Larry Bond: Exit Plan

1MC — General announcing circuit, shipwide public address system

ADC — Acoustic Device, Countermeasure

ADCAP — Advanced Capability

ASAP — As soon as possible

ASDS — Advanced SEAL Delivery System

ASW — Antisubmarine Warfare

ATT — Antitorpedo Torpedo

Bisht — A loose cloak worn on special occasions

BMC — Battle Management Center

BMP — A Russian armored personnel carrier. In Russian it stands for “Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty” and is translated into English as “Infantry Combat Vehicle.”

CAG — Carrier Air Group

CAP — Combat Air Patrol

CENTCOM — Central Command

CIA — Central Intelligence Agency

CJCS — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

CNN — Cable News Network

CNO — Chief of Naval Operations

CO — Commanding Officer

COB — Chief of the Boat

CPA — Closest Point of Approach

CRRC —Combat Rubber Raiding Craft, phonetically spoken as SIRK

CSG — Carrier Strike Group

CT — Cryptologic Technician

CVN — Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier

DShK — A Russian 12.7mm machine gun. In Russian it stands for “Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny” and is translated into English as “Degtyaryov-Shpagin Large-Calibre.”

GBU — Guided Bomb Unit

GPS — Global Positioning System

Growler — Electronic warfare variant of the F/A-18F Super Hornet

Hadiths — Written reports of statements or actions of Muhammad, or of his tacit approval of something said or done in his presence

Halal — A term designating any object or an action as permissible according to Islamic law

Hijab — A term used to describe both the traditional head covering worn by Muslim women and modest Muslim styles of dress in general

HUMINT — Human Intelligence

IAEA — International Atomic Energy Agency

IAF — Israeli Air Force

IED — Improvised Explosive Device

IR-40 — Iranian 40 megawatt (thermal) heavy water reactor

IRGC — Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, aka Pasdaran

JO — Junior Officer

Ka-bar— U.S. military fighting/utility knife

Klick — Slang for kilometer

KL — Iranian copy of the Russian AK-47 assault rifle

KPH — Kilometers per hour

MBITR — Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio

MEK — People’s Mujahedeen Organization of Iran. In Farsi, it stands for “Mujahedeen-e-Khalq.”

MG-24 — A Russian submarine deployed acoustic countermeasure. The Russian designation means “drifting compact device active sonar interference.”

MG-519 Arfa — Mine-hunting/collision avoidance sonar on Russian submarines

MGK-400 Rubikon — Sonar suite on Russian Project 877 Kilo-class submarines

NAVSEA — Naval Sea Systems Command

NAVSPECWARCOM — Naval Special Warfare Command

NGA — National Geospatial Agency

NIC — National Intelligence Counsel

NIE — National Intelligence Estimate

NIO — National Intelligence Officer

NOFORN — Not Releasable to Foreign Nationals

NSA — National Security Agency

OIC — Officer in Charge

ONI — Office of Naval Intelligence

OOD — Officer of the Deck

PKM — Russian 7.62mm light machine gun. In Russian, it stands for “Pulemyot Kalashnikova. Modernizirovanny” and is translated into English as “Kalashnikov’s Machinegun Modernized.”

PNG — Persona Non Grata

POTUS — President of the United States

Pu-239 — Plutonium 239

RIB — Rigid Inflatable Boat

Rivet Joint — RC-135 signals intelligence aircraft

RPG — Rocket Propelled Grenade (slang). In Russian, it stands for “Ruchnoy Protivotankovy Granatomyot” and is translated into English as “handheld antitank grenade-launcher.”

S8G — Submarine, 8 thgeneration reactor, produced by General Electric. Reactor plant fitted in Ohio-class ballistic missile and cruise missile submarines.

SAM — Surface-to-Air Missile

SATCOM — Satellite Communications

SAVAK — National Intelligence and Security Organization. In Farsi, it stands for “Sazeman-e Ettela’at va Amniyat-e Keshvar.”

SCAR — Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifle

SDV — Swimmer Delivery Vehicle

SEAL — Sea, Air, Land, U.S. Navy Special Forces

SECDEF — Secretary of Defense Sierra — A U.S. Navy designation indicating that a contact was detected and being tracked by a sonar system.

SIGINT — Signals Intelligence

SM-3 — Standard Missile 3, U.S. Navy ballistic missile defense system

SOCOM — Special Operations Command

SOF — Special Operations Forces

SSBN — Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine

SSGN — Nuclear Powered Cruise Missile Submarine

Thobe — Arabic for garment. Generally a long tunic worn by men.

TWCC — Tomahawk Weapons Control Center

UAV — Unmanned Air Vehicle

U-235 — Uranium 235

U-238 — Uranium 238

VEVAK — Ministry of Intelligence and National Security. In Farsi, “Vezarat-e Ettela’at va Amniyat-e Keshvar.”

VFA — Naval Strike Fighter Squadron

VIP — Very Important Person

VTC — Video Teleconference

WINPAC — Weapons Intelligence, Nonproliferation and Arms Control Center in CIA

WMD — Weapons of Mass Destruction

XO —Executive Officer

Zodiac — aka Z-bird, type of combat rubber raiding craft

Zulu —Military designation that indicates a time is in reference to Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) or Universal Time.