Initial United States Forces - Afghanistan (USFOR-A) Assessment
Annex H: Glossary
A
ABP - Afghan Border Police
ACS - Afghan Corrections System
AFCENT - Air Forces Central Command
ANA - Afghan National Army
ANCOP - Afghan National Civil Order Police
ANP - Afghan National Police
ANSF - Afghan National Security Forces
AOO - Area of Operations
AP3 - Afghan Public Protection Program
APPF - Afghan Public Protection Force
ADAM - Al Qaeda and associated movements
ASFF - Afghan Security Forces Funding
ATC - Allied Transformation Command
B
BDA - Battle Damage Assessment
BSO - Battlespace owner
BTIF - Bagram Theater Internment Facility
C
C2 - Command and Control
CAS - Close Air Support
CE - Crisis Establishment
CENTCOM - Central Command
CFACC - Combined Forces Air Component Commander
CFSOCC-A - Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command - Afghanistan
CIS - Communications Infrastructure
CIVCAS - Civilian Casualties
CJIATF - Combined Joint Interagency Task Force
CJOC - Coalition Joint Operations Center
CN - Counternarcotics
COIN - Counterinsurgency
COIN TE - Counterinsurgency Transformative Effects
COMISAF - Commander ISAF
CPD - Central Prisons Directorate
CRU - Crisis Response Unit
CSPMP - Comprehensive Strategic Political Military Plan
CSTC-A - Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan
D
DC - Decisive Conditions
DCOS - Deputy Chief of Staff
DoD - Department of Defense (US)
DP - Decisive Points
DSCA - Defense Security Cooperation Agency
E
EoF - Escalation of Force
ETT - Embedded Training Team
F
FDD - Focused District Development
FID - Foreign Internal Defense
FOC - Fully Operational Capability
FRAGO - Fragmentary Order
G
GIRoA - Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
H
HiG - Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
HHQ - Higher Headquarters
HQN - Haqqani Network
I
IC - International Community
ICMCP - Integrated Civil-Military Campaign Plan
IED - Improvised Explosive Device
IJC - ISAF Joint Command
INL - International "Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (US Dept. of State)
INS - Insurgents
IO - Information Operations
IOATF - Information Operation Advisory Task Force
IOTF - Information Operations Task Force
ISAF - International Security Assistance Force
ISI - Inter-Services Intelligence
ISR - Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
J
JFC-B - Joint Force Command - Brunssum
JIDC - Joint Interrogation Detention Center
JOPG - Joint Operational Planning Group
JOPS - Joint Operations
JTAC - Joint Tactical Air Controllers
K
KAIA - Kabul International Airport
L
LoO - Lines of Operation
M
MARCENT - Marine Corps Central Command
MOE - Measures of Effectiveness
MOP - Measures of Performance
N
NAC - North Atlantic Council
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCO - Non-Commissioned Officer
NGO - Non-governmental organization
NSC - National Security Council (US)
NSE - National Support Element
NTM-A - NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan
O
OEF - Operation Enduring Freedom
OMLT - Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team
OPCOM - Operational Command
OPCON - Operational Control
OPLAN - Operational Plan
OPORD - Operational Order
OSD - Office of the Secretary of Defense (US)
P
PA - Public Affairs
POERF - Post Operations Emergency Fund Relief
POMLT - Police Operational Mentoring Liaison Team
PRT - Provincial Reconstruction Team
Q
QST - Quetta Shura Taliban
R
RC - Regional Command
RLS - Real life support
ROE - Rules of Engagement
S
S/CRS - State Department Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (US)
SACEUR - Supreme Allied Commander Europe
SDC - Strategic Debriefing Center
SHAPE - Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe
SOCCENT - Special Operations Command - Central Command
SOF - Special Operations Forces
SOP - Standard Operating Procedures
StratCom - Strategic Communications
T
TACOM - Tactical Command
TACON - Tactical Control
TCN - Troop Contributing Nation
TD - Tactical Directive
TTPs - Tactics, Techniques, Procedures
U
UNAMA - United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
USASAC - United States Army Security Assistance Command
USFOR-A - US Forces - Afghanistan
USG - United States Government
USMC - US Marine Corps
W
WSV - Weapons Systems Video
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