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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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P2C. Known as the "power to
coerce". This is usually used in the context in as the place between
the use of hard power and soft power when dealing with adversaries.
PA. Public Affairs.
PACE. As in PACE plan.
Primary, Alternate, Contingent, Emergency.
PAO. Public Affairs Officer.
Paramilitary Forces. "Forces
or groups distinct from the regular armed forces of any country, but
resembling them in organization, equipment, training, or mission".
(JP 1-20).
Partisan. A member of an
armed resistance group fighting against an occupying force.
PAX. Passengers.
PB. Patrol Base.
PC. 1. Precious Cargo.
2. Patrol Cap.
PCI. Pre-Combat Inspection.
PDF. Principal
Direction of Fire.
Peacekeeping. "Military
operations undertaken with the consent of all major parties to a dispute,
designed to monitor and facilitate implementation of an agreement
(ceasefire, truce, or other such agreement) and support diplomatic efforts
to reach a long-term political settlement". (JP 1-02).
PERINTREP. Periodic
Intelligence Report.
PERINTSUM. Periodic
Intelligence Summary.
Personnel Recovery (PR). The
recovery of U.S. military or DoD civilians or contractors from
hostile territory. Learn more about
personnel recovery.
PEWS. Platoon Early
Warning System.
PGP. Pretty Good Privacy.
A computer encryption algorithm based on RSA. Available commercially
and used by many organizations.
PIR. Priority Intelligence
Requirements.
PID. Positive
Identification.
PJ. Air Force para-jumper /
para-rescue.
PL. Patrol Leader; Phase
Line.
PLAD. Plain Language Address
Dictionary.
PMCS. Preventive
Maintenance Checks and Services.
POC. Point of Contact.
POE. Point of Embarkation.
POE. Plan of Execution.
POG. Psychological
Operations Group.
POL. Petroleum, oil, and
lubricants.
Political Warfare. A term
used to describe ambiguous and nebulous conflicts that don't fit
into conventional warfare or peacetime activities. Learn more about
Special
Forces and political warfare.
PONR. Point of No Return.
POTF. Pyschological
Operations Task Force.
POW. Prisoner of War.
PR. Personnel Recovery.
PR FAS ATD. Personnel
Recovery Functional Area Service Advanced Technology Demonstrator.
An information management and Command & Control (C2) tool.
PRI. Primary. As in
Primary Drop Zone.
PRMS. Personnel
Recovery Mission Software.
Product. "Any visual, audio,
or audivisual item generated and disseminated in support of a
Psychological Operations program". (FM 3-05.30)
Propaganda. "Any form of
communication in support of national objectives designed to influence the
opinions, emotions, attitudes, or behavior of any group in order to
benefit the sponsor, either directly or indirectly". (JP 1-02).
PSYDET. Psychological
Operations Detachment.
PSYOP. Psychological
Operations. Now known as MISO. "Planned operations to convey
selected information and indicators to foreign audiences to influence
their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately teh behavior
of foreign governments, organizations, groups, and individuals. The
purpose of psychological operations is to induce or reinforce foreign
attitudes and behavoir favorable to the originator's objectives".
(JP 1-20).
PW. Prisoner of War.
PWE. Political Warfare
Executive, a British clandestine body created to produce both white
and black propaganda during World War II.
PZ. Pickup Zone. Referring
to a strip or spot for an aircraft to land and pick up equipment or
personnel.
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