs Branch).
(a) Quartermaster General - QMG
(b) Deputy Quartermaster General - DQMG
(c) Assistant Quartermaster General - AQMG
(d) Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General - DAQMG
(e) Additional Director General of Operational - Addl DGOL

Logistics
(f) Deputy Director General of Operational - DDG OL

Logistics
(g) Additional Director General of Movements - Addl DG Mov
(h) Assistant Quartermaster General Movements - AQMG (Mov)
(j) Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General - DAQMG (Mov)

(Movements)
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(k) Staff Captain (Movement) - SC (Mov)
(l) Director (Rail Movement) - Dir (RM)
(m) Additional Director General Quartering - Addl DG Qr
(n) Deputy Director General Quartering (A/B) - DDG Qr (A/B)
(o) Director General Supplies and Transport - DG S&T
(p) Additional Director General Supplies and - Addl DG S&T

Transport (A/B/C) (A/B/C)
(q) Deputy Director General Supplies and - DDG S&T (FI)

Transport (Food Inspection)
(r) Deputy Director General Supplies and - DDG S&T (Coord

Transport (Coordination and Planning) & Plg)
(s) Deputy Director General Supplies and - DDG S&T (Tpt)

Transport (Transport)
(t) Deputy Director General Supplies and - DDG S&T (Fuel)

Transport (Fuel)
(u) Additional Director General Remount and - Addl DG RVS

Veterinary Services
(v) Deputy Director General of Military Farms - DDG MF
(w) Additional Director General of Army Postal - Addl DG APS

Services
(x) Assistant Director of Army Postal Services - AD APS
(y) Deputy Director General of Pioneer Corps - DDG Pnrs
(z) Assistant Director of Pioneer Corps - AD Pnrs
(aa) Deputy Director General (Canteen Services) - DDG (CS)
(ab) Assistant Canteen Officer - ACO
(ac) Deputy Canteen Officer - DCO
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(ad) Chief Technical Examiner of Works - CTE Wks
(ae) Additional Director General of Controller of - Addl DD CTE

Technical Examination
(af) Deputy Director General Technical - DDG TE

Examination
(ag) Assistant Technical Examiner of Works - ATE Wks
(ah) Inspector Fire Services - IFS
(aj) Assistant Inspector Fire Services - AIFS
5. Master General of the Ordnance Branch (MGOs Branch).
(a) Master General of the Ordnance - MGO
(b) Deputy Master General of the Ordnance - DMGO
(c) Assistant Master General of the Ordnance - AMGO
(d) Deputy Director General Equipment - DDG EM

Management
(e) Director Ordnance Services (Aviation) - Dir (OS Avn)
(f) Additional Director General of Ordnance - Addl DGOS

Services (Combat Vehicles/Clothing (CV/CN &A/TS)
Necessaries and Administration/Technical
Stores)
(g) Deputy Director General of Ordnance Services - DDG OS
(h) Deputy Director General of Ordnance Services - DDG OS (Org &

(Organisation and Administration) Adm)
(j) Deputy Director General of Ordnance Services - DDG OS (ADP)

(Automatic Data Processing)
(k) Deputy Director General of Ordnance Services - DDG OS (I&BC)

(Inventory and Budget Control)
(l) Deputy Director General of Ordnance Services - DDG OS (E&E)

(Electronics and Engineering)
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(m) Deputy Director General of Ordnance Services - DDG OS (GS&C)

(General Stores and Clothing)
(n) Director Ordnance Services (Coordination) - Dir OS (Coord)
(o) Director Ordnance Services (Inspection) - Dir OS (Insp)
(p) Director Ordnance Services (Ammunition) - Dir OS (Amn)
(q) Director Ordnance Services (B Vehicles and - Dir OS (BVS)

Spares)
(r) Director Ordnance Services (Armament) - Dir OS (Armt)
(s) Director Ordnance Services (Personnel) - Dir OS (Pers)
(t) Director Ordnance Services (Provision, - Dir OS (PP & C)

Procurement and Control)
(u) Director Ordnance Services (Missiles) - Dir OS (Msls)
(v) Director Ordnance Services (Factories Liaison) - Dir OS (Fys

Liaison)
(w) Director Ordnance Services (General Stores) - Dir OS (GS)
(x) Director Ordnance Services (Clothing) - Dir OS (Clo)
(y) Director Ordnance Services (Organisation and - Dir OS (O & T)

Training)
(z) Director Ordnance Services (Engineering) - Dir OS (Engg)
(aa) Joint Director Ordnance Services (Factories) - JD OS (Fys)
(ab) Joint Director Ordnance Services (Public - JD OS (PSUs)

Sector Undertakings)
(ac) Joint Director Ordnance Services (Provision, - JD OS (PP & C)

Procurement and Control)
(ad) Joint Director Ordnance Services (B Vehicles) - JD OS (B Vehs)
(ae) Staff Captain (Ordnance) - SC (Ord)
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(af) Director General of Electronics and - DG EME

Mechanical Engineering
(ag) Additional Director General of Electronics and - Addl DG EME

Mechanical Engineers (Resource (RM)
Management)
(ah) Additional Director General of Electronics and - Addl DG EME

Mechanical Engineering (Personnel and (P&A)
Administration)
(aj) Additional Director General Electronics and - Addl DG EME

Mechanical Engineering (Engineering Support (ESM)
Management)
(ak) Deputy Director General of Electronics and - DDG EME (ESM)

Mechanical Engineers (Engineering Support
Management)
(al) Deputy Director General Electronics and - DDG EME (Prod)

Mechanical Engineering (Production)
(am) Commander Technical Group Electronics and - Cdr TG EME

(an) Deputy Commander Technical Group - Dy Cdr TG EME

Electronics and Mechanical Engineering
(ao) Chief Production Engineer - C Prod E
(ap) Chief Electronic Engineer - CEE
(aq) Chief Automotive Engineer - CAE
(ar) Chief Armament Engineer - C Armt E
(as) Chief Industrial Management Engineer - CIME
6. Military Secretary’s Branch (MS Branch).
(a) Military Secretary - MS
(b) Additional Military Secretary (A/B) - Addl MS (A/B)
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(c) Deputy Military Secretary (Staff) - Dy MS (Staff)
(d) Deputy Military Secretary (Infantry) - Dy MS (Inf)
(e) Deputy Military Secretary (Artillery) - Dy MS (Arty)
(f) Deputy Military Secretary (Engineers) - Dy MS (Engrs)
(g) Deputy Military Secretary (Signals) - Dy MS (Sigs)
(h) Deputy Military Secretary (ASC) - Dy MS (ASC)
(j) Deputy Military Secretary (EME) - Dy MS (EME)
(k) Deputy Military Secretary (Selection Boards - Dy MS (SB &

and complaints upto Cols) Complaints)
(l) Deputy Military Secretary (Policy and - Dy MS (Policy &

Confidential Records) CR)
(m) Deputy Military Secretary (Brigadiers) - Dy MS (Brig)
(n) Assistant Military Secretary - AMS
7. Engineer in Chief’s Branch (E-in-Cs Branch).
(a) Engineer-in-Chief - E-in-C
(b) Additional Director General Engineer Staff - Addl DG ES
(c) Deputy Director General Engineer Staff (A) - DDG ES (A)
(d) Deputy Director General Engineer Staff (B) - DDG ES (B)
(e) Deputy director General Engineer Staff (6&7) - DDG ES (6&7)
(f) Additional Director General Engineers - Addl DG Engrs

(Personnel) (Pers)
(g) Deputy Director General Engineers (Civilian - DDG Engrs

Service Conditions Cell) (CSCC)
(h) Deputy Director General Engineers (Vigilance - DDG Engrs

and Discipline) (Vig & Dis)
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(j) Director Transportation - D Tn
(k) Additional Director General Engineers Stores - Addl DG ESP

and Plants
(l) Director General Works - DGW
(m) Deputy Director General Works (Policy and - DDGW (P&C)

Coordination)
(n) Inspector of Works - I of Wks
(o) Deputy Director General Works (Designs) - DDGW (Designs)
(p) Additional Director General Works (Army) - Addl DGW

(Army)
(q) Deputy Director General Works (Navy) - DDGW (Navy)
(r) Deputy Director General Works (Air Force) - DDGW (AF)
(s) Deputy Director General Works (Utilities) - DDGW (U)
(t) Deputy Director General Works (Defence - DDGW (DP)

Production)
(u) Director of Works Studies - Dir WS Engrs/

(Engineers) / Management Information System MIS
(v) Chief Surveyor of Works - CSW
(w) Deputy Director General of Works - DEGW (CP)

(Cantonment Planning)
Command Headquarters
8. (a) General Officer Commanding-in-Chief - GOC-in-C
(b) Military Assistant to General Officer

Commanding-in-Chief - MA to GOC-in-C
(c) Chief of Staff - COS
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(d) Deputy Military Secretary - Dy MS
(e) Aide-de-Camp - ADC
9. General Staff.
(a) Major General General Staff (Ops) - MGGS (Ops)
(b) Major General General Staff (Planning and - MGGS (P & T)

Training
(c) Brigadier General Staff (Ops) or (Int) - BGS (Ops) or

(Int)
(d) Colonel General Staff (Intelligence) or - Col GS (Int) or

(Operations) or (Staff Duties) or (Weapons and (Ops) or (SD) or
Equipment) or (Ops Air) or (Training) (WE) or (Ops Air)
or (Trg)
(e) General Staff Officer Grade 1 (Operations) or - GSO 1 (Ops) or

(Intelligence) or (Staff Duties) or (Ops Air) or (Int) or (SD) or
(Weapons and Equipment) or (Training) (Ops Air) or (WE)
or (Trg)
(f) General Staff Officer Grade 2 (Operations) or - GSO 2 (Ops) or

(Intelligence) or (Staff Duties) or (Ops Air) or (Int) or (SD) or
(Weapons and Equipment) or (Training) (Ops Air) or (WE)
or (Trg)
(g) General Staff Officer Grade 3 (Operations) or - GSO 3 (Ops) or

(Intelligence) (Int)
10. Administrative Branch.
(a) Major General Incharge Administration - MG Adm
(b) Major General Operation Logistics - MGOL
(c) Brigadier Adjutant General Branch/ - Brig A/Q

Quartermaster General Branch
(d) Colonel Adjutant General Branch/ - Col A/Q

Quartermaster General Branch
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(e) Assistant Adjutant General - AAG
(f) Deputy Assistant Adjutant General - DAAG
(g) Assistant Inspector of Fire Services - AIFS
(h) Deputy Assistant Adjutant General Legal - DAAG (L)
(j) Administrative Officer - Adm Offr
(k) Establishment Officer - Est Offr
(l) Assistant Quartermaster General - AQMG
(m) Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General - DAQMG
11. Arms and Services.
(a) Major General/Brigadier Artillery - MG Arty/Brig Arty
(b) Staff Officer Grade 1 or 2 Artillery - SO 1 or 2 Arty
(c) Chief Engineer - CE
(d) Additional Chief Engineer - Addl CE
(e) Chief Signals Officer - CSO
(f) Deputy Chief Signals Officer - DCSO
(g) Major General Army Services Corps - MG ASC
(h) Deputy Director Medical Services - DDMS
(j) Assistant Director Medical Services - ADMS
(k) Assistant Director Medical Services (Hospital - ADMS (HS)

Services)
(l) Deputy Assistant Director Medical Services - DADMS
(m) Deputy Director Military Nursing Services - DDMNS
(n) Major General Army Ordnance Corps - MG AOC
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(o) Brigadier Army Ordnance Corps - BAOC
(p) Deputy Director Ordnance Service - DDOS
(q) Major General Electronics and Mechanical - MG EME

Technik
(r) Brigadier Electrical and Mechanical - Brig EME

Technik
(s) Assistant Director of Health - ADH
(t) Assistant Director Supplies - ADS
(u) Deputy Assistant Director Supplies - DADS
(v) Assistant Director Transport - ADT
(w) Deputy Assistant Director Transport - DADT
(x) Assistant Director Electronics and Mechanical - ADEME

Engineers
(y) Deputy Assistant Director Electronics and - DADEME

Mechanical Engineers
(z) Deputy Director Supplies and Transport - DDST
(aa) Colonel Supplies and Transport - Col ST
(ab) Staff Captain (Supply and Transport) - SC (ST)
(ac) Deputy Director of Remount and Veterinary - DDRVS

Services
(ad) Assistant Director Remount and Veterinary - ADRVS

Services
(ae) Deputy Assistant Director Remount and - DADRVS

Veterinary Services
(af) Deputy Director Military Farms - DD MF
(ag) Assistant Director Military Farm - AD MF
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(ah) Farms Officer - FO
(aj) Deputy Provost Marshal - DPM
(ak) Assistant Director Defence Security Corps - ADDSC
(al) Deputy Director Army Postal Service - DDAPS
(am) Deputy Judge Advocate General - DJAG
(an) Commander Territorial Army Group - Cdr TA Gp HQ

Hauptsitz
(ao) Assistant Judge Advocate General - AJAG
(ap) Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General - DAJAG
(aq) Deputy Commander Territorial Army Group - Dy Cdr TA Gp

