GLOSSARY
| A | |
| AAHT | anti armor helicopter troop |
| AAT | anti - armor troop |
| ACR | armored cavalry regiment |
| ACTO | action officer |
| ADIZ | Air Defense Identifcation Zone |
| AE | aeriel explotation |
| APC | armored personnel carrier |
| ARCSA | Aviation Requirements for the Combat Structure of the Army |
| ARSV | armored reconnaissance scout vehicle |
| AS | aeriel surveillance |
| ASA | Army Security Agency |
| ASIC | All Source Intelligence Center |
| ASTA | aeriel surveillance and target acquisition |
| AUSA | Association of the US Army |
| B | |
| BAOR | British Army of the Rhine |
| BBP | Bavarian Border Police |
| BGS | Bundesgrenzschutz (Federal Border Guard) |
| BLO | border liaison office |
| BRO | border resident office |
| Bundeswehr | German armed forces |
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| CBTI | combat intelligence |
| CENTAG | Central Army Group |
| CEWI | combat electronic warfare intelligence |
| CIC | counter intelligence corps |
| COMCENTAG | Commander, Central Army Group |
| COMINT | communications intelligence |
| CST | combat support troop |
| E | |
| EAC | European Advisory Commision |
| EDC | European Defense Community |
| EDP | emergency defense plan |
| ELINT | electronic intelligence |
| EUCOM | Europe Command |
| EW | electronic warfare |
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| F | |
| FCC | Flight Coordination Center |
| FRG | Federal Republic of Germany |
| FWD | forward |
| FY | fiscal year |
| G | |
| GAO | general alert order |
| GDR | German Democratic Republic |
| GSR | ground surveillance radar |
| H | |
| HICOG | (Office of the) High Commission for Germany |
| HUMINT | human intelligence |
| I | |
| IBC | illegal border crosser |
| IMINT | imagery intelligence |
| INSCOM | US Army Intelligence and Security Command |
| ITV | improved TOW vehicle |
| J | |
| JIC | Joint Interrogation Center |
| L | |
| LOI | Letter of instruction |
| M | |
| MHz | megahertz |
| MI | military intelligence |
| MIBRAS | Military Intelligence Battalion, Aerial Surveillance |
| MOS | military occupational specialty |
| N | |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NORTHAG | Northern Army Group |
| NSA | National Security Agency |
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| O | |
| ODCSI | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff Intelligence |
| ODCSOPS | Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations |
| OMGUS | Office of Military Government for Germany (US) |
| OPLAN | operation plan |
| OPORD | operation order |
| OPORT | Operation, Plans, Organization, and Training Division |
| OPSEC | operations security |
| OTE | operational test and evaluation |
| P | |
| PIP | Product Improvement Program |
| POW | prisioner of war |
| PS | Phonranicni Straz (Czechoslovak Border Guard) |
| R | |
| RISE | reliability improved selected equipment |
| S | |
| SACEUR | Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| SERB | Soviet External Relations Branch |
| SIGINT | signal intelligence |
| SLAR | side-looking airborne radar |
| T | |
| TOE | table of organization and equipment |
| TOW | tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire- guided |
| U | |
| USAFE | US Air Force in Europe |
| USAREUR | US Army, Europe |
| USASETAF | US Army Southern European Task Force |
| USCOB | US Commander Berlin |
| USEUCOM | US European Command |
| USFA | US Forces, Austria |
| USFET | US Forces, European Theather |
| USMLM | US MIlitary Liaison Mission |
| UTM | universal transverse mercador |
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| V | |
| VFR | visual flight rules |
| Z | |
| ZGS | Zollgrenzschutz |
| ZOLL | Zollgrenzdienst (Federal Customs Service) |
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