Glossary

Abbreviation	Term
160th SOAR	160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment
AIT	Advanced Individual Training
AMRAAM	Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile
AO	Area of Operations
AWACS	Airborne Warning And Control System
AWOL	Absent Without Leave
CA	Civil Affairs
CG	Commanding General
CI	Counter-Intelligence
CIB	Combat Infantry Badge
CO	Commanding Officer
Comms	Communications
CP	Check Point
CQB	Close Quarters Battle
CT	Counter Terrorism
DOW	Declaration Of War
DZ	Drop Zone
EIB	Expert Infantry Badge
EP	Extraction Point
FUBAR	Fucked Up Beyond All Recognition
GPS	Global Positioning System
HAHO	High Altitude/High Opening (a parachuting style)
HALO	High Altitude/Low Opening (a parachuting style)
HQ	Headquarters
IFOR	Implementation Force
IP	Insertion Point
IR	Infrared
KIA	Killed In Action
LMG	Light Machine Gun
LZ	Landing Zone
MIA	Missing In Action
NBC	Nuclear, Biological and Chemical warfare
NCO	Non-Commissioned Officer
OPPFOR	Opposing Force
POW	Prisoner Of War
QRF	Quick Reaction Force
RPG	Rocket-Propelled Grenade
SALUTE	Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time and Equipment (a memory aid to help in reporting enemy information)
SAM	Surface-to-Air Missile
SAW	Squad Automatic Weapon
SF	Special Forces
SFOD-D	1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Delta Force)
SFOR	Stabilization Force
SOP	Standard Operating Procedures
SSM	Surface-to-Surface Missile
Unit Sizes	SQD: Squad. About a dozen soldiers PLT: Platoon. Two or more squads CO: Company. Two or more platoons. Artillery refers to this as a battery, cavalry and aviation as a troop BN: Battalion. Two or more companies. Cavalry and aviation refer to this as a squadron BDE: Brigade. Two or more battalions DIV: Division. Two ore more brigades. A division has between 12500 and 25000 troops. Corps: Two or more divisions
WIA	Wounded In Action
XO	Executive Officer