Military

Glossary

A2C2 Army airspace command and control
AA avenue(s) of approach; assembly area
AAA air avenue(s) of approach
AADC area air defense commander. Within an overseas-unified command, subordinate unified command, or JTF, the commander will assign overall responsibility for air defense to a single commander. Normally, this will be the AFCC. Representation from the other service components involved will be provided, as appropriate, to the AADC headquarters.
AAMDC Army air and missile defense command
AAW anti-air warfare
AAR after action review
AASLT air assault
ABCS Army battle command system
ABMOC air battle management operations center. Old name for the SHORAD organization that managed the ADA air battle and provided early warning. Now known as the AD Tactical Operations (AD TAC OPS) section in the FAAD system.
ABT air breathing threat
AC active component
A/C aircraft
ACA airspace control authority
ACC air component commander
ACE analysis and control element
ACE aviation combat element
ACM airspace control measures
ACO airspace control order
ACP airspace control plan
ACR armored cavalry regiment
ACUS Army common user system
active air defense Direct defensive action taken to destroy, nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air and missile threats against friendly forces and vital assets. It includes the use of aircraft, air defense weapons, electronic warfare, and other available weapons. See also air defense.
active defense Operations that protect selected assets and forces from attack by destroying TM airborne launch platforms and/or TMs in flight. Active defense includes those actions that mitigate the effectiveness of targeting and delivery systems through EW against remote or onboard guidance systems.
AD Air defense. All defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles in the Earth's envelope of atmosphere, or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack. See also active air defense; aerospace defense; passive air defense.
ADA air defense artillery. Ground-based surface-to-air weapons, including guns and surface-to-air missiles and support equipment, for engaging air targets.
ADC air defense control
ADDS Army data distribution system
ADE air defense element
ADI air defense interface
ADIZ air defense identification zone
ADL automatic data link
ADOA air defense operations area
ADOCS automated deep operations coordination system
ADPE automated data processing equipment
ADSI air defense systems integrator
ADTOC air defense tactical operations center
ADW air defense warnings
AEGIS A totally integrated shipboard weapon system that combines computers, radars, and missiles.
AFATDS advanced field artillery tactical data system
AFCC Air Force component commander
AFFOR Air Force forces
AG Adjutant General
AGCCS Army global command and control system
AGM attack guidance matrix
air battle management A fundamental task or air defense command and control and airspace management which encompasses the principles for the control and coordination of both tactical air and ground-based air defense resources. Air battle management is exercised through positive and procedural methods.
air corridor A restricted air route of travel specified for use by friendly aircraft and established for the purpose of preventing friendly aircraft from being fired upon by friendly forces.
air interdiction Air operations conducted to destroy, neutralize, or delay the enemy's military potential before it can be brought to bear effectively against friendly forces, at such distances from friendly forces that detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of friendly force is not required.
airspace control A service provided in the combat zone to increase operational effectiveness by promoting the safe, efficient, and flexible use of airspace. Airspace control is provided in order to permit greater flexibility of operations, while authority to approve, disapprove, or deny combat operations is vested only in the operational commander.
airspace management The coordination, integration, and regulation of the use of airspace of defined dimensions.
air strike An attack on specific objectives by fighter, bomber, or attack aircraft on an offensive mission.
air superiority That degree of dominance in the air battle of one force over another that permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea, and sir forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force.
air supremacy That degree of air superiority wherein the opposing air force is incapable of effective interference.
AIS automated information system
ALCM air-launched cruise missile
ALERT attack and launch early reporting to theater
alert A warning signal of a real or threatened danger, such as an air attack; to forewarn; to prepare for action.
Allocation The translation of the apportionment into total number of sorties by aircraft type available for each operation or task.
alternate position The position given to a weapon unit, or individual to be occupied when the primary position becomes untenable or unsuitable for carrying out its task. The alternate position is located sot that the weapon can continue to fulfill its original task.
AM amplitude modulation
AMD air and missile defense
AMDCOORD air and missile defense coordinator
AMDTF air and missile defense task force
AMDPCS air and missile defense planning and control system
AMDWS air and missile defense work station
ANBACIS automated nuclear biological and chemical information system
AO area of operation
AOAP Army oil analysis program
AOP air operations plan
AOC air operations center. The principle air operations installation (land-or ship-based) from which all aircraft and air warning functions of tactical air operations are controlled.
