Commonly Used Acronyms

In Kyrgyzstan, explosive material is removed from excess, obsolete projectiles. Photo courtesy of ITF-Enhancing Human Security (ITF).

A building in Iraq is marked “safe” after being cleared of explosive hazards. Photo courtesy of Tetra Tech.

To Walk the Earth in Safety is a publication of the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs (PM/WRA). PM/WRA’s mission is to reduce the harmful worldwide effects of at-risk, illicitly-proliferated, and indiscriminatelyused conventional weapons of war.

Co-written, edited, designed, and produced by PM/WRA and the Center for International Stabilization and Recovery (CISR) at James Madison University. http://.jmu.edu/cisr

Printed by McClung Companies Waynesboro, VA / USA on 30-percent postconsumer-waste recycled paper, using vegetablebased inks. AXO Abandoned Unexploded Ordnance BAC Battle Area Clearance CHA Confirmed Hazardous Area CWD Conventional Weapons Destruction EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal EORE Explosive Ordnance Risk Education ERW Explosive Remnants of War

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Fiscal Year

HDTC Humanitarian Demining Training Center HD R&D Humanitarian Demining Research & Development Program HMA Humanitarian Mine Action

HSTAMIDS Handheld Standoff Mine Detection System IDP Internally Displaced Person IED Improvised Explosive Device IMAS International Mine Action Standards ISIS Islamic State of Iraq and Syria LWVF Leahy War Victims Fund MANPADS Man-Portable Air Defense System NGO Nongovernmental Organization NTS Non-Technical Survey PM/WRA Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs PSSM Physical Security and Stockpile Management QRF Quick Reaction Force SAA Small Arms Ammunition SA/LW Small Arms and Light Weapons SHA Suspected Hazardous Area TS Technical Survey TTT Train-the-Trainer UEMS Unplanned Explosions at Munitions Sites UXO Unexploded Ordnance USAID U.S. Agency for International Development VEO Violent Extremist Organization WAD Weapons and Ammunition Destruction