| A2 |
Army airspace |
| A2C2 |
Army airspace command and control |
| AA |
assembly area |
| AB |
Aviation Brigade |
| ABF |
availability balance file |
| ACC |
Air Combat Command |
| ACFT |
aircraft |
| ACL |
Army Calibration Laboratories |
| ACofS |
Assistant Chief Of Staff |
| ACR |
armored cavalry regiment |
| ACRC |
Army Calibration And Repair Center |
| ACT |
air cavalry troop |
| ADLO |
air defense liaison officer |
| ADMIN |
administrative |
| ADMRU |
aviation depot maintenance round-out unit |
| ADP |
automatic data processing |
| ADPC |
automatic data processing center |
| AFB |
Air Force Base |
| AFMP |
auxiliary fuel management pane |
| AFTO |
Air Force technical order |
| AG |
Adjutant General |
| AGPU |
auxiliary ground power unit |
| AGSE |
aviation ground support equipment |
| AH |
attack helicopter |
| AHB |
assault helicopter battalion |
| AHC |
attack helicopter company |
| AIS |
automated information system |
| AIT |
automated identification technology |
| AIMI |
aviation intensive management items |
| AL |
annual leave |
| ALO |
air liaison officer |
| ALOC |
air lines of communication |
| ALSE |
aviaiton life support equipment |
| AM |
amplitude modulated |
| AM-SSB |
amplitude modification-single sideband |
| AMB |
aviation maintenance battalion |
| AMC |
Army Materiel Command |
| AMCO |
aviation maintenance company |
| AMCOM |
United States Army Aviation and Missile Command |
| AMCP |
aircraft maintenance collection point |
| AMDF |
Army master data file |
| ammo |
ammunition |
| AMSS |
Army materiel status system |
| AM-SSB |
amplitude modulated-single sideband |
| AMO |
aviation maintenance officer |
| ANMCS |
anticipated not mission-capable, supply |
| AO |
area of operation |
| AOAP |
Army oil analysis program |
| AOG |
aircraft-on-ground |
| AP |
antipersonnel |
| APP |
appendix |
| API |
armor-piercing incendiary |
| APOE |
aerial port of embarkation |
| APU |
auxiliary power unit |
| AR |
Army Regulation |
| ARC |
accounting requirements code |
| ARMT |
armament |
| ARMS |
Army Master File Retrieval Microform System |
| ARNG |
Army National Guard |
| ASAM |
aviation safety action messages |
| ASE |
aircraft survivability equipment |
| ASF |
Army stock fund |
| ASG |
area support group |
| ASL |
authorized stockage list |
| ASMP |
Army strategic mobility program |
| ASP |
ammunition supply point |
| ASR |
alternate supply route |
| ASSESSOR |
A trained maintenance technician whose function it is to assess aircraft battle damage. |
| asst |
assistant |
| AT |
antitank |
| ATAS |
Air-To-Air Stinger |
| ATHS |
airborne target hand-over system |
| ATKHB |
attack helicopter battalion |
| ATKHC |
attack helicopter company |
| ATKHR |
attack helicopter regiment |
| ATP |
Army training program |
| ATS |
air traffic services |
| ATST |
area TMDE support team |
| ATTN |
attention |
| AUTMV |
automotive |
| AVCRAD |
aviation classification repair activity depot |
| AVIM |
aviation intermediate maintenance |
| AVN |
aviation |
| AVUM |
aviation unit maintenance |
| AWOL |
absent without leave |
| AX |
ancilliary |
| AZ |
azimuth |
| BAMO |
brigade aviation maintenance officer |
| BATTLE-DAMAGE |
The process used to determine if repair of a battle-damaged aircraft or system can be safely deferred either for a onetime |
| ASSESSMENT |
evacuation flight of the aircraft or to return the aircraft to service for a limited number of flight hours; the three major tasks of battle-damage assessment are damage inspection, damage evaluation, and repair deferability assessment |
| BDA |
battlefield damage assessment |
| BDAR |
battle damage assessment and repair |
| BDE |
brigade |
| BDR |
battle damage repair |
| BIIL |
basic issue item list |
| BITE |
built-in test equipment |
| BLAST |
blocked asynchronous transmission (software protocol) |
| BLDG |
building |
| BMO |
battalion movement officer |
| BN |
battalion |
| BR |
branch |
| BSA |
brigade support area |
| C |
chief |
| C2 |
command and control |
| C3 |
command, control, and communications |
| C3I |
command, control, communications, and intelligence |
| C4 |
command, control, communications and computers |
| CAB |
combat aviation battalion |
| CAC |
