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A             Nat'l Aux. Dept. of Marketing & Public Affairs  

ABC           America's Boating Course

ABYC          American Boat and Yacht Council

ADM           Admiral (USCG, USN, USPHS)

ADSO          Assistant District Staff Officer

AIDE          Aide to National Commodore/District Commodore

AIM           Academy Introduction Mission

AIS           Automatic Identification System

ALCOAST       All Coast Guard Message

AMOS          Auxiliary Mission Objectives System

ANSC          Auxiliary National Supply Center (Catalog)

AOR           Area of Responsibility

ARC           American Red Cross

ARCO          Area Rear Commodore

ASST          Assistant

ATON          Aids to Navigation

AUX           Coast Guard Auxiliary

AUX-AIR       Auxiliary Aviation

AuxACN        Auxiliary Advanced Coastal Navigation (Alternative name for AUXNAV)

AUXCEN        Auxiliary Center

AUXCOM        Auxiliary Communication Specialty Course

AUXDATA       Information data base effective March, 02

AUXFAC        Auxiliary Facility

AUXLAM        Auxiliary Leadership & Management Course

AUXLEA        Auxiliary Leadership Course

AUXMAN        Auxiliary Manual

AUXMIN        Auxiliary Administration Specialty Course (Obsolete. Credit if prev. earned)

AUXMIS        Auxiliary Management Information System, Now AUXDATA

AUXNAV        Auxiliary Navigation Specialty Course (Also called AuxACN)

AuxNet        CGAUX Radio Network (General Description)

AUXOP         Operational Auxiliarist Status (Passed 6 [formerly 7] Specialty Courses)

AUXPAL        Auxiliary Personnel Allowance List

AUXPAT        Auxiliary Patrols Specialty Course

AUXSAR        Auxiliary Search & Rescue Specialty Course

AUXSEA        Auxiliary Seamanship Specialty Course

AUXWEA        Auxiliary Weather Specialty Course

AWW           America's Waterway Watch (Previously "Operation Waterway Watch")

AX AUXOP      (designated in AUXMIS database)

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B             Designates the Nat'l Aux. Dept. of Boating

BA            Branch Assistant, National Staff

BC            Branch Chief, National Staff

BC-NCA        Conference Assistant, NACO Staff

BC-NCO        Conference Organization, NACO Staff

BC-NCP        Conference Planning, NACO Staff

BC-NCR        Conference Registration, NACO Staff

BC-NCS        Conference Support, NACO Staff

BCQ           Boat Crew Qualification

BED           Base Enrollment Date

BFOI          Boat Force Operations Insignia

BIA           Boating Industry Association

BIC           Basic Instructor Course (USCG)

BLA           Boating Law Administrator

BM            Boatswains Mate

BMOW          Boatswain's Mate of the Watch

BOAT/US       Boat Owners Association of the U. S.

BOCA          Boat Owners Council of America

BOSAF         Boating Safety Correspondence Course

BQ            Basically Qualified

BS&S          Boating Skills and Seamanship

BSAC          Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC)

BSC           Boating Safety Circular

BT            "Break" between message header and message content

BUI           Boating Under the Influence (of alcohol, etc.)

BYBB          Backyard Boat Builders

BZ            "Well Done" (Derivation unknown)

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CAMS          Communications Area Master Station

              (e.g., CAMSPAC: Communications Area Master Station Pacific, NMC, Pt. Reyes CA

CAP           Civil Air Patrol

CAPT          Captain (USCG, USN, USPHS)

CAVU          Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited (Aviation)

CC            Career Counselor (CG Auxiliary SO specialty designation - now obsolete)

CDR           Commander (USCG, USN, USPHS)

CEU           Continuing Education Unit

CFR           Code of Federal Regulations

CFVE          Commercial Fishing Vessel Examination

CFVS          Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety

CG            Coast Guard (United States Coast Guard)

CGA           United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA)

CGAUX         Coast Guard Auxiliary 

CGI           Coast Guard Institute, Oklahoma City, OK

CGMA          Coast Guard Mutual Assistance (formerly CG Welfare)

CHDIRAUX      Chief Director, Auxiliary (Headquarters)

CM            Communications Officer (CG Aux. SO specialty designation)

