Authors: Jack - Seals 05 Terral
DPV:
Desert Patrol Vehicle
Draeger Mk V:
Underwater air supply equipment
DZ:
Drop Zone
E&E:
Escape and Evasion
Enfilade Fire:
Gunfire that sweeps along an enemy formation
EPW:
Enemy Prisoner of War
ER:
Emergency Room (hospital)
ERP:
En route Rally Point; a rally point that a patrol leader chooses while moving to or from an objective
ESP:
Extrasensory Perception
ETS:
End of Term of Service
FLIR:
Forward-Looking Infrared Radar
Four-Shop:
Logistics Section of the staff
French Leave:
See AWOL
FRH:
Flameless Ration Heater
Front-Leaning Rest:
The position assumed to begin push-ups; it is customary to place malfeasants or clumsy personnel in the front-leaning rest for punishment, since it is anything but a "rest"
FTX:
Field Training Exercise
G-3:
The training and operations staff section of a unit commanded by a general officer
GHQ:
General Headquarters
GI:
Government Issue
GPS:
Global Positioning System
Gunny:
Marine Corps for the rank of Gunnery Sergeant E-7
HAHO:
High-Altitude High-Opening parachute jump
HALO:
High-Altitude Low-Opening parachute jump
Hamas:
Palestinian terrorist organization that has been voted into office in Palestine; their charter calls for the destruction of Israel.
HE:
High Explosive
Head:
Navy and Marine Corps term for toilet; called a latrine in the Army
HEAT:
High-Explosive Anti-Tank
Heel-and-toe:
See watch-and-watch
Hell Week:
The fifth week of BUD/S that is more than five days of continuous activity and training with little or no sleep
Hezbollah:
A militant Islamic terrorist organization located in Lebanon; it was organized in response to the Israeli occupation and is still active
H&K MP-5:
Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine gun
Hors de combat:
Out of the battle (expression in French)
HSB:
High-Speed Boat
IFV:
Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Immediate Action:
A quick, sometimes temporary fix to a mechanical problem
IR:
Infrared
IRP:
Initial Rally Point; a place within friendly lines where a patrol assembles prior to moving out on the mission
Island:
The superstructure of an aircraft carrier or assault ship
JCOS:
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JSOC:
Joint Special Operation Command
K-Bar:
A brand of knives manufactured for military and camping purposes
KD Range:
Known-Distance Firing Range
Keffiyeh:
Arab headdress (what Yasser Arafat wore)
KGB:
Russian organization of security, espionage, and intelligence left over from the old Soviet Union
KIA:
Killed In Action
KISS:
Keep It Simple, Stupid--or more politely, Keep It Simple, Sweetheart
LBE:
Load-Bearing Equipment
Light Sticks:
Flexible plastic tubes that illuminate
Limpet Mine:
An explosive mine 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
LSSC:
Light SEAL Support Craft
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
MC:
Medical Corps
MCPO:
Master Chief Petty Officer
Medevac:
Medical Evacuation
MI-5:
United Kingdom Intelligence and Security Agency
Mk 138 Satchel Charge:
Canvas container filled with explosive
MLR:
Main line of Resistance
Mossad:
Israeli Intelligence Agency (ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim--Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks)
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
NROTC:
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps
NVB:
Night-Vision Binoculars
NVG:
Night-Vision Goggles
NVS:
Night-Vision Sight
OA:
Operational Area
OCONUS:
Outside the Continental United States
OCS:
Officer 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
ORP:
Objective Rally Point--a location chosen before or after reaching the objective; here a patrol can send out recon on the objective, make final preparations, reestablish the chain of command, and perform other activities necessary either before or right after action
PBL:
Patrol Boat, Light
PC:
Patrol Coastal vessel
PDQ:
Pretty Damn Quick
PIA:
Pakistan International Airlines
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., PO1C is Petty Officer First Class)
POV:
Privately Owned Vehicle
PPPP:
Piss-Poor Prior Planning
PT:
Physical Training
Puhtee:
An Afghan rolled stocking cap that can be worn in many ways
RHIP:
Rank Has Its Privileges
RIB:
Rigid Inflatable Boat
RIO:
Radar Intercept Officer
RON:
Remain OverNight; generally refers to patrols
RPG:
Rocket-Propelled Grenade
RPM:
Revolutions Per Minute
R and R:
Rest and Relaxation, Rest and
Recuperation, and a few other things used by the troops to describe short liberties or furloughs to kick back and enjoy themselves
RRP:
Reentry Rally Point; a site outside the range of friendly lines, to pause and prepare for reentry
RTO:
Radio Telephone Operator
Run-flat tires:
Solid-rubber inserts that allow a vehicle to run even when its tires have been punctured
SAS:
Special Air Services--an extremely deadly and super-efficient special operations unit of the British Army
SAW:
Squad Automatic Weapon--M249 5.56-millimeter magazine-or clip-fed machine gun
SCPO:
Senior Chief Petty Officer
SCUBA:
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus
SDV:
SEAL Delivery Vehicle
SERE:
Survival, Escape, Resistance, and Evasion
SF:
Special Forces
SFOB:
Special Forces Operational Base
Shahid:
Arabic word for martyr (plural is
shahiden)
Shiites:
A branch of Islam; in serious conflict with the Sunnis
SITREP:
Situation Report
SNAFU:
Situation Normal, All Fucked Up
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 forty-five-degree angle
SOCOM:
Special Operations Command
SOF:
Special Operations Force
SOI:
Signal Operating Instructions
SOLS:
Special Operations Liaison Staff
Somoni:
Currency of Tajikistan: 2.79=$1.00
SOP:
Standard Operating Procedures
SPA:
Self-Propelled Artillery
Special Boat Squadrons:
Units that participate in SEAL missions
SPECOPS:
Special Operations
SPECWARCOM:
Special Warfare Command
Stand-to:
Being on watch or at a fighting position
Sunnis:
A branch of Islam; in serious conflict with the Shiites
Superstructure:
The part of a ship above the main deck
T-10 parachute:
Basic static-line-activated personnel parachute of the U. S. Armed Forces; primarily designed for mass tactical parachute jumps
Tail-End Charlie:
Brigand terminology for the last man in an operation--e. G., the final guy getting off a vehicle, jumping from an aircraft, rear guard on a patrol, etc.
Taliban:
Militant, anti-Western Muslims with extreme religious views; in serious conflict with Shiites
TDy:
Temporary Duty
Three-Shop:
Operations and Training Section of the staff
TO:
Table of Organization
TOA:
Table of Allowances
TO&E:
Table of Organization and Equipment