Glossary
AFSOC-Air Force Special Operations Command
CENTCOM-Central Command, United States Military, encompassing the Middle East
ClandOps-Clandestine Operations
Comm-Communications
DCIA-Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
DCS-Director of the National Clandestine Service
DD(I)-Deputy Director(Intelligence)-Central Intelligence Agency
DD(ST)Deputy Director(Science amp; Technology)-Central Intelligence Agency
DNI-Director of National Intelligence
DZ-Drop Zone
E amp;E-Escape and Evade
ETA-Estimated Time of Arrival
Exfil-Exfiltrate, the reverse of infiltrate
FAV-Fast Attack Vehicle
IDF-Israeli Defense Forces
IRGC–Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps
JSOC-Joint Special Operations Command
KIA-Killed In Action
Klick-kilometer
LOS-Line of Sight
LZ-Landing Zone
Masjid-Arabic for mosque
NCS-National Clandestine Service, operations wing of the CIA
NRO-National Reconaissance Office
NSA-National Security Agency
NVGs-Night Vision Goggles
PJAK-Party of Free Life of Kurdistan, militant Kurdish group
PHOTINT-Photographic Intelligence
SAM-Surface to Air Missile
Sitrep-Situation Report
Spec-ops-Special Operations
TACSAT-Tactical Satellite phone
VISDENT-Visual Identification