GLOSSARY
A2 Army airspace
ABCCC airborne battlefield command and control center
ACA airspect coordination area
ACC area coordination center
ADA air defense artillery
ADL armistice demarcation line
ADP automatic data processing
AFSOC Air Force Special Operations Command
AI air interdiction
ALO air liaison officer
AM amplitude modulation
ANGLICO air and naval gunfire liaison company
AO area of operation
AOR area of responsibility
ASD/ISA Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
ASL authorized stockage list
AUTODIN automatic digital network
AUTOSEVOCOM automatic secure voice communications
AUTOVON automatic voice network
BAI battlefield air interdiction
BDAR battle damage assessment and repair
BDE base defensive effort
BDF base defensive force
BDU battledress uniform
BFV Bradley fighting vehicle
BMNT beginning morning nautical twilight
BSA brigade support area
C2 command and control
C2SRS command and control strength reporting system
C3 command, control, and communications
C3CM command, control, communications countermeasures
CA civil affairs
CAS close air support
CE communications-electronics
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CINC Commander in Chief
CJCS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
CNR combat net radio
COA course of action
COIN counterinsurgency
COMSEC communications security
CONPLAN concept of the operation plan
CONUS continental United States
CP command post
CS a chemical gas; combat support
CSS combat service support
DAO Defense Attache Office
DCA defense counter air
DCS defense communications system
DF direction-finding
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DISCOM division support command
DOD Department of Defense
DS direct support
DTS data transfer system
DZ drop zone
ECM electronic countermeasures
ECCM electronic counter-countermeasures
E&E escape and evade
EENT end evening nautical twilight
EOD explosive ordnance disposal
EPW enemy prisoner of war
ESM electronic warfare support measures
EW electronic warfare
FA field artillery
FAC forward air controller
FAO foreign area officer
FASCAM family of scatterable mines
FAX facsimile
FDC fire direction center
FIDAF foreign internal defense augmentation force
FID foreign internal defense
FIST fire support team
FM field manual; frequency modulation
FMS foreign military sales
FO forward observer
FRAGO fragmentary order
FSCM fire support coordination measures
FSCOORD fire support coordinator
FSE fire support element
FSO fire support officer
G2 Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence)
GS general support
GSR ground surveillance radar
HC a chemical smoke
HF high frequency
HHC headquarters and headquarters company
HNS host nation support
HPT high-payoff target
HUMINT human intelligence
HVT high-value target
IAW in accordance with
ICS intercommunications system
IDAD Internal Defense and Development
IED improvised explosive device
IEW intelligence and electronic warfare
IHFR improved high frequency radio
II imagery interpretation
IMINT imagery intelligence
IPB intelligence preparation of the battlefield
IR information requirements
ITU International Telecommunications Union
J3 operations directorate
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JDS joint deployment system
JSEAD joint suppression of enemy air defense
JSOTF joint special operations task force
JTF joint task force
KIA killed in action
LAW light antitank weapon
LCE load-carrying equipment
LIC low-intensity conflict
LOC lines of communication
LOGCAP logistical civil augmentation program
LOS line of sight
LRRP long-range reconnaissance patrol
LRSU long-range surveillance unit
LRU less-than-release unit
LUP linkup point
LZ landing zone
MAAG Military Assistance Advisory Group
MANPADS man-portable air defense system
MASINT measurement and signature intelligence
MAP military assistance program
MCHAN multichannel
METT-T mission, enemy terrain (and weather), troops and time available
MFO multinational force and observers
MHz megahertz
MI military intelligence
MILGP military group
mm millimeter
MNF multinational force
MOPP mission-oriented protective posture
MP military police
MRE meal, ready-to-eat
MSE mobile subscriber-equipment
MSR main supply route
NAAK nerve-agent antidote kit
NAI named areas of interest
NATO North Atlanta Treaty Organization
NBC nuclear, biological, chemical
NCA national command authority
NCO noncommissioned officer
NEO noncombatant evacuation order
NGF naval gunfire
NIC National Intelligence Center
NLOS non line of sight
NOD night observation device
NPCC National Production Control Center
OBJ objective
OCONUS outside continental United States
OJT on-the-job training
OP observation post
OPCON operational control
OPFOR opposing force
OPLAN operation plan
OPORD operation order
OPSEC operations security
ORP objective rally point
OSB operational support base
PAO public affairs office
PCM pulse code modulation
PCO peacetime contingency operation
PHOTOINT photo intelligence
PIR priority intelligence requirement(s)
PKO peacekeeping operation
PLL prescribed load list
POL petroleum, oils, and lubricants
P&RC population and resources control
PSYOP psychological operations
PW prisoner of war
RATT radio teletypewriter
RCA riot-control agent
RF radio frequency.
RFL restrictive fire line
RIC Regional Intelligence Center
RIF reconnaissance in force
ROE rules of engagement
rpm revolutions per minute
R&S reconnaissance and surveillance
RSL reconnaissance and security line
RSTA reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition
S1 adjutant
S2 intelligence officer
S3 operations and training officer
S4 supply officer
S5 civil affairs officer
SATCOM satellite communications
SECDEF Secretary of Defense
SECOMP secure en route communications package
SIGINT signal intelligence
SIGSEC signal security
SINCGARS single-channel ground and airborne radio subsystem
SITMAP situational map
SJA staff judge advocate
SOC special operations command
SOI signal operation instructions
SOF special operations force
SOFA status of forces agreement
SOP standing operating procedure
SP start point
SSB single side band
TACSAT tactical satellite
TACFIRE tactical fire
TACP tactical air control party
TAI target(ed) areas of interest
TC training circular
TC&D tactical cover and deception
TDA table of distribution and allowances
TECINT threat equipment, captured, intelligence
TF task force
TLE target location error
TOC tactical operations center
TOE table of organization and equipment
TOR terms of reference
TOW tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided missile
TRADOC United States Army Training and Doctrine
TTP tactics, techniques, and procedures
TVA target value analysis
UHF ultra high frequency
UN United Nations
UNDOF United Nations Disengagement Observer Forces
UNEF United Nations Emergency Forces
US United States
USAF United States Air Force
USAID United States assistance and internal development
USIA United States Information Agency
USMC United States Marine Corps
USN United States Navy
UNIFIL United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon
UW unconventional warfare
VHF very high frequency
VIP very important person
WP white phosphorus
WWMCCS worldwide military command and control system
XO executive officer
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