ACRONYM LIST - Iraq
ACRONYM & ABBREVIATION LIST
General and Iraq Specific Terms
Updated 17 Feb 07 by MAJ Joe Giese
Aa
AAA – Anti-Aircraft Artillery
AAAV – Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
A/OA – Observation Aircraft
AASLT – Assault
ABIS – Automated Biometric Identification System
ABM- Anti-Ballistic Missile
ABN – Airborne
ABT – Airborne Threat
A/C – Aircraft
ACE – Air Control Element
ACCE – Air Component Coordination Element
ACM – Air Combat Maneuvers
ACO – Air Control Order
ACOR – Alternate Contracting Officer Representative
ACOS – Assistant Chief of Staff
ACP – Ammunition Control Point
ACR – Armored Cavalry Regiment
ACTT-NG – Advanced Contracting Tracking Tool – Next Generation
ADA – Air Defense Artillery
ADCON – Administrative Control
AEV– Armored Engineer Vehicle
AEW – Air Expeditionary Wing
AFFOR – Air Force Forces
AFP – Agence France-Presse
AH – Attack helicopter
AI – Air Interdiction
AIF – Anti-Iraqi Forces
AIT – Air Intercept Training
AMR – Air Movement Request
AMZ – Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi (Chief Terrorist) (deceased)
AO – Area of Operation; Action Officer
AOD – Air Operations Directive
AOI – Area of Interest
AOR – Area of Responsibility
AP – Associated Press
AQI – Al Qaeda – Iraq
AQIZ – Al Qaeda – Iraq
AQSL – Al Qaeda Senior Leaders
ARCENT – U.S. Army Forces; U.S. Central Command
ARFOR – Army Forces
ARSOC – Army Special Operations Component
AS – Ansar al-Sunna (terrorist org)
ASG – Area Support Groups
ASI – Authorized Service Interruption
ASR – Air Support Request
ATA – Automatic Target Acquisition
ATARS – Advanced Tactical Air Reconnaissance System
ATO – Air Tasking Order
AUS – Australian
AWACS – Airborne Warning And Control System
AWG – Assessment Working Group (SPA)
B
B – Bomber
BAT – Biometric Automated Toolset
BDA – Battle Damage Assessment
BDE – Brigade
BFC – Biometrics Fusion Center
BHA – Bomb Hit Assessment
BIA – Bomb Impact Assessment
BIAP – Baghdad Intl Airport
BIAP WG – BIAP Working Group
BISA – Biometric Identification System for Access
BLUF – Bottom Line Up Front
BN – Battalion
BOD – Board of Directors
BPA – Blanket Purchase Agreement (Type of Contract)
BPT – Be Prepared To
BTA – Business Transformation Authority (IBM)
BUA – Battle Update Assessemnt
C
C – Cargo; Combined
C&S – Cordon and Search
CA – Civil Affairs; Counter Attack
CAC – Common Access Card
CADOC- Combined Air Defense Operations Center
CAG – Carrier Aviation Group
CAO – Combined Area of Operations
CAOC – Combined Air Operations Center
CAS – Close Air Support
CAT – Category
CAV – Cavalry
CCCI – Central Criminal Court of Iraq; CIS Coordination-Iraq
CCIR – Commander’s Critical Requirements
CDO – Commando
CDR – Commander
CEA – Captured Enemy Ammunition
CENTAF – U.S. Air Forces; U.S. Central Command
CENTRIX – Central Region Information Exchange System
CERP – Commanders Emergency Response Program
CEXC – Combined Explosives Exploitation Cell
CF – Coalition Force
CFACC – Combined Forces Air Component Command
CFC – Combined Forces Commander
CFH – Contingency Forward Headquarters
CFLCC – Combined Forces Land Component Command
CG – Commanding General
CGIWG – Coast Guard and Internal Waterways Department
CH – Cargo helicopter
CHOD – Chief of Defense
CHOPS – Chief Operations (SOC/JOC)
CHU – Containerized Housing Units (Trailers/Living Quarters)
CIACG – Coalition Interagency Coordination Group
CIAP – Command Intelligence Architecture/Planning Program
CIG – Commanders initiatives Group
CIS – Communications Information Systems
C/JOA – Combined / Joint Operations Area
CJSOTF – Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force
CJTF – Combined Joint Task Force
CJTF-180 – Combined Joint Task Force 180 (in Afghanistan)
CM – Consequence Management
CMATT – Coalition Assistance Training Teams
CMD AVN – Command Aviation
CMO – Civil Military Operations
CMOC – Civil-Military Operations Center
CMPC – Combined Media Processing Center
CO – Contracting Officer; Commanding Officer
COA – Coalition
COAB – Campaign Objective Assessment Board
COB – Commanders Operation Brief
