In the Military they use alot of acronims, why is this?

Answer 1

The same reason civilians do it.....brevity..... BOHICA

Answer 2

The use acronyms to to speed up communication that is verbale or written. If I had to write an after action report dealing with 'Man portable Air Defence System' I could instead just write down MANPADS for short. Its a lot easier and quicker. You quickly learn the importent acronims within your speciality at work and you begin to use them in regular dialogue as if they were words themselves.

Example:
In an Army Regulation (AR) you will always see the acronym spelled out first, then the acronim placed within (). Now when reffiring to ARs, I simple type just that.

The internet can be compared in the same way with people who use chart often using "LOL" and "BRB" as prime examples. To someone who never uses any form of chat, these words can be completly foreign to them, but when you are within that community they are as clear as day. The military operates in the function.

Answer 3

The use of acronyms is so that the Military can speed things up. When talking the use of acronyms helps in keeping it short and to the point. There are over 25,000 of them and on a good note it is fun when two personnel from the Military are out in public they can have fun confussing people.

Answer 4

Every profession has acronims, it just makes things shorter to write and say.

Answer 5

because it makes our work go alot faster. Instead of saying a full sentence we can get our point across with only a few letters. It's just a convenience thing for us. However most of the acronyms are not cross service. Instead of saying Squad Automatic Weapon, I can say SAW and most guys understand me. I can say Explosive Ordinance Disposal or I can say EOD.

Answer 6

Because the United States government uses a lot of acronyms.


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Answer 7

Easier than using the whole name of something. Try saying DARPA then say Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Which would use if everyone knew they were the same thing?

Answer 8

Helps with speed of transmitting data, and in war, speed can be a critical and under-appreciated commodity. It also helps keep the enemy from knowing what they're talking about.

Destroyer Group Atlantic Division 4

or

DestGruAtDiv4

Say it a few times, you'll notice it saves you time. (and yes, i made that one up)

Answer 9

Its just simply easier at times, and makes it easier for recruits, students and newcomers to remember important information pertaining to their job in the military.

Answer 10

Speed in transmission and writing messages.
Why use 5 words when you can use 5 letters?

Answer 11

because if you tried to write out "the Flt/CC popped the C2S2 suspense on that SNCOs EPR" it would take up twice as much space as without the acronyms.