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#62491 - 03/21/06 03:37 PM acronyms
JIM Offline
Old Hand

Registered: 03/18/06
Posts: 1032
Loc: The Netherlands
PSK: Personal Survival Kit
FSK: Fire Starting Kit
FAK: First Aid KitSAK: Swiss Army KnifeEDC=Every Day Carry
BOB=BugOut or BailOut Bag
RSK=Ritter Survival Knife
SAR=Search And Rescue
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
Epirb: Electronic positioning indicating radio beacon
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
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
PSP - Pocket Survival Pak
RSK - Ritter survival knife
RSKM2 – Ritter Survival Knife w/ M2 High Speed Steel
RTG’S - Radioisotope thermal electric generators
SAME - Specific Area Message Encoding (NOAA EAS feature)
SCUBA - Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SAR - Search and rescue
SAS - Special air service

SRLB - Self Righting Life Boat






Are their more? Please let me know.
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#62492 - 03/21/06 03:45 PM Re: acronims
anotherinkling Offline
Member

Registered: 03/09/05
Posts: 109
Loc: Chicago
EDC=Every Day Carry
BOB=BugOut or BailOut Bag
RSK=Ritter Survival Knife
SAR=Search And Rescue

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#62493 - 03/21/06 03:48 PM Re: acronims
norad45 Offline
Veteran

Registered: 07/01/04
Posts: 1506

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#62494 - 03/21/06 06:02 PM Re: acronyms
MissouriExile Offline
dedicated member

Registered: 11/22/05
Posts: 125
Loc: SW Missouri / SE Wisconsin
SWMBO - She who must be obeyed


AIRSAVE - (USAF) (see also, PALS & MOLLE)
ALICE - Advanced Lightweight Carrying Equipment ( Military Packs )
AM - Amplitude Modulation
AOT - As Opposed To
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
BOB - Bug out bag
BTW - By the Way
EAS - Emergency Alert System
EMP - Electro-Magnetic Pulse
FM - Frequency Modulation
FRS - Family Radio Service
F2F - Face-to-Face
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
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
IME - In My Estimation
IMHO - In my humble opinion (also; In my honest Opinion)
IOW - In Other Words
IR - Infrared Radiation
IWB - In Waist Band (method of RSK carry on your person)
LBTOJ - Little brown truck of joy ( UPS)
LED - Light Emitting Diode
LM - Leatherman
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
OTF - Out the Front (Referring to auto opening knifes) (AOT: Side openers)
PALS - Pocket Attachment Ladder System (US Army) (also MOLLE)
PDF - Portable Document Format as in .PDF files in Adobe Acrobat
PITA - Pain in the A??
POV - Privately Owned Vehicle
PSK - Personal survival kit
PSP - Pocket Survival Pack
PST - Pocket Survival Tool
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
SHOT - Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show and Conference
SHTF - S… hits the Fan
SIFMS -Sugar I forgot my stuff (polite version)
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.
TANSTAAFL - There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch
TI - Titanium
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...?
WYSIWYG - What you see is what you get
YASKT - Yet Another Survival Kit Thread
YMMV - Your Mileage may vary
















Edited by MissouriExile (03/21/06 06:03 PM)

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#62495 - 03/21/06 09:20 PM Re: acronyms
ironraven Offline
Cranky Geek
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 09/08/05
Posts: 4642
Loc: Vermont
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