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GLOSSARY

 

AAC acquisition advise code
AACG arrival airfield control groups
AAVS aerospace audio visual service
AAI air-to-air interface
ABN airborne
ACofS Army Chief of Staff
AALPS/ALM Automated Air Load Planning System/Air Load Module
ACOM Atlantic Command
ACR armored cavalry regiment
A/DACG arrival/departure airfield control group
ADAO assistant division aviation officer
AFCC Air Force Component Commander
AFSCC Air Force Service Component Command
AIT automation and information technology
ALOC air line of communication
ALSS advanced logistics support site
AMC Air Mobility Command
AMFT Automated Movement Flow Tracking
AMMO ammunition
AMovP Allied Movement Publication
AO area of operation
AOR area of responsibility
APOD aerial port of debarkation
APOE aerial port of embarkation
APS Army pre-positioned stocks; aerial port squadron
AR Army regulation
ARCENT Army Component Command
ASCC Army Service Component Command
ASG area support group
ASOC air support operations center
ASP ammunition supply point
ASR alternative supply route
ATP ammunition transfer point
ATTN attention
AUEL automated unit equipment list
AUTO automation
AVN aviation
AWIS Army Worldwide Military Command and Control Information System
   
BDE brigade
BMCT branch movement control team
BN battalion
BR branch
BSA brigade/battalion support area
   
C2 command and control
CAPS II Consolidated Aerial Port System II
CCP consolidation and containerization point
CCT combat control team
CDMC corps distribution management center
CDR commander
C-E communications-electronics
CENTCOM Central Command
CFMS CONUS Freight Management System
CHE container handling equipment
CINC Commander-in-Chief
CIS Commonwealth of Independent States (formerly the USSR)
CJCS Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
CMCB corps movement control battalion
CMD command
CMMC corps materiel management center
CMOC civil/military operations center
CMOS Cargo Movement Operations System
CO company
COE common operating environment
CofS Chief of Staff
COM communication
COMMZ communication zone
COMPT comptroller
CONPLAN concept plan
CONUS continental United States
CONVL conventional
COORD coordinate
COP command operating program
COSCOM corps support command
CP checkpoints; convoy planning; command post
CRAF Civil Reserve Air Fleet
CROP container roll-in/roll-off platform
CS corps support
CSA Corps storage area
CSB corps support battalion
CSG corps support group
CSS combat service support; convoy support site
CSSCS Combat Service Support Control System
CTMC combined transportation movement center
CTO corps transportation office
CTR container
CULT common user land transportation
CWO chief warrant officer
CZ combat zone
   
D distance
DA Department of the Army
DAAS Defense Automated Addressing System
DACG departure airfield control groups
DAMMS-R Department of the Army Movements Management System-Redesign
DC District of Columbia
DCG(S) Deputy Commander for Support
DCSLOG Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics
DCSOPS Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans
DCST DLA contingency support team
DDMC division distribution management center
DDN Defense Data Network
DEL deployment equipment list
DEP deputy
DEST destination
DET detachment
DHA driver holding area
DISCOM division support command
DIV division
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DMC distribution management center
DMMC defense materiel management center
DNVT Digital Nonsecure Voice Terminal
DOD Department of Defense
DODAAC Department of Defense Address Activity Code
DOT Department of Transportation
DS direct support
DSA division support area
DSS direct support system
DTG date-time group
DTO division transportation officer
DTS Defense Transportation System
DTTS Defense Transportation Tracking System
   
EAC echelons above corps
EEM early entry module
ENCOM Engineer Command
ENG engineer
EPW enemy prisoner of war
EUCOM European Command
EUSA Eighth U.S. Army
   
FAD force activity designator
FDRP first destination reporting point
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
FIN finance
FINCOM Finance Command
FLD field
FLS forward logistics site
FM field manual; frequency modulated
FMCC force movement control center
FORSCOM United States Army Forces Command
FRAGO fragmentary order
FSB forward support battalion
FWD forward
   
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)
G6 Assistant Chief of Staff, G6 (Signal)
GA Georgia
GCCS Global Command and Control System
GCCS-A Global Command and Control System-Army
GCSS-Army Global Combat Support System-Army
GDSS Global Decision Support System
GOPAX Groups Operational Passenger System
GP group
GPS Global Positioning System
GS general support
GTN Global Transportation Network
   
H height
HA holding area
HET heavy equipment transporter
HHC headquarters, headquarters company
HHD headquarters, headquarters division
HMCT highway movement control team
HN host nation
HNLO host nation liaison office
HNS host nation support
HNTA host nation transportation authority
HQ headquarters
hr hour(s)
HTD highway traffic division
HTS highway traffic section
HVY heavy
   
IBS Integrated Booking System
ICODES Integrated Computerized Deployment System
ID identification
IG Inspector General
INFO information
ITO installation transportation office
ITV in-transit visibility
IWW inland waterways
   
J3 Operations Directorate
J4 Logistics Directorate
J5 Plans and Policy Directorate
JTCC Joint Transportation CIM Center
JA judge advocate
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JFC Joint Forces Command
JLOTS joint logistics-over-the-shore
JMC joint movement center
JOAC Joint Air Operations Center
JOPES Joint Operations Planning and Execution System
JP joint publication
JRDC Joint Regional Defense Commands
JTB joint transportation board
JTF Joint Task Force
JTSC Joint Theater Support Command
   
km kilometers
kmih kilometers in the hour
kmph kilometers per hour
   
L length
lbs pounds
LIF Logistics Intelligence Files
LNO liaison officer
LOC line of communication
Log logistics
LOTS logistics-over-the-shore
LSA Logistics Support Agency
LSE Logistics Support Element
LT light
LZ landing zone
   
