Glossary
| AACG | arrival airfield control group | |
| AAI | air-to-air interface | |
| AALPS | Automated Airload Planning System | |
| AAR | Association of American Railroads; after-action report | |
| AC | active component | |
| ACL | allowable cabin load | |
| A/DACG | arrival/departure airfield control group | |
| ADANS | Air Deployment Analysis System | |
| Aerial Port Documentation and Management System (ADAM III) | The cargo portion of the Consolidated Aerial Port Subsystem. | |
| aerial port of debarkation | A station which serves as an authorized port to process and clear aircraft (scheduled, tactical, and ferried) and traffic for entrance to the country in which located. See port of debarkation. | |
| aerial port of embarkation | A station which serves as an authorized port to process and clear aircraft (scheduled, tactical, and ferried) and traffic for departure from the country in which located. | |
| AFJMAN | Air Force joint manual | |
| AFR | Air Force regulation | |
| AG | Adjutant General | |
| AGL | above ground level | |
| airlift clearance authority | A service activity which controls the movement of cargo (including personal property) into the airlift system. | |
| Airlift Deployment and Analysis System | An AMC-unique automation system which provides interactive deployment scheduling, scheduling for deliberate planning, wartime and contingency planning, exercise deployment/redeployment planning, peacetime scheduling, and airlift efficiency analysis. | |
| air line of communication | Army resupply cargo. | |
| alert condition | Includes five DEFCONs and two EMERGCONs. | |
| allowable cabin load | The maximum payload which can be carried on a mission. It may be limited by the maximum takeoff gross weight, maximum landing gross weight, or by the maximum zero fuel weight. Maximum through load is limited to that which can be carried on the critical leg of a route segment. | |
| ALM | TC-ACCIS Airload Module | |
| AMC | Air Mobility Command | |
| AMCP | Air Mobility Command Pamphlet | |
| AMCS | Air Mobility Control Squadron | |
| AMOPES | Army Mobilization and Operations Planning Execution System | |
| AO | area of operation | |
| AOC | airlift operations center | |
| AOR | area of responsibility | |
| APFT | Army physical fitness test | |
| APOD | aerial port of debarkation | |
| APOE | aerial port of embarkation | |
| AR | Army regulation | |
| ARCENT | United States Army Central | |
| Army Mobilization and Operations Planning Execution System | AMOPES, established by AR 500-5, is a single source document for policy, guidance, and planning assumptions on strategic employment, mobilization of military and civilian manpower, deployment of Army forces, and demobilization. As the Army supplement to JOPES, it ensures that the Army will plan and execute actions to provide and expand Army forces and resources to meet requirements of unified and specified commands under premobilization and postmobilization conditions. AMOPES is updated biannually. | |
| ARNG | Army National Guard | |
| arrival airfield control group | User-provided group to perform aerial port functions during unit deployment. | |
| arrival/departure airfield control group | A user- provided group to perform aerial port functions during unit deployment, employment, and redeployment. | |
| ASCC | Army Service Component Command | |
| ASG | area support group | |
| ASL | authorized stockage list | |
| ASPUR | Automated System for Processing Unit Requirements | |
| AT | all terrain | |
| ATC | Army training center | |
| ATMCT | air terminal movement control team | |
| ATO | air tasking order | |
| ATTN | attention | |
| AUEL | automated unit equipment list | |
| AUTOCAP | Automation of the Casualty Analysis Process | |
| AUTOREP | Automation of the Theater Shelf Requisitioning Process | |
| battalion | An Army unit consisting of approximately 700 to 1,000 soldiers. | |
| BBPCT | blocking, bracing, packaging, crating, and tie-down | |
| BBTM | blocking, bracing, tie-down materials | |
| bde | brigade | |
| beachhead | A designated area on a hostile shore which, when seized and held, ensures the continuous landing of troops and materiel and provides maneuver space requisite for subsequent projected operations ashore. It is the physical objective of an amphibious operation. | |
| bn | battalion | |
| brigade | An Army unit consisting of approximately three to five battalions or 2,500 to 3,000 soldiers. | |
| btry | battery | |
| bulk cargo | Cargo that is within the usable dimensions of a 463L pallet (84 inches by 104 inches) and within the height requirements established by the cargo envelope of the particular model of aircraft. This cargo is air transportable on C-5, C-141, and C-130 aircraft. | |
