Military

GLOSSARY

AAFES Army and Air Force Exchange System

AAR Advance Arrival Report

AC Active Component

Accountable Postal Equipment

USPS equipment provided by an accountable postmaster and entrusted to a custodian of postal effects for use at a military post office.

Accountable Mail

C-Day

Unnamed day on which the first strategic movement from any origin begins or is to begin in support of a specific operation plan or operation order.

C Levels (C1-C4)

Unit readiness code indicating the unit possesses the resources and has accomplished the training necessary to undertake the major portions of the wartime mission for which it is organized or designed.

CDE Chemical Defense Equipment

CFR

Casualty Feeder Report. Used to detail the who, what, when, and where of a casualty (KIA, WIA, MIA, etc.). Initiated at soldier level and passed through personnel channels (usually becoming automated at Bn level).

CLT Casualty Liaison Team

CMAOC Casualty and Memorial Affairs Operations Center

C&E Communications and Electronics

COM Casualty Operations Management

COMSEC Communication Security

COMMZ Communications Zone

CONUSA

Continental United States Army. Any of the numbered armies based in the continental United States.

COOP

Continuity of Operations. Automation redundancy is critical to the survival of personnel databases on the battlefield. Units that operate with TACCS equipment are able to operate critical battlefield software on any TACCS device. Personnel groups and the theater PERSCOM will have the capacity to operate on any CTASC II device, either in a simultaneous or time-share operation.

COSCOM Corps Support Command

CPMC Corps Personnel Management Center

CRC CONUS Replacement Center

CS Combat Support

CSS Combat Service Support

CSSCS Combat Service Support Control System

CTA Common Table of Allowances

Custodian of Postal Effect

Personnel accountable for administration of the postal effect entrusted to them by USPS for the operation of military post offices. Civilian custodian of postal effect are supervised by members of the Armed Forces.

C2SRS Command and Control Strength Reporting System

DCSC Deputy Chief of Staff, Communications

DCSPER Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel

DeCA Defense Commissary Agency

DEERS Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System

DEP Delayed Entry Programs

DFAS Defense Finance and Accounting Service

DFR Dropped from Roles

DISCOM Division Support Command

DMM Domestic Mail Manual

DNBI

Disease/Nonbattle Injury. Casualty code used to identify soldiers who are victims of injury or disease, not caused by the enemy.

DPCA Director of Personnel and Community Activities

DPSC

Defense Personnel Support Center. Logistical agency operating in CONUS, responsible for the wholesale logistics of personnel items such as sundry packets going into theater.

DS Direct Support

DSA Division Support Area

DTCH

Detached Strength. Number of assigned troops or units who are attached to another unit.

DTO Division Transportation Officer

EAC Echelon above Corps

EDAS Enlisted Distribution and Assignment System

EMF

Enlisted Master File. SIDPERS database maintained at DA containing the records of all enlisted soldiers.

EO Equal Opportunity

EOD Explosive Ordinance Disposal

EPW Enemy Prisoner of War

ERB Enlisted Record Brief

ETA Estimated Time of Arrival

ETS Expiration Term of Service

FAC Family Assistance Center

FAST Forward Area Support Teams

FB Finance Battalion

FBS Finance Battlefield System

FD Finance Detachment

FG Finance Group

Finance Services Postal

Provide stamp stock; registered, certified, and insured service; and money order service to customers in postal units.

FM Radio

Frequency modulated radio set used for communication, in addition to MSE. Long-range radio set with securable transceiver intended for VHF (very high frequency)-FM operations. Can be vehicular-mounted or setup in a tent or building. Personnel units must communicate by mobile and secure modes to coordinate support and movement requirements, as well as coordinate with the parent personnel unit headquarters and other organizations.

FORSCOM Forces Command

Free Mail

Letter mail, post cards, postal cards, and sound recording having the nature of personal correspondence mailed by the military personnel in a combat zone or while hospitalized as a result of injury or disease incurred while serving in a combat zone when designated by the president.

FSB Forward Support Battalion

G1 Assistant Chief of Staff, G1 (Personnel)

G2 Assistant Chief of Staff, G2 (Intelligence)

G3 Assistant Chief of Staff, G3 (Operations and Plans)

G4 Assistant Chief of Staff, G4 (Logistics)

G5 Assistant Chief of Staff, G5 (Civil Affairs)

GS General Support

GTN

Global Transportation Network. Umbrella term used to describe the U.S. Transportation Command effort to integrate automatic data processing (ADP) systems used by the services, and defense agencies, to manage cargo and passenger movements in the defense transportation system (DTS) and provide in-transit visibility. GTN provides automated support to plan, provide, and control common user ground transportation airlift, sealift, and terminal service to deploy, employ, and sustain U.S. Forces on a global basis during peace and war.

