Nightwatch

Glossary

CDT Central Daylight Time

PL Patrol Leader

BDU Battle Dress Utility

NVG Night Vision Goggles

OB Objective RP Rally Point

MRE Meal Ready to Eat OpOrd Operations Order

RTO Radio Telephone Operator

R&S Reconnaissance and Surveillance

Assistant Patrol Leader

TOC Tactical Operations Center

EPW Enemy Prisoner of War

SAW Squad Automatic Weapon

Ammunition Casualty/ Report

Load Bearing Equipment

Demolitions OPFOR Opposition Forces

GMT Greenwich Mean Time

MP Military Police

SAIC Special Agent in Charge

CAT Counter Assault Team

SWAT Special Weapons and Tactics

ATF Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

IED Improvised Explosive Device srt Special Response Team

MIL AIDE Military Aide cid Criminal Investigative Division

NAOC National Airborne Operations Center

NCA National Command Authority

NMCC National Military Command Center

STRATCOM Strategic Command

CO Commanding Officer

POTUS President of the United States

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency siop Single Integrated Operational Plan

CONUS Continental United States npr National Public Radio

SITREP Situation Report ir Infrared

FCO Firs Control Officer

SSGT Staff Sergeant rpg Rocket Propelled Grenade

SATCOM Satellite Communications

TACAMO Take Charge and Move Out

DEFCON Defense Condition

NAS Naval Air Station

EAO Emergency Action Officer

MO Modus Operandi

CG Commanding General

EOC Emergency Operations Center

CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

DOD Department of Defense

VLF Very Low Frequency

ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

AM Emergency Action Message

COMSUBLANT Commander Submarines Atlantic

XO Executive Officer

COB Chief of the Boat

NSA National Security Agency

SOSUS Sound Surveillance System

SINS Ships Inertial Navigation System

SAR Search and Rescue

ADI Altitude Direction Indicator

SOG Studies and Observation Group

ALCS Air Launch Control System

ACO Airborne Communications Officer

NORAD North American Aerospace Defense Command

PA Power Amplifier

SOCOM Special Operations Command

COMSUBPAC Commander Submarines Pacific

INMARSAT International Maritime Satellite

SHF Super High Frequency

CNO Chief of Naval Operations

IMF International Monetary Fund

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

CRT Cathode-Ray Tube

PFD Primary Flight Display

MOUT Military Operations in Urban Terrain

MIRV Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle