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THE DEATH OF ANDREW OLMSTED
Major Andrew Olmsted, who posted a blog since May 2007, was killed in Iraq on Jan. 3, 2008. Olmsted, who had been based at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, began blogging after his unit was sent to Iraq with the mission of helping train the Iraqi Army. A sniper killed Olmsted as he was trying to talk three suspected insurgents into surrendering. A sniper's bullet also cut down Capt. Thomas J. Casey. They were in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad.

Olmsted was determined to make a difference in Iraq. "The sooner the Iraqi government doesn't need U.S. support to provide security for its people, the sooner we will probably be asked to leave."
Terms of Art
Monday, September 24 at 11:48 PM

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
SIGACT: Significant Activity


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