combat aviation company |
| CAGE |
commercial and government entity (code) |
| CAISI |
combat service support automated information system interface |
| C&RS |
calibration and repair support |
| CSA |
corps support area |
| CAV |
cavalry |
| C/B |
center of balance |
| CBR |
chemical, biological, radiological |
| CBT |
combat |
| CBU |
calibrate before use |
| CCAD |
Corpus Christi Army Depot |
| CD |
compact disk |
| CDR |
commander |
| CD-ROM |
compact disk-read only memory |
| CE |
communications-electronics |
| CEB |
clothing exchange and bath |
| CEO |
communications-electronics officer |
| CESO |
communications-electronics security officer |
| CG |
center of gravity |
| CH |
cargo helicopter |
| CHAPS |
climatic heat aircraft protective system |
| CINC |
commander in chief |
| CIV |
civilian |
| CL |
checklist |
| CMD |
command |
| CML |
chemical |
| CMMC |
corps materiel management center |
| CMMI |
command maintenance management inspection |
| CMOC |
civil-military operations center |
| CNR |
calibration not required |
| CofS |
chief of staff |
| CO |
company or commanding officer |
| CO2 |
carbon dioxide |
| COA |
course of action |
| COMM |
communication |
| COMMZ |
communications zone |
| COMSEC |
communications security |
| CON |
control |
| CONSOL |
consolidate |
| CONUS |
Continental United States |
| COOP |
continuity of operations plan |
| COSCOM |
corps support command |
| CP |
command post |
| CPC |
corrosion-preventive control |
| CPE |
combat periodic inspection |
| CPM |
combat phase maintenance |
| CPR |
cardiopulmonary resuscitation |
| CPT |
Captain |
| CRAF |
civil reserve air fleet |
| CRC |
calibration and repair center |
| CRP |
central receiving point |
| C&RS |
calibration and repair support |
| CS |
combat support |
| CSAR |
combat search and rescue |
| CSB |
corps support battalion |
| CSG |
combat service group |
| CSM |
command sergeant major |
| CSS |
combat service support |
| CSSCS |
combat service support control system |
| CY |
calendar year |
| DA |
Department of the Army |
| DAMMS-R |
Department of the Army Movement Management System-Redesign |
| DAO |
division ammunition officer |
| DA PAM |
Department of the Army Pamphlet |
| DART |
downed aircraft recovery teams |
| DASB |
division aviation support battalion |
| DCSLOG |
Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics |
| DCSOPS |
Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans |
| DDN TAC |
defense data network terminal access controller |
| DET |
detachment |
| DEW |
directed-energy weapon |
| DIR |
director(ate) |
| DISCOM |
division support command |
| DIV |
division |
| DLIS |
defense logistics information services |
| DLR |
depot-level repairable |
| DMC |
distribution management center |
| DMMC |
division materiel management center |
| DMMO |
division materiel management officer |
| DMRD |
defense management review decision |
| DOD |
Department of Defense |
| DODAAC |
Department of Defense activity address code |
| DOL |
Directorate of Logistics |
| DOS |
days of supply |
| DPTM |
Directorate of Plans, Training, and Mobilization |
| DPW |
Directorate of Public Works |
| DRF |
division ready force |
| DRMO |
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office |
| DS |
direct support |
| DSA |
division support area |
| DSC |
distribution of stockage code |
| DSU |
direct support unit |
| EA |
engagement area |
| EAC |
echelons above corps |
| EAPS |
engine air particle separation |
| EC |
essentiality code |
| ECAP |
environmental compliance achievement program |
| ECAS |
enhanced cobra armament system |
| ECC |
equipment category code |
| ECOD |
estimated cost of damage |
| ED |
environmental division |
| EIC |
end item code |
| EIR |
equipment improvement recommendation |
| ELM |
element |
| EM |
end users manual |
| EMP |
electromagnetic pulse |
| ENCOM |
engineer command |
| ENGR |
engineer |
| EOM |
end of mission |
| ERFS |
extended range fuel system |
| ESSS |
external stores support system |
| EW |
electronic warfare |
| F-level |
owner/user level |
| FAA |
Federal Aviation Administration |
| FAD |
force activity designator |
| FARP |
forward arming and refueling point |
| FAW |
forward axil weight |
| FC |
