Glossary
This glossary lists acronyms used in this publication and selected terms that the user of this publication needs to understand. Army and joint definitions sometimes vary slightly. JP 1-02 (http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/index.html) defines DOD military and associated terms; FM 101-5-1 defines Army operational terms. For terms not included in either of these manuals, see the manual listed with the definition for further information. For terms for which this manual is the Army authority, see the paragraph listed with that definition for further information about that term.
| AA | assembly area |
| AAFES | Army and Air Force Exchange Service |
| ABCA | American, British, Canadian, Australian Army Standardization Program |
| ABCS | Army battle command system |
| ABL | ammunition basic load |
| ABPO | Army Blood Program Office |
| ABS | automated battlebook system |
| ACE | analysis and control element |
| ACO | area claims office |
| ACofS | Army Chief of Staff |
| ACP | Army country profiles |
| ACR | armored cavalry regiment |
| ACSA | acquisition and cross-servicing agreements |
| ACSIM | Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management |
| ACU | area common user |
| ACUS | area common user system |
| ADA | air defense artillery |
| ADCON | administrative control |
| ADDS | Army data distribution system |
| ADES | airdrop equipment and systems |
| AIT | automated identification technology |
| AJBPO | area joint blood program office |
| AJP | allied joint publication |
| ALOC | aerial lines of communications |
| ALP | allied logistics publication |
| AMC | Air Mobility Command |
| AMEDD | Army Medical Department |
| AMS | automated manifest system |
| AO | area of operations |
| AOE | Army of Excellence |
| AOR | area of responsibility |
| APA | Army prepositioned afloat |
| APOD | aerial port of debarkation |
| APOE | aerial port of embarkation |
| APS | Army prepositioned stocks |
| ARC | American Red Cross |
| ARFOR | Army forces: an ARFOR consists of the senior Army headquarters and all Army forces assigned or attached to a combatant command, subordinate joint force command, joint functional command, or multinational command (FM 3-0) |
| Army prepositioned stocks | supplies located at or near the point of planned use or at other designated locations to reduce reaction time and to ensure resupply (FM 100-17-2) |
| ARSOF | Army special operations forces |
| ASA | ammunition support activity |
| ASCC | Army service component command |
| ASDC | area support dental company |
| ASG | area support group |
| ASL | authorized stockage list |
| ASMB | area support medical battalion |
| ASMC | area support medical company |
| ASP | ammunition supply point |
| ATAV | Army total asset visibility |
| ATP | ammunition transfer point |
| attainability (or adequacy) | ability to provide the minimum essential supplies and services required to begin combat operations (JP 4-0) |
| AVIM | aviation intermediate maintenance |
| AVUM | aviation unit maintenance |
| AWCF | Army working capital fund |
| AWCF-SMA | Army Working Capital Fund, Supply Management Army |
| AWRDS | Army war reserve deployment system |
| band support | the provision of music to instill in soldiers the will to fight and win, foster the support of citizens, and promote National interests at home and abroad (paragraph 1-30) |
| BDAR | battle damage assessment and repair |
| BOS | battlefield operating system |
| BSA | brigade support area |
| BSB | brigade support battalion |
| BSC | brigade support company |
| BSD | blood support detachment |
| BSMC | brigade support medical company |
| BSU | blood supply unit |
| C2 | command and control |
| C4I | command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence |
| CAA | command arrangement agreement |
| campaign | series of related military operations aimed at accomplishing a strategic or operational objective within a given time and space. (JP 1-02) |
| CAPS II | consolidated aerial port system II |
| CASCOM | Combined Arms Support Command |
| CCAS | contingency contract administration service |
| CCIR | commander's critical information requirements |
| CFMS | CONUS freight management system |
| CHE | container-handling equipment |
| CHLS | combat health logistics system |
| CINC | commander of a combatant command (JP 4-0) |
| civil law | body of law containing the statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that govern the rights and duties of military organizations and installations regarding civil authorities (paragraph 12-21) |
| CJCS | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| CJMAO | Central Joint Mortuary Affairs Office |