Headquarters HQ
12. Common Appointments.
(a) Head Clerk - HC
(b) Staff Captain (with appropriate suffix) - SC (Suffix to be

appropriately
abbreviated)
(c) Staff Officer Grade (with appropriate suffix) - SO (suffix to be

appropriately
abbreviated)
(d) Superintendent - Supdt
Notes.
1. Appointments at command headquarters, which are similar in designation to those

at Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Army) are not repeated here in all cases.
For such appointments, appropriate branch of Integrated Headquarters Ministry of
Defence (Army) should be consulted.
2. Suffixes to appointments will be used in abbreviated appointments also. Such

suffixes will also be abbreviated if authorised abbreviation exists. For example,
`AAG(L), SO 1(Arty), SO 1(Edn) or SO 2(Stats)’.
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Corps Headquarters
13. (a) General Officer Commanding (When in

command of a corps, under command
headquarters or field headquarters) - GOC
(b) Intelligence Officer - IO
(c) Commander, Corps Artillery Brigade - CC Arty
(d) Counter-Bombardment Officer - CBO
(e) Deputy Director Supply and Transport - DDST
(f) Assistant Director of Supplies - ADS
(g) Assistant Director of Transport - ADT
(h) Assistant Provost Marshal - APM
(j) Deputy Assistant Provost Marshal - DAPM
Note.
Appointments at corps headquarters, which are similar in designation to those at

Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Army) and command headquarters, are
not repeated here in all cases. For such appointments at corps headquarters,
appropriate branch of command/Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Army)
should be consulted.
Division and Area Headquarters
14. (a) General Officer Commanding - GOC
(b) Deputy General Officer Commanding - Dy GOC
(c) Colonel General Staff/Adjutant General/ - Col GS/Col A/

Quartermaster General Col Q
(d) General Staff Officer Grade 1/2/3 Operations/ - GSO1/2/3(Ops/

Intelligence/Staff Duties Int/SD)
(e) Staff Officer Grade 1/2 Education - SO 1/2 (Edn)
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(f) Assistant Quartermaster General - AQMG
(g) Assistant Adjutant General - AAG
(h) Liaison Officer - LO
(j) Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General - DAQMG
(k) Deputy Assistant Adjutant General - DAAG
(l) Commander Artillery Brigade - C Arty or Cdr

Arty Bde
(m) Brigade Major Artillery - BM Arty
(n) Deputy Counter Bombardment Officer - DCBO
(o) Assistant Counter Bombardment Officer - ACBO
(p) Commanding Officer Engineer Regiment - CO Engr Regt
(q) Deputy Chief Signal Officer - DCSO
(r) Commanding Officer Army Service Corps - CO ASC Bn

Battalion
(s) Senior Supply Officer - S Sup O
(t) Commanding Officer Divisional Ordnance Unit - CO DOU
(u) Commanding Officer Electronics and - CO EME Bn

Mechanical Engineers Battalion
(v) Assistant Inspector of Arms - AIA
(w) Electronics and Mechanical Assistant Engineer - EMAE (SA)

(Small Arms)
(x) Officer Incharge Technical Cell - OIC Tech Cell
(y) Commander Works Engineers - CWE
(z) Assistant Commander Works Engineers - ACWE (B & R)

(Buildings and Roads)
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(aa) Assistant Commander Works Engineers - ACWE (E & M)

(Electrical and Mechanical)
(ab) Inspector Engineers Machinery - IEM
(ac) Technical Equipment Officer - TEO
Note.
Appointments at division and area headquarters, which are similar to those at

Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Army), command headquarters and
corps headquarters, are not repeated in this part, in all cases. For authorised
abbreviations for appointments at division and area headquarters, which are not
included in this part, appropriate branch of higher headquarters should be consulted.
Brigade, Sector and Sub Area Headquarters
15. (a) Brigade Commander - Cdr
(b) Deputy Commander - Dy Cdr
(c) Sector Commander - Sect Cdr
(d) Commander Artillery or Independent Artillery - C Arty or Cdr

Brigade
(e) Commander Air Defence Brigade or - Cdr AD Bde or Cdr

Independent Air Defence Brigade
(f) Commander Engineer Brigade - Cdr Engr Bde or Cdr
(g) General Staff Officer Grade 2 - GSO 2
(h) General Staff Officer Grade 3 (Intelligence) - GSO3(Int)
(j) Brigade Intelligence Officer - Bde IO
(k) Staff Officer Grade 3 (Education) - SO 3 (Edn)
(l) Assistant Adjutant General - AAG
(m) Assistant Quartermaster General - AQMG
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(n) Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster - DAA & QMG

Allgemein
(o) Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General - DAQMG
(p) Deputy Assistant Adjutant General - DAAG
(q) Staff Captain (Adjutant General) - SC(A)
(r) Staff Captain (Quartermaster General) - SC (Q)
(s) Staff Captain (Legal) - SC(L)
(t) Deputy Assistant Director of Supply and - DADST

Transport
(u) Brigade Supplies and Transport officer - BSTO
(v) Brigade Transport Officer - BTO
(w) Sub Area Ordnance Officer - SAOO
(x) Brigade Electronics and Mechanical - Bde EME

Engineers
(y) Brigade Orderly Officer - BOO
(z) Superintendent - Supdt
(aa) Head Clerk - HC
Military Stations
16. (a) Station Commander - Stn Cdr
(b) Senior Executive Medical Officer - SEMO
(c) Administrative Commandant - Adm Comdt
(d) Station Staff Officer - SSO
(e) Garrison Engineer - GE
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(f) Assistant Garrison Engineer (Barracks and - AGE (B & R)/

Roads), (Electrical and Mechanical) (E & M)
(g) Barracks Stores Officer - BSO
(h) Cantonment Executive Officer - CEO
(j) Unit Accountant Barracks Stores Officer - UA BSO
Units
17. (a) Commanding Officer (of the rank of Lt Col

or Col) - CO
(b) Officer Commanding (of the rank of Maj - OC

and below)
(c) Second in Command - 2IC
(d) Adjutant - Adjt
(e) Quartermaster - QM
(f) Mechanical Transport Officer - MTO
(g) Intelligence Officer - IO
(h) Technical Equipment Officer - TEO
INDIAN NAVY (IN)
Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Navy)
18. (a) Chief of the Naval Staff - CNS
(b) Naval Assistant to Chief of the Naval Staff - NA to CNS
(c) Staff Officer to Chief of the Naval Staff - SO to CNS
(d) Flag Lieutenant - Flag Lt
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19. Principal Staff Officers (PSOs).
(a) Vice Chief of Naval Staff - VCNS
(b) Chief of Personnel - COP
(c) Chief of Material - COM
(d) Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff - DCNS
20. Staff Branch I.
(a) Controller Warship Production - CWPA

and Acquisition
(b) Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff - ACNS (P&P)

(Policy and Plans)
(c) Assistant Controller Warship Production - ACWPA

and Acquisition
(d) Principal Director General of Armament - PDGAS

Supplies
(e) Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff - ACNS (S/M)

(Submarines)
(f) Assistant Controller of Carrier Project - ACCP
(g) Principal Director General of Naval Armament - PDGNAI

Inspection
(h) Principal Director General Naval Design - PDGND
(j) Principal Director of Staff Requirements - PDSR
(k) Principal Director of Naval Plans - PDNP
(l) Principal Director Works - PDW
(m) Principal Director Administration - PDOA
(n) Principal Director Naval Armament - PDONA
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(o) Principal Director Contracts and Cost - PDCCM

Management
(p) Principal Director Aircraft Carrier Project - PDACP
(q) Principal Director Ship Production - PDSP
(r) Principal Director Equipment - PDOE
(s) Principal Director Surface Acquisition - PDSAQ
(t) Principal Director Submarine Acquisition - PDSMAQ
(u) Principal Director Naval Design - PDND
21. Staff Branch II.
(a) Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff - ACNS (IWOPS)

(Information Warfare & Operations)
(b) Chief Hydrographer - Chief Hydro
(c) Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Air) - ACNS (Air)
(d) Principal Director Naval Intelligence - PDNI
(e) Principal Director Naval Signals - PDNS
(f) Principal Director Naval Operations - PDNO
(g) Principal Director Submarine Operations - PDSMO
(h) Principal Director Special Operations and - PDSOD

Diving
(j) Principal Director Naval Oceanography and - PDNOM

Meteorology
(k) Principal Director Naval Air Staff - PDNAS
(l) Principal Director Naval Air Material - PDNAM
(m) Principal Director Aircraft Acquisition - PDAA
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(n) Principal Director Hydrography - PDOH
22. Personnel Branch.
(a) Assistant Chief of Personnel - ACOP (HRD)

(Human Resources and Development)
(b) Chief of Personnel Services - CPS
(c) Assistant Chief of Personnel (Civilians) - ACOP (Civ)
(d) Assistant Chief of Personnel - ACOP (PC)

(Personnel and Conditions)
(e) Principal Director General of Medical Services - PDGMS (N)

(Navy)
(f) Judge Advocate General for the Navy - JAG (N)
(g) Principal Director of Personnel - PDOP
(h) Principal Director of Manpower Planning and - PDMPR

Recruitment
(j) Principal Director Naval Training - PDNT
(k) Principal Director Naval Education - PDNE
(l) Principal Director Personnel Services - PDPS
(m) Principal Director Non Public Funds - PDNPF
(n) Principal Director Pay and Allowances - PDPA
(o) Principal Director Medical Services - PDMS
(p) Principal Director Ex Servicemen Affairs - PDESA
(q) Principal Director Civilian Personnel - PDCP
23. Material Branch.
(a) Chief of Logistics - COL
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(b) Assistant Chief of Logistics - ACOL
(c) Assistant Chief of Material (Information - ACOM (IT&Systems)

Technology and Systems)
(d) Assistant Chief of Material - ACOM (D & R)

(Dockyard and Refit)
(e) Principal Director Information Technology - PDIT
(f) Principal Director Fleet Maintenance - PDFM
(g) Principal Director Electrical Equipment - PDEE
(h) Principal Director Marine and Engineering - PDME
(j) Principal Director Weapons and Equipment - PDWE
(k) Principal Director Logistics Support - PDLS
(l) Principal Director Clothing and Victualling - PDCV
(m) Principal Director Transport - PDTp
(n) Principal Director Dockyards and Technical - PDODy

Services
(o) Principal Director Naval Architecture - PDNA
(p) Principal Director Procurement - PDPRO
24. Other Authorities.
(a) Principal Director Naval Research and - PDNRD

Development
(b) Principal Director Warship Project - PDWP
Commands
25. Headquarters.
(a) Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, - FOC-in-C

Western Naval Command West
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(b) Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, - FOC-in-C

Estern Naval Command East
(c) Flag Officer Commanding in Chief, - FOC-in-C

Southern Naval Command South
(d) Naval Officer in Charge (Name of the state) - NOIC (Name

of the state)
(e) Chief of Staff - COS
(f) Chief Staff Officer (Operations/Technical)/ - CSO (Ops)/

Personnel and Administration) (Tech)/(P&A)
(g) Command Operations Officer - COO
(h) Command Plans Officer - CPLO
(j) Command Gunnery officer - CGO
(k) Command Anti Submarine Warfare Officer - CASWO
(l) Command Aviation Officer - CAVO
(m) Command Communication Officer - CCO
(n) Command Engineer Officer` - CEO
(o) Command Electrical Officer - CLO
(p) Command Logistics Officer - C Log O
(q) Command Education Officer - C Edn O
(r) Command Training Officer - CTO
(s) Command Medical Officer - CMO
(t) Command Diving Officer - C Div O
(u) Command Special Operations and Diving Officer- CSOD
(v) Command Air Technical Officer - CATO
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(w) Command Air Engineer Officer - CAEO
(x) Command Air Electrical Officer - CALO
(y) Staff Officer (Gunnery) - SO (G)
(z) Staff Officer Aviation - SO (Av)
(aa) Staff Officer (Anti Submarine Warfare) - SO (ASW)
(ab) Staff Officer (Communication) - SO (C)
(ac) Staff Officer Special Operations - SO (Spl Ops)
(ad) Staff Engineer Officer - SEO
(ae) Staff Electrical Officer - SLO
(af) Staff Logistics Officer - S Log O
(ag) Staff Education Officer - SO (Edn)
(ah) Staff Officer Training - SO (T)
(aj) Staff Officer Diving - SO (Div)
(ak) Staff Officer Administration - SO (A)
(al) Staff Officer Works - SO (W)
(am) Staff Officer Mail - SO (Mail)
(an) Staff Officer Movement - SO (Mov)
(ao) Naval Provost Marshal - NPM
26. Dockyards.
(a) Admiral Superintendent Dockyard Mumbai - ASD (MB)
(b) Director General Naval Projects (Mumbai/ - DGNP (MB/V)

Vishakapatnam)
(c) Admiral Superintendent Dockyard, - ASD (V)

Vishakapatnam
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(d) General Manager - GM
(e) Commander of the Yard - C of Y
Afloat Appointments
27. Fleet/Squadron Appointments.
(a) Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet - FOCWF

(Pronounced as
FOKWEF)
(b) Flag Officer Commanding Eastern Fleet - FOCEF

(Pronounced as
FOSEF
(c) Captain (F) .. 21 Frigate Squadron - Capt (F) .. 21
(d) Captain (D) .. 51 Destroyer Squadron - Capt (D) .. 51
(e) Captain (P) .. 19 Patrol Vessel Squadron - Capt (P) .. 19
(f) Captain (MS) .. 21 Mine Sweeping Squadron - Capt (MS) .. 21
(g) Captain (K) .. 22 Missile Boat Squadron - Capt (K) .. 22
(h) Captain (SM) .. 9 Submarine Squadron - Capt (SM) .. 9
(j) Senior Officer (Squadron No and - SO … 10

