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Acronyms and Abbreviations

A

AA: Alcoholics Anonymous

AA: anterograde amnesia

AAD: after-action debriefing

AAR: after-action review

AEF: American Expeditionary Forces

AIDS: acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

AMA: American Medical Association

AMEDD: Army Medical Department

AMTRAC: amphibious transport craft

APC: armored personnel carrier

ARCENT: U.S. Army Central Command

ARMA: Adaptability Rating for Military Aviation

ATH: air transportable hospital

ATLS: advanced trauma life support

AWACS: Airborne Warning and Control System

AWOL: absent without leave

B

BAS: battalion aid station

BBB: blood-brain barrier

BDZ: benzodiazepine

BFB: basal forebrain

BFC: battle fatigue center

BI & W: battle injury and wounding

BICEPS: brevity, immediacy, centrality, expectancy,

proximity, simplicity

BUMED: Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

BZ: 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate

C

66C: psychiatric nurse

66C7T: clinical nurse specialist

C3I: command, control, communications, and intelligence

CA: Cocaine Anonymous

CACO: casualty assistance calls officer

CATF: Commander, Amphibious Task Force

CCI: civilian critical incidents

CED: critical event debriefing

CES(D): Center for Epidemiological Studies (Depression)

CHI: closed head injury

CIA: Central Intelligence Agency

CIB: Combat Infantryman Badge

CINCLANTFLT: Commander in chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

CINCPACFLT: Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet

CISD: critical incident stress debriefing

CLF: Commander, Land Forces

CMC: Commandant of the Marine Corps

CMHS: Community Mental Health Services

CMTC: Combat Maneuver Training Center

CNO: Chief of Naval Operations

CNS: central nervous system

CO: commanding officer

COHORT: cohesion, operational readiness, training

COMMZ: communications zone

CONUS: continental United States

CQ: charge-of-quarters

CSC: combat stress control

CSCP: combat stress control preventive

CSH: combat support hospital

CSR: combat stress reaction

CSS: combat service support

CSU: combat stress unit

CT: computed tomography

D

D: depression scale on the Minnesota Multiphasic

Personality Inventory

DA: Department of the Army

DAI: diffuse axonal injury

DBMS: Director of Base Medical Services

DDD: dependency, debility, and dread

DEPMEDS: deployable medical systems

DEROS: date of expected return from overseas station

DNBI: disease/nonbattle injury

DON: Department of the Navy

DPICM: dual purpose improved conventional munition

DPTSD: delayed post-traumatic stress disorder

DSM-I: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 1st ed

DSM-II: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 2nd ed

DSM-III: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 3rd ed

DSM-III-R: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 3rd ed rev

DSM-IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, 4th ed

E

1-E: first echelon

2-E: second echelon

3-E: third echelon

4-E: fourth echelon

ECT: electroconvulsive therapy

EDRF: endothelium-derived relaxing factor

EEG: electroencephalogram

EMP: electromagnetic pulse

EOD: explosive ordnance disposal

EOTD: end-of-tour debriefing

ETO: European Theater of Operations

F

91F: psychiatric specialist

FAC: forward air controllers

FBI: Federal Bureau of Investigation

FDC: fire direction center

FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency

fMRI: fast magnetic resonance imaging

FSSG: Force Service Support Group

G

91G: behavioral science specialist

G-1: Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel)

G-4: Assistant Chief of Staff (Logistics)

Ga: Tabun

GABA: γ-aminobutyric acid

Gb: Sarin

Gd: Soman

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GGT: gamma-glutamyltranferase

GOAT: Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test

GP: general purpose

H

HERD: Historical Event Reconstruction Debriefing

HIP: high-induction profile

HIV: human immunodeficiency virus

HMMWV: high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle

HQ: headquarters

Hs: hysteria scale on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality

Inventory

Hy: hypochondriasis scale on the Minnesota Multiphasic

Personality Inventory

I

ICBM: intercontinental ballistic missile

ICD-9: Manual of International Statistical Classification of

Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death

IDF: Israeli Defence Forces

IFV: infantry fighting vehicle

IQ: intelligence quotient

IRR: Individual Ready Reserve

IV: intravenous

J

JRTC: Joint Readiness Training Center

JTF: Joint Task Force

K

KIA: killed in action

KO: mobile psychiatric detachment

KZ: concentration camp syndrome

L

91L: occupational therapy specialist

LCC: Amphibious Command Ships [landing ships,

command, communication]

LHA: landing ship, helicopter, assault

LKA: Amphibious Cargo Ships [landing ships, cargo, amphibious]

LPH: landing ship, platform, helicopter

LRRP: long-range reconnaissance patrol

LSD: Dock Landing Ships [landing ships, dock]

