The military is a society contained in it’s own world.  As a result this world has a unique language unto itself.   There military terms used throughout the series is unique to each of the military branches covered in the books.  Some of these military terms cross services.  This section will assist you in serving as a translation guide into the world of the Black Ops Brotherhood.

 

Military Terms used in Rapid Dominance 

The Corps:  Shorten name for the United States Marine Corps

Force Recon:  One of the United States Marine Corps’s special operations “capable” forces (S.O.C.) that provide essential elements of military intelligence to the command element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force supporting their task force commanders, and their subordinate operating units of the Fleet Marine Force.  Historically, the Force Recon companies, detachments and platoons performed both deep reconnaissance and direct action (DA) operations.  (Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps_Force_Reconnaissance)

BDU:  Battle Dress Uniform, usually for the Marine Corps it is the olive forest or brown desert  camouflage uniform.  Pants are trousers, the shirt or top is called a blouse.  

Blue Dress:  The blue high collar, white belt, red lined trouser uniform that is unique to the US Marine Corps.

TDY or TAD:   Temporary Assigned Duty

MREs (Meals Ready To Eat): is a self-contained, individual field ration in lightweight packaging bought by the United States military for its service members for use in combat or other field conditions where organized food facilities are not available.

Operations Phantom Fury and Al-Fajr:  The Second Battle of Fallujah (code-named Operation Al-Fajr (Arabic, “the dawn”) and Operation Phantom Fury) was a joint U.S., Iraqi, and British offensive in November and December 2004, considered the highest point of conflict in Fallujah during the Iraq War. It was led by the U.S. Marine Corps against the Iraqi insurgency stronghold in the city of Fallujah and was authorized by the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Interim Government. The U.S. military called it “some of the heaviest urban combat U.S. Marines have been involved in since the Battle of Huế City in Vietnam in 1968.” (Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah)

The Academy:  The US Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland

Marine War College: The Marine Corps War College (MCWAR), is the senior school of the Marine Corps University.  The College prepares officers for future senior command and staff responsibilities requiring exceptional operational competence, sound military judgment, and strategic thinking. The college is located within the Marine Corps University aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. (Sourse:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_Corps_War_College

TRICARE: The health care program for Uniformed Service members.

Cherry Point:  Located in coastal North Carolina on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.  

Coronado: or  Naval Amphibious Base Coronado  a US Naval installation located across the bay from San Diego, California. between San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean.  Home of Headquarters Navy Special Warfare or the SEALs.

Quantico:  is one of the largest U.S. Marine Corps bases in the world, (MCB Quantico). The base is the site of the Marine Corps Combat Development Command and HMX-1 (the presidential helicopter squadron). The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s training academy, the FBI Academy, the FBI Laboratory, and the Naval Criminal Investigative Service headquarters are on the base. A replica of the USMC War Memorial stands in the entrance to the base.

SEALs:  The United States Navy’s Sea, Air, and Land Teams, commonly known as the US Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy’s principal special operations force and a part of the Naval Special Warfare Command (NSWC) and Special Operations Command.  (Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_SEALs)

FBI:  Federal Bureau of Investigation is a governmental agency belonging to the United States Department of Justice that serves as both a federal criminal investigative body and an internal intelligence agency (counterintelligence). (Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation)

PATRIOT Act:  The act, as a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, significantly reduced restrictions in law enforcement agencies’ gathering of intelligence within the United States; expanded the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and broadened the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts. The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.  (Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act)

 


Military Terms used in Hostile Home Front

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NSA or National Security Agency:   NSA’s intelligence gathering is limited to foreign communications, although domestic incidents such as the NSA warrantless surveillance do occurred.

USMC:  United States Marine Corps , USN:  United States Navy, USA:  United States Army,  USAF:  United States Air Force.  An “R” behind any of the services listed indicates reserve status (i.e. USNR, United States Navy Reserves).

ROE or  Rules of Engagement:  In warfare, ROE are rules meant to limit the actions which military forces may employ to achieve their objectives.

Tango:  Code or slang for terrorist or target.  Also used to denote the letter “T” in the military phonetic alphabet.

JCS  Joint Chiefs of Staff: Body of senior active duty military leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security, the National Security Council and the President on military matters.

