Benin 2004 Exercise
Service members are very queen on abstruse acronyms. You can imagine how tricky it is when you switch from English to French and vice versa, or even worse, when the English acronym is used in the everyday military jargon...
Thus to help you, we have translated the most frequently used acronyms :
| IPC | initial planning conference |
| MPC | main planning conference |
| FPC | final planning conference |
| DIP | directive initiale de planification |
| CONOPS | concept of operations |
| OPLAN | operation plan |
| OPO | operation order |
| CPX | command post exercise |
| FTX | field training exercise |
| COPER | commandant d’opération (niveau stratégique) |
| COMANFOR | commandant de force (niveau opératif, de « théâtre ») |
| FHQ | force headquarters |
| EMT | état-major tactique (niveau bataillon pour les forces terrestres) |
| DIO | détachement d’instruction opérationnelle |
| DIT | détachement d’instruction technique |
| DIH | détachement d’instruction humanitaire |
| TBD | to be determined... |
| TBC | to be confirmed... |