Battlefield Pacific

Acronym Key

ANZAC — Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

APC — Armored Personnel Carrier

ASBM — Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles

BAE — Battlefield Area Evaluation

BDA — Blast Damage Area

BND — Bundesnachrichtendiens (German intelligence agency)

BUD/S — Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL

CAC — Common Access Card (universal ID card for American military)

CAG — Commander, Air Group

CCTV — Closed-circuit television

CG — Commanding General

CIA — Central Intelligence Agency

CIC — Combat Information Center

CIWS — Close-In Weapons Systems

CO — Commanding Officer

CSH — Combat Support Hospital

CVC — Combat Vehicle Crewman

DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DDG — Guided Missile Destroyer

DIA — Defense Intelligence Agency

EOD — Explosive Ordnance Disposal

FIST — Fire Support Team

FSB — Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti (Russian intelligence agency that came after the KGB)

GDF — Global Defense Force

GRU — Glavnoye Razvedyvatel’noye Upravleniye (Russian intelligence directorate)

HE — High-Explosive

HF — High-Frequency

HIMAR — High-mobility Artillery Rocket System

HQ — Headquarters

JSOC — Joint Special Operations Command

KSO — Russian Special Operation Command

LNO — Liaison Officer

LRASM — Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles

LT — Lieutenant

LZ — Landing Zone

MANPAD — Man-Portable Air-Defense System

MiG — Soviet military fighter aircraft

MI6 — Military Intelligence 6 (British Intelligence)

MOD — Ministry of Defense

MP — Member of Parliament

MRE — Meal-Ready-to-Eat

NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCO — Non-Commissioned Officer

NORAD — North American Aerospace Defense Command

NZSAS — New Zealand Special Air Service

PARNAS — People’s Freedom Party (Alexei’s resistance party in Russia)

PLA — People’s Liberation Army (Chinese Army)

PM — Prime Minister

POL — Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (military acronym to refer to gasoline, diesel and other types of fuel)

POW — Prisoner of War

PRC — People’s Republic of China

PSYOPS — Psychological Operations

R & R — Rest and Relaxation

RAF — Royal Air Force (British Air Force)

RAAF — Royal Australian Air Force

RAM — Rolling Airframe Missile

ROK — Republic of Korea (South Korea)

RPG — Rocket Propelled Grenade

RT — Russian Television Network, formerly known as Russia Today

RTO — Radio Transmission Officer

SAM — Surface-to-Air Missile

SAS — Special Air Service

SecDef — Secretary of Defense

SINCGAR — Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio

SOI — School of Infantry

SWAT — Special Weapons and Tactics

TDY — Temporary Duty

UHF — Ultra-High-Frequency

VIP — Very Important Person

VLS — Vertical Launch System

XO — Commanding Officer