GLOSSARY
| AAMDC | Army Air Missile Defense Command |
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| AC | active component |
| ACCOR | Army COMSEC Central Office of Record |
| ACP | Allied Communications Publication |
| ACUS | Area Common User System |
| ADA | air defense artillery |
| ADP | automated data processing |
| ADPE | automated data processing equipment |
| AFFOR | Air Force forces |
| AG | Adjutant General |
| AGMS | automated gateway message switch |
| AIS | automated information systems |
| AMC | US Army Materiel Command |
| AMMO | ammunition |
| ANSOC | Army Network and Systems Operations Center |
| AOR | area of responsibility |
| ARFOR | Army forces |
| ARSOF | Army Special Operations Forces |
| ASCC | Army Service Component Command |
| ASD | Assistant Secretary of Defense |
| ASG | area support groups |
| ASIOE | associated support items of equipment |
| ATE | automated test equipment |
| ATO | Army Telecommunications Office |
| ATS | air traffic services |
| ATTN | attention |
| AUTODIN | automated digital network |
| BATCOM | battalion control |
| BDE | brigade |
| BIS | battlefield information system |
| BN | battalion |
| BOM | bill of materials |
| BSM | battlefield spectrum management |
| C2 | command and control |
| C3 | command, control, and communications |
| C3I | command, control, communications, and intelligence |
| C4 | command, control, communications and computers |
| C4IS | command, control, communications, and computers information systems |
| CA | Civil Affairs |
| CACOM | civil affairs command |
| CAP | crisis action procedures |
| CAW | certification authorization workstation |
| CBT | combat |
| CCI | controlled cryptographic items |
| CDR | commander |
| CDR | commander |
| CE | communications-electronics |
| centers of gravity |
Those characteristics, capabilities, or localities from which a military force derives its freedom of action, physical strength, or will to fight. |
| CG | commanding general |
| CG | commanding general |
| CHEM | chemical |
| CID | |
| CINC | Commander in Chief |
| CIO | chief information officer |
| CJCS | Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| CJCSI | Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction |
| CJCSM | Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual |
| CJTF | Commander, Joint Task Force |
| CLSU | COMSEC logistics support unit |
| CMD | command |
| CMDSA | COMSEC material direct support activity |
| CMDT | commandant |
| coalition | An ad hoc arrangement between two or more nations for common action. |
| CofS | Chief of Staff |
| COMCAM | combat camera |
| Comm | communications |
| COMMCEN | communications center |
| COMMZ | communications zone |
| COMSEC | communications security |
| CONUS | continental United States |
| COOP | continuity of operations plan - assists each core business process, application manager, or facility business manager in completing Y2K contingency plans (i.e., risk assessment and continuity of operations plan). |
| COTS | commercial-off-the-shelf |
| coup de main | An offensive operation that capitalizes on surprise and simultaneous execution of supporting operations to achieve success in one swift stroke. |
| CPT | captain |
| CS | combat support |
| CSCE | communications system control element |
| CSPE | communications systems planning element |
| CSS | combat service support |
| DA | Department of the Army |
| DCA | Defense Communications Agency |
| DCO-A | Defense Certification Office-Army |
| DCofS | Deputy Chief of Staff |
| DCSC4 | Deputy Chief of Staff for command, control, communications, and computers |
| DCSENG | Deputy Chief of Staff Engineer |
| DCSIM | Deputy Chief of Staff for Information Management |
| DCSINT | Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence |
| DCSLOG | Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics |
| DCSMED | Deputy Chief of Staff Medical |
| DCSOPS | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans |
| DCSPER | Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel |
| DCSPM | Deputy Chief of Staff Provost Marshall |
| DCSRM | Deputy Chief of Staff Resource Management |
| DGM | digital group multiplex |
| DII | defense information infrastructure |
| DISA | Defense Information System Agency |
| DISC4 | Directorate for Information Systems for C4 |
| DISN | Defense Information Systems Network |
| DISNET | defense integrated secure network |
| DLA | Defense Logistics Agency |
| DMS | defense message switch |
| DNS | domain name service |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DOI | defense operating instructions |
| DOIM | Directorate of Information Management |
| DPAS | digital patch and access |
| DRSN | defense red switch network |
| DS | direct support |
| DSC | DMS Service Center |
| DSCS | Defense Satellite Communications System |
| DSED | Direct Support Engineering Directorate |
| DSN | defense switched network |
| DSSCS | Defense Special Security Communications System |
| DSTE | digital subscriber terminal equipment |
| DTG | digital trunk group |
| DUA | directory user agents |
| ea | each |
| EAC | echelons above corps |
| EAM | emergency action message |
| ECB | echelons corps and below |
| EHF | extremely high frequency |
| Elec | electronic |
| electronic mail | |
| ENCOM | engineer command |
| ENG | engineer |
| ENL | enlisted |
| EOD | explosive ordinance disposal |
| EPW | enemy prisoner of war |
| EQ | equipment |
| ESS | electronic switching system |
| EW | electronic warfare |
| FCO | Facility Control Office |
| FEP | FLTSATCOM EHF package |
| FIN | finance |
