| Term or Abbreviation | Definition or Description | Expansion |
| AAFES | Army and Air Force Exchange Service | |
| ACAP | Army Career Alumni Program | |
| ACC | Air Combat Command | |
| Accompanied Tour | Tour of duty with family members | |
| ACES | Army Continuing Education System | |
| ACS | Army Community Service | |
| ACS/FPC | Army Community Service/Family Program Coordinator | |
| ACTIVE ARMY | On active duty | |
| AD | Active Duty | |
| AD HOC | A committee called when needed | |
| ADAF | Active Duty Air Force | |
| ADAF | Active Duty Air Force | |
| ADJ | Adjutant | |
| ADSW | Active Duty for Special Work | |
| ADVANCED PAY | Payment before [duty performed] actually earned | |
| AER | Army Emergency Relief | |
| AETC | Air Education Training Command | |
| AF Family Advocacy Program Standards | Specific standards of practice that implement the DoD Family Advocacy Program Standards and the AF FAP. Air Force Standards set minimum requirements for program implementation. They offer a basis for evaluating the adequacy and effectiveness of FAP services. | |
| AF/SG | Air Force Surgeon General. The highest-ranking medical officer in the Air Force. | |
| AFA | Air Force Academy | |
| AFAP | Army Family Action Plan | |
| AFI | Air Force Instruction (formerly known as AFR, AF Regulation) | |
| AFLO | Army Family Liaison Office | |
| AFLO (See WBLO) | The Army Family Liaison Office (AFLO) acts as the honest broker for the Army family. It is a customer service organization dedicated to Army family well-being; serving as the Ombudsman, and communicating with the greater Army. (Has transformed into the Army Well-Being Liaison Office.) | |
| AFMC | Air Force Material Command. | |
| AFMOA/SGOF | Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Office of the Surgeon General | |
| AFN | Armed Forces Network | |
| AFOSI | Air Force Office of Special Investigation | |
| AFPC | Air Force Personnel Center | |
| AFRTS | American Forces Radio/TV Network | |
| AFSC | Air Force Specialty Code | |
| AFSF | Air Force Security Forces | |
| AFSPC | Air Force Space Command | |
| AFTB | Army Family Team Building | |
| AG | Adjutant General | |
| AGR | Active Guard and Reserve | |
| Aid and Attendance | See VA definition | |
| Air Force FAP Manager | An individual designated by the secretary of the AF to manage, monitor, and coordinate the FAP at the headquarters level. | |
| AIT | Advanced Individual Training | |
| ALERT | Emergency call to be ready | |
| ALLEGATION | A report claiming that maltreatment may have occurred | |
| ALLOTMENT | Designated payment by soldier or civilian employee to bank or individual | |
| ALLOWANCE | Pay and special compensation | |
| AMC | Army Materiel Command | |
| AMC | Air Mobility Command | |
| AMMO | Ammunition | |
| ANA | American Nurses' Association | |
| ANCOC | Advanced NCO Course | |
| ANG | Air National Guard | |
| ANONYMOUS REPORTER | The individual reporting suspected maltreatment chooses to be unidentified.(Note: Therefore, NO IDENTIFYING information on the reporter shall be annotated on an intake form or in the log.) | |
| AO | Area of operations | |
| APC | Armored personnel carrier | |
| APF | Appropriated funds | |
| APFT | Army Physical Fitness Test | |
| APO | Army post office | |
| AR | Army Reserve/Army Regulation/ Armor | |
| ARCOM | Army Reserve Command/
Army Commendation Medal | |
| Army Community Service | Provides family support services on installation for active duty members and retirees, civilian employees, and their families; Reserve Component members see Family Program Coordinator | |
| ARNG | Army National Guard | |
| ARPERCEN | Army Reserve Personnel Center | |
| ARTICLE 15 | Disciplinary action | |
| Article 15 disciplinary action defined | Specifically define the entire scope of this term...is it subjective to those in a higher position to play out oppressiveness? | |
| ASAP | As soon as possible | |
| ASSESSMENT | Application of diagnostic methods to evaluate, analyze critically, and judge definitively the nature, significance, status or merit, importance or size of a need, problem, or issue. A biopsychosocial clinical assessment is accomplished through interviews, questionnaires, and reliable collateral information | |
| AT | Annual Training | |
| ATC | Air target chart; Air Threat Conference; air traffic control; air transportable clinic (USAF)
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| AUSA | Association of the United States Army | |
| AVN | Aviation | |
| AWHONN | Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses | |
| AWOL | Absent With Out Leave | |
| BAH | Basic Allowance for Housing | |
| BAQ | Basic Allowance for Quarters | |
| BAS | Basic Allowance for Subsistence | |
| BC | Battery/Brigade/Battalion Commander | |
| BCT | Basic combat training | |
| BDE | Brigade | |
| BDU | Battle dress uniform | |
| BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SURVEY | A formal research tool developed by the Johnson Institute and used to assist in designing more effective health and wellness programs tailored to the needs of specific squadrons. | |
| birth certificate | certificate of birth | |
| BN | Battalion | |
| BNCOC | Basic NCO Course | |
| BOQ | Bachelors Officers' Quarters | |
| CAIB | Community Action Information Board. A committee at base level that looks at "people" needs and directs/recommends actions. Works for the installation commander (Formerly the FAIB) | |
| CAP | Child Abuse Potential Inventory, developed by Joel Milner, PhD and also referred to as "Milner Questionnaire" | |
| CAR | Chief of Army Reserve | |
| CARETAKER | Someone in a position of responsibility on a temporary basis for a child or other individual requiring supervision. | |
| CASCOM | Combined Arms Support Command | |
| CASE | One or more alleged or substantiated incidents of child or spouse maltreatment pertaining to the same victim. A maltreatment allegation, with reasonable suspicion that maltreatment occurred, concerning an individual that meets the eligibility for FAP involvement. | |
| CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM (CMT) | An installation level, multidisciplinary team tasked with the evaluation, case status determination, and management of cases of family maltreatment. Named Case Review Committee (CRC) in the DoD Standards (Complete title: Family Maltreatment Case Management Team) | |
