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glossary is intended to aid those unfamiliar with specific special
operations terminology.
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TA. Target Audience.
Usually used in reference to MISO or PSYOP operations. See target
audience below.
TACLAN. Tactical Local Area
Network.
TACON. Tactical Control.
TACP. Tactical Air Control
Party.
TACSAT. Tactical Satellite
Radio.
TAI. Target Area of
Interest.
TALCE. Tanker Airlift
Control Element.
TALOS. Tactical Assault Light
Operator's Suit. Commonly referred to as the 'Iron Man Suit'. A future
development project by USSOCOM for its operators. Learn more about
TALOS here.
Target Audience. "An
individual or group selected for influence or attack by means of
Psychological Operations". (JP 1-02).
Task Force Orange. This
organization was officially formed after the Iranian hostage crisis in
1981 and focuses on intelligence gathering, signals collection and other
high-risk operations.
TASKORD. Tasking Order.
TASOSC. Theater Army Special
Operations Support Command.
TBD. To Be Determined.
TBMCS. Theater Battle
Management Core System.
TCAE. Technical Control and
Analysis Element.
TCN. Third Country National.
TECHINT. Technical
Intelligence.
Terrorism. "The calculated
use of unlawful violence or threat of unlawful violence to inculcate fear,
intended to coerce or to intimidate governments or societies in the
pursuit of goals that are generally political, religious, or ideological".
(JP 1-02).
TGO. Terminal Guidance
Operation.
Theme. "A theme is a
subject, topic, or line of persuasion used to achieve a psychological
objective". (FM 3-05.30).
TIP. Target Intelligence
Package.
TL. Team Leader.
TLAM. Tomahawk Land Attack
Missile.
TLP. Troop Leading
Procedures.
TM. Technical Manual.
TNT. Trinitrotoluene.
TNT is a very common explosive for blasting charges and for military
weapons. It is used as a component in many other explosives as well.
TOC. Tactical Operations
Center.
TOE. Table of Organization
and Equipment.
TOW. Tube-launched,
Optically tracked, Wire-guided. An anti-tank missile.
TPC. Tactical Pilotage
Chart.
TPFDD. Time Phased Force
Deployment Data.
TPT. Tactical Psychological
Operations Team.
TRP. Target Reference Point.
TSOC. Theater Special
Operations Command. As in SOCEUR or SOCSouth.
TST. Time Sensitive Target.
TSWG. Technical Support
Working Group of the Department of Defense. The TSWG operates as a
program element under the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office
(CTTSO). See
www.tswg.gov.
TTP. Tactics, Techniques,
and Procedures.
TVA. Threat Vulnerability
Assessment.
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