| CMEDCOM | corps medical command |
| CMMC | corps materiel management center |
| CMO | civil military operations |
| CMOS | cargo management operations system |
| CNR | combat net radios |
| COA | course of action |
| COC | contingency operations center |
| COCOM | combatant command (command authority) |
| combat loading | arranges personnel and equipment in a manner designed to conform to the anticipated tactical situation (paragraph 3-55) |
| COMMZ | communications zone |
| configured load | a single or multicommodity load of supplies built to the anticipated or actual needs of a consuming unit (paragraph 1-42) |
| containerization | use of containers to unitize cargo for transportation, supply and storage (JP 1-02) |
| contract law | applying domestic and international law to acquire goods, services, and construction (paragraph 12-22) |
| CONUS | continental United States |
| COP | common operational picture |
| COR | contracting officer representative |
| COSC | combat operational stress control |
| COSCOM | corps support command |
| CP | command post |
| CPL | combat prescribed load |
| CPO | claims processing office |
| CRAF | civil reserve air fleet |
| CRC | CONUS replacement center |
| CROP | containerized roll-on/off platforms |
| CS | combat support |
| CSA | corps storage area |
| CSB | corps support battalion |
| CSC | combat stress control |
| CSG | corps support group |
| CSH | combat support hospital |
| CSR | controlled supply rate |
| CSS | combat service support |
| CSS reach operations | operational positioning and efficient use of all available CSS assets and capabilities, from the industrial base to the soldier in the field (FM 3-0) |
| CSSC | combat service support company |
| CSSCS | combat service support control system |
| CTA | common table of authorization |
| CTIL | commander's tracked item list |
| CTOC | corps tactical operations center |
| CUL | common-user logistics |
| CWT | customer wait time |
| CZ | combat zone |
| DA | Department of the Army |
| DAAS | Defense Automated Addressing System |
| DAC | Department of the Army civilian |
| DAL | directive authority for logistics |
| DAMMS-R | Department of the Army Movement Management System-Revised |
| DAO | division ammunition officer |
| DASB | division aviation support brigade |
| DCAS | dental company area support |
| DCMA | Defense Contract Management Agency |
| DCSPER | Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel |
| DCST | Defense Logistics Agency contingency support team |
| DEL | deployment equipment list |
| DFAS | Defense Finance and Accounting Service |
| DFBS | Defense Finance Battlefield System |
| DIA | Defense Intelligence Agency |
| DIMHRS | Defense Integrated Military Human Resource System |
| DISA | Defense Information Systems Agency |
| DISCOM | division support command |
| distribution | process of synchronizing all elements of the CSS system to deliver the right things to the right place at the right time to support the commander (paragraph 5-63) |
| DIVARTY | division artillery |
| DLA | Defense Logistics Agency |
| DMC | distribution management center |
| DMC/E | distribution management center/element |
| DMI | depot maintenance inter-servicing |
| DNBI | disease and non-battle injury |
| DOD | Department of Defense |
| DODD | Department of Defense directive |
| DOL | directorate of logistics |
| DOMS | Director of Military Support |
| DOS | Department of State, days of supply |
| DOT | Department of Transportation |
| DOTMLPF | doctrine, organizations, training, materiel, leader development, personnel and facilities |
| DRMO | Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office |
| DS | direct support |
| DSA | division support area |
| DSB | division support battalion |
| DSCA | Defense Security Cooperation Agency |
| DSMC | division support medical company |
| DSO | domestic support operations |
| DSOR | depot source of repair |
| DSP | deployment stock planner |
| DTLOMS | doctrine, training, leader development, organizations, materiel, and soldiers |
| DTOC | division tactical operations center |
| DTS | Defense Transportation System |
| DTTS | Defense Transportation Tracking System |
| EAC | echelon above corps |
| EAD | echelon above division |
| economy | effective support using the fewest resources at the least cost, and within acceptable levels of risk (JP 4-0) |
| EDA | equipment downtime analyzer |
| EEM | early entry module |
| EFT | electronic funds transfer |
| ENCOM | engineer command |
