Battlecraft (2006) (32 page)

CS: Tear gas

CSAR:
Combat Search and Rescue

CVBG:
Carrier Battle Group

DPV:
Desert Patrol Vehicle

Det Cord:
Detonating cord

DJMS:
Defense Joint Military Pay System

Draeger Mk V:
Underwater air supply equipment

DZ:
Drop Zone

E&E:
Escape and Evasion

EPW:
Enemy Prisoner of War

ESP:
Extra-Sensory Perception

ETS:
End of Term of Service

FLIR:
Forward-Looking Infrared Radar

French Leave:
See AWOL

FRH:
Flameless Ration Heater

FTX:
Field Training Exercise

GPS:
Global Positioning System

Gunny:
Marine Corps for the rank of Gunneiy Sergeant E-7

H&K MP-5:
Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine gun

HAHO:
High Altitude High Opening parachute jump

HALO:
High Altitude Low Opening parachute jump

HE:
High Explosive

Head:
Navy and Marine Corps term for toilet; called a latrine in the Army
Hors de combat:
Out of the battle (French expression)

HSB:
High-Speed Boat

JSOC:
Joint Special Operation Command

K-Bar:
A brand of knives manufactured for military and camping purposes

KIA:
Killed In Action

KISS:
Keep It Simple, Stupid--or more politely, Keep It

Simple, Sweetheart

LBE:
Load-Bearing Equipment

LSSC:
Light SEAL Support Craft

Light Sticks:
Flexible plastic tubes that illuminate

Limpet Mine:
An explosive mine that is attached to the hulls of vessels

Locked Heels:
When a serviceman is getting a severe vocal reprimand, it is said he is having his "heels locked," i. E., standing at attention while someone is bellowing in his face.

LSO:
Landing Signal Officer

LZ:
Landing Zone

M-18 Claymore Mine:
A mine fired electrically with a blasting cap

M-60
E3: A compact model of the M-60 machine gun

M-67:
An antipersonnel grenade

M-203:
A single-shot 40-millimeter grenade launcher

MATC: a fast river support craft

MCPO:
Master Chief Petty Officer

Medevac:
Medical Evacuation

Mk 138 Satchel Charge:
Canvas container filled with explosive

MRE:
Meal, Ready to Eat

MSSC:
Medium SEAL Support Craft

Murphy's Law:
An assumption that if something can go wrong, it most certainly will.

N2:
Intelligence Staff

N3:
Operations Staff

NAS: Naval Air Station NAVSPECWAR: Naval Special Warfare NCO: Noncommissioned Officers, i. E., corporals and sergeants

NCP:
Navy College Program

NFL:
National Football League

NVG:
Night-Vision Goggles

OA:
Operational Area

OCONUS:
Outside the Continental United States

OCS:
Officers' Candidate School

OER:
Officer's Efficiency Report
OP:
Observation Post

OPLAN:
Operations Plan. This is the preliminary form of an OPORD.

OPORD:
Operations Order. This is the directive derived from the OPLAN of how an operation is to be carried out. It's pretty much etched in stone.

PBL:
Patrol Boat, Light
PC:
Patrol Coastal vessel

PDQ:
Pretty Damn Quick

PLF:
Parachute Landing Fall

PM:
Preventive Maintenance

PMC: Private Military Company. These are businesses that supply bodyguards, security personnel, and mercenary civilian fighting men to persons or organizations wanting to hire them.

PO:
Petty Officer (e. G., POIC is Petty Officer First Class)

POV:
Privately Owned Vehicle

P. P. P. P.:
Piss Poor Prior Planning

PT:
Physical Training

RHIP:
Rank Has Its Privileges

RIB:
Rigid Inflatable Boat

RIO:
Radar-Intercept Officer

RPG:
Rocket-Propelled Grenade

RPM:
Revolutions Per Minute

RTO:
Radio Telephone Operator

SAW:
Squad Automatic Weapon--M249 5.56 millimeter magazine or clip-fed machine gun

SCPO:
Senior Chief Petty Officer

SDV:
Seal Delivery Vehicle

SERE:
Survival, Escape, Resistance and Evasion

SITREP:
Situation Report

Snap-to:
The act of quickly and sharply assuming the position of attention with chin up, shoulders back, thumbs along the seams of the trousers, and heels locked with toes at a 45deg angle.

SOCOM:
Special Operations Command

SOF:
Special Operations Force

SOI:
Signal Operating Instructions

SOLS:
Special Operations Liaison Staff

SOP:
Standard Operating Procedures

SPECOPS:
Special Operations

Special Boat Squadrons:
Units that participate in
SEAL
missions

SPECWARCOM:
Special Warfare Command

T-10 Parachute:
Basic static-line-activated personnel parachute of the United States Armed Forces. Primarily designed for mass tactical parachute jumps.

TDy:
Temporary Duty

UN:
United Nations

Unass:
To jump out of or off of something

U
. K.:
The United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, and

Northern Ireland)

VTOL:
Vertical Take Off and Landing

Watch Bill:
A list of personnel and stations for the watch

Waypoint:
A location programmed into navigational instrumentation that directs aircraft, vehicles, and/or vessels to a specific spot on the planet.

Whaler Boat:
Small craft loosely based on the types of boats used in whaling. They are generally carried aboard naval and merchant vessels and are diesel-powered.

WIA:
Wounded in Action