AAR/LL After Action Report/Lessons Learned
AC Alternating Current
ADCON Administrative Control
ADVON Advance Team
AOIC Assistant Officer in Charge
AOR Area of Responsibility
AP Access Point
ARES Amateur Radio Disaster Services
AT&T American Telephone and Telegraph
AUP Acceptable Use Policy
AZ Arizona
BLUF Bottom Line Up Front
BSL Bay St. Louis
BZ Bravo Zulu
C2 Command and Control
CA California
CAPT Captain (Navy and Marine Corps)
CAT-5 Category 5 (cable)
CCI COMSEC Controlled Inventory
CDR Commander (Navy)
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CERT Community Emergency Response Team
CHD Complex Humanitarian Disaster
CMS Communication Material Security
CO Commanding Officer
COASTS Coalition Operating Area Surveillance and Targeting Systems
COC Command Operation Center
COG Cognizance
Comms Communications
COMSEC Communication Security
CONOPS Concept of Operations
CONUS Continental United States
COTS Commercial-Off-The-Shelf
CSUMB California State University Monterey Bay
CTN Cryptologic Technician – Networks
DC Direct Current
DCE Defense Coordination Element
DCO Defense Coordination Office
Dept Department
Det Detachment
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DHS Department of Homeland Security
DMAT Disaster Medical Assistance Team
DMORT Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team
DNS Domain Name System
DoD Department of Defense
DOT Department of Transportation
ECTAR Emergency Communications through Amateur Radio
EMEDS Expeditionary Medical Support
EOC Emergency Operations Center
ESF Emergency Support Function
FCC Federal Communications Commission
FEDEX Federal Express
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FL Florida
FLAK Flyaway Kit
FNMOC Fleet Numerical Oceanography and Meteorology Command
FPS Federal Protective Service
FRS Family Radio System
GETS Government Emergency Telecommunications Service
GHz Gigahertz
Govt Government
GPS Global Positioning System
GSA General Services Agency
GSM Global System for Mobile Communications
GVO Groove Virtual Office
HA/DR Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief
HAZMAT Hazardous Materials
HF High Frequency
HFN Hastily Formed Network
HMC Hancock Medical Center
HP Horse Power
HQ Headquarters
iDEN Integrated Digital Enhanced Network
IDS Intrusion Detection System
IP Internet Protocol
ISP Internet Service Provider
IT Information Technology
JFMCC Joint Forces Maritime Component Command
JTF Joint Task Force
KB Kilobytes
Kw Kilowatts
LA Louisiana
LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network
LCDR Lieutenant Commander (Navy)
LL Lessons Learned
LOS Line of Sight
LTC Lieutenant Colonel (Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps)
MB Megabytes
MEMA Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
Meth Methamphetamine
METOC Meteorological and Oceanography Center
MO Missouri
MRE Meals Ready to Eat
MS Mississippi
NAVO Naval Oceanography Center
NC North Carolina
NETWARVAN Network Warfare Van
NGO Non Government Organization
NiCad Nickel Cadmium
NIMS National Incident Management System
NLOS Near Line of Sight
NOC Network Operation Center
NORTHCOM U.S. Northern Command
NPS Naval Postgraduate School
NRP National Response Plan
NTR Nothing to Report
O&M Operations and Maintenance
OASD-NII Office of Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration
OIC Officer in Charge
OPAREA Operating Area
OPCON Operational Control
OPLAN Operations Plan
PA Pennsylvania
PC Personal Computer
PD Police Department
PDA Personal Digital Assistant
POC Point of Contact
POD Point of Distribution
POSIT Position
POV Personally Owned Vehicle
QOS Quality of Service
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RV Recreational Vehicle
SATCOM Satellite Communications
Satphone Satellite Phone
SEP September
SITREP Situation Report
SOP Standard Operating Procedures
SSID Service Set Identifier
SUV Sport Utility Vehicle
TACON Tactical Control
TDMA Time Division Multiple Access
TOPO Topographic
TS/SCI Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information
TV Television
TX Texas
UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
UHF Ultra High Frequency
UMV Unmanned Motorized Vehicle
USAF U.S. Air Force
USG U.S. Government
USN U.S. Navy
USNR U.S. Navy Reserves
USPACOM U.S. Pacific Command
UUV Unmanned Underwater Vehicle
VDC Volts Direct Current
VHF Very High Frequency
VIP Very Important Person
VoIP Voice over Internet Protocol
VTC Video Teleconference
WAP Wireless Application Protocol
WD Wheel Drive
WiFi Wireless Fidelity (802.11)
WiMAX 802.16
WPS Wireless Priority Service
WWT Worldwide Technologies
XO Executive Officer