Acronym Guide
Make navigating documents related to the CAC and the Uniformed Services ID Card easier with this acronym guide. If you have further questions, contact us.
A
- ASD(HA)
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
- ASD(RA)
- Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs
C
- CAC
- Common Access Card
- CIF
- Central Issuance Facility
- CVS
- Contractor Verification System
D
- DAV
- Disabled American Veteran
- DEERS
- Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System
- DHRA
- Defense Human Resources Activity
- DMDC
- Defense Manpower Data Center
- DoD CIO
- DoD Chief Information Officer
- DoDD
- DoD Directive
- DoDI
- DoD Instruction
- DoDM
- DoD Manual
- DTM
- Directive-Type Memorandum
- DASD(MC&FP)
- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Military Community and Family Policy
E
- EDI-PI
- Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier
F
- FBI
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- FIPS
- Federal Information Processing Standards
M
- MSC
- Military Sealift Command
- MWR
- Military Morale, Welfare, and Recreation
N
- NACI
- National Agency Check with Inquiries
- NOAA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
O
- OCONUS
- Outside the Continental United States
P
- PDRL
- Permanent Disability Retired List
- PFPA
- Pentagon Force Protection Agency
- PII
- Personally Identifiable Information
- PIN
- Personal Identification Number
- PIP
- Personnel Identity Protection
- PIV
- Personal Identity Verification
- PKI
- Public Key Infrastructure
- PMP
- Privilege Management Program
- PSA
- Principal Staff Assistant
R
- RAPIDS
- Real-Time Automated Personnel Identification System
S
- SES
- Senior Executive Service
- SSN
- Social Security Number
T
- TA
- Trusted Agent
- TASM
- Trusted Agent Security Manager
- TASS
- Trusted Associate Sponsorship System
- TAMP
- Transitional Assistance and Management Program
- TDRL
- Temporary Disability Retired List
- THC
- Transitional Health Care
U
- USD(AT&L)
- Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics
- USD(P&R)
- Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness
- USD(I)
- Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
- USPHS
- U.S. Public Health Service