Glossary
A
AAFES - Army and Air Force Exchange Service
ACUS - area common-user system
AD - Air Defense
ADA - air defense artillery
ADC - area damage control
admin - administration
adrp - airdrop
AF - Air Force
AI - area of interest
ALOC - air lines of communication
AM - amplitude modulated
amb - ambulance
AMC - U.S. Army Materiel Command
AMO - Automation Management Office
anal - analysis
AO - area of operations
AOAP - Army Oil Analysis Program
AOR - area of responsibility
APOD - aerial port of debarkation
AR - Army regulation
ARTEP - Army Training and Evaluation Program
ASB - area support battalion
ASG - area support group
ASL - authorized stockage list
ASG - area support group
asst - assistance
ATCCS - Army Tactical Command and Control System
aug - augmentation
AUTODIN - automatic digital network
AVIM - aviation intermediate maintenance
avn - aviation
AVUM - aviation unit maintenance
AWCM - Area Wartime Construction Manager
B
BC - base commander
BCC - base cluster commander
BCOC - Base Cluster Operations Center
BDAR - battle damage assessment and repair
bde - brigade
BDOC - Base Defense Operations Center
bn - battalion
br - branch
BSB - base support battalion
C
C4I - command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence
CA - civil affairs
CASCOM - U.S. Army Combined Arms Support Command
CBS-X - Continuing Balance System-Expanded
cbt - combat
cd - civil defense
cdr - commander
C-E - communications-electronics
CEB - clothing exchange and bath
cen - center
CHS - combat health support
CIMIC - civil-military cooperation
CINC - Commander in Chief
civ - civilian
CMCC - Corps Movement Control Center
cmd - command
CMMC - corps materiel management center
CMO - civil-military operations
CNF - confinement
co - company
COA - course of action
comm - communication(s)
COMMZ - communications zone
COMSEC - communications security
con - control
const - construction
CONUS - continental United States
COOP - Continuity of Operations Plan
coord - coordination
COR - contracting officers' representative
COA - course of action
COSCOM - Corps Support Command
CP - command post
CS - combat support
CSB - corps support battalion
CSC - combat stress control
CSG - corps support group
CSH - combat support hospital
CSS - combat service support
CSSAMO - combat service support automation management office
CSSCS - Combat Service Support Control System
CTA - common table of allowances
CTASC - Corps/Theater ADP Service Center
ctrmob - countermobility
D
DA - Department of the Army
DAMMS-R - DA Movements Management System-Redesigned
DCSOPS - Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations
decon - decontamination
def - defense
det - detachment
dev - development
DFSC - Defense Fuel Supply Center
dir - directorate
DISCOM - division support command
div - division
DLA - Defense Logistics Agency
DMA - Defense Mapping Agency
DNVT - digital nonsecure voice telephone
DOD - Department of Defense
DODAAC - Department of Defense activity address code
DOL - Director of Logistics
DPW - Directorate of Public Works
DRMO - Defense Reutilization and Marketing Operations
DS - direct support
DSU - direct support unit
E
EAC - echelons above corps
ECCM - electronic counter-countermeasures
EEFI - essential elements of friendly information
elem - element
EMP - electromagnetic pulse
ENCOM - Engineer Command
engr - engineer
EOD - explosive ordnance disposal
EODCT - explosive ordnance disposal control team
EPW - enemy prisoner of war
equip - equipment
evac - evacuation
F
FAST - Field Assistance in Science and Technology
FAWPSS - forward area water point supply system
fax - facsimile
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
FCCME - Facilities/Contract Construction Management Engineer
FEMA - Federal Emergency Management Agency
FH - frequency hopping, field hospital
fld - field
FLOT - forward line of own troops
FM - field manual, frequency modulated
FORSCOM - U.S. Army Forces Command
FSB - forward support battalion
FSOP - field standing operating procedures
FSSP - fuel system supply point
G
gen - general
GH - general hospital
gp - group, general purpose
GS - general support
GSA - General Services Administration
GSU - general support unit
H
HET - heavy-equipment transporter
HF - high frequency
HHC - headquarters and headquarters company
HHD - headquarters and headquarters detachment
hlth - health
hm - heavy materiel
HN - host nation
HNS - host-nation support
hosp - hospital
HQ - headquarters
HSS - health service support
hvy - heavy
I
ICP - incremental change package, inventory control point
INFOSEC - information security
intel - intelligence
IPB - intelligence preparation of the battle
ISB - intermediate staging base
ISEC - Information Systems Engineering Command
J
JAG - Judge Advocate General
JCS - Joint Chiefs of Staff
JPO - joint petroleum office
JTF - joint task force
K
kHz - kilohertz
KP - kitchen police
L
lab - laboratory
lang - language
LAP - Logistics Assistance Program
ldry - laundry
LOC - logistic operations center, lines of communication (logistic routes)
log - logistics
LOGCAP - Logistics Civil Augmentation Program
LOGMARS - Logistics Applications of Automated Markings and Reading Symbols
LOGSIT - logistics situation
LOTS - logistics over the shore operations
