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Military

Glossary

AAFES   Army and Air Force Exchange Service
ABCCS   Army Global Command Control System
ABCS   Army Battle Command System
ACOM   Atlantic Command
ACR   armored cavalry regiment
A/DACG   arrival/departure airfield control group
ADANS   Airlift Deployment Analysis System
ADP   automatic data processing
AFATDS   Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System
AFFOR   Air Force forces
AFSCC   Air Force Service Component Commander
AIT   Automatic Identification Technology
AMC   Air Mobility Command
AMOPES   Army Mobilization and Operations Planning and Execution System
AO   area of operations
AOR   area of responsibility
APOD   aerial port of debarkation
APOE   aerial port of embarkation
AR   Army regulation
ARFOR   Army forces
ASAS   All Source Analysis System
ASCC   Army Service Component Commander
ASPUR   Automated System for Processing Unit Requirements
ATCCS   Army Tactical Command and Control System
ATMCT   Air Terminal Movement Control Team
ATP   Ammunition Transfer Point
AUEL   Automated Unit Equipment List
AWIS   Army WWMCCS Information System
B2C2   Brigade and Below Command and Control System
BSA   brigade support area
C2   command and control
CAA   command arrangement agreement
CAP   crisis action planning
CAPS II   Consolidated Aerial Port System II
CD-ROM   compact disk-read only memory
CENTCOM   Central Command
CIA   Central Intelligence Agency
CINC   Commander in Chief
CJCS   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
CJTF   Commanders Joint Task Force
CLT   cellular logistics team
CMAA   Cooperative Military Airlift Agreement
CMOC   Civil Military Operations Center
COCOM   combatant command
COMPASS   Computerized Movement Planning and Status System
CONPLAN   concept plan
CONUS   continental United States
CONUSA   the numbered armies in the continental United States
CORE   contingency response program
COSCOM   corps support command
CRAF   Civil Reserve Air Fleet
CSG   Corps Support Group
CSS   combat service support
CSSCS   Combat Service Support Control System
CTO   Corps Transportation Officer
DA   Department of the Army
DAAS   Defense Automatic Addressing System
DAMMS-R   Department of the Army Movement Management System-Redesign
DASPS-E   Department of the Army Standard Port System-Enhanced
DCSLOG   Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics
DCSLOG TRANS   Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics for Transportation
DCSOPS   Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans
DDN   defense data network
Dept   Department
DFRIF   Defense Freight Railway Interchange Fleet
DFSC   Defense Fuel Supply Center
DIRMOBFOR   Director of Mobility Forces
DISCOM   division support command
DLA   Defense Logistics Agency
DMA   Defense Mapping Agency
DMC   defense movement coordinator
DMMC   division materiel management center
DOD   Department of Defense
DOL   Directorate of Logistics
DOMS   Directorate of Military Support
DOT   Department of Transportation
DPG   defense planning guidance
DS   direct support
DSA   division support area
DSB   Deployment Support Brigade
DSU   direct support unit
DTAV   Department of Defense Total Asset Visibility
DTO   Division Transportation Officer
DTS   Defense Transportation System
DTTS   Defense Transportation Tracking System
EAC   echelons above corps
EPW   enemy prisoner of war
EUCOM   European Command
FAA   Federal Aviation Administration
FAADC2   Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control System
FEMA   Federal Emergency Management Agency
FHWA   Federal Highway Administration
FM   field manual
FORSCOM   United States Army Forces Command
FRA   Federal Railroad Administration
FSB   Forward Support Battalion
ft   feet/foot
G1   Assistant Chief of Staff, G1 (Personnel)
G3   Assistant Chief of Staff, G3 (Operations and Plans)
G4   Assistant Chief of Staff, G4 (Logistics)
GCCS   Global Command and Control System
GDSS   Global Decision Support System
GRREG   graves registration
GS   general support
GSA   General Services Administration
GSU   general support unit
GTN   Global Transportation Network
HETS   Heavy Equipment Transporter System
HHC   headquarters and headquarters company
HHD   headquarters and headquarters detachment
HN   host nation
HNS   host nation support
HQ   headquarters
HQDA   Headquarters, Department of the Army
IBS   Integrated Booking System
IC3   Integrated Command and Control, and Communications System
ICC   Interstate Commerce Commission
INMARSAT   International Maritime Satellite
IRP   inventory reduction plan
ISB   intermediate staging base
ISO   organization of international standards
ISR   installation situation reports
ITO   installation transportation officer
