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==SECTION I – ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS==

*''AFS'': administrative force structure
*''mm:'' micrometer(s)
*''AA:'' antiaircraft
*''ABNCS:'' airborne control station
*''AC:'' hydrogen cyanide
*''ACC:'' assistant crossing commander
*''ACO:'' airspace coordination order
*''ACP:'' air control point
*''ADAAS:'' air defense/antiarmor system
*''admin:'' administration
*''AFCS:'' automated fire control system
*''afl:'' affiliated
*''AFS:'' administrative force structure
*''AGL:'' above ground level; automatic grenade launcher
*''AIRCP:'' airborne command post
*''AKO:'' Army Knowledge Online
*''ALR:'' antilanding reserve
*''ALTCP:'' alternate command post
*''AOP:'' aerial observation post; air observer platoon
*''AOR:'' area of responsibility
*''AOS:'' airspace operations subsection
*''AP:'' antipersonnel; attack position
*''APC:'' armored personnel carrier
*''APOD:'' aerial port of debarkation
*''AR:'' Army regulation
*''ARNG:'' Army National Guard
*''ARNGUS:'' Army National Guard of the United States
*''ASP:'' aviation support plan
*''AT:'' antitank
*''ATDL:'' antitank disposable launcher
*''ATGL:'' antitank grenade launcher
*''ATGM:'' antitank guided missile
*''ATO:'' air tasking order
*''ATR:'' antitank reserve
*''ATV:'' all-terrain vehicle
*''AUXCP:'' auxiliary command post
*''AWACS:'' airborne warning and control system
*''bde:'' brigade
*''BDET:'' battalion-size detachment  
*''bn:'' battalion  
*''BP:'' battle position  
*''BTG:'' brigade tactical group  
*''btry'': battery  
*''C2'': command and control  
*''C3D'': camouflage, concealment, cover and deception 
*''cal'': caliber  
*''CAO'': chief of airspace operations  
*''CBP'': complex battle position  
*CBRN: chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear  
*''CC'': crossing commander  
*''CCD'': charged-coupled device  
*''CDET:'' company-size detachment  
*''cdr'': commander  
*''CELT'': chief of engineer liaison teams  
*''CFSC'': chief of fire support coordination  
*''CG'': phosgene (chemical agent)  
*''CGS:'' Chief of the General Staff  
*''cm'': centimeter(s)  
*''cmd'': command  
*''co'': company  
*''COA'': course of action  
*''COE:'' Contemporary Operational Environment  
*''combo:'' combination  
*''COP:'' command and observation post  
*''COR:'' chief of reconnaissance  
*''COS:'' chief of staff  
*''COTS:'' commercial off-the-shelf  
*''CP:'' command post  
*''CR:'' counterreconnaissance  
*''CRD:'' counterreconnaissance detachment  
*''CRZ:'' counterreconnaissance zone  
*''CS:'' combat support; tear gas  
*''CSOP:'' combat security outpost  
*''CSS:'' combat service support  
*''CTC:'' combat training center  
*''CTID:'' COE and Threat Integration Directorate  
*''DAR:'' deep attack and reconnaissance  
*''DAS:'' direct air support  
*''DC:'' deputy commander  
*''decon:'' decontamination  
*''ded:'' dedicated  
*''dep:'' deputy  
*''DF:'' direction-finding  
*''div:'' division; divisional  
*''DOD:'' Department of Defense  
*''DP:'' diphosgene (chemical agent) 
*''DTG:'' division tactical group  
*''DZ:'' drop zone  
*''EA:'' electronic attack  
*''ECP:'' engineer checkpoint  
*''ELINT:'' electronic intelligence  
*''EO:'' electro-optical  
*''ERP:'' engineer reconnaissance patrol  
*''EW:'' electronic warfare  
*''EXJAM:'' expendable jammer  
*''FAC:'' forward air controller  
*''FARC:'' Fuerzas Armadas Revolutionarias de Colombia  
*''FARP:'' forward arming and refueling point  
*''FCP:'' forward command post  
*''FDC:'' fire direction center  
*''FG:'' field group  
*''FM:'' field manual 
*''FOP:'' forward observation post  
*''FP:'' fighting patrol  
*''FSCC:'' fire support coordination center  
*''ft:'' feet  
*''G:'' a type of nerve agent  
*''GB:'' sarin (nerve agent)  
*''GHz:'' gigahertz  
*''GPS:'' global positioning system  
*''H:'' mustard gas  
*''h:'' hour (in km/h)  
*''HAHO:'' high-altitude high-opening  
*''HALO:'' high-altitude low-opening  
*''HC'': hexachloroethane  
*''HCB:'' hexachlorobenzene  
*''HE:'' high-explosive  
*''HF:'' high-frequency  
*''HK:'' hunter-killer
*''HMG:'' heavy machinegun  
*''HPT:'' high-payoff target  
*''HQ:'' Headquarters  
*''HT:'' Hybrid Threat for training  
*''HUMINT:'' human intelligence  
*''HVT:'' high-value target  
*''IA:'' information attack  
*''IADS:'' integrated air defense system  
*''IED:'' imitative electronic deception; improvised explosive device 
*''IFC:'' integrated fires command  
*''IFF:'' identification, friend or foe  
