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vocabulary, documentation, correspondence, and publications. This
glossary is intended to aid those unfamiliar with specific special
operations terminology.
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R&S. Reconnaissance and
Surveillance.
Radar. Radio Detection and
Ranging.
RATELO. Radio Telephone
Operator.
RCLR. Recoiless Rifle.
RDF. Radio Direction Finder.
RDO. Rapid Decisive Operations. A
buzzword in the 1990s after the U.S. and its allies pushed Iraq out of
Kuwait during the first Gulf War. RDO became a popular mantra within the
military for how the United States would fight wars in the future. RDO as
a concept meant that the U.S. miltary with superior technology would be
able to easily defeat its enemies on the battlefield. As in the invasion
of Iraq during March - April 2003. Of course, then along came the
counterinsurgency campaigns of Iraq and Afghanistan and RDO slipped off
the radar screen.
RDT. Reactive Doctrinal
Template.
Recon. Reconnaissance.
Refugee. "A person who, by
reason of real or imagined danger, has left their home country or country
of their nationality and is unwilling or unable to return". (JP
1-02). See also "displaced person".
Regt. Regiment.
REMBASS. Remotely Monitored
Battlefield Sensor System.
REMS. Remotely Employed
Sensors.
Resistance Movement. "An
organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to
resist the legally established government or an occupying power and to
disrupt civil order and stability". (JP 1-02).
RF. Radio Frequency.
RFI. Radio Frequency
Interference.
RFI. Request for
Information.
ROE. Rules of Engagement.
RON. Remain Over Night.
Where a patrol will set up to remain over night.
ROZ. Restricted Operations
Zone. Usually referring to air space over a specified geographical
area.
RP. Rally Point; Release
Point.
RPG. Rocket-Propelled
Grenade. Heavily used by the the former Soviet Bloc nations and
exported to Third World countries around the world.
RPM. Revolutions per Minute.
RTB. Return to Base.
RZ. Recovery Zone.
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