Listed below are some of the terms that you will see and use while attending PhibOps. Study them because when someone throws an Acronym at you, you want to ensure that you know what it means.
AA
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Assembly Area
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AAV
|
Amphibious Assault Vehicle
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AAAV
|
Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicle
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AAW
|
Anti-Air Warfare
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ABGC
|
Assistant Boat Group Commander
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ACB
|
Amphibious Construction Battalion
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AD
|
Air Defense
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ADA
|
Air Defense Authority
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AO
|
Area of Operations
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ARG
|
Amphibious Ready Group
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ASUW
|
Anti-Surface Warfare
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ASW
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Anti-Submarine Warfare
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ATF
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Amphibious Task Force consists of the naval forces, landing forces and aviation forces required to perform an amphibious operation.
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ATON
|
Aids to Navigation
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AW
|
Antiair Warfare
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BGC
|
Boat Group Commander
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BLS
|
Beach Landing Site
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BLT
|
Battalion Landing Team
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BMU
|
Beach Master Unit
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BN
|
Battalion
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BOG
|
Beach Operations Group
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BPG
|
Beach Party Group
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BWC
|
Battle Wave Commander
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BZ
|
Beach Zone
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BZA
|
Beach Zone Array
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C2
|
Command and Control
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C3
|
Command, Control and Communications
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C3I
|
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
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C4I
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Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
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CAAT
|
Combined Anti-Armor Team
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CAS
|
Close Air Support
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CATF
|
Commander Amphibious Task Force
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C2
|
Command and Control
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C2W
|
Command and Control Warfare
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C2WC
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Command and Control Warfare Commander
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C3
|
Command, Control and Communications
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C3CM
|
Command, Control, and Communications Countermeasures
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C3I
|
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
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C4I
|
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
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C4ISR
|
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance
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CCP
|
LCAC Control Point
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CDP
|
LCAC Departure Point
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CIC
|
Combat Intelligence Center
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CINC
|
Commander in Chief
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CINCCFC
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CINC, Combined Forces Command
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CINCLANTFLT
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Commander in Chief Atlantic Fleet
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CINCUSSOCOM
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CINC, U.S. Special Operations Command
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CIWS
|
Close-in Weapons System
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CJCS
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
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CJTF
|
Commander Joint Task Force
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CLA
|
LCAC Launch Area
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CLF
|
Commander, Landing Force
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CMC
|
Commandant of the Marine Corps
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CMD ELE
|
Command Element
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CO
|
Commanding Officer
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Co
|
Company
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COA
|
Course of Action
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COMM
|
Communications
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COMMARFOR
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Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces
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COMMARFORLANT
|
Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Atlantic
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COMNAVFOR
|
Commander Naval Forces
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COMNAVSURFLANT
|
Commander, Naval Surface Force Atlantic
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COMPHIBGRU
|
Commander, Amphibious Group
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COMPHIBRON
|
Commander, Amphibious Squadron
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COMPHIBSTRIKEFOR
|
Commander, Amphibious Striking Force
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CP
|
Command Post
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CPG
|
Commander, Amphibious Group
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CQB
|
Close Quarters Battle
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CRRC
|
Combat Rigid Raiding Craft
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CS
|
Combat Support
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CSAR
|
Combat Search and Rescue
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CTF
|
Commander Task Force
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CU FT
|
Cubic Feet
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CVBG
|
Carrier Battle Group
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DET
|
Detachment
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Direct Action
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Direct action missions include hostage recovery, seizure and recovery of offshore energy facilities, visit board, search and seizure operations and specialized demolition operations.
