GLOSSARY
AA assembly area
AAFES Army Air Force Exchange Service
ACEP Approved Continuous Examination Program
A/DACG arrival/departure airfield control group
ADUSD-TP Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Transportation Policy
AFPDA Army Force Planning Data and Assumptions
AIS automated information systems
AIT automatic identification technology
allowable stacking weight The amount of weight that can be stacked on corner posts of a container when subjected to 1.8 times the force of gravity.
ALO authorized level of organization
ALOC air line of communication
ALM Air Load Module
AMC Air Mobility Command; Army Materiel Command
American National Standards Institute The United States standards organization that establishes procedures for the development and coordination of voluntary American National Standards.
AMMO ammunition
AMS Automated Manifest System
ANSI American National Standards Institute
AOR area of responsibility
APO Army Post Office
APOD aerial port of debarkation
APOE aerial port of embarkation
approval authority A representative (person or organization) of the Commandant, US Coast Guard, authorized to approve containers within terms of the International Conference for Safe Containers.
AR Army regulation
ASCC Army service component command
ASG area support group
ASP ammunition supply point
ATCOM Aviation and Troop Command
ATLAS all terrain lifter articulated system
ATP ammunition transfer point
ATTN attention
AUEL automated unit equipment list
automatic identification technology AIT is a family of data capturing devices designed to provide rapid and accurate acquisition, retention and retrieval of source data. The technology includes a spectrum of capabilities (for example, bar codes, microcircuit devices, optical reading, and so forth).
Automatic Manifest System LASER CARDS (also called Optical Laser Cards) These credit card-sized mediums can store approximately 1,200 pages of information in a "write once, read many" (WORM) format similar to a compact disk. A laser card reader/writer is required to use the card. These were considered for transportation applications, but subsequently eliminated because handling the cards impedes the movement process.
AWR Army war reserves
AWR-3 Army War Reserve 3
battlefield distribution BD is a holistic methodology (strategic through tactical) of information exchanges, management procedures, functional designs, and reengineered operational process which enable US Forces to properly request, receive, redirect, track, distribute, control, and retrograde materiel, facilities and services within a single distribution system.
B.B.P. breakbulk point
BBT blocking, bracing and tie-down
BD Battlefield Distribution
BDE brigade
Bldg building
BN battalion
breakbulk cargo Any commodity that, because of its weight, dimensions, or noncompatibility with other cargo, must be shipped by mode other than MILVAN or SEAVAN.
breakbulk ship A ship with conventional holds for stowage of breakbulk cargo, below or above deck, and equipped with cargo-handling gear. Ships also may be capable of carrying a limited number of containers, above or below deck.
BSA brigade support area
BTU British thermal unit
C2 command and control
CA California; civil affairs
CADS containerized ammunition distribution system
CALL Center for Army Lessons Learned
CASCOM Combined Arms Support Command
CBL commercial bill of lading
CCA container control activity
CCE container control element
CCP container consolidation point
CCS container control site
CCSS Commodity Command Standard System
centralized receiving and shipping point Actual location where containers with cargo must be sorted before transshipment to the appropriate SSA or owning unit. Single consignee cargo and ammunition will not pass through the CRSP. Cargo will be shipped directly to the owner with the movement organization maintaining visibility and ammunition will go directly to the appropriate ammunition storage facility.
CFD Container Fleet Division
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CGO cargo
CHE container-handling equipment
CHU container-handling unit
CINC commander of a combatant command; commander in chief
CJCS chairman of the joint chiefs of Staff
CL class
CMCC corps movement control center
CMD command
CO company
COCOM combatant command
CODES Computerized Deployment System
COFC container on flatcar
common use Services, materials, or facilities provided by a Department of Defense agency or a Military Department on a common basis for two or more Department of Defense agencies.
common-use container Any Department of Defense-owned, leased or controlled 20- or 40-foot International Organization for Standardization container managed by USTRANSCOM as an element of the DOD common-use container system.
common-use military land transportation Point-to-point land transportation service operated by a single Service for common use by two or more Services.
