Yankee - the letter Y in Army phonetic alphabet
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Showing posts with label terminology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label terminology. Show all posts
Friday, May 20, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Xs
Xray - the letter X in the phonetic alphabet
XO - Executive officer.. The assistant to the commander of units below division level. Corresponds to the chief of staff at higher levels.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
XO - Executive officer.. The assistant to the commander of units below division level. Corresponds to the chief of staff at higher levels.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Ws
Whiskey - The letter W in the phonetic alphabet
WIA - wounded in action
WP - White phosphorous, also known as Willie Peter, a hold over term from WWII and Korea.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
WIA - wounded in action
WP - White phosphorous, also known as Willie Peter, a hold over term from WWII and Korea.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Friday, May 13, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Vs
Victor - the letter V in the phonetic alphabet
VC - Vietcong, also known as Victor Charlie
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
VC - Vietcong, also known as Victor Charlie
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Us
USAF - United States Air Force
USARV - US Army Vietnam - the Army component headquarters that controlled logistics.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
USARV - US Army Vietnam - the Army component headquarters that controlled logistics.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Monday, May 9, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Ts
Tango - the letter T in the Army phonetic alphabet
TOC - tactical operations center
20 Mike-Mike - The 20mm Gatling gun carried in fighter aircraft that fires up to 4,000 rounds a minute
Tube artillery - Artillery that fires projectiles from a gun barrel or tube, as opposed to rocket artillery.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
TOC - tactical operations center
20 Mike-Mike - The 20mm Gatling gun carried in fighter aircraft that fires up to 4,000 rounds a minute
Tube artillery - Artillery that fires projectiles from a gun barrel or tube, as opposed to rocket artillery.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Friday, May 6, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Ss
S-1 - Personnel officer at brigade or battalion
S-2 - Intelligence officer at brigade or battalion
S-3 - Operations and training offer at brigade or battalion.
S-4 - Supply officer at brigade or battalion
Sapper - Soldier trained to attack fortifications
Satchel Charge - Explosive package fitted with a handle for ease of handling or throwing.
Sitrep - Situation report
Slick - Term for the Huey troop transport, so named because it lacked the outboard weapons mounts that the gunships had.
Smokey the Bear - Air Force flare ship, usually a C-123, but occasionally a C-47.
Strikers - Slang for members of the Strike Force, a military force recruited by the American Special Forces. (Also the CIDG-Civilian Irregular Defense Group)
Strip Alert - State of readiness for a reaction force that generally meant they were either next to the aircraft or actually sitting in the aircraft that parked along an airstrip.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
S-2 - Intelligence officer at brigade or battalion
S-3 - Operations and training offer at brigade or battalion.
S-4 - Supply officer at brigade or battalion
Sapper - Soldier trained to attack fortifications
Satchel Charge - Explosive package fitted with a handle for ease of handling or throwing.
Sitrep - Situation report
Slick - Term for the Huey troop transport, so named because it lacked the outboard weapons mounts that the gunships had.
Smokey the Bear - Air Force flare ship, usually a C-123, but occasionally a C-47.
Strikers - Slang for members of the Strike Force, a military force recruited by the American Special Forces. (Also the CIDG-Civilian Irregular Defense Group)
Strip Alert - State of readiness for a reaction force that generally meant they were either next to the aircraft or actually sitting in the aircraft that parked along an airstrip.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Rs
Recon - Recooaissance
REDCON - Readiness Condition
RF - Regional Forces. Native military forces recruited and employed by province chief within a province. Along with PF, were popularly known as "RuffPuffs."
RPD - Soviet (North Vietnamese) caliber 7.62mm light machine gun.
RPG - Soviet rocket propelled grenade that fired an 82mm warhead. Basically an antitank weapon, the NVA also used it as an anti-personnel weapon.
RTO - Radio telephone operator
RVN - Republic of Vietnam
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
REDCON - Readiness Condition
RF - Regional Forces. Native military forces recruited and employed by province chief within a province. Along with PF, were popularly known as "RuffPuffs."
RPD - Soviet (North Vietnamese) caliber 7.62mm light machine gun.
RPG - Soviet rocket propelled grenade that fired an 82mm warhead. Basically an antitank weapon, the NVA also used it as an anti-personnel weapon.
