Team 19 in Vietnam: An Australian Soldier at War

Appendix D: Abbreviations and Terms

381 Appendix D Abbreviations and Terms AATTV Australian Army Training Team Vietnam ACD Air Cavalry Division AFV Australian Force Vietnam AIF Australian Imperial Force APC Accelerated Pacification Plan APTs Armed Propaganda Teams ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam ATF Australian Task Force AWM Australian War Memorial CA Civil Affairs CAP Combined Action Platoon (Marines and a PF platoon) CG Census Grievance CGS Chief of the General Staff (Australia) CIA Central Intelligence Agency CIDG Civilian Irregular Defense Group CIT Counter Intelligence Team CO Commanding Officer COMAFV Commander Australian Force Vietnam COMUSMACV Commander U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam CORDS Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support COSVN Central Office for South Vietnam (Hanoi directed) CRS Catholic Relief Service (U.S.) DCM Distinguished Conduct Medal DMZ Demilitarized Zone (Vietnam) DOICC District Operations and Intelligence Control Center DPSA Deputy Province Senior Advisor DSA District Senior Advisor 382 Appendix D FAC Forward Air Controller FFV Field Force Vietnam FO Forward Observer (artillery) FOB Forward Operating Base FSB Fire Support Base FSCC Fire Support Coordination Center FWMAF Free World Military Assistance Force G Staff Level, Division and Corps Headquarters GVN Government of the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) HES Hamlet Evaluation System HQ Headquarters J Staff Level, Above Corps KIA Killed in Action LPH Landing Platform Helicopter LZ Landing Zone MACCORDS Military Assistance Command Civil Operations and RD Support MACV Military Assistance Command Vietnam MAF Marine Amphibious Force MAG Marine Air Group MAT Mobile Advisory Team (U.S. Army) MILPHAP Military Provincial Health Assistance Program MPC Military Payment Certificate NLD New Life Development NLF National Liberation Front (communist) NPFF National Police Field Force NTC National Training Center (RD) NVA North Vietnamese Army PF Popular Forces (platoons) PRP People’s Revolutionary Party PRU Provincial Reconnaissance Unit PSA Province Senior Advisor PSDF People’s Self-Defense Force PX Post Exchange (supermarket) R&R Rest and Recuperation RD Revolutionary Development/Rural Development Abbreviations and Terms 383 RF Regional Forces (companies) RF/PF Territorial Forces ROK Republic of Korea RVNAF Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces S Staff Level, Unit and Brigade/Regiment SAR Search and Rescue Seabees Construction Battalions (CBs), of the U.S. Navy SOPs Standard Operating Procedures Tet Vietnamese New Year’s Day TOC Tactical Operations Center USAF United States Air Force USAID U.S. Agency for International Development USARV United States Army Republic of Vietnam USMC United States Marine Corps VC Viet Cong VCI Viet Cong Infrastructure VCS Viet Cong Suspect/Supporter VIS Vietnamese Information Service VNAF South Vietnamese Air Force WIA Wounded in Action ...