ABM: Anti-Ballistic Missile
AID: Agency for International Development
ANA: Afghan National Army
AOR: military area of responsibility
BRAC: base realignment and closure
CBW: chemical or biological weapon
CENTCOM: U.S. Central Command
CERP: Commander’s Emergency Response Program
CJCS: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
CLC: Cost of Living Council
COIN: counterinsurgency
CPA: Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq
Defcon: Defense condition
DHS: Department of Homeland Security
DNI: director of national intelligence
DoD: Department of Defense
EFP: explosively formed penetrator
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency
FAA: Federal Aviation Administration
FARC: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
FCC: Federal Communications Commission
FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
FOIA: Freedom of Information Act
GI: General Instrument Corporation
HEW: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
ICC: International Criminal Court
IED: improvised explosive device
IGC: Iraqi Governing Council
IIA: Iraqi Interim Authority
INL: Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, U.S.
Department of State
ISAF: International Security Assistance Force—Afghanistan
ISF: Iraqi Security Forces
ISG: Iraq Survey Group
JCS: Joint Chiefs of Staff
JSOC: Joint Special Operations Command
JSTARS: Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System
LAF: Lebanese armed forces
MARSOC: Marine Corps Special Operations Command
MCA: Military Commission Act of 2006
MEF: Marine Expeditionary Force
MNF: multinational force
MRAP: mine resistant ambush protected vehicle
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NGO: nongovernmental organization
NIC: National Intelligence Council
NIE: national intelligence estimate
NMCC: National Military Command Center
NORAD: North American Aerospace Defense Command
NORTHCOM: U.S. Northern Command
NSA: National Security Agency
NSC: National Security Council
NSPD: national security policy directive
ODA: Operational Detachment Alpha
OEO: Office of Economic Opportunity
OLC: Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice
OMB: Office of Management and Budget
OPLAN: operation plan
ORHA: Office Of Reconstruction And Humanitarian Assistance—Iraq
OSD: Office of the Secretary of Defense
PA&E: program analysis and evaluation
PKK: Kurdistan Workers’ Party
POW: prisoner of war
PRC: People’s Republic of China
PRT: provincial reconstruction team
ROTC: Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
RPG: rocket-propelled grenade
SAS: British Special Air Service
SALT: Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
SLRG: Senior Level Review Group, U.S. Department of Defense
SOCOM: U.S. Special Operations Command
SOF: U.S. Special Operations Forces
SOUTHCOM: U.S. Southern Command
SVTC: secure video teleconference
TPFDD: time-phased force and deployment data
UAV: unmanned aerial vehicle
WMD: weapons of mass destruction