Description
(k) Fleet Appointments.
(i) Fleet Aviation Officer - FAVO
(ii) Fleet Operations Officer - FOO
(iii) Fleet Air Technical officer - FATO
(iv) Fleet Gunnery Officer - FGO
(v) Fleet NBCD Officer - FNBCDO
(vi) Fleet Navigating Officer - FNO

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(vii) Fleet Anti Submarine Warfare Officer - FASWO
(viii) Fleet Administrative Officer - FAO
(l) Squadron Appointments.
(i) Squadron ND Officer - SNDO
(ii) Squadron Gunnery Officer - SGO
(iii) Squadron Communication Officer - SCO
(iv) Squadron Engineer Officer - Sqn EO
(v) Squadron Anti Submarine Warfare

Officer - SASWO
(vi) Squadron Electrical Officer - Sqn LO
(vii) Squadron Supply Officer - Sqn SO
28. Ship Appointments.
(a) Officers.
(i) Air Engineer Officer - AEO
(ii) Commanding Officer - CO
(iii) Air Electrical Officer - ALO
(iv) Executive Officer - XO
(v) Commander Air - Cdr (Air)
(vi) Flight Commander - Flt Cdr
(vii) Navigating officer - NO
(viii) Anti Submarine Warfare Officer - ASWO
(ix) Gunnery Officer - GO
(x) Signal Communication Officer - SCO
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(xi) Direction Officer - Dir Offr
(xii) Lieutenant Commander (Flying) - Lt Cdr (F)
(xiii) Lieutenant Commander (Operations) - Lt Cdr (Ops)
(xiv) Landing Safety Officer - LSO
(xv) Operations Room Officer - ORO
(xvi) First Lieutenant - I Lt
(xvii) Regulating Officer - RO
(xviii) Engineer Officer - EO
(xix) Senior Engineer Officer - Sr EO
(xx) Electrical officer - LO
(xxi) Logistics officer - Log O
(xxii) Medical Officer - MO
(xxiii) Dental Officer - MO (D)
(xxiv) Duty Lieutenant Commander - DLC
(xxv) Officer of the Day - OOD
(xxvi) Officer of the Watch - OOW
(xxvii) Engineer Officer of the Watch - EOOW
(b) Sailors.
(i) Captain of the Flight Deck - CFD
(ii) Air Crew Man (Driver) - ACM (D)
(iii) Radar Plotter Instructor - PRI
(iv) Gunnery Instructor - GI
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(v) Anti Submarine Warfare Instructor - ASWI
(vi) Signal Instructor - SI
(vii) Quartermaster - QM
(viii) Master Chief at Arms/Master at Arms - MCAA/MAA
(ix) Regulating Petty Officer - RPO
(x) Leading Patrolman - LPM
(xi) Physical Training Instructor - PTI
(xii) Engine Room Artificer - ERA
29. Air Stations/Aircraft Carrier.
(a) Commander (Operations) - Cdr (Ops)
(b) Squadron Commander - Sqn Cdr
(c) Senior Pilot - Snr P
(d) Senior Observer - Snr O
(e) Ship/Station Flight Safety Officer - SFSO
(f) Safety Equipment and Survival Officer - SESO
(g) Senior Meteorology Officer - Snr Met O
(h) Meteorology Officer - Met O
(j) Ship/Station Air Engineer Officer - SAEO
(k) Ship/Station Air Electrical Officer - SALO
(l) Senior Air Traffic Control Officer - SATCO
(m) Duty Air Traffic Control Officer - DATCO
(n) Air Engineer Officer - AEO
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(o) Air Electrical officer - ALO
(p) Flight Deck Officer - FDO
(q) Aircraft Control Room Officer - CRO
(r ) Hanger Control Officer - HCO
(s) Ground Electrical Officer - GEO
(t) Ground Radio Officer - GRO
30. Sailors.
(a) Air Crew Man (Flight Signaller) - ACM (FS)
(b) Air Crew Man (Flight Gunner) - ACM (FG)
INDIAN AIR FORCE (IAF)
Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Air Force)
31. Chief of the Air Staff - CAS
32. Principal Staff Officers (PSOs).
(a) Vice Chief of the Air Staff - VCAS
(b) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff - DCAS
(c) Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance - AOM
(d) Air Officer-in-Charge Administration - AOA
(e) Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel - AOP
(f) Inspector General - IG
33. Air Staff (VCASs Branch).
(a) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) - ACAS (Ops)
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(b) Principal Director of Offensive Operations - PD Ops (Off)
(c) Director of Offensive Operations - D Ops (Off)
(d) Principal Director of Air Defence Operations - PD Ops (AD)
(e) Director of Air Defence Operations - D Ops (AD)
(f) Principal Director of Operations (Transport and - PD Ops (T & H)

Helicopter)
(g) Director of Operations (Transport and - D Ops (T&H)

Helicopter)
(h) Joint Director (Ops Room) - JD (Ops Room)
(j) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff Operations - ACAS Ops (C & D)
(Concept and Doctrine)
(k) Principal Director of Operations (Information - PD Ops (IEW)

and Electronic Warfare)
(l) Director of Operations (Information and - D Ops (IEW)

Electronic Warfare)
(m) Director of Operations (Air Traffic Services) - D Ops (ATS)
(n) Director of Operations (Joint Planning) - D Ops (JP)
(o) Principal Director Concept Studies - PDICOST
(p) Director Concept Studies - DICOST
(q) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Intelligence) - ACAS (Int)
(r) Principal Director Intelligence - PD Int
(s) Director Intelligence - D Int
(t) Assistant Chief of the Air staff (Meteorology) - ACAS (Met)
(u) Principal Director Meteorology - PD Met
(v) Director Meteorology - D Met
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(w) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff - ACAS (Sig (Air)

(Signals (Air) and Information Technology)
(x) Director Information Technology - DIT
34. Air Staff (DCASs Branch).
(a) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans) - ACAS (Plans)
(b) Principal Director of Plans - PD (Plans)
(c) Director Plans - D (Plans)
(d) Principal Director of AWACS - PD AWACS
(e) Director of AWACS - D AWACS
(f) Principal Director Air Staff Requirements - PD ASR
(g) Director of Air Staff Requirements - DASR
(h) Joint Director Aircraft Upgrade - JDAU
(j) Joint Director of Value Engineering and - DVE

Electronics Warfare
(k) Joint Director Air Staff Requirements - JD ASR (Su 30

(Su 30 Cell) Cell)
(l) Principal Director of Projects - PD Proj
(m) Director of Projects - D Proj
(n) Joint Director Statistics - JD Stats
(o) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff - ACAS (Fin Plg)

(Financial Planning)
(p) Principal Director of Systems Evaluation - PDSE
(q) Joint Director of Systems Evaluation - JDSE
(r) Scientific Advisor to Chief of Air Staff - SA to CAS
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(s) Integrated financial Advisor - IFA
35. Administration (AOAs Branch).
(a) Director General Medical Services (Air) - DGMS ((Air)
(b) Principal Director Medical Services (Air) - PDMS (Air)
(c) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff - ACAS (AF Wks)

(Air Force Works)
(d) Principal Director (Air Force Works) - PD AFW
(e) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Accounts) - ACAS (Accts)
(f) Principal Director (Accounts) - PD Accts
(g) Judge Advocate General (Air) - JAG (Air)
(h) Principal Director of Organisation - PD Org
(j) Director of Organisation - D Org
(k) Principal Director of Pay Pension and

Regulations - PD PP&R
(l) Director of Pay Pension and Regulations - DPP & R
(m) Provost Marshal (Air) - PM (Air)
(n) Joint Director Personnel Services - JDPS
(o) Principal Director of Group Insurance - PD AFGIS

Society (Air Force)
(p) Joint Director Adventure - JD Adv
36. Maintenance (AOMs Branch).
(a) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff Engineering (A) - ACAS (Eng A)
(b) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff Engineering (B) - ACAS (Eng B)
(c) Principal Director of Engineering (A) - PD Eng `A’
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(d) Director of Engineering (A) - D Eng ‘A’
(e) Director of Engineering (B) - D Eng ‘B’
(f) Director of Engineering (C) - D Eng ‘C’
(g) Principal Director of Engineering (D) - PD Eng `D’
(h) Director of Engineering (D) - D Eng ‘D’
(j) Principal Director of Engineering (Jaguar and - PD Eng (J&M)

Mirage)
(k) Director of Engineering (Jaguar and Mirage) - D Eng (J & M)
(l) Director of Engineering B (Trainers) - D Eng B (T)
(m) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Systems) - ACAS (Sys)
(n) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Logistics) - ACAS (Lgs)
(o) Principal Director of Maintenance - PDMA

Administration
(p) Director of Maintenance Administration - DMA
(q) Director of Stores - D Stores
(r ) Principal Director of Mechanical Transport - PDMT
(s) Director of Mechanical Transport - DMT
(t) Principal Director of Purchase - PD Pur
(u) Director of Purchase - D Pur
(v) Director of Management of Information System - D MIS
(w) Integrated Material Management On - IMMOLS

Line Services
(x) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Systems) - ACAS (Sys)
(y) Principal Director of Ground Electronics - PD GL
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(z) Director of Ground Electronics - DGL
(aa) Principal Director of Guided Weapons - PDGWM

Maintenance
(ab) Director of Guided Weapons Maintenance - DGWM
(ac) Principal Director of Plans (Air Defence Ground - PD Plans (ADGES)

Environment System)
(ad) Director of Plans (Air Defence Ground - D Plans (ADGES)

Environment System)
(ae) Director Engineering Support - DES
(af) Principal Director of Armament – Safety - PDASE

Equipment
(ag) Director of Armament - Safety Equipment - DASE
(ah) Director Avionics, Modification and Simulator - DAMS
(aj) Director Communication System - D Comn Sys
(ak) Principal Director of Maintenance Plan - PDMP
37. AOPs Branch.
(a) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff - ACAS (PO)

(Personnel Officers)
(b) Principal Director of Personnel Officer - PDPO
(c) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff - ACAS (PA & C)

(Personnel, Airmen and Civilians)
(d) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Training) - ACAS (Trg)
(e) Principal Director of Training - PD Trg (F)
(f) Principal Director of Personel Planning - PDPP
(g) Director of Personel Planning - DPP
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(h) Director Education - D Edn
(j) Air Force Standing Establishment(s) - AFSEC

Committee
38. Inspector General’s Branch.
(a) Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Inspection) - ACAS (I)
(b) Principal Director of Air Staff Inspection - PDASI
(c) Director of Air Staff Inspection - DASI
(d) Principal Director of Maintenance Inspection - PDMI
(e) Director of Maintenance Inspection - DMI
(f) Director of Administration Inspection - DAI
(g) Air Crew Examining Board - AEB
(h) Principal Director of Flight Safety - PDFS
(j) Director of Flight Safety - DFS
(k) Institute of flight Safety - IFS
Commands/Groups
39. (a) Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief - AOC-in-C
(b) Air Defence Commander - Air Def Cdr
(c) Principal Medical Officer - PMO
(d) Senior Air Staff Officer - SASO
(e) Senior Air and Administration Staff Officer - SAASO
(f) Senior Maintenance Staff Officer - SMSO
(g) Senior Officer-in-Charge Administration - SOA
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(h) Staff Officer to Air Officer Commanding-in-

Chief - SO to AOC-in-C
(j) Senior Personnel Staff Officer - SPSO
40. Lower appointments are abbreviated by prefixing ‘C’ for ‘Command’ to the
specialist nature of the appointment. For example: -
(a) Command Personnel Staff Officer - CPSO
(b) Command Logistic Management Officer - CLMO
(c) Command Flight Safety and Inspection Officer - CFSIO
(d) Command Intelligence Officer - CIO
Stations/Wings/Units
41. (a) Adjutant - Adjt
(b) Air Officer Commanding - AOC
(c) Commandant - Comdt
(d) Commanding Officer - CO
(e) Chief Engineering Officer - CEO
(f) Chief Flying Instructor - CFI
(g) Chief Ground Instructor - CGI
(h) Chief Instructor - CI
(j) Chief Operations Officer - COO
(k) Chief Administration Officer - CADO
(l) Duty Staff officer - DSO
(m) Engineering Officer - EO
(n) Flight Commander - Flt Cdr
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(o) Medical Officer - MO
(p) Orderly Officer - OO
(q) Officer-in-Charge Administration - OIC Adm
(r) Senior Accounts Officer - SAO
(s) Senior Administration Officer - S Adm O
(t) Station Commander - Stn Cdr
(u) Squadron Commander - Sqn Cdr
(v) Station Flight Safety and Inspection 0fficer - SFSIO
(w) Senior Logistics Officer - S Lgs O
(x) Senior Signals Officer - SSO
(y) Senior Medical Officer - SMO
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SECTION 4
FORMATIONS, ESTABLISHMENTS AND UNITS
ARMY
1. Commands.
(a) Southern Command - Southern Comd or SOUTHCOM

(for sig msg only)
(b) Eastern Command - Eastern Comd or EASTCOM

(for sig msg only)
(c) Western Command - Western Comd or WESTCOM

(for sig msg only)
(d) Central Command - Central Comd or CENTCOM

(for sig msg only)
(e) Northern Command - Northern Comd or NORTHCOM

(for sig msg only)
(f) Army Training Command - ARTRAC
(g) South Western Command - SW Comd or SOUTHWESTCOM

