A
A²C² Army airspace command and
control
AAGS Army air-ground system
ACC air component commander
ACR armored cavalry regiment
ADA air defense artillery
AFSCOORD assistant fire support coordinator
AI air interdiction
ALO air liaison officer
ANGLICO air/naval gunfire liaison company
ASOC air/naval gunfire liaison company
ASP ammunition supply point
ASPS all-source production section
ATF amphibious task force
ATP ammunition transfer point
B
BAI battlefield air interdiction
BCE battlefield coordination element
BICC battlefield information coordination
center
C
C2 command and control
C2CM command control
countermeasures
C3 command, control, and
coordination
CAS close air support
CFL close air support
COMMZ communications zone
CP communications zone
CSS combat service support
CTOC corps tactical operations center
D
DCA defensive counterair
DF direction finding
DFSCOORD deputy fire support coordinator
div arty division artillery
DS direct support
E
EAC echelons above corps
ECM electronic countermeasures
ESM electronic support measures
EW electronic warfare
EWS electronic warfare
F
FA field artillery
FAC forward air controller
FAIO field artillery intelligence officer
FASCAM field artillery scatterable minefield
FCT firepower control team
FIST fire support team
FLOT forward line of own troops
FSCL fire support coordination line
FSCOORD fire support coordinator
FSE fire support element
FSO fire support officer
FSS fire support section
G
GS general support
GSR general support reinforcing
H
HE high explosive
HHB headquarters and headquarters
battery
HQ headquarters
I
ICM improved conventional munition
IEW intelligence electronic warfare
IPB intelligence preparation of the
battlefield
IR infrared
J
JAAT joint air attack team
JSAK joint attack of the second echelon
J-SEAD joint suppression of enemy air
defenses
L
LCC land component commander
M
MBA main battle area
METT-T mission, enemy, troops available,
terrain and weather, and time
available
MI military intelligence
MLRS multiple launch rocket system
MOUT military operations on urban
terrain
N
NAI named area of interest
NBC nuclear, biological, chemical
NCA National Command Authority
NGF naval gunfire
O
OCA offensive counterair
OPORD operational control
OPORD operation order
P
PAL permissive action link
POL petroleum, oil and lubricants
R
R reinforcing
RAOC rear area operations center
RSTA reconnaissance, surveillance, and
target acquisition
S
SALT supporting arms liaison team
SEAD suppression of enemy air
SEMA special electronic mission aircraft
SOP standing operating procedures
T
tac air tactical air
TACC tactical air control center
TACP tactical air control party
TACS tactical air control system
TAI target area of interest
TDA target damage assessment
TOC tactical operations center
TRADOC US Army Training and Doctrine
Command
TVA target value analysis
U
UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
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