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APPENDIX A:

Acronyms and Abbreviations

ACOM            U.S. Atlantic Command
AFCENT         Allied Forces Central Europe
ALOC              air line of communication
AOR                 area of responsibility
BAM                Baikal-Amur Magistral
BMEWS          ballistic missile early warning system
BMNT             beginning of morning nautical twilight
CENTCOM     U.S. Central Command
CHOP              change operational control
COCOA          critical terrain, obstacles, cover and concealment,                           observation and fields of fire, avenues of approach
CTZ                  corps tactical zone
DEW Line        Distant Early Warning Line
DZ                    drop zone
EENT              end of evening nautical twilight
EEZ                  exclusive economic zone
EMP                 electromagnetic pulse
EUCOM          U.S. European Command
FSCL                fire support coordination line
GLCM              ground-launched cruise missile
GPS                  global positioning system
HAZMAT        hazardous material
ICBM               intercontinental ballistic missile
IFR                   instrument flight rules
LEO                  low earth orbit
LOC                  line of communication
LZ                      landing zone
MBFR                mutual and balanced force reductions
MIZ                    marginal ice zone
NATO                North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NVA                   North Vietnamese Army
OCOKA            observation and fields of fire, cover and concealment, obstacles, key terrain, avenues of approach
OPLAN               operation plan
PACOM             U.S. Pacific Command
POW                    prisoner of war
PSYOP                 psychological operations
R&D                     research and development
RDJTF                  Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force
SAC                     Strategic Air Command
SEAL                    sea, air, land
SEATO                 Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SLOC                   sea line of communication
SOUTHCOM      U.S. Southern Command
TAOR                   tactical area of responsibility
UNCLOS            United Nations Convention on Law of  the Sea
VFR                      visual flight rules

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