Acronyms Acronyms ABL airborne
laser
ABM antiballistic
missile
ACM advanced
conventional munitions
ACOM U.S. Atlantic Command
ACRI African Crisis
Response Initiative
ACRS Arms Control and
Regional Stability (talks)
ACSS African Center for
Security Studies
AEF
Air Expeditionary Forces
AFSOUTH allied forces south
AID/OFDA Agency for International Development/Office of Foreign
Disaster Assistance
AIP airindependent propulsion
ALCMs airlaunched cruise missiles
ARF ASEAN Regional Forum
ARG amphibious readiness group
ASAS all-source analysis system
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASW antisubmarine warfare
ATACMS Army tactical missile system
ATO air tasking order
AWACS airborne warning and control system
BALTBAT Baltic Peacekeeping Battalion
BAT brilliant antitank munition
BDA bomb damage assessment
BPS bits per second
BUR Bottom-Up Review
BW biological weapons
BWC biological weapons convention
C2 command and control
C3I command, control, communications, and intelligence
C4ISR command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
CARICOM Caribbean Common Market
CBDCOM U.S. Army Chemical and Biological Defense Command
CBW chemical and biological warfare
CCP Chinese Communist Party
CD-ROM compact disk with read-only memory
CEC cooperative engagement capability
CENTCOM U.S. Central Command
CENTRASBAT Central Asian Combined Peacekeeping Battalion
CFE Conventional Forces in Europe
CINC commander in chief
CIVPOL United Nations Civilian Police
CJTF combined joint task force
CM cruise missile
CONUS continental United States
COSTIND Committee on Science and Technology for National Security
COTS commercial off-the-shelf
CRAF Civil Reserve Air Fleet
CRC Conflict Resolution Center
CS command support
CSS combat service support
CSAP Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Asia Pacific
CTBT Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
CTR cooperative threat reduction
CVBG carrier battle group
CW chemical weapons
DEA U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency
DMZ demilitarized zone
DoD Department of Defense
DPRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea
DSAA Defense Security Assistance Agency
DVDs digital video disk
EAPC Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council
ECOMOG ECOWAS Military Observer Group
ECOWAS Economic Community of Western African States
E-IMET Expanded International Military Education and Training
EMP electro-magnetic pulse
EMU European Monetary Union
EPW earth-penetrating weapon
ESDI European Security and Defense Identity
EU European Union
EUCOM U.S. European Command
EW electronic warfare
EXFOR experimental force
FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEWS Famine Early Warning System
FIS Islamic Salvation Front
FMF Foreign Military Financing
FMS Foreign Military Sales
G8 Group of Eight
GCC Gulf Cooperation Council
GDP gross domestic product
GLONASS Global Navigation Satellite System
GNP gross national product
GPS global positioning system
HEAT high explosive antitank weapon
HOC/CMOC Humanitarian Operations Center/Civil Military Operations Center
HPM high-powered microwave
HQ headquarters
IADB Inter-American Defense Board
IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency
ICBM intercontinental ballistic missile
ICITAP International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program
ICO International Communications Organization
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
IFF identification friend or foe
IFOR Implementation Force
IGAD Inter-Governmental Authority on Development
IMET International Military Equipment and Training
INF Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty
INS Immigration and Naturalization Service
IOs international organizations
IOC initial operational capability
IR infrared
IRC International Rescue Committee
ISR intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance
IT information technology
IW information warfare
JDAM joint direct attack munition
JIATF joint interagency task force
JSOW joint stand-off weapon
JSSAM joint service stand-off attack missile
JSTARS joint surveillance and target attack radar system
JTF joint task force
JV 2010 Joint Vision 2010
KDP Kurdish Democratic Party
KM kilometer
LEO low-earth orbit
LIC low intensity conflict
LO low observables
LOC lines of communication
LOCAAS low-cost autonomous attack system
LOTS logistics over the shore
MBD million barrels per day
MCC Multinational Counter-Narcotics Center
MCS maneuver control system
M-Day day on which mobilization begins
MEAD medium extended air defense system
MEF Marine Expeditionary Force
MEII Minimum Essential Information Infrastructure
MERCOSUR Mercado Comun del Cono Sur
MET Military Education and Training
MEU Marine Expeditionary Unit
MFO multilateral force and observers
MIF multinational interdiction force
M/IRBM medium/intermediate-range ballistic missile
MIRV multiple, independently-targeted reentry vehicle
MNF multi-national force
MOB mobile off-shore base
MOMEP Military Observer Mission, Ecuador/Peru
MOOTW military operations other than war
MP military police
MRC major regional conflict
MTCR Missile Technology Control Regime
MTOE modified table of organization and equipment
MTW major theater war
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC nuclear, biological, and chemical
NCA National Command Authorities
NEO noncombatant evacuation operation
NGO non-governmental organizations
NIS New Independent States
NMD national missile defense
NPR Nuclear Posture Review
NPT Non-Proliferation Treaty
NRDC National Resources Defense Council
NSI national strategic infrastructure
NTC National Training Center
OAS Organization of American States
OAU Organization of African Unity
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OFDA Office of Disaster Assistance
OPCON operational control
OPTEMPO operational tempo
OSCE Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
PA Palestinian Authority
PACOM U.S. Pacific Command
PCC Partnership Coordination Center
PERSTEMPO personnel tempo
PfP Partnership for Peace
PGM precision guided munition
PKK Kurdistan Worker's Party
PLA People's Liberation Army
PLO Palestinian Liberation Organization
POL petroleum, oil, and lubricants
POMCUS prepositioned organizational materiel configured in unit sets
PRC People's Republic of China
PSYOP psychological operations
PUK Patriotic Union of Kuridstan
PVOs private voluntary organizations
QDR Quadrennial Defense Review
R&D research and development
RAF Royal Air Force
RBA revolution in business affairs
RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police
RMA revolution in military affairs
ROE rules of engagement
ROK Republic of Korea
SADC Southern Africa Development Community
SAR synthetic aperture radar; search, and rescue
Sea TACMS sea tactical missile system
SECDEF Secretary of Defense
SFOR Stabilization Force
SHAPE Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
SLBM submarine launched ballistic missile
SLOC sea lines of communication
SOCOM U.S. Special Operations Command
SOE state owned enterprise
SOF special operations forces
SOUTHCOM U.S. Southern Command
SSC small-scale contingency
START Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty
STRATCOM U.S. Strategic Command
TBM theater ballistic missile
TCO transnational crime organization
THAAD theater area air defense
TMD theater missile defense
TPFDD timephased force deployment data
UAE United Arab Emirates
UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
UN United Nations
UNDHA United Nations Department of Humanitarian Assistance
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
UNITAF Unified Task Force in Somalia
UNMIH United Nations Mission in Haiti
UNOCA United Nations Observer mission, Central America
UNOSAL United Nations Observer mission, El Salvador
UNPROFOR United Nations Protective Force
UNSCOM United Nations Special Commission
U.K. United Kingdom
U.S. United States
USAF U.S. Air Force
USAID U.S. Agency for International Development
USAREUR U.S. Army Europe
USMC U.S. Marine Corps
USN U.S. Navy
USSR Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VSAT very small aperture terminal
WFP World Food Program
WMD weapons of mass destruction
WTO World Trade Organization
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