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Ranks

[table] [tr][td]Pte[/td][td] [/td][td]Private[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]OS[/td][td] [/td][td]Ordinary Seaman[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td][/td][td] [/td][td][/td][/tr] [tr][td]Gnr[/td][td] [/td][td] Gunner (Pte in the Artillery)[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]AB[/td][td] [/td][td]Able Seaman[/td] [td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]Spr[/td][td] [/td][td]Sapper (Pte in the Cbt Engr)[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]Cpl[/td][td] [/td][td]Corporal[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]LS[/td][td] [/td][td]Leading Seaman[/td] [td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]Bdr[/td][td] [/td][td]Bombardier (Cpl in the Artillery)[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]MCpl[/td][td] [/td][td]Master Corporal[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]MS[/td][td] [/td][td]Master Seaman[/td] [td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]MBdr[/td][td] [/td][td]Master Bombardier (MCpl in the Artillery)[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Sgt[/td][td] [/td][td]Sergeant[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]PO 2[/td][td] [/td][td]Petty Officer 2nd class[/td] [td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td][/td][td] [/td][td][/td] [/tr] [tr][td]WO[/td][td] [/td][td]Warrant Officer[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]PO 1[/td][td] [/td][td]Petty Officer 1st class[/td] [td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr] [tr][td]MWO[/td][td] [/td][td]Master Warrant Officer[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]CPO 2[/td][td] [/td][td]Chief Petty Officer 2nd class [/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][/tr] [tr][td]CWO[/td][td] [/td][td]Chief Warrant Officer[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]CPO 1[/td][td] [/td][td]Chief Petty Officer 1st class[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td] [/td][td][/td][/tr] 

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[table] [tr][td]OCdt[/td][td] [/td][td]Officer Cadet[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]NCdt [/td][td] [/td][td]Naval Cadet[/td][/tr] [tr][td]2Lt[/td][td] [/td][td]Second Lieutenant[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]A/SLt[/td][td] [/td][td]Acting Sub-Lieutenant[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Lt[/td][td] [/td][td]Lieutenant[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]SLt[/td][td] [/td][td] Sub-Lieutenant[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Capt[/td][td] [/td][td]Captain[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]Lt(N)[/td][td] [/td][td]Lieutenant (Navy)[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Maj [/td][td] [/td][td]Major[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]LCdr [/td][td] [/td][td]Lieutenant Commander[/td][/tr] [tr][td]LCol [/td][td] [/td][td]Lieutenant Colonel[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]Cdr [/td][td] [/td][td]Commander[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Col[/td][td] [/td][td]Colonel[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]Capt(N)[/td][td] [/td][td]Captain (Navy)[/td][/tr] [tr][td]BGen[/td][td] [/td][td]Brigadier General[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]Cmdre[/td][td] [/td][td]Commodore[/td][/tr] [tr][td]MGen[/td][td] [/td][td]Major General[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]RAdm[/td][td] [/td][td]Rear-Admiral[/td][/tr] [tr][td]LGen[/td][td] [/td][td]Lieutenant General[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]VAdm[/td][td] [/td][td]Vice-Admiral[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Gen [/td][td] [/td][td]General[/td][td] [/td][td]-[/td][td] [/td][td]Adm[/td][td] [/td][td]Admiral[/td][/tr] [/table]

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  • 2IC Second-in-Command
  • 404s DND 404 (Military Driver's License)


  • ADM Assistant Deputy Minister
  • Adm Administration
  • AFC Armed Forces Council
  • ATI Access to Information Act
  • AVGP Armoured Vehicle General Purpose (Grizzly, Cougar and Bison)