LST: Tank Landing Ships [landing ships, tank]

M

I MEF: I Marine Expeditionary Force

II MEF: II Marine Expeditionary Force

III MEF: III Marine Expeditionary Force

MAO: monoamine oxidase

MAOI: monoamine oxidase inhibitors

MARFORLANT: U.S. Marine Corps Forces Atlantic

MARFORPAC: U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific

MASF: mobile aeromedical staging facility

MASH: Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

MCV: mean corpuscular volume

MEB: Marine Expeditionary Brigade

MEB: medical evaluation board

MEDCAP: medical civic action program

MEDDAC: Medical Department activity

MEDIC: computer-based patient management system for

isolated environments

MEF: Marine Expeditionary Force

MEU: Marine Expeditionary Unit

MF2K: Medical Force 2000

MH/CSC: mental health/combat stress control

MHCS: Mental Hygiene Consultation Service

MIA: missing in action

MILES: multiple integrated laser engagement system

MLRS: multiple launch rocket system

MMART: Mobile Medical Augmentation Readiness Teams

MMPI: Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory

MOOTW: military operations other than war

MOPP: mission-oriented protective posture

MOS: military occupational specialty

MP: military police

MRE: meal-ready-to-eat

MRI: magnetic resonance imaging

MTO: Mediterranean Theater of Operations

N

NA: Narcotics Anonymous

NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBC: nuclear, biological, and chemical

NCO: noncommissioned officer

NCOIC: noncommissioned officer in charge

NFT: neurofibrillary tangles

NP: neuropsychiatry

NSAID: nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug

NTC: National Training Center

NUMI: Naval Undersea Medical Institute

NVVRS: National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study

NYD (nervous): not yet diagnosed (nervous)

O

O & M: orientation and mobilization

OD: right eye

OJC: Operation Just Cause

OM: psychiatric detachment team

OOTW: operation other than war

OT: occupational therapist

P

PA: physician assistant

PCRTS: primary casualty receiving treatment ships

Pd: psychopathic deviance scale on the Minnesota

Multiphasic Personality Inventory

PDF: Panamanian Defense Force

PET: positron emission tomography

PFC: private first class

PHI: penetrating head injury

PIE: proximity, immediacy, and expectancy

PIES: proximity, immediacy, expectancy, simplicity

POMCUS: pre-positioned overseas material configured unit sets

POW: prisoner of war

PROFIS: Professional Officer Filler Sytem

PSYOPS: psychological operations

PT : physical training

Pt: psychasthenia scale on the Minnesota Multiphasic

Personality Inventory

PTA: post-traumatic amnesia

PTSD: post-traumatic stress disorder

PX: post exchange
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R

R and R: rest and recreation

RA: retrograde amnesia

RAF: Royal Air Force

RDC: Research Diagnostic Criteria

REM: rapid eye movement

REMF: rear-echelon mother f—er

RF-LAN: radio-frequency, local area network

RIMA: reversible inhibitor of monoamine oxidase-A

RTDTD: return to duty to die

S

1SG: first sergeant

SAC: Strategic Air Command

SAP: Specialty Advisor for Psychiatry

Sc: schizophrenia scale on the Minnesota Multiphasic

Personality Inventory

SCI: spinal cord injury

SCRTS: secondary casualty receiving treatment ships

SEALS: SEa Air Land commandoS

SECNAV: Secretary of the Navy

SFC: sergeant first class

SGOT: serum glutamic-oxalocetic transaminase

SGPT: serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase

SIW: self-inflicted wounds

SOD: superoxide dismutase

SOF: special operations forces

SOP: standing operating procedure

SP4: specialist 4th class

SPRINT: special psychiatric rapid intervention team

SSC: Surgical Support Companies

SSRI: selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

T

T&R: training and rehabilitation

TAB: TMB-4 [an oxime], atropine, and benactyzine

TBI: traumatic brain injury

TBS: total body surface

TCA: tricyclic antidepressant

TEMPER: tent, extendable, modular, personnel

TENS: transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

TGA: transient global amnesia

TO&E: Table of Organization and Equipment

TOC: tactical operations center

TSOP: tactical standing operating procedure

U

UCMJ: Uniform Code of Military Justice

USAFE: U.S. Air Force, Europe

USARV: U.S. Army Vietnam

V

VA: Veterans Administration (since 1985, Department of

Veterans Affairs)

VC: Viet Cong

VD: venereal disease

VEVAS: Vietnam-Era Veterans Adjustment Survey

VR: virtual reality

W

WIA: wounded in action

WRAIR: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research

WSO: weapons systems operator