James Rawles - Liberators

FOB:Forward Operating Base.

FOUO:For Official Use Only.

FRS:Family Radio Service.

FS:Field Station.

FSB: Federalnaya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti . The main successor to the KGB.

FSMA:Food Safety and Modernization Act.

Galil:The Israeli battle rifle, based on Kalashnikov action. Most were made in 5.56mm NATO, but a variant was also made in 7.62mm NATO, in smaller numbers.

GAZ: Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod . A Russian car and truck maker.

GB:Gigabyte.

GCA:The Gun Control Act of 1968. The law that first created FFLs and banned interstate transfers of post-1898 firearms, except “to or through” FFL holders.

GDP:Gross Domestic Product.

GG:The “Excepted Service” pay-grade category for intelligence and national security positions. (GG pay-grade numbers are roughly equivalent to General Schedule [GS] civil servant pay grades.)

Glock:The popular polymer-framed pistol design by Gaston Glock of Austria.

GMRS:General Mobile Radio Service. A licensed UHF-FM two-way radio service. See also FRS and MURS.

GMT:Greenwich Mean Time. Also known as Coordinated Universal Time (CUT).

GPS:Global Positioning System.

Green Door:Slang used in the intelligence community for restricted access to information and/or locations.

GS:General Schedule.

GTK: Gepanzertes Transport Kraftfahrzeug . A variant of the German eight-wheeled Boxer APC.

Ham:Slang for amateur radio operator.

HAROPA:The functionally combined ports of Le Havre, Rouen, and Paris.

H-E or HE:High Explosive.

HEI:High Energy Ignition.

Hesco:A military contractor best known for its prefabricated wire and fabric ballistic protection bastions.

HF:High Frequency. A radio band used by amateur radio operators.

High Side:A network for classified traffic. High-side networks are always physically disconnected (“air gapped”) from unclassified “low-side” networks. This prevents inadvertent or intentional “copy/paste” of classified information into low-side messages. See also Low Side.

HK or H&K:Heckler und Koch, the German gun maker.

HK91:Heckler und Koch Model 91. The civilian (semiautomatic-only) variant of the 7.62mm NATO G3 rifle.

HMMWV:High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, also commonly called a Humvee, or in civilian trim, a “Hummer.”

HQ:Headquarters.

HUMINT:Human Intelligence. See also CI.

Humvee:High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle spoken “Humvee.”

Hydro:Canadian slang for grid power or a power company, or a power bill. In Canada, all grid power is generically called “hydro” power, regardless of its actual origin.

IA:Depending on context, Information Architecture, Information Assurance, or Internal Affairs.

IBA:Interceptor Body Armor.

ICE:Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

ID:Identification.

IDS:Intrusion Detection System. A security alarm system to detect unauthorized entry to a secure facility.

IED:Improvised Explosive Device.

IFV:Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

IH:International Harvester.

IMP:Individual Meal Pack. Canada’s standard field ration containing precooked entree packed in heavy-duty plastic-foil retort pouch. The equivalent of a U.S. Military Meal Ready to Eat (MRE).

INFOSEC:Information Security.

Intel:Slang shorthand for intelligence.

IR:Depending on context, Infrared or Intelligence Requirement.

Isolator:A device or assembly of devices that isolates or disconnects a telephone or CTS from all wires that exit the SCIF and that has been accepted as effective for security purposes. See also KSU.

IV:Intravenous.

JAG:Judge Advocate General corps. (Military attorneys.)

JBAB:Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB), the headquarters of the DIA, in Washington, D.C.

JBLM:Joint Base Lewis-McChord. (Formerly, Fort Lewis and McChord Air Force Base, Washington.)

JP4:Jet Propellant 4, an aviation fuel.

JP5:Jet Propellant 5, an aviation fuel.

JWICS:Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System.

Kel-Tec:A Florida gun manufacturer specializing in polymer frame guns.

Kevlar:The material used in most body army and ballistic helmets. “Kevlar” is also the nickname for the standard U.S. Army helmet.

KIA:Killed in Action.

KJV:King James Version of the Bible.

KSU:Key Service Unit. An electromechanical switching device that controls routing and operation of an analog telephone system. See also Isolator and Red/Black.

KTM:An Austrian manufacturer of motorcycles. The K and T are for the surnames of the business founders, Kronreif and Trunkenpolz. The M is for Mattighofen, Austria, the name of the town where the motorcycles are built.

L1A1:The British army version of the FN/FAL, made to inch measurements.

LAR-8:A variant of the AR-10 rifle that accepts FN/FAL or L1A1 magazines.

LAW:Light Antitank Weapon.

LC-1:Load Carrying, Type 1. (U.S. Army Load Bearing Equipment, circa 1970s to 1990s.)

LDS:The Latter-day Saints, commonly called the Mormons. (Flawed doctrine, great preparedness.)

LDSH:Lord Strathcona’s Horse. A regular armored regiment of the Canadian army, headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Members of the regiment are commonly called Strathconas or Strats, for short.

LGP: Le Gouvernement du Peuple (The People’s Government).

Line Conditioning:Elimination of unintentional signals or noise induced or conducted on a telecommunications or information system signal, power, control, indicator, or other external interface line.

LLDR:Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder.

LNO:Liaison Officer.

Low Side:An unclassified network. High-side (classified) networks are always physically disconnected (“air gapped”) from low-side networks. This prevents unintentional or intentional copying and pasting of classified information into low-side messages. See also High Side.

LP:Liquid Propane.

LPCs:Leather Personnel Carriers.

LP/OP:Listening Post/Observation Post.

LRRP:Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol.

LZ:Landing Zone.

M1 Abrams:The United States’ current main battle tank, with a 120mm cannon (“main gun”).

M1 Carbine:The U.S. Army semiauto carbine issued during World War II. Mainly issued to officers and second-echelon troops such as artillerymen, for self-defense. It fires .30 U.S. carbine, an intermediate (pistol-class) .30 caliber cartridge. More than six million were manufactured. The folding-stock version designed for use by paratroopers was designated M1A1. See also M2 Carbine.