CMC           Merchant Marine Safety Counsel

CMC           Command Master Chief

CME           Courtesy Marine (or Motorboat) Examination (Now “VSC”)

CO            Commanding Officer

COMDT         Commandant of the Coast Guard

COMDTINST     Commandant Instruction

COMDTNOTE     Commandant Notice

COMDTPUB      Commandant Publication

COMO          Commodore

COS           Chief of Staff

CPO           Chief Petty Officer (USCG, USN)

CPT           Captain

CRC           Civil Rights Counselor

CS            Communications Services (CG Aux. SO specialty designation)

CWO           Chief Warrant Officer

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D-AA          Administrative Assistant to DCO

D-AD          Aide to the DCO

DBW           (California) Department of Boating and Waterways

DC            National Department Chief

DCS           District Chief of Staff

DCO           District Commodore

DCP           Division Captain

DDO           District Directorate Officer (sometimes District Directorate Commodore)

DEP           Deputy

DHS           Department of Homeland Security

DIRAUX        Director of Auxiliary (District or Region)

DIST          District

DIV           Division

DO            Defense Operations

DOD           Department of Defense

DOJ           Department of Justice

DOL           Department of Labor

DOT           Department of Transportation

DPG           District Planning Group

DSO           District Staff Officer

DVC           Division Chief (National Staff)

DVC-NC        Conference Coordination, NACO staff

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E             Designates the Nat'l Aux. Dept. of Education

ELT           Enforcement of Laws and Treaties

EMPLID        Employee Identification Number

ENS           Ensign (USCG, USN)

EPIRB         Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (Also see PEPIRB)

EXCOM         District Executive Committee

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FC            Flotilla Commander

FED           Flotilla Enrollment Date

FN            Finance Staff Officer (CG Aux. SO specialty designation)

FN            Fireman (Enlisted USCG, USN)

FM            Family Member (AUXMIS designation)

FMV           Fair Market Value

FOUO          For Official Use Only

FSO-          Flotilla Staff Officer– (followed by specialty designation)

FWPCA         Federal Water Pollution Control Act

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G-            Staff Symbol identifying the CG & offices within DOT

G-C           Commandant of the Coast Guard

G-CCS         Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard

G-CV          Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard

G-0           Assistant Commandant for Operations

G-PCX         Chief, Office of Auxiliary/Chief Director, Auxiliary

GIS           Global Information System

GMT           Greenwich Mean Time (See ZULU) (Also sometimes "GCT" "UT")

GPO           Government Printing Office

GS            General Service -- Federal employee pay level designation

GSA           General Services Administration

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HARPAT        Harbor Patrol (as a CGAUX function)

              (2001 Harbor Patrol Guide (HTML Format) 2002 Harbor Patrol Guide (WORD Format)

HF            High Frequency (Radio - 3 to 30 mhz)

HIN           Hull Identification Number

HLS           HomeLand Security

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I             Nat'l Aux. Dept. of Information & Communications Services

ICOMIA        International Council of Marine Industry Associations

ICS           Incident Command System

IP            Immediate Past Office (except National Commodore)

IQ            Initially Qualified Auxiliary Member

IS            Information Services (CG Aux. SO specialty designation)

ISC           Integrated Support Command

IT            Instructor

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JOOD          Junior Officer of the Deck/Day

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L             Designates the Nat'l Aux. Dept. of Legal Affairs

LCDR          Lieutenant Commander (USCG, USN, USPHS)

LE            Law Enforcement

LEPO          Law Enforcement Petty Officer

LM            Life Member

LM            CG Auxiliary Land Mobile Radio Station Facility

LO            Liaison Officer

LORSTA        Loran Station

LT            Lieutenant (USCG, USN, USPHS)

LTJG          Lieutenant (Junior Grade) (USCG, USN)

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M             Nat'l Aux. Dept. of Marine Safety & Environmental Protection (Also MSEP)

MA            Materials (CG Auxiliary SO specialty designation)

MARS          Military Affiliate Radio System

MARSEC        Maritime Security (MARSEC 1 is the "New Normalcy")