COCOM – Combatant Command (command authority)
CODEL – Congressional Delegation
COIN – Counter Insurgency Operations
COL – Contingency Operating Location
COM – Chief of Mission
COMSTAT – Communication Status Report
CON – Consular
CONUS – Continental United States
COORD – Coordination
COP – Combat Outpost
COR – Contracting Officer Representative; Council of Representatives
COS – Chief of Staff
COTR – Contracting Office Technical Representative
CP – Choke Point; Collective Protection; Checkpoint
CPA – Coalition Provisional Authority
CPATT – Coalition Police Assistance Training Team
CPIC – Coalition Press Information Center; Combined Press Info Center
CPX – Command Post Exercise
CRC – CONUS Replacement Center
CS – Combat Support
CSG – Corps Support Group
CSR – Command Situational Room
CV – Aircraft Carrier
CV – Camp Victory
D
DAC – District Advisory Council
DAWG – Desk Level Assessment Working Group
DBE – Department of Border Enforcement
DBS – Drive By Shooting
DCA – Defensive Counter Air
DCDR – Deputy Commander
DCG – Deputy Commanding General
DCI – Director of Central Intelligence
DCM – Deputy Chief of Mission
DCMA – Defense Contract Management Agency
DCOM – Deputy Chief of Mission
DCS – Deputy Chief of Staff
DDR – Disarm Demobilize and Reintegration
DEO – District Election Office
DETOPS – Detainee Operations
DIF – Division Interrogation Facility
DIV – Division
DLA – Defense Logistics Agency
DMCNS – Deputy Ministers Committee for National Security
DMS – Defense Messaging System
DNS – Domain Name Server
DNVT –Digital Non Secure Voice Network
DO – Detainee Operations
DoDIIS – Department of Defense Intelligence Information System
DoS – Department of State; Days of Supply
DPU – Dignitary Protection Unit
DSN – Defense Switch Network
DTU – Daily Tactical Update
DUSTWUN – Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown
DV – Distinguished Visitor
E
EA – Embassy Annex (Presidential Palace/Baghdad)
EASB – Effects and Synchronization Board
EBC – Effects Based Contracting
EBS – Environmental Baseline Survey
ECD – Estimated Completion Date
ECP – Entry Control Points
EDMG – Expeditionary Medical Deployment Group
EE – Enabling Effects
EEFI – Essential Elements of Friendly Information
EEI – Essential Elements of Information
EFP – Explosively Formed Projectile
EKIA – Enemy Killed in Action
EMP – Electromagnetic Pulse
EOB – Enemy Order of Battle
EOC – Election Operations Center
EP – Electronic Protection
EPAF – European Partners Air Force
EPW – Enemy Prisoners of War
ES – Electronic Warfare Support
EW – Early Warning; Electronic Warfare
F
F – Fighter
FF – Foreign Fighters
FA – Forward Area
FARs – Flat Ass Rules
FASCAM – Family of Scatterable Mines
FCE – Forward Control Element
FDO – Foreign Disclosure Office
FIDP – Foreign Internal Defense Plan
FIF – Free Iraqi Forces
FLOT – Forward Line of Troops
FMC – Fully Mission Capable
FMTVS- Family of Military Tactical Vehicles
FNW – Foreign National Waiver
FOB – Forward Operating Base
FOC – Full Operating Capability
FOIA – Freedom of Information Act
FOO – Field Ordering Officers
FORSCOM – U.S. Army Forces Command
FOUO – For Official Use Only
FPCON – Force Protection Condition
FPS – Facility Protection Service
FRE – Foreign Regime Elements
FSE – Forward Support Element
FTO – Foreign Terrorist Organization
FUOPS – Future Operations
FWD – Forward
G
GAT – Ground Attack Training
GBR – Ground Based Radar
GCTF – Global Coalition Task Force
GHQ – General Headquarters
GOI – Government of Iraq
Govdel – Governor Delegation
GRD – Gulf Region Division
GRIDS – Grid Reference Points
GSG – Global Strategies Group
H
HA – Humanitarian Assistance; Humanitarian Aid
HC – Cargo Helicopter
HCA – Head of Contracting Activity
HDBT – Hard and Deeply Buried Target
HE – High Explosive
HEAT – High Explosive Anti-Tank
HET – Heavy Equipment Transporter
HGS – Hand Grenades
HH – General Purpose helicopter
HQ – Headquarters
HVA – High Value Asset
HVC – High Value Criminal(s)
HVDT – High Value Detainee Trials
HVI – High Value Individual
HVT – High Value Target
I