COMMZ communications zone
COMP composite
COMPASS Computerized Movement Planning - Status System
component-owned container 20- or 40- foot International Organization for Standardization container procured and owned by a single Department of Defense Component. May be either on an individual unit property book or contained within a component pool (such as USMC Maritime Prepositioning Force containers). May be temporarily assigned to the Department of Defense common-use container system. Also called a Service-unique container.
CONEX container express
container An article of transport equipment that meets ANSI/ISO standards designed to be transported by various modes of transportation; designed to facilitate and optimize carriage of goods by one or more modes of transportation without intermediate handling of contents and equipped with features permitting its ready handling and transfer from one mode to another. Containers may be fully enclosed with one or more doors, open top, refrigerated, tank, open rack, gondola, flatrack, and other designs.
Container Control Officer A designated official (E6 or above or civilian equivalent) within a command, installation, or activity who is responsible for control, reporting, use, and maintenance of all Department of Defense-owned and controlled intermodal containers and equipment. This officer has custodial responsibility for containers from time received until dispatched.
Container Fleet Division Subordinate element of Military Traffic Management Command responsible for administration of all Army containerized ammunition distribution system and United States Transportation Command common-use containers.
container handling equipment Items of materiels handling equipment required to specifically receive, maneuver, and dispatch ANSI/ISO containers.
container-handling unit The CHU attaches to the lifting arm of the PLS vehicle and is used to pick up 20-foot ANSI/ISO containers without the need for the container to be on a M1077 flatrack. The CHU attaches to the ISO corner fittings of the container. The bed of the PLS vehicle has swivel rollers installed to assist in the lifting/loading of the container on the PLS truck.
containerization The use of containers to unitize cargo for transportation, supply and storage. Containerization incorporates supply, transportation, packaging, storage and security together with visibility of container and its contents into a distribution system from source to user.
container roll-in/roll-out platform The CROP is a flatrack which fits inside a ANSI/ISO 20-foot container. The primary use for the CROP is to haul ammunition forward of the TSAs and CSAs. Uses for the CROP will expand has more systems become available. The CROP does not substitute for a flatrack. The CROP can not carry a container.
containership A ship specially constructed and equipped to carry only containers without associated equipment, in all available cargo spaces, either below or above deck. Containerships are usually nonself-sustaining and do not have built-in capability to load or offload containers, and require port crane service. A containership with shipboard-installed cranes capable of loading and offloading containers without assistance of port crane service is considered self-sustaining.
CONUS Continental United States
COSCOM corps support command
CROP container roll-in/out platform
CRSP central receiving and shipping point
CS combat support
CSA corps storage area
CSB corps support battalion
CSC International Convention for Safe Containers (FWD and Rear)
CSG corps support group
CSS combat service support
CTA common table of allowance
CTC cargo transfer company
CTR center
CUCV commercial utility cargo vehicle
CY container yard
DA Department of the Army
DAMMS DA Movement Management System
DBOF-T defense business operations fund-transportation
DC District of Columbia
DD Department of Defense
DDN Defense Data Network
DDSD Deployment and Deployment Systems Department (formerly JSDTC [Joint Strategic Deployment Training Center]}
Defense Business Operations Fund A revolving industrial fund concept for a large number of Defense support functions, including transportation. Utilizes business-like cost accounting to determine total cost of a business activity. Defense Business Operations Fund-Transportation is comprised of those DBOF accounts assigned by OSD for USCINCTRANS control.
Defense Transportation System That portion of the Nation's transportation infrastructure which supports Department of Defense common-use transportation needs across the range of military operations. It consists of those common-use military and commercial assets, services, and systems organic to, contracted for, or controlled by the Department of Defense.
