Glossary
| ARPA |
Advanced Research Projects Agency
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| ARVIN |
Army of the Republic of (South) Vietnam
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| CAS |
Controlled American Source
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| CIDG |
Civilian Irregular Defense Group
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| CINCPAC |
Commander in Chief, Pacific (U.S Joint Theater Command)
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| CIP |
Counterinsurgency Plan
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| COMUSMACV |
Commander, U.S Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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| CONUS |
Continental United Sates
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| CRIMP |
Consolidated Phase of the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
Improvement and Modernization Program
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| C&SC |
Command and Staff College (Vietnamese)
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| CTA |
Central Training Agency
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| CTC |
Central Training Command (Vietnamese Joint General Staff)
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| CTZ |
Corps tactical zone
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| DA |
Department of the Army
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| FEC |
French Expeditionary Corps
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| ICC |
International Control Commission
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| ICS |
Integrated Control Commission
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| ISD |
Instructional System Development
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| JCS |
Joint Chiefs of Staff (U.S)
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| JGS |
Joint General Staff (Vietnamese)
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| JOC |
Joint operations center
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| MAAG |
Military Assistance Advisory Group
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| MAAGV |
Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam
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| MAC |
Military Assistance Command
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| MACMA |
Military Assistance Command, Military Assistance
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| MACV |
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (a joint U.S command)
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| MAP |
Military Assistance Program
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| MASF/MILCON |
Military Assistance Service Funded/Military Construction
Program)
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| MDAP |
Mutual Defense Assistance Program
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| MMT |
Middle Management Training (Program)
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| MTT |
Mobile training team
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| NCO |
Noncommisioned officer
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| NDC |
National Defense College
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| NVA |
North Vietnamese Army
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| OCS |
Officer candidate school
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| OSD |
Officer of the Secretary of Defense (U.S)
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| PF |
Popular Forces (formerly Self-Defense Corps)
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| POLWAR |
Political warfare (a form of psychological operations)
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| PRAISE |
Program Review and Analysis Improvement Systems Evaluation
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| RD |
Rural development (formerly revolutionary development)
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| RF |
Regional Forces (formerly Civil Guard)
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| RVN |
Republic of (South) Vietnam
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| RVNAF |
Republic of (South) Vietnam armed forces
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| ST |
Son Truong (similar to RD cadre)
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| TDY |
Temporary Duty
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| TERM |
Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission
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| TRIM |
Training Relationships and Instructions Mission
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| USAID |
U.S Agency for International Development
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| USARPAC |
U.S Army, Pacific
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| USARV |
U.S Army, Vietnam
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| USCONARC |
U.S Continental Army Command
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| USIS |
U.S Information Service
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| USMACV |
U.S Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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| USOM |
U.S Operations Mission
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| UHF |
Ultrahigh frequency
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| VHF |
Very high frequency
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| VIS |
Vietnamese Information Service
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| VNAF |
South Vietnam Air Force
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| VNMA |
South Vietnamese Military Academy
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| VNMC |
South Vietnam Marine Corps
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| VNN |
South Vietnam Navy
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| VNSF |
South Vietnam Special Forces
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| WAFC |
Women's Armed Forces Corps (Vietnamese)
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page created 8 August 2002