CC is short for? Published April 22, 2009 By Bob Fehringer U.S. Transportation Command Public Affairs SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Military acronyms are a way of life, and have been reportedly leaking into the civilian community. An example of this is an item on a recent daily planner in the U.S. Transportation Command Public Affairs office. It reads "TCCC addresses OTHS AFJROTC cadets." In laymen terms this means the USTRANSCOM commander addresses the O'Fallon Township High School's Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets. But this brings up another question, as acronyms often do. How does TCCC translate to USTRANSCOM commander? The TC is pretty easy. Another acronym for USTRANSCOM is simply, TRANSCOM. Yes Virginia, even acronyms have acronyms. Take the T from the front and the C from the middle and you get TC. But how in the world does commander get shortened to CC? After searching various military acronym Web sites, the answer is: It must have gotten lost in the acronymization of the word because we can't find it explained anywhere. An Army officer we know says it must be an Air Force thing because the Army does not use CC for its bosses. If you have a source for an explanation, please let us know. Send your explanation and source to robert.fehringer.ctr@ustranscom.mil.