What does PERSCO stand for?

• A. Personnel support for contingency operations
• B. Personnel support for central operations
• C. Personnel support for civilian operations
• D. Personnel services for contingency operations

Answer: (A)

PERSCO is an acronym used in military personnel management. It stands for Personnel Support for Contingency Operations. This naming emphasizes that the function provides dedicated personnel support specifically for contingency deployments and crisis responses, handling tasks like accountability, pay, and personnel actions for those operations. The other options don’t fit because they swap or add terms that aren’t part of the official wording: central operations implies a centralized function that isn’t what PERSCO stands for, civilian operations would focus on civilian personnel rather than military personnel in contingencies, and Personnel Services uses a different phrase than the recognized "Personnel Support."