LP - listening post
LPT - logistics preparation of the theater
LSE - logistics support element
lt - light
M
MA - mortuary affairs
MACOM - Major Army Command
maint - maintenance
MASH - mobile army surgical hospital
mat - materiel
MC - movement control
MCA - movement control agency
MCT - movement control team
med - medical, medium
MEDCOM - Medical Command
METT-T - mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available
mgt - management
MHE - materials-handling equipment
MI - military intelligence
MLRS - multiple-launch rocket system
MMC - Materiel Management Center
MMM - medical materiel management
MOA - memorandum of agreement
MOADS - maneuver-oriented ammunition distribution system
mob - mobility
MOPP - mission-oriented protection posture
MOU - memorandum of understanding
MP - military police
MRE - meal, ready-to-eat
MRO - materiel release order
MRT - movement regulation team
MSE - mobile subscriber equipment
MSR - main supply route
MST - maintenance support team
MTF - medical treatment facility
MTMC - Military Traffic Management Command
MTP - mission training plan
N
NA - numbered Army
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC - nuclear, biological, chemical
NCA - national command authority
NCO - noncommissioned officer
NCS - net control station
NEO - noncombatant evacuation operations
NICAD - nickel cadmium
NICP - national inventory control point
NSL - nonstockage list
O
OCIE - organizational clothing and individual equipment
OCONUS - outside continental United States
ofc - office
OLS - operational level support
OOTW - operations other than war
OP - observation post
OPCON - operational control
OPLAN - operation plan
OPORD - operation order
ops - operations
OPSEC - operations security
ord - ordnance
ORF - operational readiness float
P
P&A - personnel and administration
pers - personnel
PERSCOM - personnel command
petrl - petroleum
PKO - peacekeeping operation
PLL - prescribed load list
plt - platoon
PM - Provost Marshal
pnt - patient
POD - port of debarkation
POE - port of embarkation
POMCUS - prepositioned materiel configured to unit sets
PSA - port support activity
PSYOP - psychological operations
purif - purification
pvntmed - preventive medicine
PW - prisoner of war, public works
PWIC - prisoner of war internment camp
PX - post exchange (Army)
Q
QA - quality assurance
QASAS - quality assurance specialists (ammunition surveillance)
R
RAOC - Rear Area Operations Center
RC - reserve component
recon - reconnaissance
rep - repair
renv - renovation
ROC - rear operations center
ROWPU - reverse osmosis water purification unit
RPMA - real property maintenance activities
RSO&I - reception, staging, onward movement, and integration
RTF - regeneration task force
S
S3 - Operations and Training Officer (U.S. Army)
S4 - Supply Officer (U.S. Army)
S&P - stake and platform
S&S - supply and service
SAAS - Standard Army Ammunition System
SAMS - Standard Army Maintenance System
SARSS - Standard Army Retail Supply System
SEALOC - sea lines of communication
SEAVAN - Commercial- or Government-owned (or leased) shipping container
sec - section
SIDPERS - Standard Installation/Division Personnel System
SIGSEC - signals security
SIMLM - single integrated medical logistics manager
SINCGARS - Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Subsystem
SJA - staff judge advocate
SMFT - semitrailer mounted fabric tank
SOI - signal operation instructions
SOF - special operations forces
SOP - standing operating procedure
SPBS-R - Standard Property Book System-Redesigned
SPO - security, plans, and operations
SPOD - seaport of debarkation
spt - support
SSA - supply support activity
SST - single subscriber terminal
STAMIS - Standard Army Management Information System
STANAG - standardization agreement
STON - short ton
sup - supply
survbl - survivability
svcs - services
T
TACCS - Tactical Army Combat Service Support Computer System
TACSAT - tactical satellite
TAMCA - Theater Army Movement Control Agency
TAMMIS - Theater Army Medical Management Information System
TB - technical bulletin
TCF - tactical combat force
TDA - tables of distribution and allowances
tech - technology
TFE - tactical field exchange
tm - team(s)
TMDE - test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment
TMMMC - Theater Medical Material Management Center
TOE - table(s) of organization and equipment
topo - topography
TPFDL - Time-Phased Force Deployment List
TRADOC - U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command
trans - transportation
TRANSCOM - Transportation Command
TRI-TAC - Tri-Service Tactical Communications
trk - truck
TSEC - tactical security
TSOP - tactical standing operating procedure
U
ULC - unit-level computer
ULLS - Unit-Level Logistics System
UMT - unit ministry team
US/USA - United States (of America)
USACE - United States Army Corps of Engineers
USAF - United States Air Force
USAMC - United States Army Materiel Command
USAMMA - United States Army Medical Materiel Agency
USAREUR - United States Army, Europe
USMC - United States Marine Corps
USN - United States Navy
UXO - unexploded ordnance
V
vet - veterinary
VHF - very high frequency
W
wtr - water
X
XO - executive officer
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