Defining and/or Avoiding Acronyms So Others Know What You're Talking About

Started by Moderator · Jul 29, 2023 · 6 replies

  1. M

    Moderator

    Jul 29, 2023 · 2y ago

    Original post

    Try this one on:

    #1

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    The (PEO USC) announced that the (RCIED) (JCREW) (I1B1) program has achieved full operational capability ahead of schedule.

    Maybe this makes some sense:

    #2

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    The Program Executive Office for Unmanned and Small Combatants (PEO USC) announced that the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (JCREW) Increment One Block One (I1B1) program has achieved full operational capability ahead of schedule.

  2. f

    formerfed

    Jul 29, 2023 · 2y ago

    The second one makes sense to me.  That scares me a little.  Maybe I’ve been doing this stuff too long.

  3. h

    here_2_help

    Jul 29, 2023 · 2y ago

    We have a rule where I work: if you use an acronym, you must be able to explain what it stands for if challenged.

    It's my rule. And I challenge people all the time.

  4. M

    Moderator

    Jul 30, 2023 · 2y ago

    The item is from the Navy site.  #2 is the way the Navy explained it in the first paragraph of the article which gives the reader some hope.  When the Navy wrote the heading of the article it used an abridged version that wasn't as bad as #1.  I thought the writer of the article did a decent job of explaining as well as he/she could.

    PEO is the only acronym that I recognized.

  5. f

    formerfed

    Jul 30, 2023 · 2y ago

    It’s difficult for anyone to understand #2.  What this is jamming enemy radio signals used to remotely detonate explosives

  6. M

    Moderator

    Jul 30, 2023 · 2y ago

    I don't know but I searched for Unmanned and Small Combatants and found this.  Check the Executive Director.

  7. C

    C Culham

    Jul 30, 2023 · 2y ago

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