Authors: Gary Williams
SEAL of Honor
Table of Contents
To my father, Richard A. Williams, a decorated Korean War veteran who instilled in his children a near-reverent respect for those who wear our nation’s uniforms.
And to all those who went to war to defend our nation’s freedom, but never returned.
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
| ACLS | Advance cardiac life support |
| ACM | Anticoalition militia |
| AF | Assault force |
| AFB | Air Force Base |
| AOIC | Assistant officer in charge |
| AOR | Assistant operations officer |
| ASDS | Advance SEAL Delivery System |
| BATS | Bleeding, airway, tension pneumothorax, and shock |
| BUD/S | Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL |
| CACO | Casualty Assistance Calls Officer |
| Candi-O | Candidate officer |
| CAO | Civil affairs operation |
| CENTCOM | Central Command |
| CERTEX | Certification training exercise |
| CFC-A | Combined Forces Coalition-Afghanistan |
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency |
| CJSOTF-A | Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force- Afghanistan |
| CJTF | Combined Joint Task Force |
| CJTF-HOA | Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa |
| CNO | Chief of naval operations |
| CP | Counterproliferation |
| CPO | Chief petty officer |
| CQD | Close Quarters Defense |
| CSAR | Combat search and rescue |
| CSC | Combat Swimmer Course |
| CSST | Combat Service Support Team |
| CT | Counterterrorism |
| CTF | Coalition Task Force |
| CTT | Combat Training Tank |
| DA | Direct action |
| DEVGRU | Naval Special Warfare Development Group |
| DI | Drill instructor |
| DMV | Department of Motor Vehicles |
| DOR | Drop on request |
| DUSTWUN | Duty Station Whereabouts Unknown |
| DZ | Drop zone |
| EOD | Explosive ordnance disposal |
| FDNY | New York City Fire Department |
| FID | Foreign internal defense |
| FLIR | Forward-looking infrared |
| FOB | Forward operating base |
| FRIES | Fast rope insertion/extraction system |
| FTX | Field training exercise |
| GPA | Grade point average |
| GWOT | Global War on Terror |
| HAHO | High-altitude, high-opening |
| HALO | High-altitude, low-opening |
| HLZ | Helicopter landing zone |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| IAD | Immediate-action drill |
| IBS | Inflatable boat, small |
| Indoc | Indoctrination Course |
| IO | Information operation |
| IRS | Internal Revenue Service |
| J-bad | Jalalabad, Afghanistan |
| JCET | Joint/Combined Exchange Training |
| JOTC | Junior Officer Training Course |
| LAR | Lung-activated rebreather |
| LDA | Lateral drift apparatus |
| LPO | Leading petty officer |
| LUP | Layup position |
| LZ | Landing zone |
| MAS | Military assault suit |
| MSC | Mission Support Center |
| MOPH | Military Order of the Purple Heart |
| MTT | Military training test |
| NAS | Naval air station |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NATTC | Naval Air Technical Training Center |
| NAVCENT | Naval Forces Central Command |
| NAVSPECWARCOM | Naval Special Warfare Command |
| NOMI | Naval Operational Military Institute |
| NR | Naval Reserve |
| NROTC | Naval Reserve Officers Training Course |
| NSA | Naval Support Activity |
| NSC | National Security Council |
| NSW | Naval Special Warfare |
| NSWDG | Naval Special Warfare Development Group |
| NSWF | Naval Special Warfare Foundation |
| NSWG | Naval Special Warfare Group |
| NYU | New York University |
| O-course | Obstacle course |
| OCS OCS | Officer Candidate School Officer Candidate School |
| OIC | Officer in charge |
| PACOM | Pacific Command |
| PC | Patrol Coastal |
| PCU | Protective combat unit |
| PEPSE | Personal environmental protection and survival equipment |
| PFA | Physical Fitness Assessment |
| PI | Personnel inspection |
| PJs | Pararescue jumpers |
| POW | Prisoner of war |
| PRK | Photorefractive keratectomy |
| PRODEV | Professional development |
| PRT | Physical Readiness Test |
| PSD | Personnel Support Detachment |
| PST | Pacific standard time; Physical Screening Test |
| PSU | Penn State University |
| PSYOPS | Psychological operations |
| PT | Physical training |
| QRF | Quick-reaction force |
| RDAC | Recruiting District Assistance Council |
| RIS | Rail interface system |
| RLI | Room and locker inspection |
| ROEs | Rules of engagement |
| RPG | Rocket-propelled grenade |
| RSO | Range safety officer |
| RTC | Recruit Training Command |
| SATCOM | Satellite communications |
| SBR | Special Boat Squadron |
| SBU | Special Boat Unit |
| SDV | SEAL Delivery Vehicle |
| SDVT | SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team |
| SEAL | Sea, air, land |
| SERE | Survival, evasion, resistance, escape |
| SETAF | Southern European Task Force |
| SF | Special Forces (Green Berets) |
| SFO(D) | Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta |
| SIT | Squadron Integration Training |
| SLT | Swing landing trainer |
| SOAR | Special Operations Aviation Regiment |
| SOC | Special operations commander |
| SOCOM | See USSOCOM |
| SOF | Special operations forces |
| SOMPE-M | Special Operations Mission Planning |
| Environment-Maritime | |
| SOP | Standard operating procedure |
| SPIE | Special Purpose Insertion/Extraction |
| SPOTC | Senior Petty Officer Training Course |
| SQT | SEAL Qualification Training |
| SR | Special reconnaissance |
| SWCC | Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen |
| TCCC | Tactical combat casualty care |
| TIC | Troops in contact ( or combat) |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| UBA | Underwater breathing apparatus |
| UDT | Underwater Demolition Team |
| ULT | Unit Level Training |
| UN | United Nations |
| USMMA | United States Merchant Marine Academy |
| USN | United States Navy |
| USO | United Service Organizations |
| USSOCOM | United States Special Operations Command |
| UW | Unconventional warfare |
| WMD | Weapons of mass destruction |
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