| FLTSATCOM | fleet satellite communications |
| FM | frequency modulated; field manual |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FORSCOM | US Forces Command |
| FOT | fiber-optic terminal |
| FOTS | fiber-optic transmission systems |
| FSEN | future small extension node |
| FWD | Forward |
| G1 | Assistant Chief of Staff, Personnel |
| G2 | Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence |
| G3 | Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations |
| G4 | Assistant Chief of Staff, Logistics |
| G5 | Assistant Chief of Staff, Civil Affairs |
| G6 | Assistant Chief of Staff, Communications |
| G8 | Assistant Chief of Staff, Resource Management |
| GBS | Global Broadcast Service |
| GCCS | Global Command and Control System |
| GCCS-A | Global Command and Control System-Army |
| GENSER | general service |
| GMF | ground mobile forces |
| GOTS | government-off-the-shelf |
| GP | group |
| GS | general support |
| HF | high frequency |
| HHC | headquarters and headquarters company |
| HHD | headquarters and headquarters detachment |
| HN | host nation |
| HNA | host nation agreement |
| HOSP | hospital |
| HQ | headquarters |
| humanitarian assistance |
Programs conducted to relieve or reduce the results of natural or manmande disasters or other endemic conditions such as human pain, disease, hunger, or privation that might present a serious threat to life or that can result in great damage to or loss of property. Humanitarian assistance provided by US forces is limited in scope and duration. The assistance provided is designed to supplement or complement the efforts of the host nation civil authorities or agencies that may have the primary responsibility for providing humanitarian assistance. |
| IAW | in accordance with |
| IGAR | Inspector General Action Request |
| IHFR | improved high frequency radio |
| IMINT | imagery intelligence |
| Info | information |
| Info | information |
| information system |
The organized collection, processing, transmission, and dissemination of information, IAW defined procedures, whether automated or manual. In information warfare, this includes the entire infrastructure, organization, and components that collect, process, store, transmit, display, disseminate, and act on information. |
| INSCOM | intelligence and security command |
| IP | Internet protocol |
| ISDN | integrated service digital network |
| ISS | information system security |
| ISSO | Information Services Support Office |
| IST | interswitch trunk |
| ISYSCON | integrated system control |
| ITID | Information Technology Integration Directorate |
| ITOE | intermediate table of organizations and equipment |
| ITW&A | integrated tactical warning and assessment |
| IW | information warfare - actions taken to achieve information superiority by affecting adversary information, information-based processes, information systems, and computer-based networks while leveraging and defending one's own information, information-based processes, information systems, and computer-based networks. |
| JANAP | Joint Army-Navy-Air Force Publication |
| JCCC | Joint Communication Control Center |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JCSE | Joint Communications Support Element |
| JFC | joint force command(er) |
| JFLCC | joint force land component commander |
| JIEO | Joint Interoperability Emergency Organization |
| JOA | joint operations area |
| JRMC | joint remote multiplexer combiner |
| JSOTF | joint special operations task force |
| JTF | joint task force |
| JWICS | Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System |
| km | kilometer(s) |
| LAN | local area network |
| LEN | large extension node |
| lines of operation |
Lines which define the directional orientation of the force in time and space in relation to the enemy. They connect the force with its base of operations and its objectives. |
| LIWA | land information warfare activity |
| LNO | liaison officer |
| LNOSST | liaison officer signal support teams |
| LOC | lines of communication |
| LOS | line-of-sight |
| Maint | maintenance |
| MARFOR | Marine forces |
| MCA | Movement Control Agency |
| MCSP | mobile command support platoon |
| MED | medical |
| MEDCOM | medical command |
| METT-TC | mission, enemy, terrain, troops, time, and civil consideration |
| MGV | mobile gateway van |
| MI | military intelligence |
| MILNET | military network |
| MILSATCOM | military satellite communications |
| MILSTAR | military strategic and tactical relay |
| MLPP | multilevel precedence and preemption |
| MLS | multilevel security |
| MMC | Materiel Management Center |
| MOA | Memorandum of Agreement |
| MOOTW | military operations other than war |
| MOS | military occupational specialty |
| MRC | major regional conflict |
| MSC | major subordinate commands |
| MSE | mobile subscriber equipment |
| MSG | message |
| MSRT | mobile subscriber radio terminal |
| MTA | message transfer agent |
| MTMC | Military Traffic Agreement Command |
| MTOE | modified table of organizations and equipment |
| MTW | major theater war |
| MWR | morale, welfare, and recreation |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NAVFOR | Navy forces |
| NBC | nuclear, biological, chemical |
| NCA | national command authority |
| NCO | noncommissioned officer |
| NCS | node center switch |
| NEO | noncombatant evacuation operation |
| NIPRNET | Nonclassified Internet Protocol Routing Network |
| NRI | net radio interface |
| NSM | network and systems management |
| O&M | operation and maintenance |
| OCONUS | outside continental United States |
| OFF | officer |