HCP Health and Comfort Pack

HNS Host Nation Support

IET Initial Entry Training

IFR In-Flight Report

IMA Individual Mobilization Augmenters

IMM International Mail Manual

International Exchange Office

Post Office or airport mail facility authorized to exchange mail with another country.

Intertheater Mail

Mail addressed between theaters exclusive of that between the continental United States and theaters, (Example: Mail from 09XXX to 09XXX).

Intratheater

Mail addressed within a theater. (Example: Mail (Company) Mail from 09XXX to 09XXX).

inv Inventory

IRR Individual Ready Reserve

IRT Integrated Rail Terminal

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff. Staff within the DoD consisting of the Chairman, who is the presiding officer thereof but has no vote; Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; Chief of Naval Operations; Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force; and Commandant of the Marine Corps. JCS is the principal military advisor to the President, National Security Council, and Secretary of Defense.

J1 Joint Personnel Directorate. Supports a jointly organized unit.

J4 Joint Logistics Directorate. Supports a jointly organized unit.

JMPA

Joint Military Postal Activity. Subordinate activity of the Military Postal Service Agency located in New York or San Francisco or one of its subordinate units in Seattle, Miami, Chicago, or Jacksonville with specific geographic responsibilities to provide liaison and military mail routing instructions to Postal Service centers at gateway cities.

JTF

Joint Task Force. Unit task-organized using two or more services (Army, Navy, etc.) to accomplish a mission.

JOPES

Joint Operations Planning and Execution System. DoD-directed, JCS-implemented integrated conventional C2 system designed to satisfy the information needs of senior level decision makers in conducting joint planning and operations. Used to plan, execute, and monitor mobilization, deployment, employment, and sustainment activities.

KIA

Killed In Action. Casualty code for soldiers killed as a result of enemy action.

LAN

Local Area Network. Microcomputer work stations tied together forming a network, allowing a rapid transfer of information between work stations.

LD/LC Line of Departure/Line of Contact

LOC Line of Communication

LOD

Line Of Duty. Determinations essential for protecting the interest of both the individual concerned and the U.S. Government, where service is interrupted by injury, disease, or death. A person who becomes a casualty because of his or her intentional misconduct or willful negligence can never be said to be injured, diseased, or deceased in the line of duty. Such a person stands to lose substantial benefits as a consequence of his or her actions; therefore, it is critical that the decision to categorize injury, disease, or death as not in the line of duty only be made after the deliberated and ordered procedures.

LOGPAC Logistical Package

MA Mortuary Affairs. Replaces graves registration (GREGG).

MACOM Major Army Command

Mail Clerk

Individual designated by proper authority to perform mail duties in association with the operation of a unit mailroom or postal service center that is not considered a section of an MPO.

Mail Processing.

Canceling and sorting so it can be sent from the postal platoon. All subfunctions that accommodate these two basic steps, including in/off movements, are part of the processing function.

MCC

Movement Control Center. Located in the corps rear. Processes requests from the corps Movement Control Teams (MCT) and the Division Transportation Officers (DTO) and communicates with the Theater Army Movement Control Agency (TAMCA) and committing authority for corps-level transportation assets.

MCT

Movement Control Team. Located in both the corps rear and COMMZ. Process requests from users for the Movement Control Center (MCC) or the Theater Army Movement Control Agency (TAMCA). Committing authority for assets in their areas.

MDP Mail Delivery Point

MIA

Missing In Action. Casualty code for soldiers who are not accounted for and their commanders feel are not absent without leave.

METL Mission-Essential Task List

METT-T

Mission, Enemy, Terrain, Troops, and Time Available. Formula used to analyze the situation. By comparing each factor the commander can determine the best course of action.

MFFIMS Mass Fatality Field Information Management System

MMC

Materiel Management Center. Logistics coordinating and control element of the unit. Provides materiel management for weapons systems, controls maintenance priorities, and coordinates and controls supply functions to meet the operational needs of the unit.

