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 |
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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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