DEFSMAC........................................................ Defense Special Missile and Astronautics Center
ERDEC................................................Edgewood Research and Development Engineering Center
GC...............................................................................................................Gas Chromatography
HPLC..........................................................................High Performance Liquid Chromatography
IC................................................................................................................ Ion Chromatography
LTC......................................................... .......................................................Lieutenant Colonel
MS................................................................................................................ Mass Spectrometry
MSIC..................................................................................Missile and Space Intelligence Center
NC....................................................................................................................... North Carolina
NMR.............................................................................................. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
PAC...........................................................................................Presidential Advisory Committee
PGIIT............................................................................. Persian Gulf Illnesses Investigation Team
US.......................................................................................................................... United States