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Monroe Doctrine

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by James Rosone


  HQHeadquarters

  HS9Havana-Scarabeo-9

  HUDHeads-Up Display

  HUMINTHuman Intelligence

  HVACHeating Ventilation and Air Conditioning

  IBAIndividual Body Armor

  IEDImprovised Explosive Device

  INSUMIntelligence Summary

  IRInfrared

  ISISIslamic State of Iraq and Syria

  ISSInternational Space Station

  JBCC(Chinese) Joint Battle Command Center

  JDJade Dragon

  JDAMJoint Direct Attack Munitions

  JIOCEURJoint Intelligence Operations Center Europe

  JLTVJoint Light Tactical Vehicle

  JODJoint Operations Division

  JSOCJoint Special Operations Command

  JTFJoint Task Force

  KGBSoviet Union’s foreign intelligence and domestic security agency

  LNOLiaison Officer

  MANPADSMan-Portable Air Defense System

  MCPOMaster Chief Petty Officer

  MI-6Military Intelligence 6 (British intelligence)

  MiGType of Soviet Military Fighter Aircraft

  MPMember of Parliament or Military Police

  MREMeals Ready-to-Eat

  MSSMinistry of State Security

  N2Naval Intelligence

  NASNaval Air Station

  NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization

  NAVSPECWARNaval Special Warfare

  NCONoncommissioned Officer

  NIPRNon-Classified Internet Protocol Router

  NMCANational Military Command Authority

  NMCCNational Military Command Center

  NOCNon-Official Cover

  NOFORNNot Releasable to Foreign Nationals

  NORADNorth American Aerospace Defense

  NRONational Reconnaissance

  NSANational Surveillance Agency or National Security Advisor

  NSCNational Security Council

  NVGNight Vision Goggles

  OC2Orca Control Operator, Second Class

  ODAOperational Detachment Alphas (Special Forces team)

  OLEDOrganic Light Emitting Diode (TVs with thin carbon-based film built into the screen)

  OODOfficer on Deck

  OPMOffice of Personnel Management

  ORCONOriginator Control (gives the office that classified the briefing control over how the information is disseminated)

  OSOperating System

  PAVE PAWSPrecision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System (early-warning radar and computer system)

  PEOCPresidential Emergency Operations Center

  PGZ09Chinese self-propelled anti-aircraft gun

  PIRPriority Intelligence Requirement

  PLAPeople’s Liberation Army (Chinese army)

  PLANPeople’s Liberation Army Navy (Chinese navy)

  PMPrime Minister

  POPetty Officer

  POTUSPresident of the United States

  PRCPeople’s Republic of China

  RDTRear-Driven Thruster

  RFIDRadio-Frequency Identification

  RHAWRadar, Homing and Warning

  RIBRigid Inflatable Boat

  ROADRetired on Active Duty

  ROTCReserve Officer Training Corps

  RTORadio Telephone Operator

  RTBReturn to Base

  SSecret

  S2Army Intelligence

  SA-19Russian-made self-propelled air defense system

  SACSpecial Activities Center

  SAMSurface-to-Air Missiles

  SCISensitive Comparted Information

  SCIFSensitive Comparted Information Facility

  SEADSuppression of Enemy Air Defenses

  SecDefSecretary of Defense

  SEALSea, Air and Land (Navy’s primary Special Operations Force)

  SIGINTSignals Intelligence

  SINCGARSSingle Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System

  SIS(British) Secret Intelligence Service

  SITREPSituation Report

  SLAMSubmarine-Launched Anti-Aircraft Missile

  SOARSpecial Operations Aviation Regiment

  SOCOMSpecial Operations Command

  SOCSOUTHSpecial Operations Command—South

  SOFSpecial Operations Forces

  SOGSpecial Operations Group

  SOUTHCOMSouthern Command

  SSBNShip, Submersible, Ballistic, Nuclear (Ballistic Missile Submarine)

  STS2Sonar Technician Submarine Petty Officer 2nd Class

  SUVSport Utility Vehicle

  SVRSuccessor agency to the Soviet KGB

  SVTCSecured Video Teleconference

  TAOTactical Action Officer

  TELTransporter Erector Launcher

  TFTask Force

  THAADTerminal High Altitude Area Defense

  THREATCONThreat Condition

  TOCTactical Operation Center

  TSTop Secret

  UUnclassified

  UAVUnpiloted Aerial Vehicle

  UKUnited Kingdom

  UNUnited Nations

  Unit 61398Chinese cyberattack unit

  USAMRIIDUnited States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease

  USBUniversal Serial Bus (common type of computer port)

  USDUnited States Dollars

  VIPVery Important Person

  VLFVery Low Frequency

  VLSVertical Launching System

  VPVice President

  VT-2Training Squadron Two

  WPWhite Phosphorus

  XOExecutive Officer

  ZBD-04Type of Chinese infantry fighting vehicle

  ZSL-08Type of Chinese infantry fighting vehicle

  ZTEChinese telecommunications company

 

 

 


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