| 3RAR |
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment |
| AA |
Appointing Authority |
| AAT |
Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| ADF |
Australian Defence Force |
| ADFC |
Australian Defence Force Cadets |
| ADFARB |
Australian Defence Force Administrative Review Board |
| ADJR Act |
Administrative (Judicial Decisions) Review Act |
| ADO |
Australian Defence Organisation |
| ADR |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| A/LS |
Acting Leading Seaman |
| ANAO |
Australian National Audit Office |
| APC |
Armoured Personnel Carrier |
| APS |
Australian Public Service |
| BOI |
Board of Inquiry |
| CA |
Chief of Army; also used for Convening Authority |
| CAF |
Chief of Air Force |
| CATC |
Combined Arms Training Centre |
| CBOI |
Combined Board of Inquiry |
| CDF |
Chief of Defence Force |
| CFGB |
Canadian Forces Grievance Board |
| CJA |
Chief Judge Advocate |
| CM |
Court Martial |
| CN |
Chief of Navy |
| CNJA |
Chief Naval Judge Advocate |
| CO |
Commanding Officer |
| COMDT |
Commandant |
| COSC |
Chiefs of Staff Committee |
| CRA |
Complaint Resolution Agency |
| Cth |
Commonwealth |
| DADRCM |
Directorate of Alternative Dispute Resolution and Conflict Management |
| DCO |
Defence Community Organisation |
| DDCS |
Director of Defence Counsel Services |
| DFDA |
Defence Force Discipline Act |
| DFDAT |
Defence Force Discipline Appeals Tribunal |
| DFM |
Defence Force Magistrate |
| DFO |
Defence Force Ombudsman |
| DGTDLS |
Director General The Defence Legal Service |
| DI |
Defence Instruction |
| DIA |
Defence Investigative Authority |
| DI(G) |
Defence Instruction (General) |
| DI(G) ADMIN |
Defence Instruction (General) Administration |
| DI(G) PERS |
Defence Instruction (General) Personnel |
| D(I)R |
Defence (Inquiry) Regulations |
| DITI |
Defence Investigation Technical Instructions |
| DJ |
Digger James Rehabilitation Unit |
| DJAG |
Deputy Judge Advocate General |
| DLM |
Discipline Law Manual |
| DLO |
Defence Legal Officer |
| DLS |
Defence Legal Service |
| DMP |
Director of Military Prosecutions |
| DWS |
Defence Whistleblowers Scheme |
| ECHR |
European Convention on Human Rights; also used for European Court of Human Rights |
| FOI |
Freedom of Information |
| GCM |
General Court Martial |
| GCOI |
General Court of Inquiry |
| GNR |
Gunner |
| HMAS |
Her Majesty's Australian Ship |
| HREOC |
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
| IET |
Initial Employment Training/Trainees |
| ICCPR |
International Convention for Protection of Civil and Political Rights |
| IGADF |
Inspector General Australian Defence Force |
| IGD |
Inspector General Defence |
| IO |
Investigating Officer |
| JA |
Judge Advocate |
| JAG |
Judge Advocate General |
| JRMJ |
Judicial Registrar of Military Justice |
| JSCFADT |
Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade |
| MAJ |
Major |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MP |
Military Police |
| MPCC |
Military Police Complaints Commission |
| NCO |
Non-Commissioned officer |
| NOK |
Next of Kin |
| NPC |
Naval Police Coxswain |
| NTSC |
Notice to Show Cause |
| OC |
Officer Commanding |
| ODMP |
Office of the Director of Military Prosecutions |
| OHS |
Occupational Health and Safety |
| OIGADF |
Office of the Inspector General Australian Defence Force |
| PAP |
Potentially Affected Person |
| PLO |
Permanent Legal Officer |
| QC |
Queens Counsel |
| RAAF |
Royal Australian Air Force |
| RACMP |
Royal Australian Corps of Military Police |
| RAN |
Royal Australian Navy |
| RAP |
Regimental Aide Post |
| RCM |
Restricted Court Martial |
| R&D |
Recuperation and Discharge |
| RLO |
Reserve Legal Officer |
| RMJ |
Registrar Military Justice |
| ROG |
Redress of Grievance |
| RSM |
Regimental Sergeant Major |
| SA |
Summary Authority |
| SAC |
Summary Appeals Court |
| SAS |
Special Air Service |
| SC |
Senior Counsel |
| SIB |
Special Investigations Branch |
| SME |
Subject Matter Expert |
| SNCO |
Senior non-commissioned officer |
| SSA |
Subordinate Summary Authority |
| SOA |
School of Artillery |
| SOI |
School of Infantry |
| TASAIRTC |
Tasmanian Squadron Air Cadet Corps |
| TDLS |
The Defence Legal Service |
| TOR |
Term of Reference |
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