| CASE MANAGER (CM) | The FAP staff member with primary responsibility for coordination of treatment and services provided to families from entry into and exit from the FAP system. | |
| CASE STUDY COMMITTEE (CSC) | A multidisciplinary team consisting of educators, medically-related service providers and parents who determine the eligibility of the student for special education and formulate an Individual Education Program (IEP) based upon the assessment of special needs conditions of school-aged children in public schools. | |
| casualty assistance office | veterans funneral sevices | |
| CDR | Commander | |
| CDS | Child Development Services | |
| CENTRAL REGISTRY | A central management information system maintained by each branch of the Service for identifying and recording information on incidents of child and spouse maltreatment. The Air Force Family Advocacy Central Registry is located at AFMOA/SGOF, Brooks AFB, TX. | |
| CG | Commanding General | |
| CGSC | Command and General Staff College | |
| CHAMPUS | CHAMPUS is a health benefits program that covers medical necessities only providing authorized in-patient and out-patient care from civilian sources on a cost-sharing basis. Retired military and dependents of active-duty, retired and deceased military are eligible. | |
| CHAMPUS/TRICARE (OR EQUIVALENT)/TRICARE (OR EQUIVALENT) | The third party medical insurance contractor covering services for military families currently utilized in a region. | |
| CHIEF, NGB | Chief, National Guard Bureau | |
| CHILD | An unmarried person under the age of 18 who is eligible for care through a DoD medical treatment program and for whom a parent, guardian, foster parent, caregiver, employee of a residential facility, or any staff person providing out-of-home care is legally responsible. The term "child" means a biological child, adopted child, stepchild, foster child, or ward. The term also includes an individual of any age who is incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical incapacity and for whom care in a military medical treatment program is authorized. | |
| CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICE (CPS) | A generic term to describe civilian social service agencies mandated by law with child protection responsibilities. | |
| CHILD SEXUAL MALTREATMENT RESPONSE TEAM (CSMRT) | An ad hoc committee that meets, at the call of the FAO, in response to an allegation of child sexual maltreatment. | |
| CID | Criminal Investigation Division | |
| CINC | Commander in Chief | |
| CLINICALLY-BASED PROGRAMS | Those programs that are intended to address and effect change for specific problems. Such programs are based on the accepted conceptual frameworks for understanding and treating psychological and psychosocial issues through behavioral, cognitive, systems, and/or psychodynamic approaches, or their offshoots. These programs are much less didactic than educationally based programs and provide deeper emotional experiences and understanding of the nature of abusive and violent behavior. | |
| CNGB | Chief, National Guard Bureau | |
| co | Company | |
| CO | Commanding officer | |
| COAD | Continuation on Active Duty | |
| COB | Close of business | |
| COLA | Cost of Living Allowance | |
| COLLABORATION | The procedure in which two or more professional's work together to serve a given client (individual, family, group, community, or population). The professionals may work relatively independent of one another but communicate and coordinate their respective efforts to avoid duplication of services, or they may work as members of a single helping team. | |
| command sponsorship | Army pays to move family to service members duty station | |
| COMMANDER (CC) | Commander, or designee. | |
| COMMUNITY | A network of informal relationships between people connected to each other by kinship, common interest and/or beliefs, geographic proximity, friendship, occupation, or giving and receiving services-or various combinations of these. The Air Force community includes all associated or identified with the Air Force while a base community is a segment of the Air Force community aligned with a specific location at a particular time. The unit community is a segment of the base community aligned with a specific unit and mission at a particular time. Communities often share a common history, memory, culture and norms. Dimensions of Community include its infrastructure, sociodemographic make-up, institutions, and social capacity. | |
| COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION | An intervention process to help individuals, groups, and collectives of people with common interests or from the same geographic areas to deal with social problems and to enhance social well-being through planned collective action. Methods include identifying problem areas, analyzing causes, formulating plans, developing strategies, and mobilizing necessary resources, identifying and recruiting community leaders, and encouraging interrelationships among them to facilitate their efforts. | |
| COMMUNITY RESILIENCE | The ability of a community to achieve better-than-expected outcomes in the face of adversity. Community cohesion and social capacity enhance resilience. Community cohesion involves individual identification with a sense of psychological connection to others in the community. Social capacity is a community's ability to bring members together and create a psychological sense of connection in order to develop resources and opportunities for meeting the individual and collective needs and goals of members. | |
| COMPUTER PROFICIENCY | Having the knowledge and skill to be able to carry out all assigned FAP duties in a timely manner on an automated system. | |
| CONTRACTING OFFICER'S REPRESENTATIVE (COR) | The person who is appointed in writing by the Contracting Officer to assist in the administration of contracts by monitoring daily activities of contractors or contractors' employees. This person is normally the FAO. The COR is a very important member of the contract administration team whose efforts are to obtain quality services under the contracts issued. | |
