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GLOSSARY


AA

Active Army

AAFES

Army and Air Force Exchange Service

AAR

After Action review

ABA

American Bar Association

ABCA

American-British-Canadian-Australian

ABCMR

Army Board for the Correction of Military Records

ACO

Administrative Contracting Officer

ADA

Anti-deficiency Act

ADCON

Administrative Control

AECA

Arms Export Control Act

AFCYBER

United States Air Force Cyber Command

AFE

Armed Forces Entertainment

AFRC

Armed Forces Recreation Center

AFRICOM

United States Africa Command

AIB

Accident Investigation Board

AIF

Afghan Infrastructure Fund

AIFA

AAFES Impress Fund Activities

AMCITS

United States Citizens

ANGLICO

Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison Company

ANZUS

Australia, New Zealand and United States

AO

Area of Operations

AOA

Acquisition Only Authority

AOC

Army Operations Center/Air and Space Operations Center

AOR

Area of Responsibility

AP I

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Additional Protocol I)

AP II

Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Additional Protocol II)

APF

Appropriated Fund

APL

Anti-Personnel Landmine

AR

Army Regulation

ARC

American Red Cross

ARCYBER

United States Army Cyber Command

ARIMS

Army Records Information management System

ARMP

Army Recreation Machine Program

ARNG

Army National Guard

ARNGUS

Army National Guard of the United States

ASA (FM&C)

Assistant secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller)

ASCC

Army Service Component Command

ASD

(HD&ASA)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and America’s Security Affairs)

ASD (ISA)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs)

ASD (PA)

Assistant Secretary of Defense(Public Affairs)

ASD (SO/LIC)

Assistant Secretary of Defense (Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict)

ASFF

Afghan Security Force Funds

ASLP

Archipelagic sea Lane Passage

BASOPS

Base Operations

BATF

Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms

BCT

Brigade Combat Team

BDE

Brigade

BJA

Brigade Judge Advocate

BPA

Blanket Purchase Agreement

BPC

Building Partner Capacity

BWC

Biological Weapons Convention

C2

Command and Control

CA

Convening Authority/Civil Affairs

CAAF

Contractor Accompanying the Armed Force/Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