fire control |
| FEDLOG |
Federal Logistics |
| FHP |
flying hour program |
| FIFO |
first in, first out |
| fld |
field |
| FLOT |
forward line of own troops |
| FLT |
flight |
| FM |
field manual or frequency modulated |
| FMC |
fully mission-capable |
| FOD |
foreign object damage |
| FORSCOM |
Forces Command |
| FRAGO |
fragmentary order |
| FROG |
free rocket over ground |
| FRT |
freight |
| FSB |
forward support battalion |
| FSC |
federal supply classification |
| FSE |
fire support element |
| FSO |
fire support officer |
| FY |
fiscal year |
| G1 |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Personnel) |
| G2 |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence) |
| G3 |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations And Plans) |
| G4 |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Logistics) |
| G5 |
Assistant Chief of Staff (Civil Affairs) |
| GCSS-ARMY |
global combat support system-Army |
| GEN |
general |
| GND |
ground |
| GP |
group |
| GPS |
global positioning system |
| GS |
general support |
| GSE |
ground support equipment |
| GUI |
graphic user interface |
| GWT |
gross weight |
| HAZCOM |
hazardous communications |
| HAZMIM |
hazard minimization |
| HDRS |
heavy drop rigging site |
| HEL |
helicopter |
| HELLFIRE |
heliborne fire and forget missile system |
| HF |
high frequency |
| HHB |
Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion |
| HHC |
Headquarters and Headquarters Company |
| HHD |
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment |
| HHT |
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop |
| HICHS |
helicopter internal cargo-handling system |
| HIT |
health indicator test |
| HM |
hazardous material |
| HNS |
host nation support |
| HOS |
helicopter oxygen system |
| HOSP |
hospital |
| HQ |
Headquarters |
| HR |
hour |
| HSC |
headquarters and supply company |
| HSS |
horizontal store support |
| HW |
hazardous waste |
| IAIC |
immediate action interim change |
| I&S |
interchangeability and substitutability |
| ICRC |
installation calibration and repair center |
| ICS |
intercommunications system |
| ICS3 |
integrated combat service support system |
| ID |
identification |
| IOC |
Industrial Operations Command |
| IDSM |
integrated direct support maintenance |
| IEW |
intelligence and electronic warfare |
| IFR |
instrument flight rules |
| IHFR |
improved high-frequency radio |
| IL |
identification list |
| ILAP |
integrated logistics analysis program |
| IMMO |
installation materiel maintenance officer |
| IMRF |
instrument master record file |
| INTEL |
intelligence |
| IPS |
inlet particle separation |
| IR |
infrared |
| IVIS |
intervehicular information system |
| JP |
joint publication |
| JRTC |
Joint Readiness Training Center |
| JTA |
joint table of authorization/allowances |
| KM |
kilometers |
| KO |
contracting officer |
| KVDT |
keyboard video display terminal |
| LAMS |
large area maintenance shelter |
| LAN |
local area network |
| LAO |
logistics assistance office |
| LAP |
logistics assistance program |
| LASSO |
logistics automation systems support office |
| LCF |
legitimate code file |
| LIN |
line item number |
| LM |
logic module |
| LNO |
liaison officer |
| LO |
lubrication order |
| LOC |
line(s) of communication |
| LOG |
logistics |
| LOGCAP |
logistics civil augmentation program |
| LOGSA |
logistics support activity |
| LRSD |
long-range surveillance detachment |
| LRU |
line replacement unit |
| LSE |
logistics support element |
| MAC |
maintenance allocation chart |
| MACE |
mobilization AVCRAD control element |
| MACOM |
Major Army Command |
| MAINT |
maintenance |
| MAIT |
maintenance assistance and instruction team |
| MARKS |
modern Army recordkeeping system |
| MAT |
materiel |
| MATCAT |
materiel category |
| MCN |
management control number |
| MCO |
movement control officer |
| MCP |
maintenance collection point |
| MCS |
maintenance control system |
| MCSR |
materiel condition status report |
| MDS |
mission, design, and series |
| MED |
medical |
| MEDCOM |
Medical Command |
| METT-TC |
mission, enemy, terrain, troops, time available, and civilian considerations |
| MGT |
management |
| MI |