| op | operations |
| OPCON | operational control |
| operational art | The deployment of military forces to attain strategic and/or operational objectives through the design, organization, integration, and conduct of strategies, campaigns, major operations, and battles. Operational art translates the joint force commander's strategy into operational design and, ultimately, tactical action by integrating the key activities at all levels of war. |
| OPLAN | operation plan |
| OPM | Office of Personnel Management |
| OPNS | operations |
| OPORD | operations order |
| OPSEC | operations security |
| OTOE | objective table of organizations and equipment |
| PA | public affairs |
| PACOM | Pacific command |
| PAO | Public Affairs Office |
| PAO | Public Affairs Office |
| PBX | private branch exchange |
| peace operations | A broad term that encompasses peacekeeping operations and peace enforcement operations conducted in support of diplomatic efforts to establish and maintain peace. |
| PERSCOM | personnel command |
| PMCS | preventive maintenance checks and services |
| POC | point of contact |
| POL | petroleum, oils, and lubricants |
| POW | prisoner of war |
| POWER PAC3 | POWER Projection for Army Command, Control and Communications |
| PROP CONT | property control |
| PSN | packet switch network |
| PSYOP | psychological operations |
| RAU | radio access unit |
| RC | reserve component |
| RCC | regional control centers |
| RCERT | regional computer emergency response team |
| RSSC | Regional Space Support Center |
| S & S | supply and services |
| S1 | Personnel Staff Office |
| S2 | Intelligence Staff Office |
| S3 | Operations and Training Staff Office |
| S4 | Logistics Staff Office |
| SARSS-O | standard Army retail supply system-objective |
| SATCOM | satellite communications |
| SCARS | Status Control Alerting and Reporting System |
| SCI | sensitive compartmented information |
| SCS | special communications system |
| SECDEF | Secretary of Defense |
| SEN | small extension node |
| SF | special forces |
| SGS | Secretary of the General Staff |
| SHF | super high frequency |
| SIGINT | signal intelligence |
| SINCGARS | Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System |
| SIPRNET | Secret Internet Protocol Routing Network |
| SJA | Staff Judge Advocate |
| SMTP | standard mail transfer protocol |
| SOC | special operations command |
| SOF | special operations force |
| SOFA | Status of Forces Agreement |
| SOI | signal operation instructions |
| SONET | synchronous optical network |
| SOP | standing operating procedure |
| SPEC | special |
| SPT | support |
| SRA | specialized repair activity |
| SST | signal support team |
| Sta | station |
| STAR-T | Super High Frequency Tri-band Advanced Range Extension Terminal |
| STEP | standard tactical entry point |
| SYSCON | systems control |
| TA | theater Army |
| TAACOM | theater army area command |
| TAC | tactical command post |
| TACCS | Tactical Army CSS Computer System |
| TACSAT | tactical satellite |
| TAMCA | Theater Army Movement Control Agency |
| TAMMC | Theater Army Materiel Management Center |
| TBD | to be determined |
| TCC | technical control center |
| TCCOR | Theater COMSEC Central Office of Record |
| TCF | technical control facility |
| TCLSC | Theater COMSEC Logistics Support Center |
| TDA | tables of distribution and allowances |
| TECHCON | technical control |
| telecomm | telecommunications |
| TELNET | telecommunications network |
| Term | terminal |
| TFC | theater finance command |
| TIN | Tactical Installation and Networking |
| TNSOC | Theater Network and Systems Operations Center |
| TOE | tables of organization and equipment |
| TPFDD | time-phased force and deployment data - the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System database portion of an operation plan; it contains time-phased force data, non-unit related cargo and personnel data, and movement data for the operation plan. |
| TPN | tactical packet network |
| TRANS | transportation |
| TRANSCOM | transportation command |
| TRI-TAC | tri-service tactical |
| TROPO | troposcatter |
| TS | TOP SECRET |
| TSACS | Terminal Server Access Controller System |
| TSC | theater signal command |
| TSMC | theater signal maintenance company |
| TSO | theater signal officer |
| TSRT | typewriter subscriber terminals |
| TSSC | theater strategic signal company |
| TSSS | Top Secret Support System |
| TT | teletype |
| TTSB | theater tactical signal brigade |
| TTSC (SEP) | theater tactical signal company (Separate) |
| UA | user agent |
| UCMJ | Uniform Code of Military Justice |
| UHF | ultra high frequency |
| UN | United Nations |
| URS | unit reference sheet |
| US | United States |
| USAF | US Air Force |
| USANETA | US Army Networks, Engineering and Telecommunications Activity |
| USARCENT | US Army Forces Central Command |
| USASC | US Army Signal Command |
| USCINCEUR | US Commander in Chief, Europe |
| USMC | US Marine Corps |
| USMTF | US message text format |
| USR | unit status reports |
| V | version |
| VI | visual information |
| VTC | video teleconferencing |
| WAN | wide area network |
| WMD | weapons of mass destruction - in arms control usage, weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Can be nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological weapons, but excludes the means of transporting or propelling the weapon where such means is a separable and divisible part of the weapon. |
| WO | warrant officer |
| WWMCCS | Worldwide Military Command and Control System |
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