| environmental law | body of law containing the statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions relating to Army activities affecting the environment to include navigable waters, near-shore and open waters, and any other surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, land surface or subsurface area, ambient air, vegetation, wildlife, and humans (paragraph 12-27) |
| EOD | explosive ordnance disposal |
| EPW | enemy prisoner of war |
| FBCB2 | Force XXI battle command -brigade and below |
| FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency |
| field services | essential services to enhance a soldier's quality of life during operations (paragraph 1-21) |
| FINCOM | finance command |
| fiscal law | domestic statutes and regulations to funding military operations, and supporting non-federal agencies and organizations (paragraph 12-25) |
| flexibility | ability to adapt CSS structures and procedures to changing situations, missions, and concepts of operations (paragraph 1-13) |
| FM | field manual |
| FMO | financial management operations |
| FOIA | Freedom of Information Act |
| FOO | field ordering officer |
| FOP | follow on package |
| force protection | actions taken to prevent or mitigate hostile actions against DOD personnel (to include family members), resources, facilities, and critical information (FM 3-0) |
| force provider | modular system, principally designed to provide the front-line soldier with a brief respite from the rigors of a combat environment (paragraph 6-71) |
| FORSCOM | Forces Command |
| FRA | forward repair activities |
| FRAGO | fragmentary order |
| FSB | forward support battalion |
| FSC | forward support company |
| FSMC | forward support medical company |
| FST | forward surgical team |
| GATES | Global Air Transportation and Execution System |
| GCCS-A | global command and control system--Army |
| GCSS | global combat support system |
| GCSS-A | global combat service support--Army |
| GDSS | global decision support system |
| GPMRC | global patient movement requirements center |
| GR | graduated response |
| GS | general support |
| GSA | General Services Administration |
| GTN | Global Transportation Network |
| HAP | humanitarian assistance program |
| HAZMAT | hazardous materials |
| HCA | humanitarian and civic assistance |
| HCP | health and comfort packages |
| HDR | humanitarian daily rations |
| HEMTT-LHS | heavy expanded mobility tactical truck-load handling system |
| HET | heavy equipment transport |
| HHC | headquarters and headquarters company |
| HN | host nation |
| HNS | host nation support |
| HQDA | Headquarters, Department of the Army |
| HR | human resource |
| HRS | human resource support |
| HSS | health services support |
| HSSN | home station support node |
| IA | implementing agreement |
| IAW | in accordance with |
| ICM | improved conventional munitions |
| IDP | initial deployment package |
| IED | improvised explosive devices |
| ILAP | integrated logistics analysis program |
| ILS | integrated logistics system |
| IM | information management |
| information systems | equipment and facilities that collect, process, store, display and disseminate information; includes computers (hardware and software) and communications, as well as policies and procedures for their use (FM 3-0) |
| integration | synchronizing CSS operations with all aspects of Army, joint, interagency, and multinational operations (paragraph 1-18) |
| intermediate staging base | secure staging base usually established near to, but not in, the area of operations (FM 3-0) |
| international law | applying international agreements, international customary practices, and the general principles of law recognized by civilized nations relating to military operations and activities (paragraph 12-15) |
| IPB | intelligence preparation of the battlefield |
| IPDS | inland petroleum distribution system |
| ISB | intermediate staging base |
| ISSA | interservice support agreement |
| IT | information technology |
| ITO | installation transportation office |
| ITV | in-transit visibility |
| JAGC | Judge Advocate Generals Corps |
| JFC | joint forces commander |
| JFLCC | joint force land component command/commander |
| JFSOCC | joint force special operations component command |
| JLOTS | joint logistics over the shore |
| JMC | joint movement center |
| JMPA | Joint Military Postal Agency |
| JOA | joint operations area |
| joint reception, staging, onward movement, integration | essential processes required to transition arriving personnel, equipment, and materiel into forces capable of meeting operational requirements (JP 4-01.8) |
| JOPES | Joint Operational Planning and Execution System |