| CONUS | Continental United States | |
| CP | Commercial Plane; concurrent process
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| CPO | Civilian Personnel Office | |
| CPS | Child Protective Services. A generic term to describe civilian social services mandated by law with child protection responsibilities. May also be referred to as "Child Protection and Regulatory Services." | |
| CPX | Command Post Exercise | |
| CQ | Charge of quarters | |
| CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND CHECK | An investigation based on fingerprints and other identifying information obtained by a law enforcement officer and conducted through the Federal Bureau of Investigation-Identification Division (FBI-ID) of all States. An employee or prospective employee must list current and former residences on an employment application initiated through the personnel programs of the applicable Federal Agencies, as defined in Public Law 101-647 or through the personnel program of a given government contractor. All employees and DoD contract personnel involved in the provision of child care services to children who are under 18 years of age must undergo a criminal history background check. "Child care services" is defined as child protective services, social services, health and mental health care, child (day) care, education whether directly or indirectly involved in teaching, foster care, residential care, recreational or rehabilitative programs, and detentional, correctional, or treatment services. | |
| CS/C of S | Chief of Staff | |
| CSA | Chief of Staff, Army | |
| CSAR | Chief of Staff - Army NG | |
| CSMRT | Child Sexual Maltreatment Response Team. | |
| CY | Calendar year | |
| DA | Department of Army | |
| DAG | Deputy Adjutant General | |
| DCA | Director of Community | |
| DCII | Defense Clearance and Investigations Index. The central Department of Defense record of investigative files and adjudicative actions such as clearances and access determinations, revocations, and denials concerning military, civilian, and contract personnel. | |
| DDRP | Drug Demand Reduction Program | |
| DeCA | Defense Commissary Agency | |
| DEERS | Defense Eligibility Enrollment System A central system to identify those eligible to receive services in a military treatment facility. | |
| DEH | Director of Engineering & Housing | |
| DENTAC | United States Army Dental Activity | |
| DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES (DHS) | A generic term to describe civilian social service agencies with child protection responsibilities mandated by law. | |
| DEPLOYMENT | When a Soldier is called to duty somewhere other than the home station without his or her family members | |
| DEROS | Date of estimated return from overseas | |
| DFAS | Defense Finance Accounting System | |
| DI | Drill instructor | |
| DINING IN | Formal social gathering for soldiers only | |
| DINING OUT | Formal social gathering with spouses | |
| DIRECT DEPOSIT/SURE PAY | Soldier's or civilian employee's guaranteed check to bank | |
| DIRECT SERVICE | Identification, diagnosis, treatment, counseling, rehabilitation, follow-up, and other services given directly to maltreatment victims and offenders and their families. These services are determined locally by a multidisciplinary case management team established to assess incidents of alleged abuse, make substantiation determinations, and formulated and monitor intervention plans | |
| DIRECTIVE | DoD Order, Regulation, or Instruction of the Military Service, major command and/or claimant, or installation. | |
| DISCHARGE | Departure from active duty | |
| DITY MOVE | Self-movement of household goods | |
| DO | Duty officer | |
| DOB | Date of Birth | |
| DoD | Department of Defense | |
| DoD ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES | Those individuals who are authorized services in a Military Medical Treatment Facility IAW current guidelines for DEERS Eligibility. | |
| DoD FAMILY ADVOCACY COMMITTEE (DoD FAC) | A body of representatives from all military service Family Advocacy Programs (including the Coast Guard) and other designated members chaired by Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense/Force Management & Personnel (OASD/FM&P) or designee. | |
| DoD FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM MANAGER | The individual appointed by the Department of Defense to oversee all the military Services' Family Advocacy Programs. | |
| DoDD | Department of Defense Directive | |
| DoDDS | Department of Defense Dependent Schools, located in overseas areas. | |
| DoDEA | Department of Defense Education Agency. DoDEA operates schools for eligible military and civilian children, overseas and in some stateside locations. | |
| DODI | Department of Defense Instruction | |
| DOGTAGS | Identification tags worn by Soldiers | |
| DOIM | Director of Information Management | |
| DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | Typically refers to spousal abuse. Sometimes used to refer to in a broader context for abuse of children, older people, spouses, and others in the home, usually by other members of the family or other residents. The social problem in which one's property, health, or life are endangered or harmed as a result of the intentional behavior of another family member. | |
| DOR | Date of Rank | |
| DP | Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel | |
| DPCA | Director of Personnel and Community Activities | |
| DPP | Deferred Payment Plan | |
| DPW | Director of Public Works | |
| DRAGON SLAYER | A guide published by AFMOA/SGOF to assist social work officer's in coping with their daunting job in as practical, time-conscious and efficient manner as possible. | |
| DRESS BLUES | Informal attire with four-in-hand tie/formal attire with bow tie | |
| DRESS MESS | Formal attire; short jacket equivalent to "white tie and tails' | |
| Drill Pay | Pay that is received for weekend drills. | |
| DSM IV | Current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. | |
| DSN | Defense Switched Network (current term for Autovon) | |
| DUTY ASSIGNMENT | Job/place while on active duty | |
| EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES (EIS) | A multifaceted program mandated by Public Law 102.119 to identify and provide services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. Each state is mandated to have an Early Intervention Program. Military medical facilities are responsible for the program where there are DoDEA overseas or Section 6 schools in CONUS. Services are provided by EDIS clinics overseas. | |
| EDRE | Emergency Deployment Readiness Exercise | |
| EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL INTERVENTION SERVICES (EDIS) | Clinics overseas that are part of the MTF to provide Early Intervention and Medically Related Services (previously known as AFSEC). | |
| EDUCATIONALLY BASED-PROGRAM | Those programs whose intent is to convey information and awareness without focusing on individual or group dynamics. Such programs provide practice exercises to increase self-awareness, but are not aimed at developing psychological insights. | |
| EE | Emergency Essential | |
| EER/OER | Enlisted/Officer Evaluation Report | |
| EFM | Exceptional Family Member. A family member who has special physical, mental health, or educational needs. | |
| EFMP | Exceptional Family Member Program | |
| EFMP | Exceptional Family Member Program. AF program that identifies eligible DoD families with exceptional medical, mental health, or educational needs, assists those families in obtaining required services and verifies the availability of required services at the time of reassignment. | |
| EFMP RECORD | A folder containing EFMP forms, medical and educational information, and case management notes. | |
| EFMP SERVICE NEEDS | Categories of specialized treatment or intervention to address exceptional needs: General Medical Services (GMS), Medically-related Services (MRS), Special Educational Services (SES), and Early Intervention Services (EIS). Some individuals may require more than one type of service. | |
| EFMP SERVICE PLAN | A plan for the delivery of intervention services designed to treat or remediate the exceptional need and/or help the family in coping with it. Military and civilian services are utilized. | |
| EFMP TEAM | Exceptional Family Member Program Team. An ad hoc multidisciplinary team whose members serve as resources and consultants to the EFMP Officer. | |
| EFMPO | Exceptional Family Member Program Officer. A designated military officer, a clinical military social worker, where available, tasked with assessing and managing cases involving families with exceptional needs, and assisting in determination of assignment actions. | |
| ELIGIBILITY | Suitability to receive services in Military Medical Treatment facilities IAW current DEERS guidelines and AFI 41-115. | |
| EM | Enlisted Member | |
| EN | Enlisted | |
| EQUIVALENT COMMITTEE | A committee that serves the same purpose as another committee. | |
| ESGR | Employer support of the Guard and Reserve | |
| ESPRIT DE CORPS | Morale within unit or organization | |
| ETS | Expiration of Term of Service | |
| EXCEPTIONAL NEED | A medical, psychological, or educational condition of a chronic nature, which requires active management by a medical subspecialty, or a special education program.. A general rule of thumb for determining whether a condition constitutes an "exceptional need" should include the question; "Is there a need for special assignment consideration to assure availability of required medical, psychological, or educational services?" | |
| EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT (ENA) | The assessment performed to determine eligibility for EFMP services. | |
| EXTRAFAMILIAL CAREGIVER/POWER ROLE (DoD Non-Sanctioned) | This category is for extrafamilial caregivers where there are allegations of major physical injury, death due to maltreatment, or child sexual abuse AND the caregiver was not in a DoD sanctioned role or activity. Also included are extrafamilial offenders where there are allegations of child sexual abuse, the offender was in a position of power over the alleged victim, AND the offender was not in a DoD-sanctioned caregiver role or activity. Caregivers may be active duty members or their family members, retirees or their family members, or civilians. When there are allegations of minor physical injury, emotional maltreatment, and neglect where there is no serious injury, alleged victims and their families may receive services, but no record would be activated and no information about the incident would be reported to AFMOA Family Advocacy Division. | |
| FAC | Family Advocacy Committee. Oversees, develops, and manages the local policy of the Family Advocacy FMCMT and IDS. | |
| FACAT | Family Advocacy Command Assistance Team | |
| FADAP | Family Advocacy Data Automation Program | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY | Program that assists with child and spouse abuse problems | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY COMMITTEE (FAC) | The policy-making, coordinating, recommending, and overseeing body for the installation FAP, or equivalent committee. | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY NEEDS ASSESSMENT (FANA) | The process of identifying and evaluating persons, groups, and communities to determine their needs. This may include, but is not limited to, surveys, questionnaires, and interviews of relevant individuals, groups, helping agency experts, military members in particular geographic areas or military ranks, and military members on special assignment. | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY OFFICER (FAO) | A credentialed and privileged social worker designated to manage, monitor, and provide staff supervision of the Family Advocacy Program at the base level. | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM (FAP) | A program designed to address prevention, identification, clinical assessment, treatment, and follow-up evaluation for family maltreatment. In the Air Force the EFMP is a part of the FAP. | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM MANAGER (FAPM) | An individual designated by the Secretary of the Military Department to manage, monitor, and coordinate the Family Advocacy Program at the Service headquarters level. | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAM RECORD | A 6-part folder opened when REASONABLE SUSPISCION exists that a maltreatment incident has occurred | |
