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7Ps

Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance

AAR

After Action Review

ABAO

All bets are off

AFV

Armored Fighting Vehicle

AH

Attack Helicopter

ALICE

All purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment

AO

Area of Operations

APC

Armored Personnel Carrier. Also the brand name of a manufacturer of short-term backup power supplies

ARC

American Red Cross

ARF

Airborne Reaction Force

ASAP

As Soon As Possible

ATL

Attempt To Locate

BCP

Business Continuity Planning

BIB

Bug In Bag

BOB

Bug Out Bag

BOHICA

Bend over, here it comes again

BOL

Bug Out Location

BOS

Battlefield Operating Systems

BOV

Bug Out Vehicle

BOWB

Bug out web belt

BSTS

Better safe than sorry

CAT

Combat Application Tourniquet

CB

Citizens Band Radio

CCW

Carrying concealed weapon

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CFR

Certified first responder

CM

Compressed meals

CME

Coronal mass ejection

COA

Course Of Action

COMSEC

Communication Security

COP

Combat Out Post

CQB

Close Quarters Battle

CYA

Cover your assets / cover your a**

DFO

Disaster field offices

DHS

Department of Homeland Security

DLP

Defense of life and property

DOD

Department of Defense (U.S.)

DOS

Department of State

DZ

Drop Zone

E&E

Escape & Evasion

EARS

Emergency Animal Response Services

EAS

Emergency alert system

EBS

Emergency broadcast system

ECP

Entry Control Point

EDA

European Defence Agency

EDC

Every Day Carry

EFP

Explosively Formed Penetrator

ELE

Extinction Level Event

EMP

Electro Magnetic Pulse

EMS

Emergency management systems

EMT

Emergency Medical Technician

EOD

End of days; of: Explosive Ordnance Disposal

EOT

End of times

EOTWBFL

End of the world buddy for life

EPA

Evasion Plan of Action

EROL

Excessive rule of law

ERV

Emergency Rendezvous

ESP

Extended stay pack

FAK

First aid kit

FD

Fire department

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIFO

First in first out

FILO

First in last out

FLIR

Forward Looking Infra-Red

FOB

Forward Observation Base

FRED

Field ration eating device

FRS

Family Radio Service. the Family Radio Service (FRS) is a private, two-way, very short-distance voice and data communications service for facilitating family and group activities. The most common use for FRS channels is short-distance, two-way voice communications using small hand-held radios that are similar to walkie-talkies. There are 14 FRS channels. Each channel has a bandwidth of 12.5 kHz. Ranging from 462.5625 to 467.7125 kHz.

FUBAR

F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition

FUD

Fear, uncertainty, and doubt

FWIW

For what it’s worth

GDE

Grid down event

GH

Golden Horde ( looters and marauders that will venture out of the city into the surrounding rural areas during a major crisis)

GHB

Get Home Bag

GMO

Genetically modified organisms

GMRS

The General Mobile Radio Service (GMRS) is a licensed radio service that uses channels around 462 MHz and 467 MHz. The most common use of GMRS channels is for short-distance, two-way communications using hand-held radios similar to walkie-talkies

GMV

Genetically modified virus

GOOD

Get Out Of Dodge

GPS

Global positioning system

GWOT

Global War on Terror

HAM

Home Amateur Radio

HAZMAT

Hazardous material

HDPE

 

High density polyethylene – used to manufacture containers in order to take advantage of its exceptional protective barrier abilities. Most 5 gallon “food grade” buckets are manufactured from a form of HDPE known as HDPE 2

HDR

Humanitarian daily rations

HEAT

High Explosive Anti Tank Round

HEMP

High altitude electromagnetic pulse

HESCO

Fortification Bastion

HESH

High Explosive Squash Head (tank round)

IC

Intelligence Community

IED

Improvised Explosive Device

IFAK

Individual first aid kit

IMHO

In my humble opinion

IMO

In my opinion

INCH

I’m Never Coming Home

INCHB

I’m never coming home bag

INCHK

I’m never coming home kit

IR

Infra-Red

JBT

Jack booted thug

JIC

Just in case

JIT

Just in time

KIA

Killed In Action

KISS

Keep It Simple, Stupid

LMAO

Laughing My Ass Off

LOL

Laughing Out Loud

LOS

Line of site

LP

Listening Post

LTFS

Long term food storage

LTS

Long term shelter

LZ

Landing Zone

MAD

Mutually assured destruction

MAG

Mutual Assistence Group

METT-TC

Mission, Enemy, Terrain and Weather, Troops and Support Available, Time Available, Civil Considerations 

MIA

Missing in Action

MoD

Ministry of Defense (U.K.)

