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Professional terms of the bodyguard industry

We have listed some of the terms used in the industry.

2IC – second in command

ALFA
AIC- Agent in Charge
ANFO -Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil
AO- Area of Operation
AOP- Attack on Principal
AP – Armour Piercing
ARSO- Assistant Regional Security Officer
ASAP – As Soon As Possible
AST – Advance Security Team

BRAVO
BG- Body Guard
BUG OUT – Immediate Client Evacuation
BW – Biological Warfare

CHARLIE
CAT- Counter Assault Team
CEO – Chief Executive Officer
CCW- Concealed Carry Weapon
CCTV – Closed Circuit TeleVision
CE – Composition Explosive
C&E- Cover & Evacuate
CI- Counter Intelligence
CID- US Army Criminal Investigation Command
CMT- Crisis Management Team
CONUS- Continental United States
CP- Command Post
CP – Close Protection
CPP- Certified Protection Professional
CPS- Certified Protection Specialist
CPO – Close Protection Officer
CQB – Close Quarter Battle
CW – Chemical Warfare

DELTA
DL- Detail Leader
DOD- Department of Defence
DRI – Driver
DS- Bureau of Diplomatic Security
DSS- Diplomatic Security Services
DSS -Department of State Security
DS – Double Storey
DSR – Double Storey Reinforced

ECHO
ECM – Electronic Counter Measures
EDD – Explosives Detection Dog
E&E- Escape and Evasion
EOD – Explosive ordinance device
EOD – Explosive Ordinance Disposal
EOR – Explosive Ordnance Reconnaissance
EP- Executive Protection
EPO – Executive Protection Officer
EPS – Executive Protection Specialist
EPT – Executive Protection Team
ESO – Event security officer
ETA – Euskadi Ta Askatasuna

FOXTROT
FARC – Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia
FLETC – Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

GOLF

HOTEL
HAMAS – Harakat al-Muqawamah al-islamiyya
HAZMAT – Hazardous Materials
HCN- Host Country National
HHMD – Hand Held Metal Detector
HMFIC- Me

HN- Host Nation
HRT – Hostage Rescue Team
HSAS – Homeland Security Advisory System

INDIA
IA- Immediate Action
IAD- Immediate Action Drills
ICP – Incident Control Point
IC- Independent Contractor
IED- Improvised Explosive Device
IID – Improvised Incendiary Device
INTEL- Intelligence
IR- Incident Report
IRA – Irish Republican Army

JULIET

KILO
K&R- Kidnap & Ransom

LIMA
LEO- Law Enforcement Officer
LOC – Line of Communication

MIKE
MO- Modus of Operandi
MOS- Military Occupational Speciality
MSR – Main Supply Route
MTT- Mobile Training Team

NOVEMBER
NCIS- Naval Criminal Investigative Service
NTAS – National Terrorism Advisory System

OSCAR
OCONUS- Outside the Continental United States
OP- Observation Post
OP- Operation
OPSEC- Operational Security
OSI- Office of Special Investigations

PAPA
PBIED – Person Born Improvised explosive Device
PES – Personal Escort Section
PE- Practical Exercise
PET – Politiets Efterretningstjeneste
PERSEC- Personal Security
PERT – Prison Emergency Responce Team
PFLP – Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
PI- Private Investigator
PI- Protective Intelligence
PIT- Pursuit Intervention Technique
PKK – Patiya Karkeren Kurdistan
PMC- Para-Military Company
POC- Point of Contact
POTUS- President of The United States
PPE – Personal protective equipment (PPE)
PPO- Personal Protection Officer
PPS- Personal Protection Specialist
PPU- Presidential Protection Unit
PRINCIPAL – The Client
PSA- Protective Services Agent or Personal Security Agent
PSD- Protective Services Detail
PSD- Personal security detail
PSD- Personal Security Detachment
PSO- Personal Security Officer
PT- Physical Training
PT- Protection Team

QUEBEC
QRF- Quick Reaction Force

ROMEO
RF – Radio Frequency
ROE- Rules of Engagement
RON- Remain Overnight
ROTA – Release Other Than Attack
RST – Residential Security Team
RSP – Render Safe Procedure
RSO- Regional Security Officer
RSO- Robbery Suppression Officer
RV – Rendezvous Point

SIERRA
SAP – Security Advance Party
SD- Surveillance Detection
SF- Special Forces
SL- Shift Leader
SOP- Standard/Standing Operating Procedures
SP- Suspicious Person
SP- Start Point

TANGO
TED –  trace explosive detection
TCN – Third Country National
TL – Team Leader
TSCM – Technical surveillance counter-measures
TVCP – Temporary Vehicle Check Point

UNIFORM
USSS- United States Secret Service
UXO- Unexploded Ordinance

VICTOR
VBIED- Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device
VCP – Vehicle Check Point
VIP- Very Important Person
VENUE – Event Location

WHISKEY
WAR- Within Arms Reach

XRAY

YANKEE

ZULU

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