A guide to the acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms used in The Drone Papers.



A

ABI - Activity-Based Intelligence

ADNI/SRA - Asst. Director of National Intelligence for Systems and Resource Analyses

AF/AFG - Afghanistan

AFO - Advance Force Operation

AFRICOM - U.S. Africa Command

ANSF - Afghan National Security Forces

AO - Area of Operations

AOR - Area of Responsibility

AQ - Al Qaeda

AQ FAC - Al Qaeda Facilitator

AQIM - Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

AQSL - Al Qaeda Senior Leadership

AP - Arabian Peninsula

APG Aerial Precision Geolocation

AUMF - Authorization for Use of Military Force

B

BBC - Baseball Card

BDA - Battle Damage Assessment

BDL - Bed-Down Location

C

CAOC - Combined Air and Space Operations Center

CAP - Combat Air Patrol

CAPE - Department of Defense Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation

CCMD - Combatant Command

CDE - Collateral Damage Environment

CELLEX - Cellular Exploitation

CF - Coalition Forces

CIVCAS - Civilian Casualties

CJSOTF - Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force

C-LRA - Counter-Lord’s Resistance Army

CNO - Computer Network Operations

CoM - Chief of Mission (Ambassador)

COMINT - Communications Intelligence

CONOP - Concept of Operations

CoS - Chief of Station (CIA)

CT - Counterterrorism

D

DNR COMINT - Dial Number Recognition Communications Intelligence

DOD - Department of Defense

DOMEX - Document and Media Exploitation

E

EA East Africa

EKIA Enemy Killed in Action

EWIA Enemy Wounded in Action

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