HQ$History - United States Special Operations Command
HQ$History - United States Special Operations Command
HQ$History - United States Special Operations Command
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MFP-11................Major Force Program 11<br />
MILF..........Moro Islamic Liberation Front<br />
MIO........maritime interdiction operations<br />
MIST ...Mobile Information Support Team<br />
MiTT ....................military transition team<br />
MND.......................multi-national division<br />
MSS ............................mission support site<br />
MTT...........................mobile training team<br />
N<br />
NA ..................................Northern Alliance<br />
NATO .................Northern Atlantic Treaty<br />
Organization<br />
NAVSOF ......................U. S. Naval <strong>Special</strong><br />
<strong>Operations</strong> Forces<br />
NAVSPECWARCOM............Naval <strong>Special</strong><br />
Warfare <strong>Command</strong><br />
NCO .....................noncommissioned officer<br />
NEO...................noncombatant evacuation<br />
operation<br />
NGO ..........nongovernmental organization<br />
NORTHCOM......U.S. Northern <strong>Command</strong><br />
NSW........................Naval <strong>Special</strong> Warfare<br />
NSW-RIB................Naval <strong>Special</strong> Warfare<br />
Rigid Inflatable Boat<br />
NSWTG ..................Naval <strong>Special</strong> Warfare<br />
Task Group<br />
NSWU............Naval <strong>Special</strong> Warfare Unit<br />
O<br />
ODA .........Operational Detachment-Alpha<br />
ODB .........Operational Detachment-Bravo<br />
OEF Operation ENDURING FREEDOM<br />
OEF-P Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-<br />
Philippines<br />
OEF-TS...Operation ENDURING FREEDOM-<br />
Trans-Sahara<br />
OG...................................Opposition Group<br />
OIF ..............Operation IRAQI FREEDOM<br />
O/IFT ......................operations/intelligence<br />
fusion team<br />
OP......................................observation post<br />
OPCON .........................operational control<br />
OPE .....................Operational Preparation<br />
of the Environment<br />
OPLAN ............................Operational Plan<br />
OPTEMPO .....................operational tempo<br />
OSD.........................Office of the Secretary<br />
of Defense<br />
P<br />
PACOM...................U.S. Pacific <strong>Command</strong><br />
PAO.............................Public Affairs Office<br />
PC .........................................Patrol Coastal<br />
PDF ......................Panama Defense Forces<br />
147<br />
PDM...........Program Decision Memoranda<br />
PERSTEMPO ...................personnel tempo<br />
PJ ..................................pararescue jumper<br />
PME..........professional military education<br />
POB....Psychological <strong>Operations</strong> Battalion<br />
POG..........Psychological <strong>Operations</strong> Group<br />
POM......Program Objective Memorandum<br />
PPBS ...................Planning, Programming,<br />
and Budgeting System<br />
PRT .........Provincial Reconstruction Team<br />
PSYOP .................psychological operations<br />
PT.....................................physical training<br />
PVO .........Private Volunteer Organization<br />
Q<br />
QDR .............Quadrennial Defense Review<br />
QRF..............................quick reaction force<br />
R<br />
RC ..................................regional command<br />
RFF................................Request for Forces<br />
RGR BN...........................Ranger Battalion<br />
RHIB ...................rigid hull inflatable boat<br />
RIB ..............................rigid inflatable boat<br />
RMTC ..............Regional Military Training<br />
Center<br />
RPG.....................rocket-propelled grenade<br />
S<br />
SAM...........................surface-to-air missile<br />
SAS ............<strong>Special</strong> Air Service (Australia)<br />
SASC......................Senate Armed Services<br />
Committee<br />
SASO.......stability and support operations<br />
SATCOM ............satellite communications<br />
SAW ....................squad automatic weapon<br />
SCSO ..........Center for <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Operations</strong><br />
SCUD ....................................Soviet missile<br />
SEAL.......................................sea, air, land<br />
(NAVSOF team member)<br />
SES......................Senior Executive Service<br />
SF...............................special forces (Army)<br />
SFG (A)...<strong>Special</strong> Forces Group (Airborne)<br />
SFLE........<strong>Special</strong> Forces Liaison Element<br />
SFOR ............................Stabilization Force<br />
SIO....................Senior Intelligence Officer<br />
SLE ............SOUTHCOM Liaison Element<br />
SOAL ..........Center for <strong>Special</strong> <strong>Operations</strong><br />
Acquisition and Logistics<br />
SOAR (A) .......<strong>Special</strong> <strong>Operations</strong> Aviation<br />
Regiment (Airborne)<br />
SOC.............<strong>Special</strong> <strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Command</strong><br />
SOCCE........<strong>Special</strong> <strong>Operations</strong> <strong>Command</strong><br />
Communications Element<br />
SOCCENT ....................<strong>Special</strong> <strong>Operations</strong>