ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

ACLS	Advance cardiac life support
ACM	Anticoalition militia
AF	Assault force
AFB	Air Force Base
AOIC	Assistant officer in charge
AOR	Assistant operations officer
ASDS	Advance SEAL Delivery System
BATS	Bleeding, airway, tension pneumothorax, and shock
BUD/S	Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL
CACO	Casualty Assistance Calls Officer
Candi-O	Candidate officer
CAO	Civil affairs operation
CENTCOM	Central Command
CERTEX	Certification training exercise
CFC-A	Combined Forces Coalition–Afghanistan
CIA	Central Intelligence Agency
CJSOTF-A	Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force–Afghanistan
CJTF	Combined Joint Task Force
CJTF-HOA	Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa
CNO	Chief of naval operations
CP	Counterproliferation
CPO	Chief petty officer
CQD	Close Quarters Defense
CSAR	Combat search and rescue
CSC	Combat Swimmer Course
CSST	Combat Service Support Team
CT	Counterterrorism
CTF	Coalition Task Force
CTT	Combat Training Tank
DA	Direct action
DEVGRU	Naval Special Warfare Development Group
DI	Drill instructor
DMV	Department of Motor Vehicles
DOR	Drop on request
DUSTWUN	Duty Station Whereabouts Unknown
DZ	Drop zone
EOD	Explosive ordnance disposal
FDNY	New York City Fire Department
FID	Foreign internal defense
FLIR	Forward-looking infrared
FOB	Forward operating base
FRIES	Fast rope insertion/extraction system
FTX	Field training exercise
GPA	Grade point average
GWOT	Global War on Terror
HAHO	High-altitude, high-opening
HALO	High-altitude, low-opening
HLZ	Helicopter landing zone
HQ	Headquarters
IAD	Immediate-action drill
IBS	Inflatable boat, small
Indoc	Indoctrination Course
IO	Information operation
IRS	Internal Revenue Service
J-bad	Jalalabad, Afghanistan
JCET	Joint/Combined Exchange Training
JOTC	Junior Officer Training Course
LAR	Lung-activated rebreather
LDA	Lateral drift apparatus
LPO	Leading petty officer
LUP	Layup position
LZ	Landing zone
MAS	Military assault suit
MSC	Mission Support Center
MOPH	Military Order of the Purple Heart
MTT	Military training test
NAS	Naval air station
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATTC	Naval Air Technical Training Center
NAVCENT	Naval Forces Central Command
NAVSPECWARCOM	Naval Special Warfare Command
NOMI	Naval Operational Military Institute
NR	Naval Reserve
NROTC	Naval Reserve Officers Training Course
NSA	Naval Support Activity
NSC	National Security Council
NSW	Naval Special Warfare
NSWDG	Naval Special Warfare Development Group
NSWF	Naval Special Warfare Foundation
NSWG	Naval Special Warfare Group
NYU	New York University
O-course	Obstacle course
OCS	Officer Candidate School
OIC	Officer in charge
PACOM	Pacific Command
PC	Patrol Coastal
PCU	Protective combat unit
PEPSE	Personal environmental protection and survival equipment
PFA	Physical Fitness Assessment
PI	Personnel inspection
PJs	Pararescue jumpers
POW	Prisoner of war
PRK	Photorefractive keratectomy
PRODEV	Professional development
PRT	Physical Readiness Test
PSD	Personnel Support Detachment
PST	Pacific standard time; Physical Screening Test
PSU	Penn State University
PSYOPS	Psychological operations
PT	Physical training
QRF	Quick-reaction force
RDAC	Recruiting District Assistance Council
RIS	Rail interface system
RLI	Room and locker inspection
ROEs	Rules of engagement
RPG	Rocket-propelled grenade
RSO	Range safety officer
RTC	Recruit Training Command
SATCOM	Satellite communications
SBR	Special Boat Squadron
SBU	Special Boat Unit
SDV	SEAL Delivery Vehicle
SDVT	SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team
SEAL	Sea, air, land
SERE	Survival, evasion, resistance, escape
SETAF	Southern European Task Force
SF	Special Forces (Green Berets)
SFO(D)	Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta
SIT	Squadron Integration Training
SLT	Swing landing trainer
SOAR	Special Operations Aviation Regiment
SOC	Special operations commander
SOCOM	See USSOCOM
SOF	Special operations forces
SOMPE-M	Special Operations Mission Planning Environment-Maritime
SOP	Standard operating procedure
SPIE	Special Purpose Insertion/Extraction
SPOTC	Senior Petty Officer Training Course
SQT	SEAL Qualification Training
SR	Special reconnaissance
SWCC	Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen
TCCC	Tactical combat casualty care
TIC	Troops in contact (or combat)
UAE	United Arab Emirates
UBA	Underwater breathing apparatus
UDT	Underwater Demolition Team
ULT	Unit Level Training
UN	United Nations
USMMA	United States Merchant Marine Academy
USN	United States Navy
USO	United Service Organizations
USSOCOM	United States Special Operations Command
UW	Unconventional warfare
WMD	Weapons of mass destruction