I&W – Indications and Warnings
I2R – Imaging Infrared
IA – Iraqi Army
IADS – Integrated Air Defense Systems
IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency
IAF – Iraqi Armed Forces
IAG – Iraqi Assistance Group
IAI – Islamic Army of Iraq (terrorist organization)
IAO – Information Assurance Officer
IASO – Information Assurance Security Officer
IAT – Intelligence Assistance Team
IAW – In Accordance With
IBRD – International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICBM – Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
ICDC – Iraqi Civil Defense Corps
ID – Infantry Division
IDF – Indirect Fire
IDP – Indigenous Displaced Personnel
IDS – Individual Deployment Site
IECI – Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq
IED – Improvised Explosive Device
IF – Internment Facility
IFES – International Foundation for Election Systems
IG – Iraqi Government; Inspector General
IGC – Iraqi Governing Council
IIF – Iraqi Intervention Force
IIG – Iraqi Interim Government
IMN – Iraqi Media Network
INC – Iraqi National Council
INF – Infantry
INFOCON – Information Condition
INSCOM – Intelligence and Security Command
INT’L – International
IO – Information Operations
IOT – In Order To
IOTF – Information Operations Task Force
IP – Iraqi Police; Internet Protocol
IPB – Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
IPCC – Iraqi Property Claims Commission
IPF – Iraqi Police Force
IPS – Iraqi Police Station; Iraqi Police Services
IRGC – Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
IRMO – Iraqi Reconstruction Management Office
IS – Information System
ISF – Iraqi Security Forces
ISG – Iraq Survey Group
ISM – Information System Manager
IST – Iraqi Special Tribunal
ITB – Iraqi Training Battalion
ITG – Iraqi Transitional Government
ITO – Iraqi Theatre of Operations
IVO – In Vicinity Of
IWS – Info WorkSpace
IZ – International Zone (Baghdad)
IZR – Iraqi Rejectionists
J
JAM – JAISH Al MAHDI
JASG – Joint Area Support Group
JBCC – Joint Border Control Center
JCC-I/A – Joint Contracting Command- Iraq/Afghanistan
JCMOTF – Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force
JCSE – Joint Communication Support Element
JFACC – Joint Forces Air Component Commander
JFLCC – Joint Forces Land Component Commander
JFMCC – Joint Forces Maritime Component Commander
JFSOCC – Joint Forces Special Operations Component Commander
JHQ – Joint Headquarters
JIACC – Joint Interagency Coordination Center
JIACG – Joint Interagency Coordination Group
JIATF – Joint Interagency Task Force
JIEDDO – Joint IED Defeat Organization
JIPTC – Jordan International Police Training Center
JMD – Joint Manning Document
JMR – Joint Mission Request
JPG – Joint Planning Group
JPOTF – Joint Psychological Operations Task Force
JRFL – Joint Restricted Frequency List
JSCP – Joint Security Capabilities Plan
JSD – Joint Security Directorate
JSEP – Joint Strategic Engagement Plan
JSIVA – Joint Staff Integrated Vulnerability Assessment
JSOTF – Joint Special Operations Task Force
JSPS – Joint Strategic Planning System
JSTAR – Joint System Threat Assessment Report
JSTARS – Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System
JTF – Joint Task Force
JVB – Joint Visitors Bureau
JWICS – Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System
K
K-2 – KARSHI-KHANABAD
KBR Kellogg Brown and Root
KDP – Kurdish Democratic Party
KIA – Killed in Action
KM – Kilometer
KMO – Knowledge Management Officer
KYR – Kyrgyzstan
L
LAAD – Low Altitude Air Defense
LACM – Low Altitude Cruise Missile
LAN – Local Area Network
LGB – Laser-Guided Bomb
LLS – Lessons Learned
LN – Local National
LNO – Liaison Officer
LOC – Lines of Communications
LOS – Line of Sight
LRP – Long Range Planning
LSA – Logistic Support Area
LTL – Less Than Lethal
LZ – Landing Zone
M
MA – Mujahidin Army (terrorist org)
MAC – Master Activities Calendar
MAG – Marine Air Group
MAM – Military Age Males
MANPAD – Man Portable Air Defense System
MARCENT – U.S. Marines Central Command
MAROPS – Maritime Operations
MAS – Muqtada Al Sadr
MAW – Marine Air Wing
MBT – Main Battle Tank