DEL deployment equipment list
Department of Defense container system All Department of Defense-owned, leased, controlled 20- or 40-foot intermodal International Organization for Standardization containers and flatracks, supporting equipment such as generator sets and chassis, container handling equipment, information systems, and other infrastructure that supports DOD transportation and logistics operations, including commercially provided transportation services. This also includes 463L pallets, nets, and tie down equipment as integral components of the DOD Intermodal Container System. Size and configuration of the common-use portion of the DOD container system controlled by USTRANSCOM, will be determined by USTRANSCOM based on established requirements and availability of commercially owned containers and equipment. USTRANSCOM will lease or procure additional containers as required to augment the DOD container system.
Department of Defense intermodal container system See Department of Defense Container System.
destination The place where a container movement ceases. The destination may be the ultimate user or consumer of container contents, a retail supply point, or a consolidation and distribution point.
DISCOM division support command
distribution terminal Actual locations where multipacked/consolidated cargo is received, sorted and shipped to the appropriate unit. Single consignee cargo may not pass through the distribution terminal, it will be throughput whenever possible. The distribution terminal is organized with Transportation Cargo Transfer Companies and QM packing and crating platoons. It is assisted in its mission by an MMT from the MMC forward and an MCD from the MCB.
DIV division
DLA Defense Logistics Agency
DLAM Defense Logistics Agency Manual
DMC distribution management center
DOD Department of Defense
DODAAC Department of Defense activity address code
DOT Department of Transportation
DS direct support
DSA division support area
DSN Defense Switched Network
DSSA direct support supply activity
DSSK Direct Support System - Korea
DTG date-time group
DTL discharge tally list
DTO division transportation officer
DTR Defense Transportation Regulation
DTS Defense Transportation System
dunnage The temporary blocking, flooring, lining, racks, standards, strips, stakes, or similar bracing, or supports not constituting a part of the carrying vehicle. Dunnage is used to protect and make freight secure in or on a carrying vehicle.
EAC echelon above corps
EAD echelon above division
EDI electronic data interchange
EDRE emergency deployment readiness exercise
EDSS equipment deployment and storage system
ETA estimated time of arrival
ETC et cetera
ETM electronic transmission
ETR export traffic release
flatrack Portable, open-topped, open-sided units that fit into existing below-deck container cell guides and provide a capability for container ships to carry oversized cargo; and wheeled and tracked vehicles.
FLP forklift pockets
FM field manual
FORSCOM US Army Forces Command
463L system Aircraft pallets, nets, tiedown, and coupling devices, facilities, handling equipment, procedures, and other components designed to interface with military and civilian aircraft cargo restraint systems. Though designed for airlift, system components may have to move intermodally via surface to support geographic combatant commander objectives.
FSB forward support battalion
FSS fast sealift ship
ft feet/foot
FWD forward
FY fiscal year
G4 Assistant Chief of Staff, G4 (Logistics)
GBL government bill of lading
GCCS Global Command and Control System
GPS Global Positioning System
GS general support
GSA General Services Administration
GSSA general supply support activity
GTN global transportation network
HAZMAT hazardous material
HMMWV high-mobility, multipurpose wheeled vehicle
HN host nation
HNS host nation support
HQ headquarters
hub An organization that sorts and distributes inbound cargo from wholesale supply sources (both airlifted, sealifted, and ground transportable) and/or from within the operational theater.
hub-and-spoke distribution A physical distribution system developed and modeled on industry standards to provide cargo management for an operational theater. It is based on a "hub" moving cargo to and between several "spokes." It is designed to increase transportation efficiencies, in-transit visibility and reducing order ship time.
HVY heavy
IATA International Air Transport Association
IAW in accordance with
ICODES Integrated Computerized Deployment System
ICS3 Integrated Combat Service Support System
ID identification
IL Illinois
IMDG International Maritime Dangerous Goods
IMO International Maritime Organization
infrastructure A term generally applicable to all fixed and permanent installations, fabrications, or facilities for the support and control of military forces.
