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"CONUS" is short for "CONtinental United States"

• ethbr0 4y ago
  As distinct from OCONUS. https://veteran.com/military-acronyms/ https://veteran.com/military-acronyms/
  • s_dev 4y ago
    Interesting to not see POTUS there.
    • cassianoleal 4y ago
      Or TOTOPOTUS! https://twitter.com/MarkDStrauss/status/1590026071059013633 https://twitter.com/MarkDStrauss/status/1590026071059013633
• dannyphantom 4y ago
  Thank you
• thepasswordis 4y ago
  Where is this term popular? I have never, ever heard this term before.
  • Retr0id 4y ago
    Sounds like it could be a USAF term
    • ufo 4y ago
      Wait, now we have another initialism :P
      • ggsp 4y ago
        United States Air Force, where initialisms enjoy a great deal of popularity
  • astura 4y ago
    It's a US military term; I've never heard it outside of a military context, but it's super common within a military context.
    • MegaDeKay 4y ago
      It is used in satellite communications as well to describe those beams that cover the continental US.
    • int_19h 4y ago
      It shows up a lot outside of military contexts when flat rate shipping is involved - it's usually CONUS-only.
      • numpad0 4y ago
        For me(GP) it was this. Some of desk toys and electronics I'd considered were like that.
  • some_random 4y ago
    US domestic shipping?
  • Hnrobert42 4y ago
    It’s popular with people who work for the USG. United States Government.
• Rexxar 4y ago
  Is Alaska considered continental in this jargon ?
  • dfc 4y ago
    No. CONUS stands for Contiguous or Coterminous United States. Alaska is outside CONUS or OCONUS. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiguous_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiguous_United_States
• dfc 4y ago
  It stands for Contiguous or Coterminous United States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiguous_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contiguous_United_States