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You may also enjoy some of our other works. A full list can be found below:

Non-Fiction:
Iraq Memoir 2006–2007 Troop Surge

Interview with a Terrorist

Fiction:
World War III Series

Prelude to World War III: The Rise of the Islamic Republic and the Rebirth of America (also available in audio format)

Operation Red Dragon and the Unthinkable (also available in audio format)

Operation Red Dawn and the Invasion of America

Cyber Warfare and the New World Order

Michael Stone Series

Traitors Within

The Red Storm Series

Battlefield Ukraine

Battlefield Korea

Battlefield Taiwan

Battlefield Pacific

Battlefield Russia (to be released September 2018)

Battlefield China TBD

Acronym Key

ANZAC — Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

APC — Armored Personnel Carrier

ASBM — Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles

BAE — Battlefield Area Evaluation

BDA — Blast Damage Area

BND — Bundesnachrichtendiens (German intelligence agency)

BUD/S — Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL

CAC — Common Access Card (universal ID card for American military)

CAG — Commander, Air Group

CCTV — Closed-circuit television

CG — Commanding General

CIA — Central Intelligence Agency

CIC — Combat Information Center

CIWS — Close-In Weapons Systems

CO — Commanding Officer

CSH — Combat Support Hospital

CVC — Combat Vehicle Crewman

DARPA — Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

DDG — Guided Missile Destroyer

DIA — Defense Intelligence Agency

EOD — Explosive Ordnance Disposal

FIST — Fire Support Team

FSB — Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti (Russian intelligence agency that came after the KGB)

GDF — Global Defense Force

GRU — Glavnoye Razvedyvatel’noye Upravleniye (Russian intelligence directorate)

HE — High-Explosive

HF — High-Frequency

HIMAR — High-mobility Artillery Rocket System

HQ — Headquarters

JSOC — Joint Special Operations Command

KSO — Russian Special Operation Command

LNO — Liaison Officer

LRASM — Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles

LT — Lieutenant

LZ — Landing Zone

MANPAD — Man-Portable Air-Defense System

MiG — Soviet military fighter aircraft

MI6 — Military Intelligence 6 (British Intelligence)

MOD — Ministry of Defense

MP — Member of Parliament

MRE — Meal-Ready-to-Eat

NATO — North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NCO — Non-Commissioned Officer

NORAD — North American Aerospace Defense Command

NZSAS — New Zealand Special Air Service

PARNAS — People’s Freedom Party (Alexei’s resistance party in Russia)

PLA — People’s Liberation Army (Chinese Army)

PM — Prime Minister

POL — Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (military acronym to refer to gasoline, diesel and other types of fuel)

POW — Prisoner of War

PRC — People’s Republic of China

PSYOPS — Psychological Operations

R & R — Rest and Relaxation

RAF — Royal Air Force (British Air Force)

RAAF — Royal Australian Air Force

RAM — Rolling Airframe Missile

ROK — Republic of Korea (South Korea)

RPG — Rocket Propelled Grenade

RT — Russian Television Network, formerly known as Russia Today

RTO — Radio Transmission Officer

SAM — Surface-to-Air Missile

SAS — Special Air Service

SecDef — Secretary of Defense

SINCGAR — Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio

SOI — School of Infantry

SWAT — Special Weapons and Tactics

TDY — Temporary Duty

UHF — Ultra-High-Frequency

VIP — Very Important Person

VLS — Vertical Launch System

XO — Commanding Officer