Institute of International Container Lessors A technical committee consisting of container owners, operators, and manufacturers located in Bedford, NY, who prepare the Repair Manual for Steel Freight Containers. The repair manual implements the physical standards for general cargo containers established by the International Convention for Safe Containers (CSC-International Safe Container Act of 1980, 46 USC 1503).
intermodal Type of international freight system that permits transshipping among sea, highway, rail and air modes of transportation through use of American National Standards Institute/International Organization for Standardization standard containers, line-haul assets and handling equipment.
intermodal support equipment Fixed and deployable assets required to assist container operations throughout the intermodal container system. Included are straddle cranes, chassis, rough terrain container handlers, container cranes and spreader bars.
intermodal systems Specialized transportation facilities, assets, and handling procedures designed to create a seamless transportation system by combining multimodal operations and facilities during shipment of cargo which allows cargo to remain in original shipping configuration throughout transit.
International Convention for Safe Containers A convention held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 2 Dec 1972, which resulted in setting standard safety requirements for containers moving in international transport. These requirements were ratified by United States on 3 January 1978.
International Organization for Standardization A specified international agency for standardization. This agency is comprised of members from more than 80 countries. The agency's aim is to promote worldwide agreement of international standards.
in-transit visibility The capability provided to a theater combatant commander to have visibility of units, personnel, and cargo while in transit through the Defense Transportation System.
ISB intermediate staging base
ISO International Organization for Standardization
ISU internal airlift/helicopter slingable container unit
ITO installation transportation officer
ITV in-transit visibility
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JMCC Joint Movement Control Center
JMTCA Joint Munitions Transportation Coordinating Activity
Joint Logistics Over The Shore Logistics over the shore operations conducted by two or more Military Services.
Joint Traffic Management Office Newly formed subordinate element of Military Traffic Management Command responsible for leasing and procurement of containers.
JOPES Joint Operation Planning and Execution System
JTMO Joint Traffic Management Office
JULLS Joint Universal Lessons Learned
K ton
kW kilowatt
lbs pounds
LIF Logistics Intelligence File
LMSR large medium speed RO/RO
LOC line of communication
Local Information Management System A computer system in a designated area that acts as a data base to store ITV data that is obtained from the RF interrogators. These systems will have the capability to communicate with higher level data bases to update or draw required ITV data.
logistics over the shore operations The loading and unloading of ships without the benefit of fixed port facilities, in friendly or nondefended territory, and, in time of war, during phases of theater development in which there is no opposition by the enemy.
logistics pipeline A direct channel for information and the process through which supplies pass from source to user.
LOGMARS logistics applications of automated marking and reading symbols
LOGSA Logistics Support Activity
long ton (2,240 pounds). Also called L/T or LTON.
LOTS logistics over the shore
LT light
MA marshaling area
MACOM major Army command
MAGTF Marine air-ground task force
MASS MODCOM Automated Support System
MAT material
materials-handling equipment Mechanical devices for handling of supplies with greater ease and economy.
MCA movement control agency
MCB movement control battalion
MCC movement control center
MCD movement control detachment
MCL mission configured load
MCO movement control office
MCT movement control team
MDM medium
measurement ton Volume measurement equal to 40 cubic feet. Also called M/T or MTON.
MEL maintenance expenditure limit
METT-T mission, enemy, troops, terrain & weather, and time available
MHE material-handling equipment
MIL-HDBK military handbook
military-owned demountable container Conforms to United States and international standards, operated in a centrally controlled fleet for movement of military cargo.
military performance specification containers Written standards containers must meet. Aviation and Troop Command, US Army, procures military performance specification containers for Army and will perform like services for other Department of Defense Components on request. Also called MILSPEC container.
Military Sealift Command The US Transportation Command's component command responsible for designated sealift service.
Military Traffic Management Command The US Transportation Command's component command responsible for military traffic, continental United States air and land transportation, and common-use water terminals.
