| SSC&E | Sector Supervisor Comm & Electronics (this was the original acronym for the office) |
| SC&E | Supervisor Comm & Electronics (several years into the program the S for "sector" was dropped) |
| HEO | Heavy Equipment Operator (graders, bulldozers, front end loaders, etc.) |
| PMEL | Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (in later years, T&CF for Test & Calibration Facility was also used) |
| LOE | Level of Effort (this concept happened around the 80-81 time frame. It referred to personnel in sector slots. The theory was that the company would staff to the level of effort being currently expended, e.g., if there were 3 sector rads and only 1 was being currently used, the other 2 would go out on layoff). |
| H Mech | Heavy Equipment Mechanic (Outside O&M) |
| J Mech | Inside Mechanic including power production |
| Sector G Mech: | Sector Electrician |
| Sector H Mech: | Sector Heavy Equipment Mechanic |
| ACOE | This one is a mouthful. Area Comm-Electronics Operations & Maintenance Engineer. (This is the PHQ guy who did the job of the SC&E after the on-line job was eliminated). |
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| QAE | QAE: Quality Assurance Evaluator. (This was the military guy who was the customer's rep in each Area. He lived on-line) |
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| CPET | Contractor Performance Evaluation Team. |
| RHV | Refrigeration, heating and ventilation mechanic. (One of the sector jobs). |
| SSC&OP | Sector Supervisor Civil engineering & Outside Plant. |
| SCOP | Later version of SSC&OP. (Eventually both disappeared and the job became known as the Civil Engineer). |
| SLS | Sector Logistics Supervisor |
| SFSS | Sector Food Services Supervisor |
| DLM | Depot Level Maintenance |
| CEDT | Comm-Electronics Depot Team |
| DTS | Domestic Training Site (Steator, IL, and later, Winnepeg) |
| FAIT | Acronym for Fairbanks |
| WINT | Acronym for Winnepeg |
| PME | Precision Measurement Equipment |
| TMDE | Test, Measurement & Diagnostic Equipment (Newer USAF name that replaced PME). |
| CEFR | Civil Engineering Facility Record (drawings) |
| PIPR | Plant In Place Record |
| DFR: | Down the Friggin Road (Slang for getting fired) |
| DO | Dew Order (publication) |
| DLI | DewLine Instruction |
| DLIR | DEW Line Improvement Report |
| MOI | Maintenance Operating Instruction |
| MATT | Maintenance and Training Technician (used to be Sector Radician) |
| TRANSPEC | Transportation Specialist |
| RTB | Radio Terminal Building (housed the south shot tropo equipment) |
| ATB | Air Terminal Building |
| SB&OP | Very early - Sector Supervisor Building and Outside Plant |
| EDMT. | Edmonton. |
| MONT. | Montreal . |
| PHQ | Project Headquarters |
| SSA | Supply Support Facility |
| ARCM | Assistant Repain Cycle monitor |
| EWALS | Early Warning Automated Logistics System |
| EAP | Emergency Action Plan |
| JOLT | Mont Joli PQ Original Transportation Terminal for DEWLine Eastern Region |
| FROT | DEWLine Eastern Transportation Terminal at Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island |
| BIRX | Bird MB. Southern Terminal for original Rearward Communications link from Hall Beach (Fox Main) |
| RESX | Resolution Island. Rearward Terminal for Rearward Tropospheric Scatter Communications from Cape Dyer (DyeMain) |
| RESX-1 | Brevoort Island. Rearward Communication relay station between Cape Dyer and RESX |
| DEWDROP | Troposheric Scatter AM Communications Link between Thule BMEWS and Cape Dyer |
| AGEX | Rearward Communications Terminal from Barrow (POW Main and Barter Island (BAR Main) |
| ERO | Eastern Regional Office. Frobisher Bay, Baffin Island Served FOX and Dye Sectors |
| WRO | Western Regional Office at Fairbanks AK. Serviced POW and BAR Sectors |
| EDO | Edmonton District Office. Originally under the direction of the WRO later became WRO. Serviced PIN and CAM Sectors |
| NELX | Fort Nelson BC. Rearward Communications Terminal from Cape Parry (PIN Main) and Cambridge Bay (CAM Main |
| R&R | Rest & Relaxation (Originally a one month vacation at mid contract. First contracts were 18 mos, subsequent contracts one year. |
| ULA | Unpaid Leave of Absence |
| EOC | End of Contract |
| EOCL | End of Contract Leave |
| OJT | On-Job-Training. Practical Training while working, as follow up to original Classroom Training. |
| MJT | Mechanic On-Job Training |
| RJT | Radician On-Job Training |
| DEWSCOPE | Letters to the editor of the original DEWLine magazine, DEWLine Polar Echoes |
| BMEWS | Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, (sites at Clear AK, Thule Greenland, Flyingdale UK) |
| O&M | Operations & Maintenance |
| HVAC | Heating, Ventilating and Air conditioning. |
| POL | Petroleums, Oils and Lubricants |
| CNT | Canadian National Telecommunications (Rearward saite at PIN-3) |
| CTB | Cable Terminal building (at DYE M (L) |
| SOB | Souls On Board |
| EOYL | End Of Year Leave |
| CONUS | Continental United States |
| RADICIAN | Radar (and communication) technician |
| MSS | Main Station Supervisor |