(for sig msg only)
2. Corps, Division and Brigades.
(a) Airborne brigade - AB bde
(b) Airborne division - AB div
(c) Air defence brigade - AD bde
(d) Amphibious brigade - amph bde
(e) Armoured brigade - armd bde
(f) Armoured division - armd div
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(g) Artillery brigade - arty bde
(h) Corps artillery brigade - corps arty bde
(j) Corps engineer regiment - corps engr regt
(k) Engineer brigade - engr bde
(l) Headquarters Bengal Engineers - HQ Bengal Engr Gp &

Group and Centre Centre
(m) Headquarters Madras Engineer - HQ Madras Engr Gp &

(n) Headquarters Bombay Engineer - HQ Bombay Engr Gp &

(o) Infantry brigade - inf bde
(p) Independent air defence brigade - indep AD bde
(q) Independent armoured brigade - indep armd bde
(r) Independent artillery brigade - indep arty bde
(s) Independent mountain brigade - indep mtn bde
(t) Independent parachute brigade - indep para bde
(u) Mechanised brigade - mech bde
(v) Mechanised Infantry Regimental - MIRC

Centre
(w) Military College of Tele- - MCTE

communication Engineering
(x) Mountain artillery brigade - mtn arty bde
(y) Mountain brigade - mtn bde
(z) Mountain brigade group - mtn bde gp
(aa) Mountain division - mtn div
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(ab) Parachute brigade - para bde
(ac) Reorganised army plains infantry - RAPID

division
(ad) Sector - sect
3. In this Section for the sake of uniformity, only the first letter of each serial has
been shown in capitals, from the obligatory capitals which must be used in certain
basic abbreviations in actual usage. Initial capitals will be used, when referring to
particular formations, units, sub-units or establishments as also when the rules of
punctuation so dictate. Some examples to illustrate the actual usage are shown
below: -
(a) 70 Medium Regiment 70 Med Regt
(b) Nine medium regiments nine med regts
(c) 1 Field Park Company 1 Fd Pk Coy
(d) One of the field park companies one of the field pk coys
(e) 2 Animal Transport Regiment 2 AT Regt
(f) Some of the animal transport some of the AT regts

regiments
(g) An air defence battery an AD bty
4. While describing an independent formation (or unit) the word ‘independent’ will
be abbreviated to ‘indep’ when used in a generic sense and to ‘(I)’ when used to
denote a specific formation (or unit), for example: -
(a) Independent Armoured Brigade indep armd bde
(b) 13 Independent Armoured Brigade 13 (I) Armd Bde
(c) 15 Independent Armoured Squadron 15 (I) Armd Sqn
(d) 41 Independent Rocket Battery 41 (I) Rkt Bty
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5. Areas and Sub Areas.
(a) Headquarters Bengal Area - HQ Bengal Area
(b) Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and - ATNK &K Area

Kerala Area
(c) Madhya Bharat Area - MB Area
(d) Maharashtra and Gujarat Area - M&G Area
(e) Punjab, Haryana and Himachal - PH&HP Area

Pradesh Area
(f) Headquarters Calcutta Sub Area - HQ Calcutta Sub Area
(g) Headquarters Bombay Sub Area - HQ Bombay Sub Area
(h) Headquarters Uttaranchal Sub Area - HQ Uttaranchal Sub Area
(j) Headquarters Jullunder Sub Area - HQ Jullunder Sub Area
(k) Headquarters Lucknow Sub Area - HQ Lucknow Sub Area
(l) Headquarters North Bengal Sub Area - HQ North Bengal Sub

Area
(m) Headquarters Pune Sub Area - HQ Pune Sub Area
(n) Headquarters 31 Sub Area - HQ 31 Sub Area
(o) Headquarters 51 Sub Area - HQ 51 Sub Area
(p) Uttar Pradesh Area - UP Area
(q) Bihar and Orissa Sub Area - B&O Sub Area
(r) Madhya Pradesh Sub Area - MP Sub Area
(s) Tamil Nadu and Kerala Sub Area - TN&K Sub Area
6. Category A Establishments.
(a) Army Education Corps Training - AEC Trg College & Centre
College and Centre
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(b) Army Medical Corps Centre and School - AMC Centre & School
(c) Armoured Corps Centre and School - ACC & S
(d) Army/Air Transport Support School - AATSS
(e) Army Cadet College - ACC
(f) Army Clerks Training School - ACTS
(g) Army School of Mechanical Transport - ASMT
(h) Army School of Physical Training - ASPT
(j) Army Service Corps College - ASC College
(k) Corps of Military Police Centre and - CMP Centre &

School School
(l) College of Materials Management - CMM
(m) College of Military Engineering - CME
(n) Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare - CIJWS

School
(o) Electronics and Mechanical Engineers - EME School

School
(p) High Altitude Warfare School - HAWS
(q) Indian Military Academy - IMA
(r) Infantry School - Inf School
(s) Institute of Defence Management - IDM
(t) Junior Leaders Wing - JLW
(u) Mechanised Infantry Regimental Centre - MIRC
(v) Military Intelligence Training School and - MINTSD

Depot
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(w) Military College of Electronics and - MCEME

(x) Military College of Telecommunication - MCTE

Technik
(y) Military Farms School and Research - MFS&RC

Centre
(z) Officers’ Training Academy - OTA
(aa) Paratroopers Training School - PTS
(ab) Rashtriya Indian Military College - RIMC
(ac) Remount Training School and Depot - Rmt Trg School & Dep
(ad) Remount Veterinary Corps Centre and - RVC Centre & School
School
(ae) School of Artillery - School of Arty
NAVY
7. Naval Headquarters - NHQ
8. Commands.
(a) Headquarters Western Naval Command - HQ WNC
(b) Headquarters Eastern Naval command - HQ ENC
(c) Headquarters Southern Naval command - HQ SNC
9. Establishments/ Units.
(a) Naval Ship Repair Yard - NSRY
(b) Base Logistics Organisation - BLO
(c) Base Victualling Yard - BVY
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(d) Indian Naval Chart Depot - INCD
(e) Indian Naval Benevolent Association - INBA
(f) Indian Naval Canteen Service - INCS
(g) Indian Naval Distributing Authority - INDA
(h) Naval Academy - NAVAC
(j) Naval Air Station - NAS
(k) Naval Aeronautical Quality Assurance - NAQAS

Service
(l) Naval Aircraft Yard - NAY
(m) Naval Armament Depot - NAD
(n) Naval Armament Inspection Organisation - NAIO
(o) Naval Armament Stores Organisation - NASO
(p) Naval Institute of Educational and Training - NIETT

Technologie
(q) Naval Pay Office - NAV PAY
(r) Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory - NPOL
(s) Naval Psychological Research Unit - NPRU
(t) Material Superintendent (Mumbai/ - MS (MB/V)

Vishakapatnam)
(u) Naval Stores Organisation - NSO
(v) Sailors Training Establishment - STE
(w) School for Naval Airmen - SFNA
10. Ships and Aircraft.
(a) Indian Naval Ship - INS
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(b) Indian Naval Hospital Ship - INHS
(c) Indian Naval Submarine - INS
(d) Indian Naval Air Squadron - INAS
11. Squadrons.
(a) …….. Destroyer Squadron - …DS
(b) …….. Frigate Squadron - …FS
(c) …….. Submarine Squadron - …SS
(d) …….. Mine Sweeper Squadron - …MSS
(e) …….. Mine Counter Measures Squadron - …MCMS
(f) …….. Landing Ship Squadron - …LSS
(g) …….. Missile Boat Squadron - …MBS
(h) …….. Patrol Vessel Squadron - …PS
(j) …….. Training Squadron - …TS
AIR FORCE
12. Formations.
(a) Air Headquarters - Air HQ
(b) Western Air Command - WAC
(c) Eastern Air Command - EAC
(d) Central Air Command - CAC
(e) South Western Air Command - SWAC
(f) Southern Air Command - SAC
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(g) Training Command - TC
(h) Maintenance Command - MC
(j) Headquarters Maritime Air Operations - HQ MAO
(k) Advance Headquarters - Adv HQ
13. Establishments.
(a) Tactics and Combat Development - TACDE

Establishment
(b) Aircraft Systems Testing Establishment - ASTE
14. Units.
(a) Station - Stn
(b) Wing - Wg
(c) Squadron - Sqn
(d) Flight - Flt
(e) Section - Sec
(f) Air Defence Control Centre - ADCC
(g) Air Defence Direction Centre - ADDC
(h) Air Force Academy - AFA
(j) Air Force Administration College - AFAC
(k) Air Force Record Office - AFRO
(l) Air Force Technical College - AFTC
(m) Air Publications and Forms Store - AP&FS
(n) Air Stores Park - ASP
(o) Base Repair Depot - BRD
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(p) Base Signal Repair Unit - BSRU
(q) Forward Base Support Unit - FBSU
(r) Flying Instructors School - FIS
(s) Fighter Training Wing - FTW
(t) Ground Training School - GTS
(u) Institute of Aerospace Medicine - IAM
(v) Maritime Air Centre - MAC
(w) Navigation and Signal School - NSS
(x) Operational Conversion Unit - OCU
(y) Personnel Holding Section - PHS
(z) Repair and Salvage Unit - R&SU
(aa) Signal Unit - SU
(ab) Tactical Air Centre - TAC
(ac) Fixed Wing Training Flight - FWTF
(ad) Air Force Selection Board - AFSB
(ae) Equipment Depot - ED
(af) Air Force Central Accounts Office - AFCAO
(ag) Air Force Dental Care - AFDC
INTER SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS
15. (a) Armed Forces Medical Stores Depot - AFMSD
(b) Defence Services Staff College - DSSC
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(c) National Defence College - NDC
(d) College of Air Warfare - CAW
(e) National Defence Academy - NDA
(f) Institute of Armament Technology - IAT
(g) Institute of Defence Management - IDM
(h) College of Defence Management - CDM
(j) Services Selection Board - SSB
(k) Services Sports Control Board - SSCB
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SECTION 5
HEADQUARTERS INTEGRATED DEFENCE STAFF
1. Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff - HQ IDS
2. Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to - CISC

Chairman Chief of Staff Committee
(a) Joint Secretary (International Affairs) - JS (IA)
(b) Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated - DACIDS (NA)

Defence Staff (Net Assessment)
(c) Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated - DACIDS (I&M/BC)

Defence Staff (International and
Multilateral/ Bilateral Coordination)
(d) Director (China) - Dir (China)
(e) Director (Pakistan) - Dir (Pak)
(f) Director (Others) - Dir (O)
(g) Integrated Financial Advisor to Chief - IFA to CISC

of Integrated Defence Staff to
Chairman Chief of Staff Committee
(h) Staff officer to Integrated Financial - SO to IFA

Advisor
(j) Scientific Advisor to Chief of - SA to CISC

Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman
Chief of Staff Committee
(k) Staff Officer to Scientific Advisor - SO to SA
(l) Defence Assistant - DA
(m) Staff Officer to Chief of Integrated - SO to CISC

Defence Staff to Chairman Chief of
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3. Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff - DCIDS (PP & FD)

(Policy Planning and Force Development)
(a) Staff Officer to Deputy Chief of - SO to DCIDS (PP & FD)

Integrated Defence Staff (Policy
Planning and Force Development)
(b) Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence - ACIDS (FP)

Staff (Financial Plans)
(i) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (HP)

Integrated Defence Staff
(Horizon Plan)
(ii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (NP)

(Next Plan)
(iii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (C & B Plan)

(Current and Budget Plan)
(iv) Director (Horizon Plan) - Dir (HP)
(v) Director (Next Plan) - Dir (NP)
(vi) Director (Current and Budget - Dir (C & B Plan)

Plan)
(c) Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence - ACIDS (PP & FS)

Staff (Perspective Plans/Force
Structure)
(i) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (O & R)

(Objectives and Reviews)
(ii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (LTFS)

(Long Term Force Structure)
(iii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (M/ST FS)

(Medium/Short Term Force
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(iv) Director (Objectives and - Dir (O & R)

Reviews)
(v) Director (Long Term Force - Dir (LTFS)

Structure)
(vi) Director (Medium/Short - Dir (M/ST FS)

Term Force Structure)
(vii) Deputy Director (Objectives - DD (O & R)

and Reviews)
(viii) Deputy Director (Long Term - DD (LTFS)

Force Structure)
(ix) Deputy Director (Medium/Short - DD (M/ST FS)

Term Force Structure)
(d) Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence - ACIDS (WS/ORSA & IS)

Staff (Weapon System, Operational
Research and System Analysis and
Infrastructure)
(i) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (L/A)

(Land/Amphibious)
(ii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Sys & JCES)

(System and Joint
Communications and
Electronics Staff)
(iii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (ORSA)

Operational Research and
System Analysis
(iv) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Air Space)

Integrated Defence Staff (Air
Space)
(v) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Maritime)

(Maritime)
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(vi) Director (Land/ Amphibious) - Dir (L/A)
(vii) Director (System and - Dir (Sys & JCES)

Joint Communications and
Electronics Staff
(viii) Director Operational Research - Dir (ORSA)

and System Analysis
(ix) Director (Air Space) - Dir (Air Space)
(x) Director (Maritime) - Dir (Maritime)
(e) Financial Advisor to Deputy Chief of - FA to DCIDS (PP & FD)

(f) Staff Officer Financial Advisor to - SO to FA to DCIDS

Deputy Chief Integrated Defence
Staff
(g) Scientific Advisor to Deputy Chief of - SA to DCIDS (PP & FD)

(h) Staff Officer to Scientific Advisor - SO to SA
4. Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff - DCIDS (Ops)

(Operations)
(a) Staff Officer to Deputy Chief of - SO to DCIDS (Ops)

