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List of initialisms, acronyms ("a word made from parts of the full name's words, pronounceable"), and other abbreviations used by the government and the military of the Philippines. Note that this list is intended to be specific to the Philippine government and military—other nations will have their own acronyms.
The DCS G-8 is responsible for integrating Army funding, fielding, and equipping actions with the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Joint, and Army Staff (ARSTAF) organizations and processes for the purpose of meeting current and future force requirements of the Joint Force.
This is a list of equipment used by the Philippine Army, the branch of the Armed Forces of the Philippines that specializes in ground warfare. The service has made use of its existing equipment to fulfill its mandate while modernization projects are underway.
Armed Forces of the Philippines: Type: Technical Services Reserve Technical Services: Role: Combat Support and Combat Service Support, SART and CSAR, Disaster Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, Civil-Military Operations and Civil-military Co-operations, K9 Unit, VIP Unit, CBRNE Unit, In addition the HHSSG also compose a 2 Squad Radio Handler ...
A A&TWF – Acquisition and technology work force a – Army AA – Assembly area AA – Anti-aircraft AA – Aegis ashore AAA – Anti-aircraft artillery "Triple A" AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle AAC – Army Air Corps AAD – Armored amphibious dozer AADC – Area air defense commander AAE – Army acquisition executive AAG – Anti-aircraft gun AAK – Appliqué armor kit (US ...
SAAS – Standard Army Ammunition System (U.S. Army) SAM – Surface-to-Air Missile; SAR – Search and Rescue (U.S. Coast Guard) SARS – Search and Rescue Swimmer; SARSS – Standard Army Retail Supply System (U.S. Army) SAS – Special Air Service (British special forces) SBS – Special Boat Service (British special forces)
About 2,500 troops served in a service or supply position, mainly quartermaster or medical units. The majority of the department's troops were stationed on Luzon . Total Strength: 22,532 (1,434 officers , 21,098 enlisted, including 11,937 Philippine Scouts ).
"Combat service support" as a classification was replaced by "sustainment" with the publication of FM 3–0, Operations in February 2008. [2] In the US Army Sustainment is defined as "the provision of logistics, personnel services, and health service support necessary to maintain operations until successful mission completion".