Acronyms and Abbreviations
1 ATF 1st Australian Task Force 1 RAR 1st Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment 2 RAR 2nd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment 3 RAR 3rd Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment
ABRI Angkatan Bersenjata Republik Indonesia or Indonesian Armed Forces ACOPS Assistant Chief of the Defence Force–Operations ADF Australian Defence Force ADFA Australian Defence Force Academy ADFCC Australian Defence Force Command Centre ADFIC Australian Defence Force Intelligence Centre ADHQ Australian Defence Headquarters AIF Australian Imperial Force ALG Air Lift Group AN and MEF Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force ANZAC Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ANZUS Australia New Zealand and United States AO Area of Operations APC Armoured Personnel Carrier APS Australian Public Service ASLAV Australian Light Armoured Vehicle AST Australian Theatre ASTJIC Australian Theatre Joint Intelligence Centre AWM Australian War Memorial
BASB Brigade Administrative Support Battalion BCAT Bougainville Crisis Action Team BRA Bougainville Revolutionary Army
CDF Chief of the Defence Force CDFS Chief of the Defence Force Staff CGS Chief of the General Staff CINC Commander in Chief (US) CINCPAC Commander in Chief Pacific (US) CIS Computer Information Systems CJLOG Commander Joint Logistics
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CJOPS Chief of Joint Operations CNS Chief of Navy Staff CO Commanding Officer COMAST Commander Australian Theatre COMD DJFHQ Commander Deployable Joint Force Headquarters COMNORCOM Commander Northern Command COMSPTAS Commander Support Command Australia COSC Chiefs of Staff Committee
DFAT Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade DIO Defence Intelligence Organisation DJFHQ Deployable Joint Force Headquarters DJOPS Director Joint Operations DNSDC Defence National Supply and Distribution Centre
EW Electronic Warfare
FLSG Force Logistic Support Group FSB Force Support Battalion
HF High Frequency HMAS Her Majesty’s Australian Ship HMNZS Her Majesty’s New Zealand Ship HMS Her Majesty’s Ship HQ Headquarters
JIO Joint Intelligence Organisation JLU Joint Logistic Unit JMOVGP Joint Movement Group JOC Joint Operations Command JTFHQ Joint Task Force Headquarters
LCAUST Land Commander—Australia LCM8 Landing Craft Medium Type 8 LOGCOMD Logistic Command LSF Logistic Support Force
MC Movement Control
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NAA National Australian Archives NCA National Command Authority (US) NCO Non Commissioned Officer NOCCC Navy Office Contingency Co-ordination Centre NORCOM Northern Command NSCC National Security Committee of Cabinet NZDF New Zealand Defence Force
OC Officer Commanding ONA Office of National Assessments
PACOM Pacific Command (US) PNG Papua New Guinea PNGDF Papua New Guinea Defence Force
RAA Royal Australian Artillery RAAF Royal Australian Air Force RAN Royal Australian Navy RANR Royal Australian Navy Reserve RAR Royal Australian Regiment RFMF Republic of Fiji Military Forces RHC Reinforcement Holding Company RN Royal Navy RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force RNZN Royal New Zealand Navy ROE Rules of Engagement
SAS Special Air Service SASR Special Air Service Regiment SATCOM Satellite Communications SCA Support Command—Australia SEATO South East Asia Treaty Organisation sitrep situation report SO1 Staff Officer Grade 1 SO2 Staff Officer Grade 2 SO3 Staff Officer Grade 3 SOFA Status of Forces Agreement SPPKF South Pacific Peace Keeping Force Spt support
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TMG Truce Monitoring Group TNI Tentara Nasional Indonesia (or the Indonesian Army)
UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UNAMET United Nations Assistance Mission–East Timor US United States
VCDF Vice Chief of the Defence Force
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