Act of War

ACRONYMS

APC—armored personnel carrier

ARG—Accident Response Group (Department of Energy)

ARL—Army Research Laboratory

CID—Cybernetic Infantry Device

DOE—Department of Energy

GAMMA—originally Grupo do Abaete de la Movimento Meio Ambiente, the Environmental Movement Group of Abaete; changed to Guerra Alliance de la Movimento Meio Ambiente, or the Environmental Movement Combat Alliance

GSF—General Security Forces (Egyptian interior paramilitary forces)

GUOS—Grenade-launched Unmanned Observation System (“Goose”)

HEAT—High Explosive Antitank

HMMWV—High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (Humvee)

ITB—Infantry Transformational BattleLab

LAWS—Light Antitank Weapon System

MILES—Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System

NBC—Nuclear/Biological/Chemical

NEST—Nuclear Emergency Search Team

NSC—National Security Council

ONC—octanitrocubane

PME—Policia Militar do Estado, Brazilian State Military Police

PPD—Presidential Protection Detail

SA—Special Agent

SAC—Special Agent in Charge

TGE—TransGlobal Energy

THREATCON—Threat Condition

TO&E—Table of Organization and Equipment

TOW—Tube-Launched Optically Tracked Wire-Guided Missile

UAV—Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UCMJ—Uniform Code of Military Justice