Integrated Defence Staff (Operations)
(b) Assistant Chief of Integrated - ACIDS (Jt Ops)

Defence Staff (Joint Operations)
(i) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Ops)

(Operations)
(ii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Ops Lgs)

(Operations Logistics)
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(iii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (C4 I2)

Integrated Defence Staff (C4 I2)
(iv) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (IW)

(Information Warfare)
(v) Director (Operations) - Dir (Ops)
(vi) Director (Operations Logistics) - Dir (Ops Lgs)
(vii) Director (C4 I2) - Dir (C4 I2)
(viii) Director (Information Warfare) - Dir (IW)
(ix) Director (Operations) - Dir (Ops)
(x) Director (Operations Logistics) - Dir (Ops Lgs)
(c) Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence - ACIDS (Strat)

Staff (Strategic)
(i) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (SP)

(Strategic Plan)
(ii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Strat Ops/

Integrated Defence Staff Trg)
(Strategic Operations/ Training))
5. Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff - DCIDS (DOT)

(Doctrine, Organisation and Training)
(a) Staff Officer to Deputy Chief of - SO to DCIDS (DOT)

Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine,
Organisation and Training)
(b) Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence - ACIDS (Trg)
Staff (Training)
(i) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (TSI)

Integrated Defence Staff (Tri-
Service Institutes)
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(ii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Doc)

(Doctrine)
(iii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (LA)

(Land/Air)
(iv) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (ASF)

(Amphibious Special Forces)
(v) Director (Tri-Service Institutes) - Dir (TSI)
(vi) Director (Doctrine) - Dir (Doc)
(vii) Director (Land/Air) - Dir (LA)
(viii) Director (Amphibious - Dir (ASF)

Special Forces)
(c) Joint Secretary (Administration / - JS (Adm/Pers)

Personnel)
(i) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Pers)

(Personnel) Civilian Officer
(ii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Adm & Pers)

(Administration & Personnel)
(iii) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (SD & MS)

Integrated Defence Staff (Staff
Duties & Military Secretary)
(iv) Director (Personnel) - Dir (Pers)

Civilian Officer
(v) Director (Administration and - Dir (Adm & Pers)

Personnel)
(vi) Director (Staff Duties and - Dir (SD & MS)

Military Secretary)
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6. Director General Defence Intelligence - DG DIA & DCIDS (Int)

Agency and Deputy Chief of Integrated
Defence Staff (Intelligence)
(a) (i) Civilian Analyst - CA
(ii) Director (Coordination) - Dir (Coord)
(iii) Deputy Director (Coordination) - DD (Coord)
(iv) Deputy Director (Staff Officer) - DD (SO)
(b) Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence - ACIDS (Int A)

Staff (Intelligence A)
(i) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (West)

(West)
(ii) Director (West) - Dir (West)
(iii) Deputy Director (West) - DD (West)
(iv) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (NE)

(North East)
(v) Director (North East) - Dir (NE)
(vi) Deputy Director (North East) - DD (NE)
(c) Assistant Chief of Integrated - ACIDS (Int B)

Defence Staff (Intelligence B)
(i) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Intl)

(International)
(ii) Director (International) - Dir (Intl)
(iii) Deputy Director (International) - DD (Intl)
(iv) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Reg)

(Regional)
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(v) Director (Regional) - Dir (Reg)
(vi) Deputy Director (Regional) - DD (Reg)
(vii) Director (Nuclear Biological - Dir (NBC)

Chemical)
(viii) Deputy Director (Nuclear - DD (NBC)

Biological Chemical)
(d) Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence - ACIDS (Tech Int)

Staff (Technical Intelligence)
(i) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (IW & P Ops)

(Information Warfare and
Psychological Operations)
(ii) Director (Information - Dir (IW & P Ops)

Warfare and Psychological
Operations)
(iii) Deputy Director (Information - DD (IW & P Ops)

Warfare and Psychological
Operations)
(iv) Director (Research and - Dir (R & P)

Publication)
(v) Deputy Director (Research and - DD (R & P)

Publication)
(e) Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence - ACIDS (CT)

Staff (Counter Terrorism)
(i) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (Proj)

(Project)
(ii) Director (Project) - Dir (Proj)
(iii) Deputy Director (Project) - DD (Proj)
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(iv) Deputy Assistant Chief of - DACIDS (CT)

(Counter Terrorism)
(v) Director (Language) - Dir (Lang)
(vi) Deputy Director (Language) - DD (Lang)
(vi) Director (MI Fund) - Dir (MI Fund)
(viii) Deputy Director (MI Fund) - DD (MI Fund)
(f) Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated - DACIDS (DP)

Defence Staff (Defence Protocol)
(i) Director (Defence Protocol) - Dir (DP)
(ii) Deputy Director (Defence - DD (DP)

Protocol)
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SECTION 6
HEADQUARTERS ANDAMAN & NICOBAR COMMAND
C-in-C Secretariat
1. Commander-in-Chief - C-in-C
Andaman and Nicobar Command CINCAN (sig address)
2. Military Assistant/Naval Assistant/Air - MA/NA/AA to C-in-C

Assistant to Commander-in-Chief
3. Staff officer to Commander-in-Chief - SO to C-in-C
4. Aides-de-camp/Flag Lieutenant - ADC/Flag Lt
COS Secretariat
5. Chief of Staff - COS
6. Staff Officer to Chief of Staff - SO to COS
Operations Division
7. Chief Staff Officer (Operations) - CSO (Ops)
8. Command Operations Officer (Land - COO (Land Ops)

Operations)
9. Command Operations Officer (Maritime - COO (Mar Ops)

Operations)
10. Command Operations Officer (Air - COO (Air Ops & AD)
Operations and Air Defence)
11. Senior Staff Officer (Intelligence) - SSO (Int)
12. Senior Staff Officer (Intelligence and Joint - SSO (Int & JOC)
Operations Centre)
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13. Senior Staff Officer (Training) - SSO (Trg)
14. Senior Staff Officer (Air Defence and Flight - SSO (AD & Flt Safety)
Safety)
15. Command Communication Officer - CCO
16. Senior Staff Officer (Electronic Warfare) - SSO (EW)
17. Senior Staff Officer (Communication) - SSO (Comn)
18. Senior Staff Officer (Amphibious and - SSO (Amph & Spl Ops)
Special Operations)
19. Command Operations Officer (Exclusive - COO (EEZ)

Economical Zone)
Technical Division
20. Chief Staff Officer (Technical) - CSO (Tech)
21. Command Technical Officer (Land System) - CTO (LS)
22. Command Technical Officer (Marine) - CTO (M)
23. Command Technical Officer (Air) - CTO (Air)
24. Senior Staff Officer (Ground Electronics) - SSO (GL)
25. Senior Staff Officer (Mechanical Transport - SSO (MT & Spl Veh)
and Specialist Vehicles)
26. Senior Staff Officer (Marine electrical and - SSO (ML & IT)
Information Technology)
27. Senior Staff Officer (Marine Engineering) - SSO (ME)
28. Senior Staff Officer (Naval Construction) - SSO (NC)
29. Senior Staff Officer (Air Electrical) - SSO (AL)
30. Senior Staff Officer (Air Engineering) - SSO (AE)
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Logistics, Administrative and Personnel Division
31. Chief Staff Officer (Logistics, Administration - CSO (L, A & P)

and Personnel)
32. Command Administration and Personnel - CAPO

Officer
33. Command Logistics Officer - CLOGO
34. Command Works Officer - CWO
35. Senior Staff Officer (Personnel and - SSO (P & A)

Administration)
36. Senior Staff Officer (Staff Duties and - SSO (SD & MS)
Military Secretary)
37. Senior Staff Officer (Works) - SSO (Wks)
38. Senior Staff Officer (Stores) - SSO (S)
39. Senior Staff Officer (Supply and Transport) - SSO (ST)
40. Senior Staff Officer (Finance) - SSO (F)
41. Senior Staff Officer (Lands, Quartering and - SSO (LQ & A)
Audit)
42, Staff Officer (Establishment and Mail) - SO (Est & Mail)
43. Staff Officer (Legal) - SO (L)
44. Judge Advocate - JA
45. Deputy Provost Marshal - DPM
46. Command Education Officer - C Edn O
47. Senior Officer (Logistics) (Coast Guard) - SO Lgs (CG)
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SECTION 7
COMMON USER ABBREVIAITIONS
Abbreviation abvn
Above ground level or automatic grenade launcher AGL
Above mentioned a/m
Above obstruction level or absent on leave AOL
Above sea level ASL
Absent on duty AOD
Absent without leave AWL
Acceptance test procedure ATP
Acclimatisation accln
Accommodation accn
Accomplish, accomplished, accomplishment acmp
Account, accounted, accounting acct
Accounting unit AU
Acknowledge, acknowledged, acknowledgement ack
Action information organisation AIO
Acquire acqr
Acquisition acqn
Acting actg
Actual ground position line AGPL
Acute mountain sickness AMS
Adaptive differential pulse code modulation ADPCM
Addition addn
Additional addl
Addressed addsd
Address indicating group AIG
Adequately exercised AE
Adjutant adjt
Administration, administrative adm
Administrative and logistic order adm & lgs O
Administrative order adm O
Advance dressing station or air dispatch service ADS
Advance landing ground ALG
Advance, advanced or advancing adv
Advanced light helicopter ALH
Advanced winter stocking AWS
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Aerial ae
Aeronautical information department AID
Afternoon AN
Aggregate aggt
Aide-de-camp / air direction centre ADC
Aiming pt A pt
Air adviser, air attaché, anti aircraft or army act AA
Airborne AB
Airborne early warning / and control AEW/AEW & C
Airborne interception, air Interdiction or/ Army AI
instruction
Airborne warning and control system AWACS
Air control team or apparatus carrier telephony ACT
Aircraft ac
Air defence, air despatch or assistant director AD
Air defence area ADA
Army Air defence AAD
Army air defence command post AADCP
Army air defence commander AADC
Army air defence fire area AADFA
Army air defence op centre AADOC
Air defence control centre ADCC
Air defence direction centre ADDC
Air defence ground environmental system ADGES
Air Defence Guided Missile College ADGM College
Air defence operation centre ADOC
Air direction centre / aid-de-camp ADC
Air defence weapon control order ADWCO
Air field safety operator AFSO
Air force, army form or aviation fuel AF
Air force commander AFC
Air force instruction AFI
Air force instruction (special) AFI (S)
Air force order AFO
Air force standing establishment committee AFSEC
Air head air H
Air landing mat ALM
Air maintenance / anti-meridian AM
Air movement control centre AMCC
Air movement table AMT
Air observation post Air OP
Air raid precautions or ammunition refilling point ARP
Air sea rescue ASR
Air space management centre ASMC
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Air space management system ASMS

Air support net air sp net
Air support signal unit ASSU
Air support signal regiment ASSR
Air surveillance operations ASO
Air to air missile / guided missile / guided weapon AAM / AAGM / AAGW
Air to air refuelling AAR
Air to surface missile / guided missile / guided ASM / ASGM / ASGW
weapon
Air traffic control ATC
Air transport liaison officer ATLO
Airborne interception, air interdiction or Army AI
Instruction
Airborne troops AB tps
Airborne self protection jammer ASPJ
Airfield airfd
Air-to-ground missile AGM
Air search and attack unit ASAU
Algorithm algo
All addressed ALL ADD
All terrain vehicle ATV
All up weight AUW
Allotment almt
Allowance allce
Alphanumeric alpnu
Alternate / alternative / altitude alt
Alternating current, armoured corps or Ashoka AC
Chakra
Ambulance amb
Amendment amdt
Ammunition amn
Ammunition planning tables APT
Ammunition point, armour piercing, angle of AP
projection
Ammunition refilling point or air raid precaution ARP
Ammunition table(s) amtab
Ammunition technical officer or animal transport ATO
officer or air tasking order
Amount, amounted amt
Amphibious amph
Amphibious objective area AOA
Amphibious task force ATF
Amplify, amplified, amplification, amplifier amp
And &
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Angle of departure chart AD Chart

Angle of projection, ammunition point, armour AP
piercing
Animal transport AT
Annexure annx
Annual confidential report ACR
Annual leave or amendment list AL
Annual maintenance staff inspection AMSI
Annual medial examination AME
Annual training grant ATG
Annual, annually anl
Annual general meeting AGM
Ante-meridian / air maintenance AM
Antennae ant
Anti ballistic missile ABM
Anti national elements ANE
Anti personnel A pers
Anti radiation missile ARM
Anti submarine AS
Anti tank A tk
Anti tank guided missile / weapon ATGM / ATGW
Anti tank mobile team ATMT
Apparatus cable laying ACL
Apparatus carrier telephony or air control team ACT
Appendices appces
Appendix appx
Apply, applied, application appl
Appoint, appointed or appointment appt
Appreciate, appreciated or appreciation appre
Approach or approached apch
Appropriate / appropriation aprop
Approx estimate (s) AE
Approximate, approximately or approximation approx
April Apr
Area (suffix when referring to a specific area) A
Area of responsibility AOR
Arithmetic logic unit ALU
Armament armt
Armament research and development establishment ARDE
Armour armr
Armoured armd
Armour piercing, ammunition point, angle of AP
projection
Armoured car armd C
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Armoured command vehicle ACV

