Glossary of SEAL Terms

ACMEL = Intel camera for carrying on clandestine missions.
ARG = Amphibious Ready Group.
ASW = Anti-Submarine Warfare.
ATF = Anti-Terrorist Task Force, or Ambiguous(Amphibious) Task Force.
Attack Board = Used for navigation on combat swims. (compass, depth
gauge and watch)
BDU = Battle Dress Uniform.
BUD/S = Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL. Navy SEAL bootcamp.
BUPERS = BUreau of PERSonnel.
CALOW = Coastal And Limited-Objective Warfare.
CATF = Commander, Amphibious Task Force.
CINCLANT = Commander-IN-Chief, AtLANTic.
CINCLANTFLT = Commander-IN-Chief, AtLANTic FLeeT.
CINCPAC = Commander-IN-Chief, PACific.
CINCPACFLT = Commander-IN-Chief, PACific FLeeT.
CNO = Chief of Naval Operations.
CQB = Close-Quarters Battle.
CRRC = Combat Rubber Raiding Craft.
CSAR = Combat Search and Rescue.
CT = CounterTerror.
DPV = Desert Patrol Vehicle.
Draeger = German rebreathing apparatus used by SEALs.
E&E = Escape and Evasion.
EOD = Explosive Ordanance Disposal.
GPS = Global Positioning System.
H&K = Heckler & Koch. The maker of the MP-5 machine gun.
HAHO = High-Altitude, High-Opening parachute jump.
HALO = High-Altitude, Low-Opening parachute jump.
HE = High Explosive.
HOOYAH = A common SEAL phrase.
IBS = Inflatable Boat, Small.
IED = Improvised Explosive Device.
JSOC = Joint Special Operations Command.
LANTFLT = AtLANTic FLeeT.
Limpet Mine = An explosive device made to be carried on a combat
swimmers back.
LSSC = Light SEAL Support Craft.
MRE = Meals, Ready to Eat.
NAVSPECWARGRU = NAVal SPECial WARfare GRoUp.
NIS = Naval Investigative Service.
NSCT = Naval Security Coordination Team(Or Red Cell).
OPSEC = OPerational SECurity.
PT = Physical Training.
SAS = Britain's best CT unit.
SCIF = Special Classified Intelligence Facility.
SDV = Swimmer Delivery Vehicle.
SEALs = SEa-Air-Land Navy Spec-Warriors.
SERE = Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape school.
SOC = Special Operations Command.
SOF = Special Operations Force.
SPECWARGRU = SPECial WARfare GRoUp.
STABs = SEAL Tactical Assault Boats.
UDT = Underwater Demolition Team.
WIA = Wounded In Action.
Zulu-5-Oscar = An escape and evasion exercise in which Frogmen try to
plant dummy limpet mines on Navy vessels, while the vessels' crews try
to catch them in bombus interruptus.