Battlefield Taiwan

Acronym Key

ASAP — As Soon As Possible

ASW — Anti-Submarine Warfare

BND — German Federal Intelligence Service

C3 — Command, Control and Communications

CG — Commanding General

CIC — Command Information Center

CIWS — Close-in Weapons System

CMC — Central Military Commission

CW4 — Chief Warrant Officer Four

DIA — Defense Intelligence Agency

DPRK — Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

FO — Forward Observer

FSB — Modern Russian KGB

G2 — Intelligence Chief

G3 — Operations Officer

HE — High-Explosive

HEAT — High-Explosive Anti-Tank

HVI — High-Value Individual

J3 — Operations Officer

JDF — Japanese Defense Force

LNO — Liaison Officer

LST — Land Ship Tanks

LT — Lieutenant

LTC — Lieutenant Colonel

NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NDA — Non-Disclosure Agreement

NSA — National Security Advisor OR National Security Agency

ODA — Operational Detachment Alpha

PC — Politically Correct

PLA — People’s Liberation Army (Chinese Army)

PLAAF — People’s Liberation Army Air Force (Chinese Air Force)

PLAM — People’s Liberation Army Militia (Chinese Reserves)

PLAN — People’s Liberation Army Navy (Chinese Navy)

PM — Prime Minister

PRC — People’s Republic of China

QRF — Quick Reaction Force

ROK — Republic of Korea (South Korea)

RPG — Rocket Propelled Grenade

RSO — Regional Security Officer

SAM — Surface-to-Air Missile

SDG — Sensory Deprivation Google

SecDef — Secretary of Defense

TOW — Tube-Launched Optically Tracked, Wire-Guided

WP — White Phosphorus

XO — Executive Officer