military intelligence |
| MIL |
military |
| mm |
millimeter |
| MMC |
materiel management center |
| MMDF |
maintenance master data file |
| MOOTW |
military operations other than war |
| MOC |
maintenance operational check |
| MOPP |
mission-oriented protection posture |
| MOS |
military occupational specialty |
| MP |
military police |
| MPN |
MSE packet network |
| MRE |
meals ready to eat |
| MRM |
maintenance reporting and management |
| MRO |
materiel release order |
| MSE |
mobile subscriber equipment |
| MSB |
main support battalion |
| MSDS |
materiel safety data sheets |
| MSL |
missile |
| MSR |
main supply route |
| MSS |
missile sight subsystem |
| MST |
maintenance support team |
| MTDA |
modification table of distribution and allowances |
| MTF |
maintenance test flight |
| MTOE |
modification table of organization and equipment |
| MTW |
major theater of war |
| MWO |
modification work order |
| NAMP |
night aircraft maintenance program |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NAVAID |
navigation aid |
| NBC |
nuclear, biological, chemical |
| NCO |
noncommissioned officer |
| NCOIC |
noncommissioned officer in charge |
| NCS |
net control station |
| NDI |
nondevelopmental item |
| NDT |
nondestructive testing |
| NEC® |
national electrical code |
| NET |
new equipment training |
| NFC |
national fire code |
| NFPA |
National Fire Protection Association |
| NG |
National Guard |
| NICAD |
nickel cadmium |
| NICP |
national inventory control point |
| NIIN |
national item identification number |
| NIST |
National Institute of Standards and Technology |
| NMC |
not mission-capable |
| NMCE |
not mission-capable, equipment |
| NMCM |
not mission-capable, maintenance |
| NMCS |
not mission-capable, supply |
| NPT |
nonproductive time |
| NRB |
natural resources branch |
| NRI |
net radio interface |
| NSN |
national stock number |
| NTC |
National Training Center |
| OCM |
on-condition maintenance |
| OCONUS |
Outside Continental United States |
| ODCSLOG |
Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics |
| OFC |
office |
| OFF |
officer |
| OH |
observation helicopter |
| OIC |
officer in charge |
| OP |
operator |
| OPS |
operations |
| OPLAN |
operation plan |
| OPORD |
operation order |
| OPSEC |
operations security |
| OPTEMPO |
operational tempo |
| OR |
operational readiness |
| ORF |
operational readiness float |
| OSC |
objective supply capability |
| OSHA |
Occupational Safety And Health Administration |
| OSJA |
Office of the Staff Judge Advocate |
| OST |
order to ship time |
| OT |
overtime |
| OVE |
organizational vehicle equipment |
| P-level |
primary level |
| PAD |
patient administration and distribution |
| PAM |
pamphlet |
| PARC |
principal assistant responsible for contracting |
| PB |
property book |
| PBO |
property book officer |
| PC |
production control |
| PCE |
protective clothing and equipment |
| PE |
periodic |
| PERS |
personnel (U.S. Army) |
| PERSCOM |
Personnel Command |
| PET |
petroleum |
| PLL |
prescribed load list |
| PLT |
platoon |
| PM |
phase maintenance |
| PMC |
partially mission capable |
| PMCS |
preventive maintenance checks and services |
| PMD |
preventive maintenance daily |
| PMS |
preventive maintenance services |
| POD |
port of debarkation |
| POE |
port of embarkation |
| POL |
petroleum, oils, and lubricants |
| pos |
position |
| PPM |
progressive phase maintenance |
| PQDR |
product quality deficiency report |
| PRAM |
preliminary report of aircraft mishap |
| PT |
productive time |
| PVS |
prime vendor support |
| QC |
quality control |
| QSS |
quick supply store |
| QTR |
quarters |
| RAP |
rear area protection |
| RACO |
rear area combat operations |
| RAS |
regimental aviation squadron |
| RAW |
rear axel weight |
| RCC |
rescue coordination center |
| RCF |
repair cycle float |
| REC |
radioelectronic combat |
| RECON |
reconnaissance |
| recov |
recovery |
| reg |
regular |
| rep |
repair |
| retrans |
retransmit |
| RF |
radio frequency |
| RML |
revolution in military logistics |
| RO |
requisitioning objective |
| ROP |
reorder point |
| RPM |
revolutions per minute |
| RPT |
report |
| RX |
repairable exchange |
| S-level |