MMT

Military Mail Terminal. There are primarily two types: Aerial Mail Terminal and Seaport Mail Terminal. DoD facility usually operated by the Army to send, receive, combine, distribute, transfer, dispatch, and control military mail, (usually bulk third-, fourth-, and non-time value second-class) to, from, and within overseas areas.

MOS Military Occupational Specialty

MPD Military Personnel Division

MPO Military Post Office

MPOLL Military Post Office Location List

MPOMDS Military Post Office Mail Distribution Scheme

MPRJ Military Personnel Records Jacket

MPS Military Postal Service

MPSA Military Postal Service Agency

MSC Major Support Command

MSE Mobile Subscriber Equipment

MS3 Manpower, Staffing Standards System

MSR Main Supply Route

MSU Major Subordinate Unit

MTF Medical Treatment Facility

MTOE

Modified Table of Organization and Equipment. A DA-approved authorization document detailing personnel and equipment allocated to a unit.

MUSARC Major United States Army Reserve Command

MWR Morale, Welfare, and Recreation

NAF Nonappropiated Fund

NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NBC Nuclear, Biological, Chemical

NGB National Guard Bureau

NOK Next of Kin. Person most closely related to the deceased.

NRI Net Radio Interface

NRP Non-unit-related Personnel

OCAR Office of the Chief, Army Reserve

OCIE Organizational Clothing and Individual Equipment

OCONUS Outside Continental United States

OMF Organization Master File

OMPF Official Military Personnel File

OOTW

Operation Other Than War. The Army classifies its activities during peacetime (disaster relief nation assistance, security and advisory assistance, counterdrug operations, arms control, treaty verification, support to domestic civil authorities, and peacekeeping) and conflict (hostilities to secure strategic objectives) as OOTW. (IAW FM 100-5)

OPCON

Operational Control. A commander can place a subordinate unit under another commander to accomplish a specific mission or task (usually limited by function, time, or location). He can either retain or assign tactical or operational control of that unit. Operational control does not include administrative and logistical control. Under NATO agreements, it does not include authority to assign separate employment of components of the units concerned.

OPLAN Operation Plan

ORB Officer Records Brief

Ordinary/Regular Mail

Mail other than registered, insured, certified, COD, and special delivery or special handling.

org

Organic. An organic element or unit forms an essential part of a larger organization and is listed in the larger unit's TOE.

OSUT One Station Unit Training

OTRA Other Than Regular Army

PAL Parcel Airlift Mail

Pam Pamphlet

PAO Public Affairs Officer

PAP Personnel Assistance Point

PAS Personnel Automation Section

PASR Personnel Accounting and Strength Reporting

PD Personnel Detachment

PERSCOM Personnel Command

PERSINS Personnel Information System

Personnel Estimate

Analyzes personnel service support (PSS) factors on soldier and unit effectiveness regarding mission accomplishment. From this estimate, conclusions are drawn and recommendations are made to the command concerning troop preparedness, the feasibility of various courses of action, and the effects of each course of action on PSS.

Personnel Management Manning aspect of the military personnel functions and programs.

Personnel Services

Aspect of military personnel functions and programs that pertain to providing services to soldiers and civilians.

Personnel Services Support (PSS)

Includes personnel services, resource management, finance services, chaplaincy activities, command information services, and legal service support.

Personnel Support

Includes functions of personnel management and personnel services. Provides commanders with skilled personnel and the services necessary to sustain their readiness.

PG Personnel Group

PIM Personnel Information Management

PIN Personnel Increment Number

PM Post Master

PMC Personnel Management Center

POD Port of Debarkation

POE Port of Embarkation

POM Postal Operations Management; Postal Operation Manual

Postage Meter

Machine that dispenses a gummed, stamped tape showing amount of postage paid affixed to mail instead of postage stamps or imprinted directly on mail.

Postal Effect

All accountable paper stock, finds, and accountable equipment entrusted to the DoD by the USPS for military postal operations.

PPA Personnel Information System (PERSINS) Processing Activity.

PRB Personnel Replacement Battalion

PRM Personnel Readiness Management

PRR

Personnel Requirements Report. Lists a unit's personnel replacement requirements by grade/MOS/SSI, Based on comparison of authorized versus assigned strength. Primarily used at levels above battalion to manage replacement operations.