| JP | joint publication |
| JPMRC | joint patient movement requirements center |
| JRA | joint rear area |
| JRC | joint reception center |
| JRSOI | joint reception, staging, onward movement and integration |
| JTAV | joint total asset visibility |
| JTB | joint transportation board |
| JTF | joint task force |
| JTLM | joint theater logistics management |
| LAAWS | Legal Automation Army-Wide System |
| LD | local depository |
| lead nation | multinational operation for which one nation (lead nation) provides most of the forces and resources and the multinational force commander (FM 3-0) |
| legal assistance | personal civil legal services to soldiers, their family members, and other eligible personnel (paragraph 12-33) |
| legal support | all legal services provided by judge advocates and other legal personnel in support of units, commanders, and soldiers in an area of operation and throughout full spectrum operations (paragraph 12-1) |
| LOC | lines of communications |
| LOGCAP | logistics civil augmentation program |
| LOGSA | Logistics Support Agency |
| LOTS | logistics over the shore |
| LOW | law of war |
| LPT | logistics preparation of the theater |
| LRC | logistics readiness center |
| LSE | logistics support element |
| LSV | logistics support vehicle |
| MACOM | major Army command |
| maintenance | actions taken to keep materiel in a serviceable, operational condition, returning it to service, and updating and upgrading its capability (paragraph 1-23) |
| major operation | series of tactical actions (battles, engagements, strikes) conducted by various combat forces of a single or several services, coordinated in time and place, to accomplish operational, and sometimes strategic objectives in an operational area (FM 3-0) |
| MC | military committee |
| MCA | movement control activity |
| MCB | movement control battalion |
| MCD | military committee decision |
| MCL | mission configured load |
| MCT | movement control team |
| MDSS | Marine Air-Ground Task Force Deployment Support System |
| MDW | Military District of Washington |
| MEDBDE | medical brigade |
| MEDCOM | medical command |
| medical regulating | actions and coordination necessary to arrange for the movement of patients through the levels of care; matches patients with a medical treatment facility that has the necessary health service support capabilities and available bed space (JP 4-02) |
| MEDLOG | medical logistics |
| METL | mission essential task list |
| METS | mechanized export traffic system |
| METT-TC | mission, enemy, troops, terrain and weather, time, civilian considerations |
| MHE | materiel handling equipment |
| MI | military intelligence |
| military justice | administering the Uniform Code of Military Justice and disposing alleged violations by judicial (courts-martial) or nonjudicial means (paragraph 12-8) |
| MJLC | multinational joint logistics center |
| MLMC | medical logistics support team |
| MLRS | multiple launch rocket system |
| MLST | medical logistics support team |
| MMC | materiel management center |
| MOADS | maneuver-oriented ammunition distribution system |
| mobilization | process by which the armed forces or part of them are brought to a state of readiness for war or other national emergency (paragraph 3-42) |
| MOOTW | military operations other than war |
| MP | military police |
| MPSA | Military Postal Service Agency |
| MRE | meals ready to eat |
| MRO | medical regulating officer |
| MROCS | materiel release order control system |
| MSB | main support battalion |
| MSC | Military Sealift Command |
| MSE | mobile subscriber equipment |
| MSR | main supply route |
| MST | maintenance support teams |
| MTF | medical treatment facility |
| MTMC | Military Traffic Management Command |
| MTOE | modified table of organization and equipment |
| MTS | movement tracking system |
| MTW | major theater of war |
| MWD | military working dogs |
| MWR | morale, welfare, recreation |
| NAF | nonappropriated fund |
| NAMI | non-Army managed item |
| NAP | not authorized for prepositioning |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBC | nuclear, biological, chemical |
| NDMS | national disaster medical system |
| NEO | noncombatant evacuation operations |
| NGO | non-governmental organization |
| NICP | national inventory control point |
| NMM | national maintenance manager |
| NMP | national maintenance program |
| NMS | national military strategy |
| NSS | national security strategy |
| OCONUS | outside continental United States |
| OEL | organizational equipment list |
| OMC | optical memory card |
| OPCON | operational control |