AOI area of interest
AOR area of responsibility
APB (acquisition/approved) program baseline.
APOD air ports of debarkation
AR Army regulation
ARFOR Army forces
ARM Anti-radiation missile. A missile which homes passively on a radiation source. See also guided missile.
ARSOF Army special operations force
ASAS All Source Analysis System
ASCC Army service component commander
ASG area support groups
ASIT adaptable surface interface terminal
ASL authorized stockage list
ASOC air support operations center
ASP ammunition supply point
ATACMS Army tactical missile system
ATC Army tactical command
ATCCS Army tactical command and control system
ATDL-1 Army Tactical Data Link-1
ATO air tasking order
attach The placement of units or personnel in an organization where such placement is relatively temporary. Subject to limitations imposed by the attachment order, the commander of the formation, unit, or organization receiving the attachment will exercise the same degree of command and control therefore as he does over units and persons organic to his command. However, the responsibility for transfer and promotion of personnel will normally be retained by the parent formation, unit, or organization.
attack An offensive action characterized by fire and maneuver and culminating in a violent assault or, in an attack by fire, in the delivery of intensive direct fires from an advantageous position. Its purpose is to direct a decisive blow at the enemy to hold him, destroy him in place, or force him to capitulate.
attack operations Offensive actions intended to destroy and disrupt enemy TM capabilities before, during, and after launch. The objective of these operations is to prevent the launch of TMs by attacking each element of the overall system, including such actions as destroying launch platforms, RSTA platforms, C2 nodes, and missile stocks and infrastructure.
AUTL Army universal task list
AVN aviation
AWACS airborne warning and control systems
basic load (Ammunition) That quantity of non-nuclear ammunition that is authorized and required by each service to be on hand a unit to meet combat needs until resupply can be accomplished. It is expressed in rounds, units, or unity of weight as appropriate.
BCD battlefield coordination detachment. The Army liaison element collocated with the AOC which process land forces' requests for tactical air support, monitors and interprets the land battle situation for the AOC, and provides the necessary interface for the exchange of current intelligence and operational data.
BDA battle damage assessment
BDAR battlefield damage assessment and repair
Bde brigade
BDU battle dress uniform
BFDC brigade fire direction center
BII basic issue items
BM ballistic missile
BMO ballistic missile organization
bn battalion
boundary In land warfare, a line by which areas of responsibility between adjacent units/formations are defined.
C2 command and control. The exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned forces in the accomplishment of the mission. Command and control functions are performed through an arrangement of personnel, equipment, communications, facilities, and procedures employed by a commander in planning, directing, coordinating, and controlling forces and operations in the accomplishment of the mission.
CAS Close Air Support. Air action against hostile targets which are in close proximity to friendly forces and which require detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of those forces.
C2W command and control warfare
C3 command, control, and communications
C3I command, control, communications, and intelligence
C4I command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence
CA combined arms
CAAD corps area air defense
CADE corps air defense element
CAPS commander's analysis and planning system
CAS close air support
CCIR commanders critical information requirements
CDR Commander
C / E communications / electronics
CG commanding general
CGS command & general staff
CH common hardware
CHS common hardware and software
CIC combat intelligence cell
CINC commander in chief
CJCS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
CJTF commander joint task force
CM cruise missile
CMMC corps materiel management center
CNR combat net radio
COA courses of action
COCOM combatant command
COEI components of end item
COMARFOR commander of Army forces
COMINT communications intelligence
COMMEL communications electronics
COMMZ communications zone
COMSEC communications security. The protection resulting from all measures designed to deny authorized persons information of value which might be derived from the possession and study of telecommunications, or to mislead unauthorized persons in their interpretation of the results of such possession and study.
command The authority that a commander in the military service lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment. Command includes the authority and responsibility for effectively using available resources and for planning the employment of organizing, directing, and coordinating, and controlling military forces for the accomplishment of assigned missions. It also includes responsibility for health, welfare, morale, and discipline of assigned personnel.
CONUS continental United States
continuity Continuity implies the responsibility of ensuring an operation is not effected by an interruption of support or by unforeseen events.
control Authority that may be less than full command exercised by a commander over part of the activities of subordinate or other organizations.
