| ACDA | Arms Control and Disarmament Agency | |
| ACIU | Arms Control Implementation Unit | |
| ACV | armored combat vehicle | |
| AIFV | armored infantry fighting vehicle | |
| AMC | Air Mobility Command | |
| APC | armored personnel carrier | |
| ATTU | Atlantic to the Urals | |
| BDU | battle dress uniform | |
| CAEST | conventional armaments and equipment subject to the treaty | |
| CBMs | confidence-building measures | |
| CFE Treaty | Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty | |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States | |
| CIVA | Centro Italiano de Verìfica de Armi | |
| CSBMs | confidence and security building measures | |
| CSCE | Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe | |
| CWC | Chemical Weapons Convention | |
| DLI | Defense Language Institute | |
| DoD | Department of Defense | |
| DPSS | designated permanent storage sites | |
| EIF | entry into force | |
| EO | European Operations | |
| EU | European Union | |
| EUCOM | European Command | |
| FAO | foreign area officer | |
| FSC | Forum for Security Cooperation | |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic | |
| GMT | Greenwich mean time | |
| GSFG | Group of Soviet Forces in Germany | |
| HLTF | High Level Task Force | |
| INF Treaty | Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces | |
| INMARSAT | International Maritime Satellite | |
| ISS | Inspection Support Staff | |
| JACIG | Joint Arms Control Implementation Group | |
| JCG | Joint Consultative Group | |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| LNO | liaison officer | |
| MAC | Military Airlift Command | |
| MBFR | Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions | |
| MD | Military District | |
| mm | millimeter | |
| NACC | North Atlantic Cooperation Council | |
| NAKI | National Agency for Control and Inspections | |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | |
| NCO | noncommissioned officer | |
| NRCC | Nuclear Risk Reduction Center | |
| NSC | National Security Council | |
| NSD 41 | National Security Directive 41 | |
| NTM | national technical means | |
| NTT | Nuclear Testing Treaties | |
| OOV | object of verification | |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe | |
| OSIA | On-Site Inspection Agency | |
| PACAF | Pacific Air Forces | |
| PNET | Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty | |
| POC | point of contact | |
| POE | point of entry | |
| POET | Protocol on Existing Types of Conventional Armaments and Equipment | |
| RAF | Royal Air Force | |
| RLVP | residual level validation period | |
| SAC | Strategic Air Command | |
| SHAPE | Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe | |
| SRF | Strategic Rocket Forces | |
| START | Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty | |
| TAMC | Theater Army Materiel Command | |
| TLE | treaty-limited equipment | |
| TTBT | Threshold Test Ban Treaty | |
| UFV | L'Unité Française de Vérification | |
| USA | U.S. Army | |
| USAF | U.S. Air Force | |
| USAFA | U.S. Air Force Academy | |
| USAFE | U.S. Air Forces in Europe | |
| USAREUR | U.S. Army Europe | |
| USARI | U.S. Army Russian Institute | |
| USCINCEUR | U.S. Commander in Chief, Europe | |
| USEUCOM | U.S. European Command | |
| USLANTCOM | U.S. Atlantic Command | |
| USMC | U.S. Marine Corps | |
| USMLM | U.S. Military Liaison Mission | |
| USN | U.S. Navy | |
| USNAVEUR | U.S. Navy Europe | |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | |
| UVB | L'Unité Belge de Vérification | |
| VCC | Verification Coordinating Committee | |
| VICS | Verification and Implementation Coordination Section | |
| WTO | Warsaw Treaty Organization | |
| ZVBW | Zentrum für Verifikationsaufgaben der Bundeswehr |