Page 10 - Leadership in the Indian Army

List of Abbreviations

2/Lt Second Lieutenant

2ic Second-in-Command
AA & QMG Assistant Adjutant & Quarter Master General
ADC Aide-de-Camp

AFHQ Armed Forces Headquarters
AG Adjutant General
AOC Air Officer Commanding or Army Ordnance Corps

AOC-in-C Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
AQMG Assistant Quarter Master General

AREN Army Radio Engineered Network
AVSM Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
BAOR British Army on the Rhine
BCF British Commonwealth Force

BIO Brigade Intelligence Officer
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party

BM Brigade Major
BOR British Other Rank(s)
BSF Border Security Force

CDS Chief of Defence Staff
CFI Custodian Force in India
CGS Chief of General Staff

C-in-C Commander-in-Chief
CO Commanding Officer
COAS Chief of Army Staff

COS Chief of Staff
COSC Chiefs of Staff Committee
CPV Chinese People’s Volunteers

CRPF Central Reserve Police Force