Armoured Corps, Ashoka Chakra, alternating AC
current
Armoured delivery regiment ADR
Armoured fighting vehicle AFV
Armoured personnel carrier APC
Armoured recovery vehicle ARV
Army act, air adviser or air attaché AA
Army order AO
Army photographic interpretation section APIS
Army post office APO
Army postal service APS
Army strategic operational information ASTROIDS
dissemination system
Army switched static communication network ASCON
Arrange, arranged or arrangement arng
Arrive, arrived, arrival or arriving arr
Artificial int / Army Instructions AI
Artillery arty
Ashoka Charka, armoured corps, alternating current AC
Assault aslt
Assemble, assembled, assembly assy
Assembly area assy A
Assembly language/ annual leave AL
Assist, assisted, assistance, assisting, assistant asst
Assistant civilian staff officer ACSO
Assistant civilian staff officer (technical) ACSO (Tech)
Assure, assured, assurance asr
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal AVSM
Attach, attached or attachment att
Attack attk
Attack helicopter AH
Attempt, attempted, attempting atmt
Attention attn
August Aug
Authority, authorised or authorizing auth
Automatic, automate, automated, automation auto
Automatic replenishment system ARS
Auxiliary or auxiliaries aux
Aviation avn
Aviation turbine fuel ATF
Azimuth az
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Back reference BR
Bacteriological or bacteriologist bacter
Bailey bridge, balloon barrage BB
Bailey pontoon BP
Bailey pontoon bridge BPB
Bailey suspension bridge BSB
Bakery bky
Balance(s), balanced bal
Ballistic msl defence BMD
Bandsman bdsman
Barrack bk
Barrel brl
Base air defence centre BADC
Base ejection or budget estimate BE
Base hospital BH
Base depot or bomb disposal BD
Battalion bn
Battery bty
Battery commander or battle casualty BC
Battle damage assessment BDA
Battlefield surveillance system BSS
Battlefield surveillance radar BFSR
Battlefield air interdiction BAI
Battlefield air strikes BAS
Battle physical efficiency test (s) BPET
Board of officers BOO
Beach head beach H
Bearing bg
Bearing picket, baily pontoon or boundary pillar BP
Bench mark, brigade major or branch memorandum BM
Between betn
Beyond economical repairs BER
Beyond local repair BLR
Beyond visual range BVR
Binoculars bino
Biological warfare BW
Bivouac biv
Blood pressure BP
Board or bound bd
Bomb line or breach loading BL
Bomb release point BRP
Bombardment liaison officer BLO
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Bombing report bombrep

Book of reference BR
Border bdr
Boulder bldr
Bound or board bd
Boundary bdy
Boundary pillar, bearing picket or baily pontoon BP
Bounded, bounding bnd
Break, brake, broken, breaking brk
Branch / bridge, bridging br
Branch memorandum or Brigade Major BM
Bridge head br H
Bridge laying tank BLT
Bridge, bridging, branch br
Briefing bfg
Brigade bde
Brigade maintenance area BMA
Broad gauge BG
Building bldg
Bulk encryption unit BEU
Bullet proof jacket BPJ
Bullet proof patka BPP
Bulletin board service BBS
Bunker bkr
Caliber, calibrate, calibrated or calibration cal

Camouflage or camouflaged cam
Canal cnl
Canteen stores department CSD
Cantonment cantt
Capsule/capacity (ies) cap
Car post, check post / point, command post, contact CP
point or counter penetration or contingency plan
Carbine carb
Care of c/o
Carrier battle group CBG
Carrier borne ground liaison officer CBGLO
Carrier borne ground liaison section CBGLS
Carton or container ctn
Cartridge cart
Casual leave, centre line or confinement to lines CL
Casualty, casualties or casual cas
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Casualty evacuation cas evac

Casualty return CR
Category, categorise, categorisation cat
Cater, catered, catering catr
Cautionary met report CMR
Cease fire line CFL
Central discussion, civil defence, combat CD
development or coast defence
Central police org or command post officer CPO
Central vehicle depot CVD
Central, centrally cent
Centre line CL
Certificate or certify cert
Certified true copy CTC
Channel(s), charge, charged or charging ch
Check aviator, counter attack or civil affairs CA
Check point / post, command post, contact point, CP
car post or counter penetration
Chemical and biological warfare CBW
Chemical or chemist chem
Chemical warfare or continuous wave CW
Chief inspector, chief instructor or counter CI
insurgency
Chiefs of staff committee COSC
Chief operations officer or chief ordinance officer COO
Chief signal officer or civilian staff officer CSO
Children’s education allowance CEA
Chronic mountain sickness CMS
Circuit cct
Circular error of probability CEP
City compensatory allowance CCA
Civil hired tpt CHT
Civil or civilian civ
Civilian staff officer chief signal officer CSO
Class / classified / classification cl
Clearing/cleaning clg
Close air support CAS
Clothing clo
Cluster bomb unit CBU
Coaxial coax
Column coln
Combat comb
Combat air patrol CAP
Combat support operation CSO
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Combat command / concerned clerk CC

Combat group CG
Combat ready / confidential report / cas return CR
Combat team / combat trainee CT
Combined operations centre COC
Command comd
Command and control C2
Command and control warfare C2W
Command control communication and intelligence C3I
Command control communication computers and C4I2
information intelligence
Command hospital CH
Command information and decision support system CIDSS
Command post officer or central police organisation CPO
Command vehicle CV
Commandant Comdt
Commander Cdr
Commander amphibious task force CATF
Commander task group CTG
Commander task force CTF
Commander task unit CTU
Commander task element CTE
Commanding comdg
Commanding officer CO
Commercial-off-the-shelf COTS
Committee of defence planning CDP
Communication comn
Communication centre comncen
Communication intelligence comint
Communication plan complan
Communication zone comn Z
Communication jamming/intelligence/security Comjam / comint / comsec
Company coy
Compensation in lieu of quarters CILQ
Competent financial authority or converter field CFA
artillery
Component or composite comp
Composition composn
Computer cmptr
Concentrate, concentrated or concentration conc
Conference conf
Confidential confd
Confidential report / combat ready / cas return CR
Conjunction conj
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Connectivity contv
Conserve, conserved or conservancy consv
Construct, constructed or construction constr
Consult, consultant or consultation conslt
Container or carton ctn
Contaminated area/sector/zone Contam A/S/Z
Contingency cgy
Control and reporting C&R
Control and reporting centre/cyclic redundancy CRC
check
Control/controlled cont
Controller defence accounts CDA
Controller general defence account CGDA
Conversion, conceal, concealed, concealment con
Converter of moment C of M
Convoy cvy
Cooperate, cooperated, cooperation or cooperating coop
Coordinate, coordinated, coordination or coord
coordinating
Cordon and search operations/command air staff CASO
orders
Corporation corpn
Corps maintenance area CMA
Correspond, corresponded, corresponding, corres
correspondence
Counter air operation CAO
Counter attack, civil affairs or check aviator CA
Counter bombardment CB
Counter bombardment officer CBO
Counter insurgency force CIF
Counter surface force operations CSFO
Court of inquiry C of I
Cover, covered, covering cov
Craftsman or craftsmen cfn
Crest clearance graph CC Graph
Critical path method CPM
Cross roads x rds
Crossing xg
Cryptographic centre crypcen
Cubic cu
Current Year CY
Cylinder cyl
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Daily allowance or dearness allowance DA

Daily occurrence book DOB
Daily order part I / II DO Pt I / II
Daily servicing section/decision support system DSS
Damage (s/d) dmg,dmgs,dmgd
Danger, dangerous dgr
Dangerously ill / daily inspection DI
Dangerously ill list DIL
Data comn eqpt DCE
Data switch D Sw
Data terminal eqpt DTE
Date time group DTG
Date, dated dt
Day d
Death cum retirement gratuity DCRG
December Dec
Decontaminate, decontaminated, decontamination decn
Decrease, decreased, decreasing decr
Defence communication system DCS
Defence planning staff DPS
Defence service regulations DSR
Defence, defensive, defend or defended def
Defended area / sector / zone Def A / S / Z
Deficiency, deficient defi
Defence Services Regulations - Dress Regulations DSR – DR
Defence Services Regulations - Leave Regulations DSR – LR
Defence Services Regulations - Mechanical Vehicle DSR – MVR
Regulations
Defence Services Regulations - Regulations for the DSR – RA
Army
Defence Services Regulations - Travel Regulations DSR – TR
Defence service officers provident fund DSOP fund
Defensive fire (save our souls) DF (SOS)
Defensive fire or direction finding / finder DF
Defence research and development organisation DRDO
degree deg
Deliver, delivered or delivery del
Delivery point del P
Demi official, duty offr, direction officer DO
Demolish, demolished or demolition dem
Demonstrate, demonstrated, demonstration demo
Density dens
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Depart, departed, departing, departure or depot dep

Department or departmental dept
Deploy, deployed, deployment or deployability dply
Deputy dy
Deputy asst provost marshal DAPM
Deputy director DD
Deputy financial advisor / draft for approval DFA
Deputy provost marshal DPM
Desert warfare DW
Deserter dstr
Desired mean point of impact DMPI
Despatch / despatched/ despatchment / despatcher desp
Despatch rider or dead reckoning DR
Destroy, destroyed or destruction destr
Detach, detached or detachment det
Detail, detailed, detailment detl
Detailed issue depot/direct inward dialling DID
Detonator dtnr
Develop, developed or development devp
Deviation devn
Diagram, diameter dia
Direct, director, directed, directive dir
Directing staff DS
Direction dirn
Director general DG
Directorate general of inspection DGI
Directorate general resettlement DGR
Directorate general of supplies and disposal DGS & D
Directorate dte
Discharge or discharged disch
Discipline or disciplinary discp
Discussion dscn
Disperse, dispersed, dispersal disp
Dispersal line dis L
Dispersal point dis P
Disposition disposn
Distance/district dist
Distribute, distributed or distribution distr
Distributory disty
District court martial DCM
Ditch cum bund DCB
Ditto do
Division or divisional div
Divisional administrative area DAA
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Divisional air defence centre DADC

Divisional maintenance area DMA
Document(s), documentation docu
Dozen doz
Draughtsman or draughtsmen dtmn
Dropping zone DZ
Driver dvr
Duplicate dupl
Duty air traffic control officer DATCO
Duty cipher officer DCO
Duty medical officer DMO
Duty officer, demi official DO
Duty signal officer DSO
Early warning radar EWR

Early warning or electronic warfare EW
Earth moving plant/electro magnetic pulse EMP
East north east ENE
East south east ESE
Echelon ech
Economical/economic/economy econ
Education or educational edn
Education training grant ETG
Effective eff
Efficiency / efficient effi
Electric, electrical elec
Electrical and mechanical E&M
Electronics and mechanical engineers regulation(s) EMER
Electronics and Mechanical Engineers EME
Electrician, electronic(s) elect
Electro magnetic compatibility EMC
Electro magnetic interference EMI
Electro magnetic pulse EMP
Electronic counter measures ECM
Electronic counter counter measure(s) ECCM
Electronic data processing EDP
Electronic data processing system EDPS
Electronic emission policy EEP
Electronic emission security EES
Electronic Intelligence elint
Electronic private automatic branch exchange EPABX
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Electronic private automatic exchange EPAX

Electronic support measures or end strip marker ESM
Electronic warfare EW
Electronic warfare control centre EWCC
Electronic warfare intelligence EWINT
Embark, embarked or embarkation Emb
Emergency emer
Emergency commission EC
Emergency commissioned officer ECO
Emplane, emplaned or emplanement empln
Employ, employed or employment emp
Enclose, enclosed or enclosure encl
End strip marker or electronic support measure ESM
Endeavour endvr
Enemy en
Engineering officer EO
Engineer engr
Engineering engg
Engineer equipment mechanic EEM
Engineer theatre stores reserve ETSR
Envelop, envelopment envp
Equipment eqpt
Equipment management or electro magnetic EM
Equipment regulations ER
Espionage espg
Essential vehicle column EVC
Establish, established or establishment est
Estimate, estimated, estimation esmt
Estimated storage life ESL
Evacuate, evacuated or evacuation evac
Evaluate or evaluation eval
Examination exam
Exchange, exchanged exch
Exclude, excluded, excluding or exclusive excl
Exclusive economic zone EEZ
Executive, execution exec
Exempli gratia (for example) eg
Exercise, exercised ex
Expected time of arrival / departure ETA / ETD
Expeditionary force EF
Expenditure expdr
Experiment expt
Exploit, exploited or exploitation expl
Explosive exp
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Ex-servicemen exsm
Extension extn
Extra Issue EI
Extra regimental employment/employee or extra ERE
regimentally employed
Fatal ftl
Favourable air situation FAS
February Feb
Field fd
Field ammunition depot FAD
Field artillery tractor FAT
Field craft or fire control FC
Field force or fire fighting FF
Field Marshal or frequency modulation / modulated FM
or force multiplier
Field ordnance depot FOD
Field post office FPO
Field security FS
Field security officer FSO
Field service marching order FSMO
Field service regulation FSR
Field supply depot or first sight dak FSD
Fighter bomber FB
Fighter ground attack FGA
Fighter group / fighting group F gp
Fighter reconnaissance FR
Figure fig
Financial Regulations part I / II FR Part I/II
Fire direction centre FDC
Fire fighting or field force FF
First aid FA
Fitter ftr
Fitter (Armoured Fighting Vehicles / Air Defence) ftr (AFV / AD)
Fire plan FP
Flag officer naval aviation FONA
Flame thrower FT
Flank flk
Fleet mail office FMO
Flexible duck board FDB
Flight flt
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Flying flg
Force air defence warfare co-ordinator FADWC
Formation fmn
Forward, forwarded or forwarding fwd
Forward air controller FAC
Forward airfield supply organization FASO
Forward arming and refuelling point FARP
Forward assembly area FAA
Forward defended locality FDL
Forward edge of battle area FEBA
Forward line of own troops FLOT
Forward maintenance airfield/area FMA
Forward observation officer FOO
Fragmentation frag
Free from infection FFI
Frequent, frequented, frequency freq
Friday Fri
Fuel oil and lubricants FOL
Fuze fz
Garrison grn
Garrison engineer GE
Gasoline gas
General court martial GCM
General or generally Gen (for rk), gen
General post office or gun position officer GPO
General staff GS
Generator genr
Gentlemen cadet or gun cotton GC
Geographic reference geo ref
Glacier glr
Government govt
Grade gde
Gramme (gram) g
Grant gt
Granted gtd
Grenade gren
Grenadier gdr
Grid reference GR
Ground grnd
Ground attack GA
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Ground controlled approach GCA

