GLOSSARY


ACRONYMS

ABO agents of biological origin
 
AMEDDC&S Army Medical Department Center and School
 
AML area medical laboratory
 
AN/PDR27 radiacmeter
 
AN/VDR2 radiacmeter
 
AO area of operations
 
AR Army regulation
 
ATM advanced trauma management
 
ATTN attention
 
BAS battalion aid station
 
BDU battle dress uniform
 
BSA brigade support area
 
BW biological warfare
 
BZ an incapacitating agent
 
C Centigrade
 
C-100 environmental control unit for DEPMEDS
 
C3 command, control, and communications
 
Cal/cm2 calories/square centimeter
 
CAM chemical agent monitor
 
CANA convulsant antidote for nerve agent (diazepam)
 
CB chemical/biological
 
CBPS chemical, biological, protected shelter
 
CG phosgene
 
cGy centigray
 
CHEMWARN chemical warning
 
CIR commonwealth of independent republics
 
CK cyanogen chloride
 
CL chlorine
 
CLS combat lifesaver
 
cm centimeter
 
cm2 square centimeter
 
CNS central nervous system
 
CO2 carbon dioxide
 
COMMZ communications zone
 
CONEX container express
 
CONUS continental United States
 
CPS collective protection shelter
 
CS combat support
 
CSC combat stress control
 
CSH combat support hospital
 
CSS combat service support
 
CW chemical warfare
 
CX halogenated oximes
 
DA Department of the Army
 
DAP decontamination apparatus, portable
 
DCS division clearing station
 
DE directed energy
 
decon decontamination
 
DEPMEDS Deployable Medical Systems
 
DMSO division medical supply office
 
DOD Department of Defense
 
DP diphosgene
 
DSA division support area
 
DS2 decontaminating solution number 2
 
DTF dental treatment facility
 
ECU environmental control units
 
EMP electromagnetic pulse
 
EMS emergency medical services
 
EMT emergency medical treatment
 
EPW enemy prisoner of war
 
evac evacuation
 
F Fahrenheit
 
FLD field
 
FLOT forward line of own troops
 
FM field manual
 
FMC Field Medical Card
 
G2 Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence)
 
GA tabun
 
gal gallon
 
GB sarin
 
GD soman
 
gm gram
 
GP general purpose
 
HD mustard
 
HL mustard and lewisite mix
 
HMMWV high mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicle
 
HN nitrogen mustard
 
HSS health service support
 
HSSPLAN health service support plan
 
HTH high test hypochlorite (70% available chlorine)
 
ID incapacitation dose
 
ID50 infectious dose to 50 percent of exposed individuals
 
IR infrared
 
ISO International Organization for Standardization
 
IV intravenous
 
kg kilogram
 
km kilometer
 
kph kilometers per hour
 
KT kiloton
 
L lewisite
 
lb pound
 
LBE load bearing equipment
 
LD 50/60 lethal dose for 50 to 60 percent of exposed individuals
 
LSD lysergic acid diethylamide
 
m meters
 
MASH mobile army surgical hospital
 
M20E1 simplified collective protection shelter system
 
M8/M9 chemical detector paper
 
M51 collective protection shelter system
 
MES medical equipment set
 
Mg milligram
 
mg/kg milligrams per kilogram
 
MILVAN military-owned demountable container
 
min minute
 
ml milliliter
 
mm millimeter
 
MOPP mission-oriented protective posture
 
MOS military occupational specialty
 
MRE meal ready-to-eat
 
m/sec meters per second
 
MT megaton
 
MTF medical treatment facility
 
MV (m = mass, v = velocity)
 
NaCl sodium chloride (salt)
 
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 
NBC nuclear, biological, and chemical
 
NBCC nuclear, biological, and chemical center
 
NBCWARN nuclear, biological, and chemical warning
 
NBCWRS nuclear, biological, and chemical warning and reporting system
 
NCO noncommisioned officer
 
O2 oxygen
 
OEG operational exposure guide
 
OPLAN operation plan
 
OPSEC operations security
 
PA physician assistant
 
pmm preventive medicine measures
 
ppm parts per million
 
PPW patient protective wrap
 
PS chloropicrin
 
PT physical training
 
PVF polyvinyl fluoride
 
PVNTMED preventive medicine
 
QSTAG Quadripartite Standardization Agreement
 
RES radiation exposure status
 
RTD return to duty
 
S2/G2 Intelligence Officer (U.S. Army)/Assistant Chief of Staff, G2 (Intelligence)
 
S2/S3 Intelligence Officer (U.S. Army)/Operations and Training Officer (U.S. Army)
 
S4 Supply Officer (U.S. Army)
 
SOF Special Operations Forces
 
SOP standing operating procedure
 
sol solution
 
SSN social security number
 
STANAG Standardization Agreement
 
STAT statim
 
STB supertropical bleach
 
STRIKWARN strike warnings
 
TC training circular
 
TEMPER tent, expandable, modular, personnel
 
TM technical manual
 
tm trademark
 
TOE table of organization and equipment
 
TO theater of operations
 
trmt treatment
 
TSOP tactical standing operating procedures
 
µ microns
 
US United States
 
US/NATO United States/North Atlantic Treaty Organization
 
UN United Nations
 
VX a persistent nerve agent
 
WBGT wet bulb globe temperature

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