C of S Chief of Staff
COSCOM corps support command
CP command post A unit's or sub unit's headquarters where the commander and the staff perform their activities. In combat, a unit's or sub unit's headquarters is often divided into echelons; the echelon in which the unit or sub unit is located or from which he operates is called a command post.
CRC control and reporting center
CRE control and reporting element
CRP control and reporting post
CS combat support. Fire support and operational assistance provided to combat elements. Includes artillery, air defense artillery, aviation (less air cavalry and attack helicopter), engineer, military police, signal, military intelligence, and chemical.
CSH combat support hospital
CSR controlled supply rate
CSS combat service support. The essential logistic functions, activities, and tasks necessary to sustain all elements of an operating force in an area of operations. Combat service support includes but is not limited to the assistance provided operating forces primarily in the fields of administrative services, chaplain services, civil affairs, finance, legal service, health services, military police, supply, maintenance, transportation, construction, troop construction, acquisition and disposal of real property, facilities engineering, topographic and geometric engineering functions, food service, graves registration, laundry, dry cleaning, bath, property disposal, and other logistic services.
CSSCS combat service support control system
CTA common table of allowances
CTAPS contingency theater air control system automated planning system
CTL candidate target list
CTOC corps tactical operations center
CTT commander's tactical terminal
cueing Providing specific and timely position data with tentative identification of aircraft within a designated range of a fire unit.
CZ combat zone
DA Department of the Army
DAADC deputy area air defense commander
DAL defended asset list
DAO division ammunition officer
DCA defensive counterair. The protection of assets from air attack through both direct defense and destruction of the enemy's air attack capacity in the air.
DCG Deputy Commanding General
DCO deputy commanding officer
DCSOPS deputy chief of staff for operations
defend A mission assigned to a unit which requires it to destroy an attacking enemy force or stop it from penetrating the assigned sector or battle position. Sun units of the defending unit may have such missions as defend, delay, or counterattack.
DEFCON defense readiness conditions
delay A mission which requires a force to trade space for time without losing freedom to maneuver or risking penetration or being bypassed. The delaying force may attack, defend, ambush, raid, or use any other tactic necessary to accomplish the mission.
delaying operation An operation in which a force under pressure trades space for time by slowing down the enemy's momentum and inflicting maximum damage on the enemy without, in principle, becoming decisively engaged.
deliberate attack A type of offensive action characterized by preplanned coordinated employment of firepower and maneuver to close with and destroy or capture the enemy.
DEW division early warning
DISCOM division support command
DISNET defense secure network
div division
DNVT digital non-secure voice terminal
DOCC deep operations coordination cell
DOS days of supply
DS direct support
DSM decision support matrix
DST decision support template
DSU direct support unit
DSVT digital subscriber voice terminal
EA electronic attack
EAC echelon above corps
EAP emergency action plan
ECM electronic countermeasures. That division of electronic warfare involving actions taken to ensure friendly effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum despite the enemy's use of electronic warfare.
ECCM electronic counter-counter measure. That division of electronic warfare involving actions taken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
ECP entry control plan
EDRE emergency deployment readiness exercises
EEFI essential elements of friendly information
ELINT electronic intelligence
EMCON emission control
engage In air defense, a fire control order used to direct or authorize units and/or weapon systems to fire on a designated target.
engagement area killing area or zone. An area in which a commander plans to force the enemy to concentrate so as to destroy him with conventional weapons.
EO electro-optical
EOB enemy order of battle
EP electronic protection
EPLRS enhanced position location reporting system
EW electronic warfare. Military action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine, exploit, reduce, or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrum and action which retains friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
F frequency/Fahrenheit
FA field artillery
FAAD forward area air defense
FAADS forward area air defense system
FAADC2I forward area air defense command, control, and intelligence
FAADC3I forward area air defense command, control, communications, and intelligence
FACP forward air control points
FAD force/activity designator
FARP forward arming and refueling point. A temporary facility organized, equipped, and deployed by an aviation unit commander and normally located closer to the area of operation than the aviation unit's combat service area to provide fuel and ammunition necessary for the employment of helicopter units in combat. The forward arming and refueling point permits combat aircraft to rapidly refuel and rearm simultaneously.