MILSPEC military specification
MILSTAMP military standard transportation and movement procedures
MIL-STD military standard
MILSTRIP Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures
MILVAN military-owned demountable container
MIPR Military Interdepartmental Purchase Request
MLRS Multiple Launch Rocket System
mm millimeter(s)
MMC materiel management center
MMMC medical materiel management center
MMT materiel management team
MOADS Maneuver-Oriented Ammunition Distribution System
movement control team MCTs are Army units that decentralize the execution of movement responsibilities on an area basis or at key transportation nodes. The mission of MCTs is movement control of personnel and materiel and the coordination of bulk fuel and water transportation at pipeline and production take-off points. To this end, the MCTs contribute to the development of procedures, documents, and practices to facilitate local movement. Their role is to expedite, coordinate, and monitor traffic moving through the transportation system. MCTs are tailored to meet the anticipated workload. Other service movement requirements that exceed their organic capability will be requested through the Army MCTs. The MCC is the higher headquarters for the MCTs and is located at Corps level.
movement tracking The movement tracking strategy focuses on placing a GPS receiver on distribution platforms to obtain position location of those platforms. This position location data would then be provided to transportation C2 activities via a global satellite communications system. By placing a satellite communications transceiver on the vehicle, data may be imported from the GPS receiver. The location of the vehicle can then be graphically portrayed on a map using a computer monitor located at the distant management center. Adding a laptop computer to the tracking system adds the ability to send messages from the vehicle to any location having a similar system.
MPH miles per hour
MROC materiel release order control
MSC Military Sealift Command
MSCO Military Sealift Command Office
MSL military shipment label
MSR main supply route
MST maintenance support team
MTMC Military Traffic Management Command
MTMC-EA Military Traffic Management Command-Eastern Area
MTMCTEA Military Traffic Management Command Transportation Engineering Agency
MTMS Munitions Transportation Management System
MTOE modified table of organization and equipment
MTS Movement Tracking System
MVMT movement
MVMNT movement
NAF nonappropriated fund
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NDI nondevelopmental item
NICP national inventory control point
NJ New Jersey
NLT not later than
No. number
nonself-sustaining containership A containership that does not have a built-in capability to load or off-load containers, and requires a port crane or craneship service.
OCBO ocean cargo booking office
OCCA ocean cargo clearance authority
OCONUS outside the continental United States
ODS Operation Desert Storm
OMC optical memory card
OPLAN operation plan
OPORD operation order
OP operation(s)
origin Beginning point of a deployment where unit or nonunit-related cargo or personnel are located.
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
palletized load system A truck with hydraulic load handling mechanism, trailer and flatrack system capable of self-loading and unloading. Truck and companion trailer have a 16.5 ton payload capacity.
palletized load system flatrack Topless, sideless container component of palletized load system, some of which conform to ANSI/ISO specifications.
PBCR portable bar code reader
PC personal computer
PETRL petroleum
Pkg package
P/L pipeline
PLL prescribed load list
PLS palletized load system
PLT platoon
POD port of debarkation
POE port of embarkation
PSA port support activity
PWIS-3 Prisoner of War Information System 3
QM quartermaster
QTY quantity
QUADCON quadruple container
Radio Frequency Data Communication Use of radio frequency signals to pass data between computers or between computers and peripherals, such as a bar code scanner/terminal or printer. Radio frequency identification allows reading and writing of data to tags by means of transmission over radio frequencies, thereby offering non-contact data storage, retrieval, and display of container/truck/pallet content and other transportation information. The pieces of equipment involved in the process are the RF/ID tags, the hand-held interrogator, the fixed interrogator, the monitor station, the RF transmitter/receiver, and the microcomputer system.
radio frequency tags A reusable omni-directional electronic device approximately 6"x 8"x 2" that contains a receiver/transmitter and storage medium. When queried by an interrogator, the tag transmits the data stored to the interrogator using radio frequency signals in a similar manner to RFDC.
RDD required delivery date
RDSC regional distribution service center
REEFER refrigerated container
REP repair
REPSHIP shipment report
RF radio frequency
RFDC radio frequency data communications
RFP request for proposal
RG Rate Guide
RMCT regimental movement control team
RO/RO roll-on/roll-off
RSA retrograde storage area
RSPA Research and Special Programs Administration
RTCC rough terrain container crane
RTCH rough terrain container handler
RTF rough terrain forklift
RU release unit
S3 operations and training officer (US Army)
SAAS Standard Army Ammunition System
SAMS Standard Army Maintenance System
SAMMS Standard Army Maintenance Management System
SARSS Standard Army Retail Supply System
Satellite The ultimate destination of materiel from the hub.
