Council of the European Union Brussels, 21 February 2018 (OR. en) 6460/18 CSDP/PSDC 85 EUMC 34 COVER NOTE From: European External Agency Service (EEAS) To: European Union Military Committee (EUMC) Subject: EUMC Glossary of Acronyms and Definitions Revision 2017 Delegations will find attached document EEAS(2018) 133 REV 1. Encl.: EEAS(2018) 133 REV 1 6460/18 JF/mag DGC 2B EN EEAS(2018) 133 REV 1 PUBLIC EUROPEAN EXTERNAL ACTION SERVICE European Union Military Staff Working document of the European External Action Service of 20/02/2018 EEAS Reference EEAS(2018) 133 REV 1 Distribution marking PUBLIC From European Union Military Committee (EUMC) To European Union Military Committee (EUMC) Title / Subject EUMC Glossary of Acronyms and Definitions Revision 2017 ST 6330/17 - EUMC Glossary of Acronyms and [Ref. prev. doc.] Definitions Revision 2016 Delegations will find attached the EUMC Glossary of Acronyms and Definitions Revision 2017, which was agreed by the EUMC on Friday 16 February 2018 by silence procedure. _________________________ EEAS(2018) 133 REV 1 European Union Military Staff AC/ek 1/93 PUBLIC EN 2017 EUMC GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS AND DEFINITIONS Revision 2017 EEAS(2018) 133 REV 1 European Union Military Staff AC/ek 2/93 PUBLIC EN EEAS(2018) 133 REV 1 PUBLIC CONTENTS ACRONYMS ................................................................................ 5 A ........................................................................................................................................................ 5 B ........................................................................................................................................................ 8 C ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 D ...................................................................................................................................................... 20 E ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 F ....................................................................................................................................................... 30 G ...................................................................................................................................................... 33 H ...................................................................................................................................................... 34 I ........................................................................................................................................................ 35 J ....................................................................................................................................................... 41 K ...................................................................................................................................................... 43 L ....................................................................................................................................................... 43 M ..................................................................................................................................................... 46 N ...................................................................................................................................................... 52 O ...................................................................................................................................................... 55 P ....................................................................................................................................................... 57 Q ...................................................................................................................................................... 61 R ...................................................................................................................................................... 61 S ....................................................................................................................................................... 64 T ....................................................................................................................................................... 70 U ...................................................................................................................................................... 73 V ...................................................................................................................................................... 74 W ..................................................................................................................................................... 75 DEFINITIONS ............................................................................ 76 A ...................................................................................................................................................... 76 B ...................................................................................................................................................... 78 C ...................................................................................................................................................... 78 D ...................................................................................................................................................... 90 E ....................................................................................................................................................... 93 F ....................................................................................................................................................... 98 G .................................................................................................................................................... 100 H .................................................................................................................................................... 101 I ...................................................................................................................................................... 102 J ..................................................................................................................................................... 107 K .................................................................................................................................................... 108 L ..................................................................................................................................................... 108 M ................................................................................................................................................... 110 O .................................................................................................................................................... 117 P ..................................................................................................................................................... 119 Q .................................................................................................................................................... 122 R .................................................................................................................................................... 122 S ..................................................................................................................................................... 126 T ..................................................................................................................................................... 132 U .................................................................................................................................................... 134 V .................................................................................................................................................... 134 W ................................................................................................................................................... 134 EEAS(2018) 133 REV 1 European Union Military Staff AC/ek 3/93 PUBLIC EN EEAS(2018) 133 REV 1 PUBLIC ACRONYMS ACRONYM ABBREVIATED WORD (D)CAOC (Deployable) Combined Air Operations Centre (D)DoS (Distributed) Denial of Service 6MGTR 6 Monthly Global Threat Review A AA Administrative Arrangement AA Assembly Area AAR Air-to-Air-Refuelling AAR After Action Review Anti Balaka AB (CAR Christian self-defence group) ACC Air Component Commander ACLS Advanced Cardiac Life Support ACO Allied Command Operations (NATO) ACOS Ext Assistant Chief Of Staff for External Matters (EUMS) ACOS Sync Assistant Chief Of Staff for Synchronisation (EUMS) ACSA Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement ACT Allied Command Transformation (NATO) AD Air Defence ADAMS Allied Deployment And Movement System AE Aeromedical Evacuation AEW Airborne Early Warning AFISMA African Union led International Support Mission to Mali AGL Above Ground Level AIS Automatic Identification System AMCC Allied Movement Coordination Centre AMISOM African Union Mission in Somalia AMSCC Athens Multinational Sealift Coordination Center EEAS(2018) 133