| operational picture | single display of relevant information within a commander's area of interest (FM 3-0) |
| operational reach | distance over which military power can be employed decisively (FM 3-0) |
| OPLAN | operations plans |
| OPLAW | operational law |
| OPORD | operations order |
| OPSEC | operations security |
| OSD | Office of the Secretary of Defense |
| OST | order ship times |
| PA | public affairs |
| parallel command | nations (of a multinational force) retain control of their deployed forces (FM 3-0) |
| PARC | principle assistant responsible for contracting |
| PEO | program executive officer |
| PERSCOM | personnel command |
| physical network | quantity and capability of fixed structures and established facilities; includes factories, warehouses, airfields, seaports, roads, railroads, inland waterways, pipelines, terminals, bridges, tunnels, and buildings (FM 3-0) |
| PIT | process improvement teams |
| PLL | prescribed load list |
| PLP | premobilization legal preparations |
| PLS | palletized loading system |
| PM | program manager |
| PMCS | preventive maintenance checks and services |
| POD | port of debarkation |
| POE | port of embarkation |
| POL | petroleum, oils, and lubricants |
| PRAMS | passenger reservation and manifesting system |
| PSB | personnel services battalion |
| PSYOP | psychological operations |
| PVNTMED | preventive medicine |
| PVO | private voluntary organizations |
| RAA | redeployment assembly areas |
| RCEM | regional contingency engineering manager |
| RD | replacement directorate |
| RDL | Rucksack Deployable Law Office and Library |
| relevant information | all information of importance to commanders and staffs in the exercise of command and control (FM 3-0) |
| religious support | provision and performance of operations for the commander to protect the free exercise of religion for soldiers, family members, and authorized civilians (paragraph 1-29) |
| resource network | the people, materiel, and machines operating within and over the physical network. (FM 3-0, paragraph 12-50) |
| responsiveness | right support in the right quantity in the right place at the right time (JP 4-0) |
| RF | radio frequency |
| RFDC | radio frequency data collection |
| RFID | radio frequency identification device |
| RM | resource manager |
| ROE | rules of engagement |
| ROPU | reverse osmosis purification unit |
| RPMA | real property maintenance activity |
| RS | religious support |
| RSA | religious support annex |
| RSE | religious support estimate |
| RSO&I | reception, staging, onward movement, and integration |
| RTD | return to duty |
| RX | repairable exchange |
| S&S | supply and service |
| S&T | supply and transportation |
| SA | Secretary of the Army |
| SAAS-MOD | Standard Army Ammunition System-Modified |
| SACEUR | Supreme Allied Commander Europe |
| SAMS | Standard Army Maintenance System |
| SARSS-O | Standard Army Retail Supply System-Objective |
| SATCOM | satellite communications |
| SBCT | Stryker brigade combat team |
| SCC | small-scale contingency |
| SECDEF | Secretary of Defense |
| SIDPERS | standard installation/division personnel system |
| SIMLM | single integrated medical logistics manager |
| simplicity | reflects the need to reduce complexity and often fosters efficiency in both the planning and execution of national and theater logistic operations (JP 4-0) |
| SIPRNET | secret internet protocol router network |
| SIT | site improvement team |
| SITLM | single integrated theater logistics manager |
| SJA | staff judge advocate |
| SLOC | sea lines of communications |
| SME | subject matter expert |
| SMFT | semitrailer mounted fabric tanks |
| SO | special operations |
| SOF | special operations forces |
| SOFA | status of forces agreement |
| SOP | standing operating procedure |
| SOR | source of repair |
| SOSCOM | Special Operations Support Command |
| SOTSE | special operations theater support element |
| split-based operations | performing certain combat service support administrative and management functions outside the joint operations area, whether in a secure location in the communications zone, at an intermediate staging base, or at home station (paragraph 1-38) |
| SPM | single port manager |
| SPOD | seaport of debarkation |
| SPOE | seaport of embarkation |
| SRA | special repair activities |
| SRP | soldier readiness processing |
| SSA | supply support activity |
| SSC | small-scale continguency |
| SSF | single stock fund |
| STAMIS | Standard Army Management Information System |
| STANAG | standardization agreement |
| SU | situational understanding |
