Abbreviations and Acronyms

ACDA = Arms Control & Disarmament Agency
AFS&A or AFSA = Air Force Studies and Analysis
AFSC = Air Force Staff College
AU = The American University
CAA = US Army Concepts Analysis Agency or Center for Army Analysis [name change occurred in 1999]
CIA = Central Intelligence Agency
DIA = Defense Intelligence Agency
DNA = Defense Nuclear Agency
DCSOPS = Deputy Chief of Staff of Operations, US Army
F. Watts = Franklin Watts Publishers
IDA = Institute for Defense Analyses
JCS = Joint Cheifs of Staff
JPL = Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oak Ridge = Oak Ridge National Laboratories
OTEA = Operational Test Evaluation Agency, US Army
RAC = Research Analysis Corporation
RMDA = Records Management and Declassification Agency
Sandia = Sandia National Laboratories
Smithsonian = Smithsonian Institute
TRADOC = Training and Doctrine Command, US Army
USAF = United States Air Force
VVAF = Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation