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

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

 

 

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

 

 

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