The Coming Storm: Liberators Part 30

QRF: Quick Reaction Force.

QSZ-92: A semiautomatic pistol designed by Norinco that shoots the 5.8x21mm cartridge.

RAC: Radio Amateurs of Canada.

RBC: Royal Bank of Canada.

RCG: Restoration of Const.i.tution Government.

RCIED: Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device.

RCMP: Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

RDX: Research Department Explosive.

READOUT (Multi-Net): A cla.s.sified acronym.

Red: Designation applied to an Information System(s), and a.s.sociated areas, circuits, components, and equipment in which unencrypted national security information is being processed. See also DRSN.

Red/Black (Switch): Red commonly refers to clear text-sensitive information, while Black refers to either encrypted or uncla.s.sified signals. The Red/Black switching security requirements and their criteria were decla.s.sified in 1995.

Reg: Slang for regulation.

RFI: Request(s) for Intelligence.

RINT: Radiations Intelligence.

RORO: Roll-On-Roll-Off. A type of cargo s.h.i.+p designed for transporting vehicles.

RPG: Rocket-Propelled Grenade.

RPV: Remotely Piloted Vehicle. See also UAV.

RRSP: Registered Retirement Saving Plan.

RSOC: Regional Security Operations Center. (Formerly Regional SIGINT Operations Center.) RTA: Radio Traffic a.n.a.lyst. See also TA.

RTB: Return to Base.

RTV: Room Temperature Vulcanizing (silicone sealant).

RVCA: Resistance Veterans of Canada a.s.sociation.

SAD: Special Activities Division.

SADCOM: See CENTCOM.

SAEDA: Subversion and Espionage Directed Against the U.S. Army.

SALT: Size, Activity, Location, Time. An intelligence report format. See also SALUTE.

SALUTE: Size, Activity, Location, Unit, Time & Duration, Equipment. An intelligence report format. See also SALT.

SAM: Depending on context, Surface-to-Air Missile or Sources and Methods.

SAP: Special Access Program. Any approved program that imposes need-to-know or access controls beyond those normally required for access to CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET, or TOP SECRET information. Commonly (and erroneously) called "above top secret," SAP compartmented information is actually considered collateral to the TOP SECRET security level.

SBI: Special Background Investigation.

SCI: Sensitive Compartmented Information. This is cla.s.sified information concerning or derived from intelligence sources, methods, or a.n.a.lytical processes, which is required to be handled exclusively within formal control systems established by the director of Central Intelligence. See also SAP and SCIF.

SCIF: Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility. An accredited area, room, group of rooms, building, or installation where SCI may be stored, used, discussed, and/or electronically processed. Also commonly called a vault.

SEAL: Sea-Air-Land (Team). The U.S. Navy Special Operations Force. See also BUD/S.

SEARCHLIGHT: An NSA administrative webpage.

SECRET: The security cla.s.sification applied to information, the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause serious damage to national security.

Section: Depending on context, either a 640-acre area of land measuring one mile square, or an intelligence working group (or the telecommunications equipment thereof).

Secure Working Area: An accredited SCIF (or portion of a SCIF) used for handling, discussing, and/or processing of SCI, but where SCI will not be stored. See also Nondiscussion Area.

Secwepemc: A First Nations tribal group in British Columbia. Also known as the Shuswap.

SID: System Identification.

SIG: Schweizer Industrie Gesellschaft. A major Swiss gun maker.

SIGINT: Signals Intelligence.

SIN: Social Insurance Number. (The Canadian equivalent of a U.S. Social Security number.) SIPRNet: Secure Internet Protocol Router Network.

SITTEMPS: Situational templates.

SMLE: Short Magazine Lee-Enfield. A British family of bolt-action rifles that were in service for more than seventy years. Most were chambered for the .303 British cartridge.

SMS: Short Message Service.

SOCC: Security Operations Control Center.

SOCOM: Special Operations Command.

SOP: Standard Operating Procedure.

