A useful guide to the acronymns and abbreviations found in the updates.
AAB | Advise and Assist Brigade |
ACR | Armored Calvary Regiment |
ADT | Agri-Business Development Team |
AQI | al Qaeda-in-Iraq |
AR | Armor Regiment |
AUP | Afghan Uniformed Police |
AWT | Air Weapons Team |
Bde | Brigade |
Bn | Battalion |
BSB | Brigade Support Battalion |
BSTB | Brigade Special Troops Battalion |
Btry | battery |
CAB | Civil Affairs Battalion or Combined Arms Battalion |
CAV | Calvary |
CF | Coalition Forces |
COB | Contingency Operations Base |
COIN | Counterinsurgency |
COP | Combat Outpost |
CSSB | Combat Sustainment Support Battalion |
DBE | Department of Border Enforcement |
DDR | Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration program |
DAIL | Director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock |
EARS | Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron |
EFP | explosively formed projectile |
EO | Executive Officer |
EOD | Explosive Ordinance Disposal |
ERB | Emergency Response Brigade |
FAR | Field Artillery Regiment |
FET | Female Engagement Team |
FOB | Forward Operating Base |
GEOINT | National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency |
GoI | Government of Iraq |
HBCT | Heavy Brigade Combat Team |
HHB | Headquarters and Headquarters Battery |
HHC | Headquarters and Headquarters Company |
HVT | high-value target |
IA | Iraqi Army |
IBCT | Infantry Brigade Combat Team |
IBP | Iraqi Border Patrol |
ISAF | International Security Assistance Force |
ID | Infantry Division |
IEDs | improvised explosive devises |
IERU | Iraqi Emergency Response Unit |
Inf Regt | Infantry Regiment |
IP | Iraqi police |
ISF | Iraqi Security Forces |
ISI | Islamic State of Iraq |
ISOF | Iraqi Special Ops Forces |
JSS | Joint Security Station |
KLE | Key Leader Engagement |
LSA | Logistics Support Area |
MiTT | Military Transition Team |
MND | Multi-National Division |
NCO | non-commissioned officer |
OB | Observation Base |
op | operation |
PAO | Public Affairs Office |
PB | Patrol Base |
PIR | Parachute Infantry Regiment |
plt | platoon |
PRT | Provincial Reconstruction Team |
QRF1 | Quick Reaction Force 1 |
RCT | Regimental Combat Team |
RPG | rocket-propelled-grenade |
Shura | Council Meeting |
SoI | Sons of Iraq |
SF | Special Forces |
STT | Stability Transition Team |
SUST BDE | Sustainment Brigade |
SWAT | Special Weapons and Tactics |
USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development |
UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
VBIEDs | vehicle-borne improvised explosive devises |
VPB | Vehicle Patrol Base |