Appendix B
Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations
A-1E—Douglas Skyraider, a.
propeller-driven, single-engine, attack aircraft.
A-4—Douglas Skyhawk, a single-scat, Jet
attack aircraft in service on board carriers of the U.S. Navy and with
land-based Marine attack squadrons.
A-6A—Grumman Intruder, a twin-jet,
twin-seat, attack aircraft specifically designed to deliver weapons on
targets completely obscured by weather or darkness.
AAR—After Action Report.
ABCCC—Airborne Battlefield Command and
Control Center, a U.S. Air Ibrce aircraft equipped with communications, data
link, and display equipmenr; it may be employed as an airborne command post
or a communications and intelligence relay facility.
AC-47—Douglas C-47 Skytrain,
rwin-engine, fixed-wing transport modified with 7.62mm miniguns and used as a
gunship.
AC-119— Fairchild Hiller, C-119
military transport aircraft remodi-fied inro a gunship with side-firing 7.62mm
miniguns.
ADC—Assistant Division Commander.
AdminO—Administrarive Officer.
Adv—Advanced,
AFP—Armed forces Police,
AGC— Amphibious command ship. The
current designation is LCC.
AH-lG/J— Bell Huey Cobra helicopter
specifically designed for close air support.
AK-47 — Russian-designed Kalashnikov
gas-operated 7.62mm automatic rifle, with an effective range of 400 meters.
It was the standard rifle of the North Vietnamese Army.
AKA -Attack cargo ship, a naval ship
designed to transport combat-loaded cargo in an assault landing. LKA is the
current designation.
ALMAR—AH Marines, a Commandant of
the,,Marine Corps communication directed to all Marines.
AID—Air Liaison Officer, an officer
(aviator/pilot) attached to a ground unit who functions as the primary advisor
to the ground commander on air operation matters,
ANGLICO—Air and Naval Gunfire Liaison
Company, an organization composed of Marine and Navy personnel specialty
qualified for control of naval gunfire and close air support. ANGLICO
personnel normally provided this service while attached to U.S. Army, Korean,
and ARVN units.
AO—Air Observer, an individual whose
primary mission is to observe or to take photographs from an aircraft in
order to adjust artillery fire or obtain military information,
AOA—Amphibious Objective Area, a
defined geographical area within which is located the area or areas to be
captured by the amphibious task force.
APA—Attack transport ship, a naval
ship. designed for combat loading elements of a battalion landing team. LPA
is the current designation.
APC—Armored Personnel Carrier.
APD—Airborne Personnel Detector,
APT—Armed Propaganda Team. a South
Vietnamese pacification cadre who carried weapons in self-defense as they
attempted to convince South Vietnamese villagers to remain loyal to the govern
menr.
Arc Light—The codcnamc for B-52 bombing
missions in South Vietnam.
ARG—Amphibious Ready Group.
Arty—Artillery,
ARVN—Army of the Republic of Vietnam
(South Vietnam).
ASP—Ammunition Supply Point-
ASRT—Ail Support Radar Team, a
subordinate operarional component of a tactical air control system which
provides ground controlled precision flighr path guidance and weapons release
for attack aircraft.
5-3—North Vietnamese military command
established in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam to control military
operations in Kontum, Dar Lac, and Pleiku Provinces.
B-40 rockers—Communist rocket-propelled
grenade.
B-52—BoeingStratofortress, U.S. Air
Borce eight-engine, swept-wing, heavy jet bomber.
BA—Base Area.
Barrel Roll — Codename for air
operations over Laos.
BDC—Base Defense Commander.
BGen—Brigadier General.
BIT— Battalion Landing Team.
Bn—Battalion.
Brig—Brigade.
C-117D—Douglas Skytrain, a twin-engine
transport aircraft. The C-117D was an improved version of the C-47, the military
version of the DC-3.
C-130 — Lockheed Hercules, a
four-engine turboprop transport aircraft.
CAAR—Combat After Action Report.
CACO—Combined Action Company.
CAF—Combined Action Farce.
CAG—Combined Action Group.
CAP—Combined Action Platoon.
Capt — Captain.
CAS—Close Air Support.
CBU-Cluster Bomb Unit.
CCC—Combined Campaign Plan.
Cd r — Commander.
CEC — Construction Engineer Corps.
CG—Commanding General.
CH-37 — Sikorsky twin-engine, heavy
transport helicopter which carries three crew members and 20 passengers.
CH-46—Boeing Vertol Sea Knight, a rwm-engine, tandem-rotor transport helicopter,
designed to carry a four-man crew and 17 combat-loaded troops.
CH-53—Sikorsky Sea Stallion, a
single-rotor, heavy transport helicopter powered by two shaft-turbine engines
with an aver-
