Military Acronyms and Abbreviations - Acronym Finder
H Symbol for the magnetic field of the propagated radio wave H2O Critical life-essential liquid, commonly known as water HA Humanitarian Assistance HAA Helicopter Alighting Area HAB (1) High Altitude Burst; (2) High Altitude Bombing; (3) High Air Burst; (4) Hardened Aircraft Bunker HAC (1) House Appropriations Committee; (2) Historical Area Coverage HACC Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Center HAE High-Altitude Endurance HAHO High-Altitude High-Opening HAIS Hawaiian Air Intelligence System HAL Helicopter Light Attack HALE High-Altitude Long-Endurance HALO High-Altitude Low-Opening HANE High-Altitude Nuclear Effects HANG Hawaii Air National Guard HARDLOOK Special Data Analysis Product of NAVSPACECOM/N24 HARDS High-Altitude Radiation Detection System HARM High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (AGM-88A) HARV Harassment Vehicle (Drone) HAS Hardened Aircraft Shelter HASC House Armed Services Committee HATS Heuristic Automated Transportation System HATMD High-Altitude Theater Missile Defense HAV (1) High Acceleration Vehicle; (2) Heavy Armored Vehicle (non-tactical) HAWS Hawaii Area Wideband System HAZCON Hazardous Condition HAZMAT Hazardous Materials HB High Burst HBWP Host-Based Word Processing HC HUMINT Committee HCA Humanitarian and Civic Assistance HCC HUMINT Contingency Cell HCF High Command of Forces HCI/DV/AEX Human-Computer Interface/Data Visualization/Automated Expansion HCR HUMINT Collection Requirement HCS Helicopter Combat/Search and Rescue HCU High Capacity Computer Unit HD Horizontal Ground Distance HDL Harry Diamond Laboratories HDM Hierarchical Development Methodology HDO Humanitarian Demining Operations HDX Half Duplex HX Half Duplex HE High Explosive HEAT High-Explosive AntiTank HEC Helicopter Element Coordinator HEDI High Endoatmospheric Defense Interceptor HEF Hostile Establishment File HEI High-Explosive Incendiary HEL High-Energy Laser HELIP HAWK European Limited Improvement Program HELRATS High Energy Laser Radar Acquisition & Tracking System HELSTF High-Energy Laser Systems Test Facility HELW High-Energy Laser Weapons HELWING Helicopter Wing HEMP High-Altitude Electromagnetic Pulse HEMT High-Electron-Mobility Transistor HEO (1) High-Earth-Orbit; (2) Highly Elliptical Orbit HEP High-Explosive Plastic HERO (1) Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation To Ordnance; (2) Historical Evaluation and Research Organization HERT Headquarters Emergency Relocation Team HES Hardcopy Exploitation Systems HESS Hangul English Support System HEST High-Explosive Simulation Technique HET Heavy Equipment Transporter HF (1) High Frequency; (2) Height Finder; (3) Hydrogen Fluoride HFE Human Factors Engineering HFA High-Frequency Antenna HF/DF High-Frequency Direction-Finding HFE Heavy-Fuel Engine HFEA Human Factors Engineering Assessment HFP Host Front-End Protocol HH Hand-Held HHC Headquarters and Headquarters Company HHD Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment HHS (1) Headquarters and Headquarter Services; (2) Hasty Hide Shelter HHW Higher High Water HIL High Interest List HI-PAR High-Performance Precision-Approach Radar HI-RES High-Resolution HIC High-Intensity Conflict HICOM High Command (CINCPACFLT Voice Network) HIDSS Helmet-Integrated Display & Sight System HIFAR High-Frequency Fixed-Array Radar HIMAD (1) High- to Medium-Altitude Defense; (2) High to Medium Altitude Adjustment HIMS HUMINT Information Management System HIP Howitzer Improvement Program HIRMS Human Intelligence Requirements Management System HIROCC Hawaiian Islands Regional Operational Control Center HIS (1) Honeywell Information