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-A-

AAR
- after-action review

ABCCC
 - airborne command, control and communications

ACA
- airspace coordination area

ADC
 - assistant division commander

AFSOUTH-
Allied Forces, Southern Europe

ALOC
- administration and logistics operations center

AMC
 - U. S. Air Force Air Mobility Command or U. S. Army Material Command

ANGLICO
- air and naval gunfire liaison company

APOD-
aerial port of debarkation

AWE
- advanced warfighting experiment



-B-


BBS
 - brigade battle simulation

BCT
- brigade combat team

BCTP-
Battle Command Training Program

BLUFOR-
blue, or friendly, forces

BOS
- battlefield operating system

BSA
- brigade support area





-C-


C2
- command and control

CA
- civil affairs

CALFEX
- combined arms live-fire exercise

CALL
- Center for Amy Lessons Learned

CAS
- close air support

CBS
- computer-based simulations or corps battle simulation

CGSC-
 U. S. Army Command and General Staff College

CINC
- commander-in-chief

CMTC-
 Combat Maneuver Training Center

COG
- commander, operations group

CONUS-
Continental United States

COSCOM-
corps support command

CS
- combat support

CSAR-
combat search and rescue

CSS
- combat service support

CTC
- combat training center



                             

-D-


DISCOM
- division support command



                             

-E-


EDRE
- emergency deployment readiness exercise



                             

-F-


FLOT
- forward line of own troops

FORSCOM
- U. S. Army Forces Command

FSB
- forward support battalion

FTX
- field training exercise

                             



-H-


HMMWV
- high mobility, multi-purpose wheeled vehicle



                            

-I-


IPB
- intelligence preparation of the battlefield





-J-


JTF
- joint task force

JRTC
- Joint Readiness Training Center



                             

-L-


LTP
- leader training program



                            

-M-


METL
- mission-essential task list

MH60s
- nomenclature for a special operations cargo helicopter System

MLRS
- Multiple Launch Rocket System

MP
- military police

MTMC
- Military Transportation and Movement Command

MTOE
- modified table of organization and equipment

MTP
- mission training plan

MTT
- mobile training team



                             

-N-


NLOS
- non line of sight

NTC
- National Training Center



                            

-O-


OAC
- officer advanced course

OC
- observer/controller

ODP
- officer distribution plan

OOTW
- operations other than war

OPFOR
- opposing forces

OPLAN
- operations plan

OPORD
- operations order

OPPACE
- operational pace of unit missions

OPTEMPO
- operational tempo



                             

-P-


POMCUS
- prepositioning of material configured in unit sets

PSYOP
- psychological operations



                            

-R-


ROE
- Rules of Engagement

RPG
- rocket-propelled grenades

RSOI
- reception, staging, onward movement and integration



                             

-S-


SEAD
- suppression of enemy air defenses

SEAL
- sea, air, land; denotes U. S. Navy special operations forces

SIMNET
- simulation network

SME
- subject matter expert

SOP
- standing operating procedure

ST
- student text

STOW
- simulated theater of war

STRICOM
- Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command

STX
- situational training exercise



                            

-T-


TAF
- tactical analysis and feedback facility

TC
- Training Circular

TOC
- tactical operations center

TRADOC
- U. S. Army Training and Doctrine Command

TRANSCOM
- United States Transportation Command

TTP
- tactics, techniques and procedures



                             

-U-


USACOM
- United States Atlantic Command

USAREUR
- United States Army, Europe

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