A memory aid to help in reporting enemy information. Squad Automatic Weapon. SF can perform a variety of unconventional warfare missions, but their primary use is to train indigenous forces in foreign countries. A frequency-hopping radio with built in encryption circuitry. Admiral Leighton Smith was the commander of IFOR during Operation Joint Endeavor .
Snivel gear forms the bulk of the equipment a soldier is issued.
It is the main reason the U.S. soldier is overloaded to the point of being unable to fight. If a soldier cannot fit his all gear in a ruck , he is carrying snivel gear. The place and time an operation is supposed to start. There are others, but these are the most common. Intelligence and security.