Glossary of Abbreviations, Acronyms and Initialisms

ANA Afghan National Army

ANP Afghan National Police

BIP Blow in Place

CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CCP Casualty Collection Point

CDS Chief of the Defence Staff

CF Canadian Forces

CFB Canadian Forces Base

CIA Central Intelligence Agency (U.S.)

CIDA Canadian International Development Agency

CIMIC Civil Military Cooperation

CNS Camp Nathan Smith

CPO Chief Petty Officer

CT Computerized Tomography

CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

DOW Died of Wounds

EDE Emergency Department Echo

EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal

ESL English as a Second Language

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation (U.S.)

FLQ Front de Libération du Québec

FOB Forward Operating Base

FOO Forward Observation Officer

GP General Practitioner

HLTA Home Leave Travel Allowance

ICU Intensive Care Unit

IED Improvised Explosive Device

ISI Inter Services Intelligence (Pakistan)

IT Information Technology

IV Intravenous

KAF Kandahar Air Field

KIA Killed in Action

LAV Light Armoured Vehicle

MASCAL Mass Casualty

MMU Multinational Medical Unit

MRE Medical Rules of Eligibility

MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging

MS Master Seaman

MULLE Mobile Unit Light Logistics Element

MWO Master Warrant Officer

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCO Non-Commissioned Officer

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

NIS National Investigation Service (CF)

OMLT Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team

OP Observation Post

PA Physician Assistant

PBW Patrol Base Wilson

PPCLI Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry

PPE Personal Protective

PRT Provincial Reconstruction Equipment Team

PTSDPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder

QRF Quick Reaction Force

RCMP Royal Canadian

Mounted Police

RIP Relief in Place

RMC Royal Military College

RPG Rocket-Propelled Grenade

SAS Special Air Service (U.K.)

SEAL Sea Air Land (U.S. Navy)

SWAT Special Weapons and Tactics

TCCC Tactical Combat Casualty Care

TOC Tactical Operation Centre

UMS Unit Medical Station

UN United Nations

USD U.S. Dollars

VIP Very Important Person

VOIED Victim-Operated Improvised Explosive Device

VPS Vulnerable Point Search

VSA Vital Signs Absent

WIA Wounded in Action

WO Warrant Officer