 Cyberterrorism:  As defined by the FBI, cyberterrorism is any “premeditated, politically motivated attack against information, computer systems, computer programs, and data which results in violence against non-combatant targets by sub-national groups or clandestine agents.”  Cyberterrorism is also referred to as electronic terrorism or information warfare.

Shock and Awe:  (technically known as rapid dominance) is a military doctrine based on the use of overwhelming power, dominant battlefield awareness, dominant maneuvers, and spectacular displays of force to paralyze an adversary’s perception of the battlefield and destroy its will to fight.  (Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_awe).

NSW:  Navy Special Warfare

BUD/S:   A six-month SEAL training course held at the Naval Special Warfare Training Center in Coronado, CA.   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQFRePXMI9M

GSA:  Government Services Administration, contracting and buying for the US government and it’s departments.

DoD:  Department of Defense

NAS:  Naval Air Station

USN:  United States Navy

AFB: Air Force Base

ASAP:  As soon as possible, when spoken by a commanding officer or senior enlisted member it means “drop what your doing and get on this now”


Military Terms used in Dominant Deception

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GWOT:  Global War on Terror

BAMC:  Brook Army Medical Center located in San Antonio, Texas

Fort Sam:  Fort Sam Houston Army Base located in San Antonio, Texas

comm:  slang for communications

IT:  Information Technology (computers)

XO:  Executive Officer

Classified information:   is a US categorization applied to information that a government claims is sensitive information, whereas a terminology with secretconfidential or protected (or a translation thereof) is used instead in other countries. Access is restricted by law or regulation to particular groups of persons. A formal security clearance is often required to handle classified documents or access classified data. The clearance process requires a satisfactory background investigation.

Message:  Refers to the Defense Message System or Defense Messaging System (DMS) is a deployment of secure electronic mail and directory services in the United States Department of Defense.  The Army and the Navy have their own versions of this system that work in conjunction with the overall DoD system   These messages are routed via message centers and sent to the proper channels for action.

NCO or O Club:  Non commissioned Officers’ club or Officers’ Club

MAJCOM:  Major Command or Headquarters Command, Air Force term.  The highest level of command, only below Headquarters Air Force (HAF), and directly above Numbered Air Forces (NAF).  Such as MAJCOM AETC or Air Education and Training Command. 

BaseOps:  Base operations; which operate the bases, installations, camps, posts, and stations of the Military Departments.  Usually centrally located on every US Military installation.

VPN:  technology term referring to a virtual private network with several layers of security.

LAN:  Local area network, the system that connects several computers together for use of common resources.

WAN:  Wide Area Network; is a network that covers a broad area (i.e., any telecommunications network that links across metropolitan, regional, or national boundaries) using private or public network transports. The military utilize WANs to relay data among service members, distant command seats, and suppliers from various geographical locations

SOCOM:  Special Operations Command; The unified command for the worldwide use of Special Operations elements of the Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force.

CYBERCOMM:  Joint Cyber Command at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.  Charged with pulling together existing cyberspace resources and synchronizing war-fighting effects to defend the information security environment.

Frog Hog:  crude name assigned to women who were considered SEAL groupies.

SQT:  SEAL Qualification Training; after Selection in BUD/S, graduates attend SEAL Qualification Training (SQT), which is the  awarding schoolhouse of Navy Special Warfare. SQT is an arduous 28-week program consisting of the basic and advanced skill sets required to be a SEAL.

NCIS:  Navy Criminal Investigation Service’s mission is to investigate and defeat criminal, terrorist, and foreign intelligence threats to the United States Navy and Marine Corps—ashore, afloat, and in cyberspace.

CDC:  Center for Disease  Control; a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services it works to protect public health and safety by providing information and engaging in research to prevent wide spread out break of disease and illness.

Trident:  the insignia recognizes those service members who have completed the Navy’s Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, completed SEAL Qualification Training and have been designated as U.S. Navy SEALs.  The SEAL badge is therefore unique in the Navy in that it is one of the few badges issued in a single grade for both officers and enlisted personnel. This is partly due to the combined training that both officers and enlisted receive, side by side, when involved in BUD/S training.

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Naval War Collage:   an education and research institution of the United States Navy that specializes in developing ideas for naval warfare and passing them along to officers of the Navy. The college is located on the grounds of Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island.

nanobot:  A very small self-propelled machine, especially one that has some degree of autonomy and can reproduce.  In Dominant Deception the concept was used in medicine; the technology was able to repair damaged or diseased tissues at the molecular level.

 

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