by Andy Farman
PM
The Rt Hon Victor Compton-Bent MP
PM
The Rt Hon Matthew St Reevers
Defence Minister
The Rt Hon Danyella Foxten-Billings
Defence Minister
Marjorie Willet-Haugh
‘M’ Head of SIS
Sir Richard Tennant Commissioner
Metropolitan Police Commissioner
Lt Col Hupperd-Lowe
1CG
Lt Col Pat Reed
1CG
Major Simon Manson
1CG& 2CG (pre Australia)
Captain Timothy Gilchrist
1CG
RSM Barry Stone
1CG
CSM Ray Tessler
1CG & 2CG (pre Australia)
WO2 Colin Probert
1CG
Sgt ‘Oz’ Osgood
1CG
Guardsman Paul Aldridge
1CG
Guardsman Larry Robertson
1CG
L/Cpl Steve Veneer
1CG AA Section
Guardsman Andy Troper
1CG AA Section
Guardsman Stephanski ‘Big Stef’
1CG Sniper Section
L/Sgt ‘Freddie’ Laker
1CG Sniper Section
S/Sgt Bill Gaddom
RMP attached to 1CG Sniper Section
Major Stuart Darcy
Kings Royal Hussars
Major Mark Venables
Kings Royal Hussars
2Lt Julian Reed
Royal Artillery
Sergeant Rebecca Hemmings
REME LAD attached to 1RTR
Major Richard Dewar
Royal Marines, Mountain & Arctic Warfare Cadre (M&AWC)
Corporal Rory Alladay
Royal Marines M&AWC
Lance Corporal Micky Field
Royal Marines M&AWC
Sergeant Bob McCormack
Royal Marines M&AWC
Sergeant Chris Ramsey
Royal Marines, SBS
Major Guy Thompson
G Squadron 22 SAS
Guardsman Dick French
G Squadron 22 SAS
L/Sgt Pete ‘Sav’ Savage
G Squadron 22 SAS
Lt Shippey-Romhead
Mountain Troop 22 SAS
Flt Lt Michelle Braithwaite
47 Squadron, RAF
Sqdn Ldr Stewart Dunn
47 Squadron, RAF
Rr Admiral Sidney Brewer
HMS Ark Royal ASW Group
Rr Admiral Hugo Wright
HMS Illustrious ASW Group
Captain Roger Morrisey
HMS Hood
Sub Lt Sandy Cummings
HMS Prince of Wales, Fleet Air Arm
Lt ‘Donny’ Osmond
HMS Prince of Wales, Fleet Air Arm
Lt Tony McMarn
3RGJ
Captain Hector Sinclair Obediah Wantage-Ferdoux
1RTR
Anthony Carmichael
KGB ‘Stringer’
Janet Probert
Army wife
Annabelle Reed
Army wife
Sarah Osgood
Army wife
June Stone
Army wife
Jubi Asejoke
South London teenage criminal
Paul Fitzhugh
IRA ‘Safe House’ provider
PS Alan Harrison
Metropolitan Police
PC Dave Carter
Metropolitan Police
PC Sarah Hughes
Metropolitan Police
PC John Wainwright
Metropolitan Police
PC Phil McEllroy
Metropolitan Police
PC Tony Stammer
Metropolitan Police SFO SCO19
PC Annabel Perry
Metropolitan Police SFO SCO19
Cpl ‘Baz’ Cotter
Wessex Regiment ‘Four One Bravo’
L/Cpl ‘Dopey’ Hemp
Wessex Regiment ‘Four One Bravo’
Pte ‘Spider’ Webber
Wessex Regiment ‘Four One Bravo’
Pte Adrian Mackenzie
Wessex Regiment ‘Four One Bravo’
Pte ‘Juanita’ Thomas
Wessex Regiment ‘Four One Bravo’
Pte George Noble
Wessex Regiment ‘Four One Bravo’
Pte Mark Barnes
Wessex Regiment ‘Four One Bravo’
Pte Shaun Silva
Wessex Regiment ‘Four One Bravo’
Terminology & Acronyms
Terminology &
Acronyms
Numeric
1CG:
First Battalion Coldstream Guards
1RTR:
First Royal Tank Regiment
2CG:
Second Battalion Coldstream Guards
2LI:
Second Battalion the Light Infantry
3RGJ:
Third Battalion Royal Green Jackets
‘5’:
Slang term for MI5
‘6’:
USN carrier borne strike aircraft (Intruder)
‘A’
A-6:
USN carrier borne strike aircraft (Intruder)
A-10:
US built single seat, close air support, tank killing aircraft (Warthog)
A-50:
Russian built AWAC version of the heavy Il-76 transport aircraft (Mainstay)