CAC

Common Access Card

CAD

Contract Administration Delegation

CALL

Center for Army Lessons Learned

CAO

Casualty Assistance Officer

CAP

Civil Augmentation Program

CAT

Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment

CBIRF

Chemical Biological Incident Response Force

CBRNE

Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High Yield Explosives

CBV

Capability-Based Volunteer

CCA

Contingency Construction Authority

CCDR

Combatant Commander

CCIF

Combatant Commander Initiative Fund

CCP

Contingency Contracting Personnel

CCW

See UNCCW

CD

Counter Drug

CDA

Contract Disputes Act

CDF

Contractor Deploying with the Force

CEM

Combined Effects Munitions or Cluster Bombs

CERD

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

CERP

Commanders’ Emergency Response Program

CF

Coalition Forces

CI

Counter Intelligence

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CICA

Competition in Contracting Act

CID

Criminal Investigation Division

CIL

Customary International Law

CINCSOC

Commander in Chief United States Special Operations Command

CIO

Chief Information Officer

CIP

Critical Information Protection

CIS

Client Information System

CIVTRACKS

Civilian Tracking System

CJA

Command Judge Advocate

CJCS

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

CJCSI

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction

CJTF

Combined Joint Task Force

CLAMO

Center For Law and Military Operations

CLEA

Civilian Law Enforcement Agency

CMAOC

Casualty and Mortuary Affairs Operations Center

CMO

Civil Military Operations

CMP

Contractor Management Plan

CNA

Computer network Attack

CND

Computer Network Defense

CNE

Computer Network Enabling Operations

CNO

Computer Network Operations

CO

Cyberspace Operations/Conscientious Objector/Commanding Officer

COA

Course of Action

COB

Civilian on the Battlefield

COCOM

Combatant Command

COIN

Counter Insurgency

COMCAM

Combat Camera

CONOP

Concept of the Operation

CONPLAN

Contingency Plan

CONUS

Continental United States

COR

Contracting Officer’s Representative

COWC

Conventional Weapons Convention

CPA

Coalition Provisional Authority

CPOL

Civilian Personnel Online

CPX

Command Post Exercise

CQB

Close Quarters Battle

CQC

Close Quarters Combat

CRC

CONUS Replacement Center

CREST

Contingency Real Estate Support Team

CROE

Combined Rules of Engagement

CS

Civil Support

CSB

Contracting Support Brigade

CSIP

Contracting Support Integration Plan

CT

Counter Terrorism

CTC

Combat training Center

CTR

Cooperative Threat Reduction

CUL

Common User Logistics

CWC

Chemical Weapons Convention

CYBERCOM

United States Cyber Command

CZ

Combat Zone

D&M

Detection and Monitoring

DACORB

Department of the Army Conscientious Objector Review Board

DAEO

Designated Agency Ethics Official

DAGO

Department of the Army General Order

DCA

Defense Cooperation Act

DCID

Director of Central Intelligence Directive

DCIO

Defense Criminal Investigative Organization

DCIS

Defense Criminal Investigative Service

DCO

Defense Coordinating Officer /Designated Commanding Officer/Deputy Commanding Officer/Defensive Cyberspace Ops

DCO-RA

Defensive Cyberspace Operations Response Action

DCP

Detainee Collection Point/Detainee Control Point

DCS

Direct Commercial Sales

DEPOPSDEP

Deputy Operations Deputy

DEPSECDEF

Deputy Secretary of Defense

DEROS

Date Eligible to Return from Overseas

DFAR

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

DFAS

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

DHF

Declared Hostile Force

DHHS

Department of Health and Human Services

DHS

Department of Homeland Security

DIA

Defense Intelligence Agency

DISAM

Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management

DLA

Defense Logistics Agency

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

DNI

Director of National Intelligence

DOB

Date of Birth

DOD

Department of Defense

DODAA

Department of Defense Appropriations Act

DODD

Department of Defense Directive

DODFMR

Department of Defense Financial Management regulation

DODI

Department of Defense Instruction

DODIN

Department of Defense Information Networks

DOHA

Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals

DOJ

Department of Justice

DOT

Department of Transportation

DPA

Danger Pay Allowance

DR

Disaster Relief

DRMO

Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office

DRMS

Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service

DSCA

Defense Support to Civil Authorities

DSPD

Defense Support to Public Diplomacy

DTA

Detainee Treatment Act

EA

Electromagnetic Attack

EBS

Environmental Baseline Survey

EC

Ethics Counselor

EDA

Excess Defense Articles

EDATE

Effective Date

EE

Emergency Essential

EEA

Environmental Executive Agent

EEE

Emergency and Extraordinary Expense

EEZ

Exclusive Economic Zone

EFT

Electronic Fund Transfer

EIAP

Environmental Impact Analysis Process

EM

Electromagnetic

EMAC

Emergency Management Assistance Compact

EMS

Electromagnetic Spectrum

ENMOD

Environmental Modification

EO

Executive Order

EOF

Escalation of Force

EP

Electromagnetic Protection

ePRT

Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team

EPW

Enemy Prisoner of War

ER

Environmental Review

ES

Electronic Warfare Support/ Environmental Study

ESF

Emergency Support Function

ESGR

Employer Support to the Guard and Reserve

ETS

Expiration Term of service

EVE

Equal Value Exchange

EW

Electronic Warfare

EWS

Electronic Warfare Support

F&ES

Fire and Emergency Services

FAA

Foreign Assistance Act

FAR

Federal Acquisition Regulation

FARC

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia

FCA

Foreign Claims Act

FCC

Foreign Claims Commission

FCN

Friendship, Commerce and Navigation

FCO

Federal Coordinating Officer

FCP

Family Care Plan

FDM

Financial Disclosure Management

FECA

Federal Employee Compensation Act

FEGLI

Federal Employee Group Life Insurance

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FEPP

Foreign Excess Personal Property

FGS

Final Governing Standards

FHA

Foreign Humanitarian Assistance

FM

Field Manual

FMF

Foreign Military Financing

FO

Flag Officer

FOA

Field Operating Agency

FOAA

Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

FOO

Field Ordering Officer

FORSCOM

United States Forces Command

FOUO

For Official Use Only

FPD

Foreign Post Differential

FRAGO

Fragmentary Order

FRG

Family Readiness Group

FSCOORD

Fire Support Coordinator

FSU

Former Soviet Union

FTCA

Federal Tort Claims Act

FTX

Field Training Exercise

FY

Fiscal Year

G.A.

