Glossary of military acronyms

Acronym Meaning Download the table (number)IN Infantry group (number)US Number of US personnel (number)V Vehicles (Time)L Local time (Time)Z Zulu time - GMT 42 CDO RM 42 Commando Royal Marines 508 STB 508th special troops battalion 81 81mm mortar round 9-liner 9 Line MEDEVAC Request A/C aircraft AAF anti-afghan forces ABP Afghan Border Police AC-130 Gunship adapted from Hercules ACK Acknowledge ACM Anti-Coalition Militia AFG Afghans AH-1W Attack helicopter 1W - US Marines Super Cobra gunship AIHRC Afghan Independent Human Right Commission AK-47 Assault rifle ANA Afghan National Army ANAP Afghan National Auxiliary Police ANBP Afghan National Border Police ANP Afghan National Police ANSF Afghan National Security Forces AO Area of operation AQ Al Qaida ARSIC Afghan regional security integrated command ASG Area Support Group ASV armoured security vehicle ATT At this time ATTK Attack AUP Afghan uniform police B-HUTS Semi-permanent wooden structures used in place of tents BAF Bagram Air Field BCT Brigade combat team (US) BDA Battle damage assessment BDE Brigade Beaten zone Area where spread of rounds fired BFT Blue Force Tracking: identifying friendly forces in area BG Brigadier General Blue forces Nato/ISAF forces Blue on Blue Friendly fire BN Battalion BP Blood Pressure BPT Be [ing] prepared to

Glossary of military acronyms

Acronym BRF BSN BSSM BTG BTIF BTL buzz saw C//NF C/S CAS CAT C CCA CCIR CD CDN CDR CF CG CGBG cgbg 1 coy CHOPS CIV CIVCAS CJ2 CJ3 CJSOTF CJTF CJTF-82 CLP CO CoP COP Coy CP cpt Csh CTC CWIED DBC DC DF DOI DoS DSHKA ECP EKIA Meaning Brigade Reconnaissance Force (Camp) Bastion Border Security Subcommittee Meeting Basic target graphic Bagram theatre internment facility Battalion Signalling method by waving light stick in circle Confidential, no foreign nationals Call sign Close air support Category C patient - priority carrier-controlled approach commander's critical information requirements Command Canadian Commander Coalition Forces Coldstream Guards Coldstream Guards Battle Group 1 company, Coldstream Guards battle group Chief of Operations Civilian Civilian casualties US intelligence and security command, afghanistan Joint special ops combined joint special operations task force Combined Joint Task Force Combined Joint Task Force-82: HQ of US Forces in ISAF and Regional Command East, March 2007-April 2008 Combat logistics patrol [supply convoy] Commanding officer Chief of Police Combat outpost Company Check point Captain combat support hospital ? counterterrorist center Command Wire Improvised Explosive Device database code District Centre Direct fire Date of incident Department of State Soviet-origin heavy machine gun entry control point Enemy killed in action

Glossary of military acronyms

Acronym Element ENG BDE EOC EOD eof ETT evac EVACD F-15 FB FF FFIR FIR FO FOB FP fps FRA BG FSB GBU GBU-12 GBU-31 GBU-38 GCTF GEN GHZ GIRoA GMLRS Green on green GSW GT R2RR helos HHB HIMARS HLZ HMG HMLA-169 HRT HVI HWY IAW IAW EOF SOP ICOM IDF Meaning Part of a task force e.g. "Puma element" = part of Task Force Puma Engineer Brigade Emergency Operation Centre Explosive Ordnance Disposal [bomb defuser] Escalation of Force [also 'exchange of fire'] embedded training team Evacuation Evacuated Fighter /bomber Forward Base (context -"Do China FB") Friendly Forces Friendly Forces Information Requirement First Impressions Report Forward observer Forward Operating Base Firing point Facility protection service French battle group Forward Support Base Guided Bomb Unit 500lb laser-guided "smart bomb" 2,000lb "smart bomb' GPS/laser guided 500lb 'smart' bomb Global Counter Terrorism Forces General Ghazni Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Multiple rocket launcher Fighting between Afghan forces Gunshot wound Canadian troops: tactical group:2nd bn 22nd royal regiment Helicopters Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion latest GPS-guided multiple rocket system, mounted on v. mobile truck [carries GMLRS qv] helicopter landing zone UK government (HM Government) US Marines light attack helicopter sqadron hostage rescue team High-value Individual Highway In accordance with in accordance with escalation of force standard operating procedure Radio indirect fire

Glossary of military acronyms

Acronym IED Illum INFIL INS INTSUM IO IOT IR ir IR STROBE IRoA IRT ISAF ISN ISO ISR IVO J COY 42 CDO JAF JAG JBAD JDAM JDCC JDOC JEL Jingle trucks JOC JPEL JTAC JUGROOM KAF KAIA KDZ KIA KJI KMTC KPRT L: LEP Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Litter LKG LN Meaning Improvised explosive device Illumination mortar, fired to provide light Infiltrate Insurgents Intelligence summary Information operations In order to Incident Report infrared Infrared Strobe Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Incident Response Team? International Security Assistance Force Internment [or Insurgent] serial Number In support of Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance In vicinity of J company 42 Commando Royal Marines Jalalabad Air Field Judge Advocate General (Army legal team) Jalalabad Joint Direct Attack Munition Joint District Coordination Center Joint Defense Operations Center Joint Effects List [hit list] Brightly decorated trucks covered in bells common across central Asia joint ops centre Joint Prioritised Effects List [hit list] Joint terminal air controller Fort, Garmsir, Afghanistan Kandahar Air Field Kabul international airport Kunduz Killed in action Kajaki Kabul military training cetnre Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team Location (in relation to S, A, L, T) Law Enforcement Professionals Location of the pick-up site. Radio frequency, call sign, and suffix. Number of patients by precedence: A to E with A being most urgent Special equipment required Stretcher used by medics Lashkar Ghar Local national

