| AIF | Automated Installation Intelligence File |
| AIRES | Advanced Imagery Requirements and Exploitation System |
| AOB | Air Order of Battle |
| ARCENT | Army Component, Central Command |
| ASARS | Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar System |
| ATF | Automation Task Force |
| ATO | Air Tasking Order |
| BDA | Battle Damage Assessments |
| BTG | Basic Target Graphics |
| BW | Biological Warfare |
| C3 | Command, Control, and Communications |
| CCF | Collection Coordination Facility |
| CHECKMATE | Air campaign planning group |
| CENTAF | Air Force Component, Central Command |
| CENTCOM | Central Command |
| CINCCENT | Commander in Chief, Central Command |
| CJCS | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| CONOPS | Concept of Operations |
| CPS | Collection Posture Statements |
| CPX | Command Post Exercise |
| CTC | Central Tasking Cell |
| CTU | Commander Task Unit |
| CW | Chemical Warfare |
| DATT | Defense Attache |
| DCS | Defense Courier Service |
| DIAC | Defense Intelligence Analysis Center |
| DIC | Defense Intelligence College |
| DID | Defense Intelligence Digest |
| DIM | Defense Intelligence Memorandum |
| DIO | Defense Intelligence Officer |
| DNA | Defense Nuclear Agency |
| DOCEX | Document Exploitation |
| DoD | Department of Defense |
| DoDJIC | DoD Joint Intelligence Center |
| DODIIS | DoD Intelligence Information System |
| DSA | Defense Special Assessment |
| DSNET3 | Defense Integrated Secure Network 3 ‹ TS/SCI level |
| E&E | Escape and Evasion |
| EEI | Essential Elements of Information |
| ELINT | Electronic Intelligence |
| EUCOM | European Command |
| FORSCOM | US Army Forces Command |
| FROG | Free Rocket Over Ground |
| FSTC | Foreign Science and Technology Center |
| GMI | General Military Intelligence |
| GOB | Ground Order of Battle |
| GREEN | Friendly forces |
| GRG | Gridded Reference Graphics |
| HET | Heavy Equipment Transport |
| HUMINT | Human Intelligence |
| I&W | Indications and Warning |
| IDB | Integrated Data Base |
| IMINT | Imagery Intelligence |
| INTSUM | Intelligence Summary |
| IR | Infrared |
| ITF | Iraqi Regional Intelligence Task Force |
| IZKUWG | Iraq/Kuwait Regional Working Group |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JIC | Joint Intelligence Center |
| JIPC | Joint Imagery Processing Center |
| JRC | Joint Reconnaissance Center |
| JSTARS | Joint Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance System |
| KTO | Kuwaiti Theater of Operations |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| MARCENT | Marine Corps Component, Central Command |
| MIB | Military Intelligence Board |
| MIDS | Military Intelligence Detachments |
| MINX | Multimedia Information Network Exchange |
| MISC | Missile and Space Intelligence Center |
| MSS | Military Situation Summary |
| MTI | Moving Target Indicator |
| NAVCENT | US Navy Component, Central Command |
| NDP | National Disclosure Policy |
| NIO | National Intelligence Officer |
| NMIC | National Military Intelligence Center |
| NMIST | National Military Intelligence Support Team |
| NOB | Naval Order of Battle |
| MNF | Multinational Force |
| OB | Order of Battle |
| OICC | Operational Intelligence Crisis Center |
| OPLAN | Operational Plan |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| OSP | Operational Support Package |
| PGWG | Persian Gulf Working Group |
| RGFC | Republican Guard Forces Command |
| SAC | Strategic Air Command |
| SCIF | Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility |
| SCUD | Soviet-made surface-to-surface missile |
| SIGINT | Signals Intelligence |
| SOCCENT | Special Operations Command, Central Command |
| SOCOM | Special Operations Command |
| SRBM | Short Range Ballistic Missile |
| SSSI | Senate Select Committee on Intelligence |
| TAC | US Tactical Air Command |
| TARPS | Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System |
| TEL | Transporter-Erector-Launcher |
| TELNET | Telecommunications Network |
| TM | Target Material |
| TSCR | Time Sensitive Collection Requirement |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| UN | United Nations |
| USAOG | US Army Operational Group |
| USDAO | US Defense Attache Office |
| WATCHCON | Watch Condition |
| WWIMS | Worldwide Warning and Indicator Monitoring System |