| C2SRS | Combat and Control Strength Reporting System | |
| C4 | command and control, communications and computer | |
| CAD | computer-aided design | |
| CAEMS | Computer Aided Embarkation Management System | |
| CALM | Computer Aided Loading and Manifesting | |
| CAP | crisis action planning | |
| CB | center of balance | |
| CCN | convoy control number | |
| CDC | CONUS demobilization center | |
| CFR | code of federal regulation | |
| CHE | container-handling equipment | |
| CI | coordinating installation | |
| CINC | commander in chief | |
| CJCS | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| COCOM | combatant command | |
| combatant command | The authority of a combatant commander to perform command functions over assigned forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and authoritatively directing all aspects of military operations, joint training, and logistics necessary to accomplish the assigned mission. COCOM provides full authority to organize and employ commands and forces as the CINC considers necessary to accomplish assigned missions. COCOM is not transferrable. | |
| COMPASS | Computerized Movement Planning and Status System | |
| COMPES | Contingency Operation/Mobility Planning and Execution System | |
| COMPO | component code | |
| component code | A one position code used to identify Army status of each organization. (COMPO 1- Active Army, COMPO 2 - ARNG, and COMPO 3 - USAR). | |
| Computer Aided Embarkation Management System | CAEMS is an interactive database/graphics tool for producing amphibious, MPF and MSC ship load plans and associated reports. CAEMS employs linked CAD and database systems to recognize ship and cargo characteristics, to conduct cargo onload and offload flowpath analysis, to allocate cargoes to stowage spaces, and to ensure stowage compatibility requirements are met. CAEMS also provides input to TSS calculations and produces accurate as-loaded ship load plans and reports. During the planning and execution phases of an operation, CAEMS updates MDSS II. | |
| computer aided load manifesting | CALM is an automated Air Force-designed and -maintained system for producing AMC-approved aircraft load plans and reports. CALM automatically computes the optimal configuration of cabin loads of C-130, C-141, C-5, and KC-10 aircraft by aggregating weights, volume, center of balance, and cargo compatibility. | |
| Computerized Movement Planning and Status System | A FORSCOM-unique system designed to support unit movement planning and requirements for active and reserve component units. This system provides the AUEL, which reflects the go-to-war equipment profile of deploying units, for UMD. | |
| COMSEC | communications security | |
| CONEX | container express | |
| CONPLAN | concept operation plan | |
| Container Delivery System | Gravity extracted airdrop method. | |
| CONUS | continental United States | |
| CONUSA | the numbered armies in the continental United States | |
| COR | contracting officer representative | |
| CP | checkpoint | |
| CRAF | Civil Reserve Air Fleet | |
| CRC | CONUS replacement center | |
| CS | combat support | |
| CSA | Chief of Staff, US Army | |
| CSAF | Chief of Staff, United States Air Force | |
| CSS | combat service support | |
| CTA | common table of allowances | |
| CTO | corps transportation officer | |
| cyl | cylinder | |
| DA | Department of the Army | |
| D/AACG | departure/arrival airfield control group | |
| DACG | departure airfield control group | |
| 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 | |
| DCSOPS | Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans | |
| DD | Department of Defense | |
| DDD | Direct Distance Dialing | |
| DDN | Defense Data Network | |
| DEFCON | defense readiness condition | |
| DEL | deployment equipment list | |
| deployment control unit | Nondeployable FORSCOM management asset available to MTMC to assist in surface movement of equipment. | |
| DMS | demobilization station | |
| DNA | deoxyribo nucleic acid | |
| DOD | Department of Defense | |
| DODAAC | DOD activity address code | |
| DODX | government-owned railcar | |
| DOL | Director of Logistics | |
| DOT | Department of Transportation | |
| DPW | Director of Public Works | |
| DS | direct support | |
| DSB | deployment support brigade | |
| DSN | Defense Sattelite Network | |
| DTO | division transportation officer | |
| ea | each | |
| EDRE | emergency deployment readiness exercise | |
| EDSS | Equipment Deployment Storage System | |