Glossary of military acronyms

Acronym LNO LTC Luna LZ m240b M249 M4/M-4 MAJ MAR MED OPS MED TM medevac MEY PRT MG MHL MM MOD MOI MP MS MSN Msr MTF MTT N/I C NAI NC NCO NDS NFI NFTR NMC NOFORN NSTR OBJ OC OCC- P OCCD ODA OGA OIC OMF Op OP OP grid OPSUM ORSA Meaning Liaison Officer Lieutenant Colonel German drone Landing Zone Type of machine gun light machine gun Type of gun Major Marine Medical Operations Medical Team Medical evacuation Meymaneh provincial reconstruction team Machine Gun Mehtar Lam Military Message Ministry of Defence Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior Military Police Military support Nurse (with a masters) main supply route More to follow military training team Nato/ISAF Confidential Named areas of interest non-combatant Non-commissioned officer Afghan intelligence [national directorate of security] Not Further Identified Nothing further to report non mission-capable no foreigners [secrecy classification] Nothing significant to report Objective Outcome operational command centre - provincial Operational Coordination Center District Operational Detachment (Alpha) - special forces Other Government Agency (usually CIA) Officer in charge Opposing Militant Forces Operation Observation Post Operation/Observation post map coordinates Operations Summary operations research and systems analysis

Glossary of military acronyms

Acronym Meaning PA Physician Assistant PAK Pakistan PAKMIL Pakistan military PAO Public Affairs Officer PAX Passengers/People PB Patrol Base PBG Polish battle group PEF poppy eradication force [afghan police] PEN Penich (outpost) PHQ Police headquarters (in reference to ANP) PID positive i.d. PKM Russian-made machine gun PL Platoon PLT Platoon PLT SJT Platoon Seargant PMT Police Mentor Team PoA President of Afghanistan poc point of contact POI point of impact POO Point of origin PRED Predator drone PRO COY protection company PRT Provincial Reconstruction Team PRT CDR Provincial Reconstruction Team Commander PSO Post Security Officer PT Patient PTS Peace Through Strength (PTS) reconciliation process QRF Quick Response Force RB Road block RC (N) Regional Command North RC Regional Command Central CENTRAL RC(E) / RC Regional Command East East RC(W) Regional Command West RC=S / RC(S) Regional Command South RCAG Regional Corps Assistance Group RCC / RC(C) Regional Command Capital RCP Route clearance Patrol rds/RDS Rounds rfs Resident Field Squadron RG US armoured vehicle RGR Royal Gurkha rifles ROE Rules of engagement Role 3 Surgical facility RPG Rocket propelled grenade RPK Light machine gun, Kalashnikov (Ruchnoi Pulemyot Kalashnikova)

Glossary of military acronyms

Acronym RPT RTB RTE RTF S-2 S-5 S, A, L, T S, A, L, T, U, R S: S//REL SAF/Safire SAW SC-26 SCIDA SEWOC SFG Shura SIED SIGACT SIR sof SOG Solatia SOP SOTF SOTG SPC SQD sqn Squirter SSE SVBIED SWO SWT T: TB TBC TBD TCP TERP TF TF373 TFK TG TG AREs Meaning Report Return to base Route Reconstruction Task Force [Australian at TF Uruzgan] Intelligence staff officer Staff member responsible for civil-military operations Size, Activity, Location, Time (military report) Size, Activity, Location, Time, Unit, Result (military report) Size (in relation to S, A, L, T) Secret or Selective release? (context - "S//REL TO USA, AFG, GCTF, ISAF, NATO") Small ams fire/Surface to air fire Squad Automatic Weapon [ machine gun] Scorpion 26 - US special forces unit in Helmand Site Configuration and Installation Design Authority? Sigint Electronic Warfare Operational Centre special forces group Meeting of tribal elders and Afghan leaders Suicide IED Significant activity Serious Incident Report Special ops force Special ops group Payments to civilian victims of US attacks (or their families) Standard Operating Procedure Special Operations Task Force Special ops taskgroup Specialist Squadron Squadron Someone running for cover Sensitive site exploitation suicide vehicle-borne IED Surface warfare officer Scout weapons team Time (in relation to S, A, L, T) Taliban To be confirmed To be decided Traffic control point Interpreter Task force task force 373 [special ops] Task Force Kandahar Tactical Group Tactical group Ares

Glossary of military acronyms

Acronym Thready TIC Toc TTPs UAH UAV UH-1N UH-60 UNAMA UNK usfor-a UXO VBIED VCP vic Meaning Pulse that is very fine and scarcely perceptible. Troops in contact tactical op center tactics, techniques, and procedures Up-armoured Humvee Unmanned aerial vehicle [drone] US Twin Huey transport/communications helicopter Black Hawk helicopter United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Unknown United States Forces Afghanistan unexploded ordnance [or unfired] VBIED vehicle-borne improvised explosive device Vehicle Check Point vicinity Vehicle? (context - "ANP officer hit ANA officer with door of VIC...7 VIC to 8 rounds struck ANP VIC") vitals Vital signs (for example blood pressure) VP Vulnerable point VPB Vehicle patrol base VSA vital signs absent [i.e. dead] w/d wheels down w/u wheels up White Eagle Polish task force WIA Wounded in action