Acronyms
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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 7 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.
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
R
RO - Range Officer
RSO - Range Safety Officer
RCAC - Royal Canadian Air Cadets
S
Sgt - Sergeant - cadet NCO rank
SupO - Supply Officer
SWO - Squadron Warrant Officer - a parade position not a rank
W
WO1 - Warrant officer first Class - top cadet NCO rank
WO2 - Warrant Officer Second Class - NCO rank below WO1
Since 24 September 1941
