GLOSSARY

A
AAHT anti armor helicopter troop
AAT anti - armor troop
ACR armored cavalry regiment
ACTO action officer
ADIZ Air Defense Identifcation Zone
AE aeriel explotation
APC armored personnel carrier
ARCSA Aviation Requirements for the Combat Structure of the Army
ARSV armored reconnaissance scout vehicle
AS aeriel surveillance
ASA Army Security Agency
ASIC All Source Intelligence Center
ASTA aeriel surveillance and target acquisition
AUSA Association of the US Army

B
BAOR British Army of the Rhine
BBP Bavarian Border Police
BGS Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guard)
BLO border liaison office
BRO border resident office
Bundeswehr German armed forces

C

CBTI combat intelligence
CENTAG Central Army Group
CEWI combat electronic warfare intelligence 
CIC counter intelligence corps
COMCENTAG Commander, Central Army Group
COMINT communications intelligence
CST combat support troop

E
EAC European Advisory Commision
EDC European Defense Community
EDP emergency defense plan
ELINT electronic intelligence
EUCOM Europe Command
EW electronic warfare

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F
FCC Flight Coordination Center
FRG Federal Republic of Germany
FWD forward
FY fiscal year

G
GAO general alert order
GDR German Democratic Republic
GSR ground surveillance radar

H
HICOG (Office of the) High Commission for Germany
HUMINT human intelligence

I
IBC illegal border crosser
IMINT imagery intelligence
INSCOM US Army Intelligence and Security Command
ITV improved TOW vehicle

J
JIC Joint Interrogation Center

L
LOI Letter of instruction

M
MHz megahertz
MI military intelligence
MIBRAS Military Intelligence Battalion, Aerial Surveillance
MOS military occupational specialty

N
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NORTHAG Northern Army Group
NSA National Security Agency

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O
ODCSI Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Intelligence
ODCSOPS Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations
OMGUS Office of Military Government for Germany (US)
OPLAN operation plan
OPORD operation order
OPORT Operation, Plans, Organization, and Training Division
OPSEC operations security
OTE operational test and evaluation

P
PIP Product Improvement Program
POW prisioner of war
PS Phonranicni Straz (Czechoslovak Border Guard)

R
RISE reliability improved selected equipment

S
SACEUR Supreme Allied Commander Europe
SERB Soviet External Relations Branch
SIGINT signal intelligence
SLAR side-looking airborne radar

T
TOE table of organization and equipment
TOW tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire- guided

U
USAFE US Air Force in Europe
USAREUR US Army, Europe
USASETAF US Army Southern European Task Force
USCOB US Commander Berlin
USEUCOM US European Command
USFA US Forces, Austria
USFET US Forces, European Theather
USMLM US MIlitary Liaison Mission
UTM universal transverse mercador

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V
VFR visual flight rules

Z
ZGS Zollgrenzschutz
ZOLL Zollgrenzdienst (Federal Customs Service)

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