General Assembly (United Nations)

GAO

Government Accountability Office

GC

See GC IV

GC I

Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (Geneva Convention I) (GWS)

GC II

Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of the Armed Forces at Sea (Geneva Convention II)  (GWS(SEA))

GC III

Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (Geneva Convention III) (GPW)

GC IV

Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (Geneva Convention IV) (GC)

GCC

Geographic Combatant Commander

GCCC

Global Contingency Construction Contract

GCM

General Court-Martial

GCMCA

General Court-Martial Convening Authority

GCSC

Global Contingency Service Contract

GIRoA

Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

GO

General Officer/General Order

GOI

Government of Iraq

GPC

Government Purchase Card

GPE

Government Wide Point of Entry

GPW

See GC III

GSA

General Services Agency

GWOT

Global War on Terrorism

GWS

See GC I

GWS(SEA)

See GC II

HA

Humanitarian Assistance

HBCT

Heavy Brigade Combat Team

HCA

Humanitarian and Civic Assistance

HD

Homeland Defense

HEO

Highly Elliptical Orbits

HHC

Headquarters and Headquarters Company

HHD

Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

HLS

Homeland Security

HN

Host Nation

HQDA

Headquarters Department of the Army

HRC

Human Rights Committee

HSPD

Homeland Security Presidential Directive

HUMINT

Human Intelligence

IA

Information Assurance

IAW

In Accordance With

IBCT

Infantry Brigade Combat Team

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

ICCPR

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICESCR

International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

ICF

Intelligence Contingency Funds

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

IDA

Initial Denial Authority

IDIQ

Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity

IDP

Imminent Danger Pay/Internally Displaced Person

IDS

Individual Deployment Site

IDT

Inactive Duty Training

IFB

Invitation for Bids

IHL

International Humanitarian Law

IHRL

International Human Rights Law

IMET

International Military Education and Training

IMINT

Imagery Intelligence

IMO

International Maritime Organization

INSCOM

Intelligence and Security Command (US Army)

IO

Information Operations/Intelligence Oversight/Investigating Officer

IOII

Information Operations Intelligence Integration

IRC

Information-Related Capabilities

IRR

Inactive Ready Reserve

ISAF

International Security Assistance Force (NATO Afghanistan)

ISFF

Iraqi Security Force Funds

ISR

Individual Service Responsibility/Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance

ITARS

International Traffic in Arms Regulations

J&A

Justification and Approval

JA

Judge Advocate

JARB

Joint Acquisition Review Board

JCC-I/A

Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan

JCET

Joint Combined Exchange Training

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff

JDOMS

Joint Director of Military Support Operations

JEMB

Joint Environmental Management Board

JEMSO

Joint Electromagnetic Spectrum Operations

JER

Joint Ethics Regulation

JFO

Joint Field Office

JIACG

Joint Interagency Coordination Group

JIEDDO

Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization

JMD

Joint Manning Document

JMRC

Joint Multinational Readiness Center

JOC

Joint Operations Center

JOPES

Joint Operations Planning and Execution System

JRC

Joint Replacement Center

JRTC

Joint Readiness Training Center

JSCP

Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan

JTF-CS

Joint Task Force-Civil Support

KIA

Killed in Action

KISE

Known Imminent and Substantial Endangerments

KLE

Key Leader Engagement

KO

Contracting Officer

LAA

Legal Assistance Attorney

LAD

Latest Arrival Date/Latest Available Date

LAMP

Legal Assistance to Military Personnel

LATAM

Latin America

LEDET

Law Enforcement Detachment

LHWCA

Longshoreman and Harbor Worker’s Compensation Act

LOA

Letter of Assistance/Authorization

LOAC

Law of Armed Conflict

LOD

Legal Operational Detachment

LOGCAP

Logistics Civil Augmentation Program

LOT

Legal Operational Team

LOW

Law of War

LSO

Legal Services Organization

LTP

Leader Training Program

MAAWS

Money as a Weapon System

MACDIS

Military Assistance to Civil Disturbance

MACP

Mortuary Affairs Collection Point

MARFORCYBER

United States Marine Corps Force Cyberspace Command

MCA

Military Claims Act

MCM

Manual for Courts-Martial

MCOE

Multinational Military Center of Excellence

MCTP

Mission Command Training Program

MDCO

Maneuver Damage Claim

MDMP

Military Decision Making Process

MEJA

Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act

METT-TC

Mission, Enemy, Terrain, Troops,

Time, Civilians

MGS

Mobile Gun System

MIA

Missing in Action

MILCON

Military Construction

MILDEC

Military Deception

MILPER

Military Personnel

MIO

Maritime Interception Operation

MISO

Military Information Support Operations (Formerly PSYOP)

