OA: Operational Area
OCONUS: Outside the Continental United States
OCS: Officers' Candidate School
OER: Officer's Efficiency Report OP: Observation Post
OPLAN: Operations Plan. This is the preliminary form of an OPORD.
OPORD: Operations Order. This is the directive derived from the OPLAN of how an operation is to be carried out. It's pretty much etched in stone.
PBL: Patrol Boat, Light PC: Patrol Coastal vessel
PDQ: Pretty Damn Quick
PLF: Parachute Landing Fall
PM: Preventive Maintenance
PMC: Private Military Company. These are businesses that supply bodyguards, security personnel, and mercenary civilian fighting men to persons or organizations wanting to hire them.
PO: Petty Officer (e. G., POIC is Petty Officer First Class)
POV: Privately Owned Vehicle
P. P. P. P.: Piss Poor Prior Planning
PT: Physical Training
RHIP: Rank Has Its Privileges
RIB: Rigid Inflatable Boat
RIO: Radar-Intercept Officer
RPG: Rocket-Propelled Grenade
RPM: Revolutions Per Minute
RTO: Radio Telephone Operator
SAW: Squad Automatic Weapon--M249 5.56 millimeter magazine or clip-fed machine gun
SCPO: Senior Chief Petty Officer
SDV: Seal Delivery Vehicle
SERE: Survival, Escape, Resistance and Evasion
SITREP: Situation Report
Snap-to: The act of quickly and sharply assuming the position of attention with chin up, shoulders back, thumbs along the seams of the trousers, and heels locked with toes at a 45deg angle.
SOCOM: Special Operations Command
SOF: Special Operations Force
SOI: Signal Operating Instructions
SOLS: Special Operations Liaison Staff
SOP: Standard Operating Procedures
SPECOPS: Special Operations
Special Boat Squadrons: Units that participate in SEAL missions
SPECWARCOM: Special Warfare Command
T-10 Parachute: Basic static-line-activated personnel parachute of the United States Armed Forces. Primarily designed for mass tactical parachute jumps.
TDy: Temporary Duty
UN: United Nations
Unass: To jump out of or off of something
U. K.: The United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, and
Northern Ireland)
VTOL: Vertical Take Off and Landing
Watch Bilclass="underline" A list of personnel and stations for the watch
Waypoint: A location programmed into navigational instrumentation that directs aircraft, vehicles, and/or vessels to a specific spot on the planet.
Whaler Boat: Small craft loosely based on the types of boats used in whaling. They are generally carried aboard naval and merchant vessels and are diesel-powered.
WIA: Wounded in Action