System; (2) Hostile Intelligence Services HISP Hostile Intelligence Service Profiler System HIT High-Interest Track HITS (1) Human Intelligence Tasking System; (2) Hawaii Information Transfer System HJ HONEST JOHN (U.S. Surface-to-Surface Rocket) HL Hand-Launched HLA Helicopter Landing Areas HLA/DZ Helicopter Landing Area/Drop Zone HLA/DZS Helicopter Landing Area/Drop Zone Study HLLV Heavy-Lift Launch Vehicle HL-UAV Hand-Launched Unmanned Aerial Vehicle HLW Higher Low Water HLZ Helicopter Landing Zone HM Helicopter Mine Warfare HMC HUMINT Management Center HMCII Higher Military Command, Interior and Islands (Greece) HMF Handbook of Military Forces HMI (1) Host-Message Interface; (2) Human-Machine Interface HMMWV High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle HMS (1) Her Majesty’s Ship; (2) HUMINT Management System HMTV Head-Mounted Thermal Vision HN Host Nation HNAF Host Nation Armed Forces HNIS Host Nation Intelligence Support HNS Host Nation Support HNSC House National Security Committee HOB Height of Burst HOBO Homing Optical Bomb HOC (1) History of Coverage; (2) HUMINT Operations Cell HOCNET HUMINT Operational Communications Network HOE Homing Overlay Experiment HOIS Hostile Intelligence Service(s) HOJ Home on Jam HOL High-Order Language HOM (1) Head of Media; (2) Head of Mission HOTA HUMINT Operational Tasking Authority HOTOL Horizontal Takeoff & Landing HOTPHOTOREP Hot Photographic Interpretation Report HOTSIT Hot Situation Message how Howitzer HP (1) Headquarters Pamphlet; (2) Horsepower HPA High-Power Amplifier HPG Hardcopy Products Group HPM High-Power Microwave HPT (1) High-Payoff Target; (2) High-Priority Target HPSC High-Performance Computing Research System HPSCI House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence HQ/HQS Headquarters HQDA Headquarters, Department of the Army HQJTF Headquarters, Joint Task Force HQMC Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps HQMRHITS Quarterly Management Report HQ USAF Headquarters, Department of the Air Force HR (1) High Resolution; (2) Humanitarian Relief Service hr Hour HR/MR Human Readable/Machine Readable (Data) HRC Human Resources Committee HRCS High-Resolution Camera System HRMS Human Intelligence Requirements Management System HRPT High-Resolution Picture Transmissions HRR High-Resolution Radar HRS (1) Hours; (2) Humanitarian Relief Service HRTV High-Resolution Television HRU Hardcopy Reconstruction Unit HRV High-Resolution Visible Range Instruments HS (1) Helicopter Squadron; (2) Home Station HSD HUMINT Support Detachment HSE HUMINT Support Element HSE-E HSE-Europe HSE-SOCOM HSE-USSOCOM HSI (1) Human Systems Integration; (2) Hyperspectral Imagery H-SIP H-Camera Spectral Improvement Program HSLLADS High Speed Low Level Aerial Delivery System HSMS Human Sources Management System HSS Health Service Support HTACC Hardened Tactical Air Control Center HTKP Hard-Target Kill Potential HTLD High-Technology Light Division HTOHL Horizontal Take-off and Horizontal Landing HTML Hypertext Markup Language HUD Heads-Up Display HULTEC Hull-to-Emitter Correlation HUMINT Human Resources Intelligence HUMMV High Utility Mobile Mechanized Vehicle HUMRO Humanitarian Relief Operations HUS Hardened Unique Storage HUSK Hardened Unique Storage Key hv Heavy HVA High Value Asset HVAC High-Voltage Air Conditioning HVAP High-Velocity Armor-Piercing HVAPFSDS High Velocity Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding-Sabot HVAT High-Velocity Antitank HVF Highly Volatile Fuel HVIT High Volume Information Transfer HVT High-Value Target HW (1) High Water; (2) Hardware HWAS High Wycombe Air Station HWC Hobart Walk-in Cooler HW/SW Hardware/Software HWY Highway Hz Hertz