AAV: Assault Amphibian Vehicle
ACE: Aviation Combat Earthmover
ADC: Assistant Division Commander
AMTRAC: Amphibious Tracked Vehicle (AAV)
AO: Area of Operations
APC: Armored Personnel Carrier
ASP: Alternate Supply Point
ASR: Alternate Supply Route
BAS: Battalion Aid Station
BCT: Brigade Combat Team
BLT: Battalion Landing Team
BRT: Brigade Reconnaissance Troop
CAAT: Combined Anti-Armor Team
CAS: Close Air Support
Casevac: Casualty Evacuation
Chop: Removing a unit from its parent unit and assigning it to another unit
CJTF: Combined Joint Task force
COP: Combat Outpost
CP: Command Post
CSSA: Combined Services and Support Area
CSSB: Combined Services and Support Battalion
CSSC: Combined Services and Support Company
DEA: Drug Enforcement Agency
DMZ: De-Militarized Zone
EOD: Explosive Ordinance Disposal
FAC: Forward Air Controller
FiST: Fire Support Team
FLA: Field Litter Ambulance
FO: Forward Observer
FOB: Forward Operating Base
GLDS: Ground LASER Designator System
GPS: Global Positioning System
HE: High Explosive
HEAT: High Explosive Anti Tank
HESCO: British Company that makes HESCO Barriers
HET: Human Exploitation Team
HMMWV: High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle
HQ: Headquarters
IED: Improvised Explosive Device
IIF: Iraqi Intervention Force
I MEF: 1st Marine Expeditionary Force
ING: Iraqi National GuardIO:
Information Operations
JDAM: Joint Directed Attack Munitions
JTAC: Joint Tactical Air Controller
KIA: Killed In Action
LAR: Light Armored Reconnaissance
LAV: Light Armored Vehicle
LAV-25: Light Armored Vehicle with 25mm Bushmaster automatic cannon
LAV-AT: Light Armored Vehicle – Anti-tank – TOW missile launcher
LRAS: Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance system
LZ: Landing Zone
MARDIV: Marine Division
MAW: Marine Air Wing
MCRD: Marine Corps Recruit Depot
MEB: Marine Expeditionary Brigade
MEF: Marine Expeditionary Force
MEU: Marine Expeditionary Unit
MICLIC: Mine Clearing Line Charge
MNC-I: Multi National Corps-Iraq
MNF-I: Multi National Force-Iraq
MOUT: Military Operations in Urban Terrain
MPAT: Multi-Purpose Anti-Tank
MRE: Meal-Ready-to-Eat
MSR: Main Supply Route
NCO: Non Commissioned Officer
NVGs: Night Vision Goggles
PL: Phase Line
PSD: Personal Security Detachment
RCT: Regimental Combat Team
RIP: Relief in Place
ROE: Rules Of Engagement
RPG: Rocket Propelled Grenade
SAMS: School of Advanced Military Studies
SASO: Security and Stability Operations
SASS: Same Axis, Same Speed
SAW: Squad Automatic Weapon or School of Advanced Warfighting
SEAL: Sea, Air, and Land; U.S. Navy’s elite commando unit
SMAW: Shoulder-fired Multipurpose Assault Weapon
SURC: Small Unit Riverine Craft
SUV: Sport Utility Vehicle
SVBIED: Suicide Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device
SWAT: Special Weapons and Tactics
TCP: Traffic Control Point
TF: Task Force
TOC: Tactical Operations Center
TOW: Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided, antitank missile
TQ: al Taqaddum
UAV: Unmanned Arial Vehicle
USA: United States Army
USAF: United States Air Force
USMC: United States Marine Corps
USMCR: United States Marine Corps Reserve
USNS: United States Naval Ship
VBIED: Vehicle-Borne Improvised Explosive Device
WIA: Wounded In Action
XO: Executive Officer