GLOSSARY
| AA | avenue of approach |
| ANCOC | advanced noncommissioned officer course |
| AR | Army regulation |
| BNCOC | basic noncomissioned officer course |
| BT | basic training |
| cm | centimeter |
| CONUS | continental United States |
| CS | combat support |
| CSS | combat service support |
| CUCV | commercial utility cargo vehicle |
| DD | Department of Defense |
| DMA | Defense Mapping Agency |
| E | east |
| EPLRS | enhanced position location reporting system |
| FIST | fire support team |
| FM | field manual |
| FORSCOM | United States Army Forces Command |
| GD | ground distance |
| GEOREF | geographic reference system |
| G-M | grid-magnetic |
| GPS | global positioning system |
| GSR | ground surveillance radar |
| GTA | graphic training aid |
| G/VLLD | ground/vehicular laser locator designator |
| HD | horizontal distance |
| HHC | headquarters and headquarters company |
| HMMWV | high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle |
| JOG | joint operations graphics |
| JTIDS | joint tactical information distribution system |
| km | kilometer |
| LAT | latitude |
| MD | map distance |
| METT-T | mission, enemy, terrain, troops and time available |
| MITAC | map interpretation and terrain association course |
| N | north |
| NCO | noncommissioned officer |
| OAC | officer advanced course |
| OBC | officer basic course |
| OCS | officer candidate school |
| OSUT | one station unit training |
| PADS | position and azimuth determining system |
| PD | photo distance |
| PJH | hybrid (PLRS and JTIDS) |
| PLDC | primary leadership development course |
| PLGR | Precision Lightweight Global Positioning System Receiver |
| POI | program of instruction |
| PRE | precommission |
| QRMP | quick response multicolor printer |
| ROTC | Reserve Officers' Training Corps |
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S |
south |
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SF |
standard form |
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SOSES |
shapes, orientations, sizes, elevations, and slopes |
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SUSV |
small-unit support vehicle |
| tan | tangent |
| TM | technical manual |
| TOW | tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided missile |
| TRADOC | Training and Doctrine Command |
| topo | topographic |
| UPS | universal polar stereographic |
| US | United States |
| USGS | United States Geological Survey |
| UTM | universal transverse mercator |
| VD | vertical distance |
| VNAS | vehicular navigation aids system |
| W | west |
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