| AK47 | Chinese-made rifle |
| APA | Attack transport |
| APB | Self-propelled barracks ship |
| APC | Armored personnel carrier |
| APL | Barracks ship, non-self-propelled |
| ARL | Landing craft repair ship |
| ASPB | Assault support patrol boat |
| ATC | Armored troop carrier |
| B-40 | Chinese-made rocket |
| BARRIER REEF | The fourth and last of the SEA LORDS interdiction barrier operations in the western delta, commencing 2 January 1969 |
| CCB | Command and communications boat |
| CIDG | Civilian Irregular Defense Group |
| CORONADO I | A Mobile Riverine Force operation designed to destroy Cho Gao District Company and enhance the security of Cho Gao Canal in Dinh Tuong Province, 1 June-26 July 1967 |
| CORONADO III | A Mobile Riverine Force operation in the Rung Sat Special Zone designed to disrupt possible Viet Cong attacks on shipping in the Long Tau channel, 5-17 August 1967 |
| CORONADO V | A combined airmobile, mechanized, and riverine operation in Cam Son Secret Zone, Dinh Tuong Province, and Ham Long District, Kien Hoa Province, 12 September-8 October 1967 |
| CORONADO VI | An operation in the lower Rung Sat Special Zone, 11-18 October 1967 |
| CORONADO VIII | A Mobile Riverine Force operation in Nhon Trach and the Rung Sat Special Zone, 27 29 October 1967 |
| CORONADO IX | A Mobile Riverine Force operation involving deep riverine penetrations into enemy redoubts and sanctuaries to achieve decisive action in Dunh Tuong Province, 1 November 1967-21 January 1968 |
| CORONADO X | An operation in which the Mobile Riverine Force responded to Viet Cong attacks on My Tho and Vinh long, drove to enemy from those provincial capitals, then operated near Cai Lay on Highway 4, 18 January - 13 February 1968 |
| CORONADO XI | A combined riverine and airmobile operation to relieve pressure on Can. Tho and locate and destroy Viet Cong units in Phong Dinh and Ba Xuyen Provinces, 13 February-6 March 1968 |
| Dinassauts | Divisions navales d'assaut (French naval assault divisions) |
| Duong Cua Dan (People's Road) | An operation by the 1st and later 3d Brigade, 9th Infantry Division, to protect and upgrade Highway 4 northwest of My Tho and the conduct reconnaissance in force operations on both sides of Highway 4 in Dinh Tuong Province, 16 March-30 July 1968 |
| E8 | Expendable launcher. Lightweight and portable, it fires 16 riot-control canisters in each of four volleys, producing a rapid buildup of a large chemical cloud |
| G-2 | Assistant chief of staff for military intelligence at an army, corps (field force in Vietnam), or division headquarters. |
| G-3 | Assistant chief of staff for operations at an army, corps (field force in Vietnam), or division headquarters. |
| G-4 | Assistant chief of staff for supply at an army, corps (field force in Vietnam), or division headquarters. |
| GAME WARDEN | U.S. Navy (Task Force 116) operation designated to to thwart Viet Cong use of waterways as supply and infiltration routes. |
| GIANT SLINGSHOT | The third SEA LORDS operation, commencing 6 December 1968, in the Parrot's Beack |
| GREAT BEND | A Mobile Riverine Force operation in the western Rung Sat Special Zone, 13 June--26 July1967 |
| HOMESTEAD | A Mobile Riverine Force operation in Kien Hoa Province, September 1968 |
| IPW | Prisoner of war interrogation |
| J-3 | Assistant chief of staff for military operations, MACV |
| JACKSTAY | A U.S. Marine Corps operation in the Rung Sat Special Zone in late 1966 |
| JP-4 | A kerosene-based fuel for turbine engines |
| LCA | Landing craft, assault |
| LCI | Landing craft, infantry |
| LCM | Landing craft, mechanized |
| LCT | Landing craft, tank |
| LCU | Landing craft, utility, a light lift craft |
| LCVP | Landing craft, vehicle or personnel |
| LSIL | Landing ship, infantry, large |
| LSM | Landing ship, medium |
| LSSL | Landing ship, support, large |
| LST | Landing ship, tank |
| LZ | Landing zone |
| M16 | Current standard American rifle |
| M43 | Soviet-made rifle firing intermediate 7.62-mm.cartridges |
| M102 | American-made 105-mm. howitzer |
| MACV | U.S. Military Assistant Command, Vietnam |
| MARKET TIME | U.S. Navy (Task Force 115) operation designed to seal the coast of South Vietnam against infiltration of enemy troops and supplies |
| MCS | Mine countermeasures support ship |
| MDMAF | Mekong Delta Mobile Afloat Force |
| Monitor | An armored gunboat armed with 20- and 40-mm. guns and 81-mm. direct fire mortars |
| MRB | Mobile Riverine Base |
| N-1 | Navy flotilla officer in charge of administration |
| N-2 | Navy flotilla officer in charge of intelligence |
| N-3 | Navy flotilla officer in charge of operations |
| N-4 | Navy flotilla officer in charge of supply |
| POL | Petroleum, oils and lubricants |
| RIVER RAIDER I | An operation in the upper Long Tau shipping channel and in the southwestern Rung Sat Special Zone, 16 February-20 March 1967, the first joint operation of Army and Navy forces which were to constitute the Mobile Riverine Force |
| ROAD | Reorganization Objective Army Divisions |
| RPD | Chinese-made light machine gun |
| RPG2 | Soviet-made antitank rocket |
| RSSZ | Rung Sat Special Zone |
| S-1 | Adjutant of brigade or smaller unit. |
| S-2 | Officer in charge of the military intelligence section of a brigade or smaller unit |
| S-3 | Officer in charge of the operations and training section of a brigade or smaller unit |
| S-4 | Officer in charge of the supply and evacuation section of a brigade or smaller unit |
| S-5 | Civil affair officer of a brigade o smaller unit |
| SEAL | Navy sea-air-land teams |
| SEA LORDS | The U.S. Navy Southeast Asia Lake, Ocean, River, Delta Strategy Operations |
| SEARCH TURN | The first of the SEA LORDS barrier operations in the western delta, commencing 2 November 1968 |
| SKS | Chinese-made carbine |
| TRAN HUNG DAO | The second of the SEA LORDS barrier operations in the western delta, commencing 16 November 1968 |
| TRUONG CONG DINH | A riverine operation initially designed to drive enemy forces away from My Tho and eliminate enemy interdiction of Highway 4, 7 March-2 April 1968 |
| WATER TRAP | A major cordon and search operation of Thoi Son Island in the My Tho River south of Dong Tam during the first week January 1969 |
| YFNB | Large covered lighter |
| YLLC | Salvage lift craft, light |
| YTB | Large harbor tug |