RTO - Radio telephone operator
RVN - Republic of Vietnam
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Monday, May 2, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Qs
Quickfox - A brevity code developed in the 11th Air Assault Division to assist in the air-ground coordination.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Friday, April 29, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Ps
Phantom - F-4 Fighter plane
PIO - Public information officer
PF - Popular Forces. Native military forces locally recruited and employed within their home districts by district chiefs.
Police - Military term for clean-up of an area. Implies a clean, thorough search of a battle field.
POW - prisoner of war
PRC-25 - Backpack FM radio-basic communications for nearly every level of command within the division except aviation.
Prep - Short term for preparatory fires on a landing zone.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
PIO - Public information officer
PF - Popular Forces. Native military forces locally recruited and employed within their home districts by district chiefs.
Police - Military term for clean-up of an area. Implies a clean, thorough search of a battle field.
POW - prisoner of war
PRC-25 - Backpack FM radio-basic communications for nearly every level of command within the division except aviation.
Prep - Short term for preparatory fires on a landing zone.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Os
Order of Battle - Listing of units committed to a theater of operations. Obtaining a correct OB on the enemy was a major intelligence operation.
OP - Observation post
Organic - Military term for hardware items - vehicles, aircraft, weapons-that belong to a specific unit. All other materiel comes to units on a mission basis and the commander sometimes has limitations in its employment.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
OP - Observation post
Organic - Military term for hardware items - vehicles, aircraft, weapons-that belong to a specific unit. All other materiel comes to units on a mission basis and the commander sometimes has limitations in its employment.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Monday, April 25, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Ns
Napalm - jellied gasoline used in air strikes
NCO - noncommissioned officer, a sergent. Also noncoms.
Net - short for radio network. All tactical radios operated within a defined network on a desgnated frequency.
NVA - North Vietnam Army. Generic term for any soldier or group of soldiers of soldiers from the North.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
NCO - noncommissioned officer, a sergent. Also noncoms.
Net - short for radio network. All tactical radios operated within a defined network on a desgnated frequency.
NVA - North Vietnam Army. Generic term for any soldier or group of soldiers of soldiers from the North.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Friday, April 22, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Ms
M-16 - US caliber 5.56mm, the basic rifle of the ingfantryman
M-60 - US caliber 7.62mm, platoon and company machine gun.
M-67 - The 90mm recoiless rifle that was the basic weapon for the anti-tank platoon of the combat support company of each battalion. It generally was left in base camp and the platoon organized as infantry.
M-72 - Light anti-tank weapon, called a LAW. Fired a 66mm projectile from a disposable launcher. Used as a bunker buster in Vietnam.
M-79 - The 40mm grenade launcher that looked like a stubby, sawed-off shotgun.
MACV - Military Assistance Command Vietnam; the highest US command authority in the Republic of Vietnam.
Medevac - Term used in the 1st Calvary for aerial medical evaluation (also dustoff)
Medic - Medical aid man
MOH - Medal of Honor, the highest award for valor in the US Army.
MR - Military Region. Both North and South used MRs to denote geographicsal areas.
M-102 - The 105mm howitzer used by 1st Calvary artillery units. It had a slightly longer range than the older model, the M-101A1, and was substantially lighter, permitting airlifting by a Huey.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
M-60 - US caliber 7.62mm, platoon and company machine gun.
M-67 - The 90mm recoiless rifle that was the basic weapon for the anti-tank platoon of the combat support company of each battalion. It generally was left in base camp and the platoon organized as infantry.
M-72 - Light anti-tank weapon, called a LAW. Fired a 66mm projectile from a disposable launcher. Used as a bunker buster in Vietnam.
M-79 - The 40mm grenade launcher that looked like a stubby, sawed-off shotgun.
MACV - Military Assistance Command Vietnam; the highest US command authority in the Republic of Vietnam.
Medevac - Term used in the 1st Calvary for aerial medical evaluation (also dustoff)
Medic - Medical aid man
MOH - Medal of Honor, the highest award for valor in the US Army.
MR - Military Region. Both North and South used MRs to denote geographicsal areas.
