OCONUS

== English == === Prepositional phrase === OCONUS (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.