| P |
| P&D | Pacification and Development |
| P&P | Plans and Policy |
| P&T | Post and Telegraph |
| P&T | Postes et Telecommunication (GVN) |
| PA&E | Pacific Architects & Engineers, Inc. |
| PAAS | Pacification Attitude Analysis System |
| PAC | Pacific |
| PAC/ALO | Pacific Air Liaison Officer |
| PACAC | Pacific Air Command |
| PACAF | US Air Forces, Pacific |
| PACCOMMAREA | Pacific Communications Area |
| PACES | Pacification and Evaluation System |
| PACEX | Pacific Exchange System |
| PACFLT | Pacific Fleet |
| PACNAVFACV | Pacific Naval Facility, Vietnam |
| PACOM | Pacific Command |
| PACV | Patrol Air Cushion Boat |
| PACV | Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle |
| PAF | Philippine Air Force |
| PAGE | Page Communication Engineering, Inc. |
| PAL | Parcel Airlift |
| PAL | Philippine Airlines |
| PAMPA | PACOM Movements Priority Agency |
| PAN AM | Pan American Airways |
| PANAMA | Call sign for GCI site located near Danang |
| PANDP | Plans and Policy Division |
| PAR | Precision Approach Radar |
| PARASOL | Paratrooper School |
| PARP | Pacific AUTODIN Restoral Plan |
| PAT | People's Action Team |
| Pathet Lao | Lao Group under Communist/NVA Direction |
| PAVN | People's Army of Vietnam. This term refers to North Vietnamese army units, including those regular North Vietnamese units deployed to RVN. |
| Pax | Passengers |
| PB | Patrol Boat |
| PBR | Patrol Boat River |
| PC | Patrol Craft |
| PCAB | Philippine Civil Aeronautics Board |
| PCC | Postal Concentration Center |
| PCD | Purchasing and Contracting Department |
| PCE | Page Communications Engineers, Inc. |
| PCE | Patrol Craft Escort |
| PCF | Patrol Craft, Fast |
| PCF | Patrol Craft, Inshore |
| PCH&T | Packing, Crating, Handling and Transportation |
| PCN | Program Change Notice(s) |
| PCS | Permanent Change(s) of Station |
| PD | Pacification and Development |
| PDC | Propaganda Development Center |
| PDF | Provisional Defense Force |
| PDHA | Property Disposal Holding Area |
| PDJ | Plaines des Jarres |
| PDM | Periodic/Programmed Depot Maintenance |
| PDO | Property Disposal Operation/Office/Officer |
| PDP | Pacification and Development Plan |
| PE | Periodic Inspection |
| PECWG | Piaster Expenditure Control Working Group |
| PERI | Perimeter |
| PERT | Program Evaluation and Review Technique |
| PF | Popular Forces (RVNAF) |
| PFC | Private First Class |
| PFF | Police Field Force(s) |
| PFO | Present- for-Operations |
| PFTC | Popular Force Training Center |
| PG | Patrol Gunboat (USN) |
| PG | Post Graduate |
| PGH | Patrol Gunboat Hydrofoil |
| PGM | Patrol Gunboat, Medium (VNN) |
| PH | Purple Heart |
| PHD | Public Health Director |
| PHIL | Philippines |
| PHILCAG(V) | Philippine Civic Action Group, Vietnam |
| PHILCAGV | Philippines Civic Action Group, Vietnam |
| PHILCON | Philippine Contingent |
| PHILCON(V) | Philippine Contingent (Vietnam) |
| PHILCONV | Philippines Contingent, Vietnam |
| PHILG | Philippine Government |
| PHOTINT | Photo Intelligence |
| PHREEX | Phung Hoang Re-examination Study |
| Phung Hoang | Anti-VCI Campaign |
| PI | Physically Impaired |
| PIACCS | Pacfic Interim Automated Command and Control System |
| PIC | Prisoner Interrogation Center |
| PIC | Provincial Interrogation Center |
| PICA | Pacification Intensification Capital Area |
| PICC | Provincial Intelligence Coordination Center |
| PID | Public Information Division |
| PIOCC | Province Intelligence and Operations Coordination Center |
| Pipper | Aircraft weapon eight indicator (a dot of light within a lighted ring) |
| PIRAZ | Positive Identification Radar Advisory Zone |
| PL | Pathet Lao |
| PL | Public Law |
| PL 480 | Food-for-Peace Program |
| PLA | People's Liberation Army |
| PLAF | People's Liberation Armed Forces, also called the Liberation Army. The PLAF consists of two elements: the Full Military Force or the Main Force and the Para-Military Force or the guerrilla force. Initially indigenous Southerners, but increasingly comprised of PAVN fillers as the war continued.