MJA

Military Justice Advisor

MNCI-I

Multinational Corps-Iraq

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

MOHS

Maintain Operations or Protect Human Health and Safety

MOUT

Military Operations in Urban Terrain

MP

Military Police

MPS

Military Postal Service

MRE

Military Rule of Evidence/Mission Rehearsal Exercise/Meal Ready to Eat

MSO

Military Source Operations

MSR

Main Supply Route

MTF

Military Treatment facility

MTOE

Modified Table of Organization and Equipment

MTT

Mobile Training Team

MWD

Military Working Dog

MWR

Morale, Welfare and Recreations

NAF

Non-Appropriated Fund

NAFI

Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCA

National Command Authority

NCE

Non-Combatant Essential

NCIS

Navy Criminal Investigative Service

NCO

Non-Commissioned Officer

NEO

Noncombatant Evacuation Operation

NG

National Guard

NGA

National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

NGO

Nongovernmental Organization

NII

National Information Infrastructure

NJP

Non-Judicial Punishment

NLT

No Later Than

NOK

Next of Kin

NORTHCOM

United States Northern Command

NRF

National Response Framework

NRO

National Reconnaissance Office

NRP

National Response Plan

NSA

National Security Agency/National Security Act

NSA/CSS

National Security Agency and Central Security Service

NSC

National Security Council

NSS

National Security Strategy

NSSE

National Special Security Events

NTC

National Training Center

O&I

Operations and Intelligence

O&M

Operations and Maintenance Funds

O/C

Observer Controller

O/C-T

Observer Controller-Trainer

OAS

Organization of American States

OC

Oleoresin Capsicum Pepper Spray

OCO

Overseas Contingency Operations/ Offensive Cyberspace Operations

OCONUS

Outside the Continental United States

ODNI

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

OEBDG

Overseas Environmental Baseline Guidance Document

OEF

Operation Enduring Freedom

OFDA

Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID)

OGA

Other Governmental Agency

OGC

Office of General Counsel

OGE

Office of Government Ethics

OGO

Other Governmental Organization

OHDACA

Overseas Humanitarian Disaster and Civic Aid

OIC

Officer in Charge

OIF

Operation Iraqi Freedom

OJC

Operation Just Cause

OND ROE

Operation New Dawn Rules of Engagement

OOTW

Operations Other Than War

OPA

Other Procurement Army

OPCON

Operational Control

OPLAN

Operational Plan

OPORD

Operations Order

OPSEC

Operational Security

OPTEMPO

Operational Tempo

OPWC

Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSINT

Open Source Intelligence

OSJA

Office of the Staff Judge Advocate

OTJAG

Office of the Judge Advocate General (US Army)

PA

Public Affairs

PACOM

United States Pacific Command

PADD

Person Authorized to Direct Disposition of Remains

PARC

Principal Assistant Responsible for Contracting

PCA

Posse Comitatus Act/ Personnel Claims Act

PCF

Pakistan Contingency Funds

PCH&T

Packaging, Crating, Handling and Transportation

PCO

Procuring Contracting Office

PDD

Presidential Decision Directive

PEO

Peace Enforcement Operation

PFO

Principal Federal Officer

PFP

Partnership for Peace

PID

Positive Identification

PIK

Payment in Kind

PKO

Peacekeeping Operation

PMCS

Preventative Maintenance Checks and Service

PNOK

Primary Next of Kin

POA

Power of Attorney

POL

Petroleum Oil and Lubricants

POLAD

Political Advisor

POW

Prisoner of War

PPO

Project Purchasing Officer

PR&C

Purchase, Request and Commitment

PRC

Presidential Reserve Call Up

PRT

Provincial Reconstruction Team

PSC

Private Security Company

PSD

Personal Security Detachment/Photos, Statements and Diagrams

PSYOP

Psychological Operations (now MISO)