| EMERGCON | emergency condition | |
| equipment concentration site | An equipment storage area where USAR equipment not necessary for home station training can be located for annual training, multiple unit training assembly, or mobilization. | |
| EUCOM | European command | |
| F | Fahrenheit | |
| FEBA | forward edge of the battlefield | |
| FLOWCAP | Flow Computer Assisted Program | |
| FM | field manual | |
| FMTV | family of medium tactical vehicles | |
| force/activity designator | Identifies urgency of movement within the supply/transportation community. | |
| FORMDEPS | FORSCOM Mobilization and Deployment Planning System | |
| FORSCOM | United States Army Forces Command | |
| forward edge of the battle area | A line/zone dividing friendly and enemy forces. | |
| forward line of own troops | Line of troops nearest enemy held/controlled territory. | |
| forward operating base | A self-sustaining base in close proximity to FEBA. | |
| G3 | Assistant Chief of Staff, G3 (Operations and Plans) | |
| GBL | government bill of lading | |
| GDSS | Global Decision Support System | |
| global transportation network | An integrated network of command, control, communication, and computer systems as well as related procedures, policy, and personnel in support of USTRANSCOM's global transportation management and operations. | |
| Government Accounting Office | Accomplishes audits at all management/operational levels to ensure efficient expenditure of existing resources. | |
| GTN | global transportation network | |
| HAZMAT | hazardous material | |
| HHC | headquarters and headquarters company | |
| HHD | headquarters and headquarters detachment | |
| HN | host nation | |
| HNS | host nation support | |
| home station | The permanent location of active, ARNG, and USAR units (post, camp, station, armory, and center). | |
| HQ | headquarters | |
| HQDA | Headquarters, Department of the Army | |
| HS | home station | |
| ICODES | Improved Computerized Deployment System | |
| ICUMO | intermediate command unit movement officer | |
| ID | identification | |
| IMDG | International Maritime Dangerous Goods | |
| IRR | Individual Ready Reserve | |
| ISA | Interservice Support Agreement | |
| ISB | intermediate support base | |
| ISO | International Standardization Organization | |
| ISU | internal slingable unit | |
| ITO | installation transportation office(r) | |
| ITV | in-transit visibility | |
| J3 | Operations Directorate | |
| JAG | judge advocate general | |
| JCS | Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
| JFC | joint force commander | |
| JMC | Joint Movements Center | |
| joint airborne/air transportability training | Air Force-funded, AMC-managed program to exercise tactical airlift maneuvers while satisfying user combat training. | |
| JOPES | Joint Operations Planning and Execution System | |
| JPEC | Joint Planning and Execution Community | |
| JSDTC | Joint Strategic Deployment Training Center | |
| JSPS | Joint Strategic Planning System | |
| JTF | joint task force | |
| Landing Force Asset Distribution System | LFADS is a supply and equipment management system to support the MAGTF commander and sustain the MAGTF during deployment. LFADS produces materiel requisitions that are passed to sources of supply. On-hand assets and replenishment status can be tracked at various echelons, giving an accurate logistics posture as an operation evolves. | |
| LDC | land defense of CONUS | |
| LFADS | Landing Force Asset Distribution Center | |
| LIN | line item number | |
| LOC | line of communication | |
| LOGMARS | Logistical Application of Marking and Reading Symbology | |
| LOTS | logistics over-the-shore | |
| MACOM | major Army command | |
| MAGTF | Marine Air-Ground Task Force | |
| MAGTF Deployment Support System II | MDSS II enables commanders at various echelons of a MAGTF to build and maintain a database that contains force and equipment data reflecting how the AGTF is configured for deployment. This data can be maintained during normal day-to-day arrison activities and updated during plan development and execution. Extracted MDSS II data rovides the JCS and national command authority with an accurate picture of the MAGTF omposition including the lift requirement by passing the information through MAGTF II. | |
| MAISRC | Major Army Information System Review Counsel | |
| materials-handling equipment | Equipment specifically designed for handling cargo in storage and on/offload operations in the transportation system. | |
| MC | movement control | |
| MCA | movement control agency | |
| MCC | movement control center | |
| MCI | military customs inspector | |
