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SSO: Special Security Officer.

STE: Section-Terminating Equipment. See also STU.

Steyr AUG: The Austrian Army's 5.56mm bullpup infantry carbine. Also issued by the Australian Army as their replacement for the L1A1. Often called the AUS-Steyr by the Australians.

Strat: Slang for Strategic.

STU: Secure Telephone Unit. (Spoken ”Stew.”) See also STE and NSTS.

STU-III: A third-generation STU phone. (Spoken ”Stew Three.”) See also STE and NSTS.

SUV: Sport Utility Vehicle.

S&W: Smith and Wesson.

SWAT: Special Weapons and Tactics. (SWAT originally stood for Special Weapons a.s.sault Team until that was deemed politically incorrect.) TA: Traffic a.n.a.lyst/a.n.a.lysis. Study of communications patterns to determine unit relations.h.i.+ps and dispositions. See also RTA.

Tactical SCIF: An accredited secure area used for actual or simulated war operations for a specified period of time.

Tall Oak: See Project Tall Oak. (Later renamed Task Group Tall Oak.) TARP: Depending on context, Threat Awareness and Reporting Program or Troubled a.s.set Relief Program.

Task Group Tall Oak: See Project Tall Oak.

TAWS: Terrain Awareness and Warning System.

TBAS: Tiered Body Armor System (Australian army issue).

TBD: To Be Determined.

TDY: Temporary Duty.

Technical Truck: A pickup truck equipped with a pedestal-mounted machine gun.

TEMPEST: Telecommunications Electronics Material Protected from Emanating Spurious Transmissions. The now uncla.s.sified U.S. government code word for emanations security. See also EMSEC.

TEP: TEMPEST Endors.e.m.e.nt Program.

Thermite: A mixture of aluminum powder and iron rust powder that, when ignited, causes a vigorous exothermic reaction. Used primarily for welding. Also used by military units as an incendiary for destroying equipment.

Third Department: The PLA's signals intelligence-gathering and a.n.a.lysis arm.

TIG: Tungsten Inert Gas. (A welding method.) TNT: 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene is a colorless or pale yellow and odorless crystalline high explosive.

TO: Tall Oak.

TOC: Tactical Operations Center.

TO&E: Table of Organization and Equipment.

Topo: Short for topographical.

TOP SECRET: The security cla.s.sification applied to information, the unauthorized disclosure of which reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security. See also TS and SCI.

TPZ: Transportpanzer. A variant of the six-wheel Fuchs (Fox) APC.

TRU: Thompson Rivers University.

TS: Top Secret.

TSCM: Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (Surveys and Evaluations). A physical, electronic, and visual examination to detect technical surveillance devices, technical security hazards, and attempts at clandestine penetration. See also TEMPEST and EMSEC.

TSEC: The system for identifying the type and purpose of certain items of COMSEC material.

Type 92: See QSZ-92.

Type 95: See QBZ-95.

UAV: Unmanned aerial vehicle. See also RPV.

UDT: Underwater Demolition Team.

UN: United Nations.

UN-MNF: United Nations Multinational Force.

UNPROFOR: United Nations Protection Force (Security a.s.sistance Command).

UPS: Uninterruptible Power Source.

U.S.: United States.

USB: Universal Serial Bus.

U.S.-Controlled Facility: A base or building to which access is physically controlled by U.S. individuals who are authorized U.S. government or U.S. government contractor employees.

USMC: United States Marine Corps.

VAB: Vehicule de l'Avant Blinde (Armored Vanguard Vehicle).

VAC: Volts, Alternating Current.

Valmet: The Finnish conglomerate that formerly made several types of firearms.

Vault: See SCIF.

VBCI: Vehicule Blinde de Combat d'Infanterie.

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