MCCE – Maritime Component Coordination Element
MCE – Mission Control Element
MCFI – Multi-National Coalition Forces Iraq
MCNS – Ministerial Committee on National Security
MEDCOM – Medical Command
MEF – Marine Expeditionary Force
MEG – Marine Expeditionary Group
MEU – Marine Expeditionary Unit
MEVA – Mission Essential Vulnerable Area
MIA – Missing in Action
MIF – Maritime Interception Force
MILCON – Military Construction
MIO – Maritime Interception Operations
MIT – Mobile Interrogation Unit
MiTTs – Military Transition Teams
MLRS – Multiple Launch Rocket System
MNB – Multi National Brigade
MNC-I – Multi National Corps-Iraq
MND – Multi National Division
MND-B – Multi National Division-Baghdad
MND-CS – Multi National Division-Center South
MND-N – Multi National Division-North
MND-NE – Multi National Division-North East
MND-SE – Multi National Division-South East
MND-W – Multi National Division-West
MNF-I – Multi National Force-Iraq
MNF-W – Multi National Force-West
MNSTC-I – Multi National Security Transition Command-Iraq
MOC – Ministry of Culture; Media Operations Center
MOD – Ministry of Defense
MOE – Ministry of Electricity
MOF – Ministry of Finance
MOH – Ministry of Health
MOHR – Ministry of Human Rights
MOI – Ministry of Interior
MOOTW – Military Operations Other Than War
MOT – Ministry of Transportation
MOUT – Military Operations in/on Urban Terrain
MSC – Mujahidin Shura Council; Major Subordinate Command
MSR – Main Supply Route
MW – Mega Watt
MWD – Military Working Dogs
N
NAG – Northern Arabian Gulf
NAI – Named Area of Interest
NAIC – National Air Intelligence Center
NAVCENT – U.S. Naval Central Command
NBI – Non-Battle Injury
NCC – National Coordination Center
NFZ – No-Fly Zone
NGO – Non-Governmental Organization
NICC – National Interdiction Command and Control
NIE – National Intelligence Estimate
NIMA – National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NJOC – National Joint Operations Center
NM – Nautical Mile
NNFZ – Northern No-fly Zone
NRT – Near Real-Time
NSA – National Security Advisor
NSTR – Nothing Significant to Report
NTE – Not to Exceed
NTV – Non Tactical Vehicles
O
O&I – Operations & Intel
OIC – Officer In Charge
OIF – Operation Iraqi Freedom
OMO – Other Military Operations
ONU – Office of National Unity
ONW – OPERATION Northern Watch
OPCON – Operational Control
OPORD – Operations Order
OPS – Operations
OPT – Operations Planning Team
OSD – Office of the Secretary of Defense
OST – Office of Security Transition
OSW – OPERATION Southern Watch
P
P – Purpose
PAD – Public Affairs Detachment
PAG – Public Affairs Guidance
PAO – Public Affairs Office
PARC – Principle Assistant Responsible for Contracting
PB – Patrol Base
PBIED – Personnel Borne Improvised Explosive Device
PC – Provincial Council
PCO – Primary Contracting Organization
PERS – Personnel
PG – Provincial Governer
PGM – Precision Guided Missile
PIC – Provincial Iraqi Control
PID – Personal Identification
PIR – Priority Intelligence Requirements
PKK – Kurdistan’s Worker’s Party
PLS – Palletized Load System
PM – Prime Minister
PME – Political, Military, & Economic group
PMR –-Program Management Review
POB – Public Order Battalion (Iraq)
POC – Point of Contact
POI – Point of Impact; Program of Instruction
POLAD – Political Advisor
POO – Point of Origin
POTUS – President of the United States
PPOO – Procurement Project Ordering Officers
PPT – Pilot Proficiency Training
PRB – Program Review Board
PRT – Provincial Reconstruction Team
PSD – Personal Security Detail/Detachment
PSE – Policy, Strategy, Engagement
PT – Provincial Team
PUK – Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Q
QAT – Qatar
QRF – Quick Reaction Force
R
RAOC – Regional Air Operations Center
RCC – Revolutionary Command Council (Iraq)
RCLO – Regime Crimes Liaison Office
REL – Releasable
RFI – Request for Information
RFO – Request for Outage
RFS – Request for Service
RIP – Relief in Place
RLV – Reusable Launch Vehicle
RM – Resource Management
RO – Response Option
ROE – Rules of Engagement
ROL – Rule of Law
RPTR – Repeater