| FAMILY ADVOCACY STAFF TRAINING (FAST) COURSE | A joint-Service, multidisciplinary training course for entry level FAP staff conducted several times a year. The Army is Executive Agent and the course is conducted by the Academy of Health Sciences. Oversight responsibility rests with the DoD Family Advocacy Committee Training Subcommittee. | |
| FAMILY CARE PLAN | Written instructions for care of family members while sponsor is away from duty station (can include provisions for finances, wills, and guardianship | |
| FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME (FCCH) | Formerly referred to as family day care. A home day care business operated on DoD property, with oversight by the installation through the Child Development Center. | |
| family leave | time away from duty | |
| family locator | finding where family members are stationed | |
| FAMILY MALTREATMENT CASE MANAGEMENT TEAM (FMCMT) | A multidisciplinary team appointed by the FAC Chairperson to participate in the case management process. The team makes incident status determinations and key case management decisions on all referrals for alleged maltreatment. | |
| FAMILY MEMBER RELOCATION CLEARANCE | (Formerly known as DRC). The process of screening military family member's for needed medical services prior to overseas travel, and clearing EFMP families for overseas or CONUS travel. | |
| FAMILY PROGRAM COORDINATOR | Provides family support services to Reserve Component members and families; active duty members and civilian employees see Army Community Service | |
| FAMILY READINESS GROUP | Organization of family members, volunteers, and soldiers/civilian employees belonging to a unit or organization that together provide an avenue of mutual support and assistance and a network of communication among the family members, the chain of command, | |
| family student funds | funds,loans or student financials aid for wives | |
| FAMILY SUPPORT CENTER: (FSC) | An Air Force installation agency that offers a variety of support services for military families (e.g., financial counseling, life skills, relocation and transition assistance, Air Force Aid). | |
| FAMILY VIOLENCE | A generic term for all forms of intrafamilial maltreatment. | |
| FAMNET | (Formerly known as FAMINFO) The computerized program developed for use by Family Advocacy and Family Support Center staff to communicate important news from AFMOA/SGOF and MAJCOM Program Managers, and among installation FAPs. | |
| FAP | Family Advocacy Program | |
| FAP CLINICIANS | Clinical social workers who have been privileged through the medical facility to perform clinical work. | |
| FCP | Family Care Plan | |
| FDU | Full Dress Uniform | |
| FES | Family Environment Scale; one of the standardized instruments used in the assessment of FAP clients. | |
| FIELD DAY | Designated day for military displays | |
| FIELD GRADE | Majors, lieutenant colonels, and colonels | |
| finance and administration | divorce retirement benefits | |
| FLO | Family Liaison Office | |
| FM | Family Member/Field Manual | |
| FORMATION | Gathering of soldiers in a prescribed way | |
| FORSCOM | Forces Command | |
| fort carson housing | military housing | |
| FOUO | For Official Use Only | |
| FP | Family Program | |
| FPC | Family Program (Guard) | |
| FRG | Family Readiness Group | |
| FRL | Family Readiness Liaison | |
| FRO | Family Readiness Officer | |
| FROCK | Assume next higher grade without pay | |
| FRUIT SALAD | Ribbons and medals worn on uniform | |
| FSA | Family Separation Allowance | |
| FTX | Field Training Exercise | |
| FY | Fiscal Year | |
| FYI | For Your Information | |
| GARRISON | Post or community | |
| GEAR | Equipment used by soldiers or civilian employees | |
| GED | General Equivalency Diploma | |
| GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES (GMS) | Exceptional medical conditions that require active medical management by a subspecialty (not simple consultation). | |
| GI BILL | Education entitlement | |
| GI PARTY | Clean up duty | |
| GO | General Officer | |
| Go No-Go | The condition or state of operability of a component or system: "go," functioning properly; or "no-go," not functioning properly. Alternatively, a critical point at which a decision to proceed or not must be made. | |
| GRADE | Corresponds to pay level of soldier or civilian employee (e.g., E-3, 0-1, or GS-4) | |
| GREEN BERETS | Special Forces | |
| GS | General Schedule (Government civilian employee pay grades) | |
| GSA | General Services Administration | |
| GUARD MEMBER | Military member of the Army or Air National Guards | |
| GUEST HOUSE | Temporary living quarters | |
| GUIDON | Unit identification flag ("Flag that troops rallied 'round.") | |
| HARDSHIP TOUR | Unaccompanied tour of duty | |
| HASH MARKS | Stripes for enlisted members' time in service | |
| HAWC | Health and Wellness Center. | |
| HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY | Extra pay for duty in hostile area | |
| HHC/HHD | Headquarters & Headquarters Company/Detachment | |
| HIGH INTEREST CASE | A case of significant interest due to level of risk, high dangerousness/lethality potential, or political ramifications; or a case that resulted in death and/or multiple victims. | |
| HOMES | Home-based Opportunities Make Everyone Successful - A prevention program utilizing a team approach that provides services in the home to families at risk for maltreatment. The team is comprised of a FAN, FATM, and FAPA. | |
| HOR | Home of Record | |
| HOUSING OFFICE | Where you check in for housing | |
| HQ | Home of Record | |
| HRVRT | (High Risk For Violence Response Team) A multidisciplinary team established by the FAC to manage potentially dangerous situations involving FAP clients. (See Standard M-3). | |
| HSI | Health Services Inspection. The AF Medical Inspection Team (IG) from Kirtland AFB NM. Inspects and rates all AF medical treatment facilities to insure compliance with Air Force directives. Works jointly with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. | |
| IAW | An abbreviation that means "In accordance with " | |
| ID CARD | Identification card issued to legally recognized members of America's Army family | |