FAX facsimile terminal
FDC fire direction center
FDDM fire direction data manager
FDRP first destination release point
FDS fire direction section
FEZ fighter engagement zone
FFIR friendly forces information requirements
FID foreign internal defense
fire and maneuver A tactical technique, usually an extension of bounding overwatch, used once contact with the enemy is gained. One element moves while another provides a base of fire.
fix Actions taken to prevent enemy from moving any part of his forces from a specific location and or for a specific period of time by holding or surrounding them to prevent their withdrawal for use elsewhere.
FLOT forward line of own troops. A line which indicates the most forward positions of friendly forces in any kind of military operation at a specific time.
FM field manual/frequency modulation
FMSP foreign military sales program
FO force operations
FRAGO fragmentary order. An abbreviated form of an operation order, usually issued on a day-to-day basis, that eliminates the need for restating information contained in a basic operation order. It may be issued in sections.
FSB forward support battalion
FSCL fire support coordination line
FSE fire support element. A functional element of a force command post that provides centralized targeting, coordination, and integration of fires delivered on surface targets by fire support mains under the control of or in support of the force. This element is staffed from the field artillery headquarters or field artillery staff section of the force and representatives of other fire support means.
FU fire unit
FW fixed-wing
G2 Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Personnel
G3 Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Intelligence
G4 Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Logistics
G5 Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Civil-Military Operations
GALES generic area limitation environment system
GCCS global command and control system
GMT guided missile transporter
GPS global positioning system
GRCS guard rail common sensor
GS general support
GSR general support reinforcing
GSSB GS supply base
H Hawk
hasty attack In land operations, an attack in which preparation time is traded for speed in order to exploit an opportunity.
HE high explosive
HF high frequency
HHB headquarters and headquarters battery
HHC headquarters and headquarters company
HIDACZ high density aircraft control zone
HIMAD high-to-medium-altitude air defense
HMMWV high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle
hostile criteria Description of conditions under which an aircraft or vehicle may be identified as hostile for engagement purposes.
HPTL high priority target list
HQ headquarters
HUMINT human intelligence
HVT high value target
IADS integrated air defense system
IBS integrated broadcast service
ICAC2 integrated combat airspace command and control
ICE initial coordination element
ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile
ICN interface coordination network
ICO interface control officer
ICW interrupted continuous wave
ID identification
IEW intelligence and electronic warfare
IFF identification, friend or foe. A system using electromagnetic transmission which equipment carried by friendly forces automatically responds, for example, by emitting pulses, thereby distinguishing themselves from enemy forces.
IHFR improved high frequency radio
IIR imagining infrared radar
IJMS interim JTIDS message specification
IMETP international military education and training program
IMETS integrated meteorological system
IMINT imagery intelligence
IMMP information management modernization plan
indirect fire Fire delivered on target that is not itself used as a point of aim for the weapons or the director.
insertion Placement of troops and equipment into an operational area in airmobile operations; the placement of observation posts, patrols, or raiding parties wither by helicopter or parachute.
INTSUM intelligence summary
interdict To isolate or seal of an area by any means; to deny use of a route or approach; to prevent, hinder, or delay the use of an area or route by enemy forces.
I-PAWS interim pager alert warning system
IPB intelligence preparation of the battlefield. A continuous, integrated, and comprehensive analysis of the effects of terrain, weather, and enemy capabilities on operations. Using overlays, graphic displays, and templating techniques, the IPB process increases the accuracy and timeliness of the intelligence available to the commander. It should start well before combat operations begin.
IR infrared
IRBM intermediate range ballistic missile
IRCM infrared countermeasures
IRR intelligence and radar reporting
ISE intermediate support element
ISR Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
JAOC joint air operations center
jamming The deliberate radiation, reradiation, or reflection of electromagnetic energy to prevent or degrade the receipt of information by receiver. It includes communications jamming and non-communications jamming.
