List of US Army acronyms

The U.S. Army, like any bureaucratic organization, produces its own acronyms, which often come to have meaning beyond their bare expansions.

Official acronyms include:

• AFV - armored fighting vehicle
• MRE - officially, Meal Ready to Eat; (also: Meal Rejected by Ethiopians)
• BDU - Battle Dress Uniform (also: Battle Dress Underwear)
• PMCS - Preventive Maintenance, Checks and Services

Slang acronyms include:

• BOHICA - Bend Over, Here It Comes Again
• DILLIGAFF - Does It Look Like I Give A Flying Fuck
• FIGMO - Fuck it, I've got my orders
• FUBAR - Fucked up beyond all recognition or Fucked up beyond all repair
• FUGAZI - Fucked Up, Got Ambushed, Zipped In
• FUMTU - (Things are) fucked up more than usual
• JANFU - Joint Army-Navy fuck-up
• RCH - Red Cunt Hair (unit of measure)
• REMF - Rear echelon mother fucker (i.e: a micromanaging, interfering back room commander)
• RTFM - Read the fucking manual
• RTFMA - Read the fucking manual again
• SNAFU - Situation normal, all fucked up
• SUSFU - Situation unchanged, still fucked up
• TARFU - Things are really fucked up
• WOFTAM - Waste of fucking time and money

See also: List of acronyms, List of government and military acronyms