  • BC Battery Commander
  • Bde Brigade
  • BF Bring Forward (placed on a document with date the Clerk is to bring it back from the files)
  • BFA Blank Firing Attachment
  • BG Battle Group
  • BK Battery Captain
  • BMQ Basic Military Qualification
  • Bn Battalion
  • BOR Battalion Orderly Room
  • BOS Battalion Orderly Sergeant
  • BPSO Base Personnel Selection Office
  • BQMS Battery Quartermaster Sergeant
  • BSM Battery Sergeant Major
  • Bty Battery
  • C&P Counselling and Probation
  • CADPAT Canadian Disruptive Pattern
  • CANFORGEN Canadian Forces General Order
  • CAR Canadian Airborne Regiment
  • CAS Chief of the Air Staff
  • CBG Canadian Brigade Group
  • CDS Chief of the Defence Staff
  • CEF Canadian Expeditionary Force (1914-1919)
  • CF Canadian Forces
  • CF 98 Canadian Forces form #98 - Report on Injuries
  • CFAO Canadian Forces Administrative Order
  • CFCSC Canadian Forces Command and Staff College (located in Toronto)
  • CFHA Canadian Forces Housing Agency
  • CFNIS Canadian Forces National Investigation Service
  • CFP Canadian Forces Publication
  • CFPAS Canadian Forces Personnel Appraisal System
  • CFR Commissioning From the Ranks
  • CFRC Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre
  • CFRETS Canadian Forces Recruiting, Education and Training System
  • CFSD Canadian Forces Supply Depot
  • CFSEME Canadian Forces School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
  • CFTO Canadian Forces Technical Order
  • CHAP Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention
  • CHRC Canadian Human Rights Commission
  • CIC Cadet Instructor Cadre
  • CLFCSC Canadian Land Force Command and Staff College (located in Kingston)
  • CLS Chief of the Land Staff
  • CMBG Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group
  • CO Commanding Officer
  • COA Course of Action
  • COS Change of Strength
  • COS Chief of Staff
  • COS Company Orderly Sergeany
  • Coy Company
  • CP Command Post
  • CQMS Company Quartermaster Sergeant
  • CRB Career Review Board
  • CSIS Canadian Security and Intelligence Service
  • CSM Company Sergeant Major
  • CT Component Transfer
  • CTP Course Training Plan
  • CTS Clothe The Soldier
  • DAOD Defence Administrative Order and Directive
  • DCDS Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff
  • DCO Deputy Commanding Officer
  • DCOS Deputy Chief of Staff
  • DDH Destroyer, Helicopter carrying
  • DEO Direct Entry Officer
  • DEU Distinctive Environmental Uniform
  • DGMC Director General (Military Careers)
  • DGPA Director General (Public Affairs)
  • DGRC Director General (Reserves and Cadets)
  • DGSP Director General (Strategic Planning)
  • DHH Directorate of History and Heritage
  • DI Daily Inspection (vehicle)
  • DIN Defence Information Network
  • DISO Defence Information Services Organization
  • DM Deputy Minister
  • DND Department of National Defence
  • DO Duty Officer
  • DP Development Period
  • DPM Deputy Provost Marshal
  • DRET Directorate of Recruiting, Education and Training
  • DSM Drill Sergeant Major
  • DVA Department of Veteran Affairs
  • ED & T Exempt From Drill and Training
  • EIS Equipment Issue Scale
  • ELOC Essential Level of Capability
  • EO Enabling Objective
  • F & E Furniture and Effects
  • FFH Frigate, Helicopter equipped
  • FHP Force Health Protection
  • Fin Financial
  • Fin O Financial Officer
  • FOA Field Operations Allowance
  • FOO Forward Observation Officer
  • HHT House Hunting Trip
  • HLVW Heavy Logistics Vehicle Wheeled
  • HMCS Her Majesty's Canadian Ship
  • HQ Headquarters
  • HR Human Resources (ie... HR (Mil)- Military, HR (Civ)- Civiliian
  • IAW In Accordance With (reference)
  • IE Intermediate Engagement
  • ISCC Infantry Section Commander's Course
  • ISTAR Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance
  • JAG Judge Advocate General
  • JFHQ Joint Force Headquarters
  • JTF2 Joint Task Force 2


