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AFOSI Advanced Deployment
Operations Course
ADOC
Acronym List
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2IC
AAR
ACE
ACF
ACOG
ADCON
AI
AIF
AMEMB
ANFO
AOC
APOD
APOE
AQ
ARSOF
ASP
ASR
BBIED
BCOC
BCT
BDA
BDOC
BSZ
C2
C3
C4
CA
CAOC
CAS
CASEVAC
CBT
CCD
CCO
CEA
CFACC
CFLCC
CICA
CICA-K
CID
CISO
CITF
CLS
CMO
COA
COB
COIN
COLT
COTS
CP
CP
Second in Charge (Primarily British and Aussie)
After Action Review/Report
Memory aid: Ammo, Casualties, Equipment
Anti Coalition Forces (replaced by AIF)
Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
Administrative Control
Area of Interest
Anti Iraqi Forces
American Embassy
Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil
Air Operational Center
Aerial Port of Debarkation
Aerial Port of Embarkation
Al Qaeda
Army Special Operations Forces
Ammunition Supply Point
Alternate Supply Route
Boat Borne Improvised Explosive Device
Base Cluster Operations Center
Brigade Combat Team
Battle Damage Assessment
Base Defense Operations Center
Base Security Zone
Command and Control
Command, Control and Communication
Command, Control, Communication and Computers
Civil Affairs
Combined/Coalition Air Operations Center
Close Air Support
Casualty Evacuation
Combating Terrorism
Camouflage, cover and deception
Close Combat Optics
Capture Enemy Ammunition
Coalition Force Air Component Commander
Coalition Force Land Component Commander
Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority
Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority Kuwait
Criminal Investigations Division/Department
Counterintelligence Staff Officer
Criminal Investigations Task Force
Combat Life Saver
Civil-Military Operations
Course of Action
Civilians on the Battlefield
Counterinsurgency Operations
Crisis Operations Liaison Team
Commercial Off the Shelf
Command Post
Counter-Proliferation
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CPA
CQB
CQM
CSAR
CT
CTO
DA
DAO
DAT(T)
DCFACC
DCFLCC
DF
DFC
DT
DZ
E&E
E&R
EIJ
ERP
FARP
FEBA
FFL
FID
FLIR
FOB
FPASS
FPF
FPL
FRAGO
FTCP
HA
HET
HMMWV
HQ
HVI
HVT
IBD
IC
IED
IPB
IR
IRGC
IRGC-QF(KF)
ISR
ISRD
JCISE
JFC
JOC
JRAC JISE
JSOTF
JSRC
Coalition Provisional Authority
Close Quarters Battle
Close Quarters Marksmanship
Combat Search and Rescue
Counterterrorism
Counterthreat Operations (AFOSI's piece of IBD)
Direct Action, Department of the Army
Defense Attache Office
Defense Attache (office)
Deputy CFACC
Deputy CFLCC
Direct Fire
Defense Force Commander
Defensive Tactics
Drop Zone
Escape and Evasion
Evasion and Recovery
Egyptian Islamic Jihad
Enroute Rally Point
Forward Area Resupply Point
Forward Edge of the Battle Area
Forward Friendly Lines
Foreign Internal Defense
Forward Looking Infra Red
Forward Operating Base
Force Protection Aerial Surveillance System (used by USAF SF)
Final Protective Fire
Final Protective Line
Fragmentary Order
Flash Traffic Control Point
Humanitarian Assistance, Handling Agent
Humint/Human Exploitation Team (USMC Tactical Humint)
Highly-Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle
Head Quarters
High Value Individual
High Value Target
Integrated Base Defense
In Charge (Primarily British and Aussie)
Improvised Explosive Device
Intelligence Preparation of the Battlespace
Infrared
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (Iran)
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp Quds Force (IRGC SF)
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Directorate
Joint Counterintelligence Support Element (USCENTCOM Fwrd)
Joint Forces Commander
Joint Operations Center
Joint Rear Area Coordinator Joint Intelligence Support Element
(replaced by JCISE)
Joint Special Operations Task Force
Joint Search and Rescue Center
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JTCB
JTSG
LACE
LBE
LBV
LEGAT
LOC
LOG
LP
LSA
LZ
M1116
MANPADS
MEDEVAC
METT-TC
MI
MLE
MOB
MOD
MOI
MOIS
MOOTW
MOUT
MSO
MSR
NA
NAI
NAVSOC
NGO
NVD
NVG
OA
OCOKA
ODA
ODB
OGA
OP
OPCON
OPORD
ORP
OUSA
OVM
