SF
1st SWTG
1st Special Warfare Training Group
COIN
Counterinsurgency
18 Alpha
Detachment Commander
DA
Direct Action
DZ
Drop Zone
EPW
Enemy Prisoner of War
18 Charlie
Engineering sergeant
FID
Foreign Internal Defense
HALO
High Altitude Low Opening
18 Foxtrot
Intelligence sergeant
LZ
Landing Zone
AN/PRC 148
MBITR "embitter" multiband inter/intra-team radio (FM)
18 Delta
Medical sergeant / combat medic
MDMP
Military Decision Making Process
AN/PRC-119F
PRC-119, FM-base-station voice radio automatic link establishment (text message format used with 137)
AN/PRC-137F
Primary High Frequency Radio (PRC-137, 137)
AN/PSC-5D
Primary Satellite Communications Radio (SATCOM)
SARE
Situation Awareness Reaction Exercise
SFPC
Special Forces Preparation Course
SFQC
Special Forces Qualification Course
SR
Special Reconnaissance
SWCS
Special Warfare Center and School (John F. Kennedy SWCS)
TAC
Teach Advise Counsel
18 Zulu
Team sergeant/ operations sergeant
UW
Unconventional Warfare
What are the Principle Task of the US Army Special Forces?
Unconventional Warfare, Foreign Internal Defense, Direct Action, Counter-insurgency, Special Reconnaissance, Counter-terrorism, Information Operations, Counter-proliferation of WMD, Security Force Assistance
18 Bravo
Weapons sergeant
ATL
adaptive thinking and leadership
180 Alpha
Assistant Detachment Commander
18 Echo
Communications sergeant
