CAG
carrier air group commander
CDR
commander
CHINFO
Chief of Naval Information
CIA
Central Intelligence Agency
CIC
combat information center
CINCSTRIKE
Commander in Chief, Strike Force
CINCUSAREUR
Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe
CINCUSNAVEUR
Commander in Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe
CNO
Chief of Naval Operations
CO
commanding officer
COG
course over the ground
COMDESRONTWELVE
Commander Destroyer Squadron 12
COMFAIRAIRRECONRON
Commander Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron
COMSERVFORSIXTHFLEET
Commander Service Force Sixth Fleet
COMSIXTHFLT
Commander Sixth Fleet
CT
communications technician
CTF
commander task force
CTG
commander task group
CVA
attack aircraft carrier
DCS
Defense Communication System
DD
destroyer
DDG
guided-missile destroyer
DIA
Defense Intelligence Agency
DIRNSA
Director, National Security Agency
DIV
division
DLG
guided-missile frigate (large destroyer-type ship)
DOD
Department of Defense
DRT
dead-reckoning tracer
EDT
eastern daylight time
ELINT
electronic intelligence
EPA
electronic plotting aid
ETA
estimated time of arrival
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBIS
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
FOIA
Freedom of Information Act
G Group
unit within the National Security Agency
GAO
General Accounting Office
GMT
Greenwich mean time
GPS
Global Positioning System
HDQ
headquarters
HF
high frequency
HiCOM
high-command voice net
IAF
Israel Air Force
IAW
in accordance with
IDF
Israel Defense Forces
INS
Israel Navy Ship
INST
instruction
JAG
Judge Advocate General
JCS
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JRC
Joint Reconnaissance Center
KGB
Committee of State Security [Soviet foreign intelligence service]
kibbutz
a communal farming complex in Israel
LCDR, Lt. Cdr.
lieutenant commander
LVA
Liberty Veterans Association
MED
Mediterranean Sea
Mossad
foreign intelligence service of Israel
MSG
message
MTB
motor torpedo boat
NAVCOMUNIT
Naval Communications Unit
NAVCOMUNIT NAPLES
Naval Communications Unit Naples
NAVEUR HICOM
U.S. Navy European high command net
NCS
Naval Communication Station
NHHC
Naval History and Heritage Command
NMCC
National Military Command Center
nmph
nautical miles per hour (knot)
NSA
National Security Agency
NSA/CSS
National Security Agency/Central Security Service
OP-33
logistics unit in the office of CNO
OSD
Office of the Secretary of Defense
PARA
paragraph
PLO
Palestine Liberation Organization
PTS
patrol torpedo boat
RAF
Royal Air Force
RF-4C
reconnaissance model of F-4 Phantom aircraft
SAM
surface-to-air missile
SECNAV
Secretary of the Navy
Shin Bet
Israel’s General Security Services (like FBI)
SIGINT
signal intelligence
SITREP
situation report
SOG
speed over the ground
SSB
single sideband (radio)
SSM
surface-to-surface missile
SSV
Sudno Svyazyy (Russian) communications vessel
STATE
Department of State
STBD
starboard
STEAMVALVE
U.S. Navy secure voice-telephone system
TF
task force
TG
task group
TRSSCOMM
Technical Research Ship Special
Communications System
(U)
unclassified
USS
U.S. Ship
UAR
United Arab Republic (Egypt and, originally, Syria)
UHF
ultra-high frequency
UNEF
United National Emergency Force
UPI
United Press International
USAF
U.S. Air Force
USAFE
U.S. Air Force Europe
USCINCEUR
Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command
USDAO
U.S. defense attaché
USEUCOM
U.S. European Command
USG
U.S. government
USNR
U.S. Naval Reserve
USNS
U.S. Naval Ship
USUN
U.S. delegation to the United Nations
VHF
very high frequency
VQ
fleet air reconnaissance squadron
XO
executive officer
ZULU, or Z, time
U.S. military designation for Greenwich mean time
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