Military

AA

assembly area

A/DACG

arrival/departure airfield control group

abn

airborne

ABS

Automated Battlebook System

ADCON

administrative control

admin

administration

AIS

automated information systems

AMC

US Army Materiel Command

AO

area of operation

AOR

area of responsibility

APA

Army pre-positioned afloat

APL

Army pre-positioned land

APOD

aerial port of debarkation

APOE

aerial port of embarkation

APS

Army pre-positioned stocks

AR

Army regulation

ARFOR

Army forces

Army operational projects stocks

materiel above normal TOE, TDA, and CTA authorizations tailored to key strategic capabilities essential to the Army's ability to execute its power projection strategy

ARPS

Army readiness package south

ASCC

Army service component commander

ASIOE

associated support items of equipment

ASL

authorized stockage list

AUEL

automated unit equipment list

AWRDS

Army War Reserve Deployment System

AWRSPTCMD

Army War Reserve Support Command

bde

brigade

BE

Belgium

BII

basic issue items

C2

command and control

CCSS

Commodity Command Standard System

CDE

chemical defensive equipment

CEB

combat equipment battalion

CEB AF

CEB Afloat

CEB NEA

CEB Northeast Asia

CEB-NO

CEB North

CEB-NW

CEB Northwest

CEB-SO

CEB South

CEB-SWA

CEB Southwest Asia

CEC

combat equipment company

CEG

combat equipment group

CESP

civil engineering support plan

CHS

combat health support

CHW

controlled humidity warehouse

CINC

commander-in-chief

CJCS

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

CJCSM

Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff manual

COA

course of action

COCOM

combatant command

COEI

components of the end items

CONUS

continental United States

COSIS

care of supplies in storage

CS

combat support

CSA

Chief of Staff, Army

CSS

combat service support

CTA

common table and allowances

CVC

combat vehicle crewman

DA

Department of the Army

DBOF

Defense Business Operations Fund

DCSLOG

Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics

DCSOPS

Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations

div

division

EAC

echelons above corps

FM

field manual

GB

gigabyte

HN

host nation

HNS

host nation support

HQDA

Headquarters, Department of the Army

hvy

heavy

HYDA

Hythe Depot Activity-Watercraft

IAW

in accordance with

IL

Illinois

IOC

Industrial Operations Command

IPB

intelligence preparation of the battlefield

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff

JFC

joint force commander

JOPES

Joint Operations Planning and Execution System

JPEC

Joint Planning and Execution Community

JTF

joint task force

LOGCAP

Logistics Civil Augmentation Program

LOGSA

Logistics Support Agency

LPT

logistics preparation of the theater

LSE

logistics support element

LUX

Luxembourg

MACOM

major Army command

MB

megabyte

MCT

movement control team

MD

Maryland

METT-TC

mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops, time available, and civilian considerations

MHE

materiel handling equipment

MLRS

multiple launch rocket system

MLST

medical logistics support team

MSR

main supply route

MTMC

Military Traffic Management Command

MTOE

modified table of organization and equipment

MTW

major theater war

NAP

not authorized pre-positioning

NBC

nuclear, biological, and chemical

NCA

National Command Authorities

NCO

noncommissioned officer

NCOIC

noncommissioned officer in charge

NICP

national inventory control point

NL

Netherlands

NSN

national stock number

NTC

National Training Center

ODCSLOG

Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics

ODCSOPS

Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations

OIC

officer in charge

OPCON

operational control

OPORD

operations order

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

OTSG

Office of the Surgeon General

PBO

property book officer

PLL

prescribed load list

PMCS

preventive maintenance checks and services

POMCUS

pre-positioning of materiel configured to unit sets

prepo

pre-positioned or pre-positioning

Pre-positioned sets

pre-positioned organizational equipment--end items, supplies, and secondary items--stored in unit configuration to reduce force deployment response time

pub

publication

RAA

redeployment assembly area

RAM

random access memory

RBE

remain behind equipment

RC

reserve component

REFORGER

Return of Forces to Germany

ROE

rules of engagement

RSO&I

reception, staging, onward movement, and integration

S2

intelligence staff officer

SAMS

Standard Army Maintenance System

SARSS

Standard Army Retail Supply System

SC

South Carolina

SDS

Standard Depot System

SLOC

sea lines of communications

SOFA

status of forces agreement

SOP

standing operating procedures

SPBS-R

Standard Property Book System-Redesigned

SPOD

sea port of debarkation

SPOE

sea port of embarkation

SSC

smaller-scale contingency

STAMIS

Standard Army Management Information System

SWA

Southwest Asia

TAA

tactical assembly area

TAT

to-accompany-troops

TAV

Total Asset Visibility

TBD

to be determined

TC-AIMS

Transportation Coordinators'-Automated Information Movement System II

TCMD

transportation control and movement document

TDA

table of distribution and allowances

TM

technical manual

TOE

table of organization and equipment

TPFDD

time-phased force and deployment data

TRU

theater reserve in unit sets

TSC

theater support command

UIC

unit identification code

ULLS-G

Unit Level Logistics System-Ground

US

United States

USAMMA

US Army Medical Materiel Agency

USTRANSCOM

US Transportation Command

VA

Virginia

war reserve stocks for allies

An OSD-directed program that ensured US preparedness to assist designated allied in case of war. WRSA assets are pre-positioned in the appropriate theater and owned and financed by the US. They are released to the proper Army component commander for transfer to the supported allied force under the Foreign Assistance Act

War reserve stocks

stocks acquired in peacetime to meet increased wartime requirements

WPS

Worldwide Port System

WRSA

War Reserve Stocks for Allies

WRSA-K

War Reserve Stocks for Allies-Korea