The Gotland Deception

Abbreviation Key

1MC — 1 Main Circuit (Shipboard Public Address)

A3 — Deputy Chief of Staff of Operations for the Air Force

AAR — After-Action Review

ABV — Assault Breacher Vehicle

ACV — Amphibious Combat Vehicle

ADA — Air Defense Artillery

ADIZ — Air Defense Identification Zones

AEGIS — Advanced Electronic Guided Interceptor System

AESA — Active Electronically Scanned Array

AIP — Air-Independent Propulsion

AIS — Automatic Identification System

AMP — Advanced Multi-Purpose

AMRAAM — Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile

APC — Armored Personnel Carrier

APOBS — Anti-Personnel Obstacle Breaching Systems

AR-HUD — Augmented Reality Heads Up Display

ASVAB — Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery

ASW — Anti-submarine Warfare

AT — Anti-Tank

ATGM — Anti-tank Guided Missile

AUV — Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

AWOL — Absent Without Leave

AWACS — Airborne Warning and Control System

BMC-R — Battle Management Control Room

BMP — Russian infantry fighting vehicles

BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa

BTR — Russian armored personnel carrier

CAP — Combat Air Patrol

CCP — Chinese Communist Party

CCTV–Closed-Circuit Television

CHIMERA — Common High-Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor Interoperable Manager for Efficient Remote Administration

CIA — Central Intelligence Agency

CIC–Combat Information Center

CITV–Commander’s Independent Thermal Viewer

CIWS — Close in Weapons System

CMC–Central Military Commission

COSCO — China Ocean Shipping (Group)

CRI — Refers to the MIM-104C PAC-2 CRI interceptor (a modernized version of the original PAC-2 Patriot missile)

CSM — Command Sergeant Major

DEAC — Drug Enforcement Act of China

DEFCON — Defense Readiness Condition

DHS — Department of Homeland Security

DIA — Defense Intelligence Agency

E3 — Newer generation of Abrams tank

EA — Engagement Area

EDEP — Eurasian Defense Economic Pact

EMCON — Emission Control

EMP — Electromagnetic Pulse

ENDEX — End of Exercise

EOD — Explosive Ordnance Disposal

ETA — Estimated Time of Arrival

EUCOM — European Command

EW — Electronic Warfare

FBI — Federal Bureau of Investigations

FLIR — Forward-Looking Infrared

FPV — First-Person View (type of drone)

GCHQ — Government Communications Headquarters (UK intelligence)

GDP — Gross Domestic Product

GEAB — Gotland Energy AB

GEM-T — Guidance-Enhanced Missile, Tactical

GPS — Global Positioning System

GRU — Russian Intelligence

HEAT — High-Explosive Anti-tank

HEMTT — Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck

HET — Heavy Equipment Transport

HIMARS — High Mobility Artillery Rocket System

HPM — High-Power Microwave

HSwMS — His/Her Swedish Majesty’s Ship

HUD — Heads Up Display

HVAC — Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

ICS — Interim Contractor Support

IDF — Chinese fighter aircraft

IFAK — Individual First Aid Kit

IFF — Identification Friend or Foe

IR — Infrared

IRIS-T — Infrared Imaging System Tail/Thrust Vector-Controlled

ISR — Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

ITAR — International Traffic in Arms Regulations

JAB — Joint Assault Bridge

JLTV — Joint Light Tactical Vehicle

JOS — Joint Operations Center

JSDFJapan Self-Defense Forces

JSOC — Joint Special Operations Command

KIA — Killed in Action

LIDAR — Light Detection and Ranging

LNG — Liquid Natural Gas

LT — Lieutenant

LUMES — Master’s Degree Program in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science

LZ — Landing Zone

MANPADS — Man-Portable Air Defense System

MARCOM — Allied Maritime Command

MCLIC — Mine Clearing Line Charge

METOC — Meteorology and Oceanography

MMO — Massively Multiplayer Online (video games)

MP — Military Police

MRE — Meals Ready-to-Eat

MRL — Multiple Rocket Launcher

MSE — Missile Segment Enhancement

MSS — Ministry of State Security (Chinese version of secret police, FBI, and CIA combined)

MTU — Motoren- und Turbinen-Union, a well-known German manufacturer of high-performance diesel engines and propulsion systems.

MV — Motor Vehicle

NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCO — Non-Commissioned Officer

NGO — Non-governmental Organization

NOFORN — No Foreign Dissemination (classification level)

NSA — National Security Advisor OR National Security Agency

NSB — Naval Submarine Base

OCP — Operational Camouflage Pattern

OPFOR — Opposing Forces

OPSEC — Operations Security

PC — Personnel Carrier

PDW — Personal Defense Weapon

PFC — Private First Class

PLA — People’s Liberation Army (Chinese Army)

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

PMC — Private Military Contractor

POI — Program of Instruction

PRC — People’s Republic of China

PT — Physical Training

REFORGER — Return of Forces to Germany

RFID — Radio Frequency Identification

RHIB — Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boat

ROC — Republic of China (Taiwan)

ROE — Rules of Engagement

RO/RO — Roll-on, Roll-off

S2 — Intelligence Officer

SACEUR — Supreme Allied Commander Europe

SCIF — Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility

SEAL — Sea, Air, and Land (Navy special forces)

SECNAV — Secretary of the Navy

SFC — Sergeant First Class

SHAPE — Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe

SHORAD — Short-Range Air Defense

SIGINT — Signals Intelligence

SME — Subject Matter Expert

SOCEUR — Special Operations Command Europe

SOSUS — Sound Surveillance System

SUV — Sports Utility Vehicle

SVR — Russian Foreign Intelligence

SVTC — Secure Video Teleconferencing

TAO — Tactical Action Officer

TC — Tank Commander

TF — Task Force

TOC — Tactical Operations Center

UCSD — University of California, San Diego

UN — United Nations

USN — United States Navy

USNS — United States Naval Ship

USS — United States Ship

USV — Unmanned Surface Vehicle

UUV — Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

VDV — Soviet Airborne Forces

VHFVery High Frequency

VLS — Vertical Launching System

VPN — Virtual Private Network

XLUUV — Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle

XO — Executive Officer