General Reference

• IO Acronym List
• Publications Referenced in this Course
• DoD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms... web version... CD version*
  (*Note: Due to the large size of this document, the most current version available at the time of this publication is included on the CD. The web version may be more up-to-date.)
• Course Narration Script

IO Acronym List
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AFCERT - Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team
AFIWC - Air Force Information Warfare Center
ATO - Air Tasking Order
BDA - Battle Damage Assessment
C2 - Command and Control
C2W - Command and Control Warfare
C3 - Command, Control and Communications
C3I - Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence
C4I - Command and Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence
C4ISR - C4I Surveillance and Reconnaissance
CERT - Computer Emergency Response Team
CINC - Commander in Chief
CIP - Critical Infrastructure Protection
CJCS - Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
CNA - Computer Network Attack
COMINT - Communications Intelligence
COMPUSEC - Computer Security
COMSEC - Communications Security
CONUS - Continental United States
CTAPS - Contingency Theater Advanced Planning System
DCI - Director of Central Intelligence
DIA - Defense Intelligence Agency
DII - Defense Information Infrastructure
DISA - Defense Information Systems Agency
DoD - Department of Defense
ELINT - Electronics intelligence.
EW - Electronic Warfare
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FIWC - Fleet Information Warfare Center
GAO - Government Accounting Office
GCCS - Global Command & Control System
GII - Global Information Infrastructure
GPS - Global Positioning System
HUMINT - Human Intelligence
I&W/TA - Indication and Warning/Threat Assessment
IADS - Integrated Air Defense System
IC - Intelligence Community
Info. - Information
INFOSEC - Information Security
Intel - Intelligence
IO - Information Operations
IP - Information Protection
ISR - Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance
IT - Information Technology
IW - Information Warfare
IW-D - Information Warfare-Defense
JAOC - Joint Air Operations Center
JFACC - Joint Forces Air Component Commander
JTF - Joint Tasking Force
JWAC - Joint Warfare Analysis Center
LAN - Local Area Network
LOC - Lines of Communication
MISSI - Multilevel Information System Security Initiative
MOOTW - Military Operations Other Than War
NCA - National Command Authority
NCS - National Communications System
NII - National Information Infrastructure
NIWA - Navy Information Warfare Activity
NSA - National Security Agency
NSIE - Network Security Information Exchange
OODA - Observe, Orient, Decide, Act
OOTW - Operations Other Than War
OPSEC - Operations Security
OSINT - Open Source Intelligence
PSYOP - Psychological Operations
SAM - Surface to air Missile
SEAD - Suppression-of-enemy-air defense
SIGINT - Signals Intelligence
TCP/IP - Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol
TRANSEC - Transmission Security
UAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
WAN - Wide Area Network
WMD - Weapons of Mass Destruction (i.e. Nuclear, Biological, Chemical)

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Publication References

Note: The references within the lessons refer to publications burned on the CD. They were the most current copies at the time of production; however, they are subject to change. The following links point to web versions of the pubs, which may be more up-to-date, though the titles could vary slightly.

Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2-5. Information Operations, August 1998.

Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2-5.1. Electronic Warfare, November 1999.

Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2-5.2. Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Operations, April 1999.

Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2-5.3. Psychological Operations, August 1999.

Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2-5.4. Public Affairs, October 1999.

Joint Publication (JP) 3-13. Joint Doctrine for Information Operations, October 1998.

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