MCPO          Master Chief Petty Officer

MCPOCG        Master Chief Petty Officer Of The Coast Guard

MDA           Maritime Domain Awareness (also see OPR III) CGAUX MDA/OPR Mission

MDV           Marine Dealer Visitor (Obsolete. Now "PV") (CG Aux. SO specialty designation)

MEP           Marine Environmental Protections

MF            Medium Frequency (300 to 3000 khz)

MHLS          Maritime Homeland Security Strategy -- Three scalable Maritime

              Security postures for increased attention:

              MARSEC 1 New Normalcy;

              MARSEC 2-Heightened Risk; and MARSEC 3-Incident Imminent

MLB           Motor Lifeboat

MLC           Maintenance and Logistics Command

MI            Master Instructor

MOA           Memorandum of Agreement

MOU           Memorandum of Understanding

MR            Member Resources (old name for Personnel Services)

MS            Marine Safety (CG Auxiliary SO specialty designation)

MS            Member Services

MSC           Marine Safety Council

MSD           Marine Sanitation Device or Marine Safety Detachment

MSEP          Marine Safety & Environmental Protection (Also "M")

MSSEP         Marine Safety, Security & Environmental Protection

MSI           Marine Safety Insignia (Trident Device)

MST           Marine Science Technician (USCG PO Rating)

MSO           Marine Safety Office

MT            Member Training (CG Auxiliary SO specialty designation)

MTSA          Maritime Transportation Security Act

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N-A           Administrative Officer, NACO staff

N-AS          NACO Secretary

N-D           NACO Aide

N-S           Special Assignment, NACO staff

N-P           Special Projects Officer, NACO staff

NACO          National Commodore

NACOS         National Auxiliary Chief of Staff

NACON         National Auxiliary Conference

NADCO         National Directorate Commodore (appointed)  

NAPDIC        National Association of Past District Commodores

NAPM          National Area Planning Meeting 

NASBLA        National Association of State Boating Law Administrators

NATL          National

NAVCO         National Vice Commodore---

NBF           National Boating Federation

NBSAC         National Boating Safety Advisory Council

NBSS          National Boating Safety School

NDRS          National Distress and Response System (Being replaced by "Rescue 21")

NEXCOM        National Executive Committee

NFPA          National Fire Protection Association

NIPCO         Immediate Past National Commodore

NM            New Member

NOAA          National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

NOK           Next of Kin

NOS           National Ocean Survey (NOAA-Dept. of Commerce)

NRC           USCG National Response Center

NSBC          National Safe Boating Council

NSBW          National Safe Boating Week

NSC           National Safety Council

NTRAIN        National Training Conference

NTSB          National Transportation Safety Board

NWS           National Weather Service (NOAA - Dept. Of Commerce)

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O             Designates Nat'l Aux. Dept. of Operations

OBS           Office of Boating Safety (Coast Guard)

OSC           Outboard Boating Club

OCMI          Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection

OCS           Officer Candidate School

ODU           Operational Dress Uniform (Replacing Working Dress Blue)

OIA           Order Issuing Authority

OINC or OIC   Officer-in-Charge

OMS           Operations and Marine Safety

OOD           Officer of the Deck/Day

OP            Operations (CG Auxiliary SO specialty designation)

OPM           Operations Policy Manual (CGAUX)

OPFAC         Operational Facility

OPORD         Operation Order  

OPR           Operation Patriot Readiness (now in Phase III. See Also: MDA)

OPS           Operations, Operations Officer

OS            Operations Specialist (CG Petty Officer Rating -- Merger of RD and TC)

OWW           Operation Waterway Watch (Now "America's Waterway Watch")

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P             Designates Nat'l Aux. Dept. of Personnel

P             (before officer title acronym) Past Officer

PA            Public Affairs (CG Auxiliary SO specialty designation)

PAO           Public Affairs Officer

PATCOM        Patrol Commander

PCO           Paddle Craft Operator

PB            Publications (CG Auxiliary SO specialty designation)

PE            Public Education (CG Auxiliary SO specialty designation)

PEPIRB        Personal Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (Also see EPIRB)

PFD           Personal Flotation Device

PIW           People (Person) in Water

PO            Petty Officer (USCG, USN)

POB           People on Board (Formerly SOB - Souls on Board)

