OCONUS

English

Prepositional phrase

OCONUS

  1. (chiefly US military) Acronym of outside [the] contiguous United States, i.e. Alaska, Hawaii, the US territories, and all other countries.
    Coordinate term: CONUS

Usage notes

  • This is sometimes defined as "outside the continental United States", possibly because the concept of continent is more familiar than "contiguity", but the continental US includes Alaska.
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