Civil Affairs Acronyms and Abbreviations Flashcards

airborne: Airborne forces are military units, usually light infantry, set up to be moved by aircraft and 'dropped' into battle. Thus they can be placed behind enemy lines, and have an ability to deploy almost anywhere with little warning. The formations are limited only by the number and size of their aircraft, so given enough capacity a huge force can appear "out of nowhere" in minutes, an action referred to as vertical envelopment.

after action review: a structured review or de-brief process for analyzing what happened, why it happened, and how it can be done better, by the participants and those responsible for the project or event.

air assault: the movement of ground-based military forces, most commonly infantry, by vertical take-off and landing aircraft such as the helicopter to seize and hold key terrain which has not been fully secured and to directly engage and destroy enemy forces.

assess, decide, develop and detect, deliver, and evaluate

administrative control

Air Forces special operations forces: composed of highly trained, rapidly deployable Airmen who are equipped with specialized aircraft. These forces conduct global special operations missions ranging from precision application of firepower, to infiltration, aviation foreign internal defense, exfiltration, resupply and refueling of SOF operational elements.

Army Medical Department: the U.S. Army's healthcare organization, not a U.S. Army command. The AMEDD is found in all three components of the Army: the Active Army, the U.S. Army Reserve, and the Army National Guard.

Air National Guard: the air force militia organized by each of the fifty U.S. states, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia of the United States. May be called up for active duty by the state governors or territorial commanding generals to help respond to domestic emergencies and disasters, such as those caused by hurricanes, floods, fires, and earthquakes.

area of operations: an operational area defined by the force commander for land, air, and naval forces conduct of combat and non-combat activities.

Advanced operational base

Area of consideration

area of responsibility: pre-defined geographic region assigned to a Combatant commanders of the Unified Command Plan (UCP), that are used to define an area with specific geographic boundaries where they have the authority to plan and conduct operations; for which a force, or component commander bears a certain responsibility.

Army regulation

Army National Guard: the oldest branch of the U.S. military, tracing its origins back into American colonies as far back as 1636.

Army special operations forces: is the command charged with overseeing the various Special Operations Forces (SOF) of the United States Army.