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JDN joint data network
JEZ joint engagement zone
JFACC joint force air component commander
JFC joint force commander
JFLCC joint force land component commander
JFMCC joint force maritime component commander
JFNCC joint force naval component commander
JFSOCC joint forces special operations component commander
JIADS joint integrated air defense system
JICO joint interface control officer
JIPTL joint integrated prioritized target list
JOA joint operations area
JP joint publication
JRA joint rear area
JRAC joint rear area commander
JSOA joint special operation area
JSOTF joint special operations task force
JSTARS joint surveillance and target attack radar system
JTAGS joint tactical ground station
JTCB joint targeting coordination board
JTF joint task force
JTIDS joint tactical information distribution system
JTMD joint theater missile defense. The integration of joint force capabilities to destroy enemy theater missiles in flight or prior to launch or to otherwise disrupt the enemy's theater missile operations through an appropriate mix of mutually supportive passive missile defense; active missile defense; attack operations; and supporting command, control communications, computers, and intelligence measures. Enemy theater missiles are those that are aimed at targets outside the continental United States.
JTOC jump tactical operations center
JTT jump tactical terminal
J-WARN joint warning
JZ joint zone
KIA killed in action
KILLSUMS kill summaries
km kilometer
LAD latest arrival date
LAR logistics assistance representatives
LCC land component commander. The designated senior land commander in a joint force who exercises command and control of all assigned land forces. Depending on the operational environment and the composition of the forces assigned, the LCC may be the commander of the theater army, army group, field army, or corps. Based upon the joint force commander's guidance, the LCC develops his concept of operations, assigns missions, and allocates resources. He supports subordinate units by conducting joint planning and coordination required to implement their schemes of maneuver.
LCU launcher control unit
LD line of departure
LENs large extension nodes
liaison That contact or intercommunication maintained between elements of military forces to ensure mutual understanding and unity of purpose and effort.
LIF logistics intelligence file
linkup A meeting of friendly ground force (such as when an advancing forces reaches an objective area previously seized by an airborne or air assault force, when an encircled element breaks out to rejoin friendly forces, or when converging maneuver forces met).
LNO liaison officer
LOC lines of communications
LOGPAC logistical package. A daily resupply of normally Class I, III, and V as well as medical and ADA peculiar items to maneuver elements. LOGPACs are organized in the battery field trains or the field trains of the supported maneuver force.
LOS line-of-sight
LR long range
LRC logistics readiness center
LRP logistics release point
LZ landing zone
Main attack The principle attack or effort into which a commander throws the full weight of the offensive combat power at his disposal. An attack directed against the chief objective of the campaign or battle.
MANPADS man-portable air defense system
MARFOR marine forces
MASH mobile Army surgical hospital
MBA main battle area. That portion of the battlefield in which the decisive battle is fought to defeat the enemy. For any particular command, the main battle area extends rearward from the forward edge of the battle area to the rear boundary of the command's subordinate units.
MCC movement control center
MCS maneuver control system
MCPS modular command post system
MDCOORD missile defense coordinator
METT-T mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available
METT-TC mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops, time available, and civil considerations
MG machine gun
MI military intelligence
MIA missing in action
MLRS multiple-launch rocket system
MMC material management center
MOPP mission oriented protective posture
MP military police
movement to contact An offensive operation designed to gain initial ground contact with enemy or to regain lost contact.
MRE meals ready-to-eat
MRO material release order
MRR minimum risk route. Temporary routes of flight recommended for fixed-wing aircraft use, prescribing the minimum known hazards to low-flying aircraft transiting the tactical operations area.
MSE mobile subscriber equipment
msl missile
MSR main supply route
MSRT mobile subscriber radio terminal
MSTS multiple source tactical system
MTI moving target indicator
MTOE modified tables of organization and equipment
MTW major theater war
mutual support That support which units render each other against an enemy, because of their assigned tasks, their position relative to each other and to the enemy, and their inherent capabilities.
NAI named areas of interest
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC nuclear, biological and chemical
NBCRS NBC reconnaissance system
NCA national command authority
NCC network control center
NCO noncommissioned officer
NEO noncombatant evacuation operations
NG National Guard
NIPRNET non-classified internet protocol router network
NOTAM notice to airman
NSN national stock number
O & I operations and intelligence
OB order of battle
OCA offensive counterair. An operation mounted to destroy, disrupt, or limit enemy air power as close to its source as possible.
OCIE organizational clothing and individual equipment
OCOKA Observation, cover, obstacles, key terrain, and avenues of approach
OCONUS outside the continental United States
OIC officer in charge
OOTW operations other than war
OPCOM Operational command. The authority granted to a commander to assign missions or tasks to subordinate commanders, to deploy units, to reassign forces, and to retain or delegate operational and/or tactical control as may be deemed necessary. It does not of itself include responsibility for administration of logistics. May also be used to denote the forces assigned to a commander.
