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GLOSSARY
AAR after-action review
AC Active Component; aiming circle
ACCP Army Correspondence Course Program
amp ampere
ANCOC Advanced Noncommissioned Officer's Course
APFT Army Physical Fitness Test
AR Army regulation
ARTEP Army Training and Evaluation Program
ATTN attention

BAD blast attentuator device

BDU battle dress uniform
BFV Bradley fighting vehicle
BLTM battalion-level training model
BNCOC Basic Noncommissioned Officer's Course

cm centimeter
CMF career management field
CONUS continental United States
CS combat support
CSS combat service support
CTT common task test

D delay; drop-fire
DA Department of the Army
dc direct current
DLY delay (M734 multioption fuze)
DODAC Department of Defense ammunution code
DS direct support

EIB Expert Infantryman Badge

EIDS electronic information delivery system
EOD explosive ordnance disposal

F Fahrenheit; fire
FDC fire direction center
FFE fire for effect
FIST fire support team
FM field manual
FO forward observer
FSE fire support element
FT firing table
FTX field training exercise

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GFS graphical firing scale

GM grid-magnetic angle
gpm gallons per minute
GT gun-target
GTA graphics training aid

HE high explosive
HHC headquarters and headquarters company
HQ headquarters
hr hour

IAW in accordance with

IET initial entry training
ILLUM illumination
IM impact (M734 multioption fuze)
IMLC Infantry Mortar Leader Course
IMP impact
IOAC Infantry Officer's Advance Course
IOBC Infantry Officer's Basic Course
ITEP Individual Training and Evaluation Program

kg kilogram

LARS left add, right substract

lb pound
LFX live-fire exercise

MAPEX map exercise

MBC mortar ballistic computer
METL mission-essential task list
METT-T mission, enemy, terrain, troops and time available
MILES multiple integrated laser engagement system
mm millimeter
MOS military occupational specialty
mph miles per hour
mps meters per second
MQS military qualification standards
MT mechanical time
MTP mission training plan
MTSQ mechanical time superquick

N North
NA not applicable
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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NBC nuclear, biological, chemical

NCO noncommissioned officer
NCOES Noncommissioned Officer Education System
NDI nondevelopmental item
NSB near-surface burst

OES Officer Education System

OIC officer in charge
OP observation post
OPFOR opposing force
OSUT one station unit training
OT observer-target

Pam Pamphlet
PCC Pre-Command Course
PD point-detonating
PMCS preventive maintenance checks and services
PROX proximity
prx proximity (M734 multioption fuze)
psi per square inch
PWP plasticized white phosphorus

QSTAG quadripartite standardization agreeement

RC Reserve Component
RDX cyclonite
RP red phosphorus; release point
RPO radiation protection officer

S South; safe
S3 operations and training officer
SM soldier's manual
SMCT soldier's manual of common tasks
SOP standing operating procedure
SQ superquick
SRTR short-range training round
STANAG Standardization Agreement
STRAC Standards in Training Commission
STX situational training exercise

T&EO training and evaluation outline

TB technical bulletin
TEC training extension course
TEWT tactical exercise without troops
TM technical manual

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TOE table of organization and equipment

TNT trinitrotoluene
TP training practice
TRADOC US Army Training and Doctrine Command
TRC type requisition code

USAIS US Army Infantry School

USAREUR United States Army in Europe
US United States

VT variable time

WP white phosphorus
w/o without

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