TACP�Tactical Air Control Party, a subordinate operational com�ponent of a tactical air control sysrem designed to provide air liaison to land forces and for the control of aircraft.

TAD C�Tactical Air Direction Center, an air operations installation under the Tactical Air Control Center, which directs aircraft and aircraft warning functions of the tactical air cenrer.

TAFDS�Tactical Airfield Fuel Dispensing System, [he expedition�ary Storage and dispensing system of aviation fuel at tactical air�fields, It uses 10,000-gallon fabric tanks to store the fuel.

TAOC�Tactical Air Operations Center, a subordinate component of the air command and control system which controls all en-route air traffic and air defense operations.

Tank, M48�U.S.-built 50.7-ton tank with a crew of four; primary armament is turret-mounted 90mm gun with one .30-caliber and one ,50-calibcr machine gun; has maximum road speed of 52 miles per hour and an average range of 19^ miles.

TAOC�Tacrical Air Operations Center, a subordinate component of the air command and control system which controls all en-route air traffic and air defense operations.

TAOC�Tactical Area of Coordination.

TAOI-Tactical Area of Interest.

TAOR-Tactical Area of Responsibility, a denned area of land for which responsibility is specifically assigned to the commander of the area as a measure for control of assigned forces and coor�dination of support. TE�Task Element.

TE�Table of Equipment.

TG-Task Group.

Tiger Hound�Airstrikcs in Laos directed by U.S. Air Ibrce small fixed-wing observation aircraft, flying up to 12 miles into southeastern Laos.

TO�Table of Organization.

Trufig-si�A South Vietnamese Popular Force sergeant,

TSF�Transitional Support Force.

TU-Task Unit,

UCMJ� Uniform Code of Military Justice

UH-lE-Bell "Huey"-A single-engine, light attack/observarion heli�copter norcd for its maneuverability and firepower; carries a crew of three; it can be armed with air-to-ground rocket packs and fuselage-mounted, electrically-fired machine guns.

UH-34D�Sikorsky Sea Horse, a single-engine medium transport helicopter with a crew of three, carries eight to 12 combat sold�iers, depending upon weather conditions.

USA-U.S. Army.

USAAG�U.S, Army Advisory Group.

USAF-U.S. Air Force.

USA1D�U.S. Agency for International Development.

USARV-U.S. Army, Vietnam.

USASuppComDaNang�U.S. Army Support Command, Da Nang.

USIA�U.S. Information Agency.

USMC-U.S. Marine Corps.

U.S. Mission Council�Council, chaired by the U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam and including ComUSMACV. which deve�loped and coordinated U.S. policy within South Vietnam. USN-U.S. Navy.

VC� Viet Cong, a term used to refer to the Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam; a contraction of the Vietnamese phrase mean�ing "Vietnamese Communists."

Viet Minh �The Vietnamese contraction for Viet Nam Doc Lap Nong Minh Hoi, a Communist-led coalition of nationalist groups, which actively opposed the Japanese in World War II and the French in the first Indochina War.

VCI�Viet Cong Infrastructure.

VIS�Vietnamese Information Service.

VMA�Marine attack squadron (in naval aviation, the "V" desig�nates "heavier than air" as opposed to craft that are "lighter than air").

VMF(AW)-Marine Fighter Squadron (All-Weather).

VMPA�Marine Fighter Attack Squadron,

VMCJ- Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron.

VMGR�Marine Refueller Transporr Squadron.

VMO�Marine Observation Squadron-

VNAF�Vietnamese Air Force.

VNMB�Vietnamese Marine Brigade.

VNMC�Vietnamese Marine Corps.

VNN�Vietnamese Navy.

VT�Variable timed electronic fuze for an artillery shell which causes airburst over the target area.

WestPac-Western Pacific,

WIA-Wounded in Action.

WFRC�Washington Federal Records Center.