SPECTRA: The synthetic material similar to Kevlar used in ballistic helmets issued to French, Canadian, and Danish military units. In France, the SPECTRA helmet is also known as the CGF Gallet Combat Helmet. See also CGF Gallet.

SQL: Structured Query Language. (Used with database software.) SS2: See Pindad SS2.

SSB: Single Sideband (an operating mode for CB and amateur radio gear).

SSO: Special Security Officer.

STE: Section-Terminating Equipment. See also STU.

Steyr AUG: The Austrian Army's 5.56mm bullpup infantry carbine. Also issued by the Australian Army as their replacement for the L1A1. Often called the AUS-Steyr by the Australians.

Strat: Slang for Strategic.

STU: Secure Telephone Unit. (Spoken "Stew.") See also STE and NSTS.

STU-III: A third-generation STU phone. (Spoken "Stew Three.") See also STE and NSTS.

SUV: Sport Utility Vehicle.

S&W: Smith and Wesson.

SWAT: Special Weapons and Tactics. (SWAT originally stood for Special Weapons a.s.sault Team until that was deemed politically incorrect.) TA: Traffic a.n.a.lyst/a.n.a.lysis. Study of communications patterns to determine unit relations.h.i.+ps and dispositions. See also RTA.

Tactical SCIF: An accredited secure area used for actual or simulated war operations for a specified period of time.

Tall Oak: See Project Tall Oak. (Later renamed Task Group Tall Oak.) TARP: Depending on context, Threat Awareness and Reporting Program or Troubled a.s.set Relief Program.

Task Group Tall Oak: See Project Tall Oak.

TAWS: Terrain Awareness and Warning System.

TBAS: Tiered Body Armor System (Australian army issue).

TBD: To Be Determined.

TDY: Temporary Duty.

Technical Truck: A pickup truck equipped with a pedestal-mounted machine gun.

TEMPEST: Telecommunications Electronics Material Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions. The now uncla.s.sified U.S. government code word for emanations security. See also EMSEC.

TEP: TEMPEST Endors.e.m.e.nt Program.

Thermite: A mixture of aluminum powder and iron rust powder that, when ignited, causes a vigorous exothermic reaction. Used primarily for welding. Also used by military units as an incendiary for destroying equipment.

Third Department: The PLA's signals intelligence-gathering and a.n.a.lysis arm.

TIG: Tungsten Inert Gas. (A welding method.) TNT: 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene is a colorless or pale yellow and odorless crystalline high explosive.

TO: Tall Oak.

TOC: Tactical Operations Center.

TO&E: Table of Organization and Equipment.

Topo: Short for topographical.

TOP SECRET: The security cla.s.sification applied to information, the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. See also TS and SCI.

TPZ: Transportpanzer. A variant of the six-wheel Fuchs (Fox) APC.

TRU: Thompson Rivers University.

TS: Top Secret.

TSCM: Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (Surveys and Evaluations). A physical, electronic, and visual examination to detect technical surveillance devices, technical security hazards, and attempts at clandestine penetration. See also TEMPEST and EMSEC.

TSEC: The system for identifying the type and purpose of certain items of COMSEC material.

Type 92: See QSZ-92.

Type 95: See QBZ-95.

UAV: Unmanned aerial vehicle. See also RPV.

UDT: Underwater Demolition Team.

UN: United Nations.

UN-MNF: United Nations Multinational Force.

UNPROFOR: United Nations Protection Force (Security a.s.sistance Command).

UPS: Uninterruptible Power Source.

U.S.: United States.

USB: Universal Serial Bus.

U.S.-Controlled Facility: A base or building to which access is physically controlled by U.S. individuals who are authorized U.S. government or U.S. government contractor employees.

USMC: United States Marine Corps.

VAB: Vehicule de l'Avant Blinde (Armored Vanguard Vehicle).

VAC: Volts, Alternating Current.

Valmet: The Finnish conglomerate that formerly made several types of firearms.

Vault: See SCIF.

VBCI: Vehicule Blinde de Combat d'Infanterie.