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Glossary ACRONYMS A AAA ...........................anti-aircraft artillery ACM ...........................anti-coalition militia ACRI .....................African Crisis Response Initiative AFP .............................Armed Forces of the Philippines AFSB............Afloat Forward Staging Base AFSOC .........Air Force Special Operations Command AFSOCCENT ..................Air Force Special Operations Command, Central AI .........................................Ansar al Islam AMF.......................Afghan Military Forces AMZ........................Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ANA........................Afghan National Army ANSF.......Afghan National Security Force AO...................................area of operations AOB.....................advanced operating base AOR...........................area of responsibility AQ..................................................al Qaeda AQIZ..................................al Qaeda in Iraq ARNG ......................Army National Guard ASD (SO/LIC)..........Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/ Low Intensity Conflict ASDS..................Advanced SEAL Delivery System ASG................................Abu Sayyaf Group ATF ..............................anti-Taliban Forces AWACS .....Airborne Warning and Control System B BAF ...................................Bagram Airfield BATT......battalion augmentation training team BCT ...........................brigade combat team BL..................................................black list BN..................................................battalion BOD ...............................Board of Directors BUD/S ............................Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL C C2..............................command and control C4I ...........................command and control, communications, computers, and intelligence CA.............................................Civil Affairs CAOC ........Combat Air Operations Center 145 CAS ...................................close air support CASEVAC ...................casualty evacuation CAT-B.................Civil Affairs Team-Bravo CCATF ...................Combined Civil Affairs Task Force CCFLIR ...............combatant craft forward looking radar CCT .................................combat controller CD ............................................counterdrug CDS..........Containerized Delivery Systems CENTCOM............U.S. Central Command CFC-A ..............................Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan CFLCC ...................Combined Forces Land Component Commander CFMCC.............Combined Force Maritime Component Command CFSOCC.............Combined Forces Special Operations Component Command CIA.................Central Intelligence Agency CINCACOM....Commander in Chief, U. S. Atlantic Command CINCCENT................ Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command CINCSOC .................Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command CIO.....................Chief Information Officer CJCS......Commander, Joint Chiefs of Staff CJFSOCC...............Combined Joint Forces Special Operations Component Command CJSOTF ................Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force CJSOTF-A ............Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-Afghanistan CJSOTF-N ............Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-North CJSOTF-W ...........Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force-West CJTF...............Combined Joint Task Force CMO .....................civil-military operations CMOC ....Civil Military Operations Center COLAR.............................Colombian Army COMARRC...................Commander, Allied Command Europe Rapid Reaction Corps CPA ..........Coalition Provisional Authority CRE.....................Crisis Response Element CSAR ..............Combat Search and Rescue CSOF ....coalition special operations forces CTBM ......counter-tactical ballistic missile
CTJTF..Counterterrorist Joint Task Force D DA ............................................direct action DIA ................Defense Intelligence Agency DOD .......................Department of Defense DPV ............................desert patrol vehicle E EOD................explosive ordnance disposal ERO.........................engine running onload ERU ....................emergency response unit ESAT..........................EUCOM Survey and Assessment Team ETAC ..........enlisted tactical air controller EUCOM .............U.S. European Command F FA ...........................................field artillery FARP ..........forward arming and refueling point FBI ..........Federal Bureau of Investigation FID........................foreign internal defense FLIR..................Forward Looking Infrared FMLN ..............................Farabundo Marti Liberacion Nacional FMTU.......Foreign Military Training Unit FOB........................forward operating base FY ..............................................Fiscal Year G GCC ........geographic combatant command GMV ......................ground mobility vehicle GOA................Government of Afghanistan GWOT.................Global War on Terrorism H HIMARS ................High Mobility Artillery Rocket System HLZ........................helicopter landing zone HMMWV .....High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle HOA......................................Horn of Africa HSV ...............................High Speed Vessel HVT .................................high value target I ICTF ..........Iraqi Counter Terrorism Force ID .....................................Infantry Division IDA...............Institute of Defense Analysis IFOR........................Implementation Force I MEF...First Marine Expeditionary Force IO ..........................Information Operations IRB .............Immediate Reaction Battalion ISAF ........................International Security Assistance Force (NATO) ISOF ........Iraqi Special Operations Forces ISOFAC..............................isolation facility ISR..............intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance