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Glossary<br />

1IDF <strong>1st</strong> Infantry Division (Forward). Brigade Task<br />

Force from <strong>the</strong> <strong>1st</strong> Infantry Division<br />

deployed <strong>to</strong> Göpp<strong>in</strong>gen, Germany, <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

1970s.<br />

1LT First Lieutenant<br />

1SGT First Sergeant. <strong>The</strong> senior noncommissioned<br />

officer <strong>in</strong> a company, battery, or troop.<br />

2ACR 2nd Armored <strong>Cavalry</strong> or 2nd <strong>Cavalry</strong>.<br />

Nicknamed 2d Dragoons.<br />

2LT Second Lieutenant. Lowest rank<strong>in</strong>g<br />

commissioned officer.<br />

AA Assembly area. An area <strong>in</strong> which a command<br />

is assembled prepara<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>to</strong> fur<strong>the</strong>r action.<br />

AH-1F Cobra Vietnam-era attack helicopter.<br />

AH-64A Apache attack helicopter.<br />

ALO Air liaison officer. Air Force officer assigned<br />

<strong>to</strong> army units <strong>to</strong> assist <strong>in</strong> control of USAF<br />

aviation.<br />

ALOC Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative-Logistics Center. Command<br />

post for <strong>the</strong> squadron’s service support effort.<br />

Aramco Arab-American Oil Company.<br />

AVIM Aviation Intermediate Ma<strong>in</strong>tenance.<br />

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