POC           Point of Contact

POD           Past Officer Device

POMS          Patrol Order Management System

PPE           Personal Protective Equipment

PQS           Performance Qualification Standard

PS            Personnel Services (Also Reserve Port Security Rate)

PV            Program Visitor (Previously "MDV") (Staff Officer designator)

PWC           Personal Water Craft

PWCS          Ports, Waterways, and Coastal Security

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QE            Qualification Examiner

QEC                     Qualification Examiner Coodinator (See http://www.division1.org/qec.html )

QM            Quartermaster (CG PO Rate now Combined with BM)

QMOW          Quartermaster of the Watch

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R&D           Research and Development

RADM          Rear Admiral (Upper Half) O-8

RBS           Recreational Boating Safety

RBSVP         Recreational Boating Safety Visitation Program

RCO           District Rear Commodore

RCC           Rescue Coordination Center

RDML          Rear Admiral (Lower Half) O-7 (Previously Commodore)

REP           Representative

RET           Retired

REWK          REcertification required for failure to attend required WorKshop

REYR          REcertification required for failure to meet Yearly Requirements

RMS           Readiness Management System

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SAMA          Standard Auxiliary Maintenance Allowance (for personal equipment used on

              ordered patrols)

SAR           Search and Rescue

SBLA          State Boating Law Administrator

SC            Specialty Course (One of six)

SCA           Small Craft Advisory (a NASBLA periodical)

SCPO          Senior Chief Petty Officer (USCG, USN)

SK            Storekeeper (USCG Petty Officer Rate)

SLO           State Liaison Officer

SN            Seaman (USCG, USN)

SO            Division Staff Officer

SOPA          Senior Officer Present Afloat

SR            Secretary/Records (CG Auxiliary SO specialty designation)

SR            Seaman Recruit (USCG, Navy)

STAN Team     Standardization Team

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T             Designates Nat'l Aux. Dept. of Training

TAD           Temporary Assignment to Duty (or Temporary Assigned Duty)

TARP          Targeted Augmenting and Recruiting Program

TC            Telecommunications Specialist (Obsolete - Merged into OS rating)

TCT           Team Coordination Training

TONO          Travel Order Number

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UDC           Uniform Distribution Center (Official CG source, purchase of Auxiliary uniforms

UNCLAS        Unclassified (immediately following BT after unclassified message header)

USA           United States Army

USAF          United States Air Force

USAFR         United States Air Force Reserve

USA-NG        United States Army - National Guard

USAR          United States Army Reserve

USC           United States Code

USCA          United States Code Annotated

USCG          United States Coast Guard (also CG)

USCGA         United States Coast Guard Academy

USCGAUX       United States Coast Guard Auxiliary

USCGR         United States Coast Guard Reserve

USMC          United States Marine Corps

USMCR         United States Marine Corps Reserve

USN           United States Navy

USNR          United States Navy Reserve

USPHS         United States Public Health Service

USPS          United States Power Squadrons

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V             Designates Nat'l Aux. Dept. of Vessel Examination

VADM          Vice Admiral (USCG, USN)

VCO           District Vice Commodore

VCP           Division Vice Captain

VE            Vessel Examiner (CG Auxiliary SO specialty designation)

VE            Vessel Examination (See VSC)

VFC           Vice Flotilla Commander

VFR/IFR       Visual Flight Rules/Instrument Flight Rules

VHF           Very High Frequency (30 to 300 mhz)

VMC           Visual Meteorological Conditions (See VFR)

VSC           Vessel Safety Check (formerly CME: Courtesy Motorboat [Marine] Examination)

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WAGB          Icebreaker Class Coast Guard Cutter

WHEC          High Endurance Coast Guard Cutter

WLB           Buoy Tender Class Coast Guard Cutter

WMEC          Medium Endurance Cutter

WMS           Waterway Management Security

WPB           Patrol Boat Class Coast Guard Cutter

WS            Watchstander

WW            (See AWW)

WWWDWOA?      what would we do without acronyms?

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XO        Executive Officer

XPO       Executive Petty Officer

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YIC       You're in Command (CG/CGAUX Boating Safety Program)

YN        Yeoman

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ZKJ2          "Closing down radio g