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| PLC | Peoples' Liberation Committees |
| PLL | Prescribed Laos |
| PLL | Prescribed Load List |
| Plt/PLT | Platoon |
| PM | Preventive Medicine |
| PM | Provost Marshal |
| PMAT | Province Mobile Assistance Team |
| PMDL | Provisional Military Demarcation Line |
| PMEL | Precision Measuring Equipment Laboratory |
| PMG | Provost Marshal General |
| PMP | Performance Monitoring Program |
| PMS | Planned Maintenance System |
| PN | Philippine Navy |
| PO-PICC | Permanent Office of the Province Intelligence Coordinating Centers |
| POC | Police Operations Center |
| POD | Port of Debarkation |
| POD | Psychological Operations Division |
| Pod formation | A flight formation configured to maximize the jamming of Fansong radar. Slight alteration is made to provide for better defense under MIG threat. |
| POI | Program(s) of Instruction |
| POJ | Plain of Jars (Laos) |
| POL | Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants |
| POL/MIL | Political/Military Counselor |
| POLAD | Political Advisor |
| POLWAR | Political Warfare |
| POLWARADDIR | Political Warfare Advisory Directorate |
| POM | Preparation for Overseas Movement (Units) |
| POPAT | Protection of the People against Terrorism |
| Popular Forces | Full time village-level armed farces, formerly known as Self-Defense Corps (Dan Ve). |
| POV | Privately Owned Vehicle |
| POW | Prisoner of War |
| PPBS | Planning, Programing, Budgeting System |
| PPC | Printing and Publications Center |
| PPD | Plans and Policy Division |
| PPDC | Provincial Pacification and Development Council |
| PPL | Phak Pason Lao (Lao People's Party) |
| PPP | Philippines to People Program |
| PPSMR | Phnom Penh Special Military Region |
| PQAP | Petroleum Quality Assurance Representative |
| PR | Personnel Recovery |
| PR | Provincial Reconnaissance Unit |
| PRAISE | Program Review and Analysis Improvement System |
| PRB | Publications Review Board |
| PRC | Pathfinder, Reconnaissance and Combat |
| PRC | People's Republic of China |
| PRC | Personnel Recovery Center |
| PRC | Portable Radio Communications |
| PRE-IRAN | Preliminary Inspect and Repair as Necessary |
| Prep | Preparation |
| PRF | Pulse Recurrence Frequency |
| PRG | Provisional Revolutionary Government |
| PRGRSV | Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, often abbreviated PRG. Established on June 10, 1969 as a means to challenge the legitimacy of the Saigon Government and provide a political entity to claim a share of any coalition government that might eventuate (temporarily).
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| PROG | Programmed |
| Propaganda | Any form of communication designed to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes or behavior of any group, in order to benefit the sponsor either directly or indirectly. |
| PROV | Province |
| PROVCORPSV | Provisional Corps, Vietnam |
| PROVMAAGK | Provincial Military Assistance Advisory Group, Korea |
| PROVMAG | Provisional Marine Air Group |
| PROVN | Pacification and Long Term Development of Vietnam (DA Study) |
| PRP | People's Revolutionary Party. Formed on January 1, 1962, the PRP was the Communist Party of South Vietnam. |
| PRU | Provincial Reconnaissance Unit |
| PS | Fuel barge |
| PS&S | Pacific Stars & Stripes |
| PSA | Province Senior Advisor |
| PSC | Province Security Committee |
| PSD | Public Safety Directorate |
| PSD | Public Safety Division (USOM) |
| PSDF | People's Self Defense Force |
| PSE | Personnel Systems Evaluation |
| PSG | Pacification Studies Group |
| PSID | Patrol Seismic Intrusion Detector |
| PSO | Presidential Survey Office |
| PSP | Pierced Steel Planking |
| PSY-WAR | Psychological Warfare |
| Psychological Operations | The planned use of propaganda and other measures to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes and behavior of hostile, neutral or friendly groups in such a way as to support the achievement of national objectives. |
| PSYOP(S) | Psychological Operation(s) |
| PSYWAR | Psychological Warfare |
| PT | Patrol Torpedo Boat |
| PT | Physical Training |
| PTAI | Pacific Technical Analysts, Incorporated |
| PTO | Personnel, Training and Organisation Branch |
| PTT | Postes, Telegraphes, Telephones |
| PUB | Publication |
| PURA | PACOM Utilization and Redistribution Agency |
| PW | Prisoner of War |
| PWS | Political Warfare School |
| PX | Post Exchange |
| PZ | Pickup Zone |