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GLOSSARY Officer Ranks: General Colonel Lieutenant Colonel Major Captain First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Chief Warrant Officer Warrant Officer AC Aircraft commander AHB Assault Helicopter Battalion AHC Assault Helicopter Company AIT Advanced Infantry Training AMC Air mission commander AMOC Aircraft Maintenance Officers Course AO Area of operation APC Armored personnel carrier arc light B-52 bomb drop ARVN Army of the Republic of Vietnam ash & trash A term used for carrying re-supplies in the helicopter AWOL Absent without leave brigade A unit of battalions, also bgd. battalion A unit of three or more companies, also Bn. 215 cal. Caliber and round of a weapon; .50 cal. is 0.50 inches in diameter CAB Combat Aviation Battalion C&C Command and control CCN Command and Control North Chalk Position of an aircraft in a formation, “One” being in first position Charlie Nickname for enemy Vietnamese, derived from the phonetic alphabet that pronounced Victor Charlie for the Viet Cong claymore A type of antipersonnel land mine click A unit of measurement, approximately a kilometer CO Commanding officer DEROS Date of estimated return from overseas dink A slang name used for Vietnamese DMZ Demilitarized Zone, separating South Vietnam from North Vietnam ETS End term of service FAC Forward Air Controller FSB Fire-support base Go hot Instruction from pilot to crew to fire weapons gook Slang name for the enemy GS General Support (people) high ship Helicopter high above landing zone reserved for rescue hootch A basic house or hut IG inspector general KIA Killed in action LZ Landing zone MACV-SOG Military Assistance Command Vietnam, Studies and Observation Group MIA Missing in action M16 Army issue rifle M60 Type of machine gun used on the Huey NVA North Vietnamese Army OD Officer of the Day PZ Pickup zone 216 G L O S S A R Y [3.238.62.124] Project MUSE (2024-03-28 15:09 GMT) POW Prisoner of war POL Petroleum, oil, and lubricants PX Post Exchange Rattler Six Commanding officer’s call sign of the 71st R&R Rest and relaxation RPG Rocket-propelled grenade rpm revolutions per minute SAC Senior Aircraft Commander sapper enemy demolition commando who crawls through perimeters to set explosive charges SOP Standard operating procedure TPQ Time position quadrants UH1 Utility helicopter “Huey” VC Viet Cong WIA Wounded in action WO Warrant officer, a rank above enlisted men and below commissioned officers WORWAC Warrant Officer Rotary Wing Aviation Course XO Executive officer, second in command below the CO G L O S S A R Y 2 1 7 ...