Glossary
Courtesy of MRFA President Albert B.
Moore
Last Updated 12/05/13
| ACTOC - Accelerated Turnover Plan | MSO – Minesweeper Ocean |
| AHCO - Aviation Helicopter Company | MSR – Minesweeper Patrol |
| APB - Self Propelled Barracks Ship | NSA – Naval Support Activity |
| AR - Repair Ship | NVA - North Vietnamese Army |
| ARVN - Army of the Republic of Vietnam | PACV - Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle |
| ASPB - Assault Patrol Boat | PC - Submarine Chaser (Patrol Craft) |
| ATC - Armored Troop Carrier | PBR - River Patrol Boat |
| ATSB - Advanced Support Patrol Base | PCE - Patrol Escort |
| ATC(H) - Armored Troop Carrier (Helicopter) | PCF - Patrol craft (Swiftboat) |
| CCB - Command Communication Boat | PF - Popular Forces |
| CSC - Coastal Surveillance Center | PG - Patrol Gunboat |
| DD - Destroyer | PT - Patrol Torpedo |
| DE - Destroyer Escort | PRU - Provincial Recon Units |
| DMZ - Demilitarized Zone | RAD - River Assault Division |
| EOD - Explosive Ordnance Disposal | RAG - River Assault Group |
| FOM(short) - French River Patrol Boat | RAID - River Assault-Interdiction(Div) |
| FOM(long) - French River Patrol Boat | RAS - River Assault Squadron |
| HAL-3 - Helicopter Attack Light (UH-1 Hueys) | ROK - Republic of Korea |
| HC-1 - Helicopter Combat Support Squadron One | RONONE - Squadron One (USCG) |
| HECP - Harbor Entrance Central Post | RPC - River Patrol Craft |
| HPE - Harbor Patrol Element | RPG - Rocket Propelled Grenade |
| IUWG - Inshore Undersea Warfare Group | RSS - River Support Squadron |
| LCA - Landing Craft Assault | SAS - Special Air Service |
| LCM - Landing Craft Medium | SEAL - Sea Air Land Team |
| LCPL - Landing Craft Personnel (Large) | SEALORDS - (see below) |
| LCS - Landing Craft Support | SEASHARP - (see below) |
| LCVP -Landing Craft, Vehicles and Personnel | SOG - Special Operating Group |
| LSM - Landing Ship Medium | STAB - Strike Assault Boat |
| LSIL - Infantry Landing Ship Large | SWIFT BOAT- Inshore (PCF) |
| LSSC - Light Seal Support Craft | TDY - Temporary Duty |
| LSSL - Support Landing Ship Large | TF-115 - Market Time |
| LST - Landing Ship Tank | TF-116 - Gamewardens |
| MAAG - Military Assistance Advisory Group | TF-117 - Mobile Riverine Force |
| MACV - Military Assistance CommandVietnam | USN - United States Navy |
| MB1 - Mobile Support Base One | USCG - United States Coast Guard |
| MB2 - Mobile Support Base Two | VC - Viet Cong |
| MDMAF - Mekong Delta Mobile Afloat Base | VAL-4 - Light Attack Squadron |
| MIUWS - Mobile Inshore Undersea War Surveillance | VARS - Visual Airborne (Recon) |
| MRF - Mobile Riverine Force | VNAF -Vietnamese Air Force |
| MSB - Minesweeper Boat (Non) Magnetic) | WHEC - High Endurance Cutter Craft (USCG) |
| MSC - Minesweeper Coastal (Non Magnetic) | WPB - Patrol Craft (USCG) |
| MSM - Minesweeper Medium | YRBM - Yard Repair Berthing and Mess |
SEALORDS - Southeast Asia Lake, Ocean, River and Delta Strategy
SEASHARP- Southeast Asia Semi-Permanent Harbor Protection