| supply | acquiring, managing, receiving, storing, and issuing all classes of supply except class VIII (paragraph 6-1) |
| survivability | being able to protect support functions from destruction or degradation; function of force protection that consists of those actions to prevent or mitigate hostile actions against personnel, resources, facilities, and critical information (paragraph 1-16) |
| sustainability | ability of the force to conduct operations over time (paragraph 3-18) |
| SWA | Southwest Asia |
| TACON | tactical control |
| tactics | (Army) employment of units in combat; ordered arrangement and maneuver of units in relation to each other, the terrain, and the enemy to translate potential combat power into victorious battles and engagements (FM 3-0) (DOD) employment of units in combat; ordered arrangement and maneuver of units in relation to each other and/or to the enemy in order to use their full potentialities (JP 1-02) |
| TAMMIS | The Army Medical Management Information System |
| TAT | to accompany troops |
| TAV | total asset visibility |
| TC-ACCIS | transportation coordinators-automated command and control information system |
| TC-AIMS II | transportation coordinators automated information movement system II |
| TCC | transportation component command |
| TCF | tactical combat force |
| TCMD | transportation control and movement document |
| TDA | table of distribution and allowances |
| TDD | time-definite delivery |
| TFE | tactical field exchange |
| TFEO | tactical field exchange officer |
| TFOM | theater force opening module |
| TFOP | theater force opening package |
| throughput | flow of sustainability assets in support of military operations, at all levels of war, from point of origin to point of use (paragraph 1-41) |
| TJAG | The Judge Advocate General |
| TMDE | test measurement and diagnostic equipment |
| TMEDCOM | theater medical command |
| TO | theater of operations |
| TOC | tactical operations center |
| TOE | table of organization and equipment |
| TPFDD | time-phased force deployment data |
| TPMRC | theater patient movement center |
| transportation | moving and transferring units, personnel, equipment, and supplies to support the concept of operations (paragraph 1-22) |
| TSA | theater storage area |
| TSC | theater support command |
| TSOP | tactical standing operating procedure |
| TTP | tactics, techniques, and procedures |
| TWV | tactical wheeled vehicle |
| UBL | unit basic load |
| UCL | unit configured loads |
| UCMJ | Uniform Code of Military Justice |
| UDL | unit deployment list |
| UGR | unitized group ration |
| UGR-A | unitized group ration-A |
| UGR-H&S | unitized group ration-heat and serve |
| UJTL | universal joint task list |
| ULLS | unit-level logistics system |
| UMT | unit ministry team |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNAAF | United Action Armed Forces |
| unit loading | allows troop units to move with their equipment and accompanying supplies on the same conveyance (paragraph 3-55) |
| unitized cargo | single item or a number of items packaged, packed, or arranged in a specified manner that can be handled as a unit (paragraph 3-32) |
| urban operations | offensive, defensive, stability, and support operations conducted in a topographical complex and adjacent natural terrain where manmade construction and high population density are the dominant features (FM 3-0) |
| USACE | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| USAF | United States Air Force |
| USALSA | U.S. Army Legal Services Agency |
| USAMC | U.S. Army Materiel Command |
| USAMEDCOM | U.S. Army Medical Command |
| USAMMA | U.S. Army Medical Materiel Agency |
| USAMRMC | U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command |
| USARC | U.S. Army Reserve Command |
| USARCS | U.S. Army Claims Services |
| USAREUR | U.S. Army Europe |
| USASOC | U.S. Army Special Operations Command |
| USC | United States Code |
| USPS | U.S. Postal Service |
| USTAPERSCOM | U.S. Total Army Personnel Command |
| USTRANSCOM | U.S. Transportation Command |
| UXO | unexploded ordnance |
| VA | Veterans Administration |
| velocity management | strives to provide world-class logistics support while providing a hedge against unforeseen interruptions in the logistics pipeline by leveraging information technologies and optimizing its processes (paragraph 1-46) |
| VM | velocity management |
| WIN | warfighter information network |
| WIN-T | warfighter information network-tactical |
| WPS | worldwide port system |
| WRSA | war reserve stocks for allies |
| WRAS-K | war reserve stocks for allies-Korea |
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