Terms and Abbreviations

africom Africa Command ait Advanced Individual Training amedd c&s Army Medical Department Center and School api active phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal ingredient arcic Army Capabilities Integration Center arl Army Research Laboratory asa (alt) Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition, Logistics and Technology) astmp Army Science and Technology Master Plan bar Browning Automatic ­Rifle bdu Battle Dress Uniform Bio-­mod Biologically Derived Medicines on Demand (darpa program) brics Biological Robustness in Complex Settings (darpa program) bto Biological Technologies Officedarpa ( ) c4isr Command, Control, Communications, Computers, - ligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance cbrn Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear cccrp Combat Casualty Care Research Program chppm Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine cia Central Intelligence Agency comfut Combatiente del Futuro (Spanish military, enhanced soldier system) crispr clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats cwm Chemical Warfare Material darpa Defense Advanced Research Projects­ Agency - d ­ix World War II German experimental military performance enhancement drug DoD Department of Defense dso Defense Sciences Officedarpa ( ) f2025b Force 2025 and Beyond (US Army) fcs F uture Combat System felin Fantassin à Équipements et Liaisons Intégrés (French military, enhanced soldier system) ffw F uture Force Warrior f-­insas Futuristic Infantry Soldier as System (Indian military, enhanced soldier system) fist F uture Integrated Soldier Technology (, enhanced soldier system) fob Forward Operating Base framr Feedback Regulated Automatic Molecular Release (darpa) gi Government Issue (US soldier) Gladius/IdK (German military, “­Future Sol- dier” system) Go Pills US military term for dextroamphetamines hpoe H uman Per­for­mance Optimization and Enhancement hd Human Dimension ied improvised explosive device iff Identification Friend or Foe imess Integrated and Modular Engagement System for the Swiss Soldier isis Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ivn In Vivo Nanoplatforms (darpa program) ivn:Dx In Vivo Diagnostics (darpa program) ivn:Tx In Vivo Therapeutics (darpa program) jbaids Joint Biological Agent Identification and Detection System lsd lysergic acid diethylamide lw Land Warrior mdb Multi-­Domain ­Battle mia missing in action mipoe medical intelligence preparation of the operational environment x | terms and abbreviations moab Massive Ordnance Air Bomb momrp Military Operational Medicine Research Program mootw Military Operations Other than War mos Military Occupational Specialty mpe military per­for­mance enhancement naafi Navy, Army, Air Force Institutes (United Kingdom) nato North Atlantic Treaty Organ­ization navmed Navy Medicine nbc nuclear, biological, chemical nco Noncommissioned Officer nhgri National ­Human Genome Research Institute No-­Go Pills US military term for sleep aids normans norwegian Modular Arctic Network Soldier (Norwegian military, enhanced soldier system) nsrdec US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, and Engineering Center npy neuropeptide Y nva Nationale Volksarmee (East German National ­People’s Army) ofw Objective Force Warrior pb pills pyridostigmine bromide Pervitin World War II German methamphetamine PoD Pharmacy on Demand (darpa program) ptsd post-traumatic stress disorder px Post Exchange Warrior (Rus­sian military, enhanced soldier program) rdecom Research, Development and Engineering Command (renamed in 2019 as Combat Capabilities Development Command) rma Revolution in Military Affairs rpg rocket-­propelled grenade rt-­psm real-­time physiological status monitor s&t science and technology sbct Brigade Combat Team socom Special Operations Command ss Schutzstaffel talos Tactical Assault Light Operator Suit tff Total Force Fitness tics/tims toxic industrial chemicals / toxic industrial materials

terms and abbreviations | xi tradoc Training and Doctrine Command trl technology readiness level ucmj Uniform Code of Military Justice (United States) usachppm United States Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine usamrd-­a US Army Medical Research Directorate-­Africa usamriid US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases usamrmc United States Army Medical Research and Materials Command usariem United States Army Research Institute for Environmental Medicine wrair Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

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