Ground controlled interception GCI
Ground defence GD
Ground liaison officer GLO
Ground of tactical importance GTI
Group, grouped, grouping gp
Guard gd
Guardsman or guardsmen gdsm
Guerrilla warfare or guided weapon GW
Guided bomb unit GBU
Guided missile GM
Gun area gun A
Gunner gnr
Harassing fire or high frequency HF

Harbour or harboured harb
Hardened aircraft shelters HAS
Head (as suffix only) H
Head clerk HC
Headquarter / headquarters HQ
Health hlth
Heavy hy
Heavy duty recovery vehicle HDRV
Heavy machine gun HMG
Heavy mobile bridge HMB
Hectare ha
Height ht
Height of burst HOB
Helicopter heptr
Helicopter borne HB
Helicopter landed/landing helildg
Helicopter lift helilift
Helicopter pad helipad
Hertz hz
High altitude area HAA
High explosive HE
High power or horse power HP
Hill compensatory allowance HCA
Holding area, high angle, high altitude HA
Honorary hony
Hospital hosp
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Hostile / hostility hstl

Hot war HW
Hour (s) (specific clock time / gen) Hr/hr
Howitzer how
Human Intelligence humint
Human rights HR
Human rights commission HRC
Hygiene hyg
Identification friend or foe IFF

Identity card I card
Identity, identify, identified or identification iden
Illuminate, illuminated, illumination or illuminating ill
Immediate replenishment group IRG
Immediate or immediately imdt
Implement, implemented, implementation impl
Important or importance imp
Improvised explosive device IED
in accordance with iaw
Inch or inches in / ins
Incharge, internal combustion or integrated circuit IC
Include, included, inclusive, inclusion or including incl
Increase, increased, increment, increasing incr
Independent indep
Indian Air Force or Indian army form IAF
Indian military training team IMTRAT
Indian Army IA
Indian small arms system INSAS
Indian Navy IN
Individual (s) indl
Individual running ledger account IRLA
Indoctrinate, indoctrinated or indoctrination indoc
Induction indn
Inescapable ines
Infantry inf
Infantry combat vehicle ICV
Infiltrate, infiltrated or infiltration infilt
Influence mine IM
Information technology IT
Inform, informed or information info
Information warfare IW
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Infra red IR
Infra red counter measures IRCM
Infrared line scan IRLS
Initial point IP
Injection, injury, injured inj
Inspect, inspected, inspection, inspecting insp
Inspection bungalow, intelligence bureau or IB
international border
Inspector general or inspector-in-gunnery IG
Installation instln
Institute, instituted, institutional instt
Instruct, instructed, instruction, instructing or instr
instructor
Instrument flight rules IFR
Instrument or instrumentation inst
Instrument landing system ILS
Insurgent / insurgency insur
Intelligence / intelligent int
Intelligence officer IO
Intelligence report intrep
Intelligence summary isum
Intensive care unit ICU
Interdict, interdicted, interdiction interdic
International shipping lanes ISL
Intermediate inter
Internal security IS
International intl
Interpret, interpreted, interpretation, interpreter intpt
Interrogate, interrogated, interrogation, interrogator interog
Introduce, introduced, introduction intro
Invaliding medical board IMB
Investigate, investigated, investigation, investigating inv
Issue voucher IV
Jammer / Jamming jx
January Jan
Joint jt
Joint air defence centre JADC
Joint army air operation room JAAOR
Joint army and air operation centre JAAOC
Joint cipher bureau JCB
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Joint communication electronic committee JCEC

Joint director JD
Joint electronic warfare board JEWB
Joint intelligence committee JIC
Joint operation centre JOC
Joint operations and information room JOIR
Joint planning committee JPC
Joint services staff duties JSSD
Joint services standing operating procedure JSSOP
Joint signal intelligence board JSIB
Joint training committee JTC
Judge Advocate General JAG
Judging distance or joint director JD
July Jul
Junction junc
June Jun
Jungle warfare JW
Junior jr
Junior command JC
Junior commissioned officer JCO
Kerosene kero
Key defended locality(s) KDL
Key location plan KLP
Key result area KRA
Killed in action KIA
Kilogram(s) kg
Kilolitre(s) kl
Kilometer(s) km
Kilometers per hour, kilometre(s) kmph
Kilometers per litre kmpl
Kilotonne kt
Kirti Chakra KC
Knot kn
Laboratory or labour lab

Lady offr LDO
Land air operation / local audit officer LAO
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Land force commander LFC

Landing ldg
Landing craft assault / light combat aircraft LCA
Landing craft mechanised LCM
Landing craft or line of control LC
Landing craft tank LCT
Landing craft utility LCU
Landing craft vehicles and personnel LCVP
Landing ground LG
Landing platform dock LPD
Landing platform helicopter LPH
Landing ship LS
Landing ship tank LST
Landing vehicle tracked LVT
Landing zone LZ
Landmark landmk
Lane control post LCP
Laser guided bomb LGB
Last flt servicing LFS
Last ration certificate / local repair contract LRC
Latitude lat
Launcher lr
Laundryman laundry
Leader ldr
Leave lve
Leave ration allowance LRA
Lecture lec
Lecture-cum-demonstration LDM
Liaison officer LO
Light lt
Light air defence lt AD
Light amplification by stimulated emission of LASER
radiation
Light machine gun LMG
Light recovery vehicle LRV
Limit of penetration LOP
Limited ltd
Line of actual control LAC
Line of communication L of C
Line of control or landing craft LC
Line of sight L of S
Line telegraphy or low tension LT
Listening post, local purchase or low power LP
Lithographical or lithograph litho
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Litre ltr
Load ld
Local area network LAN
Local audit officer / land air operation LAO
Local purchase, listening post or low power LP
Local warning LW
Local warning radar LWR
Locate, located, location, locating or locality loc
Logarithm or logarithmic log
Logistic or logistics lgs
Logistic requirement logreq
Long range LR
Long range oblique photography LOROP
Long range patrol LRP
Longitude long
Low intensity conflict / operations LIC/LICO
Low level LL
Low level air defence LLAD
Low medical category LMC
Low power, listening post or local purchase LP
Low tension or line telegraphy LT
Lower division clerk LDC
Lower rate of ration allowance LRA
Lubricant, lubricate, lubricated or lubrication lub
Mach number mach

Machine gun or metre gauge MG
Magazine or magnetic mag
Magnetic anomaly detector or mutually assured MAD
destruction
Maha Vir Charka MVC
Main battle tank MBT
Main file or medium frequency MF
Maintenance control centre MCC
Maintain, maintained, maintaining or maintenance maint
Man portable air defence system MANPADS
Man power MP
Management mgt
Management information system MIS
Manager mgr
Manoeuvre mvre
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Manufacture mfr
Map reading or maritime reconnaissance MR
March Mar (month)
Maritime headquarters MHQ
Maritime operations / (joint operations) centre MOC / MJOC
Maritime patrol aircraft MPA
Maritime reconnaissance or map reading MR
Mark mk
Marking mkg
Mask/masking msk
Material mtrl
Maximum max
Meals ready to eat MRE
Mean point of impact MPI
Mean sea level MSL
Mean time between failure MTBF
Mechanic, mechanical or mechanised mech
Mechanical transport or military training MT
Medical equipment scale ME scale
Medical inspection or military intelligence MI
Medical officer or military operations MO
Medium machine gun MMG
Medium range anti submarine torpedo carrying MATCH
helicopter
Medium, medical or medicine med
Meeting or mounting mtg
Mega tonnes or mount mt
Member of parliament or military police MP
Memorandum memo
Memorandum of understanding MOU
Memory mem
Mess Assistant Mess Asst
Mess maintenance allowance MMA
Message msg
Message distribution centre MDC
Meteorology or meteorological met
Meteorological report metrep
Metre(s) M
Metre gauge or machine gun MG
Micro wave landing system MLS
Mid life update MLU
Military engineering or mechanical equipment ME
Military mil
Military adviser / assistant / attaché, mountain MA
artillery
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Military dental centre MDC

Military engineer service MES
Military estate officer MEO
Military forwarding organisation MFO
Military hospital MH
Military intelligence or medical inspection MI
Military lands and cantonment directorate ML & C Dte
Military landing officer MLO
Military nursing service MNS
Military secretary MS
Military training or mechanical transport MT
Millimetric wave radar MWR
Mine counter measure MCM
Mine field minefd
Mine protected vehicle MPV
Minimum or minute min
Miscellaneous misc
Missile msl
Missile base msl B
Missing in action MIA
Mission msn
Mobile telephone mob tel
Mobile, mobilise, mobilised, mobilisation or mobility mob
Mobile observation post MOP
Modify, modified or modification mod
Modulated/ de-modulated modem
Momentum mmt
Monday Mon
Monthly mly
Mortar mor
Motivate, motivated, motivation mtv
Motor cycle or movement control MC
Motor or motorized mot
Mountain mtn
Mountain warfare MW
Mountainous mtnous
Mount / mounted mt / mtd
Mounting or meeting mtg
Movement control officer MCO
move, moved, movement or moving mov
Moving target indicator MTI
Mujahid / mujahideen mjd
Multi barrel rocket launcher MBRL
Mutual or mutually mut
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Mutually assured destruction or magnetic anomaly MAD

detector
Muzzle loading ML
Muzzle velocity MV
Nadi, nala or nullah N (only as suffix)

Nao Sena Medal NM
Nape of the earth flying NOE
Narrative narr
Narrow gauge NG
Naval gunfire support NGS
Navy Order NO
Navy Order (special) NO (S)
Naval post office NPO
Naval provost marshal NPM
Navigate, navigated, navigation or navigator navig
Nearest railway station NRS
Negotiate, negotiated / negotiation / negotiating ngn
Network, networked, networking nw
neutralise or neutralised, neutralisation neutr
Next of kin NOK
Night ni
Night vision binoculars NVB
Night vision device NVD
Night vision goggles NVG
No abnormality detected NAD
No further action NFA
Non availability, not available, not applicable or NA
nursing assistant
Non lethal weapons NLW
Non vegetarian non veg
North east NE
North north east NNE
North north west NNW
North west NW
Not applicable, not available, nursing assistant NA
Not known NK
Not on original NOO
Nothing to report NTR
Notice to airmen NOTAM
Notification notfn
November Nov
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Nuclear nuc
Nuclear biological and chemical warfare NBCW
Nuclear warfare nuc W
Number No
Objection objn
Objective obj
Observation obsn
Observation orientation decision action OODA
Observation post OP
Observe or observed obs
Obstacle obst
Obstruction obstn
Occupy, occupied, occupation, occupying occu
October Oct
Offensive offn
Offensive air support OAS
Offensive counter air OCA
Office copy o/c
Officer offr
Officer commanding OC
Officer in tactical command OTC
Officer on special duty OSD
Officer-in-charge OIC
Officiating offg
Offr mess OM
Operate, operated, operation, operational, op
operating
Operation other than war OOTW
Operation order or ordnance officer OO
Operation research or operational research or other OR
rank (s)
Operation theatre OT
Operational immediate OP IMMEDIATE
Operational logistics OL
Operational readiness platform ORP
Operator opr
Opposite opp
Optical fibre cable OFC
Order of battle ORBAT
Ordnance ord
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Organise, organised or organisation org

Original equipment manufacturers OEM
Other rank(s), operation research or operational OR
research
Other than married accommodation OTM accn
Out board motor OBM
Out of area operations OOA ops
Out patient department OPD
Over snow vehicle OSV
Over target requirement OTR
Overall force commander OFC
Overstaying / overstayal of leave OSL
Own time work OTW
Page(s) (number) Pp
Paise (when signifying amount) P
Pakistan Pak
Paper under consideration PUC
Parachute or paragraph para
Parachute supply parasup
Parachute troops paratps
Paragraph or parachute para
Paramilitary forces PMF
Param Vir Chakra PVC
Param Vishisht Seva Medal PVSM
Paratrooper / printer ptr
Park pk
Passive air defence PAD
Patrol ptl
Patrolling ptlg
Peace establishment or plastic explosive PE
Perday or period pd
Per month, post meridian pm, PM
Permanent permt
Permanent commission / personnel computer PC
Personal / private secretary, personal services or PS
post script
Personal assistant or public address PA
Personal computer or permanent commission PC
Personnel pers
Petroleum or petrol pet
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Petroleum, oil and lubricants POL

