AIRSAVE - (USAF) (see also, PALS & MOLLE)
ALICE - All-Purpose Lightweight Carrying Equipment
AM - Amplitude Modulation
BOB - Bug out bag
BTW - By the Way
EAS - Emergency Alert System
EMP - Electro-Magnetic Pulse
FM - Frequency Modulation
FRS - Family Radio Service
CB - Citizens Band
CHP - California highway patrol
CPR - Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
CRKT - Columbia River Knife and Tool
CW - Continuous Wave (synonymous with radio Morse Code)
DIY - Do it Yourself
EBR - Energy bar wrapper (??)
EDC - Everyday carry
ETS - Equipped to survive
FAK - First aid kit
FUBAR - Fouled Up Beyond All Repair (polite form)
FWIW - For What it’s worth.
GMRS - General Mobile Radio Service
GPS - Global Positioning Satellite
Ham - Amateur radio operator (not really an acronym)
HF - High Frequency
HTH - Hope this helps
IIRC - If I recall Correctly
IMHO - In my humble opinion (also; In my honest Opinion)
LBTOJ - Little brown truck of joy ( UPS)
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LTS - Long Term Survival
MLB - Major League Baseball
MOLLE - Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment (USMC) (also PALS)
MRE - Meals Ready to Eat (Military Rations)
MURS - Multi-Use Radio Service
NHL - National Hockey League
N.O. - New Orleans
NOAA - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
OTOH - On the Other Hand
PALS - Pocket Attachment Ladder System (US Army) (also MOLLE)
POV - Privately Owned Vehicle
PSK - Personal survival kit
PSP - Pocket Survival Pak
POTUS - President of the United States
RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
ROFLMAOPMP - Rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off, peeing my pants
RSK - Ritter survival knife
RSKM2 – Ritter Survival Knife w/ M2 High Speed Steel
RTG’S - Radioisotope thermal electric generators
SAK - Swiss army knife
SAME - Specific Area Message Encoding (NOAA EAS feature)
SCUBA - Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SAR - Search and rescue
SAS - Special air service
SNAFU - Situation Normal All Fouled Up (polite form)
SRLB - Self Righting Life Boat
SW - Short-wave
TEOTWAWKI - The end of the world as we know it.
TSA - Transportation Security Administration
TSHTF - The Sh*t Hits The Fan
UAV - Urban assault vehicle
UHF - Ultra High Frequency
VHF - Very High Frequency
WRT - With Respect To
WTF - What the...?
YASKT - Yet Another Survival Kit Thread
YMMV - Your Mileage may vary

MLB=Major League Baseball (Might be another meaning)
YMMV=Your Mileage May Vary

Thanks, I will update my list.

What about

PAL
PSP
NOAA
MOLLE

Jon

PSP = Pocket Survival Pack
NOAA = can't remember the exact meaning, but it's the US's national weather service

PAL? It might be in reference to the current generation of military web gear, which is PALS/MOLLE. MOLLE is the Marine Corp version, but all the services were working on a new system to replace ALICE and CFP-90-era stuff. You might also see it called AIRSAVE, which is the USAF version. All the same thing, people just call it MOLLE becuase the Marines got it in the field first, and were really pushing it.

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
MOLLE - Modular Lightweight Load-Carrying Equipment

Dont forget about SNAFU, FUBAR and NHL...