MA marshaling area
MACOM major Army command
MAGTAF Marine Corps air-ground task force
MC movement control
MCA movement control agency
MCB movement control battalion
MCO movement control office
MCS multi-purpose communications and signaling
MCSCC Marine Corps Service Component Command
MCT movement control team
MDSS MAGTF Deployment Support System
MED medical
MEDCOM Medical Command
MEDEVAC medical evacuation
METS Mechanized Export Traffic System
METT-TC mission, enemy, terrain, troops, time available, and civilian considerations
Mgmt management
MHE materials handling equipment
mih miles in the hour
MILSTAMP military standard transportation and movement procedures
min minute(s)
MLC military load classification
MLMC medical logistics management center
MMC materiel management center
MNT maintenance
MOVEPLAN movement plan
MP military police
MPMIS Military Police Management Information System
mph miles per hour
MRO materiel release order
MRT movement regulation team
MSC Military Sealift Command
MSE mobile subscriber equipment
MSR main supply route
MSRT mobile subscriber terminals
MTMC Military Traffic Management Command
MTMCTEA Military Traffic Management Command Eastern Area
MTS Movement Tracking System
MTS-CS Movement Tracking System-Controller Station
MU march unit
MVMT movement
MVMTS movements
MWO mobility warrant officer
   
NAP not-authorized pre-positioning
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NBC nuclear, biological, and chemical
NCO noncommissioned officer
NCOIC noncommissioned officer in charge
NCS net control station
NEO noncombatant evacuation operations
NICP national inventory control point
No. number
NSCC Navy Service Component Command
   
OCONUS outside the continental United States
Ofc office
OIC officer in charge
OPCON operational control
OPLAN operation plan
OPNS operations
OPORD operation order
OPS operations
OPTEMPO operating/operation tempo
   
PA public affairs
PACOM Pacific Command
PAX passenger
PD priority designator
PER personnel
PERS personnel
PERSCOM Personnel Command
PHA passenger loading area
PM provost marshal
POC point of contact
POD port of debarkation
POE port of embarkation
POL petroleum, oil, and lubricant
P&P plans and programs
PP&O plans, programs, and operations
PPD plans, programs division
PRAMS Passenger Reservation and Manifest System
PREPO prepositioned
PRG program
PSA port support activity
Pub publication
PZ pickup zone
   
QTY quantity
   
R rate
RC reserve component
RDD required delivery date
RF radio frequency
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RMCT regional movement control team
ROK Republic of Korea
ROKA Republic of Korea Army
ROM refuel on the move
RORO roll on/roll off
RP release point
RR railroad
RRD replacement regulating detachment
RSO&I reception, staging, onward movement, and integration
   
S1 Adjutant (US Army)
S2 Intelligence Officer (US Army)
S3 Operations and Training Officer (US Army)
S4 Supply Officer (US Army)
S&T supply and transport
SA staging area
SAI surface-to-air interface
SATCOM satellite communications
SEC section
SEP separate
SGT sergeant
SIG signal
STACCS Standard Theater Army Command and Control System
SDD standard delivery date
SMO strategic mobility officer
SOF Special Ops Officer
SOJ4 Special Ops Logistics Officer
SOO support operations officer
SOP standard operating procedure
SOUTHCOM Southern Command
SP start point
SPM single port manager
SPOD sea port of debarkation
SPOE seaport of embarkation
SPT support
SRC standard requirement code
SSA supply support activity
SSG staff sergeant
STAMIS Standard Army Management Information System
STANAG Standardization Agreement
STARC state area command
STON short ton
SUP support
SVC service
Svcs services
SW Southwest
SWA Southwest Asia
   
T time; ton
TA theater Army
TAA tactical assembly area
TAACOM Theater Army Area Command
TACC tanker airlift control center
TACP tactical air control party
TAG tactical airlift group
TALCE tanker airlift control element
TALO theater airlift liaison officer
TAT to accompany troops
TAV total asset visibility
TB technical bulletin
TC Transportation Corps
TC-ACCIS Transportation Coordinators-Automated Command and Control Information System
TC-AIMS Transportation Coordinators-Automated Information Management System
TC-AIMS II Transportation Coordinators-Automated Information for Movements System II
TCC transportation component command
TCMD transportation control and movement document
TCP traffic control point
TD time distance
TMCA Theater Movement Control Agency
TML terminal
TMMC Theater Materiel Management Center
TMO transportation movement officer
TMR transportation movement release
TMT transportation motor transport
TOA transfer of authority; transportation operating agency
TOE table(s) of organization and equipment
TOFM Theater-Opening Force Module
TP transportation priority
TPFDD time phased force and deployment data
TRADOC United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
TRANS transportation
TRANSCOM Transportation Command
TRK truck
TRL trailer
TSA theater storage area
TSC Theater Support Command
TTG transportation terminal group
TTP trailer transportation point
TUSA Third US Army
   
UIC unit identification code
UMMIPS Uniform Materiel Movement and Issue Priority System
UMO unit movement officer
UMT unit movement team
UN United Nations
UND urgency of need designator
UNPROFOR United Nations Protective Force
US United States (of America)
USAF US Air Force
USAREUR US Army Europe Command
USCENTCOM United States Central command
USCINCTRANS United States Commander-in-Chief, Transportation
USEUCOM United States European Command
USFK US Forces, Korea
USMC United States Marine Corps
USPACOM United States Pacific Command
USTRANSCOM United States Transportation Command
   
VEH vehicle
   
W with; width
WOC wing operation center
WPNS weapons
WPS Worldwide Port System
WRKR wrecker
WT weight
   
XL extra large

 



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