| IDS | Integrated Delivery System is a multidisciplinary team of helping professionals representing six matrixed base agencies, collaborating to provide seamless prevention and quality of life services to Air Force families and the community. | |
| IMPT | Innovation Model Prevention Team: A one-year demonstration program in which selected installation FAP's develop and implement an innovative project aimed at enhancing community resilience. | |
| IMS | Index of Marital Satisfaction. A paper and pencil inventory used to measure partners' perceptions regarding their marriage. | |
| INCIDENT | A single report of one or more alleged acts of child or spouse maltreatment that occurred in close proximity of time. An incident refers to one victim and may include more than one alleged offender. | |
| INCIDENT STATUS DETERMINATION REVIEW: ISDR | A process to review an incident status determination once certain requirements have been met. (See Standard M-11). | |
| INDIVIDUALIZED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM (IEP) | A written education service plan statement for a child with special educational needs developed by the Case Study Committee and implemented according to Public Law. | |
| INFORMED CONSENT | The granting of permission by the client to the social worker and agency or other professional person to use specific intervention, including diagnosis, treatment, follow-up, and research. This permission must be based on full disclosure of the facts needed to make the decision intelligently. Informed consent must be based on knowledge of the risks and alternatives. | |
| INSIGNIA | Indicates branch of soldiers | |
| installations | Hotels | |
| INTERDISCIPLINARY | Team intervention or collaboration on behalf of a specific client which involves different professions or disciplines. | |
| INTERSERVICE SUPPORT AGREEMENT (ISSA) | A Memorandum of Understanding with other Uniformed Services agencies. | |
| INTERVENTION | An action taken to promote change. Interventions may be preventive, or treatment, for safety or provide and represent all aspects of care. | |
| INTRAFAMILIAL | In child maltreatment cases, the offender is a parent, or has a blood or kinship relationship to the victim. In spouse maltreatment cases, the victim is married to the offender. This includes a marriage to an individual who is under 18 years of age. | |
| IRR | Inactive Ready Reserve | |
| JUDGE ADVOCATE | (JA) The Wing Commander's legal advisor who represents the government on legal matters. | |
| JUMP PAY | Extra pay for jump status | |
| JUMPMASTER | Person supervising paratroopers on a jump exercise | |
| JUNGLE BOOTS | Special boots for tropical climates | |
| JURISDICTION | Appropriate organization for management of maltreatment referrals IAW AFI-41-115 and AF FAP Standard A-11. | |
| JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER | An individual under the age of 18 who commits any act of sexual maltreatment while in a caretaker role or a position of power or influence over the victim. | |
| K-9 | Military police unit with working dogs | |
| KLICK | Slang for kilometer | |
| LATRINE | Toilet | |
| LEAVE | Approved time away from duty | |
| LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT | A service program designed to develop the abilities and competence needed by an individual to function successfully in society. (Examples: How to find and set up an apartment or house; how to establish and maintain a checking or bank account; how to budget.) | |
| LOCAL AGENCIES | Civilian agencies located in a geographic proximity to a military installation. These include community, county, state, and federal facilities or services, other than those available on the installation. | |
| locating troop | trying to find out if a troop is in Iraq | |
| LOCATION ALLOWANCE | Allowance received for PCS move | |
| LOGISTICS | Equipment and support needed for performance | |
| MACRO-SYSTEM INTERVENTION | Activities directed at affecting multi-person systems to reduce system risk factors and facilitate cohesion and culture changes that prevent negative outcomes. Examples include community organization activities, some types of political action, public education campaigning, changing cultural norms to value help-seeking behavior, or providing support and education to informal unit leaders which enhances informal unit networks. | |
| MAJCOM | Major Command | |
| MANDATORY MOBILITY | Civilian employee position that requires an employee to relocate | |
| maps for mannheim | maps of Germany | |
| Marriage | Marriage | |
| MCFAPM OR MAJCOM PROGRAM MANAGER | Major Command Family Advocacy Program Manager | |
| MEDEVAC | Medical evacuation | |
| MICRO-SYSTEM INTERVENTION | Activities with individuals, families and small groups that ameliorate deficits, increase knowledge and awareness, and enhance autonomy and decision-making. The typical focus is on direct intervention on a case-by-case basis or in a clinical setting. Examples include parenting classes and secondary prevention psychoeducational services based on assessment of the client/family. | |
| MOA | Memorandum of Agreement with a civilian agency to provide services to military beneficiaries. An agreement that defines areas of responsibility and agreement between two or more parties, normally to document the exchange of services and resources. | |
| MOTOR POOL | Area where official vehicles are kept | |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding. An umbrella agreement that defines areas of mutual understanding between two or more parties. | |
| MPF | Military Personnel Flight (replaces CBPO) | |
| MTF | Medical Treatment Facility | |
| MULTIDISCIPLINARY | Composed or made up from several specialized branches of learning, or disciplines, for the purpose of achieving a common goal. | |
| MWRS | : Morale, Welfare, Recreation and Services now called "Services". | |
| NATO | | |
| NEEDS ASSESSMENT | The process of identifying and evaluating persons, groups, and communities to determine their needs. This may include, but is not limited to, surveys, questionnaires, and interviews of relevant individuals, groups, helping agency experts, commanders, military members in particular geographic areas or military ranks, and military members on special assignment. | |
| NEGLECT | Failure to provide needed age-appropriate care. | |
