GLOSSARY
PART I-ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
A
ACC Air Combat Command
ACE aviation combat element
ACO airspace control order
ADAM area denial artillery munition
ADOCS automated deep operations coordination system
ADE assistant division engineer
AFATDS advanced field artillery tactical data system
AFU;MFR ammunition and fire unit mission fire report
AFFOR Air Force forces
ALO air liaison officer
AM antimateriel
AO area of operations
AOC air operations center
APAM antipersonnel antimateriel
APERS antipersonnel
ARFOR Army forces
ARTY artillery
ASOC air support operations center
ASP ammunition supply point
AT antitank
ATACMS Army Tactical Missile System
ATCCS Army Tactical Command and Control System
ATO air tasking order
ATP ammunition transfer point
B
BCD battlefield coordination detachment
BDA battle damage assessment
BDE brigade
BLU bomb live unit
BN battalion
C
C2 command and control
C3 command, control, and communications
CAG carrier air wing commander
CAS close air support
CBU cluster bomb unit
CCIR commander's critical information requirements
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States
CP command post; concrete piercing or cratering
CS combat support
CSS combat service support
CSSE combat service support element
CTAPS contingency theater automated planning system
CVBG carrier battle group
CVIC carrier air intelligence center
CVW carrier air wing
D
DA Department of the Army
DAS direct air support; deep air support
DASC direct air support center
div division
DIVARTY division artillery
DPICM dual-purpose improved conventional munition
DTG date time group
E
e.g. for example
EN engineer
EOD explosive ordnance disposal
ETAC enlisted tactical air controller
F
FA field artillery
FAE fuel air explosive
FAI fuel air incendiary
FARP forward arming refueling point
FASCAM family of scatterable mines
FAX facsimile
FDC fire direction center
FFC force fires coordinator
FFCC force fires coordination center
FLI force level information
FLIR forward looking infrared
FM Field Manual (USA)
FMFM Fleet Marine Force Manual
FOL forward operating location
FS fire support
FSCL fire support coordination line
FSCC fire support coordination center
FSCOORD fire support coordinator
FSE fire support element
FSO fire support officer
G
G-2 Army or Marine Corps component intelligence staff officer (Army division or higher staff, Marine Corps brigade or higher staff)
G-3 Army or Marine Corps component operations staff officer (Army division or higher staff, Marine Corps brigade or higher staff)
GCE ground combat element
GLO ground liaison officer
GS general support
H
HMMWV high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle
HNS host nation support
HQ headquarters
I
ICM improved conventional munition
i.e. that is
IEW intelligence and electronic warfare
INFLTREP in-flight report
INTREP intelligence report
IPB intelligence preparation of the battlespace
J
J-3 Operations Directorate of a joint staff
J-5 Plans Directorate of a joint staff
JAOC joint air operations center
JFACC joint force air component commander
JFC joint force commander
JFSOCC joint forces special operations component commander
JINTACCS Joint Interoperability of Tactical Command and Control Systems
JIPTL joint integrated prioritized target list
JMCIS Joint Maritime Command Information System
JOA joint operations area
JRAC joint rear area coordinator
JTCB joint targeting coordination board
JTF joint task force
K
kg kilogram
L
LAV light armored vehicle
LCC land component commander
M
MAAP master air attack plan
MAGTF Marine air ground task force
MARFOR Marine forces
MCCDC Marine Corps Combat Development Command
MCFSS Marine Corps Fire Support System
MCRP Marine Corps Reference Publication
MCS maneuver control system
MDS Mission Distribution System
MEA munitions effectiveness assessment
MEDEVAC medical evacuation
MEF Marine expeditionary force
METT-T mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time available
MFR mission fire report
MISREP mission report
MICLIC mine-clearing line charge
MLRS multiple launch rocket system
mm millimeter
MSE mobile subscriber equipment
MSR main supply route
N
NBC nuclear, biological and chemical
NDC Naval Doctrine Command
NFA no fire area
noms nominations
NWP TP Naval Warfare Publication Test Publication
O
O&I operations and intelligence
OAS offensive air support
OPLAN operation plan
OPORD operation order
OPTEMPO operational tempo
OTC officer in tactical command
P
PAC Pacific Air Forces
PACAFPAM Pacific Air Forces Pamphlet
POC point of contact
R
R&S reconnaissance and surveillance
RAAM remote anti armor mine
RAAP rapid application of airpower
RAOC rear area operations center
REGT regiment
RFA restrictive fire area
ROC rear operations center
ROE rules of engagement
ROM refuel on the move
ROZ restricted operating zone
S
S3 battalion or brigade operations staff officer (Army; Marine Corps battalion or regiment)
SOF special operations forces
SOLE special operations liaison element
SOP standing operating procedures
SPINS special instructions
SRC survival recovery center
STACCS standard theater army command and control system
SQDN squadron
T
TA Theater Army
TACC tactical air command center
TACFIRE tactical fire direction system
TADC tactical air direction center
TAOC tactical air operations center
TARPS Tactical Air Reconnaissance Pod System
TF task force
TLAM Tomahawk land attack missile
TLAM-D Tomahawk land attack missile, version D
TOC tactical operations center
TTP tactics, techniques, and procedures
U
UIC unit identification code
US United States
USAF United States Air Force
USAFE United States Air Forces Europe
UXO unexploded ordnance
V
via by way of
vs versus
W
WOC wing operations center
WCCS Wing Command and Control System
- 1. In land mine warfare, an explosive or other material, normally encased, designed to destroy or damage ground vehicles, boats, or aircraft, or designed to wound, kill, or otherwise incapacitate personnel. It may be detonated by the action of its victim, by the passage of time, or by controlled means. 2. In naval mine warfare, an explosive device laid in the water with the intention of damaging or sinking ships or of deterring shipping form entering an area. The term does not include devices attached to the bottoms of ships or to harbor installations by personnel operating underwater, nor does it include devices which explode immediately of expiration of a predetermined time after laying. (Joint Pub 1-02)
mine.
- unexploded explosive ordnance.
- Explosive ordnance which has been primed, fused, or otherwise prepared for action and which has been fired, dropped, launched, projected or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel or material and remains unexploded either by malfunction or design or for any other cause.
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