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Appendix B. Terms and Acronyms
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AppendixB Terms and Acronyms IstMarDiv, IstlnIDiv, 10Ist AlB Div, etc. Abbreviations for First Marine Division, First Infantry Division, lOIst Airborne Division, etc. 5th Special Forces Group. The senior USSF command in Vietnam. 7th Air Force. The senior U.S. Air Force command in Vietnam. III MAF. Third Marine Amphibious Force. The senior Marine command in Vietnam. AID. Agency for International Development. Arc Light. Code name for B-52 strikes. ARVN. Army of the Republic ofVietnam. Ba Mui Ba. Locally produced beer. Name translates to "33." BAR. Browning Automatic Rifle. A World War II weapon provided to ARVN, CIDG and Mike Forces. BDA. Bomb damage assessment, conducted to determine results of B-52 strikes, often by Mike Force patrols and other LRRP's. Beaver. A single-engine aircraft built by deHavilland in Canada. BEQ. Bachelor Enlisted Quarters. Living quarters used by enlisted men who are unmarried or who are unaccompanied by their spouses. Billet. U.S. Army term for a billeting structure or compound. U.S. Marine Corps term for ajob position. BOQ. Bachelor Officers' Quarters. Living quarters used by officers who are unmarried or who are unaccompanied by their spouses. 251 252 • The Bridges ofVietnam Caribou. Canadian-made twin-engine deHavilland Short-Takeoff-andLanding (STOL) aircraft, originally obtained by U.S. Army. Itwas initially designated AC-l, later CV-2, then transferred to the U.S. Air Force in 1967 and redesignated C-7. CAT. Civil Air Transport. A fleet of transport aircraft operated by General Claire Chennault from Taiwan. CBU. Cluster Bomb Units, antipersonnel bombs. Cercle Sportif. French tennis and swimming club in Saigon. Charlie. Term for the Viet Congo Comes from the phonetic alphabet, i.e., Victor Charlie means Vc. CID. U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division or Detachment. CIDG. Civilian Irregular Defense Group, composed of mercenary indigenous troops, and led by either LLDB (ARVN Special Forces), or USSF. Claymore Mine. A command-detonated, antipersonnel mine designed to aim and focus its lethal charge. CMC. Commandant of the Marine Corps. COLA. Cost of Living Allowance. Additional allowance to defray costs of living in BOQs and BEQs in Saigon and other cities. Combined Action Company. (See Combined Action Platoon.) Combined Action Platoon (CAP). As part of the Marines' pacification campaign, a USMC CAP would move into a hamlet and form a company with local militiamen, working with the villagers for their health care and protection. See Cap Mot: The Story ofa Marine Special Forces Unit in Vietnam by Barry L. Goodson. Combined Intelligence Effort at MACV. Combined U.S. and ARVN organizations : CICV (Combined Intelligence Center, Vietnam), CDEC (Combined Document Exploitation Center), CMEC (Combined Materiel Exploitation Center), CMIC (Combined Military Interrogation Center) Command Detonated. Activated by the user, as opposed to being detonated by the victim's actions or by a timer. Company Grade Officers. Warrant officers, lieutenants and captains in the Army and Marine Corps. [34.204.181.19] Project MUSE (2024-03-19 07:11 GMT) Appendix B: Terms and Acronyms • 253 COMUSMACV. Commander, V.S. MilitaryAssistance Command, Vietnam. CORDS. Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support. A civilian pacification organization using overt and covert methods. Associated with Operation Phoenix. Corps Tactical Zones. South Vietnamese corps-level areas of military responsibility , paralleled by V.S. corps-level organizations. From the north, southward: I Corps (Initially III MAF, headquartered at Da Nang), II Corps (I Field Force, with headquarters at Nha Trang), III Corps (II FF, headquartered at Bien Hoa), and N Corps (III FF at Can Tho). Corps were commanded by ARVN officers, Field Forces by V.S. Army officers, and III MAF by a V.S. Marine officer. COSVN. Central Office for South Vietnam, formerly Nam Bo (South Region ) Central Committee. COSVN directed the Viet Minh during French war, and was operational during the V.S. war. CIS. Chief of Staff Daisy Cutters. Antipersonnel bombs that explode two feet offthe ground. Daniel Boone. Code name for VSSFISOG long range patrol operations in Cambodia. Delta Project. Code name for VSSF long range patrol organization trained for operations inside South Vietnam. Ditty Bag. Any small bag used as an overnight bag. Probably of nautical origin, as recreational sailors today use ditty bags to carry sewing materials for sails. Dixie Station. Area in the South China Sea used by the V.S. Navy for launch and recovery of air strikes into South Vietnam. DMZ. The Ben Hai River, near the 17th parallel. Domino Theory. The theory that if a non-Communist country in the Far Eastfell to the Communists, neighboring...