AIRSAVE - (USAF) (see also, PALS & MOLLE)
BOB - Bug out bag
BTW - By the Way
CHP - California highway patrol
CPR - Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
CRKT - Columbia River Knife and Tool
DIY - Do it Yourself
EBR - Energy bar wrapper (??)
EDC - Everyday carry
ETS - Equipped to survive
FAK - First aid kit
FUBAR - Fouled Up Beyond All Repair (polite form)
FWIW - For What it’s worth.
GPS - Global Positioning Satellite
HTH - Hope this helps
IIRC - If I recall Correctly
IMHO - In my humble opinion (also; In my honest Opinion)
LBTOJ - Little brown truck of joy ( UPS)
LTS - Long Term Survival
MLB - Major League Baseball
MOLLE - Modular Lightweight Load-carrying Equipment (USMC) (also PALS)
MRE - Meals Ready to Eat (Military Rations)
NHL - National Hockey League
NOAA - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
OTHO - On the Other Hand
PALS - Pocket Attachment Ladder System (US Army) (also MOLLE)
PSK - Personal survival kit
PSP - Pocket Survival Pack
POTUS - President of the United States
RCMP - Royal Canadian Mounted Police
ROFLMAOPMP - Rolling on the floor, laughing my a** off, peeing my pants
RSK - Ritter survival knife
RSKM2 – Ritter Survival Knife w/ M2 High Speed Steel
RTG’S - Radioisotope thermal electric generators
SAK - Swiss army knife
SCUBA - Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SAR - Search and rescue
SAS - Special air service
SNAFU - Situation Normal All Fouled Up (polite form)
SRLB - Self Righting Life Boat
TEOTWAWKI - The end of the world as we know it.
TSA - Transportation Security Administration
TSHTF - The Sh*t Hits The Fan
UAV - Urban assault vehicle
WRT - With Respect To
WTF - What the...?
YASKT - Yet Another Survival Kit Thread
YMMV - Your Mileage may vary

oupssssss....
a little error :

OTOH..... instead of OTHO

ME- MissouriExile

As a suggestion, it might be easiest to follow this thread if you edit your original post as the master list.

Here are some suggested additions from acronyms I have seen on the forum:

ALICE- All-Purpose Lightweight Carrying Equipment
LED- Light Emitting Diode
N.O.- New Orleans
EMP- Electro-Magnetic Pulse
POV- Privately Owned Vehicle

Radio geek terms that may be seen in the forums:
HF- High Frequency
SW- Short-wave
VHF- Very High Frequency
UHF- Ultra High Frequency
AM- Amplitude Modulation
FM- Frequency Modulation
FRS- Family Radio Service
GMRS- General Mobile Radio Service
MURS- Multi-Use Radio Service
CB- Citizens Band
Ham- Amateur radio operator (not really an acronym)
CW- Continuous Wave (synonymous with radio Morse Code)
EAS- Emergency Alert System
SAME- Specific Area Message Encoding (NOAA EAS feature)

PM- pizzaman

Thanks;

Not aware I could do that. Also for the additional entries to my list. (Now Updated at the top)

IIRC, editing a post is only possible for a short period of time (24h ?)...

LM - Leatherman
TI - titanium
PST - pocket survival tool

Scott

Thanks for the additions. I have updated my list and will update the forum when needed. (I can no longer edit my Post)

How about we prevail upon Chris to make a new post, as a sticky, and edit it as new acronyms are built up so we have a one-stop resource? Either that or make a specific page for this.

TANSTAAFL There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.

But when all else fails Acronym Finder

Thank you!!!! I'm new to this forum and was bewildered by all the acronyms.

As a newbie, I'm also confused by the clipped equipment descriptions..as in, I always carry a G3 MT blah blah blah - is it a knife? a device? a can of corn?

Thanks to everyone who shares products with working URLs - I'm browsing a lot of cool stuff and vendor websites I didn't know existed.

Ok with me. How does one Prevail upon Chris?

I have been updating a word document with all new items provided by post. Will be happy to send a copy to any who ask. (could also make it a PDF). (Portable Document Format as in .PDF files in Adobe Acrobat)
Thanks to those that have contributed to the list and to everyone for a forum that has been key to setting up my EDC.

Wot about
OMAIOF-Ow my ass is on fire
SIFMS-Sugar I forgot my stuff(polite version)
NATO-North Atlantic Treaty Organization

IANAL - I am not a lawyer
LE - Law Enforcement
LEO - Law Enforcement Officer

PTBs The Powers That Be