Glossary: TC 7-100.4 Hybrid Threat Force Structure Organization Guide

This page is a section of TC 7-100.4 Hybrid Threat Force Structure Organization Guide.

SECTION I – ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

AA: antiaircraft
abn: Airborne
ACE: analysis and control element
acq: acquisition
ACRV: artillery command and reconnaissance vehicle
ACU: acquisition and coordination unit (air defense)
ACV: armored command vehicle
AD: air defense
afl: affiliated
AGL: automatic grenade launcher
ammo: ammunition
amphib: amphibious
ant: antenna
AOR: area of responsibility
AP: antipersonnel (mine), armor-piercing (ammunition)
APC: armored personnel carrier
AP-I: armor-piercing incendiary (ammunition)
API-T: armor-piercing incendiary tracer (ammunition)
ART: Army tactical task
assort: assorted
asst: assistant
AT: antitank
ATDL: antitank disposable launcher (one-shot)
ATGL: antitank grenade launcher
ATGM: antitank guided missile
atk: attack
AUTL: Army Unified Task List
AV: anti-vehicle (mine)
bde: brigade
BDET: battalion-size detachment
BMG: Browning machinegun (.50 cal)
bn: battalion
BOI: basis of issue
BTG: brigade tactical group
btry: battery
CA: civil affairs
cal: caliber
CBRN: chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
CCD: charged-coupled device (camera)
CDET: company-size detachment
Cdr: commander
Ch: chief
chem: chemical
CI: counterintelligence
CJCSM: Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum
cm: centimeter(s)
cmd: command
cmdo: commando
co: company
COA: course of action
combo: combination
comms: communications
coord: coordination
CRV: combat reconnaissance vehicle
CTID: Complex Operational Environment and Threat Integration Directorate, CTID
DA: direct action (cell)
DCSINT: Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence
decon: decontamination
ded: dedicated
demo: demolitions
Dep: deputy
DF: direction finding
div: division, divisional
DOD: Department of Defense
DS: direct support
DTG: division tactical group
E: enlisted
equip: equipment
ERA: explosive reactive armor
est: estimate(d)
EW: early warning (radar), electronic warfare
EW: electronic warfare
FCS: fire control system
FDC: fire direction center
FG: field group
FLIR: forward-looking infrared (thermal sensor)
FM: field manual
FOE: future operational environment
FOV: field of view
Frag-HE: fragmentation-high-explosive (ammunition)
FSCC: fire support coordination center
FW: fixed-wing (aircraft)
GP MG: general-purpose machinegun
GPS: global positioning system
GS: general support
GSR: ground surveillance radar
guer: guerrilla
H/K: hunter/killer
HACV: heavy armored combat vehicle
HE: high-explosive (ammunition)
HEAT: high-explosive antitank (ammunition)
HET: heavy equipment transporter
HF: high frequency (communications)
HMG: heavy machinegun
how: howitzer
HQ: headquarters
Hqs: headquarters
IED: improvised explosive device
IEW: intelligence and electronic warfare
IFC: integrated fires command
IFV: infantry fighting vehicle
II: image intensification (night sighting system)
in: inch(es)
INA: information not available
indiv: individual
inf: infantry
intcpt: intercept
intel: intelligence
IR: infrared
ISC: integrated support command
ISG: integrated support group
INFOWAR: information warfare
JP: joint publication
JTF: joint task force
kg: kilogram(s)
km/h: kilometers per hour
LAV: light armored vehicle
LBR: laser beam rider (guidance)
lchr: launcher
ldr: leader
LMG: light machinegun
LML: lightweight multiple launcher
LR: long-range
LRF: laser rangefinder
lt: light
LWV: lightweight vehicle
m: meter(s)
m/s: meters per second
maint: maintenance
MANPADS: manportable air defense system
manport: manportable
mech: mechanized
METL: mission essential task list
MG: machinegun
min: minute(s)
mm: millimeter(s)
MOD: Ministry of Defense
MP: multipurpose (ammunition)
MRL: multiple rocket launcher
MS: Microsoft
MTP: mission training plan
mtzd: motorized
N: noncommissioned officer(s)
NCA: National Command Authority
NCO: noncommissioned officer
nondiv: nondivisional
NVG: night-vision goggles
O: officer(s)
OB: order of battle
obs: observer
ODCSINT: Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence
OE: operational environment
OPCON: operational control
OPFOR: opposing force
OPSEC: operations security
OSC: operational-strategic command
PDA: personal digital assistant
pers: personnel
Ph: probability of hit
plt: platoon
POL: petroleum, oils, and lubricants
psnl: personnel
PSO: private security organization
PSYWAR: psychological warfare
RCL: recoilless (gun)
rd: round(s)
recon: reconnaissance
RF: radio frequency
RG: recoilless gun
RISTA: reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition
RG: recoilless gun
rkt: rocket
SACLOS: semiautomatic command-to-line-of-sight (guidance)
SAM: surface-to-air missile
SATCOM: satellite communications
SCP: strategic campaign plan
sec: second(s)
sect: section
sep: separate
sgt: sergeant
SHC: Supreme High Command
SHORAD: short-range air defense
SL: shoulder-launched
SLAP: saboted light armor penetrator (ammunition)
SOCC: support operations coordination center
SP: self-propelled
spec: specialist
SPF: Special-Purpose Forces
spt: supporting, support
sqd: squad
SR: short-range
sr: senior
SSM: surface-to-surface missile
stor: storage
sup: supply
svc: service
sys: system
TA TC: target acquisition technical circular
TBP: to be published
tech: technician
TIC: toxic industrial chemical(s)
tm: team
TOE: table of organization and equipment
TRADOC: U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
trans: transportation
trk: truck
trkd: tracked
TTP: tactics, techniques, and procedures
TUV: tactical utility vehicle
TV: television
UAV: unmanned aerial vehicle
UHF: ultra-high frequency (communications)
UJTL: Universal Joint Task List
U.S.: United States
USMC: United States Marine Corps
VBIED: vehicle-borne improvised explosive device
veh: vehicle
VHF: very-high frequency (communications)
VIP: very imnportant person
w/: with
w/o: without
WEG: Worldwide Equipment Guide
WMD: weapons of mass destruction
wpns: weapons

SECTION II – TERMS

complex operational environment

The synergistic combination of variables and actors that create the conditions, circumstances, and influences that can affect military operations today and in the near- and mid-term.

operational environment

A composite of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander. (JP 3-0)

opposing force

A plausible and flexible military and/or paramilitary force representing a composite of varying capabilities of actual worldwide forces used in lieu of a specific threat force, for training or developing U.S. forces.