OPCON operational control. Transferable command authority which may be exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of unified or specified combatant commands. It normally provides full authority to organize commands and forces and to employ those forces as the commander in operational control considers necessary to accomplish assigned missions. Operational control does not, in and of itself, include authoritative direction for logistics or matters of administration, discipline, internal organization, or unit training.
OPFAC operational facilities
OPLAN operation plan. A plan for a single or series of connected operations to be carried out simultaneously or in succession. It is usually based upon stated assumptions and is the form of directive employed by higher authority to permit subordinate commanders to prepare supporting plans and orders. The designation "plan" is usually used instead of "order" in preparing for operations well in advance. An operation plan may be put into effect at a prescribed time, or on signal, and then becomes the operation order.
OPORD operation order. A directive issued by a commander to subordinate commanders for the purpose of effecting the coordinated execution of an operation.
OPSEC operational security
OPTEMPO operational tempo
ORF operational ready float
overwatch A tactical technique in which one element is positioned to support the movement of another element with immediate direct fire; the tactical role of an element positioned to support the movement of another element with immediate direct fire.
PAC-3 Patriot advanced capability-3
PALS Patriot automated logistics system
passage point A place where units will pass through one another either in an advance or withdrawal. It is located where the commander desires subordinate units to physically execute a passage of lines.
passive air defense All measures, other than active air defense, taken to minimize the effectiveness of hostile air and missile threats against friendly forces and vital assets. These measures include camouflage, deception, dispersion, and the use of protective construction. (JP 1-02)
passive defense Operations which provide essential individual and collective protection for friendly forces, population centers, and critical assets. The principal measures used to accomplish passive defense are tactical warning, reducing targeting effectiveness, reducing vulnerability, and recovery and reconstitution. (JP 3-01.5)
PBO property book officer
PERSCOM Personnel Command
PERSSVCCMD Personnel Services Command
PGIP/T predicted ground impact point/time
PIR priority intelligence requirements.
PL phase line.
PLL prescribed load list
PLRS position locating and reporting system
PLT platoon
POD port of debarkation
POE port of embarkation
POL petroleum, oil and lubricants
POMCUS pre-positioned material configured in unit sets
positive control A method of airspace control that relies on positive identification, tracking, and director of aircraft within an airspace, conducted with electronic means by an agency having this authority and responsibility therein. (JP 1-02)
POW prisoner of war
PPDL point-to-point data link
PRC Peoples Republic of China
procedural control A method of airspace control that relies on a combination of previously agreed and promulgated orders and procedures. (JP 1-02)
PTL primary target line
PZ pick-up zone
R regiment
RADC region air defense commander
RAOC rear area operations center
RAP recognized air picture
RC reserve component
RCS radar cross section
Rds rounds
RECCE reconnaissance
RISTA reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance and target acquisition
ROC rear operations center
ROE rules of engagement. Directives issued by competent military authority which delineate the circumstances and limitations under which forces will initiate and/or continue combat engagements with other forces encountered. In air defense, directives that delineate the circumstances under which weapons may fire at an aircraft. The right of self-defense is never denied. (JP 1-02)
RRP replacement receiving point
RSOI Reception, staging, onward movement, & integration
RSR required supply rate
RSTA reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition
R/T receiver/transmitter
RW rotary-wing
S1 Personnel Officer
S2 Intelligence Officer
S3 Operations Officer
S4 Logistics Officer
S5 Civil Affairs Officer
SA situational awareness
SAAFR standard-use Army aircraft flight route
SAB (same/subject) separate armored brigade
SAM surface-to-air missile
SAR synthetic aperture radar
SATCOM satellite communications
SATP Security Assistance Training Program
SB special bulletin
SEAD suppression of enemy air defenses. That activity which neutralized, destroys, or temporarily degrades enemy air defenses in a specific area by physical attack and/or electronic warfare.
SEC sections
SECDEF Secretary of Defense
SEN small extension nodes
SHORAD short range air defense. A family of ADA weapon systems that provided very low-to-low altitude air defense.