| NEW PARENT SUPPORT PROGRAM (NPSP) | A home-based family maltreatment prevention program for families at risk with infants and toddlers managed by the assigned Family Advocacy Nurse. (See Standard P-10). | |
| NON APPROPRIATED FUNDS (NAF) | NAFs are Government funds but are separate and apart from funds that are recorded in the books of the US Treasury. They are not appropriated by the Congress. NAFs come primarily from the sale of goods and services to Department of Defense military and civilian personnel and their families. | |
| NRO - NO RECORD OPENED | A FAP record not opened due to lack of reasonable suspicion, ineligibility for FAP services, or jurisdictional ineligibility. Formally known as NRA or no record activated. | |
| OCONUS | Outside the Continental United States | |
| OFFENDER | Any person who causes the maltreatment of a child while in a caretaker role, or the maltreatment of their spouse, or whose act, or failure to act, substantially impaired the health or wellbeing of the victim. Exception exists in cases of child sexual maltreatment, when the alleged offender may not be in a caretaker role but was in a position of power over the victim. | |
| Official Photos | shows official photos for Army chain of commands, and has them available for download. | |
| ON-BASE AGENCIES | Any facility or service available on-base to assist military families, such as the Medical Treatment Facility, Chapel, Air Force Aid Society, Personal Affairs, Social Actions, Family Support Center, American Red Cross, the Child Development Center, Security Forces, and Air Force Office of Special Investigations. | |
| OPENED FAP RECORD | A FAP program record opened IAW FAP Standard M-4 | |
| ORDERLY ROOM | Company office | |
| ORDERS | Spoken or written instructions to Soldier | |
| organization to support the troops | support groups | |
| OUTREACH | To extend outward; to develop formal and informal networks that facilitate community cohesion and services. Includes neighborhood-based activities to bring services and information to people in their homes, at work and other usual environments. | |
| OUTREACH PREVENTION LOG (OPL) | Centralized tool used by the FAP prevention team to document primary and secondary prevention activities, community organization initiatives, prevention-focused task forces, working groups, team meetings, and annual training. | |
| PACAF | Pacific Air Force | |
| PHOTO OF THOSE IN THE SERVICE FROM MOMROE | PHOTOS OF THOSE FROM MONROE | |
| PHOTO OF THOSE IN THE SERVICE FROM MOMROE | NEED PHOTOS OF THOSES FROM MONROE | |
| PLATOON | Several squads within a company | |
| PLT | **** | |
| POLICE CALL | Clean up | |
| POSITION OF POWER | Person has power over another person due to physical size, age, threats with the ability to carry out a threat, etc. The position of power may occur in a single incident or be a feature of an ongoing relationship. | |
| POST EXCHANGE | Army department store | |
| POWER OF ATTORNEY | Legal document permitting a person to act on behalf of another | |
| PREVENTION | To avoid or inhibit negative outcomes through activities that increase education and awareness, build community cohesion and conducive culture changes, inoculate at-risk groups, and enhance autonomy or effective decision-making. Prevention includes establishing those conditions in society that enhance opportunities for individuals, families and communities to achieve positive fulfillment. | |
| PREVENTION ACTIVITY FOLDER | The prevention activity folder is NOT a medical record and is maintained IAW Standard P-13. Mechanism used to document secondary prevention services that require bio-psycho-social assessments and intervention plans tailored to the need of an at-risk family. | |
| PREVENTION SERVICES ACTION PLAN (PSAP) | A "blueprint" for a prevention activity which includes implementation procedures, goals and objectives, outlines, resources required, key contacts, and evaluation. | |
| PROTECTION | Offering a form of safeguarding the victim or potential victim from physical, emotional, and sexual maltreatment, or neglect. | |
| PROTECTIVE FACTORS | Elements that promote positive behavior, health, well-being and system success. Protective factors include positive social orientation, resilient temperament, positive community norms and laws, and the psychological sense of connection to one's community. | |
| PROTOCOL | Customs and courtesies | |
| PRP- PERSONAL RELIABILITY PROGRAM | Cases with sponsors on PRP must be case managed IAW AFI 36-2104. | |
| PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL | Programs and services, which involve both psychological and social skills information, delivered in a didactic or tutoring format. | |
| PSYCHOSOCIAL | Attending to both psychological and social dimensions when assessing or intervening with a client | |
| QUALITY MANAGEMENT (QM) | A generic term that refers to establishing, and enhancing quality of services and the processes used to provide them. May be referred to as CQI, QI, TQM. A process of monitoring and collecting data to improve program management. QM includes quality assurance (QA), continuous quality improvement (CQI or QI), and total quality management (TQM). | |
| QUARTERS | Government housing for married soldiers | |
| RANK | Official title of soldier (also, relative position within a military grade such as sergeant or captain) | |
| REASONABLE SUSPICION | Available information is sufficient to cause an objective individual to believe that maltreatment may have occurred by acts of commission or omission. | |
| RECANTATION | The victim of maltreatment (or any person professing to have observed the maltreatment) retracts or disavows his or her previous statement on the occurrence of the maltreatment. | |
| RECIDIVISM | A repeat incident of substantiated maltreatment by the same offender that occurs anytime after closure of a prior substantiated case. | |
| REFERRAL LOG | A mechanism(s) to track and record data pertaining to referrals made to FAP components (Maltreatment, EFMP, HOMES, and Nursing). | |
| REGRETS ONLY | Respond only if not attending | |
| RELATED INCIDENT | An incident in an open case with the same sponsor and a different victim, offender, or both. | |
