area air defense commander

Army air and missile defense command

anti-air warfare

Army battle command system

airborne broadcast intelligence system

airborne laser

air battle management operations center

airspace control authority

air component commander

analysis and control element

airspace control measures

airspace control order

airspace control plan

Army common user system

active defense

air defense artillery

air defense command and control net

air defense element

automated deep operations coordination system

air defense systems integrator

air defense warnings

advanced field artillery tactical data system

Air Force forces

attack guidance matrix

area of interest

automated information system

administration / logistics

air-launched cruise missile

attack and launch early reporting to theater

air liaison officer

air and missile defense

air and missile defense coordinator

air and missile defense planning and control system

air and missile defense work station

areas of operation; attack operations

air operations center

area of interest

air operations plan

area of responsibility

air ports of debarkation

army forces

Army special operations force

all source analysis system

Army service component commander

air-to-surface missile

Army tactical data link

Army theater missile defense

air tasking order

airborne warning and control systems

battlefield automated system

battlefield coordination detachment

battle damage assessment

ballistic missile

command and control

command and control warfare

command, control, and communications

command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence

corps air defense element

commander’s analysis and planning system

close air support

central communications display

commander’s critical information requirements

communications / electronics

commanding general

combat intelligence cell

commander in chief

commander joint task force

cruise missile

combat net radio

courses of action

commander of army forces

communications intelligence

communications security

coordination

contingency plan

continental United States

command post

communications patch panel

control and reporting center

control and reporting element

combat support

combat service support

contingency theater air control system automated planning system

candidate target list

corps tactical operations center

commander's tactical terminal

criticality, vulnerability, recuperability, and threat

deputy area air defense commander

defended asset list

defensive counterair

deputy commanding general

defense secure network

digital non-secure voice terminal

deep operations coordination cell

decision point

deployable rapid assembly shelter

defense satellite communications system

defense support program

decision support template

digital secure voice terminal

echelons above corps

electronic counter-counter measure

environmental control unit

essential elements of friendly information

electronic intelligence

emission control

electro-optical

enemy order of battle

enhanced position location reporting system

enemy prisoner of war

electronic warfare

forward assembly areas

forward area air defense

fire direction center

fire direction data manager

FAAD data link

friendly forces information requirements

forward operating base

fire support coordinator

fire support element

generic area limitation environment system

global broadcast system

global command and control system

global command and control system-Army

global positioning system

ground station module

high explosive

headquarters and headquarters battery

high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle

host nation

high priority target

high priority target list

headquarters

human intelligence

high value target

integrated air defense system

integrated broadcast service

integrated combat airspace command and control

information and coordination central

initial coordination element

interface control officer

intelligence and electronic warfare

identification, friend or foe

inspector general

interim JTIDS message system

imagery intelligence

information management modernization plan

international maritime satellite

interim pager alert warning system

intelligence preparation of the battlespace

intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance

integrated services telephone

integrated system control

joint air operations center

joint command control communications

joint deployable intelligence support system

joint data network

joint force air component commander

joint force commander

joint force land component commander

joint force maritime component commander

joint forces special operations component commander

joint integrated air defense system

joint interface control officer

joint integrated prioritized target list

joint land attack cruise missile elevated netted sensor system

joint multi-TADIL operating procedures

joint network design facility

joint network support cell

joint operations area

joint publication

joint range extension

joint special operations task force

joint surveillance and target attack radar system

joint services workstation

joint systems control

joint targeting coordination board

joint tactical ground station

joint tactical information distribution system

joint theater missile defense

joint warning and reporting network

local area network

land component commander

launcher control station

liaison officer

lines of communications

line-of-sight

line terminal unit

marine forces

maritime component commander

maneuver control system

missile defense coordinator

mobile erector launcher

minimum engagement package

mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops, time available, and

civilian considerations

military intelligence

mission oriented protective posture

mobile subscriber equipment

mobile subscriber radio terminal

multiple source tactical system

moving target indicator

major theater war

named areas of interest

Navy forces

nuclear, biological and chemical

NBC reconnaissance system

national command authority

net control station

nonclassified internet protocol router network

operations and intelligence

order of battle

offensive counterair

observation and field of fire, cover and concealment, obstacles,

key terrain, and avenues of approach

operational control

operational facilities

operation plan

operations

operation order

operational security

operational tempo

Patriot data information link

public affairs office

passive defense

predicted ground impact point/time

priority intelligence requirements

position locating and reporting system

petroleum, oil and lubricants

power projection for Army command, control and communications

point-to-point data link

primary target line

push to talk

regional air defense commander

radar cross section

reconnaissance

reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance and target acquisition

