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Department of the Army Historical Summary: FY 1986
Glossary
| AAWS-M | Advanced Anti-Tank Weapon System-Medium |
| AFIP | Armed Forces Institute of Pathology |
| AHIP | Army Helicopter Improvement Program |
| AHUAS TARA 86 | A command post exercise conducted by the U.S. Southern Command in Honduras. |
| AIDS | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| BLAST FURNACE | A cocaine interdiction operation in Bolivia. |
| CABANAS 86 | A field training exercise conducted by the U.S. Southern Command in Honduras. |
| CAC | Casualty Area Command |
| CAMIS | Continental Army Management Information System |
| CAO | Casualty Assistance Officer |
| CASB | Canadian Air Safety Board |
| CERTAIN SAGE | An exercise testing mobilization procedures at the installation level. |
| CG | Commanding General |
| CMAOC | Casualty and Memorial Affairs Operations Center |
| COHORT | Cohesion, operational readiness, and training |
| CONUS | Continental United States |
| DIVAD | Division Air Defense |
| EOD | Explosive ordnance disposal |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany |
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| FSAO | Family Service and Assistance Officer |
| GALLANT EAGLE | A training exercise in a desert setting which provided a simulated combat environment for training, planning, and execution of joint military operations. |
| HAT TRICK II | A narcotic interdiction operation in the Caribbean. |
| HMMWV | High mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle |
| HQDA | Headquarters, Department of the Army |
| IRR | Individual Ready Reserve |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| JINTACCS | Joint Interoperability of Command and Control Systems |
| LASH | Lighter aboard ship |
| MAC | Military Airlift Command |
| MACOM | Major Army Command |
| MFO | Multinational Force and Observers |
| MILPERCEN | Military Personnel Center |
| MLRS | Multiple launch rocket system |
| MOS | Military Occupational Specialty |
| MOUT | Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NCO | Noncommissioned officer |
| NORTHAG | Northern Army Group |
| NTSB | National Transportation Safety Board |
| OACSI | Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence |
| OCCH | Office of the Chief of Chaplains |
| OCEAN VENTURE 86 | A joint/combined, JCS-directed exercise in the Caribbean. |
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| OCPA | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs |
| ODCSLOG | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics |
| ODCSOPS | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans |
| ODCSPER | Office of the Deputy Chief of staff for Personnel |
| PNOK | Primary next of kin |
| POMCUS | Pre-positioning of materiel configured to unit sets |
| PORT CALL 86 | A command post exercise testing crisis management procedures. |
| PRESENT ARMS 86 | A command post exercise evaluating selected Worldwide Military Command and Control System procedures and components. |
| PRIMUS | Primary Medical Care for the Uniformed Services |
| RCMP | Royal Canadian Mounted Police |
| REFORGER | An exercise conducted in Western Europe to test the readiness of reserve component units in reinforcing active components already engaged in a European conflict. |
| RMTS | Regional Maintenance Training Site |
| ROTC | Reserve Officers' Training Corps |
| RTS-Medical | Regional Training Site-Medical |
| SAO | Survival Assistance Officer |
| SDI | Strategic Defense Initiative |
| SINCGARS | Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System |
| STAMMIS | Standard Army Multi-Command Management Information System |
| STARNET | A telecommunications network providing worldwide telecommunications for the Army. |
| TACCS | Tactical Army Combat Service Support Computer System |
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| TEAM SPIRIT | A joint-combined training exercise conducted by the Republic of Korea and the United States, designed to improve defensive posture through the reception, staging, employment, and redeployment of out-of-country U.S. augmentation forces. |
| TOW | Tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided |
| TRADOC | Training and Doctrine Command |
| USASA | United States Army Space Agency |
| USASDC | United States Army Strategic Defense Command |
| USSPACECOM | United States Space Command |
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