James Rawles - Liberators

PEDs:Personal Electronic Devices.

PETN:Pentaerythritol tetranitrate.

PF-89:The Chinese 80mm equivalent of a LAW rocket.

P.I.:Philippine Islands.

Pindad SS2:The Pindad Senapan Serbu 2 Indonesian variant of the FN FNC 5.56mm battle rifle.

PLA:People’s Liberation Army (China).

PM:Prime Minister.

P-MAG:Polymer magazine.

POL:Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants.

POV:Privately Owned Vehicle.

PPCLI:Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry. A Canadian army unit, headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Pre-1965:U.S. silver coins with 1964 or earlier mint dates, usually with little or no numismatic value. They are sold for the bullion content. These coins have 90 percent silver content. Well-worn pre-1965 coins are sometimes derisively called “junk” silver by rare coin dealers.

Project Tall Oak:A fictitious DIA working group, later renamed DCS Task Group Tall Oak.

ProvGov:Provisional Government (in the United States).

PSYOPS:Psychological Operations.

PV:Photovoltaic (solar power conversion cell or array). Used to convert solar power to DC electricity, typically for battery charging.

PVC:Depending on context, Poly-Vinyl Chloride (white plastic water pipe) or Progressive Voice of Canada.

PVCL:People’s Voice of Canadian Liberation.

QBZ-95:Bullpup-style assault rifle manufactured by Arsenal 266, part of Norinco and Arsenal 296, under Jianshe Corp., China South for the People’s Liberation Army. These bullpups shoot the Chinese 5.8x42mm cartridge, which was rarely exported, and only for military contracts.

QRF:Quick Reaction Force.

QSZ-92:A semiautomatic pistol designed by Norinco that shoots the 5.8x21mm cartridge.

RAC:Radio Amateurs of Canada.

RBC:Royal Bank of Canada.

RCG:Restoration of Constitution Government.

RCIED:Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device.

RCMP:Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

RDX:Research Department Explosive.

READOUT (Multi-Net):A classified acronym.

Red:Designation applied to an Information System(s), and associated areas, circuits, components, and equipment in which unencrypted national security information is being processed. See also DRSN.

Red/Black (Switch):Red commonly refers to clear text-sensitive information, while Black refers to either encrypted or unclassified signals. The Red/Black switching security requirements and their criteria were declassified in 1995.

Reg:Slang for regulation.

RFI:Request(s) for Intelligence.

RINT:Radiations Intelligence.

RORO:Roll-On-Roll-Off. A type of cargo ship designed for transporting vehicles.

RPG:Rocket-Propelled Grenade.

RPV:Remotely Piloted Vehicle. See also UAV.

RRSP:Registered Retirement Saving Plan.

RSOC:Regional Security Operations Center. (Formerly Regional SIGINT Operations Center.)

RTA:Radio Traffic Analyst. See also TA.

RTB:Return to Base.

RTV:Room Temperature Vulcanizing (silicone sealant).

RVCA:Resistance Veterans of Canada Association.

SAD:Special Activities Division.

SADCOM: See CENTCOM.

SAEDA:Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the U.S. Army.

SALT:Size, Activity, Location, Time. An intelligence report format. See also SALUTE.

SALUTE:Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time & Duration, Equipment. An intelligence report format. See also SALT.

SAM:Depending on context, Surface-to-Air Missile or Sources and Methods.

SAP:Special Access Program. Any approved program that imposes need-to-know or access controls beyond those normally required for access to CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET, or TOP SECRET information. Commonly (and erroneously) called “above top secret,” SAP compartmented information is actually considered collateral to the TOP SECRET security level.

SBI:Special Background Investigation.

SCI:Sensitive Compartmented Information. This is classified information concerning or derived from intelligence sources, methods, or analytical processes, which is required to be handled exclusively within formal control systems established by the director of Central Intelligence. See also SAP and SCIF.

SCIF:Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. An accredited area, room, group of rooms, building, or installation where SCI may be stored, used, discussed, and/or electronically processed. Also commonly called a vault.

SEAL:Sea-Air-Land (Team). The U.S. Navy Special Operations Force. See also BUD/S.

SEARCHLIGHT:An NSA administrative webpage.

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

Section:Depending on context, either a 640-acre area of land measuring one mile square, or an intelligence working group (or the telecommunications equipment thereof).

Secure Working Area:An accredited SCIF (or portion of a SCIF) used for handling, discussing, and/or processing of SCI, but where SCI will not be stored. See also Nondiscussion Area.

Secwepemc:A First Nations tribal group in British Columbia. Also known as the Shuswap.

SID:System Identification.

SIG:Schweizer Industrie Gesellschaft. A major Swiss gun maker.

SIGINT:Signals Intelligence.

SIN:Social Insurance Number. (The Canadian equivalent of a U.S. Social Security number.)

SIPRNet:Secure Internet Protocol Router Network.

SITTEMPS:Situational templates.

SMLE:Short Magazine Lee-Enfield. A British family of bolt-action rifles that were in service for more than seventy years. Most were chambered for the .303 British cartridge.

SMS:Short Message Service.

SOCC:Security Operations Control Center.

SOCOM:Special Operations Command.

SOP:Standard Operating Procedure.

SPECTRA:The synthetic material similar to Kevlar used in ballistic helmets issued to French, Canadian, and Danish military units. In France, the SPECTRA helmet is also known as the CGF Gallet Combat Helmet. See also CGF Gallet.

SQL:Structured Query Language. (Used with database software.)

SS2: See Pindad SS2.

SSB:Single Sideband (an operating mode for CB and amateur radio gear).

SSO:Special Security Officer.

STE:Section-Terminating Equipment. See also STU.

Steyr AUG:The Austrian Army’s 5.56mm bullpup infantry carbine. Also issued by the Australian Army as their replacement for the L1A1. Often called the AUS-Steyr by the Australians.