Battleline (2007) (38 page)

DPV:
Desert Patrol Vehicle

Draeger Mk V:
Underwater air supply equipment

DZ:
Drop Zone

E&E:
Escape and Evasion

Enfilade Fire:
Gunfire that sweeps along an enemy formation

EPW:
Enemy Prisoner of War

ER:
Emergency Room (hospital)

ERP:
En route Rally Point; a rally point that a patrol leader chooses while moving to or from an objective

ESP:
Extrasensory Perception

ETS:
End of Term of Service

FLIR:
Forward-Looking Infrared Radar

Four-Shop:
Logistics Section of the staff

French Leave:
See AWOL

FRH:
Flameless Ration Heater

Front-Leaning Rest:
The position assumed to begin push-ups; it is customary to place malfeasants or clumsy personnel in the front-leaning rest for punishment, since it is anything but a "rest"

FTX:
Field Training Exercise

G-3:
The training and operations staff section of a unit commanded by a general officer

GHQ:
General Headquarters

GI:
Government Issue

GPS:
Global Positioning System

Gunny:
Marine Corps for the rank of Gunnery Sergeant E-7

HAHO:
High-Altitude High-Opening parachute jump

HALO:
High-Altitude Low-Opening parachute jump
Hamas:
Palestinian terrorist organization that has been voted into office in Palestine; their charter calls for the destruction of Israel.

HE:
High Explosive

Head:
Navy and Marine Corps term for toilet; called a latrine in the Army

HEAT:
High-Explosive Anti-Tank

Heel-and-toe:
See watch-and-watch

Hell Week:
The fifth week of BUD/S that is more than five days of continuous activity and training with little or no sleep

Hezbollah:
A militant Islamic terrorist organization located in Lebanon; it was organized in response to the Israeli occupation and is still active

H&K MP-5:
Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine gun

Hors de combat:
Out of the battle (expression in French)

HSB:
High-Speed Boat

IFV:
Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Immediate Action:
A quick, sometimes temporary fix to a mechanical problem

IR:
Infrared

IRP:
Initial Rally Point; a place within friendly lines where a patrol assembles prior to moving out on the mission

Island:
The superstructure of an aircraft carrier or assault ship

JCOS:
Joint Chiefs of Staff

JSOC:
Joint Special Operation Command

K-Bar:
A brand of knives manufactured for military and camping purposes

KD Range:
Known-Distance Firing Range

Keffiyeh:
Arab headdress (what Yasser Arafat wore)

KGB:
Russian organization of security, espionage, and intelligence left over from the old Soviet Union

KIA:
Killed In Action

KISS:
Keep It Simple, Stupid--or more politely, Keep It Simple, Sweetheart

LBE:
Load-Bearing Equipment

Light Sticks:
Flexible plastic tubes that illuminate

Limpet Mine:
An explosive mine attached to the hulls of vessels

Locked Heels:
When a serviceman is getting a severe vocal reprimand, it is said he is having his "heels locked"--i. E., standing at attention while someone is bellowing in his face.

LSO:
Landing Signal Officer

LSSC:
Light SEAL Support Craft

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 antipersonnel grenade
M-203:
A single-shot 40-millimeter grenade launcher

MATC:
A fast river support craft

MC:
Medical Corps

MCPO:
Master Chief Petty Officer

Medevac:
Medical Evacuation

MI-5:
United Kingdom Intelligence and Security Agency

Mk 138 Satchel Charge:
Canvas container filled with explosive

MLR:
Main line of Resistance

Mossad:
Israeli Intelligence Agency (ha-Mossad le-Modiin ule-Tafkidim Meyuhadim--Institute for Intelligence and Special Tasks)

MRE:
Meal, Ready to Eat

MSSC:
Medium SEAL Support Craft

Murphy's Law:
An assumption that if something can go wrong, it most certainly will

N2:
Intelligence Staff

N3:
Operations Staff

NAS:
Naval Air Station

NAVSPECWAR:
Naval Special Warfare

NCO:
Noncommissioned Officers--i. E., corporals and sergeants

NCP:
Navy College Program

NFL:
National Football League

NROTC:
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps

NVB:
Night-Vision Binoculars

NVG:
Night-Vision Goggles

NVS:
Night-Vision Sight

OA:
Operational Area

OCONUS:
Outside the Continental United States

OCS:
Officer 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

ORP:
Objective Rally Point--a location chosen before or after reaching the objective; here a patrol can send out recon on the objective, make final preparations, reestablish the chain of command, and perform other activities necessary either before or right after action

PBL:
Patrol Boat, Light

PC:
Patrol Coastal vessel

PDQ:
Pretty Damn Quick

PIA:
Pakistan International Airlines

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., PO1C is Petty Officer First Class)

POV:
Privately Owned Vehicle

PPPP:
Piss-Poor Prior Planning

PT:
Physical Training

Puhtee:
An Afghan rolled stocking cap that can be worn in many ways

RHIP:
Rank Has Its Privileges

RIB:
Rigid Inflatable Boat

RIO:
Radar Intercept Officer

RON:
Remain OverNight; generally refers to patrols

RPG:
Rocket-Propelled Grenade
RPM:
Revolutions Per Minute
R and R:
Rest and Relaxation, Rest and

Recuperation, and a few other things used by the troops to describe short liberties or furloughs to kick back and enjoy themselves

RRP:
Reentry Rally Point; a site outside the range of friendly lines, to pause and prepare for reentry

RTO:
Radio Telephone Operator

Run-flat tires:
Solid-rubber inserts that allow a vehicle to run even when its tires have been punctured

SAS:
Special Air Services--an extremely deadly and super-efficient special operations unit of the British Army

SAW:
Squad Automatic Weapon--M249 5.56-millimeter magazine-or clip-fed machine gun

SCPO:
Senior Chief Petty Officer

SCUBA:
Self-Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus

SDV:
SEAL Delivery Vehicle

SERE:
Survival, Escape, Resistance, and Evasion

SF:
Special Forces

SFOB:
Special Forces Operational Base

Shahid:
Arabic word for martyr (plural is
shahiden)

Shiites:
A branch of Islam; in serious conflict with the Sunnis

SITREP:
Situation Report

SNAFU:
Situation Normal, All Fucked Up

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 forty-five-degree angle

SOCOM:
Special Operations Command

SOF:
Special Operations Force

SOI:
Signal Operating Instructions

SOLS:
Special Operations Liaison Staff

Somoni:
Currency of Tajikistan: 2.79=$1.00

SOP:
Standard Operating Procedures

SPA:
Self-Propelled Artillery

Special Boat Squadrons:
Units that participate in SEAL missions

SPECOPS:
Special Operations

SPECWARCOM:
Special Warfare Command

Stand-to:
Being on watch or at a fighting position

Sunnis:
A branch of Islam; in serious conflict with the Shiites

Superstructure:
The part of a ship above the main deck

T-10 parachute:
Basic static-line-activated personnel parachute of the U. S. Armed Forces; primarily designed for mass tactical parachute jumps

Tail-End Charlie:
Brigand terminology for the last man in an operation--e. G., the final guy getting off a vehicle, jumping from an aircraft, rear guard on a patrol, etc.

Taliban:
Militant, anti-Western Muslims with extreme religious views; in serious conflict with Shiites

TDy:
Temporary Duty

Three-Shop:
Operations and Training Section of the staff

TO:
Table of Organization

TOA:
Table of Allowances

TO&E:
Table of Organization and Equipment