Okay, do you see that line I just crossed back there? Yep. That one. The "on-topic" line. Let me tell you about TLAs.

They were originally "Three Letter Agencies." The last job I had was when I worked at the SSC. I was an APII working on the Magnetron and RF H- ISs and the LEBT for the LINAC Injector. We also had to deal with the RFQ, the DTL and the CCL to comprise the whole LINAC. Of course we had to coordinate with the entire Injector to include the LEB, MEB, and HEB before getting tho the main SSC rings. And while we did interface with other national labs, we were directly employed by the URA under direct oversight of the DOE.