Direct Action: Glossary

  APC: Armored Personnel Carrier.   AQ: Al Qaeda.   BW: Blackwater.  A now defunct private security company.   C-27J: Medium-sized military transport aircraft.   C4: Composition Four plastic explosives.   Carl Gustav: Recoiless rifle.   CH-47: Twin rotor military transport helicopter.   CI: Counter-Intelligence.   SOP:Standard Operating Procedure   CIA: Central Intelligence Agency   CIF: Commander’s In-Extremis Force   CISEN: Mexican Intelligence Agency   Commo: Communications   CQB: Close Quarter Battle   CYPRES: Emergency device on a Military parachute.   DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.   Delta Force: US Army Counter-Terrorism unit.  Also known as Combat Applications Group, Task Force Green, or simply The Unit.   Dev Group: US Navy SEAL Counter-Terrorism unit.  Also known as Task Force Blue, Naval Special Warfare Development Group, and more recently, TACDEVRON.   DUI: Driving While Intoxicated.   E&E: Escape and Evasion.   ECT: Explosive Cutting Tape.  A type of explosive used for breaching targets.   EMP: Electro-Magnetic Pulse.   EOD: Explosive Ordinance Disposal.   Exfil: Exfiltrate.   FDA: Food and Drug Administration   FN-FAL: Belgium 7.62 rifle.   FRP: Final Reference Point, used as a known point that can be paced off to help find a previously hidden cache.   FSA: Free Syrian Army.   FSB: Russian intelligence agency.   G3 Communications: Fictional security firm.   GPS: Global Positioning System.   GROM: Polish Counter-Terrorism unit.   Ground Branch: CIA para-military unit.   GRS: Global Response Staff, CIA contractor that often escort and protect case officers in dangerous parts of the world.   GSG-9: German police unit that conducts counter-terrorist operations.   HAHO: High Altitude, High Opening.   HALO: High Altitude, Low Opening.   HERF: High-Energy Radio Frequency.   HK 417: Heckler and Koch 7.62 gas piston operated rifle.   HK USP: Series of Heckler and Koch pistols.   HME: Home Made Explosives.   HQ: Headquarters.   HUMINT: Human Intelligence.   IED: Improvised Explosive Device.   Infil: Infiltrate.   ISA: Intelligence Support Activity.  A classified Army unit which collects intelligence information, often to support SEAL Team Six and Delta Force operations.   ISU-90: US military enclosed pallet for transporting equipment.   J2: Joint Staff Intelligence.   JCET: Joint Combined Exchange Training.   JPL: Jet Propulsion Laboratory.   JSOC: Joint Special Operations Command.   LED: light-emitting diode.   Liquid Sky: Fictional mercenary strike force.   LPC: Leather Personnel Carriers (ie: boots).   M4: Standard issue US military rifle.   MAC-10: Sub-Machine Gun.   MC-5: HALO/HAHO military parachute.   MEK: Iranian terrorist organization sponsored by the United States.   MFF: Military Free Fall.   Mk 48: A 7.62 machine gun that is smaller and lighter than the M240B.   MO: Method of operation.   MSS: Chinese intelligence agency.   NASA: National Air and Space Association.   NGO: Non-Governmental Organization.   NODS: Night Optical Device.   NPA: New People’s Army.   NSA: National Security Agency.   OD: Olive Drab.   OGA: Other Governmental Organizations such as Ground Branch or Global Response Staff.   ONI: Office of Naval Intelligence.   OP: Observation Point.  A vantage point for snipers of reconnaissance troops to use to over watch enemy movements.   OPB: Operational Preparation of the Battlefield.   Operator: Soldier assigned to SEAL Team Six or Delta Force.   OPSEC: Operational Security.   PIN: Personal Identification Number.   PKM: Belt fed Russian made machine gun.   PMC: Private Military Company.   PT: Physical Training.   PTSD: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.   PVS-14: Night vision monocle.   QRF: Quick Reaction Force.   R&R: Rest and Relaxation.   Rangers: US Army elite airborne light infantry unit.   Raufoss: Armor piercing explosive incendiary rounds.   RDX: Research Development Explosives.   RFID:Radio-frequency identification.   RPG: Rocket Propelled Grenade.   RPK: 7.62 light machine gun.   RUMINT: A non-official humorous term meaning Rumor Intelligence.   SA-7: Russian shoulder fired anti-aircraft missile.   Samruk International: A fictional Private Military Company based out of Kazakhstan.   SCUBA: Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus.   SEAL: SEa, Air, and Land.  US Navy maritime commando unit.   SEAL Team Six: US Navy SEAL Counter-Terrorism unit.  Also known as Task Force Blue, Naval Special Warfare Development Group, and more recently, TACDEVRON.   SIGINT: Signals Intelligence.   SIM: Subscriber Identity Module.   SOF: Special Operations Forces.   SOTIC: Special Operations Target Interdiction Course, now knows as the Special Forces Sniper Course.   Special Forces: Also known as Green Berets, specialize in training indigenous forces.  A separate unit from SEALs, Rangers, and Delta Force   SPG-9: 73mm recoiless rifle.   SSE: Sensitive Site Exploitation.   T-72: Russian main battle tank.   TACDEVRON: US Navy SEAL Counter-Terrorism unit.  Also known as Task Force Blue, Naval Special Warfare Development Group, and more recently, TACDEVRON.   TF Blue: See Dev Group.   TF Green: See Delta Force.   TORDS: Tandem Offset Resupply Delivery System.   TTL: Tag, Track, and Locate.   UAE: United Arab Emirates.   VBIED: Vehicular Borne Improvised Explosive Device.   VDO: Vehicle Drop Off.   WMD: Weapon of Mass Destruction.   ZPU: Russian anti-aircraft machine gun.