SHORADEZ short range air defense engagement zone
SFOD Special Forces operational detachment
SIGINT signals intelligence
SIGO signal officer
SIGSEC signal security
SIPRNET secret internet protocol router network
SINCGARS single channel ground and airborne radio system
SJA staff judge advocate
SLBM sea-launched ballistic missile
SOCCE special operations command and control element
SOCOORD special operations coordinator
SOE states of emission
SOF special operations force
SOP standard operating procedures
SOR states of readiness
SPOD sea ports of debarkation
SSA supply support activity
SST single subscriber terminal
STACCS standard theater Army command and control system
STANAG Standardization Agreement
SUCCESS synthesized UHF computer controlled sub-system
support area A designated area in which combat service support elements, some staff elements, and other elements locate to support a unit.
surveillance The systematic observation of aerospace, surface or subsurface areas, places, persons, or things, by visual, natural, electronic, photographic, or other means.
SWA southwest Asia
TA theater Army
TAADCOM Theater Army Air Defense Command
TAADCOORD theater Army air defense coordinator
TAAMDCOORD theater army air and missile defense coordinator
TAC Tactical
TACAN traffic air control and navigation
TACC tactical air command center
TACDAR tactical data and reporting
TACON tactical control
TACS theater air control system
TACSAT tactical satellite
TADIL tactical digital information link
TADIXS-B tactical data information exchange system-B
TAFT technical assistance field teams
TAI target areas of interest
TAMMC Theater Army material management Center
TAOC tactical air operations centers
TAOM tactical air operations module
TAS target acquisition system
task organization A temporary grouping of forces designed to accomplish a particular mission. Task organization involves the distribution of available assets to subordinate control headquarters by attachment or by placing assets indirect support or under the operational control of the subordinate.
TASM tactical air-to-surface missile
TBM theater ballistic missile
TD tactical director
TDA tactical director assistant
TDDS tactical data distribution system
TDDS TRAP data distribution system
TDS tactical data system
TDMA time division multiple access
TEL transporter erector launcher
TERCOM terrain contour matching
TF task force
TGO terminal guidance operations
THAAD theater high altitude area defense
TIBS tactical information broadcast service
TM theater missile. A missile, which may be a ballistic missile, a cruise missile, or an air-to-surface missile (not including short-range, non-nuclear, direct fire missiles, bombs, or rockets such as Maverick or wire-guided missiles), whose target is within a given theater of operation. (JP 1-02)
TMD theater missile defense
TMDA time division multiple access
TOC tactical operations center. An element within the main command post which consists of those staff activities involved in sustaining current operations and in planning future operations.
TOE tables of organizations and equipment
TPFDD time phased force deployment data
TPFDL time phased force deployment list
TRADOC US Army Training and Doctrine Command
TRAP tactical receive equipment and related applications
TRITAC tri-service tactical communications
TRIXS tactical reconnaissance intelligence service
TROJAN SPIRIT Trojan special purpose intelligence remote integrated terminal
TSC theater signal company
TSM tactical surface missiles
TSN track supervision network
TST time sensitive target
TV television
UAV unmanned aerodynamic vehicles. An air vehicle that is remotely or automatically controlled.
UAV-SR unmanned aerial vehicle-short range
UBL unit basic load
UCMJ Uniform Code of Military Justice
UHF ultra high frequency
UIC unit identification code
UND urgency of need designator
US United States
USA United States of America
USAF United States Air Force
USCENTCOM United States central command
USMC United States Marine Corps
USR unit status report
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VHF very high frequency
VRC vehicular radio communications
WAD weapons alert designator
WARNO warning order
WCS weapons control status. One of three degrees of weapons fire control used by a commander to control fires of air defense weapons: weapons free, weapons hold, and weapons tight.
weapons free In air defense, a weapon control status used to indicate that weapons systems may be fired at any target not positively identified as friendly.
weapons hold In air defense, a weapon control status used to indicate that weapons systems may be fired only in self-defense or in response to a formal order.
weapons tight In air defense, a weapon control status used to indicate that weapons systems may be fired only at targets identified as hostile.
WEZ weapon engagement zone. In air defense, airspace of defined dimensions within which the responsibility for engagement normally rests with a particular weapon system.
WFZ weapons free zone
WIA wounded in action
WIN warfighter information network
WMD weapons of mass destruction
WOTS worldwide origin and threat system
WSRO weapons system replacement operations
WWMCSS worldwide military command and control system



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