SCL strategic configured load
SDS Standard Depot System
SEABEE Navy construction engineer
Sealift Enhancement Program Special equipment and modifications which adapt merchant-type dry cargo ships and tankers to specific military missions. They are typically installed on Ready Reserve Force ships or ships under Military Sealift Command control. Sealift enhancements fall into three categories: productivity, survivability, and operational enhancements.
SEAVAN Commercial or Government owned (or leased) shipping containers which are moved via ocean transportation without bogey wheels attached (for example, lifted on and off the ship).
SEDRE sea emergency deployment readiness exercise
self-sustaining containership A containership with shipboard-installed cranes capable of loading and off-loading containers without assistance of port crane service.
Service-unique container Any 20- or 40-foot ANSI/ISO container procured or leased by a Service to meet Service-unique requirements.
shelter An International Organization for Standardization container outfitted with live- or work-in capability.
short ton 2,000 pounds. Also called S/T or STON.
single manager A Military Department or Agency designated by the Secretary of Defense to be responsible for management of specified commodities or common service activities on a Department of Defense-wide basis.
SLOC sea line of communication
SMCA single manager conventional ammunition
SOP standing/standard operating procedures
Source Data Automation Physical devices used to provide data about an item (or group of items) to an inventory manager. This information is used to sort, consolidate, move, redirect, or transfer stocks between supply and transportation activities.
Split-Based Logistics Dividing logistics management functions so that only those functions absolutely necessary are deployed, allowing some management functions to be accomplished from CONUS or another theater.
SPM single port manager
SPOD seaport of debarkation
SPOE seaport of embarkation
Spoke The portion of the hub-and-spoke distribution system which refers to transportation mode operators responsible for scheduled delivery to a customer of the "hub."
SRP Sealift Readiness Program
SSA supply support activity, supply support area
S/T short ton (2,000 pounds)
STAMIS standard Army management information systems
STANAG standardization agreement
Standard Army Management Information Systems The STAMIS are the heart of the logistics management capability on the battlefield. They include SARSS, SAAS, DAMMS, SAMS, ULLS, PWIS-3, MTS, and TAMMIS-MEDSUP. These interfaced systems must operate seamlessly with each other, joint systems, and the strategic systems supporting them, such as CCSS, SAMMS, DSS, SDS, and any other pertinent DLA/AMC/GSA systems.
STARS Shipment Tracking And Redistribution System
stuffing Packing of cargo into a container.
SUN shipment unit number
SUP supply
supply support activity Activities assigned a DOD activity address code and have a supply support mission (such as direct support supply units, missile support elements, maintenance support units, and so on
SW southwest
TAA tactical assembly area
TAACOM theater Army area command
TAMMIS-MEDSUP Theater Army Medical Management Information System-Medical Supply
tare weight. The weight of a container deducted from gross weight to obtain net weight or the weight of an empty container.
TAV total asset visibility
TB technical bulletin
TC-ACCIS Transportation Coordinator-Automated Command & Control Information System
TC AIMS II Transportation Coordinator's Automated Information for Movements System II
TCC transportation component command
TCMD transportation control and movement document
TCN transportation control number
TDAP Total Distribution Action Plan
TEL telephone
TELEX telephone exchange
TEU twenty-foot equivalent unit
theater-assigned transportation assets Transportation assets that are assigned under the combatant command (command authority) of a geographic commander.
throughput The average quantity of cargo and passengers that can pass through a port on a daily basis from arrival at the port to loading onto a ship or plane, or from the discharge from a ship or plane to the exit (clearance) from the port complex. Throughput is usually expressed in measurement tons, short tons, or passengers. Reception and storage limitation may affect final throughput
"Title 10 and other Wartime Executive Agency Requirements"
(1) Title 10, United States Code (USC). Title 10 USC requirements are US law. The functions of the military departments, under the respective Service Secretaries, are subject to the provisions of Title 10 USC and spelled out in DOD Directive 5100.1. The common Title 10 functions include the requirement for the respective military services to:
(a) Prepare forces and establish reserves of manpower, equipment, and supplies.
