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ACV air-cushion vehicle
A/DACG arrival/departure airfield control group
ADP automatic data processing
- aid cargo
ALOC air lines of communication
AMC air mobility command
AO area of operation
AOR area of responsibility
AR Army regulation
- arrival/departure airfield control group
ASMP Army Strategic Mobility Program
ATTN attention
AWR3 Army War Reserve 3
- bare beach operations
BD Battlefield Distribution
- beach capacity
CAA Command Arrangement Agreements
C&D consolidation and distribution
C-E communications-electronics
CDI cargo disposition instructions
CFR Code of Federal Regulation
CHE container-handling equipment
C3I command , control, and communications integration
CINC commander in chief
CINCCENT Commander in Chief, Central Command
CIV civilian
COL colonel
combi-terminal combination terminal
COMMZ communications zone
CONUS continental United States
CORE-OTT contingency response-ocean terminal teams
COSCOM corps support command
CP command post
CPU central processing unit
CRT cathode ray tube
CSS combat service support
CTF commander, task force
CWR calm-water ramp
CZ combat zone
DA Department of the Army
DC District of Columbia
DCSLOG deputy chief of staff for logistics
DD Department of Defense
DISCOM division support command
DOD Department of Defense
DS direct support
EAC echelons above corps
ECCM electronic counter-countermeasures
ELCAS elevated causeway
ETA estimated time of arrival
FC floating causeway
- fixed-pier discharge operations
FM field manual; frequency modulation
FSS fast sealift ship
GS general support
HAZMAT hazardous material
HET heavy equipment transporter
HHC headquarters and headquarters company
HN host nation
HNS host nation support
HQ headquarters
IAW in accordance with
IBS Integrated Booking System
ICODES Improved Computerized Deployment System
- inland waterways
ITV in-transit visibility
IWWS inland waterway system
IWWT inland waterway terminal
JCS Joint Chief of Staff
JLOTS joint, logistics over-the-shore
JTF joint task force
LASH lighter aboard ship
LCL less than carload
LCM landing craft, mechanized
LCU landing craft, utility
LN local national
LOA length overall
LOGCAP Logistics Civil Augmentation Program
- logistics over-the-shore
LOGMARS logistics application of marking and reading symbols
LOTS logistics over-the-shore
LRC lesser regional contingency
LST landing ship, tank
LTC lieutenant colonel
MAJ major
- marshaling yard
MCA movement control agency
MCC movement control center
MCO movement control officer
MCT movement control team
METT-T mission, enemy, terrain, troop, and time available
MHE materials-handling equipment
MIL military
MILSTAMP Military Standard Transportation and Movement Procedures
MILVAN military-owned remountable container
MLW mean low water
MMC materiel management center
MP military police
MSC Military Sealift Command
MSG master sergeant
MSR main supply route
MTMC Military Traffic Management Command
MTON measurement ton
NAVORD-OP Navy Ordnance-Ordnance Pamphlet
NBC nuclear, biological, chemical
NCOIC noncommissioned officer in charge
NEW net explosive weight
No number
OCCA ocean cargo clearance authority
OCONUS outside continental United States
OPCON operational control
OPLAN operations plan
ORP ocean reception point
Pam pamphlet
- Panamax
PCCP port cargo clearance plan
PERSCOM personnel command
POL petroleum, oils, and lubricants
- port and beach clearance
PREPO prepositioned afloat
PSC port security company
Pub publication
QM quartermaster
QSTAG quadripartite standardization agreement
RAOC rear area operation center
RC reserve component
- roll-on/roll-off vessel
RO/RO roll-on/roll-off
RRF ready reserve force
RTOC rear tactical operations center
S3 operational training officer (US Army)
SEAVAN commercial-or government-owned (or leased) shipping container
SEABEE sea-going
SFC sergeant first class
- short ton
SOFA Status of Forces Agreement
SOP standing operating procedure
SPOD sea port of debarkation
SPOE sea port of embarkation
SSN social security number
STANAG standardization agreement
STON short ton
TA theater Army
TAACOM theater Army area command
TACS Navy auxiliary crane ships
TAMCA theater Army movement control agency
TAV total asset visibility
TCDF temporary container discharge facility
TCMD transportation control and movement document
TCN transportation control number
- terminal
TEU twenty-foot equivalent unit
TM technical manual
TO theater of operations
TOE table(s) of organization and equipment
TPFDD time-phased force and deployment data
TRADOC United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
TRANSCOM transportation command
- unimproved facility
US United States (of America)
USTRANSCOM United States Army transportation command
VA Virginia
WPS worldwide port system
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