United States / North Korea / Iraq / South Korea / New Zealand / /
IndustryTerm
man-portable air-defense systems / industrial control systems / carrier air wing / chemical warfare / natural gas / carrier strike / amphibious ready / satellite system / armored personnel carrier / /
NaturalFeature
Peninsula AQIM al-Qaeda / /
OperatingSystem
ISIS / DOS / /
Organization
North Atlantic Treaty Organization / National Movement / Iraqi Freedom ONA office of Net Assessment OPCON / CIA Central Intelligence Agency CJTF-HOA Combined Joint Task Force / Moro National Liberation Front / V VLS / al-Qaeda / OAS Organization of American States OCO / BCT brigade / National Intelligence DOD U.S. Department of Defense DOS / Africa AFP / International Monetary Fund / United States Army / Armed Forces of the Philippines / Union of South American Nations / PRC People’s Republic of China PSF Peninsula Shield Force / RDJTF Rapid Deployment Joint Task Force / Israel Defense Forces / MOJWA Movement for Oneness and Jihad / Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps / IDF / West Africa MRC / Latin American and Caribbean States CENTCOM U.S. Central Command CFC Combined Forces Command / United States Marine Corps / TLAM / TCO / /
Position
affairs CAB combat air brigade CCT Combat Controller / zone DNI Director / Major / geographic combatant commander / /
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