| MCT | movement control team | |
| MDDS II | MAGTF Deployment Support System II | |
| MDRD | mobilization, deployment, redeployment, demobilization | |
| medical evacuation | Movement of casualties from combat zones to rear area hospitals and from recovery bases to the CONUS. | |
| METL | mission-essential task list | |
| METT-T | mission, enemy, terrain, terrain, and time available | |
| MHE | materials-handling equipment | |
| Military Standard Transportation and Movement Procedures | DOD Regulation 4500.32-R provides policies and procedures required to manage and control movement of materiel through the Defense Transportation System. Applicable to all military services. | |
| Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures | DOD Manual 4140.17M establishes policy and procedures to ensure uniform requisitioning and issuance of materiel throughout the DOD. Applicable to all military services. | |
| MILSTAMP | Military Standard Transportation and Movement Procedures | |
| MIL-STD | military standard | |
| MILVAN | military-owned demountable container | |
| MISC | miscellaneous | |
| MOBCON | mobilization movement control | |
| mobilization movement control | A DA-approved program to establish a movement control center in each STARC. The SMCC will collect, analyze, and consolidate all DOD organic movements and develop a master movement plan for mobilization and deployment. | |
| Mobilization of the armed forces: | a. Selective mobilization. Expansion of the active armed forces resulting from action by Congress and/or the President to mobilize Reserve Component units, IRRs, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a domestic emergency that is not the result of an enemy attack. b. Presidential call-up of 100,000 selected reservists (not considered a mobilization). The President may augment the active forces by a call-up of units or individuals of the Selected Reserve, up to 100,000 personnel, not to exceed 90 days, to meet the requirements of an operational mission. c. Partial Mobilization. Expansion of the active armed forces resulting from action by Congress (up to full mobilization) or by the President (not more than 1,000,000) to mobilize Ready Reserve component units, individual reservists, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security. d. Full Mobilization. Expansion of the active forces resulting from action by Congress and the President to organize and/or generate additional units or personnel beyond the existing force structure, and the resources needed for their support, to meet the total requirement of a war or other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security. |
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| mobilization station (supporting installation) | The designated military installation (active, semi-active, or state-owned and/or controlled) to which an RC unit is moved for further processing, organizing, equipping, training, and employment, and from which the unit may move to an SPOE/APOE. | |
| Mobilization Stationing Planning System | A FORSCOM computer subsystem supported by WWMCCS. | |
| MOD | Mobilization and Operations Directorate | |
| MOS | military occupational specialty | |
| MOU | memorandum of understanding | |
| MP | military police | |
| MPF | maritime prepositioning force | |
| mph | miles per hour | |
| MS | mobilization station | |
| MSC | Military Sealift Command | |
| MSCO | Military Sealift Command Office | |
| MSL | military shipment label | |
| MSR | main supply route | |
| MTMC | Military Traffic Management Command | |
| MTMCTEA | Military Traffic Management Command Transportation Engineering Agency | |
| MTOE | modified table of organization and equipment | |
| MUSARC | major United States Army Reserve Command | |
| National Military Command Center | Located in the Pentagon and operated by JCS in support of the National Command Authorities. | |
| NBC | nuclear, biological, chemical | |
| NCA | National Command Authority | |
| NCO | noncommissioned officer | |
| NCOIC | noncommissioned officer in charge | |
| NEW | net explosive weight | |
| NGB | National Guard Bureau | |
| NM | nautical miles | |
| NMCS | National Military Command System | |
| NRP | non-unit related personnel | |
| NSN | national stock number | |
| NTAT | not to accompany troops | |
| OCONUS | outside continental United States | |
| OF | optional form | |
| OIC | officer in charge | |
| OOTW | operations other than war | |
| OPCON | operational control | |
| OPLAN | operation plan | |
| OPORD | operation order | |
| OPSEC | operations security | |
