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brevity terms
cas brevity terms + gen comms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| JTAC or air crew marks the target with an IR pointer | sparkle |
| response to sparkle | contact or no joy |
| JTAC oscillates ir pointer in a figure 8 on the target | snake |
| flashing IR energy initiated by JTAC or air crew | pulse |
| response to pulse | contact, steady, no joy |
| stop oscilation of IR pointer | steady |
| stop the ir energy | stop |
| circle IR pointer around an aircraft to help ID friendly position | rope |
| JTAC or Aircraft have positivly Identified friendly position | visual |
| acknowledges the sighting of a specific reference point | contact |
| enemy position/target is in sight | tally |
| aircrew does not have visual contact with target/bandit/bogey/landmark | no joy |
| no visual contact with friendly position | blind |
| when looking for reference point | looking |
| standby for laser in 10 seconds | ten seconds |
| designate the target with laser energy now | laser on |
| aircraft has acquired laser energy | spot |
| call to shift laser | shift |
| cease laser designation | terminate |
| height of friendly air craft in thousands of feet | angels |
| height of fiendly air craft in hundereds of feet | cherubs |
| requested action is authorized | cleared |
| ordanace release is authorized. type 1 and 2 control | cleared hot |
| EO/IR illuminator provides illumination of surface points | burn |
| specified surface target as been acquired and is being tracked with an on board sensor | captured |
| continue present manuevor, does not imply clearance to engage or expend ordanance | continue |
| flying in clouds or area of reduced visibility | popeye |
| request for friendly position, response in terms of geographic landmark, or from a common rp | posit |
| group/contact's direction of flight/movement | track |
| a ground object/person departing the objective area | squirter |
| unidentified surface vehicle/person in motion | mover |
| unidentified surface vehicle/person not in motion | stationary mover |
| a person departing a vehicle | dismount |
| what is a TRP | target reference point |
| what is a NAI | named area of interest |
| what is a RFL | restricted fire line |
| what is a NFA | no fire area |
| what is a JTAC | joint terminal air controller |
| cease action | abort |
| any UAV | cyclops |
| looking for info | details |
| JSTARS indicating vehicles are stationaly | idle |
| provide mission info that is pertinent | low down |
| iff transponder/shut it off | parrot/stangle your parrot |
| reference point for air to surface target operations | stake |
| PAX | used to describe personel |
| Oscar Mike | on the move |
| NSTR | nothing significant to report |
| when to use break break | when on the same freq but switching who you are talking to |
| term used to move to new ground party on the radio | push |
| term used to describe americans | eagles |
| when you push to a new ground party what should you do | check in with new ground party and say ___is with you on fires |
| FEBA | foreward edge of the battle area |
| FLOT | foreward line of own troops |
| FSCL | Fire support coordination line |
| what would a sample call sound like to request from the tanker to the working location in combat | "currently refueling on ___track, request present position direct 20 BRC6 in 10 minutes" |
| GRG | gridded reference system |
| VDO | vehicle drop off point |
| GAF | ground assault force |
| HAF | helicopter assault force |
| HLZ | helicopter landing zone |
| SSE | sensitive sight exploitation (ISR) |
| QRF | quick reaction force |
| TACON | tactical control, usually ground party FSO who is controlling you but can not change your mission |
| what can be used to describe any personel | PAX |
| what can be used in place of Blind | No Joy |
| Unit or element will be performing exactly as briefed | as fragged |
| to request details | details or sitrep |
| stop firing but not for a bad reason, not to be confused with cease fire | check/hold fire |
| request to provide air info | picture |
| MAM | military aged man |
| CSAR or any helicopter is departing the LZ | popcorn |
| shift time back or ahead | rolex |
| before giving your cas check in what should you do | radio check and advise when ready to copy |
| what can you do if the radios become to cluttered with radios thata re not important | punch them off but tell the primary crew member that you are off and to let you know if there is something important |
| what is the best way to relay information from a RECCE mission | take notes or draw on your chart then relay all the info at once |
| what is the usual structure of radios in a combat enviornment | one freq with the FSO and another freq that is a common fire freq with all the FO |
| what is the role of the FSO | the FSO is controlling the fire missions. He will send you off to the individual FO and will tell you who has priority |
| Stop, turn around and proceed the other way | hook |
| what should you call when escort takes the correct turn | good turn |
| during an escort mission how often should you contact the escort | atleast once every 30 sec |
| during a RECCE what does investigate mean | varify specified elements of ROE, PID, CDE and coordination of forces on the referenced target/track |
| during a RECCE what does target mean | ROE PID coordination of forces and commander's guidance requirements on the referenced target/track has been satisfied, but target correlation and CDE must be accomplished before employing ordance |
| during a RECCE what does smack mean | clearance to employ ordancnace on surface targets becuases ROE, PID, CDE, coordination of fires, and commanders intent have been met |
| another way to say SLV to hud | dead nuts |
| CDE | collateral damage estimate |
| broken | bent |
| for escort missions how should you call a turn | call every 1000m, within 500m, countdown 5,4,3,2,1 "turn L/R HDG____, good turn" |
| how to say you are going to pass MGRS coordinates | STBY grid |
| FSO | Fire support officer |
| FO | forward observer |
| when passing grid what is the norm for digit number | 6 digit grid |
| APC | Armored personnel carrier |
| chalk | specified aircraft load, usually a group of soldiers assigned to the helo |
| how to say the vehicle is not moving | stationary |
| when reading back a call for fire how should you say "your position" | posit bunker A77 |
| when describing an air stack what should aircraft be called and how to describe their altitudes | use their call signs not aircraft type and say block altitude |
| if waiting for tasking what can you say | standing by tasking or directives |
| if a HLZ is clear what should be said | HLZ clear and quite |
| when is break used | when on a long transmission and you are continuing message. dont go off the mike |
| duece and a half | light truck used to carry personel |
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