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The Special Forces community and the military
services in general use a multitude of words, phrases, and acronyms in its
vocabulary, documentation, correspondence, and publications. This
glossary is intended to aid those unfamiliar with specific special
operations terminology.
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NAI. Named Area of Interest.
NAR. Non-conventional
Assisted Recovery. Evader recovery conducted by SOF UW ground
forces. Used where CSAR forces are unable to operate.
NATO. North Atlantic Treat
Organization.
NAVSOA. Naval Special
Operations Aviation.
NAVSOF. Naval Special
Operations Forces.
NBC. Nuclear Biological and
Chemical.
NCO. Non-commissioned officer.
NEO. Noncombatant Evacuation
Operation. See FM 3-04.104, Army Special Operations Forces
Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, February 2004.
NEOPACK. Noncombatant
Evacuation Operation Pack.
NET. No Earlier Than.
NGA. National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
NGO. Non-Governmental
Organization.
NG SF. See
National Guard Special Forces.
NIMA. National Imagery and Mapping
Agency.
NIPRNET. Non-Secure Internet
Protocol Router Network.
NIST. National Intelligence
Support Team.
NKVD. People's Commissariat for
Internal Affairs, forerunner of Russia's KGB.
NLT. No Later Than. As
in NLT 0500.
NIU. National Intelligence
Unversity. www.ni-u.edu
NMCC. National Military
Command Center.
NOC. A CIA term meaning
"non-official cover". A NOC is someone who works in the most covert of CIA
assignments - with no connection to a U.S. government position or agency.
A NOC does not have diplomatic immunity. The acronym NOC is pronounced
"knock". Many pose as business executives under a program called the
"Global Deployment Inititative" which established "front companies". See
related
news article.
NOD. Night Observatioin
Device.
NOK. Next of Kin.
NOE. Nap of the Earth.
NORDO. No Radio.
NRO. National Reconnaissance
Office.
NSA. National Security
Agency.
NSWTG. Naval Special Warfare
Task Group.
NSWTU. Naval Special Warfare
Task Unit.
NTC. National Training
Center.
NTV. Non-Tactical Vehicle.
NVD. Night Vision Device.
NVG. Night Vision Googles.
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