AA:
Air-to-Air
AAA:
Anti-Aircraft Artillery
AAC:
British Army’s Army Air Corps
AEW:
Airborne Early Warning
AFB:
Air Force Base
AFV:
Armoured Fighting Vehicle
AGM:
Air-to-ground missile
AIM:
Aerial Intercept Missile
AK-47:
Updated derivative of the Kalashnikov assault rifle
AKM-74:
Romanian derivative of the AK-74
ALASAT:
Air Launched Anti Satellite missile
AMIP:
Area Major Inquiry Pool (Metropolitan Police)
AMRAAM:
Advanced Medium Range Air to Air Missile (Slammer)
AN-72:
Russian built transport
Apache:
US built helicopter gunship in service with US and Allied forces
APC:
Armoured Personnel Carrier
Army:
3 x Corps + combat and logistical support
Army Group:
3 x Armies
AP:
Anti-Personnel
ASW:
Anti-Submarine Warfare
AT:
Anti-Tank
ATC:
Air Traffic Control
ATF:
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms
ATO:
Ammunition Technical Officer (Military bomb disposal officer)
AV-8B:
US developed version of the Harrier II.
AWACS:
Airborne Warning And Control System
AWE:
Atomic Weapons Agency (Aldermaston)
‘B’
B1-B:
US built supersonic swing wing early stealth bomber (Lancer)
B-2:
US built stealth bomber (Spirit)
B-52:
Heavy USAF bomber (The Buff aka Big Ugly F***er)
Backfire:
Russian built supersonic swing wing bomber
(TU-22M)
BAOR:
British Army Of the Rhine
Battalion:
3-4 Rifle Coy’s + combat and logistical support (Bn)
BBC:
British Broadcasting Corporation
Bde:
Brigade (3 Bn’s + combat and logistical support)
Binos:
Binoculars
Russian built supersonic swing wing bomber (TU-160)
Blinder:
Russian built supersonic bomber (TU-22)
BMP:
Tracked AFV
Bn:
3-4 Rifle Coy’s + combat and logistical support (Battalion)
Boomer:
Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN)
Box:
Slang term for MI5 (Post Office Box 500)
Bradley:
US AFV
BRDM:
Russian built four wheeled Reconnaissance vehicle
Brew:
Tea
BTR:
Russian built eight wheeled APC
Buckshee:
Free item
Buckshee:
New and inexperienced
Buff:
B-52 Heavy USAF bomber (Buff aka Big Ugly F***er)
‘C’
CAD:
Computer Aided Dispatch
CAG:
Commander Air Group
CAP:
Combat Air Patrol
Carl Gustav:
84mm medium anti-tank weapon
CBU:
Cluster Bomb Unit
CCCIR:
Police Information Room Senior Controller
CCCP:
Cyrillic alphabet for ‘Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’
CG:
Coldstream Guards
Challenger:
Current series of British MBTs
Charlie Gee:
84mm medium anti-tank weapon
CHARM:
120mm self stabilising main tank gun with rifled barrel
Chieftain:
Former series of British MBTs
CIA:
Central Intelligence Agency
CIC:
Combat Information Centre
CIC:
Commander In Chief
Civvy:
Civilian
CNN:
Cable News Network
CO:
Commanding Officer
CO:
The Commissioner’s Office (NSY: New Scotland Yard)
Colly:
Her Majesty’s Military Correction and Training Centre (HMCC)
Company:
3 x Pl’s + logistical support (Coy)
COMSUBPAC:
Commander Submarines Pacific
Corps:
3 x Div’s + combat and logistical support
Coy:
3 x Pl’s + logistical support (Company)
CP:
Command Post
Cpl:
Corporal
CQMS:
Company Quarter Master Sergeant (Colour Sergeant rank)
CSA:
Chief Scientific Advisor
CSM:
Company Sergeant Major (WO2 rank)
CTR:
Close Target Reconnaissance
CVR(T):
Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)
CVR(W):
Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled)
‘D’
DEEP STRIKE:
Air and SF attacks on logistical targets 100k + behind the lines
DefCon5:
Peacetime
DefCon4:
Peacetime; Increased intelligence; Strengthened security
DefCon3:
Increased force readiness
DefCon2:
Increased force readiness – Less than maximum
DefCon1:
Maximum force readiness
DF:
Defensive Fire
DF:
Direction Find
Div:
3 x Bde’s + combat and logistical support (Division)
DPM:
Disruptive Pattern Material (Camouflage)
DZ:
Drop Zone
‘E’
E-2C:
US built Carrier borne early warning aircraft (Hawkeye)
E-3:
US built AWACS based on Boeing 707 (Sentry)
Eagle:
USAF swing wing, twin engine, single seat, all weather, fighter (F-15)
ECM:
Electronic Counter Measure
ELINT:
Electronically gathered Intelligence
EMCON:
Electronic Emission Control (Radio and Radar silence)
EMP:
Electro Magnet Pulse
ESM:
Electronic Surveillance Measures
Expo:
Explosives Officer (Police bomb disposal officer)
Extender:
Aerial Tanker derived from Boeing 707 (KC-135)
‘F’
F-14:
USN swing wing, twin engine, two seat, strike fighter (Tomcat)
F-15:
USAF swing wing, twin engine, single seat, tactical fighter (Eagle)
F-15E:
USAF swing wing, twin engine, single seat, all weather, strike fighter (Strike Eagle)
F-16:
US built multi-role fighter (Falcon)
F-117A:
USAF stealth fighter bomber (Nighthawk)
F-117X:
Northrop experimental stealth fighter bomber testbed in service with USAF
FAC:
Forward Air Controller
Falcon:
US built multi-role fighter (F-16)
FAO:
Forward Artillery Observer
FBI:
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FEBA:
Forward Edge of the Battle Area
Fencer:
Russian built two seat interdiction and attack aircraft (SU-24)
Flanker:
Russian built single seat, twin engined fighter (SU-27)
FLIR:
Forward Looking Infra-Red
Flogger:
Russian built single seat, single engine fighter (MIG-23)
FLOT:
Forward Line Of Troops
Fox One:
Radio call from a pilot announcing his firing an AIM-9M Sidewinder missile
Foxbat:
Russian built high speed interceptor (MIG-25)
Foxhound:
Russian built high speed interceptor (MIG-31)
Foxhound:
Infantryman
FPF:
Final Protective Fire
Frogfoot:
Russian built close air support, ground attack aircraft (SU-25)
FRV:
Final Rendezvous Point
Fulcrum:
Russian built single seat, twin engined fighter (MIG-29)
Fullback:
Russian built advanced two seat fighter bomber (SU-32)
FUP:
Forming Up Point
‘G’
Gdsm:
Guardsman
Gimpy:
General Purpose Machine Gun
GPMG:
General Purpose Machine Gun
GPS:
Global Positioning System
Green Beret:
US Army special forces unit
Green Maggot:
Sleeping bag
GRI:
General Research Institute (Chinese espionage service)
Grumble:
Russian built anti-aircraft missile system
‘H’
HARM:
High speed anti-radiation missile
Harpoon:
Anti-shipping missile
Harrier:
British designed VTOL Strike fighter
Hawkeye:
US built Carrier borne early warning aircraft
(E-2C)
HE:
High Explosive
HESH:
High Explosive Squash Head ( shaped charge warhead)
Hind-D:
Heavily armoured helicopter gunship
Hornet:
US built all weather strike fighter (F/A-18)