ITV   in-transit visibility
J4   Logistics Directorate
JCS   Joint Chiefs of Staff
JFC   joint force commander
JLOTS   joint logistics-over-the-shore
JMC   Joint Movement Center
JMPA   Joint Military Postal Activities
JOPES   Joint Operation Planning and Execution System
JPD   Joint Planning Document
JPEC   Joint Planning and Execution Community
JPO   Joint Petroleum Office
JSCP   Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan
JTB   Joint Transportation Board
JTBS   Joint Transportation Board Secretariat
JTF   joint task force
LASH   lighter aboard ship
LOC   lines of communication
LOGMARS   Logistic Application of Automated Marking and Reading System
LO/LO   lift-on/lift-off
LOTS   logistics over the shore operations
LSA   Logistics Sustainability Analysis
LSE   Logistics Support Element
MARAD   Maritime Administration
MBBL   thousands of barrels
MCC   movement control center
MCO   Movement Control Officer
MCT   Movement Control Team
METS   Mechanized Export Traffic System
MHE   materiels handling equipment
MILSTRIP   Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures
MILVAN   military-owned demountable container
MOBCON   Mobilization Movement Control
MOGAS   motor gasoline
MOU   Memorandum of Understanding
MP   military police
MPSA   Military Postal Service Agency
MRT   Movement Regulations Team
MSB   Main Support Battalion
MSC   Military Sealift Command
MSL   Military Shipping Label
MSR   main supply route
MST   Mission Support Team
MTMC   Military Traffic Management Command
MTON   measurement ton
NATO   North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NAVFOR   Navy forces
NCA   National Command Authority
NCOIC   Noncommissioned officer in charge
NEO   noncombatant evacuation order
NSC   National Security Council
OCONUS   outside continental United States
OET   Office of Emergency Transportation
OFDA   Office of the US Foreign Disaster Assistance
OIC   officer in charge
OOTW   operations other than war
OPCON   operational control
OPLAN   operation plan
OPORD   operation order
OPSEC   operations security
OSD   Office of the Secretary of Defense
PACOM   Pacific Command
PLS   Palletized Load System
POD   port of debarkation
POE   port of embarkation
POL   petroleum, oil, and lubricants
POM   program objective memorandum
PRAMS   Passenger Reservation and Manifesting System
PSA   port support activity
PSC   port security company
Publication   publication
RC   Reserve Components
RDD   required delivery date
RF   radio frequency
RO/RO   roll on/roll off
ROS   reduced operational status
Rqmts   requirements
RRF   Ready Reserve Force
S4   Supply Officer (U.S. Army)
SEABEE   sea barge
SECDEF   Secretary of Defense
SMCC   state movement control center
SOCOM   Special Operations Command
SOFOR   Special Operations forces
SOUTHCOM   Southern Command
SPACECOM   Space Command
SPOD   sea port of debarkation
SPOE   sea port of embarkation
STACCS   Standard Theater Army Command and Control System
STAMIS   Standard Army Management Information System
STARC   State Area Command
STON   short ton
STRATCOM   Strategic Command
TA   theater Army
TAA   Tactical Assembly Area
TACC   tanker airlift control center
TALCE   tanker airlift control element
TALO   Tactical Air Liaison Officer
TAMCA   Theater Army Movements Control Agency
TAV   Total Asset Visibility
TB   technical bulletin
TC-ACCIS   Transportation Coordinators-Automated Command and Control Information System
TC-AIMS   Transportation Coordinators-Automated Information for Movements System
TCC   Transportation Component Command
TDA   tables of distribution and allowances
TEU   twenty-foot equivalent units
TMO   Traffic Management Office
TMT   transportation motor transport
TOE   table(s) of organization and equipment
TPFDD   Time-Phased Force Deployment Data
TPFDL   Time-Phased Force Deployment List
TRANSCOM   Transportation Command
TSM   terminal support module
TTB   Transportation Terminal Battalion or Brigade
TTP   trailer transfer point
TUCHA   type unit characteristics data
TVA   Tennessee Valley Authority
UMC   unit movement coordinator
UMD   unit movement data
UMT   Unit Movement Team
UN   United Nations
US   United States (of America)
USA   United States Army
USACOM   United States Atlantic Command
USAF   United States Air Force
USAR   United States Army Reserve
USCG   United States Coast Guard
USCINCTRANS   Commander in Chief, Transportation Comand
USMC   United States Marine Corps
USN   United States Navy
USPS   United States Postal Service
USTRANSCOM   United States Transportation Command
WASP   War Air Service Program
WDIP   Warfighter Deployment Interface Program
WPS   Worldwide Ports System
WWMCCS   Worldwide Military Command and Control System



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