*''IFV:'' infantry fighting vehicle  
*''IMD:'' independent mission detachment  
*''inf:'' Infantry  
*''info:'' Information  
*''INFOWAR:'' information warfare  
*''intel:'' Intelligence  
*''IP:'' initial point  
*''IR:'' Infrared  
*''IRP:'' independent reconnaissance patrol 
*''ISC:'' integrated support command  
*''ISG:'' integrated support group  
*''JP:'' joint publication  
*''km:'' kilometer(s)  
*''km/h:'' kilometers per hour  
*''L:'' lewisite (chemical agent) 
*''LLL:'' low-light-level (television)  
*''LOC:'' line of communications 
*''LOP:'' lateral observation post  
*''LOR:'' limit of responsibility  
*''LRR:'' long-range reconnaissance  
*''LTD:'' laser target designator  
*''<u>LZ:</u>'' landing zone  
*''m:'' meter(s)  
*''m/s:'' meters per second  
*''MANPADS:'' manportable air defense system  
*''MCP:'' main command post  
*''MED:'' manipulative electronic deception  
*''mm:'' millimeter(s)  
*''MMW:'' millimeter wave  
*''MOD:'' Ministry of Defense
*''MRL:'' multiple rocket launcher  
*''MRP:'' mobile reconnaissance post  
*''MSD:'' movement support detachment  
*''MSR:'' main supply route  
*''MSS:'' mission support site  
*''NATO:'' North Atlantic Treaty Organization  
*''NCA:'' National Command Authority 
*''NCO:'' noncommissioned officer  
*''ND:'' Neodymium  
*''NGO:'' nongovernmental organization  
*''nm:'' nanometer(s)  
*''NOE:'' nap-of-the earth  
*''NRT:'' near real time  
*''OD:'' obstacle detachment  
*''OE:'' operational environment  
*''OP:'' observation post  
*''OPFOR:'' opposing force  
*''OR:'' operational readiness  
*''OSC:'' operational-strategic command 
*''PEL:'' predicted enemy location  
*''plt:'' Platoon  
*''PMESII-PT:'' political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical environment, and time (memory aid for operational variables)  
*''POL:'' petroleum, oils, and lubricants  
*''PSYWAR:'' psychological warfare  
*''PWP:'' plasticized white phosphorus 
*''PZ:'' pick-up zone  
*''QRF:'' quick response force  
*''RCS:'' radar cross section  
*''RD:'' reconnaissance detachment  
*''RDD:'' radiological dispersal device (“dirty bomb”)  
*''RDL:'' General Dennis J. Reimer Training and Doctrine Digital Library  
*''recon:'' reconnaissance  
*''RED:'' radiological exposure device  
*''RISTA:'' reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition  
*''ROZ:'' restricted operations zone  
*''RP:'' reconnaissance patrol; red phosphorus  
*''RPV:'' remotely piloted vehicle  
*''RTO:'' radio telephone operator  
*''RZ:'' reference zone  
*''SACLOS:'' semiautomatic command-to-line-of-sight (guidance)
*''SAM:'' surface-to-air missile  
*''SATCOM:'' satellite communications  
*''SBP:'' simple battle position  
*''SCP:'' strategic campaign plan;  sustainment command post  
*''SEAD:'' suppression of air enemy defenses  
*''SED:'' simulative electronic deception  
*''sep:'' Separate  
*''SHC:'' Supreme High Command  
*''SHF:'' super-high-frequency  
*''SID:'' Strategic Integration Department  
*''SIGINT:'' signals intelligence  
*''SOCC:'' support operations coordination center  
*''SP:'' self-propelled  
*''SPF:'' special-purpose forces  
*''SPOD:'' sea port of debarkation  
*''spt:'' Supporting  
*''SSM:'' surface-to-surface missile  
*''SUSCP:'' sustainment command post  
*''svc:'' service; services  
*''TC:'' training circular  
*''TCP:'' traffic control point  
*''tech:'' Technical  
*''TIC:'' toxic industrial chemical  
*''TOE:'' table of organization and equipment  
*''TRADOC:'' U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command  
*''TRISA:'' TRADOC G-2 Intelligence Support Activity  
*''TTP:'' tactics, techniques, and procedures  
*''TUV:'' tactical utility vehicle  
*''TV:'' Television  
*''U.S.:'' United States 
*''UAV:'' unmanned aerial vehicle  
*''UD:'' urban detachment  
*''UHF:'' ultra-high-frequency  
*''USAR:'' United States Army Reserve  
*''V:'' a type of nerve agent  
*''VEESS:'' vehicle engine exhaust smoke system  
*''VHF:'' very-high-frequency  
*''VO:'' visual observer  
*''VTDP:'' vectoring and target designation post  
*''WMD:'' weapons of mass destruction  
*''WP:'' white phosphorus

==SECTION II – TERMS==

====== ''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, 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 and developing U.S. forces (AR 350-2).

====== ''hybrid threat'' ======
The diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces, terrorist forces, and/or criminal elements unified to achieve mutually benefitting effects.
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