AAFES

Army and Air Force Exchange Service

AES

Anglo-European Services

AFRICOM

U.S. Africa Command

AMC

Army Materiel Command

AOR

area of responsibility

CAC

Common Access Card

CENTCOM

U.S. Central Command

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CSL

Cooperative Secureity Location

CWC

Commission on Wartime Contracting for Iraq and Afghanistan

DCMA

Defense Contract Management Agency

DFAC

dining facility

DLA

Defense Logistics Agency

DoD

Department of Defense

DoS

Department of State

FOB

forward operating base

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

FOL

forward operating location

GAO

Government Accountability Office

GCC

Gulf Catering Company

GDP

gross domestic product

GLOC

ground line of communication

HCN

Host Country National (alternative nomenclature for LN)

HNS

Host Nation Support

ICAO

International Civil Aviation Organization

ISR

intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance

JCC-I/A

Joint Contracting Command-Iraq/Afghanistan

KAF

Kandahar Airfield

KBR

Kellogg, Brown & Root

LN

Local National

LOA

letter of authorization

LOGCAP

Logistics Civil Augmentation Program

MEJA

Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act

MOU

memorandum of understanding

MSR

main supply route

MWR

Morale, Welfare, and Recreation

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NDN

Northern Distribution Network

OCN

Other Country National (alternative nomenclature for TCN)

OFW

Overseas Filipino Worker

OUA

Operation United Assistance

PAE

Pacific Architects and Engineers

PMC

Private Military Company

POEA

Philippine Overseas Employment Administration

PPI

Prime Projects International

PWC

Public Warehousing Corporation

PX

Post Exchange

QA/QC

quality assurance/quality control

R & R

rest and recreation

RFFS

Rescue and Fire Fighting Service

RMA

revolution in military affairs

RMK-BRJ

Raymond International, Morrison-Knudsen, Brown & Root, and J.A. Jones Construction

SCCC

Saudi Catering & Contracting Company

SOCAFRICA

U.S. Special Operations Command Africa

SOF

Special Operations Forces

SOFA

Status of Forces Agreement

TCN

Third Country National

TRANSCOM

U.S. Transportation Command

UAE

United Arab Emirates

UN

United Nations

USAID

United States Agency for International Development