GLOSSARY
ADAM area-denial artillery munition
AMAT antimateriel
AP armor piercing
APERS antipersonnel
AT antitank
BFA battlefield functional area
BLU bomb live unit
CB chemical biological
CBU cluster bomb unit
CS combat support; also o-chlorbenzolmalonitrile (riot-control agent)
CSS combat service support
DA Department of the Army
DOD Department of Defense
DP dual-purpose (antipersonnel/antimatetiel)
DTG date-time group
EOD explosive ordnance disposal
EOR explosive ordnance reconnaissance
FASCAM family of scatterable mines
FM field manual
FMFM Fleet Marine Force manual
GTA graphic training aid
HE high explosive
HEAT high-explosive antitank
HEP high-explosive plastic
HQ headquarters
MAGTF Marine air-ground task force
MICLIC mine-clearing line charge
MEDEVAC medical evacuation
METT-T mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available; Marine Corps, mission, enemy,
terrain and weather, troops and support available-time available
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC nuclear, biological, chemical
NEW net explosive weight
OPORD operation order
POC point of contact
PATRIOT phased-array tracking radar intercept on target
RAAMS remote antiarmor mine system
RPG rocket-propelled grenade
SMCT soldier's manual of common tasks
SOI signal operating instructions
SOP standing operating procedure
STANAG standardization agreement
STP soldier training publication
TASC training aids support center
TOW tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided
TRADOC (United States Army) Training and Doctrine Command
UIC unit identification code
US United States (of America)
UXO unexploded ordnance
WP white phosphorus (screening smoke)
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