RQ – Remotely Piloted Vehicles
RQ-1 – Predator UAV)
R&S – Resource & Sustainment
RSO – Regional Security Office
RSO&I – Reception, Staging, Onward Movement & Integration
RTD – Return to Duty
RTQ – Response To Query
S
SA – Secretary of the Army
SA – Situational Awareness
SAC – Strategic Air Command; Security Action Committee
SACO – Staff Action Central Officer
SAF – Small Arms Fire
SAFIRE – Surface-to-Air Fire
SAM – Surface-to-Air Missile
SAR – Satellite Access Request
SAV – Staff Assistance Visit
SBCT – Stryker Brigade Combat Team
SBE – Stay Behind Equipment
SBF – Special Border Force
SCIRI – Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq
SCJS – Secretary of the Combined and Joint Staff
SDM – Sadaamists
SEB – Strategic Effects Board
SH – Supply helicopter; support helicopter
SHORAD – Short Range Air Defense
SI – Seriously Injured
SINCGARS – Single Channel Ground to Air Radio System
SIR – Service Interruption Report; Serious Incident Report
SITREP – Situation Report
SITSUM – Situation Summary
SJA – Staff Judge Advocate
SMC – Strategic Missile Council
SNFZ – Southern No-fly Zone
SNR – Senior National Representative
SOCCENT – Special Operations Command Central
SOE – State Owned Enterprises
SOF – Special Operations Forces
SPA – Strategy, Plans & Assessments
SPASM – Strategy Plans Assessments Synchronization Meeting
SPEC – Special
SPINS – Special Instructions
SPiTTs – Special Police Transition Teams
SRAAM – Short Range Air-to-Air Missile
SRBM – Short Range Ballistic Missile
SRSG – Special Representative of the Secretary General
SRT – Special Reaction Team
SSE – Sensitive Site Exploitation
STAT – Statistics
STEP – Strategic Tactical Entry Points
STRAT – Strategic
STRATOPS – Strategic Operations
STRATEFF – Strategic Effects
SUM – Summary
SV – Suicide Vest
SVEST – Suicide Vest
SVBIED – Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
SYSCON – System Control
T
T4D – Termination for Default (Contract Action)
T&FF – Terrorists and Foreign Fighters
TACNET – Tactical Network
TACON – Tactical Control
TAI – Target Area of Interest
TAL – Transitional Administrative Law
TBD – To Be Determined
TBM – Theater Ballistic Missile
TBMCS – Theatre Battle Management Core System
TCN – Third Country Nationals
TCO – Telephone Control Officer
TCT – Time Critical Target
TD – Target Designation
TEL – Transporter Erector Launcher
TEU – Technical Escort Unit; Tactical Exploitation Unit
TF – Task Force
TFHOA – Task ForceHorn of Africa
TGT – Target
TIAS – Target Identification and Acquisition System
TIC – Troops in Contact
TIF – Theatre Internment Facility
TIPS – Transition Integration Program
TLAM – Tomahawk Land Attack Missile
TMC – Troop Medical Clinic
TMD – Theater Missile Defense
TNA – Transitional National Assembly
TOA – Transfer of Authority
TOS – Transfer Of Sovereignty
TOT – Time Over Target
TRA – Transitional Readiness Assessment
TSR – Telecommunications Service Request
TST – Time Sensitive Targeting
TSU – Tactical Support Unit
TTP – Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
U
U – Utility
UAE – United Arab Emirates
UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UBL – Usama bin Laden
UH – Utility Helicopter
UK – United Kingdom
UNAMI – United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
UNLT – United Nations Liaison Team
UNNY – Headquarters United Nations New York
UNMOVIC – United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
US – United States
USA – United States of America
USAID – US Aid in International Development
USDI – Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence
USMS – US Marshal Service
UXO – Unexploded Ordnance
V
VBIED – Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
VIC – Vicinity
VOB – Visitors Operations Bureau
VOIED – Victim Operated Improvised Explosive Device
VOIP – Voice Over Internet Protocol
VSI – Very Seriously Injured
VTC – Video Tele Conference
VUL – Vulnerability
W
WAN – Wide Area Network
WIA – Wounded in Action
WMD – Weapons of Mass Destruction
X
XCAS – “On Call” Close Air Support
Y
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