official documents and abbreviations
Official Documents Abbreviations
July 26, 2014 at 10:20 PM
The abbreviations and acronyms in this list were taken from the reports on the Official Documents Section. The definitions were taken from the same reports. The reports are primarily from the 101st Airborne Division but also include documents from the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
| ACRONYM | MEANING |
| AA | Anti-Aircraft |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AFRS | Armed Forces Radio Service |
| AGI | Annual General Inspection |
| ALOC | Air line of Communication |
| AO | Area of Operation |
| APC | Armored Personnel Carrier |
| APD | Airborne Personnel Detectors |
| ARC LIGHT | B52 missions |
| ASL | Authorized Stockage List |
| ASP | Ammunition Supply Point |
| ASR | Ammunition Supply Rate |
| ARP | Aero Rifle Platoon |
| ARVN | Army Republic of Vietnam |
| A/V | Audio/Visual |
| AVLB | Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge |
| AW | Automatic Weapon |
| BC | Body Count |
| CA | Civic Action, Combat Assault |
| CAS | Close Air Support |
| CBR | Chemical, Biological, Radiological |
| CBU | Cluster Bomb Unit |
| C&C | Command and Control (Aircraft) |
| CHICOM | Chinese Communist |
| CI | Counterintelligence |
| CIA | Captured In Action |
| CIDG | Civilian Irregular Defense Group |
| CMIT | Combined Mobile Instruction Team |
| CMTT | Combined Mobile Training Team |
| CORD | Council on Revolutionary Development |
| CP | Command Post |
| CRID | Capital ROK Infantry Division |
| CSF | Camp Strike Force |
| CSS | Combat Sky Spot |
| CS | Tear Gas, Crew Served |
| DISCOM | Division Support Command |
| DIVARTY | Division Artillery |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DS | Direct Support |
| DTOC | Division Tactical Operations Center |
| EDP | Equipment Deadlined for Parts |
| ERP | Engineer Rappelling Platoon |
| FAC | Forward Air Controller |
| FAOCT | Forward Airfield Operations & Control Team |
| FASCP | Forward Area Signal Center Platoon |
| FDC | Fire Direction Center |
| FO | Forward Observer |
| FOB | Forward Operating Base |
| FRAGO | Fragmentary Order |
| FSA | Forward Support Area |
| FSB | Fire Support Base |
| FSE | Forward Support Element |
| FWMAF | Free World Military Assistance Forces |
| GRREG | Graves Registration |
| GS | General Support |
| GSR | General Supporting Reinforcing |
| Gunship | Armed UH-1 Helicopter |
| GVN | Government of Vietnam |
| Hac Bao | Black Panthers 1st Infantry Division ARVN Recon |
| Hawkeye Team | Four Man Hunter-Killer Team |
| HE | High Explosive |
| H&I | Harassment and Interdiction |
| Headhunter | O-1E Aircraft Used for Visual Reconnaissance |
| Hook | CH-47 "Chinook" Helicopter |
| ICC | Installation Coordination Center |
| I FFORCEV | I Field Force, Vietnam |
| IFFV | I Field Force, Vietnam |
| IPW | Interrogation of Prisoners of War |
| JUSPAO | Joint US Public Affairs Office |
| KBA | Killed By Air |
| KIA | Killed in Action |
| LAW | M72 Light Anti Tank Weapon |
| LF | Local Force |
| LLOC | Land Lines of Communication |
| LOC | Line of Communication |
| LOH | Light Observation Helicopter |
| LP | Listening Post |
| LRP | Long Range Patrol |
| LRRP | Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol |
| LSA | Logistical Supply Activity |
| LZ | Landing Zone |
| MACV | Military Assistance Command Vietnam |
| MEDCAP | Medical Civic Action Program |
| MF | Main Force |
| MI | Military Intelligence |
| MIA | Missing in Action |
| MR | Military Region |
| MSF | Mobile Strike Force |
| MSR | Main Supply Route |
| MTOE | Modified Table of Organization and Equipment |
| NCS | Net Control Station |
| NVA | North Vietnam Army |
| NVAC | North Vietnamese Army Captive |
| OB | Order of Battle |
| OP | Observation Post |
| OPCOM | Operational Control |
| OPLAN | Operation Plan |
| OPORD | Operation Order |
| PF | Popular Force |
| PKSAC | Pleiku Sub-Area Command |
| POLWAR | Political Warfare (ARVN) |
| PP | Preplanned |
| PSID | Patrol Seismic Intrusion Detector |
| PSYOPS | Psychological Operations |
| POW, PW | Prisoner of War |
| RATT | Radio Teletype |
| RCA | Riot Control Agent |
| RD | Revolutionary Development |
| Red Ball | Emergency Requisition for Part to Remove Major Item from Deadline |
| RF | Regional Force |
| RIF | Reconnaissance In Force |
| RL | Rocket Launcher |
| ROK | Republic of Korea |
| RR | Recoilless Rifle |
| RRC | Radio Research Company |
| RVN | Republic of Vietnam |
| SA | Small Arms |
| Slick | UH-1 Helicop0ter Used Primarily for Air Lift |
| SLAR | Side Looking Airborne Radar |
| Snatch | Sudden Apprehension of Suspect Person |
| SP | Self Propelled |
| Spooky | Air Force Minigun Armed AC-47 Flareship |
| SRP | Short Range Patrol |
| SSB | Single Side Band (Radio Transmission Mode) |
| STZ | Special Tactical Zone |
| TACP | Tactical Air Control Party |
| TAOR | Tactical Area of Responsibility |
| TF | Task Force |
| TOE | Table of Organization and Equipment |
| TOT | Time on Target |
| TRAIL DUST | defoliation missions |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USARV | United States Army, Vietnam |
| USSF | United States Special Forces |
| VC | Viet Cong |
| VCC | Viet Cong Captive |
| VETCAP | Veterinary Civic Action Program |
| VMC | Viet Montagnard Cong |
| VMCC | Viet Montagnard Cong Captive |
| VR | Visual Reconnaissance |
| VT | Variable Time |
| VTR | Vehicle, Tank Recovery |
| WIA | Wounded in Action |
| WP | White Phosphorous |
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