Glossary
ADA air defense artillery
APC armored personnel carrier
ASP ammunition supply point
AVLB armored vehicle launched bridge
CBR chemical, biological, and radiological
C&C command and control
CEOI communications-electronics operation instructions
COMSEC communications security
CP command post
DZ drop zone
FAC forward air controller
FDC fire direction center
FIST fire support team
FO forward observer
FPF final protective fire
FRAGO fragmentary order
FSCOORD fire support coordinator
HE high explosive
HEAT high explosive antitank
HF high frequency
ICM improved conventional munitions
JOES jungle operations extraction system
LAPES low altitude parachute extraction system
LBE load-bearing equipment
LCM landing craft, mechanized
LZ landing zone
METT mission, enemy, terrain and weather, and troops and time available
MOGAS motor gasoline
MOPP mission oriented protection posture
NBC nuclear, biological, chemical
OP observation post
OPORD operation order
ORP objective rally point
PL phaseline
PLL prescribed load list
POL petroleum, oils, and lubricants
PW prisoner of war
PZ pickup zone
RCLR recoilless rifle
SLAR side-looking airborne radar
STANO surveillance, target acquisition, and night observation
TACAIR tactical aircraft
TOC tactical operations center
TOW tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided missile
VTR vehicle track retriever
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