All three South Americans reached under the table for their briefcases crammed with data. Now they could get down to business.
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GLOSSARY
2IC: Second in Command
AA: Anti-Aircraft
AFSOC: Air Force Special Operations Command
AGL: Above Ground Level
AKA: Also Known As
ARG: Amphibious Ready Group
ASAP: As Soon As Possible
ASL: Above Sea Level
AT-4: Anti-armor rocket launchers
Attack Board (also Compass Board): A board with a compass, watch and depth gauge used by sub-surface swimmers
BOQ: Bachelor Officers' Quarters
Briefback: A briefing given to staff by a SEAL platoon regarding their assigned mission. This must be approved before it is implemented.
BDU: Battle Dress Uniform
BUD/S: Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL training course
C4: Plastic explosive
CAR-15: Compact model of the M-16 rifle
CATF: Commander, Amphibious Task Force
CNO: Chief of Naval Operations
CO: Commanding Officer
Cover: Hat, headgear
CP: Command Post
CPU: Computer Processing Unit
CPX: Command Post Exercise
CRRC: Combat Rubber Raiding Craft
CS: Tear gas
CSAR: Combat Search and Rescue
CVBG: Carrier Battle Group
DPV: Desert Patrol Vehicle
Det Cord: Detonating cord
Draeger Mk V: Underwater air supply equipment
DZ: Drop Zone
E&E: Escape and Evasion
FLIR: Forward Looking Infrared Radar
MC: Field Training Exercise
GPS: Global Positioning System
H&K MP-5: Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine gun
HAHO: High Altitude High Opening parachute jump
HALO: High Altitude Low Opening parachute jump
HE: High Explosive
Head: Navy and Marine Corps term for toilet; called a latrine in the Army
HSB: High Speed Boat
JSOC: Joint Special Operation Command
K-Bar: A brand of knives manufactured for military and camping purposes
MA: Killed In Action
LBE: Load Bearing Equipment
LSSC: Light SEAL Support Craft
Light Sticks: Flexible plastic tubes that illuminate
Limpet Mine: An explosive mine that is attached to the hulls of vessels
LZ: Landing Zone
M-18 Claymore Mine: A mine fired electrically with a blasting cap
M-60 E3: A compact model of the M-60 machine gun
M-67: An anti-personnel grenade
M-203: A single-shot 40-millimeter grenade launcher
MATC: A fast river support craft
MCPO: Master Chief Petty Officer
Medevac: Medical Evacuation
Mk-138 Satchel Charge: Canvas container filled with explosive
MRE: Meal, Ready to Eat
MSSC: Medium SEAL Support Craft
NAS: Naval Air Station
Intelligence staff
Operations staff
NAVSPECWAR: Naval Special Warfare
NCP: Navy College Program
NFL: National Football League
NVG: Night Vision Goggles
OA: Operational Area
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
PO: Petty Officer (e. G., PO1C is Petty Officer First Class)
PT: Physical Training
RIB: Rigid Inflatable Boat
RPG: Rocket Propelled Grenade
RPM: Revolutions Per Minute
RTO: Radio Telephone Operator
SCPO: Senior Chief Petty Officer
SDV: Seal Delivery Vehicle
SERE: Survival, Escape, Resistance and Evasion
SITREP: Situation Report
SOCOM: Special Operations Command
SOF: Special Operations Force
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
UN: United Nations
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WIA: Wounded in Action