Phase(s) ph
Photo interpretation/interpreter PI
Photograph, photographic or photography photo
Photographic reconnaissance or public relations PR
Physical proficiency test(s) PPT
Physical training PT
Pierced steel planking PSP
Pioneer pnr
Pipe line ppl
Planning plg
Pocket pkt
Point pt
Political, politically, politician pol
Portable or portability ptbl
Position posn
Post meridian or per month PM, pm
Practice, practise, practised or practical prac
Precedence prec
Precision guided munitions PGM
Predetermined route PDR
Preliminary prlim
Prepare, prepared, preparation or preparatory prep
Price negotiation committee PNC
Prime minster or provost marshall PM
Principle medical officer PMO
Principal staff officer PSO
Printer or paratrooper ptr
Prisoner(s) of war POW
Private / pivot pvt
Produce or production prod
Programme pgme
Progress, progressed, progressive prog
Progress report progrep
Project, projected, projectile, projection proj
Project manager proj mgr
Projector projr
Provision / provisioning provn
Provost pro
Psychological operation/warfare Psyops/W
Psychological, psychologist or psychology psy
Psychology, hearing, appendages, physical and eye SHAPE
Public relations officer PRO
Public relations or photographic reconnaissance PR
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Pull-up point PUP

Put up PU
Put up with reference(s) PUR
Quadrant elevation/qr ending QE

Qualification qual
Qualified flying instructor or qualified fit to be QFI
instructor
Qualitative requirement QR
Quality assurance QA
Quality control QC
Quantity qty
Quarter guard qr gd
Quarter master QM
Quarter or quartering qr
Quarterly flying training report QFTR
Quarterly security intelligence report(s) QSIR
Quick firing QF
Quick reaction alert QRA
Quick reaction force QRF
Quick reaction team QRT
Radar or rider rdr

Radar warning receiver RWR
Radar homing and warning RHAW
Radial rad
Radiation radn
Radio direction finder / finding RDF
Radio frequency, range finder or representative RF
fraction
Radio mechanic RM
Radio relay or railway receipt RR
Radio set RS
Radio telegraphy R tg
Radio telephony/teletype, recruit’s test or range RT
table(s)
Radius of action ROA
Radius of damage ROD
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Rail head RH
Railway rly
Railway traffic officer RTO
Range finder, representative fraction or radio RF
frequency
Range or ranging rg
Rank rk
Rapid deployment force RDF
Rashtriya Rifles RR
Radar cross section RCS
Rear airfield supply organisation RASO
Rear area security RAS
Reconnaissance and observation flight R & O flt
Reconnaissance and observation squadron R&O sqn
Receipt and issue R&I
Receipt voucher or rendezvous RV
Received recd
Receiver rx
Reception rxn
Recognise, recognised or recognition recog
Recoilless rcl
Recommend, recommended, recommendation recom
Reconnaissance group R gp
Recover, recovered or recovery rec
Recovery mechanic rech mech
Recruit or recruitment rect
Recruiting officer, regimental order, routine order, RO
reviewing officer or record officer
Recruiting organisation rtg org
Redress of grievance ROG
Refer, referred, reference ref
Refilling point, regimental police or rocket projectile RP
Refrigeration mechanic refrg mech
Regiment or regimental regt
Regimental medical officer RMO
Registry regy
Regular, regulate, regulated, regulation or regulating reg
Regulations for the medical services of the army Med Regs
Regulations for the territorial army TA Regs
Reinforcement rft
Rejoin/rejoined rjn
Release, released, releasing rel
Remote control unit RCU
Remotely piloted veh RPV
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Remount rmt
Rendezvous or receipt voucher RV
Rreorganise, reorganised or reorganisation reorg
Repeat rpt
Repeated rptd
Replenish, replenished or replenishment rple
Report line or rocket launcher RL
Represent, represented or representative rep
Reproduce, reproduced or reproduction repro
Required reqd
Requirement reqmt
Reserve, reserves, reserved or reservation res
Reservist resvt
Respect of r/o
Responsible / responsibility resp
Rest and recoup R&R
Restricted restd
Restriction restn
Resuscitate or resuscitation resuc
Retention retn
Return/returned to unit RTU
Revolution in military affairs RMA
Revolver rev
Rifle rif
Rifleman or riflemen rfn
Right rt
River (only when used in conjunction with a name) R
Road head rd H
Road or round rd
Rocket rkt
Rocket projectile, regimental police or refilling point RP
Roll-on roll-off (ferry or other ship) RO-RO
Rules of engagement ROE
Runway rw
Safaiwala / safaiwali sfwl

Salvage sal
Sand model discussion SMD
Sanitary or sanitation san
Sapper spr
Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal SYSM
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Satellite satl
Satellite communication satcom
Scheduled despatch service SDS
Scientific adviser or small arms SA
Scientific officer or staff officer SO
Sea lines of communication SLOC
Search and rescue SAR
Search light, special list or start line SL
Seater or strength str
Second in command 2IC
Sector(s) sect (s)
Sector air defence warfare commander SADWC
Self propelled, starting point or start point SP
Sena Medal SM
Senior/serial sr
Senior civilian staff officer SCSO
Senior command or staff captain SC
Senior instructor SI
Senior records officer, statutory regulatory order or SRO
station routine orders
Senior scientific officer or station staff officer SSO
Sequence seq
Seriously ill list SIL
Service note SN
Serviceable ser
Shaurya Chakra SC
Short service SS
Short service commission SSC
Short take off and landing STOL
Short take off vertical landing STOVL
Sideways looking air borne radar SLAR
Signal sig
Signal centre sigcen
Signal intelligence sigint
Signal officer-in-chief SO-in-C
Signed sd/-
Simulator sml
Situation sit
Situation map sitmap
Situation report sitrep
Small arms ammunition SAA
Smoke smk
Soldier sdr
Solution soln
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South south east SSE

South south west SSW
Spacial spac
Speak spk
Special spl
Special despatch rider SDR
Special army instruction SAI
Special army order SAO
Special army training memorandum/memoranda SATM
Special boat section SBS
Special compensatory allowance SCA
Special heliborne operations SHBO
Special list, search light or start line SL
Specific gravity sp gr
Speculative, speculation specu
Speed of advance / senior officer administration SOA
Squadron sqn
Staff duties SD
Stage, staged or staging stg
Standard, standardise, standardised or std
standardisation
Stand off jammer SOJ
Start time ST
Statement of case S of C
Station stn
Stationery sty
Statistics or statistical stats
Sten machine carbine SMC
Stenographer or steno typist steno
Stereoscope or stereoscopic stereo
Stock stk
Strategic, strategical or strategy strat
Strategic reconnaissance SR
Strength or seater str
Stretcher bearer SB
Sub calibre subcal
Submarine SM
Subscription or substantive subs
Subsidiary subdy
Succeed sucd
Summary court martial SCM
Summary general court martial SGCM
Summary of evidence S of E
Sunday Sun
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Superintendent supdt
Supervisor spvr
Supervision spvn
Supplement / supplementary spmt
Support, supported or supporting sp
Supply sup
Supply officer sup O
Supply point sup P
Supply railhead SRH
Supply refilling point SRP
Supply roadhead S rd H
Suppression of enemy air defence SEAD
Surface to air missile / surface to surface missile SAM / SSM
Surgery, surgeon or surgical surg
Surplus sur
Surveillance svl
Surveillance and target acquisition SATA
Survey svy
Surveyor svyr
Switch board swbd
Synchronous sync
Syndicate syn
Synthetic aperture radar SAR
System sys
Traveling allowance, technical assistant or territorial TA

army
Table of tools and equipment TOTE
Tablet tab
Tactic, tactics or tactical tac
Tactical air centre TAC
Tactical air control centre TACC
Tactical battle area TBA
Tactical headquarters Tac HQ
Tactical reconnaissance Tac R
Take off T/O
Taken on strength TOS
Tank tk
Tanker tkr
Target tgt
Task force TF
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Task unit TU
Technical or technician tech
Technical staff officer TSO
Technical superintendent tech supdt
Tele printer, transfer point, traffic post, teaching TP
practice or turning point
Temporary commission, traffic control or training TC
centre
Temporary duty or tutorial discussion TD
Tentacle tcl
Terrain trn
Terrorist(s) trt(s)
Time of dispatch or tour of duty TOD
Time of flight TOF
Time of origin TOO
Time of receipt TOR
Time on / over target TOT
Top secret topsec
Topographic, topographical or topography topo
Tour of duty or time of dispatch TOD
Track or tracked tr
Track while scan TWS
Tradesman or tradesmen tdn
Traffic tfc
Traffic control post TCP
Training trg
Transient radiation effect on electronics TREE
Transmission txn
Transmitter tr
Transport tpt
Transport group T gp
Transportation tn
Transported tptd
Transporter tptr
Trigonometry, trigonometric or trigonometrical trig
Troop tp
Troposcatter tropo
Unarmed airborne/aerial vehicle UAV

Unclassified unclas
Uncongenial climate and high altitude allowance UC & HA allce
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Under grnd UG
Under consideration or under carriage UC
Under mentioned u/m
Unexploded bomb(s) UXB
Unified Headquarters UHQ
Unit entitlement / unit equipment / unit establishment UE
Unit landing officer ULO
Unit local purchase order ULPO
Unit repair organization URO
Unit security officer USO
Unserviceable US
Update / updated upt
Updated super fladder maus USFM
Upholsterer upholst
Upper division clerk UDC
Uranium U
Utility helicopter UH
Utility helicopter flight UH flt
Uttam Yudh Seva Medal UYSM
Vacation / vacancy vac

Vanguard vangd
Vayu Sena Medal / vehicle mechanic VM
Vegetarian / vegetable veg
Vehicle veh
Vehicle waiting area VWA
Vertical / short take off and landing VTOL / STOL
Vertical envelopment VE
Veterinary vet
Veterinary officer VO
Village vill
Village defence committee VDC
Vir Chakra Vr C
Vishisht Seva Medal VSM
Visibility, visual, visible, visit or visiting vis
Visual display unit VDU
Visual signalling VS
Vital ground VG
Vocabulary vocab
Voice switch VS
Volume vol
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Vulnerable area or vital area VA

Vulnerable point or vital point VP
Wagon wgn
Wagon lines WL
War establishment or weapons and equipment WE
War like stores or work study WS
War wastage rate / war wastage reserve WWR
Warfare (used as a suffix) eg, AAW, ASW) W
Warrant or weight wt
Water point WP
Water proof, water proofed or water proofing wpf
Weapon wpn
Weapon and equipment or war establishment WE
Weapon release line WRL
Weapon training WT
Weapons of mass destruction WMD
Weather wx
Weather warning wx wg
Wednesday Wed
Weekly wkly
West of north west WNW
West of south east WSE
Wheel or wheeled wh
Wide area network WAN
Wide area search operations / winter air WASO
surveillance operations
Wind direction indicator WDI
Wing wg
Wireless local loop WLL
With effect from wef
With reference to wrt
Without w/o
Work(s) wk
Workshop wksp
Wounded in action WIA
Yard yd
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Year yr
Yearly yrly
Yudh Sena Medal YSM
Zone Z
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1. List of Contents (i) - (iv)

3. Definition and Uses 1

5. Use of Capital Letters in Abbreviations 2

SECTION 2 : RANKS, BRANCHES, ARMS AND SERVICES

6. Officer Ranks - Army 3

7. Officer Ranks - Navy 3

8. Officer Ranks - Air Force 4

9. Junior Commissioned Officers - Army 4

10. Other Ranks - Army 5

11. Other Ranks - Navy 6

12. Other Ranks - Air Force 7

13. Arms and Services - Army 7

14. Branches - Navy 17

15. Branches - Air Force 18

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SECTION 3 : COMMAND AND STAFF APPOINTMENTS

(a) Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Army) 19

(b) Command Headquarters 31

(c) Corps Headquarters 36

(d) Division and Area Headquarters 36

(e) Brigade, Sector and Sub Area Headquarters 38

(f) Military Stations 39

(a) Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Navy) 40

(c) Afloat Appointments 47

18. Air Force.

(a) Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Air 51

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SECTION 4 : FORMATIONS, ESTABLISHMENTS AND UNITS

(b) Corps, Divisions and Brigades 60

(c) Areas and Sub Areas 63

(d) Category A Establishments 63

(c) Ships and Aircraft 66

21. Air Force.

22. Inter Service Establishments 69

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SECTION 5 : HEADQUARTERS INTEGRATED DEFENCE STAFF

23. Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to Chairman Chiefs of 71

24. Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning 72

25. Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff (Operations) 74

26. Deputy Chief Integrated Defence Staff (Doctrine, 75

27. Director General Defence Intelligence Agency and Deputy 77

SECTION 6 : HEADQUARTERS ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR COMMAND

28. Commander-in-Chief Secretariat 80

29. Chief of Staff Secretariat 80

30. Operations Division 80

31. Technical Division 81

32. Logistics, Administrative and Personnel Division 82

SECTION 7 : COMMON USER ABBREVIATIONS

33. Alphabetical List of Common User Abbreviations 83

1. The aim of this publication is to :-

(a) Standardise the abbreviations to be used in inter-services

(b) Complement instructions contained in paragraph 54 of Section 2 of

2. In inter-service writing, abbreviations normally used pertain to ranks,

4. Proposals for amendments or additions to the text may be made to the

4. When abbreviations are used in the possessive, plural or collective sense, no

(a) JTCs and not JTC’s (Possessive).

(b) COs and not CO’s (Plural/Collective).

(c) AOsC-in-C (Plural/Collective).

(d) AOC-in-Cs (Possessive).

5. When corresponding with civilians, the use of service abbreviations should be