| Acronym | Meaning |
| PAWS | Phased Array Warning System - Progressive Animal Welfare Society |
| YMD | People's Democratic Republic Of Yemen (ISO 3166 Trigram |
| NY | Chichewa Language (ISO 639-1 Code) |
| CFC | ChloroFluoroCarbon |
| MNS | Mission Needs Statement |
| WMD | Weapon[s] Of Mass Destruction - World Movement For Democracy ? |
| GRID | Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (original Name Of AIDS) |
| MEU | U.S. Marine Expeditionary Unit - Maximum Expected Utility |
| DWG | Divisional Wargame (military Simulation) |
| SPST | Single-Pole Single-Throw |