| 1st LT | First Lieutenant |
| 2d LT | Second Lieutenant |
| AAD | Advanced Academic Degree |
| AB | Airman Basic |
| AC | Active Component |
| ACA | Airman’s Comprehensive Assessment |
| ACE | Aerospace Connections in Education |
| ACE | Aviation, Character and Education |
| ADSC | Active Duty Service Commitment |
| AERA | American Educational Research Association |
| AETC | Air Education and Training Command |
| AF | Air Force |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFCENT | Air Forces Central Command |
| AFCFM | Air Force Career Field Manager |
| AFCOOL | Air Force Credentialing Opportunities On Line |
| AFHRL | Air Force Human Research Laboratory |
| AFI | Air Force Instruction |
| AFIT | Air Force Institute of Technology |
| AFJROTC | Air Force Junior ROTC |
| AFMA | Air Force Manpower Analysis Agency |
| AFMAN | Air Force Manual |
| AFOMS | Air Force Occupational Management Squadron |
| AFOQT | Air Force Officer Qualifying Test |
| AFPC | Air Force Personnel Center |
| AFQT | Armed Force Qualification Test |
| AFRL | Air Force Research Laboratory |
| AFROTC | Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps |
| AFRS | Air Force Recruiting Service |
| AFSB | Air Force Studies Board |
| AFSC | Air Force Specialty Code |
| AFSOC | Air Force Special Operations Command |
| AFSVA | Air Force Services Agency |
| AFWIC | Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability |
| AF/A1 | USAF Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services |
| AF/A1P | Director of Military Force Management Policy |
| AF/A1PT | Air Force Personnel Research, Accession and Training Management Division |
| AF/WIN | Air Force Work Interest Navigator |
| AI | Aptitude Index |
| AIM | Assignment Interactive Module |
| APA | American Psychological Association |
| ARC | Air Reserve Component |
| ASVAB | Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery |
| A1 | Airman First Class |
| BLS | Bureau of Labor Statistics |
| BMT | Basic Military Training |
| BOHSI | Board on Human-Systems Integration |
| CAP | Civil Air Patrol |
| Capt. | Captain |
| CAT | Computer Adaptive Test |
| CBO | Congressional Budget Office |
| CCAF | Community College of the Air Force |
| CDC | Career Development Course |
| CFETP | Career Field Education and Training Plan |
| CLD | Causal Loop Diagrams |
| CMSgt | Chief Master Sergeant |
| Col. | Colonel |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus Disease 2019 |
| CPI | Continuous Process Improvement |
| CRS | Congressional Research Service |
| CSAF | Chief of Staff of the Air Force |
| DACMPT | Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing |
| DBASSE | Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education |
| DCAPES | Deliberate and Crisis Action Planning Execution Segments |
| DE | Developmental Education |
| DEOMI | Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute |
| DHS | Department of Homeland Security |
| DL | Distance Learning |
| DLAB | Defense Language Aptitude Battery |
| DMDC | Defense Manpower Data Center |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DOPMA | Defense Officer Personnel Management Act |
| EDPT | Electronic Data Processing Test |
| EFDP | Enlisted Forced Distribution Panel |
| EPR | Enlisted Performance Report |
| EQUAL | Enlisted Quarterly Assignments List |
| EWI | Education with Industry |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| FFRDC | Federally Funded Research and Development Center |
| FS | Force Support |
| FSS | Force Support Squadron |
| FY | Fiscal Year |
| GED | General Educational Development |
| GTEP | Guaranteed Training Enlistment Program |
| HCM | Human Capital Management |
| HR | Human Resources |
| HRIS | Human Resource Information Systems |
| HumRRO | Human Resources Research Organization |
| IFSOC | Initial Force Support Officer Course |
| ISC | Interservice Separation Codes |
| IT | Information Technology |
| JAMRS | Joint Advertising Market Research and Studies |
| JPME | Joint Professional Military Education |
| KSA | Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities |
| KSAO | Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics |
| KSB | Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviors |
| Lt. Col. | Lieutenant Colonel |
| MAGE | Mechanical, Administrative, General, and Electronics |
| Maj. | Major |
| MAPWG | Manpower Accessions Policy Working Group |
| MEPCOM | U.S. Military Entrance Processing Command |
| MEPS | Military Entrance Processing Station |
| MFA | Major Command Functional Advisors |
| MLDC | Military Leadership Diversity Commission |
| MSgt | Master Sergeant |
| NASEM | National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
| NCME | National Council on Measurement in Education |
| NCO | Non-commissioned Officer |
| NCOA | Non-Commissioned Officer Academy |
| NDS | National Defense Strategy |
| NRC | National Research Council |
| OEMA | Office of Economic and Manpower Analysis |
| OPA | Office of People Analytics |
| OPR | Officer Performance Report |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| OTS | Officer Training School |
| PAF | Project Air Force |
| PAST | Physical Ability and Stamina Test |
| PCSM | Pilot Candidate Selection Method |
| PERSCO | Personnel in Support of Contingency Operations |
| PhD | Doctor of Philosophy |
| PME | Professional Military Education |
| PULHES | Physical ability: physical condition, upper extremities, low extremities, hearing, eyes, and psychiatric |
| QTP | Qualification Training Package |
| Res | In-Residence |
| ROTC | Reserve Officer Training Corps |
| SAF/MR | Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs |
| SARC | Sexual Assault Response Coordinator |
| SAT | Standard Aptitude Test |
| SD | System Dynamics |
| SEJPME | Senior Enlisted Joint Professional Military Education |
| SIOP | Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology |
| SMSgt | Senior Master Sergeant |
| SNCOA | Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Academy |
| SPEED | Special Experience Exchange Duties |
| SPTY | Specialty Training |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Medicine |
| TAPAS | Tailored Adaptive Personality Assessment System |
| TBAS | Test of Basic Aviation Skills |
| TDY | Temporary Duty |
| TRNG | Training |
| TSgt | Technical Sergeant |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USAFA | United States Air Force Academy |
| USAFR | United States Air Force Reserves |
| USAFRS | United States Recruiting Service |
| USAFR/ANG | United States Air Force Reserve/Air National Guard |
| U.S. | United States |
| U.S.C. | United States Code |
| USD P&R | Office of the Under Secretary of Defense, Personnel & Readiness |
| WAPS | Weighted Airman Promotion System |
| WWII | World War II |
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