MOE

Measures of effectiveness

MOI

Mechanism of injury

MOLLE

MOdular Lightweight Load carrying Equipment (spreek uit als: molly)

MRE

Meals Ready to Eat

MSM

Mainstream media

MURS

Multi Use Radio Service. The Multi-Use Radio Service (MURS) uses channels in the 151 – 154 MHz spectrum range. The most common use of MURS channels is for short-distance, two-way communications using small, portable hand-held radios that function similar to walkie-talkies

MZB

Mutant zombie bikers

NEMA

National Emergency Management Association

NINJA

No income, no job, no assets

NOD

Night Observation Device

NVD

Night Vision Device

NVG

Night Vision Goggles

NWO

New World Order

OCOKA

Observation, Cover, Concealment, Obstacles, Key Terrain, Avenues of Approach

OCOKA

Observation and fields of fire

Cover and Concealment

Obstacles

Key Terrain

Avenues of Approach

OMG

Oh My God

OP

Observation Post

Op Order

Operations Order

OPSEC

Operation Security

ORP

Objective Rally Point

OTG

Off the Grid

OTGE

Off the Grid Event

OvD-B

Officier van dienst brandweer

OvD-P

Officier van dienst politie

PD

Police Department

PERK

Personal emergency relocation kit

PLAN

Protection, Location, Acquisition, Navigation

POA

Point of aim

POI

Point of impact

POPO

Slang for police

POTUS

President of the United States

PR

Personnel Recovery

PRD

Personal radiation detector

PSK

Personal survival kit

PTSD

Post traumatic stress disorder

QRF

Quick Reaction Force

RCS

Rainwater collection system

RICE

Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation

Bij verzwikkingen: rust, ijs, compressive,  het lichaamsdeel hoog houden

RON

Remain Over Night

ROTFL

Rolling on the floor laughing

ROTFLMAO

Rolling on the floor laughing my a** off

RPAS

Remotely Piloted Aircraft System. De term die de Internationale Burgerluchtvaartorganisatie (ICAO) hanteert voor een drone

RPG

Rocket propelled Grenade

RTFM

Read The F*cking Manual

RTOC

Regional Tactical Operations Center

RV

Rendezvous

SALUTE

Size of enemy?

Activity, what are they doing?

Location, where are they?

Unit, do they have patches on their uniforms or other markings?

Time, what time did you see the enemy?

Equipment, what equipment do they have?

 

SAM

Surface to Air Missile

SAR

Search and rescue

SAW

Squad Automatic Weapon

SERE

Survival, evasion, resistance, and escape

SF

Kan zijn: Special Forces, of: Solar flare

SFWF

Shelter, fire, water, and food

SHEEPLE

samentrekking van Sheep en People

SHTF

(when) Shit Hits The Fan. Letterlijk vertaald: wanneer poep de ventilator raakt. In duidelijk Nederlands: wanneer de pleuris uitbreekt

SHTF

(when) Shit Hits The Pan

SIGINT

Signals Intelligence

SIP

Shelter in place

SITRAP

Situatie Rapport

SITREP

Situation Report

SLAE

Significant Life Altering Events

SMOLES

Self-Defense, Medical Aid, Observation/Optics, Land Navigation, Extreme Weather Conditions, Survival

SNAFU

Situation Normal, All F*cked Up

SOF

Special Operations Forces.

SOL

Sh*t out of luck

SOP

Standard Operating Procedures

SPACE

Signature, Profile, Association, Contrast, Exposure

STFU

Shut The F*ck Up

STOP

Stop, Think, Observe, Plan

SWAT

Special weapons and tactics

SWF

Short wave radio

SWOT

Strength, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

TECHINT

Technical Intelligence

TEOTWAWKI

The end of the world as we know it

TI

Thermal Imaging

TOC

Tactical Operations Centre

TPTB

The powers that be

TSHTF

The sh*t hits the fan

TTP

Tactic, Technique, Procedure

TTPs

Tactics, Techniques, Procedures

UASU

Unmanned Aerial System. Omvat behalve een luchtvaartuig ook andere elementen zoals als een grondstation, een speciale datalink voor de verbindingen en een lanceerinrichting

UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. Algemene term voor een onbemand luchtvaarttuig (drone)

VSI

Very Seriously Injured

WCTTW

(if the) Worst Came To The Worst

WROL

Without Rule Of Law

YOYO

You’re on your own

ZA

Zombie apocalypse

ZHKH

Zelf Hulp Kameraden Hulp (militaire ehbo)