J JACE .......Joint Air Coordination Element JCET.....joint combined exchange training JCO ................Joint Commission Observer JCS..............................Joint Chiefs of Staff JDAM...........Joint Direct Attack Munition JFSOCC........................Joint Force Special Operations Component Command JMD .....................joint manning document JOA ........................Joint Operational Area JPOTF.......Joint Psychological Operations Task Force JSOA........Joint Special OperationsAgency JSOAC.................Joint Special Operations Air Component JSOC ...................Joint Special Operations Command JSOFOR-Somalia...................Joint Special Operations Forces-Somalia JSOG........Joint Special Operations Group JSOTF .................Joint Special Operations Task Force JSOU ...................Joint Special Operations University JTAC.................joint tactical air controller JTF ...................................Joint Task Force K K2......................................Karshi-Kanabad KAAOT...............................Khor Al Amaya KAZ..................Kurdish Autonomous Zone KFIA ......King Fahd International Airport KFOR .......................Kosovo Force (NATO) KKMC ...............King Khalid Military City KMTC......Kabul Military Training Center KNB .............................Kuwait Naval Base KSK ...........................................Kommando Spezialstreitkräfte (German Special Forces Group) L LCE ............Liaison Coordination Element LNO........................................liaison officer LOC .........................line of communication LRC ........................light reaction company LZ.............................................loading zone M MABOT .................................Mina Al Bakr MAC ..................Military Airlift Command MARSOC.........U. S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command MEDEVAC...................medical evacuation MEU................Marine Expeditionary Unit MEU(SOC) ........MEU (Special Operations 146
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HISTORY 6th Edition
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1968 - The future home of U.S. Stri
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General James J. Lindsay accepting
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Senator Sam Nunn (D-GA) Senator Wil
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USSOCOM Commanders There have been
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the impact on its people, the comma
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Mission and Organization USSOCOM’
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Logistics (SOAL). Finally, the Chie
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During the review process for the 2
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HQ USSOCOM Organization Chart 2006
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greatly improved the command’s ab
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(7) JMISC continued to provide PSYO
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USSOCOM’s MFP-11. By FY 2006, the
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forming its acquisition functions a
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nature were key goals in addition t
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COMMANDER’S TOP PRIORITIES FOR FY
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President George W. Bush signed the
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Iran Ajr, caught laying mines, was
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The invasion of Panama, known as Op
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Capturing Torrijos/Tocumen was cruc
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ful seizure of the Torrijos/Tocumen
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second pass, one pilot saw movement
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Harbor by having SEALs place demoli
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BLACK elements returned to Albrook
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Noriega’s Surrender: After his ap
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joint training with NSWTG small boa
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Special Tactics Teams train during
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Schwarzkopf that he and AFSOCCENT w
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SCUD hunting patrol in western Iraq
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In January 1981, the FMLN (Farabund
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HOPE. On 12 January 1993, a Special
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missions into Mogadishu, all of whi
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Haiti had endured unremitting polit
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of Haiti. These themes stressed nat
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In the early 1990s, rival ethnic st
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what they had done for JOINT ENDEAV
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Kosovo Operation ALLIED FORCE NATO
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Peace Operations and Crisis Respons
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In conjunction with the UN, the Org
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Special Forces soldiers train Niger
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Operation SILVER ANVIL Noncombatant
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second patrol coastal vessel, USS F
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Operation FIRM RESPONSE, ESAT vehic
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In Phase II, the relief phase, CA s
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No other international donor has ma
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flooded and damaged areas, signific
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government, so the “lead agency
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