HQHeadquarters
HS9Havana-Scarabeo-9
HUDHeads-Up Display
HUMINTHuman Intelligence
HVACHeating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
IBAIndividual Body Armor
IEDImprovised Explosive Device
INSUMIntelligence Summary
IRInfrared
ISISIslamic State of Iraq and Syria
ISSInternational Space Station
JBCC(Chinese) Joint Battle Command Center
JDJade Dragon
JDAMJoint Direct Attack Munitions
JIOCEURJoint Intelligence Operations Center Europe
JLTVJoint Light Tactical Vehicle
JODJoint Operations Division
JSOCJoint Special Operations Command
JTFJoint Task Force
KGBSoviet Union’s foreign intelligence and domestic security agency
LNOLiaison Officer
MANPADSMan-Portable Air Defense System
MCPOMaster Chief Petty Officer
MI-6Military Intelligence 6 (British intelligence)
MiGType of Soviet Military Fighter Aircraft
MPMember of Parliament or Military Police
MREMeals Ready-to-Eat
MSSMinistry of State Security
N2Naval Intelligence
NASNaval Air Station
NATONorth Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCONoncommissioned Officer
NIPRNon-Classified Internet Protocol Router
NMCANational Military Command Authority
NMCCNational Military Command Center
NOCNon-Official Cover
NOFORNNot Releasable to Foreign Nationals
NORADNorth American Aerospace Defense
NRONational Reconnaissance
NSANational Surveillance Agency or National Security Advisor
NSCNational Security Council
NVGNight Vision Goggles
OC2Orca Control Operator, Second Class
ODAOperational Detachment Alphas (Special Forces team)
OLEDOrganic Light Emitting Diode (TVs with thin carbon-based film built into the screen)
OODOfficer on Deck
OPMOffice of Personnel Management
ORCONOriginator Control (gives the office that classified the briefing control over how the information is disseminated)
OSOperating System
PAVE PAWSPrecision Acquisition Vehicle Entry Phased Array Warning System (early-warning radar and computer system)
PEOCPresidential Emergency Operations Center
PGZ09Chinese self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
PIRPriority Intelligence Requirement
PLAPeople’s Liberation Army (Chinese army)
PLANPeople’s Liberation Army Navy (Chinese navy)
PMPrime Minister
POPetty Officer
POTUSPresident of the United States
PRCPeople’s Republic of China
RDTRear-Driven Thruster
RFIDRadio-Frequency Identification
RIBRigid Inflatable Boat
ROADRetired on Active Duty
ROTCReserve Officer Training Corps
RTORadio Telephone Operator
RTBReturn to Base
SSecret
S2Army Intelligence
SA-19Russian-made self-propelled air defense system
SACSpecial Activities Center
SAMSurface-to-Air Missiles
SCISensitive Comparted Information
SCIFSensitive Comparted Information Facility
SEADSuppression of Enemy Air Defenses
SecDefSecretary of Defense
SEALSea, Air and Land (Navy’s primary Special Operations Force)
SIGINTSignals Intelligence
SINCGARSSingle Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
SIS(British) Secret Intelligence Service
SITREPSituation Report
SLAMSubmarine-Launched Anti-Aircraft Missile
SOARSpecial Operations Aviation Regiment
SOCOMSpecial Operations Command
SOCSOUTHSpecial Operations Command—South
SOFSpecial Operations Forces
SOGSpecial Operations Group
SOUTHCOMSouthern Command
SSBNShip, Submersible, Ballistic, Nuclear (Ballistic Missile Submarine)
STS2Sonar Technician Submarine Petty Officer 2nd Class
SUVSport Utility Vehicle
SVRSuccessor agency to the Soviet KGB
TAOTactical Action Officer
TELTransporter Erector Launcher
TFTask Force
THAADTerminal High Altitude Area Defense
THREATCONThreat Condition
TOCTactical Operation Center
TSTop Secret
UUnclassified
UAVUnpiloted Aerial Vehicle
UKUnited Kingdom
UNUnited Nations
Unit 61398Chinese cyberattack unit
USAMRIIDUnited States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Disease
USBUniversal Serial Bus (common type of computer port)
USDUnited States Dollars
VIPVery Important Person
VLFVery Low Frequency
VLSVertical Launching System
VPVice President
VT-2Training Squadron Two
WPWhite Phosphorus
XOExecutive Officer
ZBD-04Type of Chinese infantry fighting vehicle
ZSL-08Type of Chinese infantry fighting vehicle
ZTEChinese telecommunications company