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EWTG
|
Expeditionary Warfare Training Group
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EWTGLANT
|
Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Atlantic
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EOD
|
Explosive Ordnance Disposal
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FAC
|
Forward Air Controller
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FAST
|
Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team
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FEX
|
Field Exercise
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FF
|
Flight Ferry
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FMF
|
Fleet Marine Force
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FMFLANT
|
Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic
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FMFPAC
|
Fleet Marine Force, Pacific
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FMFRP
|
Fleet Marine Force Reference Publication
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FORECON
|
Force Reconnaissance
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GPS
|
Global Positioning System
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GQ
|
General Quarters
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HF
|
High Frequency
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HMH
|
Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron
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HMLA
|
Marine Light/Attack Helicopter Squadron
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HMM
|
Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron
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HMMWV
|
High Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle
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HQ
|
Headquarters
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HQMC
|
Headquarters Marine Corps
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HUMINT
|
Human Intelligence
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IBU
|
Inshore Boat Unit
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INF
|
Infantry
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IR
|
Infra-Red
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IUW
|
Inshore Undersea Warfare
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JATF
|
Joint Amphibious Task Force
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JCS
|
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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JCSE
|
Joint Communications Support Element
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LARC
|
Light Amphibious Resupply Craft
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LAV
|
Light Armored Vehicle
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LCAC
|
Landing Craft, Air Cushion
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LCC
|
Amphibious Command Ship
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LCM
|
Landing Craft Mechanized
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LCPL
|
Landing Craft, Personnel, Large
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LCS
|
LCAC Control Ship
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LCU
|
Landing Craft, Utility
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LCVP
|
Landing Craft, Vehicle and Personnel
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LF
|
Landing Force
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LHA
|
Amphibious Assault Ship (General Purpose)
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LHD
|
Amphibious Assault Ship (Multi-Purpose)
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LOD
|
Line of Departure
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LOGAS
|
Logistics Automated Information System
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LPD
|
Amphibious Transport Dock
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LSD
|
Dock Landing Ship
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LZ
|
Landing Zone
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MAG
|
Marine Aircraft Group
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MAGTF
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Marine Air-Ground Task Force. MAGTFs are balanced, combined-arms forces with organic command, ground, aviation and sustainment elements
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MARDIV
|
Marine Division
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MAU
|
Marine Amphibious Unit
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MAW
|
Marine Air Wing
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MCM
|
Mine Counter-Measures
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MEB
|
Marine Expeditionary Brigade
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MECH
|
Mechanized
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MEDEVAC
|
Medical Evacuation
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MEDLOGS
|
Medical Logistics System
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MEF
|
Marine expeditionary force. Largest & most capable MAGTF
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MEU
|
Marine Expeditionary Unit
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MEU (SOC)
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Marine expeditionary unit (special operations capable) "to provide the geographic combatant commanders a forward-deployed, rapid crisis response capability by conducting conventional amphibious & selected maritime special ops under the following conditions:
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MHC
|
Mine Hunter Coastal
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MIUW
|
Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare
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MIUWU
|
Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit
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MOOTW
|
Military Operations Other Than War include Peacekeeping, Security Operations, Noncombatant Evacuations and Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Operations.
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MOUT
|
Military Operation in Urban Terrain
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NAB
|
Naval Amphibious Base
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NAVBEACHGRU
|
Naval Beach Group
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NAVBEACHGRU TWO
|
Naval Beach Group Two
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NAVMC
|
Navy Marine Corps
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NAVSPECWARGRU
|
Naval Special Warfare Group
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NBG
|
Naval Beach Group
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NBP
|
Naval Beach Party
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NCF
|
Naval Construction Force
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NGF
|
Naval Gunfire
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NGFO
|
Naval Gunfire Officer
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NGFS
|
Naval Gunfire Support
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NGLO
|
Naval Gunfire Liaison Officer
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NIMA
|
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
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NM
|
Nautical Mile
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NMCB
|
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion
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NS
|
Naval Station
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NSW
|
Naval Special Warfare
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NSWTU
|
Naval Special Warfare Task Unit
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NSWU
|
Naval Special Warfare Unit
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NVG
|
Night Vision Goggle
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OIC
|
Officer In Charge
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OMFTS
|
Operational Maneuver From The Sea
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OPLAN
|
Operational Plan
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OPNAV
|
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
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OPNAVINST
|
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Instruction
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OPORD
|
Operations Order
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OPORDER
|
Operations Order
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PHIBCB
|
Amphibious Construction Battalion
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PHIBGRU
|
Amphibious Group
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PHIBOPS
|
Amphibious Operations
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PHIBRON
|
Amphibious Squadrons
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PLT
|
Platoon
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PSU
|
Port Security Unit
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RAM
|
Rolling Airframe Missile
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REGT
|
Regiment
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RFI
|
Request For Information
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RHIB
|
Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat
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RLT
|
Regimental Landing Team
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ROE
|
Rules Of Engagement
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RRC
|
Rigid Raiding Craft
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SAM
|
Surface-to Air Missile
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SAR
|
Search and Rescue
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SAW
|
Surface-to-Air Weapon
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SBU
|
Special Boat Unit
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SDV
|
Seal Delivery Vehicle
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SDVT
|
Seal Delivery Vehicle Team
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SEAL
|
Sea-Air-Land
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SOC
|
Special Operations Capable
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SOCOM
|
U.S. Special Operations Command
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SOF
|
Special Operations Forces
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SPECBOATRON
|
Special Boat Squadron
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SUBLANT
|
Submarine Force Atlantic
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SURFLANT
|
Surface Force Atlantic
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SZ
|
Surf Zone
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TPSB
|
Transportable Port Security Boat – 25-foot armed Boston Whalers used by the Coast Guard PSU’s to secure ports and harbors.
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USCG
|
United States Coast Guard
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USCGR
|
United States Coast Guard Reserves
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USMC
|
United States Marine Corps
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USMCR
|
United States Marine Corps Reserve
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USN
|
United States Navy
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USNR
|
United States Naval Reserve
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USNS
|
United States Naval Ship
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USS
|
United States Ship
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USSOCOM
|
U.S. Special Operations Command
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USW
|
Undersea Warfare
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UTL
|
Utilities
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