| Outsize cargo | Exceeds the dimensions of oversize cargo and requires the use of a C-5 aircraft. | |
| OVE | on-vehicle equipment | |
| oversize cargo | Exceeds the usable dimensions of a 463L pallet loaded to the design height of 96 inches but is equal to or less than 1,090 inches long, 117 inches wide, and 105 inches high. This cargo is air-transportable on C-5, C-141, C-130, B-747, and DC-10 aircraft. | |
| Pam | pamphlet | |
| PBCR | portable bar code reader | |
| PC | personal computer; piece | |
| PERSCOM | United States Total Army Personnel Command | |
| PLL | prescribed load list | |
| PMCS | preventive maintenance checks and services | |
| POC | point of contact | |
| POD | port of debarkation | |
| POE | port of embarkation | |
| POL | petroleum, oils, lubricants | |
| POM | preparation for overseas movement | |
| POV | privately owned vehicles | |
| Protected cargo | Those items designated as having characteristics which require that they be identified, accounted for, secured, segregated, or handled in a special manner to ensure their safeguard or integrity. Protected cargo is subdivided into controlled, pilferable, and sensitive cargo as defined below: Controlled Cargo: Items which require additional control and security as prescribed in various regulations and statutes. Controlled items include money, negotiable instruments, narcotics, registered mail, precious metal alloys, ethyl alcohol and drug abuse items. Pilferable Cargo: Items which are vunerable to theft because of their ready resale potential. Pilferable items include cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, cameras, electronic equipment, and so on. Sensitive Cargo: Items such as small arms, ammunition, and explosives which have a ready use during civil disturbances and other types of domestic unrest or for use by criminal elements and which, if in the wrong hands, present a definite threat to public safety. |
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| PSA | port support activity | |
| PSC | port security company | |
| PT | palletized | |
| PWRS | pre-positioned war reserve stock | |
| QD | quantity distances | |
| QUADCON | quadruple container | |
| quick transportation | Long-term contract airlift service within CONUS to move cargo in support of the logistics systems for the military services, primarily Navy and Marine Corps. | |
| RAA | redeployment assembly area | |
| RC | reserve component | |
| RDD | required delivery date | |
| ready reserve force | Part of MSC program. Quick response ships in the national defense reserve fleet, maintained in a high state of readiness by the maritime administration for activation in 5, 10, or 20 days. | |
| Reg | regulation | |
| RLD | ready-to-load date | |
| ROAMS | Replacement Operations Automation Management System | |
| RO/RO | roll on/roll off | |
| RP | release point | |
| RRF | ready reserve force | |
| RSO&I | reception, staging, onward movement, and integration | |
| RT | rough terrain | |
| S3 | operations and training officer (US Army) | |
| S4 | supply officer (US Army) | |
| SAEDA | subversion and espionage directed against the US Army | |
| SA | Secretary of the Army | |
| Sealift Readiness Program | A program under public law or as a precondition for carrying military cargo it requires US ship owners and US flag merchant ships to commit to being available to the DOD in a prescribed number of days after call-up by the SECDEF, in coordination with the Secretary of Transportation. | |
| SEAVAN | commercial- or government-owned (or leased) shipping container | |
| SECDEF | Secretary of Defense | |
| S/EDRE | sea emergency deployment readiness exercise | |
| SERE | survival, escape, resistance, and evasion | |
| SF | standard form | |
| SGLI | Service Members Group Life Insurance | |
| SI | supporting installation | |
| SIDPERS | Standard Installation Division Personnel System | |
| SIOP | Special Integrated Operational Plan | |
| SMCC | STARC Movement Control Center | |
| SOFA | Status of Forces Agreements | |
| SOP | standing operating procedure | |
| SP | start point | |
| SPOD | seaport of debarkation | |
| SPOE | seaport of embarkation | |
| SRP | soldier readiness processing; Sealift Readiness Program | |
| SSA | supply support activity | |
| SSSC | self-service supply center | |
| STAMIS | Standard Army Management Information System | |
| STANAG | Standardization Agreement | |
| standby reserve | Those units and members of the RC (other than those in the ready reserve or retired reserve) who are liable for active duty only after the Secretary of the Army, with the approval of the SECDEF, determines that there are not enough of the required kinds of units or members in the required category in the ready reserve who are readily available. | |