(b) Maintain readiness in mobile reserve forces.
(c) Provide adequate, timely, and reliable intelligence and counterintelligence.
(d) Recruit, organize, train, and equip interoperable forces for assignment to combatant commands.
(e) Prepare and submit programs and budgets for their respective departments.
(f) Conduct research, develop tactics, techniques, and organization, and develop and procure weapons, equipment, and supplies.
(g) Develop, garrison, supply, equip, and maintain bases and installations.
(h) Provide, as directed, forces for military missions in foreign countries as required.
(i) Assist in training and equipping the military forces of foreign nations.
(j) Provide, as directed, administrative and logistic support to combatant commands.
(k) Assist other services in the accomplishment of their respective missions.
(l) Prepare and submit mobilization information to JCS.
TM technical manual
TMCA theater movement control agency
TMD Traffic Management Division
TML terminal
TMMC theater materiel management center
TMO transportation management office, traffic management office
TMT transportation motor transport
TOE table of organization and equipment
TOFC trailer on flatcar
TPFDD time-phased force and deployment data
TRADOC United States Army Training and Doctrine Command
TRANS transportation
TRANSCOM transportation command
Transportation Cargo Transfer Company The Transportation Cargo Transfer Company as listed in the strategy refers to the "new" CTC which is currently (Jan 95) an approved strategy. The new company will replace the current Terminal Service Company (Breakbulk), Terminal Service Company (Container/Breakbulk) and the current Cargo Transfer Company. The new CTC will have the missions to: (1) discharge, load, transship cargo at air, rail, water (fixed port or LOTS), or truck terminals, (2) supplement cargo handling operations at CSS activities in Corps and Division to alleviate cargo backlogs. Normally allocations are to the water ports and one to two CTCs per Corps based on METT-T.
transportation component command The four component commands of USTRANSCOM: Air Force Air Mobility Command and Air Combat Command; Navy Military Sealift Command; and Army Military Traffic Management Command. Air Combat Command supports DOD airlift requirements using C-130 aircraft under the COCOM of USACOM. Each TCC remains a major command of its parent Service and continues to organize, train, and equip its forces as specified by law. Each transportation component command also continues to perform Service-unique missions.
traverse racking test load value Externally applied force in pounds or kilograms at the top-corner fitting that will strain or stretch end structures of the container sideways.
TRICON triple container
TRK trucks
TRKS trucks
trl trailer(s)
TRLS trailers
TSA theater storage area
TSC theater support command
UE unit equipment
UEL unit equipment list
UIC unit identification code
ULLS Unit Level Logistics System
UMD unit movement data
UMO unit movement officer
UN United Nations
United States Transportation Command The unified command with the mission to provide air, land, and sea transportation for the Department of Defense, across the range of military operations.
unstuffing Removal of cargo from container(s).
US United States (of America)
USA United States Army
USACASCOM United States Army Combined Arms Support Command
USACOM United States Atlantic Command
USADAC United States Army Defense Ammunition Center
USAREUR US Army Europe
USC United States Code
USCG United States Coast Guard
USCINCTRANS United States Commander in Chief, Transportation
USMC United States Marine Corps
USR unit status report
USTRANSCOM United States Transportation Command
VA Virginia
VISA Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement
w with
Wartime Executive Agency Requirements WEAR normally refers to agreements, directives, and procedures, not necessarily prescribed for by law, that identify specific service requirements (that is, the Army's requirement to provide common user land transportation for the respective services during sustained operations). WEAR are directive in nature and task a specific service to perform a common function.
WCA water clearance authority
WEAR wartime executive agency requirements
WPS Worldwide Port System
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