PATORD
PB
PCC
PCI
PCM
PIR
PLGR
PM
Joint Targeting Selection Board
Joint Targeting Coordination Board
Memory aid: Liquid, Ammo, Causalities, Equipment
Load Bearing Equipment
Load Bearing Vest
Legal Attache
Lines of Communication
Logistics
Listening Post
Logistical Support Area
Landing Zone
UP Armored HMMWV
Man Portable Air Defense System
Medical Evacuation
Memory aid: Mission, Enemy, Terrain and Weather, Troops and
Support Available, Time Available, Civil Considerations
Military Intelligence
Military Liaison Element (USA SF)
Main Operating Base
Ministry of Defense
Ministry of Interior
Ministry of Intelligence and Security (Iran)
Military Operations Other Than War
Military Operations on Urban Terrain
Military Source Operations
Main Supply Route
Northern Alliance
Named Area of Interest
Naval Special Warfare Special Operations Component
Non Governmental Organization
Night Vision Device(s)
Night Vision Goggle(s)
Objective Area
Memory aid: Observation, Cover and Concealment, Obstacles
Key Terrain, Avenues of Approach
Operational Detachment Alpha (USA SF)
Operational Detachment Bravo (USA SF)
Other Government Agency
Observation Post
Operational Control
Operations Order
Objective Rally Point
Other United States Agency
Operators Vehicle Maintenance
Patrol Order
Patrol Base
Pre Combat Checks
Pre Combat Inspection
Pre Combat Maintenance
Priority Intelligence Requirement
Precision Lightweight Global positioning System Receiver
Periodic Maintenance
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PMCS
PMI
PO
POI
POL/MIL
POO
PSC
PSYOP
QR-1
QR-4
RAOC
RFI
RIP
ROE
RP
RSO
S-2
S-3
S-4
SALUTE
SAM
SAR
SAS
SBS
SCID
SCID-A
SEAL
SERE
SF
SFG
SIR
SITREP
SOA
SOAR
SOCC
SOCCE
SOF
SOLE
SOP
SPAD
SPOT
SR
TACON
TACSOP
TAOR
TASS
TCCC
TCICA
TCP
TFCICA
Preventive Maintenance Checks and Service
Periodic Maintenance and Inspection
Psychological Operations
Point of Impact
Political Military Affairs (office in AMEMB)
Point of Origin
Private Security Company
Psychological Operations
Predator UAV
Global Hawk UAV
Rear Area Operations Center
Request for Information
Relief in Place
Rules of Engagement
Rally Point
Regional Security Officer
Intelligence Staff Officer
Operations Staff Officer
Logistics Staff Officer
Memory aid: Size, Activity, Location, Unit/Uniform, Time,
Equipment
Surface to Air Missile
Search and Rescue
Special Air Service (United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand SF)
Special Boat Squadron (United Kingdom and US)
Strategic Counterintelligence Detachment/Directorate
Strategic Counterintelligence Detachment/Directorate Afghanistan
Sea Air and Land (USN)
Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape
Special Forces (USA), Security Forces (USAF), Screening Force
Special Forces Group (USA)
Suspicious Incident Report
Situation Report
Special Operations Aviation
Special Operations Aviation Regiment
Special Operations Component Commander
Special Operations Command and Control Element (replaced
with MLE)
Special Operations Forces
Special Operations Liaison Element
Standard/Standing Operating Procedure
Special Advisor
USCENTCOM term for Imminent Threat TIR
Strategic Reconnaissance
Tactical Control
Tactical Standard/Standing Operating Procedure
Tactical Area of Responsibility
Tactical Alarm Sensor System
Tactical Combat Casualty Care
Theater Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority
Traffic Control Point
Task Force Counterintelligence Coordinating Authority
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THT
TIC
TIP
TIR
TOC
TPT
TRP
TTP
USA
USDR
UW
VBIED
Tactical Humint Team (USA Tactical Humint, usually MI)
Troops in Contact
Target Intelligence Package
Tactical Intelligence Report
Tactical Operations Center
Tactical Psychological Operations Team
Target Reference Point
Tactics Techniques and Procedures
United States Army
United States Defense Representative
Unconventional Warfare
Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
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