Department of the Army Historical Summary: FY 1986
Glossary
AAWS-M | Advanced Anti-Tank Weapon System-Medium |
AFIP | Armed Forces Institute of Pathology |
AHIP | Army Helicopter Improvement Program |
AHUAS TARA 86 | A command post exercise conducted by the U.S. Southern Command in Honduras. |
AIDS | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
BLAST FURNACE | A cocaine interdiction operation in Bolivia. |
CABANAS 86 | A field training exercise conducted by the U.S. Southern Command in Honduras. |
CAC | Casualty Area Command |
CAMIS | Continental Army Management Information System |
CAO | Casualty Assistance Officer |
CASB | Canadian Air Safety Board |
CERTAIN SAGE | An exercise testing mobilization procedures at the installation level. |
CG | Commanding General |
CMAOC | Casualty and Memorial Affairs Operations Center |
COHORT | Cohesion, operational readiness, and training |
CONUS | Continental United States |
DIVAD | Division Air Defense |
EOD | Explosive ordnance disposal |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
FRG | Federal Republic of Germany |
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FSAO | Family Service and Assistance Officer |
GALLANT EAGLE | A training exercise in a desert setting which provided a simulated combat environment for training, planning, and execution of joint military operations. |
HAT TRICK II | A narcotic interdiction operation in the Caribbean. |
HMMWV | High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle |
HQDA | Headquarters, Department of the Army |
IRR | Individual Ready Reserve |
JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
JINTACCS | Joint Interoperability of Command and Control Systems |
LASH | Lighter aboard ship |
MAC | Military Airlift Command |
MACOM | Major Army Command |
MFO | Multinational Force and Observers |
MILPERCEN | Military Personnel Center |
MLRS | Multiple launch rocket system |
MOS | Military Occupational Specialty |
MOUT | Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NCO | Noncommissioned officer |
NORTHAG | Northern Army Group |
NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board |
OACSI | Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence |
OCCH | Office of the Chief of Chaplains |
OCEAN VENTURE 86 | A joint/combined, JCS-directed exercise in the Caribbean. |
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OCPA | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs |
ODCSLOG | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics |
ODCSOPS | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans |
ODCSPER | Office of the Deputy Chief of staff for Personnel |
PNOK | Primary next of kin |
POMCUS | Pre-positioning of materiel configured to unit sets |
PORT CALL 86 | A command post exercise testing crisis management procedures. |
PRESENT ARMS 86 | A command post exercise evaluating selected Worldwide Military Command and Control System procedures and components. |
PRIMUS | Primary Medical Care for the Uniformed Services |
RCMP | Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
REFORGER | An exercise conducted in Western Europe to test the readiness of reserve component units in reinforcing active components already engaged in a European conflict. |
RMTS | Regional Maintenance Training Site |
ROTC | Reserve Officers' Training Corps |
RTS-Medical | Regional Training Site-Medical |
SAO | Survival Assistance Officer |
SDI | Strategic Defense Initiative |
SINCGARS | Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System |
STAMMIS | Standard Army Multi-Command Management Information System |
STARNET | A telecommunications network providing worldwide telecommunications for the Army. |
TACCS | Tactical Army Combat Service Support Computer System |
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TEAM SPIRIT | A joint-combined training exercise conducted by the Republic of Korea and the United States, designed to improve defensive posture through the reception, staging, employment, and redeployment of out-of-country U.S. augmentation forces. |
TOW | Tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided |
TRADOC | Training and Doctrine Command |
USASA | United States Army Space Agency |
USASDC | United States Army Strategic Defense Command |
USSPACECOM | United States Space Command |
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Last updated 17 November 2003
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