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CONEX:CONtinental EXpress. The ubiquitous twenty-, thirty-, and forty-foot-long steel cargo containers used in multiple transportation modes.

CONFIDENTIAL:The security classification applied to information, the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause damage to national security.

Continuous Operation:This condition exists when a SCIF is staffed twenty-four hours every day.

Controlled Area/Compound:Any area to which entry is subject to restrictions or control for security reasons.

Controlled Building:A building to which entry is subject to restrictions or control for security reasons.

CONUS:Continental United States.

COPD:Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Co-Utilization:Two or more organizations sharing the same SCIF.

CP:Command Post.

CPR:Depending on context, Canadian Pacific Railway or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

CR1M:Combat Ration, One Man. (Spoken “Crim.”) The Australian equivalent of the U.S. MRE field ration. See also MRE and IMP.

CR5M:Combat Ration, Five Man.

CRKT:Columbia River Knife & Tool.

CRYPTO:The marking or designator identifying COMSEC keying material used to secure or authenticate telecommunications carrying classified or sensitive U.S. government or U.S. government–derived information.

CSA:Cognizant Security Authority. The single principal designated to serve as the responsible official for all aspects of security program management with respect to the protection of intelligence sources and methods.

CSIS:Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

CSS:Cyber Security Service.

CTS:Computerized Telephone System .Also referred to as a hybrid key system, business communication system, or office communications system.

CTTA:Certified TEMPEST Technical Authority.

CUT:Coordinated Universal Time.

Db.:Decibel. A measurement unit of sound intensity.

DC:Depending on context, Direct Current or District of Columbia (D.C.).

DCI:Director of Central Intelligence.

DCIPS:Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System.

DCS:Defense Clandestine Service.

DCS Task Group Tall Oak:Previously called DIA Project Tall Oak.

DD:Department of Defense (typically used as a prefix for form numbers). See also DOD.

Det Cord:Short for detonating cord—a plastic tube filled with PETN. It is typically used for connecting multiple explosive charges, so that they detonate almost simultaneously.

DF:Direction Finding.

DHS:Department of Homeland Security.

DIA:Defense Intelligence Agency. See also JBAB.

DIAC:Defense Intelligence Analysis Center.

DIAM:Defense Intelligence Agency Manual.

DIOCC:Defense Intelligence Operations Coordination Center. (Part of the DIAC.)

DJ:Disc Jockey.

DLI:Defense Language Institute.

DMV:Department of Motor Vehicles.

DMZ:Demilitarized Zone. In the context of a SCIF, the perimeter network segment that is logically between internal and external networks. Its purpose is to enforce the internal network’s IA policy for external information exchange and to provide external, untrusted sources with restricted access to releasable information while shielding the internal networks from outside attacks. A DMZ is also called a “screened subnet.” See also IA and SCIF.

Document:Any recorded information regardless of its physical form or characteristics, including, without limitation, written or printed matter, data-processing cards and tapes, maps, charts, paintings, drawings, photos, engravings, sketches, working notes and papers, reproductions of such things by any means or process; and sound, voice, magnetic, or electronic recordings in any form.

DOD or DoD:Department of Defense. See also DD.

DPM:Disruptive Pattern Material. A British military camouflage pattern, with colors similar to the U.S. Army’s defunct woodland BDU pattern.

DRM: Direction du Reseignement Militaire . The French Directorate of Military Intelligence.

DRSN:Defense Red Switch Network.

DSArms:An American gunmaking company, founded by Dave Selvaggio.

DShK: Degtyaryova-Shpagina Krupnokaliberny , or “Degtyaryov-Shpagin Large-Caliber”—a 12.7mm Russian machine gun, later produced in several other communist nations. Informally called a “Dashika” by some users.

DSS:Diplomatic Security Service.

E Division:The RCMP division that polices all of British Columbia except Vancouver.

E&E:Escape and Evasion.

ELINT:Electronic Intelligence.

ELT:Emergency Locator Transmitter.

EMSEC:Emissions Security. Protection resulting from measures taken to deny unauthorized individuals information derived from intercept and analysis of compromising emanations from crypto-equipment or an information system. See also TEMPEST.

EPA:Environmental Protection Agency.

EQ2050:A Chinese Humvee equivalent vehicle.

E-Tool:Entrenching tool. (A small folding shovel.)

ETS:Expiration of Term of Service.

FAA:Federal Aviation Administration.

FAL: See FN/FAL.

FAMAS: Fusil d’Assaut de la Manufacture d’Armes de Saint-Étienne . The French army’s standard-issue bullpup carbine, chambered in 5.56mm NATO. See also FÉLIN.

FBI:Federal Bureau of Investigation.

FBO:Fixed Base Operator. Typically used to describe a small private airport’s refueling facility.

FÉLIN: Fantassin à Équipement et Liaisons Intégrés (Integrated Infantryman Equipment and Communications). The French infantry combat system of the 2000s. See also FAMAS.

FEMA:Federal Emergency Management Agency (a U.S. federal government agency). The acronym is also jokingly defined as: “Foolishly Expecting Meaningful Aid.”

FFL:Federal Firearms License.

FHJ:84A twin-barrel 62mm incendiary rocket launcher used by the Chinese PLA.

Field SCIF: See Tactical SCIF.

FIST:Fire Support Team.

FLB:Forward Logistics Base.

FLIR:Forward-Looking Infrared. A camera that can detect body heat as well as the heat vehicle engines.

FNC:a 5.56mm NATO battle rifle originally made by the Belgian company Fabrique Nationale (FN). See also Pindad SS2.

FN/FAL:A 7.62mm NATO battle rifle originally made by the Belgian Company Fabrique Nationale (FN), issued to more than fifty countries in the 1960s and 1970s. Now made as semiauto-only “clones” by a variety of makers including DSArms. See also L1A1.

FN-MAG:A 7.62mm NATO belt-fed light machine gun developed by FN of Belgium. It has been issued by more than eighty countries. The U.S. military uses several variants of the gun, under the designation M240. See also M240.