Abbreviations and Acronyms used in CIA Service Record:
- NOFORN (Banner Marking) - NOt for release to FOreign Nationals
- WNINTEL (Banner Marking) - Warning Notice - Intelligence Sources & Methods
- SSMI (Banner Marking) - Sensitive Sources and Methods Involved.
- OMB - Office of Management and Budget
- TRNG - Training
- DLI - Defense Language Institute
- GEOINT - Geospatial Intelligence
- DUSTA - Duty Station
- Kyiv - Kiev (Capital of Ukraine)
- SPEC PROJ - Special Projects
- SPT - Support
- COMNAVSTA GTMO- Commander, Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
- USCG - United States Coast Guard
- AMIO - Alien Migrant Interdiction Operation
- JTMG-U - Joint Multinational Training Group-Ukraine
- PMA - Permanent Mailing Address
- PMB - Private Mail Box
- RR - Rural Route
- Red List- List of Approved Customers of Intelligence Information
- HUMINT- Human Intelligence
- MI-5 - UK Domestic Intelligence Service
- MI-6 - UK Foreign Intelligence Service
- TF - Task Force
- D/B/A - Doing Business As
- LLC - Limited Liability Corporation
Erdnase, the last name of the former CIA officer played by Brian Thompson, is German and means ground nose.