secondary level |
| S1 |
adjutant |
| S2 |
intelligence officer |
| S3 |
operations and training officer |
| S4 |
supply officer |
| S&S |
supply and service |
| SAAS |
Standard Army Ammunition System |
| SAILS |
Standard Army Intermediate Level Supply System |
| SAMS |
Standard Army Maintenance System |
| SAMS—1 |
Standard Army Maintenance System-Level 1 |
| SAMS—2 |
Standard Army Maintenance System-Level 2 |
| SARSS |
Standard Army Retail Supply System |
| SARSS-1 |
Standard Army Retail Supply System-Level 1 |
| SARSS-2AC/B |
Standard Army Retail Supply System-Level 2AC/B |
| SARSS-2AD |
Standard Army Retail Supply System-Level 2AD |
| SARSS-O |
Standard Army Retail Supply System-Objective |
| SB |
supply bulletin |
| SCA |
supply control activity |
| SDI |
SAGE database inquiry |
| SEC |
section |
| SEN |
small extension node |
| SFDLR |
stock funding of depot-level repairable |
| SGT |
sergeant |
| SIG |
signal |
| SJA |
Staff Judge Advocate |
| SL |
sick leave |
| SLC |
stockage list code |
| SOF |
safety of flight |
| SOP |
standing operating procedures |
| SOS |
source of supply |
| SOW |
statement of work |
| SPBS—R |
standard property book system-revised |
| SPO |
security, plans, and operations |
| SPOE |
seaport of embarkation |
| SPT |
support |
| SQDN |
squadron |
| SRBM |
short-range ballistic missile |
| SSA |
supply support activity |
| SSL |
shop stock list |
| SSSC |
self-service supply center |
| STACOMP |
standard computer |
| STAMIS |
Standard Army Management Information System |
| STANAG |
standardization agreement |
| STARPUBS |
standard Army publications system |
| SUBS |
subsistence |
| SUP |
supply |
| SUPV |
supervisor |
| SURG |
surgeon |
| SVC |
service |
| SWBD |
switchboard |
| SYS |
system |
| T-level |
transfer level |
| TA |
theater army |
| TAA |
tactical assembly area |
| TACCS |
tactical Army combat service support computer system |
| TACSAT |
tactical satellite |
| TAMMS |
The Army Maintenance Management System |
| TAMMS-A |
The Army Maintenance Management System-Aviation |
| TAMP |
theater aviation maintenance program |
| TASO |
terminal area security officer |
| TB |
technical bulletin |
| TBO |
time between overhaul |
| TDA |
table of distribution and allowances |
| TDY |
temporary duty |
| TEAC |
turbine engine analysis check |
| TECH |
technical |
| TF |
task force |
| TI |
technical inspector |
| TM |
technical manual |
| TMDE |
test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment |
| TMDE-SP |
test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment—support program |
| TNG |
training |
| TOC |
tactical operations center |
| TOE |
table of organization and equipment |
| TOW |
tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided |
| TPFDD |
time-phased force deployment data requirements |
| TRADOC |
Training and Doctrine Command |
| TRANS |
transportation |
| TRP |
troop |
| TS |
technical supply |
| TSO |
TMDE support office |
| TSC |
theater support command |
| TSC MMC |
Theater Support Command Materiel Management Center |
| TTA |
tactical terminal adapter |
| TWX |
teletypewriter exchange |
| UH |
utility helicopter |
| UIC |
unit identification code |
| ULLS |
Unit-Level Logistics System |
| ULLS-A |
Unit-Level Logistics System-Aviation |
| ULLS-G |
Unit-Level Logistics System-Ground |
| ULLS-S4 |
Unit-Level Logistics System-S4 |
| UMNIPS |
Uniform Materiel Movement and Issue Priority System |
| UND |
urgency of need |
| U.S. |
United States |
| USAAMC |
United States Army Aeromedical Center |
| USAAVNC |
United States Army Aviation Center |
| USAMC |
United States Army Materiel Command |
| USAPSL |
United States Army Primary Standards Laboratory |
| USASC |
United States Army Safety Center |
| USATA |
United States Army TMDE Activity |
| USP&FO |
United States Property and Fiscal Officer |
| USR |
unit status report |
| USTRANSCOM |
United States Transportation Command |
| UTM |
universal transverse mercator |
| VSP |
vertical stores pylon |
| WARCO |
warranty control office |
| WO |
Warrant Officer |
| WPN |
weapon |
| WSRO |
weapons system replacement operations |
| WVEH |
wheeled vehicle |
| WX |
weather |
| XMSN |
transmission |
| XO |
Executive Officer |
