Can You Guess These Easy Military Acronyms in 6 Minutes?

It’s one of the simplest acronyms in the U.S. military. "AF" stands for Air Force.

Every battle features casualties, and that number includes soldiers captured by the enemy. They’ve now become POWs, or prisoners of war.

He is your god, your master and your guiding light. On the battlefield, your CO, or commanding officer, is who calls the shots that mean the difference between life and death.

"CAV" is for cavalry. In the modern Army, the cavalry is armored vehicles like tanks.

BCT is a rite of passage for all soldiers. It’s basic combat training, and it’s where you learn to stay alive when people are trying their best to put you six feet under.

After battles, there are always MIAs. They are the soldiers who’ve gone missing in action ... and sometimes, they are never accounted for.

If you just up and leave your unit without permission, you’re AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave). And when your CO finds you, you are in big, big trouble.

For some soldiers the FOB is a terrifying ordeal. It’s the Forward Operating Base, the place where many troops go just before they enter combat.

Aircraft might be the most important tools of modern warfare. And as such, your ABs, or air bases, are always vital.

Standard operation procedures (SOP) are the incredibly boring step-by-step tasks required by all service members. But without SOP, the military would be nothing but chaos.

After basic training, your superiors will identify your special talents, and you’ll be trained in an MOS, or Military Occupational Speciality. Yours is mopping.

It’s a privilege that many soldiers would kill to have — a POV, or privately owned vehicle. No, that tank does not count as a POV.

Every base has a PX, or Post Exchange. It’s a store where soldiers can buy the things they need and maybe get a haircut, too.

Because once in a while, soldiers go crazy. MPs are military police officers, and they maintain some semblance of order on base.

No, it has nothing to do with air conditioning. In the service, "A/C" is aircraft.

In BCT you’ll get your BRM — Basic Rifle Marksmanship. The lessons you learn in BRM will help your fireteam accomplish combat zone objectives.

The ASVAB is the famous Armed Service Vocational Aptitude Battery. It’s the test that will determine your path in the military, and whether you’ll be cannon fodder or an engineer.

If you’re on AD, you’re on active duty. Active duty troops are those who are ready to fight at a moment’s notice.

Brigades are one of the most common units for the Army. And "brigade" is often shortened to BDE.

It’s something that expert paratroops must master — the HALO jump. Soldiers leap from planes at high altitude, but they don’t open their ‘chutes until they are very close to the ground.

If your general tells you to make it to HQ on the double, you’d best be racing back to headquarters. It’s where all the biggest decisions are made during war.

Without it, the military wouldn’t have any real order. It’s the COC, or the chain of command, and it’s why you’re a follower instead of a general.

In the armed services, the DOD is GOD. The Department of Defense is responsible for operating all branches of the military.

A SITREP is a situational report. It’s a critical bit of paperwork that helps commanding officers make vital decisions.

Why settle for normal bombs if you can choose the HE variety? Because everyone know the "high explosive" versions are way more fun.

At FTX (field training exercises), troops take their classroom skills to the field. If they haven’t learned their lessons, their COs will know in a hurry.

It takes training and courage to be part of an EOD (explosive ordnance disposal) team. These men and women have nerves of steel.

It’s one of the legacies of many battles ... the UXO (unexploded ordnance) that litters the combat zone. Engineers are still finding and dismantling UXO from both World Wars.

Soldiers must pass the APFT (Army Physical Fitness Test) if they want to wield a rifle in combat. And if they don’t, well, have another doughnut!

It’s the ultimate sacrifice that a service member can make. KIA stands for Killed In Action.