M-102 - The 105mm howitzer used by 1st Calvary artillery units. It had a slightly longer range than the older model, the M-101A1, and was substantially lighter, permitting airlifting by a Huey.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Ls
L-19 - Army nomenclature for Bird Dog Aircraft
Logging - Practice of sending logistics helicopters to troop units-the airmobile equivalent of the kitchen and supply trucks of WWII and Korea.
LP - listening post
LRRP - Long range reconnaissance patrol unit
LZ - landing zone
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Logging - Practice of sending logistics helicopters to troop units-the airmobile equivalent of the kitchen and supply trucks of WWII and Korea.
LP - listening post
LRRP - Long range reconnaissance patrol unit
LZ - landing zone
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Monday, April 18, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Ks
KIA - killed in action
Klick - slang for kilometer
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Klick - slang for kilometer
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Friday, April 15, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Js
JCS - Joint Chiefs of Staff
JUSPAO - Joint United States Public Affairs Office
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
JUSPAO - Joint United States Public Affairs Office
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Is
India - The letter I in the phonetc alphabet. Also the designation of a radio telephone operator for a leader. For example Bullwhip-6 India would be radio operator for the commander of the 9th Calvary Squadron.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Monday, April 11, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Hs
H-13 - The Army's light observation helicopter
HE - high explosive ammunition
H&J - Harrassing and Interdiction fires
Hog - The armed Huey B-model with various configurations of outboard mounts for rockets and machine guns.
HQ - headquarters
Huey - HU-1, the utility helicopter that was the workhorse of Vietnam. (HU - helicopter, utility)
How - the letter H in the phonetic alphabet
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
HE - high explosive ammunition
H&J - Harrassing and Interdiction fires
Hog - The armed Huey B-model with various configurations of outboard mounts for rockets and machine guns.
HQ - headquarters
Huey - HU-1, the utility helicopter that was the workhorse of Vietnam. (HU - helicopter, utility)
How - the letter H in the phonetic alphabet
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Gs
G-1 - Personnel officer at division level or higher.
G-2 - Intelligence officer at division level
G-3 - Operations and training officer at division level
G-4 - Logistics officer at division level.
GI - Term for an American soldier, carried over from WWII.
Green Berets - Popular name for the Special Forces, taken from the color of their distinctive headquarter.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
G-2 - Intelligence officer at division level
G-3 - Operations and training officer at division level
G-4 - Logistics officer at division level.
GI - Term for an American soldier, carried over from WWII.
Green Berets - Popular name for the Special Forces, taken from the color of their distinctive headquarter.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
Monday, April 4, 2011
Vietnam War Glossary - Fs
F-4C - Air Force fighter-bomber, also known as a Phantom. (F stands for fighter)
F-105 - Air Force fighter bomber (F stands for fighter)
FAC - Forward Air Controller; an officer of the air control team, directing air strikes, from the ground or air.
FDC - Fire Direction Center; at battery level in the artillery; mortar platoon level in the infantry
Flare - As a noun, it is an illumination device. As a verb, it is the landing altitude of an aircraft.
FM - Frequency modulation; also known as Fox Mike, used in most tactical radios
FO - Forward Observer. Usually provided by the supporting artillery batteries to the rifle companies to adjust artillery fire by radio or other means. May be also sent from mortar platoons to rifle platoons to direct mortar fire.
Frag - Fragmentation grenade; also used to denote a fragmentary order for a unit action or movement.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
F-105 - Air Force fighter bomber (F stands for fighter)
FAC - Forward Air Controller; an officer of the air control team, directing air strikes, from the ground or air.
FDC - Fire Direction Center; at battery level in the artillery; mortar platoon level in the infantry
Flare - As a noun, it is an illumination device. As a verb, it is the landing altitude of an aircraft.
FM - Frequency modulation; also known as Fox Mike, used in most tactical radios
FO - Forward Observer. Usually provided by the supporting artillery batteries to the rifle companies to adjust artillery fire by radio or other means. May be also sent from mortar platoons to rifle platoons to direct mortar fire.
Frag - Fragmentation grenade; also used to denote a fragmentary order for a unit action or movement.
Bibliography
Pleiku: The Dawn of Helicopter Warfare in Vietnam, by J. D. Coleman
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