| STARC | State Area Command | |
| State Area Command | A mobilization entity within the ARNG state headquarters and headquarters detachment that is ordered to active duty when ARNG units in that state are alerted for mobilization. It controls mobilized ARNG units from home station until arrival at mobilization station. It must also plan and execute military support for civil defense, land defense plans under the respective area commander, and military family assistance. | |
| SUN | shipment unit number | |
| supporting installation | An installation or activity that provides specified types of support to off-post units and activities within a specific geographic area. | |
| TA | theater Army | |
| TAA | tactical assembly area | |
| TAACOM | Theater Army Area Command | |
| TACCS | Tactical Army Combat Service Support Computer System | |
| TALCE | tanker airlift control element | |
| TAMCA | Theater Army Movement Control Agency | |
| TAMMC | Theater Army Material Management Center | |
| TAT | to accompany troops | |
| TB | technical bulletin | |
| TC-ACCIS | Transportation Coordinator-Automated Command and Control Information System | |
| TC-AIMS | Transportation Coordinator's Automated Information for Movements System | |
| TCMD | transportation control and movement document | |
| TCN | transportation control number | |
| TDA | table of distribution and allowances | |
| TM | technical manual | |
| TOE | table of organization and equipment | |
| TOFC | trailer on flatcar | |
| TOLS | Terminals On-Line System | |
| TPFDD | time-phased force deployment data | |
| TPFDL | time-phased force deployment list | |
| TRADOC | United States Army Training and Doctrine Command | |
| TRANSCOM | Transportation Command | |
| transportation command | (See USTRANSCOM). | |
| Transportation Component Command | One of the three components of USTRANSCOM. The Army component is MTMC. The Air Force and Navy components are AMC and MSC, respectively. | |
| Transportation Coordinator-Automated Command and Control Information System | The Army's automated initiative to accomplish transportation functions at the installation level. TC-ACCIS will allow units to create, update, or modify unit data for peacetime, mobilization, and deployment. | |
| Transportation Coordinator-Automated Information and Management System | The joint service initiative to provide units the capability to generate and maintain movement data for peacetime, mobilization and deployment, and command and control reporting. | |
| transportation control and movement document (DD Form 1384) | Provides the airlift clearance authority and AMC with advanced information on all shipments entering the AMC system, and provides internal processing and onward movement tracking. | |
| TSM | Terminal Support Module | |
| TSS | trim, stability, and stress | |
| TTBde | transportation terminal brigade | |
| UCMJ | Uniform Code of Military Justice | |
| UIC | unit identification code | |
| ULN | unit line number | |
| UMC | unit movement coordinator | |
| UMD | unit movement data | |
| UMO | unit movement officer | |
| UMT | unit movement team | |
| Unilateral | A plan or action involving only one country. | |
| United States Transportation Command | A unified command which combines the assets of MSC, MTMC, and AMC under a unified commander. USTRANSCOM is responsible for ensuring proper planning and execution of strategic mobility forces. | |
| US | United States (of America) | |
| USACOM | United States Atlantic Command | |
| USAMC | United States Army Materiel Command | |
| USAREUR | United States Army Europe | |
| USAR | United States Army Reserve | |
| USARC | United States Army Reserve Command | |
| USARPAC | United States Army Pacific | |
| USARSOUTH | United States Army South | |
| USCENTCOM | United States Central Command | |
| USCG | United States Coast Guard | |
| USCS | United States Customs Service | |
| USDA | United States Department of Agriculture | |
| USEUCOM | United States European Command | |
| USPACOM | United States Pacific Command | |
| USR | Unit Status Report | |
| USSOUTHCOM | United States Southern Command | |
| USTRANSCOM | United States Transportation Command | |
| VA | Virginia | |
| WESTCOM | Western command | |
| WIN | WWMCCS intercomputer network | |
| WPS | Worldwide Port System | |
| WWMCCS | Worldwide Military Command and Control System | |
| yd | yard | |
| Zulu Time (Z) | Greenwich, England mean time; coordinated universal time. |
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