Green Tape: Green sticky ordnance tape that has a hundred uses for a SEAL.
GSG-9: Flashbang grenade developed by Germans. A cardboard tube filled with 5 separate charges timed to burst in rapid succession. Blinding and giving concussion to enemy, leaving targets stunned, easy to kill or capture. Usually non-lethal.
GSG9: Grenzschutzgruppe Nine. Germany’s best special warfare unit, counterterrorist group.
Gulfstream II (VCII): Large executive jet used by services for transport of small groups quickly. Crew of 3 and 18 passengers. Cruises at 581 mph. Maximum range 4,275 miles.
H & K 21A1: Machine gun with 7.62 NATO round. Replaces the older, more fragile M-60 E3. Fires 900 rounds per minute. Range 1,100 meters. All types of NATO rounds, ball, incendiary, tracer.
H & K G-11: Automatic rifle, new type. 4.7mm caseless ammunition. 50-round magazine. The bullet is in a sleeve of solid propellant with a special thin plastic coating around it. Fires 600 rounds per minute. Single-shot, three-round burst, or fully automatic.
H & K MP-5SD: 9mm submachine gun with integral silenced barrel, single-shot, three-shot, or fully automatic. Rate 800 rds/min.
H & K P9S: Heckler & Koch’s 9mm Parabellum double-action semiauto pistol with 9-round magazine.
H & K PSG1: 7.62 NATO round. High-precision, bolt-action, sniping rifle. 5- to 20-round magazine. Roller lock delayed blowback breech system. Fully adjustable stock. 6x42 telescopic sights. Sound suppressor.
HAHO: High Altitude jump, High Opening. From 30,000 feet, open chute for glide up to 15 miles to ground. Up to 75 minutes in glide. To enter enemy territory or enemy position unheard.
Half-Track: Military vehicle with tracked rear drive and wheels in front, usually armed and armored.
HALO: High Altitude jump, Low Opening. From 30,000 feet. Free fall in 2 minutes to 2,000 feet and open chute. Little forward movement. Get to ground quickly, silently.
Hamburgers: Often called sliders on a Navy carrier.
Handie-Talkie: Small, handheld personal radio. Short range.
HELO: SEAL talk for helicopter.
Herky Bird: C-130 Hercules transport. Most-flown military transport in the world. For cargo or passengers, paratroops, aerial refueling, search and rescue, communications, and as a gunship. Has flown from a Navy carrier deck without use of catapult. Four turboprop engines, max speed 325 knots, range at max payload 2,356 miles.
Hezbollah: Lebanese Shiite Moslem militia. Party of God.
HMMWU: The Humvee, U.S. light utility truck, replaced the honored Jeep. Multipurpose wheeled vehicle, 4x4, automatic transmission, power steering. Engine: Detroit Diesel 150-hp diesel V-8 air-cooled. Top speed 65 mph. Range 300 miles.
Hotels: SEAL talk for hostages.
Humint: Human Intelligence. Acquired on the ground; a person as opposed to satellite or photo recon.
Hydra-Shock: Lethal hollow-point ammunition made by Federal Cartridge Company. Outlawed in some areas.
Hypothermia: Danger to SEALs. A drop in body temperature that can be fatal.
IBS: Inflatable Boat Small. 12x6 feet. Carries 8 men and 1,000 pounds of weapons and gear. Hard to sink. Quiet motor. Used for silent beach, bay, lake landings.
IR Beacon: Infrared beacon. For silent nighttime signaling.
IR Goggles: “Sees” heat instead of light.
Isothermal layer: A colder layer of ocean water that deflects sonar rays. Submarines can hide below it, but then are also blind to what’s going on above them since their sonar will not penetrate the layer.
IV Pack: Intravenous fluid that you can drink if out of water.
JAG: Judge Advocate General. The Navy’s legal investigating arm that is independent of any Navy command.
JNA: Yugoslav National Army.
JP-4: Normal military jet fuel.
JSOC: Joint Special Operations Command.
JSOCCOMCENT: Joint Special Operations Command Center in the Pentagon.
KA-BAR: SEALs’ combat, fighting knife.
KATN: Kick Ass and Take Names. SEAL talk, get the mission in gear.
KH-11: Spy satellite, takes pictures of ground, IR photos, etc.
KIA: Killed In Action.
KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid. SEAL talk for streamlined operations.
Klick: A kilometer of distance. Often used as a mile. From Vietnam era, but still widely used in military.
Krytrons: Complicated, intricate timers used in making nuclear explosive detonators.
KV-57: Encoder for messages, scrambles.
LT: Short for lieutenant in SEAL talk.
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Left Behind: In 30 years SEALs have seldom left behind a dead comrade, never a wounded one. Never been taken prisoner.
Let’s Get the Hell out of Dodge: SEAL talk for leaving a place, bugging out, hauling ass.
Liaison: Close-connection, cooperating person from one unit or service to another. Military liaison.
Light Sticks: Chemical units that make light after twisting to release chemicals that phosphoresce.
Loot & Shoot: SEAL talk for getting into action on a mission.
LZ: Landing Zone.
M1-8: Russian Chopper.
M1A1 M-14: Match rifle upgraded for SEAL snipers. M-3 Submachine gun: WWII grease gun,45-caliber. Cheap. Introduced in 1942.
M-16: Automatic U.S. rifle. 5.56 round. Magazine 20 or 30, rate of fire 700 to 950 rds/min. Can attach M203 40mm grenade launcher under barrel.
M-18 Claymore: Antipersonnel mine. A slab of C-4 with 200 small ball bearings. Set off electrically or by trip wire. Can be positioned and aimed. Sprays out a cloud of balls. Kill zone 50 meters.
M60 Machine Gun: Can use 100-round ammo box snapped onto the gun’s receiver. Not used much now by SEALs.
M-60E3: Lightweight handheld machine gun. Not used now by the SEALs.
M61A1: The usual 20mm cannon used on many American fighter planes.
M61(j): Machine Pistol. Yugoslav make.
M662: A red flare for signaling.
M-86: Pursuit Deterrent Munitions. Various types of mines, grenades, trip-wire explosives, and other devices in antipersonnel use.
M-203: A 40mm grenade launcher fitted under an M-16 or the M-4A1 Commando. Can fire a variety of grenade types up to 200 yards.
MagSafe: Lethal ammunition that fragments in human body and does not exit. Favored by some police units to cut down on second kill from regular ammunition exiting a body.
Make a Peek: A quick look, usually out of the water, to check your position or tactical situation.
Mark 23 Mod O: Special operations offensive handgun system. Double-action, 12-round magazine. Ambidextrous safety and mag-release catches. Knight screw-on suppressor. Snap-on laser for sighting. .45-caliber. Weighs 4 pounds loaded. 9.5 inches long; with silencer, 16.5 inches long.
Mark II Knife: Navy-issue combat knife.