ABV	Assault Breacher Vehicle
ACOG	Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight
ALP	Afghan Local Police
ANA	Afghan National Army
ANCOP	Afghan National Civil Order Police
ANP	Afghan National Police
A-POB	Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching System
ASF	American Special Forces
CAO	Civil Affairs Officer
COC	Combat Operation Centre
COIN	Counter Insurgency
DC	District Centre
DFC	Directional Fragment Charge
DFID	Department For International Development
EOD	Explosive Ordnance Disposal
FOB	Forward Operating Base
GIROA	Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
GPMG	General Purpose Machine Gun
IED	Improvised Explosive Device
ISAF	International Security Assistance Force
KIA	Killed in Action
LAW	Light Anti-tank Weapon
LTTs	Lines To Take
MEDEVAC	Medical Evacuation
MIC-LIC	Mine Clearing Line Charge
MRAP	Mine Resistant Ambush Protected
MREs	Meals Ready To Eat
NAAFI	The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NCO	Non-Commissioned Officer
NDS	National Directorate of Security (Afghan Intelligence Service)
OMLT	(pronounced ‘omelette’) Operational Mentor and Liaison Team
PAX	Passengers
PB	Patrol Base
PID	Positive Identification
PRT	Provincial Reconstruction Team
Psy-Op	Psychological Operation
QRF	Quick Reaction Force
RC	Regional Command
ROC	Rehearsal of Concept
ROE	Rules of Engagement
RPG	Rocket-Propelled Grenade
R&R	Rest and Recuperation
SAW	Squad Automatic Weapon
Semper Fi	Semper Fidelis (‘Always faithful’ – the motto of the US Marines)
WMIK	Weapons Mount Installation Kit (mounted on a roofless Land Rover)