ACM – anti-coalition militia e.g. Taliban
ANA – Afghan National Army
AO – Area of Operations
APC – Armored Personnel Carrier
AQ – al-Qaeda – Islamist terrorist organization
CG – Commanding General
CJSOTF-A – Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan
CO – Commanding Officer
Delta – 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta
ETT – Embedded Training Team
FOB – Forward Operating Base
GMV – Ground Mobility Vehicle (SOF version of HMMWV)
HLZ – Helicopter Landing Zone
IED – Improvised Explosive Device
Intel – aka int - intelligence
ISAF – International Security Assistance Force
JAG – Judge Advocate General
JTF 2 – Joint Task Force 2
JSOC – Joint Special Operations Command
KAF – Kandahar Air Field
Kalay – Afghan term for village
Kandak – Afghan term for battalion
Klick – one kilometer
LAV or LAV III – Light Armored Vehicle (aka Stryker)
Masjid – mosque
NDHQ – National Defence Headquarters
ODA – Operational Detachment Alpha – 12 man Special Forces Team
ODB – Operational Detachment Bravo – Special Forces Company Headquarters
ODC – Operational Detachment Charlie – Special Forces Battalion Headquarters
PB – Patrol Base
PPCLI – Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
RPG – Rocket Propelled Grenade
Ranger – member or element of U.S. Army 75th Ranger Regiment
SF – Special Forces – members and elements belonging to a SFG(A) – not to be confused with the term SOF – special operations forces which refers to the wider community to which the SF belongs and which includes elements such as Delta, SEALs, JTF 2 etc.
SFG(A) – Special Forces Group (Airborne) (aka Green Berets)
SOJ2 – Special Operations Joint Staff-2 (Intelligence)
TAC – Tactical command post
TOC – Tactical Operations Center
Taliban – armed Islamist militants (aka Tims, Timmies)
TF – Task Force - a military element or unit specifically configured for a given task
TIC – troops in contact
UAV – Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
USASOC – US Army Special Operations Command
USSOCOM – US Special Operations Command (aka SOCOM)
VCDS – Vice Chief of Defence Staff
WMIK – Weapons Mounted Installation Kit equipped Land Rover