PUC

Persons Under United States Control

PVA

Public Vessel Act

PVO

Private Voluntary Organization

QHDA

Qualified Hazardous Duty Area

R&R

Rest and Recuperation

RC

Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees/ Reserve Component

RCA

Riot Control Agent

RCC

Regional Contracting Center

RCM

Rule for Court-Martial

RCO

Regional Contracting Officer

RCRA

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

RFI

Request for Information

RFP

Request for Proposals

RIK

Replacement in Kind

RIP

Relief in Place

RLG

Regional Liaison Group

RM

Resource Management

ROE

Rules of Engagement

ROMO

Range of Military Operations

RP

Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees

RRS-A

Records Retention Schedule-Army

RS

Receiving State

RSO

Regional Security Officer

RUDs

Reservations, Understandings and Determinations

RUF

Rules for the Use of Force

S&RO

Stability and Reconstruction Operations

S2X

Brigade HUMINT Officer

SAA

Suits in Admiralty Act

SAD

State Active Duty

SAMM

Security Assistance Management Manual

SAT

Simplified Acquisition Threshold

SATMO

Security Assistance Management Office

SBCT

Stryker Brigade Combat Team

SC

Strategic Communication

SCMO

Summary Court-Martial Officer

SCO

Senior Contracting Officer/Squadron Commanding Officer

SCPO

Special Claims Processing Officer

SCRA

Servicemembers Civil relief Act

SCRAG

Senior Civilian Representative of the Attorney General

SECDEF

Secretary of Defense

SECSTATE

Secretary of State

SES

Special Executive Service

SF

Standard Form

SHAPE

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

SIGINT

Signals Intelligence

SIU

Special Intelligence Unit

SME

Significant Military Equipment/Subject Matter Expert

SMU

Special Mission Unit

SOCOM

United Stated Special Operations Command

SOF

Special Operations Forces

SOFA

Status of Forces Agreement

SOMA

Status of Mission Agreement

SOP

Standing/Standard Operating Procedure

SOSO

Stability Operations Support Operations

SOUTHCOM

United States Southern Command

SPCMCA

Special Court-Martial Convening Authority

SPOT

Synchronized Predeployment and Operational Tracker

SROE

Standing Rules of Engagement

SRP

Soldier Readiness Processing

SRSG

Special Representative to the Secretary General

SRUF

Standing Rules for the Use of Force

SS

Sending State

SSN

Social Security Number

SSR

Single Service Responsibility

SSTR

Security Stabilization Transition and Reconstruction

STANAG

Standardization Agreement

STO

Special Technical Operations

STRATCOM

United States Strategic Command

STX

Situational Training Exercise

TA

Target Audience

TACON

Tactical Control

TACSOP

Tactical Standing Operating Procedures

TAG

The Adjutant General

TBC

Theater Business Clearance

TC

Trial Counsel

TCN

Third Country National

TCP

Traffic Control Point

TDA

Table of Distribution and Allowances

TDY

Temporary Duty

TECHINT

Technical Intelligence

TFE

Tactical Field Exchanges

TIG

The Inspector General

TJAGLCS

The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (US Army)

TOC

Tactical Operations Center

TPFDD

Time Phased Deployment Data

TRA

Training Readiness Authority

TSCA

Tort and Special Claims Act

TTP

Tactics, Techniques and Procedures

UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UCMJ

Uniform Code of Military Justice

UCO

Unit Claims Officer

UCP

Unified Command Plan

UDHR

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UGMA

Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

UIC

Unit Identification Code

UMMC

Unspecified Minor Military Construction

UN

United Nations

UNCCW

United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

UNCLOS

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

UNHCR

United Nations High Commission on Refugees

UNPA

United Nations Participation Act

UNSCR

Unite Nations Security Council Resolution

USAFMWRC

US Army Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation Commander

USAIC

US Army Intelligence Center

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USAR

United States Army Reserve

USARC

United States Army Reserve Command

USC

United States Code

US-CERT

United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team

USD(ATL)

Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology and Logistics)

USD(C)

Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)

USD(I)

Under Secretary of Defense (Intelligence)

USD(P)

Under Secretary of Defense (Policy)

USD(P&R)

Under Secretary of defense (Personnel and Readiness)

USERRA

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act

USF-I

United States Forces-Iraq

USFOR-A

United States Forces-Afghanistan

USG

United States Government

USV

Unmanned Surface Vehicle

UTMA

Uniform Transfer to Minors Act

UUV

Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

UXO

Unexploded Ordinance

VETS

Veterans Employment Training Service

VTC

Video Teleconference

WF

War Fighting Function

WHCA

War Hazards Compensation Act

WL

Wage Leader

WLG

Washington Liaison Group

WMD

Weapons of Mass Destruction`

WMD-CST

Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team

WPR

War Powers Resolution

WS

Wage Supervisor

 
 



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