List of United States Marine Corps acronyms and expressions

Many terms also have equivalents among other service branches that are not acceptable among Marines, but are comparable in meaning.

Many acronyms and terms have come into common use from voice procedure use over communication channels, translated into the phonetic alphabet, or both.

Most vehicles and aircraft have a formal acronym or an informal nickname; those are detailed in their own articles.

The scope of this list is to include words and phrases that are unique to or predominantly used by the Marine Corps or the United States Naval Service.

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Marine Corps.