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Slide show: Iraq: Training Days
AIF: Anti-Iraqi Forces, or people trying to overthrow/eliminate the elected Iraqi government (GoI) through violence.
AO: Area of Operations
AQI: Al Qaeda in Iraq, Sunni AIF dedicated to the imposition of a Taliban-style regime in Iraq (also known as AQM)
AQM: Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, see AQI
BiTT: Border Transition Team, a group of officers and NCOs designed to build and train Iraqi border forces
CF: Coalition Forces, any foreign force working in Iraq under the current UN mandate
DFAC: Dining Facility, formerly known as the Mess Hall
FOB: Forward Operaring Base, where U.S. and Iraqi Army units live and work
GoI: Government of Iraq, hopefully self-explanatory
HMMWV: High-Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle, the Army's replacement for the Jeep and the standard transportation for personnel in Iraq, also sometimes known as a Hummer
IA: Iraqi Army
IED: Improvised Explosive Device, a bomb usually placed by a road and used to attack Coalition Forces with slim chances of reprisals
IP: Iraqi Police
ISI: Islamic State of Iraq, pseudo-/shadow government established in areas controlled by AQI
JAM: Jaish al Mahdi, the Mahdi Army, a Shia militia group associated with Moqtada al Sadr
JSWG: Joint Security Working Group, a regular meeting of local security forces including IA, IP, and the local political leaders
MiTT: Military Transition Team, a group of officers and NCOs designed to help build and train the Iraqi Army
NCO: Noncommissioned Officer, Corporals to Sergeants Major
Negligent Discharge: firing a weapon at any time other than at an enemy or on a range
ODA: Operational Detachment Alpha, Special Forces team formerly known as an A-Team
Outside the Wire: Away from the FOB
PiTT: Police Transition Team, a groups of officers, NCOs, and sometimes civilian police designed to help build and train Iraqi police forces
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