Afghan: Currency of Afghanistan: 43.83=$1.00
AFSOC: Air Force Special Operations Command
AGL: Above Ground Level AKA: Also Known As
Angel: A thousand feet above ground level; e. G., Angels Two is two thousand feet
AP: Armor-Piercing or Air Police
APC: Armored Personnel Carrier
ARG: Amphibious Ready Group
AS-50: .50-caliber semiautomatic sniper rifle with scope
ASAP: As Soon As Possible
ASL: Above Sea Level
Asset: An individual who has certain knowledge or experiences that make him helpful to an individual or units about to be deployed into operational areas
AT: Antitank
AT-4: Antiarmor rocket launchers
Attack Board (also Compass Board): A board with a compass, watch, and depth gauge used by subsurface swimmers
ATV: All-Terrain Vehicle
AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System
AWOL: Away Without Official Leave--i. E., absent from one's unit without permission; AKA French leave
Bastion: Part of a fortification or fortified position that juts outwardly
BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
BDU: Battle dress uniform
Blighty: British slang for their home nation
Boot: A rookie or recruit
Boot Camp: Navy or Marine Corps basic training
BOQ: Bachelor Officers' Quarters
Briefback: A briefing given to staff by a SEAL platoon regarding their assigned mission; this must be approved before it is implemented
BUD/S: Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL training course
Bushido: The philosophy and code of conduct of Japanese samurai warriors.
BX: Base Exchange, a military store with good prices for service people; in the Army, AKA PX for Post Exchange
C4: Plastic explosive
CAR-15: Compact model of the M-16 rifle
CAS: Close Air Support
CATF: Commander, Amphibious Task Force
CDC: Combat Direction Center aboard a ship
CG: Commanding General
Chickenshit: An adjective that describes a person or a situation as being particularly draconian, overly strict, unfair, or malicious
CHP: California Highway Patrol
CLU: Command Launch Unit for the Javelin AT missile
CNO: Chief of Naval Operations
CO: Commanding Officer Cover: Hat, headgear CP: Command Post CPU: Computer Processing Unit CPX: Command Post Exercise CRRC: Combat Rubber Raiding Craft CRT: Cathode-Ray Tube CS: Tear gas
CSAR: Combat Search and Rescue
CVBG: Carrier Battle Group
Dashika: Slang name for the Soviet DShK 12.7-millimeter heavy machine gun
DDG: Guided-Missile Destroyer
DEA: Drug Enforcement Agency
Det Cord: Detonating cord
DJMS: Defense Joint Military Pay System
DPV: Desert Patrol Vehicle
Draeger Mk V: Underwater air supply equipment
DZ: Drop Zone
E&E: Escape and Evasion
Enfilade Fire: Gunfire that sweeps along an enemy formation
EPW: Enemy Prisoner of War
ER: Emergency Room (hospital)
ERP: En route Rally Point; a rally point that a patrol leader chooses while moving to or from an objective
ESP: Extrasensory Perception
ETS: End of Term of Service
FLIR: Forward-Looking Infrared Radar
Four-Shop: Logistics Section of the staff
French Leave: See AWOL
FRH: Flameless Ration Heater
Front-Leaning Rest: The position assumed to begin push-ups; it is customary to place malfeasants or clumsy personnel in the front-leaning rest for punishment, since it is anything but a 'rest'
FTX: Field Training Exercise
G-3: The training and operations staff section of a unit commanded by a general officer
GHQ: General Headquarters
GI: Government Issue
GPS: Global Positioning System
Gunny: Marine Corps for the rank of Gunnery Sergeant E-7
HAHO: High-Altitude High-Opening parachute jump
HALO: High-Altitude Low-Opening parachute jump Hamas: Palestinian terrorist organization that has been voted into office in Palestine; their charter calls for the destruction of Israel.
HE: High Explosive
Head: Navy and Marine Corps term for toilet; called a latrine in the Army
HEAT: High-Explosive Anti-Tank
Heel-and-toe: See watch-and-watch
Hell Week: The fifth week of BUD/S that is more than five days of continuous activity and training with little or no sleep
Hezbollah: A militant Islamic terrorist organization located in Lebanon; it was organized in response to the Israeli occupation and is still active
H&K MP-5: Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine gun
Hors de combat: Out of the battle (expression in French)
HSB: High-Speed Boat
IFV: Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Immediate Action: A quick, sometimes temporary fix to a mechanical problem
IR: Infrared
IRP: Initial Rally Point; a place within friendly lines where a patrol assembles prior to moving out on the mission
Island: The superstructure of an aircraft carrier or assault ship
JCOS: Joint Chiefs of Staff
JSOC: Joint Special Operation Command
K-Bar: A brand of knives manufactured for military and camping purposes
KD Range: Known-Distance Firing Range
Keffiyeh: Arab headdress (what Yasser Arafat wore)
