f you can't figure out those military terms, acronyms and abbreviations then this page is for you. We've tried to list as many of those pesky things as possible but if you find one you don't see on this page then send us an email and we'll update this page with the answer.

Click on a letter of the alphabet to begin your search.

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A
Admin - Administration
AdminO - Administration Officer
Adj - Adjutant - a cadet parade position not a rank
AC - Air cadet

B
Bush Ex - Bush exercise - Survival Training (not always in the bush)

C
Capt - Captain
CO - Commanding Officer
CPL - Corporal - cadet rank
CI - Civilian Instructor
CHAP - Cadet Harassment and Abuse Prevention program
CMDR - Commander
CATO - Cadet Administrative and Training Orders

D
DND - Department of National Defense
Dress - the clothing type worn by cadets - such as full, civilian, summer, ceremonial and combat. Full dress is the complete uniform.

E
ETA - Estimated time of arrival

F
FSgt - Flight Sergeant - cadet NCO rank
Flt - Flight

G
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time - the Greenwich meridian is the accepted time reference.
Our local time is 8 hours after GMT except during daylight savings time.

H
HQ - headquarters
Hrs - hours - as in 1400hrs or 2pm

I
2IC - second in command
IMP - Individual Meal Packet - full meal in a bag, main portion is a boil-in-the bag entree. These are usually quite good meals.

J

K

L
LT - Lieutenant
2LT - Second Lieutenant
LHQ - Local headquarters - or local cadet offices
LAC - Leading Air Cadet - a cadet rank

M
MRO - Monthly Routine Orders

N
NLT - No later than
NCO - Non-Commissioned Officer - cadets ie: Sgt; FSgt; WOII; WOI

O
OCdt - Officer Cadet - lowest ranking officer
OIC - Officer in Command - refers to officer responsible for an event

P
Pra - prairie - as in Prairie Region
PRCI's - Prairie Region Cadet Instructions

Q

R
RO - Range Officer
RSO - Range Safety Officer

S
Sgt - Sergeant - cadet NCO rank
SupO - Supply Officer
SWO - Squadron Warrant Officer - a parade position not a rank

T
2IC - second in command

U

V

W
WO1 - Warrant officer first Class - top cadet NCO rank
WO2 - Warrant Officer Second Class - NCO rank below WO1

X

Y

Z
Zulu Time - another name for Greenwich Mean Time - GMT