Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Acronyms Part Deux

I posted a list of acronyms at the beginning of my deployment as I was just starting to learn about my job.  I kept it all throughout and it became a valuable resource for some soldiers besides myself.  I thought I would post it on my last day in my province.  A very small fraction of these ever came up in my blog posts -- but a glance over them is an interesting memory of all that a typical day could entail.


AACP- Afghan Anti-Crime Police
ABP- Afghan Border Police
ACAS- Afghanistan Court Administration System
ADT- Agricultural Development Team
AFSC- Air Force Specialty Code
AGO- Attorney General's Office
AIBA- Afghanistan Independent Bar Association
ALD- available to load date (this is when I will get to come home!)
ALP- Afghan Local Police
ANA- Afghan National Army
ANP- Afghan National Police
ANSF- Afghan National Security Forces
APPF- Afghan Public Protection Force
APRP- Afghanistan Peace & Reintegration Program
AWT- air weapons team
BAF- Bagram Air Field
BC- Battalion Commander
BDA- battle damage assessment
BDE- Brigade
BDOC- base defense operations center
BFC- battlefield circulation
BFT- blue force tracker
BN- Battalion
BPT- be prepared to
BSI- battlespace integrator
BSO- battlespace owner
CA- civil affairs
CAR- combined arms rehearsal
CAS- close air support
CAT- civil affairs team
CAT- combat advisor team
CCA- close combat attack
CDR- commander
CDROLLE- Coordinating Director for Rule of Law and Law Enforcement
CERP- commander’s emergency response program
CIDNE- combined information data network exchange
CIVCAS- civilian casualty
CJTF- Combined Joint Task Force
CJIATF-435- Combined Joint Interagency Task Force 435
CMS- case management system
COP- combat outpost
CP- checkpoint
CUAT- commander’s unit assessment tool
CUB- Commander’s update brief
CUOPS- current operations
CWIED- command wire IED
DAT- district augmentation team
DCoP- District Chief of Police
DFIP- Detention Facility In Parwan
DOD- Department of Defense
DONSA- day of no scheduled activity
DOS- Department of State
DOW- died of wounds
DST- District Support Team
ECP- entry control point
EKIA- enemy killed in action
EOT- end of tour
EvBO- Evidence Based Operations
FET- Female Engagement Team
FET- Female Enragement Team - related to Female Engagement Team J
FDS- field detention site
FPO- field program officer
FOB- Forward Operating Base
FOM- freedom of movement
FOO- field ordering officer
FRIC- force reintegration cell
FUOPS- future operations
GIRoA- Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
HCT- human collection team
HHC- Headquarters and Headquarters Company
HLZ- helicopter landing zone
HTT- human terrain team
IAW- in accordance with
IDF- indirect fire
IDLG- Independent Directorate of Local Governance
IED- improvised explosive device
IJC- ISAF Joint Command
INS- insurgent
IO- Information Operations
IOT- in order to
IPR- installation personnel readiness
IPW- in partnership with
ISO- in support of
IVO- in vicinity of
IPIT- Interagency Planning and Implementation Team
IROL- Interagency Rule of Law
ISAF- International Security Assistance Force
JAG- that’s me!
JANIB- Joint Afghan NATO Inteqal Board
JCIP- Justice Center In Parwan
JPEL- Joint Prioritized Effects List
JRTC- Joint Readiness Training Center
JSSP- Justice Sector Support Program
KAF- Kandahar Air Field
KIA- killed in action
KLE- key leader engagement
LEP- law enforcement professional
LN- local national
LOJC- Law on the Organization and Jurisdiction of the Courts
MAM- military age male
MATV- MRAP All Terrain Vehicle
MOD- Ministry of Defense
MOI- Afghan Ministry of Interior
MOJ- Ministry of Justice
MOS- Military Occupation Specialties
MWE- men, weapons, equipment
MRAP- Mine Resistant Ambush Protected
NATO- North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBI- non battle injury
NCOIC- non-commissioned officer in charge
NDS- National Directorate of Security
NROLFSM-A- NATO Rule of Law Field Support Mission- Afghanistan
NSTR- nothing significant to report
OBJ- objective
ODA- other department of the Army
OGA- other government agency
OIC- officer in charge
OTW- outside the wire
PCoP- Provincial Chief of Police
PHQ- Police Headquarters
PID- positive identification
PJC- Provincial Justice Center
PJST- Provincial Joint Secretariat Team
POD- period of darkness
POI- point of impact
POO- point of origin
POTG- person other than grunt
ROE- rules of engagement
ROLFF-A- Rule of Law Field Force Afghanistan
PJC- provincial justice centers
PPC- Provincial Peace Council
RPG- rocket propelled grenade
PPRC- Provincial Peace & Reintegration Council
PRC- Provincial Response Company
PRT- Provincial Reconstruction Team
RFI- request for information
ROLFF-A- Rule of Law Field Force-Afghanistan
ROLFSO- Rule of Law Field Support Officer
RSOI- reception, staging, onward-movement & integration
SAF- small arms fire
SCR- senior civilian representative
SF- special forces
SFAAT- security forces advisor and assistance team
SIP- Subject Information Packet
SOF- special operations forces
SOP- standard operating procedures
SOTF- special operations task force
SWT- scout weapons team
TB- Taliban
TBI- traumatic brain injury
TCP- temporary checkpoint
TIC- troops in contact
TOC- tactical operations center
TPOR- transition provincial outlook report
TTP- Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
USAID- U.S. Agency for International Development
UNAMA- United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
USDA- U.S. Department of Agriculture
USG- United States government
VSO- village stability operations
WIA- wounded in action

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