| RE-OPENED CASE | A term no longer used to refer to any new allegation(s) occurring following case closure. These are now considered new incidents. | |
| requesting your les statement | les from previous months. | |
| RESERVE COMPONENT | Army and Air National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve (and equivalent in other Services) | |
| RESERVES | U.S. Army Reserve | |
| RESILIENCY | The ability of a system to recover, spring back, or return to previous circumstances after encountering problems or stresses. A factor to assess in planning micro-or macro-system interventions. | |
| Retirement while on active duty | retirement | |
| RETREAT | Bugle/flag ceremony at end of day | |
| reunion | soldiers returning home from Iraq | |
| RE-UP | Reenlist | |
| REVEILLE | Bugle call ceremony at beginning of day | |
| RISK | The potential for harm of the victim or potential victim of abuse; imminent, threatened or otherwise, without regard to whether maltreatment allegations are or can be substantiated. | |
| RISK ASSESSMENT | A clearly-defined process that uses interviews, observations, and evidence to develop an accurate, reliable, understanding (and written description) of whether or not the victim is safe and unlikely to be harmed by the offender(s) in the near future. The risk assessment cannot definitively predict behavior, but can reduce errors in judgment and may be studied over time to lend more accuracy to predictions. Risk assessment will identify strengths as well as problems and limitations. | |
| RISK FACTORS | Elements that increase the likelihood of an event or problem. Community risk factors can include availability of drugs, availability of firearms, community disorganization or low neighborhood attachment. | |
| ROSTER | List of members | |
| RUFFLES AND FLOURISHES | Musical honor for general officers and equivalent ranking officials | |
| SAF | Secretary of the Air Force. | |
| SECONDARY PREVENTION PROVIDERS | Any FAP staff providing prevention services, on a voluntary basis, to individuals, families, and groups with identified risk factors for family maltreatment. | |
| SENSITIVE DUTY PROGRAM | SDP documentation accomplished IAW AFI 36-2104. Includes PRP | |
| SEPARATION PAY | Pay for unaccompanied duty | |
| SEVERITY/RISK/COOPERATION CODES | Codes assigned IAW FAP Standard M-11. | |
| SG | Surgeon General | |
| SHARED SERVICE PLAN | A prevention plan developed jointly by the HOMES team and family to guide intervention(s). | |
| SHORT TIMER | Person with short time left to serve on active duty | |
| SHORT TOUR | Unaccompanied tour | |
| SICK CALL | Specific block of time for medical attention | |
| Silver Star | emblem for service members over seas | |
| SOFA | Status of Forces Agreement | |
| SPACE A | Space available | |
| SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES (SES) | Educational requirements outside the normal scope of "mainstream" classes that are strictly educational and which include personnel with specialized training or certification. | |
| SPONSOR | Person who is salaried by the Government | |
| SPOUSE | A married individual who is married and i.e., either (1) a service member, (2) employed by DoD and eligible for care through DoD medical treatment programs, or (3) a civilian who is eligible for care through DoD medical treatment programs because of marriage to a service member, or to an employee of DoD who is eligible for care through DoD medical treatment programs. This includes a married individual who is under 18 years of age. | |
| SQUAD | Smallest tactical unit in the Army | |
| SRP | The Soldier Readiness Processing | |
| St. Louis, Washington | Looking for army military base location in the State of Washington, Tacoma or Seattle. | |
| SUBSEQUENT INCIDENT | Another maltreatment incident has occurred to a victim by the same offender in an existing, open case | |
| SUBSISTENCE | Food allowance | |
| SUBSTANTIATED | Determination made by the FMCMT when a preponderance of information exists to support an allegation of family maltreatment. | |
| SURE PAY/DIRECT DEPOSIT | Soldier's or civilian employee's guaranteed check to bank | |
| TA50 | Field gear | |
| TAPS | Last call of the day | |
| TDY | Temporary Duty away from your home station | |
| TEAM | A group of people with a high degree of interdependence working toward the achievement of a shared/common goal. Different teams need different strategies to work effectively. | |
| TEAMWORK | Cooperative efforts by members of a group directed toward a common goal. Shared vision and mission, and clear roles and communication facilitate teamwork. | |
| UCMJ | Uniform Code of Military Justice | |
| UNIFORM CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE (UCMJ) | Uniform Code of Military Justice. Federal laws of conduct applicable to members of the military service. | |
| UNSUBSTANTIATED DID NOT OCCUR | Determination made by the FMCMT when information does not exist to support an allegation of maltreatment. | |
| UNSUBSTANTIATED-UNRESOLVED | Determination made by the FMCMT when information exists to support an allegation of maltreatment but the information is not sufficient to substantiate an incident. | |
| USAFE | United States Air Force Europe | |
| VICTIM | An individual who is the subject of maltreatment. | |
| VICTIM AND WITNESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (VWAP) | Applies in all cases in which criminal conduct adversely affects victims or in which witnesses provide information regarding criminal activity.4 | |
| VOLUNTEER | Personnel recruited, screened, trained, and supervised in accordance with Standard A-29. | |
| WBLO | Army Well-Being Liaison Office (WBLO) assists The Army Leadership with its constituent communities [Soldiers (Active, Guard and Reserve), Retirees, Veterans, Civilians and Family Members] to ensure the effective delivery of Well-Being programs by providing focused representation of constituent perspective through its core functions of liaison, outreach, feedback, evaluation , and advisement. | |
| well-being 101 briefing | introduction on well-being | |
| WWW.DOIM.MIL | DEPT OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT | |
| X-118 | Office of Personnel Management Handbook X-118; contains qualification standards for all civilian employee jobs | |
