| Acronym | Meaning |
| LWC | Liquid Water Content |
| LWR | Lower |
| LWT | Amphibious Warping Tug (landing Craft) |
| LZ | Landing Zone |
| M/S | Milestone |
| MA | Maintenance Action |
| MAC | Maintenance Allocation Chart |
| MAC | Maintenance Action Code |
| MAC | Mean Aerodynamic Center |
| MAC | Military Airlift Command |
| MAC | Months After Contract (award) |
| MAD | Magnetic Anomaly Detection (asw) |
| MAF | Maintenance Action Form |
| MAG | Magnetictmtmarine Air Group |
| MAG | Marine Air Group |
| MAGW | Maximum Alternate Gross Weight |
| MAINT | Maintenance |
| MALS | Marine Air Logistics Squadron |
| MALS | Medium-intensity Approach Light System |
| MAMDT | Mean Active Maintenance Downtime |
| MAN | Manual |
| MAOT | Maximum Allowable Operating Time |
| MARS | Mid-air Retrieval System |
| MARS | Multiple Artillery Rocket System |
| MASS | Model 901 Applications And System Software |
| MATCALS | Marine Air Traffic Control And Landing System |
| MATE | Mainframe Automatic Test Equipment |
| MATE | Multiband Automated Test Equipment |
| MAW | Medium Attack Wing |
| MAX | Maximum |
| MB | Marker Beacon |
| MB | Measurement Base |
| MB | Megabyte |
| MBIT | Maintenance Built-in Test |
| MBMF | Multi-beam Multi-frequency Feasibility Demo |
| MBTUMA | Mean Time Between Unscheduled Maintenance Actions |
| MC | Maintenance Control |
| MC | Military Characteristics |
| MC | Mission Capable |
| MC | Mission Computer |
| MCAF | Marine Corps Air Facility |
| MCAS | Marine Corps Air Station |
| MCAS(H) | Marine Corps Air Station (helicopter) |
| MCBF | Mean Cycles Between Failures |
| MCCR | Mission Critical Computer Resources |
| MCCS | Mission Critical Computer System |
| MCCT | Mission Control Operator Trnr (f14-15c3a) |
| MCL | Master Configuration List |
| MCM | Memory Controller Moduletmtmine Countermeasures |
| MCM | Mine Countermeasures Ship |