Acronyms
Below are Acronyms and Definitions we use at 205 Collishaw Squadron. For a complete list of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces Manual of Abbreviations view here. The dataset is a bilingual list of abbreviations in alphabetical order.
A
- AC – Air Cadet
- ACLC – Air Cadet League of Canada
- ACR – Annual Ceremonial Review
- Admin – Administration
- AdminO – Administration Officer
- Adj – Adjutant, a cadet parade position not a rank
- ALP – Advanced Leadership Program
A/TrgO – Assistant Training Officer
B
- BCPC – BC Provincial Committee
- BZ – Bravo Zulu is a Naval term meaning “well done”.
C
- CAF – Canadian Armed Forces
- CJCR – Cadet and Junior Canadian Rangers
- C1A, C2, C3, C3B, C5, C5C – Orders of Dress
- Canteen – Canteen cards may be purchased at the LHQ
- Capt – Captain
- CO – Commanding Officer
- Cpl – Corporal – cadet rank
- CI – Civilian Instructor
- CIC – Cadet Instructor Cadre
- CV – Civilian Volunteer
- CATO – Cadet Administrative and Training Order
- CD – Canadian Forces’ Decoration
D
- DND – Department of National Defense
- Dress – The clothing type worn by cadets – civilian, summer, ceremonial, combat and full dress is the complete uniform.
- DCO – Deputy Commanding Officer
E
- CJCR – Cadet and Junior Canadian Rangers
- C1A, C2, C3, C3B, C5, C5C – Orders of Dress
- Canteen – Canteen cards may be purchased at the LHQ office
- Capt – Captain
- CO – Commanding Officer
- Cpl – Corporal – cadet rank
- CI – Civilian Instructor
- CIC – Cadet Instructor Cadre
- CV – Civilian Volunteer
- CATO – Cadet Administrative and Training Orders
F
- FCpl – Flight Corporal – Cadet NCO rank
- FSgt – Flight Sergeant – Senior Cadet NCO rank
- Flt – Flight (refers to the parade groups of Band, Arrow, or Banshee)
- Flt Comd – Flight Commander – Cadet parade position (Not associated with individual rank)
- Flt Sgt – Flight Sergeant – Cadet parade position (Not associated with individual rank)
- FTX – Field Training Exercise
G
- GMT – Greenwich Mean Time
H
- HQ – headquarters
- Hrs – Hours – as in 1400hrs or 2pm
IJKL
- Lt – Lieutenant – officer rank
- 2Lt – Second Lieutenant – officer rank
- LHQ – Local Headquarters – Squadron office
- LAC – Leading Air Cadet – a cadet rank
M
- MRE – Meal Ready to Eat
- MRO – Monthly Routine Orders
N
- NLT – No Later Than
- NCO – Non-Commissioned Officer – cadets: Sgt; FSgt; WO2; WO1
O
- OCdt – Officer Cadet – lowest ranking officer
- OIC – Officer in Charge – refers to officer responsible for an event
- OPI – Office of Primary Importance – Sometimes used in place of OIC or OIC Ex
PQ
- PMV – Personal Motor Vehicle
- PO – Performance Objective
R
- RO – Range Officer
- RSO – Range Safety Officer
- RCAC – Royal Canadian Air Cadets
- RCACS – Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron
- RCSU(P) – Regional Cadet Support Unit (Pacific) – the Canadian Forces unit responsible for providing support to the Canadian Cadet Organizations in BC
S
- Sgt – Sergeant – cadet NCO rank
- Sqn Comd – Squadron Commander – cadet rank – the Senior most cadet in the squadron assigned to the top parade position
- SupO – Supply Officer
- SWO – Squadron Warrant Officer – a parade position not a rank
- 2IC – Second In Charge – usually associated with exercises or activities
TUVW
- TrgO – Training officer
- Wing – refers to 808 Thunderbird Wing (top floor of LHQ) – Royal Canadian Air Force Association Wing Sponsor
- WO1 – Warrant officer first Class – top cadet NCO rank
- WO2 – Warrant Officer Second Class – NCO rank below WO1
WXYZ
- Zulu Time – Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)