| AOR | area of responsibility | |
| C4ISR | command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | |
| CAOCL | Center for Advanced Operational Culture and Learning | |
| CG | commanding general | |
| CLIC | company-level intelligence cell | |
| CLOC | company-level operations cell | |
| CM | collection management | |
| COA | course of action | |
| COIN | counterinsurgency | |
| CSE | cognitive systems engineering | |
| CTA | cognitive task analysis | |
| DARPA | Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency | |
| DDR&E | Director of Defense Research and Engineering | |
| DFT | data-frame theory | |
| DOD | Department of Defense | |
| DTCS | Distributed Tactical Communications System | |
| ECO | enhanced company operations | |
| EEG | electroencephalography | |
| EMO | enhanced Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations |
| FITE | Future Immersive Training Environment | |
| fMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging | |
| FMV | full-motion video | |
| GAO | Government Accountability Office | |
| HB | heuristics and biases | |
| HCI | human-computer interface | |
| HSCB | human socio-cultural behavior | |
| IED | improvised explosive device | |
| IIT | Infantry Immersion Trainer | |
| IMEF | I Marine Expeditionary Force | |
| ISAF | International Security Assistance Force | |
| ISR | intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | |
| JCTD | Joint Capability Technology Demonstration | |
| LOE | Limited Objective Experiment | |
| MAGTF | Marine Air-Ground Task Force | |
| MCCDC | Marine Corps Combat Development Command | |
| MCDP | Marine Corps Doctrinal Publication | |
| MCWL | Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory | |
| MTT | Mobile Training Team | |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | |
| NCO | noncommissioned officer | |
| NDM | naturalistic decision making | |
| NIPRnet | Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network | |
| NRC | National Research Council | |
| NSB | Naval Studies Board | |
| ONR | Office of Naval Research | |
| OR | operations research | |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense | |
| PDA | personal digital assistant | |
| R&D | research and development | |
| RE | resilience engineering | |
| ROE | rules of engagement | |
| RPD | recognition-primed decision making |
| SA | situational awareness | |
| SAT | Systems Approach to Training | |
| SC MAGTF | Security Cooperation Marine Air-Ground Task Force | |
| SEU | subjective expected utility | |
| SIPRnet | Secret Internet Protocol Router Network | |
| TDA | tactical decision aid | |
| TECOM | Training and Education Command | |
| TIGR | Tactical Ground Reporting | |
| TTPs | tactics, techniques, and procedures | |
| UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle | |
| USMC | U.S. Marine Corps |