GLOSSARY
ACCP Air Combat Command pamphlet
admin administration
AFFOR air force forces (a component of a joint force)
AFMIC Armed Forces Medical Intelligence Center
AICF American Friends of Action Internationale Contre La Faim
ALSA Air Land Sea Application Center
amphib amphibious
AO area of operations
AOR area of responsibility
AOS Alaska Oil Spill
APIC Allied Press Information Center
ARC American Red Cross
ARFOR Army Forces (a component of a joint force)
ARG amphibious ready group
ASD Assistant Secretary of Defense
ASD(ISA) Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs
bde brigade
bn battalion
C2 command and control
C3 command, control, and communications
CA civil affairs
CALL Center for Army Lessons Learned
CARE Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere, Inc.
CAT crisis action team
cdr commander
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CFST coalition forces support team
CIB Combined Information Bureau
CINC commander in chief
CINCCENT commander in chief, US Central Command
CINCEUR commander in chief, Europe
CINCPAC commander in chief of the Pacific Command
CINCTRANS commander in chief, Transportation Command
CJCS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
CJTF commander of the joint task force
CMOC civil-military operations center
comdt commandant
COMFOR commander, Forces Command
comm communications
CONUSA continental United States Army
CPS cayenne pepper spray
CRS Catholic Relief Services
CS combat support
CSS combat service support
CST coalition support team
CTF combined task force
CTS commodity tracking systems
DALIS Disaster Assistance Logistics Information System
DART disaster assistance response team
DAS Deputy Assistant Secretary
DASD Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
DCE defense coordination element
DCO defense coordinating officer
DHA Department of Humanitarian Affairs
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DHUD Department Housing and Urban Development
DJS director, joint staff
DJTFAC deployable joint task force augmentation cell
DMT disaster management team
DOC Department of Commerce
DOD Department of Defense
DOE Department of Energy
DOEd Department of Education
DOI Department of Interior
DOJ Department of Justice
DOL Department of Labor
DOMS director of military support
DOS Department of State
DOT Department of Transportation
DUSD Deputy Under Secretary of Defense
EOC emergency operations center
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
ESF emergency support functions
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FAST fleet antiterrorist support team
fax facsimile
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FCO federal coordinating officer
FDC Bureau for Food, Disaster Assistance and Crisis Management
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FM field manual
FMFRP fleet marine force reference publication
FRP Federal Response Plan
FSSG force service support group
FYRM Former Yugoslavia Republic of Macedonia
GP general purpose
GSA General Services Administration
HA humanitarian assistance
HACC humanitarian assistance coordination center
HAST humanitarian assistance survey team
HCA humanitarian and civic assistance
HCR high commissioner for refugees
HHS Health and Human Services Department
HN host nation
HOC humanitarian operation center
HQ headquarters
HRA Humanitarian and Refugee Affairs
HRS humanitarian relief sectors
HSS health service support
ICC Interstate Commerce Commission
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
IMC International Medical Corps
INTERACTION American Council for Voluntary International Action
IO international organization
IOM International Organization for Migration
IPB intelligence-preparation-of-the-battlefield
IRC International Rescue Committee
IWG interagency working group
J1 personnel
J2 intelligence
J3 operations
J4 logistics
J5 plans and policy
J6 communications
J7 operations, plans, and interoperability
J8 force structure resource and assessment
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JFC joint force commander
JFL joint forward laboratory
JFUB joint facilities utilization board
JIB joint information bureau
JLOC joint logistics operations center
JMC joint movements center
JOC joint operations center
JOPES Joint Operation Planning and Execution System
JPOTF joint psychological operations task force
JS joint staff
JSOTF joint special operations task force
JTF joint task force
JTF PP Joint Task Force Provide Promise
JTFSC joint task force support command
JULLS Joint Universal Lessons Learned System
LF landing force
LNO liaison officers
LOA lead operational authority
LOC logistics operations center
log logistics
LRC logistics readiness center
LWR Lutheran World Relief, Incorporated
MAGTF Marine air-ground task force
MARFOR marine forces (service component of a joint force)
MASH mobile army surgical hospital
MCC movement control center
MCDA military and civil defense assets
med medium
MEB Marine expeditionary brigade
MEF Marine expeditionary force
METL mission-essential task list
METOC meteorology and oceanography
MEU Marine expeditionary unit
MOE measures of effectiveness
MOOTW military operations other than war
MRE meals ready-to-eat
MRO medical regulating office
MSCA military support to civil authorities
MSF Medicins Saris Frontiers
MSR main supply route
MTF multinational task force
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NAVFOR naval forces (service component of a joint force)
NBC nuclear, biological, chemical
NCA National Command Authorities
NCO noncommissioned officer
NCS National Communications System
NDC Naval Doctrine Command
NEO noncombatant evacuation operations
NGO nongovernment organizations
NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NSC National Security Council
OES office of emergency services
OFDA Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
off officer
OPM Office of Personnel Management
OPORD operations order
OPR offices of primary responsibility
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
PACAFP Pacific Air Forces pamphlet
PAHO Pan American Health Organization
PE peace enforcement
PK peacekeeping
PKO peacekeeping operations
PSYOP psychological operations
PVO private voluntary organization
ROE rules of engagement
RCA riot control agents
rep representative
SC special coordinator
SCF Save the Children Federation
SCO state coordinating officer
Seabees Navy construction battalions
SECARMY Secretary of the Army
SECDEF Secretary of Defense
sec pol security police
SF ODA Special Forces operational detachments-A
SJA staff judge advocate
SOC special-operations-capable
SOFOR special operations forces (a component of a JTF)
SOF special operations forces
SOP standing operating procedure
STARC state area command
TACNOTE tactical note
TAG The Adjutant General
TF task force
TOC tactical operations center
TPFDD time-phased force deployment data
TTP tactics, techniques, and procedures
TVA Tennessee Valley Authority
UK United Kingdom
UN United Nations
UNDHA United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs
UNDP United Nations Development Program
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
UNITAF unified task force
UNWFP United Nations World Food Program
US United States
USAFEP United States Air Forces Europe pamphlet
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USCENTCOM United States Central Command
USCINCCENT commander-in-chief, United States Central Command
USCG United States Coast Guard
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
USACE United States Army Corps of Engineers
USACOM United States Atlantic Command
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USAR United States Army Reserve
USD Under Secretary of Defense
USIS United States Information Service
USMC United States Marine Corps
USPACOM United States Pacific Command
USPS United States Postal Service
USSOCOM US Special Operations Command
USTRANSCOM United States Transportation Command
VA Veterans Administration
VDJS vice-director, joint staff
WFP World Food Program
WHO World Health Organization
WIN Worldwide Military Command and Control System intercomputer network
WWMCCS Worldwide Military Command and Control System
WVRD World Vision Relief and Development, Incorporated