  • LEME Land Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
  • LFA Land Force Area
  • LFAA Land Force Atlantic Area
  • LFC Land Force Command
  • LFCA Land Force Central Area
  • LFDTS Land Forces Doctrine and Training System
  • LFRR Land Force Reserve Restructure
  • LFWA Land Force Western Area
  • LOAC Law of Armed Conflict
  • LP Listening Post
  • LSVW Light Support Vehicle Wheeled
  • MARCOM Maritime Command
  • MCC Military Career Counsellor
  • MCDV Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel
  • MFRC Military Family Resource Centre
  • MIO Maritime Interdiction Operations
  • MIR Medical Inspection Room
  • MLOC Minimum Level of Capability
  • MLVW Medium Logistics Vehicle Wheeled
  • MND Minister of National Defence
  • MOC Military Occupation Code
  • MOU Memorandum of Understanding
  • MP Military Police
  • MPCC Military Police Complaints Commission
  • MPI Mean Point of Impact
  • MSE Mobile Support Equipment
  • MTAP Military Training Assistance Program
  • NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • NCO/NCM Non-Commissioned Officers/Non-Commissioned Members
  • NDA National Defence Act
  • NDHQ National Defence Headquarters
  • NDOC National Defence Operations Centre
  • NEO New Entry Officer
  • NES Non-Effective Strength
  • NGO Non Governmental Organization
  • NIS National Investigation Service
  • NIS National Investigation Service
  • NJTP National Joint Training Plan
  • NPF Non Public Funds
  • NSSC National Security Studies Course
  • OGS Officer General Specifications
  • OP Observation Post
  • Op Operation
  • OPDP Officer Professional Development Program
  • OPI Office of Primary Interest
  • OPME Officer Professional Military Education
  • OPV Offshore Patrol Vessel
  • Ops O Operations Officer
  • OR Orderly Room
  • P & A Pay and Allowances
  • P Res Primary Reserve
  • PA Put Away (as instructed to a Clerk in a minute to file a document)
  • PD Professional Development
  • PDC Professional Development Council
  • PER Personnel Evaluation Report
  • pl Platoon
  • PLD Post Living Differential
  • PLQ Primary Leadership Qualification
  • PMed Preventive Medicine (NOTE IT IS NOT PreMed or PrevMed!!!!)
  • PMQ Permanent Married Quarters
  • PO Performance Objective
  • PRB Performance Review Board
  • PSA Personnel Support Agency
  • PSO Personnel Selection Officer
  • QL Qualification Level
  • QM Quartermaster
  • QMSI Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor
  • QOL Quality of Life
  • QOLPMO Quality of Life Project Management Office
  • QOLSRB Quality of Life Senior Review Board
  • QR&O Queen's Regulations and Orders
  • R & Q Rations and Quarters
  • RETP Reserve Entry Training Program
  • RIIP Reserve Integrated Information Project
  • RMC Royal Military College
  • ROE Rules of Engagement
  • ROTP Regular Officer Training Plan
  • RSM Regimental Sergeant Major
  • RSO Range Safety Officer
  • RSS Reg F Support Staff
  • RTU Returned To Unit
  • RV Rendezvous point on patrol
  • RW Recorded Warning
  • SAV Staff Assistance Visit
  • SCONDVA Standing Committee on National Defence and Veterans Affairs
  • SCRR Special Commission on the Restructuring of the Reserves
  • SFOR Stabilization Force
  • SHARP Standard for Harassment and Racism Prevention
  • SIU Special Investigation Unit
  • SIV Staff Inspection Visits
  • Sp Support
  • Spr Sapper
  • SQ Soldier Qualification
  • SQFT Secteur du Québec de la Force terrestre
  • TD Temporary Duty
  • TL Trade Level (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TL 2, TL 3 ...)
  • TOS Terms of Service
  • TP Training Plan
  • TQ Trade Qualification (obsolete term for course training levels, ex. TQ 2, TQ 3 ...)
  • Trg Training
  • Trg O Training Officer
  • UMS Unit Medical Section
  • VAC Veterans Affairs Canada
  • VCDS Vice Chief of the Defence Staff
  • VFS Verification of Former Service
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