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Military

Glossary

AACG
arrival airfield control group

A/DACG
arrival/departure airfield control group

AO
area of operations

AOC
airlift operations center

AOR
area of responsibility

APA
Army pre-positioned afloat

APOD
aerial port of debarkation

APOE
aerial port of embarkation

AR
Army reserve

ARFOR
Army force

ASCC
Army service component commander

ASL
authorized stockage list

ASMP
Army Strategic Mobility Program

AST
ammunition support team

ATMCT
air terminal movement control team

AUEL
automated unit equipment list

AWR
Army war reserve

AWRPS
Army war reserve pre-positioned sets

BCTP
battle command training program

BIREP
brigade inspection and reconnaissance exercise program

C2
command and control

CAA
Command Arrangement Agreement

CAP
crisis action planning

C-Day
date of first movement of forces and equipment

CFA
call-forward area

CFR
Code of Federal Regulations

CINC
commander in chief

CINCTRANS
CINC, Transportation Command

CJCS
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

CMMC
corps materiel management center

COA
course of action

COCOM
combatant command

CONPLAN
concept plan

CONUS
continental United States

COSCOM
corps support command

COSIS
care of supplies in storage

CRC
CONUS replacement centers

CS
combat support

CSA
Chief of Staff, Army

CSB
corps support battalion

CSG
corps support group

CSS
combat service support

CTG
composite transportation group

DA
Department of the Army

DACG
Departure Airfield Control Group

DCSLOG
deputy chief of staff for logistics

DCSOPS
deputy chief of staff for operations

DOD
Department of Defense

DOL
director of logistics

DS
direct support

DTO
division transportation officer

EAC
echelon above corps

EAD
earliest arrival date

FM
field manual

FORSCOM
US Army Forces Command

FOS
follow-on sustainment

FSS
fast sealift ships

HET
heavy equipment transport

HHC
headquarters and headquarters company

HHD
headquarters and headquarters detachment

HLPS
heavy lift pre-positioned ships

HNS
host nation support

HQDA
Headquarters, Department of the Army

ISO
International Organization of Standardization

ITV
in-transit visibility

JFC
joint force commander

JLOTS
joint logistics over the shore

JOPES
Joint Operation Planning and Execution System

JPEC
Joint Planning and Execution Community

JTF
joint task force

LAD
latest arrival date

LARC LX
lighter amphibious resupply cargo, 60-ton

LASH
lighter aboard ship

LCM
landing craft, mechanized

LCU
landing craft, utility

L-Hour
Hour at which a deployment operation commences or is due to commence on C-day.

LMSR
large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off

LO
liaison officer

LOC
lines of communication

LOGCAP
Logistics Civil Augmentation Program

LOGMARS
logistics application of automated marking and reading symbology

LOTS
logistics over the shore

LSE
logistics support element

MACOM
major Army command

MAGTF
Marine air-ground task force

MCC
movement control center

MCS
modular causeway section

MCT
movement control team

MES
medical equipment sets

METL
mission-essential task list

METT-T
mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available

MHE
materials handling equipment

MILSTRIP
military standard requisition and issue procedures

MLST
medical logistics support team

MMC
movement management center

MMS
medical material sets

MMT
materiel management team

MOOTW
military operations other than war

MOU
memorandum of understanding

MP
military police

MRC
major regional conflict

MRS
Mobility Requirement Study

MSC
Military Sealift Command

MSR
main supply routes

MTMC
Military Traffic Management Command

MTT
mobile training team

MV
motor vessel

NAP
not authorized pre-positioning

NCA
National Command Authorities

NCOIC
noncommissioned officer in charge

OCONUS
outside the continental United States

OIC
officer in charge

OPCON
operational control

OPLAN
operation plans

OPORD
operation order

OPP
off-load preparation party

OTSG
Office of the Surgeon General

PLL
prescribed load list

PLS
palletized load system

PMCS
preventive maintenance checks and services

POD
port of debarkation

POE
port of embarkation

POL
petroleum, oil, and lubricants

POM
preparation for overseas movement

PSA
port support activity

RAA
redeployment assembly areas

RBE
remain-behind equipment

RF
radio frequency

RPM
revolutions per minute

RO/RO
roll on/roll off

ROE
rules of engagement

ROWPU
reverse-osmosis water purification unit

RRDF
roll-on/roll-off discharge facility

RSL
recommended stockage list

RSO&I
reception, staging, onward movement, and integration

S2
intelligence officer

S4
logistics officer

SAAS
Standard Army Ammunition System

SDP
ship discharge package

SLRP
survey, liaison, reconnaissance party

SLWT
side-loadable warping tug

SPBS-R
Standard Property Book System-Redesign

SOP
standing operating procedures

SPOD
sea port of debarkation

SPOE
sea port of embarkation

STAMIS
Standard Army Management Information System

TAA
tactical assembly area

TALCE
tanker airlift control element

TAT
to accompany troops

TC ACCIS
Transportation Corps Automated Command and ControlInformation System

TDA
table of distribution and allowances

TEU
20-foot-equivalent unit

TOA
time of arrival

TOE
table of organization and equipment

TOFM
theater-opening force module

TPFDD
time-phased forces deployment data

TTU
transportation terminal unit

USAMC
US Army Materiel Command

USAMCCOM
US Army Armament, Munitions, and Chemical Command

USAMMA
US Army Medical Material Agency

USDA
US Department of Agriculture

USMC
US Marine Corps

USPACOM
US Pacific Command

USTRANSCOM
US Transportation Command

WRSA
war reserve stocks for allies



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