GLOSSARY
A2C2 |
Air Assault Command and Control |
AAM |
Army Achievement Medal |
AAR |
after-action review |
ABN |
Airborne |
ACR |
Armored Cavalry Regiment |
ADC-S |
assistant division commander for support |
ALOC |
Administrative and Logistical Operations Center |
AO |
area of operations |
APC |
armored personnel carrier |
ARCOM |
Army Commendation Medal |
Ba'athist Party |
pan-Arab socialist party that Saddam Hussein had espoused |
Badr Corps |
armed Islamic organization |
BC |
battalion commander |
BCT |
Brigade Combat Team |
BDA |
battle damage assessment |
BDU |
battle dress uniform |
BFT |
Blue Force Tracker |
BRT |
Brigade Reconnaissance Team |
BSA |
Brigade Support Area |
BUB |
battle update briefing |
CAR |
combined arms rehearsal |
CASH |
Corps Area Support Hospital |
CG |
commanding general |
CI |
counter intelligence |
CJCS |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
CJTF |
Coalition Joint Task Force |
CKP |
Communist Kurdish Party |
CLS |
Combat Life Saver |
CMOC |
Civil-Military Operations Center |
Coax (có•ax) |
coaxially mounted machine gun |
COC |
change of command |
COSCOM |
Corps Support Command |
CP |
command post |
CPA |
Coalition Provisional Authority |
CQB |
close-quarters battle |
CQM |
close-quarters marksmanship |
CSC |
Corps Support Command |
CVC |
combat vehicle crewman's helmet |
DCU |
desert combat uniform |
DIVARTY |
Division Artillery |
D-Main |
Division Main Headquarters |
EMT |
emergency medical treatment |
EPW |
enemy prisoner of war |
ETS |
end term of service |
FAS |
Forward Aid Station |
FBCB2 |
Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below |
FOB |
Forward Operating Base |
Frago |
fragmentary order |
FSB |
Forward Support Battalion |
FSNCO |
forward support noncommissioned officer |
FSO |
fire support officer |
FTCP |
Field Trains Command Post |
H&I |
harassing and interdicting fires |
HE |
high-explosive munitions |
HET |
heavy equipment transporter |
HHC |
Headquarters and Headquarters Company |
HLZ |
helicopter landing zone |
HMMWV |
high mobility, multipurpose wheeled vehicle (Humvee) |
HUMINT |
human intelligence |
HVT |
high-value target |
ICDC |
Iraqi Civil Defense Corps |
IED |
improvised explosive device |
IGC |
Iraqi Governing Council |
lIMT |
individual movement techniques |
IO |
information operations |
IPB |
intelligence preparation of the battlefield |
ISB |
Intermediate Support Base |
ISU |
integrated sight unit |
JAG |
Judge Advocate General |
JOC |
Joint Operations Center |
JRTC |
Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana |
KDP |
Kurdish Democratic Party |
LD |
line of departure |
LOA |
limit of advance |
LOGPAC |
logistical package |
MEK |
Mujahedin-e Khalq, an anticlerical organization exiled from Iran |
| MKT | mobile kitchen trailer |
| MOUT | military operations on urban terrain |
| MRE | meal, ready to eat |
| MSR | Main Supply Route |
| MTOE | modified table of organization and equipment |
| MWR | morale, welfare, and recreation |
| 9 Line | standard medical evacuation request |
| NCO | noncommissioned officer |
| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
| NOD | night observation device |
| Noise-ex | noise generated by firing at unknown targets to suppress or intimidate the enemy |
| NTC | National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. |
| NVGs | night vision goggles |
| ODA | Operational Detachment A |
| Op Order | operations order |
| OPD | officer professional development |
| OPLAN | operations plan |
| ORHA | Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance |
| PCC | precombat checks |
| PCI | precombat inspections |
| Peshmerga | Kurdish fighters, literally "those who face death" |
| PIR | Parachute Infantry Regiment |
| POO | point of origin |
| Psyops | psychological operations |
| PT | physical training |
| PUK | Patriotic Union of Kurdistan |
| PVS | passive vision sight |
| PX | post exchange |
| QRF | Quick Reaction Force |
| RBA | Ranger body armor |
| ROE | rules of engagement |
| RPG | rocket-propelled grenade |
| RTO | radio telephone operator |
| S-1 | personnel officer |
| S-2 | intelligence officer |
| S-3 | operations officer |
| S-4 | supply officer |
| SAMS | School of Advanced Military Studies |
SAW |
squad automatic weapon |
| SCIRI | Supreme Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq |
| SEN | small extension node |
| SF | Special Forces |
| SINCGARS | Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System |
| SIPR | Secure Internet Protocol Router |
| SOP | standard operating procedure |
| TAA | Tactical Assembly Area |
| TAC | Tactical Actions Center |
| TACSAT | tactical satellite |
| TACSOPs | tactical standard operating procedures |
| TAT | to accompany troops |
| THT | tactical HUMINT team |
| TOC | Tactical Operations Center |
| T-rats | tray rations |
| TTP | tactics, techniques, and procedures |
| UAV | unmanned aerial vehicle |
| UMCP | Unit Maintenance Collection Point |
| Wahabi | member of a strict Sunni Muslim sect |
| WMDs | weapons of mass destruction |
| XO | executive officer |