Letters from Baghdad
ABBREVIATIONS/ACRONYMS_
1SG—First Sergeant
AABs—Advise and Assist Brigades
ACLU—American Civil Liberties Union
ACS—Army Combat Shirt
ACU—Army Combat Uniform
ADVON—Advance Party
AFN—Armed Forces Network
AIT—Advanced Individual Training
AL/AR ANG—Alabama Arkansas Army National Guard AQI—Al-Qaeda in Iraq
B2C2WG—Boards, Bureaus, Cells, Committees, Working Group BBA—Bi-lingual Bi-Cultural Advisor
BBIED—Bicycle Borne Improvised Explosive Device BCT—Brigade Combat Team
BG—Brigadier General
BIAP—Baghdad International Airport
BOD—Board of Directors
BOGSAT—Bunch of Guys/Gals Sitting Around a Table BUA—Battle Update Assessment
C2—Command and Control
C2T—Command Control Transition CCIR—Commanders Critical Information Requirements CG—Commanding General
CENTCOM—Central Command
CENTRIX—Combined Enterprise Regional Information Exchange CERP—Commander Emergency Construction Program CHU—Containerized Habitation Unit
CIA—Central Intelligence Agency
CoC—Council of Colonels
CODELS—Congressional delegations COIN—Counter-insurgency
COL—Colonels
COM—Council of Ministers
Command and Control Transition—C2T
CONUS—Continental United States
COP—Combat Outpost
COR—Council of Representatives
CPOC—Combined Partnering Operations Center CPOF—Command Post of the Future
CRONUS—NATO Secure Network
CSH—Combat Support Hospital
DCG—Deputy Commanding General
DCG-O—Deputy Commanding General for Operations DCO—Deputy Commanding Officer
DCOS—Deputy Chief of Staff
DCU—Desert Camouflage Uniform
DDR—Disarm, Demobilize, Reintegration DFAC—Dining Facility
DG—Director General
DoD—Department of Defense
DSN—Defense Switching Network
DONSA—Day Of No Scheduled Activity DoS—Department of State
DV—Distinguished Visitor
EFP—Explosively Formed Penetrator
EJK—Extra Judicial Killings
EXSUM—Executive Summary
FAS—Feasible, Acceptable, Suitable
FOB—Forward Operating Base
FORSCOM—Forces Command
FSEC—Force Strategic Reconciliation Cell G2—Intelligence Officer
GAO—Government Accountability Office GMLRS—GPS guided multiple launch rocket system GO—General Office
GOBI—General Officer Brilliant Idea GOI—Government of Iraq
GOSC—General Officer Steering Committee GZC—Green Zone Council
GWOT—Global War on Terrorism
HFO—Heavy Fuel Oil
H&I—Harassment & Interdiction
HME—Homemade Explosives
HMMWV—High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle Hooch—Living Quarters
HQ—Headquarters
IBA—Individual Ballistic Armor
IBIZ—Iraqi Based Industrial Zones
ICU—Intensive Care Unit
ID—Identification
IED—Improvised Explosive Device
I-ESC—Iraqi Executive Steering Committee IGFC—Iraqi Ground Forces Command IOTV—Individual Outer Tactical Vest
IRA—Irish Republican Army
IRGC-QODS—Iranian Republican Guards Special Forces IRMO—Iraqi Reconstruction Management Office ISCI—Islamic Supreme Council in Iraq
ISI—Islamic State of Iraq
IZ—International Zone
JAG—Judge Advocate General
JAM—Jaysh al Mahdi
JFCOM—Joint Doctrinal Command
JOC—Joint Operations Center
JSS—Joint Security Stations
KIA—Killed in Action
KBR—Kellogg, Brown & Root
KKK—Ku Klux Klan
KM—Knowledge Management
KRG—Kurdish Region
LBE—Load-Bearing Equipment
LMVT—Light Mobility Tactical Vehicle
LNO—Liaison officer
LOO—Lines of Operation
LTG—Lieutenant General
MEB—Marine Expeditionary Brigade
MEF—Marine Expeditionary Force MEK—Muhaheddin-e-Khalq
MG—Major General
MiTT—Military imbedded Training Team MNC-I—Multi-National Corps-Iraq MNF-I—Multi-National Forces-Iraq MNSTC-I—Multi-National Support Training Command-Iraq MoD—Minister of Defense
MoE—Ministry of Education
MoI—Ministry of Interior
MOH—Medal of Honor
MP—Member of Parliment
MRAP—Mine Resistant Ambush Protected
MRCT—Marine Regimental Combat Team
MRE—Meals Ready to Eat
MRX—Mission Rehearsal Exercise
NATO—North American Treaty Organization NCAC—National Capital Area Council NCO—Non-Commissioned Officer
NG—National Guard
NIE—National Intelligence Estimate
NIPR—Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router NRA—National Rifle Association
NSC—National Security Council
NTC—National Training Center
OCINC—Office of the Commander in Chief
OMS—Office of the Martyred Sadr
OPA—Office of Provincial Affairs PAO-Public Affairs Office PC—Provincial Council PDSS—Pre-Deployment Sight Survey PIC—Provincial Iraqi Control PM—Prime Minister
PR—Public Relations
PRT—Provincial Reconstruction Team
PSD—Personal Security Detail
PX—Post Exchange
RCT—Regimental Combat Team
REMF—Rear Echelon Mother F____
RIP/TOA—Relief in Place/Transfer of Authority
RoL—Rule of Law
R&R—Rest and Relaxation
SBCT—Stryker Brigade Combat Team
SCIRI—Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution SERE—Survival Escape Resistance and Evasion SIGACT—Significant Activity
SIPR—Secure Internet Protocol Router
SOE—State Owned Enterprises
SOF—Special Operations Forces
SOFA—Status of Forces Agreement
SoI—Sons of Iraq–
SVESTs—Suicide Vest Bombers
SVIEBD—Suicide Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device TOA—Transfer of Authority
TRADOC—Training and Doctrine Command
TTP—Tactics, Techniques and Procedures
UN—United Nations
USAF—United States Air Force
USF-I—US Forces-Iraq
USMC—United States Marine Corps
USM-I—United States Mission in Iraq
VBC—Victory Base Camp
VBIED—Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices VP—Vice President
VTC—Virtual Teleconferences
WAN—Wide Area Network
WMD—Weapons of Mass Destruction