rules of engagement

situational awareness

sector air defense commander

surface-to-air missile

synthetic aperture radar

satellite communications

short range air defense

special forces operational detachment

signals intelligence

signal officer

secret internet protocol router network

single channel ground and airborne radio system

staff judge advocate

subject matter expert

special operations command and control element

special operations coordinator

states of emission

special operations force

standard operating procedures

states of readiness

sea ports of debarkation

standard Army management information system

secure telephone element

synthesized UHF computer controlled sub-system

theater army air and missile defense coordinator

tactical

tactical air command center

tactical data and reporting

tactical control

theater air control system

tactical satellite

tactical digital information link

target areas of interest

tactical air operations centers

tactical ballistic missile

tactical control station

TRAP data dissemination system

tactical data system

transporter erector launcher

tactical event reporting system

task force

terminal guidance operations

theater high altitude area defense

tactical information broadcast service

theater missile

theater missile defense

time division multiple access

tactical operations center

tactical operations station

time phased force deployment data

time phased force deployment list

time phase lines

tactical receive equipment and related applications

tri-service tactical communications

theater signal command

track supervision net

time sensitive target

television

unmanned aerial vehicles

unmanned aerial vehicle-short range

ultra high frequency

unit movement officer

utilities shelter transporter

universal transverse mercator

very high frequency

voice product net

warfighter information network

weapons of mass destruction

worldwide origin and threat system

Direct defensive action taken to destroy, nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air and missile threats against friendly forces and vital assets. It includes the use of aircraft, air defense weapons, electronic warfare, and other available weapons. See also air defense.

Operations that protect selected assets and forces from attack by destroying TM airborne launch platforms and/or TMs in flight. Active defense also includes those actions that mitigate the effectiveness of targeting and delivery systems through EW against remote or onboard guidance systems.

A standardized, digitized element of equipment in the AAMDC and brigade tactical operations centers (TOCs). The AMDPCS consists of an integrated system of hardware and software required to plan and execute the AAMDC and brigade missions. It includes vehicles, shelters, computers, communication, and ancillary equipment.

All defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or missiles in the Earth's envelope of atmosphere, or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack. See also active air defense; aerospace defense; passive air defense.

A missile which homes passively on a radiation source. See also guided missile.

Offensive actions intended to destroy and disrupt enemy TM capabilities before, during, and after launch. The objective of these operations is to prevent the launch of TMs by attacking each element of the overall system, including such actions as destroying launch platforms, RSTA platforms, C2 nodes, and missile stocks and infrastructure.

The BMC4I system links passive defense, active defense, and attack operations to provide timely assessment of the threat, to include IPB; rapid dissemination of tactical warning; and post-strike assessment to the appropriate TMD element. For each operational element, the BMC4I system must provide rapid communications among intelligence assets, and fusion and decision making facilities, warning systems, and weapon systems, to include a capability for rapid coordination with supporting combatant commanders.

The facility designated by appropriate authority to develop the network design for a specified joint exercise.

A team of officers and / or enlisted personnel dispatched from one element of a military force to another to maintain close and continuous communication, thus ensuring mutual understanding and unity of purpose and action between elements. Liaison teams ensure that senior commanders remain aware of the tactical situation by providing them with exceptional, critical and routine information, verifying the information and clarifying operational questions. Also called Coordination Team.

A towed launch vehicle capable of transporting a TBM to a tactical location and elevating and launching the missile. A MEL requires external ancillary equipment to support launch operations.

All measures, other than active air defense, taken to minimize the effectiveness of hostile air and missile threats against friendly forces and vital assets. These measures include camouflage, deception, dispersion, and the use of protective construction. See also air defense.

Operations which provide essential individual and collective protection for friendly forces, population centers, and critical assets. The principal measures used to accomplish passive defense are tactical warning, reducing targeting effectiveness, reducing vulnerability, and recovery and reconstitution.

A term referring to an Army signal company resourced to rapidly deploy in support of Army contingency missions. The company will provide communications support for various ARFOR headquarters during initial entry into a theater. It will deploy up to 13 switched STAR-Ts and 6 liaison teams, and will have additional communications assets to include single channel TACSAT, high frequency radios and LOS systems.

A sub-element of a headquarters command post with staff elements (AAMDC, brigades and battalions). A tactical operations center (TOC) consists of a physical grouping of the staff elements concerned with current and future tactical operations and tactical support. A key standardized, digitized element of equipment in the AAMDC and brigade TOCs is the Air and Missile Defense Planning and Control System (AMDPCS).

A missile, which may be a ballistic missile, a cruise missile, or an air-to-surface missile (not including short-range, non-nuclear, direct fire missiles, bombs, or rockets such as Maverick or wire-guided missiles), whose target is within a given theater of operation. See also joint theater missile.

A self-propelled launch vehicle capable of transporting a TBM to a tactical location and elevating and launching the missile. A TEL contains all ancillary equipment needed to support launch operations.

The Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) is Army Force XXI tactical telecommunications system consisting of infrastructure and network components from the maneuver battalion to the theater rear boundary. The WIN-T network provides Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities that are mobile, secure, survivable, seamless, and capable of supporting multimedia tactical information systems. The network’s capability to support unit task reorganization and real-time re-tasking of battlefield support elements is a vital enabler for Army 2010 and Beyond operational concepts. The WIN-T network will allow all Army commanders and other communications network users at all echelons to exchange information internal and external to the theater, from wired or wireless telephones, computers (internet like capability) or from video terminals.