PS Personnel Summary

PSB Personnel Services Battalion

PSC Personnel Service Company

PSR Patient Summary Report; Personnel Summary Report

RAOC Rear Area Operation Center

RC Reserve Component

RD Replacement Directorate

RDF Radio Direction Finding

RETAIN Real Time Automation Information Network

Retrograde Mail

Originates overseas, moved by any mode of transportation destined to or moving in the general direction of the U.S.

ROAMS Replacement Operations Automated Management Systems

RPC Repair Part Catalog

RTD Return to Duty

S1 Adjutant (U.S. Army)

S2 Intelligence Officer (U.S. Army)

S3 Operations and Training Officer (U.S. Army)

S4 Supply Officer (U.S. Army)

S5 Civil Military Operations Staff Officer (U.S. Army)

SAM Space Available Mail

SAO Survival Assistance Officer

SGLI Serviceman's Group Life Insurance

SI Serious Injury

Shelf

Listing of all requirements by MOS and grade supporting a specific operation plan. Consists of two parts: fillers and replacements. Fillers are personnel required to bring a deployed unit up to its wartime required strength. Replacement portion is an estimate of personnel requirements (post D-day) necessary to back fill units because of personnel losses (for example, KIA, WIA, MIA, and disease nonbattle injury).

SIDPERS Standard Installation Division Personnel System

SINCGARS Single Channel Ground/Airborne Radio System

SJA Staff Judge Advocate

SOI Signal Operating Instructions

SRP Soldier Readiness Program; Soldier Readiness Processing

STARC State Area Commands

SWA Southwest Asia

TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command

TAACOM Theater Army Area Command

TACCS Tactical Army Combat Service Support Computer System

TACREC Theater Army Casualty Records Center

TAFES Tactical Army Feeding System

TAMCA Theater Army Movement Control Agency

TAMMIS Theater Army Medical Management Information System

TAPDB Total Army Personnel Data Base

TARO Theater Army Replacement Operations

TCF Tactical Combat Force

TCS Temporary Change of Station

TDA Table of Distribution and Allowances

TDY Temporary Duty

TFC Theater Army Finance Command

TFE Tactical Field Exchange

TFPS Task Force Personnel Summary

TOC Tactical Operations Center

TOE Table of Organization and Equipment

TOPMIS Total Officer Personnel Management Information System

TPF TACCS Personnel File

TPFDD

Time-Phased Force and Deployment Data. Computer -supported data base portion of an operation plan that contains time-phased force data, non-unit-related cargo and personnel data, and movement data for the operation plan. Information includes in-place units, prioritized arrival of units deployed to support the OPLAN, routing of forces to redeployed, movement data associated with deploying forces, estimates of non-unit-related cargo and personnel movements to be conducted concurrently with the deployment of forces, and estimates of transportation requirements.

TPFDL

Time Phased Force and Deployment List. Computer listing of selected data in the TPFDD that specifically includes the information required in Appendix 1 to Annex A of the OPLAN, that is, types and/or actual units required to support the OPLAN, ORIGIN, POD or ocean area, cargo, non-unit-related personnel, and non unit cargo requirements, etc., as outlined in JOPS Volume 1.

TPMC Theater Personnel Management Center

TTAD Temporary Tour of Active Duty

TTHS Trainee, Transient, Holdee, and Student

UCMJ Uniform Code Of Military Justice

UIC Unit Identification Code

UMT Unit Ministry Team

USACFSC United States Army Community and Family Support Center

USACFSC-FS United States Army Community and Family Support Center, Family Support Directorate

USAEREC United States Army Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center

USAR United States Army Reserve

USAREUR United States Army Europe

USARC United States Army Reserve Command

USARPERCEN United States Army Reserve Personnel Center

USO United Service Organization

USPS United States Postal Service

USTA PERSCOM United States Total Army Personnel Command

VSI

Very Serious Ill. Casualty code for soldiers whose illness is of such severity that life is immediately endangered.

WIA

Wounded In Action. Casualty code for soldiers injured as a result of enemy action. Term encompasses all types of wounds and other injuries incurred in action, whether there is a piercing of the body as in a penetrating or perforated wound; all fractures, burns, blasts and concussions; all effects of biological and chemical warfare agents; and the effects of exposure to ionizing radiation and any other destructive weapon or agent.

Working Mail

Mail received by or dispatched from an MPO and mail which is received by a Mail Control Activity where mailbags are physically opened and the contents are distributed, to include bagging outside mail when required.