GLOSSARY
ABL - ammunition basic load
ACofS - Assistant Chief of Staff
AINS - Ammunition Information Notices
airhead - a designated location in an area of operations used as a base for supply and evacuation by air
AIS - Automated Information System(s)
AIT - automated identification technology
AMCCOM - armament munitions and chemical compound
ammo - ammunition
ammunition basic load - that quantity of conventional ammunition authorized and required to be on hand in a unit to meet combat needs until resupply can be accomplished; specified by the TA and expressed in rounds for ammunition items fired by weapons and in other units of measure for bulk allotment
ammunition supply point - an area designated to receive, store, and issue Class V materiel; normally located at or near the division area and operated by the corps DS ammunition company
ammunition support activity - generally, one of the storage areas (CSA/TSA/ASP) whose primary mission is to receive, store, issue, and maintain the theater’s conventional ammunition stocks
ammunition transfer point - a designated temporary site where munitions are transferred from corps transportation to issuing unit vehicles; forward ATP is normally located in the brigade area, operated by either the supply company, FSB in a heavy division, the forward supply company of the S&T battalion in a light division, or the S&T company of the support battalion of a separate brigade; ammunition company ATP is normally located in the division area, operated by the ordnance company, ammunition (DS)
AO - area of operations
APS - Army prepositioned stocks
AR - Army regulation
ARFOR - Army force
ASA - ammunition support activity
ASCC - Army service component commander
ASG - area support group
ASP - ammunition supply point
AST - ammunition support team
AT - antitank
ATP - ammunition transfer point
BB - break-bulk
BB/CON - break-bulk/container
BCT - brigade combat train
bde - brigade
bn - battalion
BSA - brigade support area
cbt - combat
CCSS - commodity command standard system
CEA - captured enemy ammunition
CINC - commander in chief
CL - combat load
CMCC - corps movement control center
CMMC - corps materiel management center
co - company
COMMZ - communications zone
controlled supply rate - the rate of ammunition consumption that can be supported, considering availability, facilities, and transportation; expressed in rounds per unit, individual, weapon, or vehicle per day. The TA announces the CSR for each item of ammunition; in turn, the commander of each subordinate unit determines the CSR for the unit. A unit may not draw ammunition in excess of its CSR without authority from its next higher HQ. (See FM 101-10-1/2.)
CONUS - continental United States
conv - conventional
convoy - a group of vehicles organized for the purpose of control and orderly movement with or without escort protection
corps storage area - a site established to store and issue the ammunition requirements of the assigned or attached corps combat units; operated by one or more GS ammunition companies. At least one CSA is needed to support a tactical division using the ASP and ATP network
COSCOM - corps support command
CP - command post
CS - combat support
CSA - corps storage area
CSB - corps support battalion
CSG - corps support group
CSR - controlled supply rate
CSS - combat service support
CSSCS - combat service support control system
CTIL - commander’s tracked items list
CTOC - corps tactical operations center
DA - Department of the Army
DAAS - Defense Automated Addressing System
DAC - Department of the Army civilian
DAMMS-R - Department of the Army Movement Management System-Redesign
DAO - division ammunition officer
DCSLOG - Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics
DCSOPS - Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Plans
DD form - Department of Defense form
Department of Defense Identification Code - an alphanumeric designation used to identify a specific item or component part of Class V materiel (for example, D544 is the DODIC for 155mm projectile, HE)
devs - developments
dir - director
DISCOM - division support command
div - division
DLA - Defense Logistics Agency
DMMC - division materiel management center
DODIC - Department of Defense Identification Code
DOS - days of supply
DPG - Defense Planning Guidance
DS - direct support
DSA - division support area
DTO - division transportation officer
DTOC - division tactical operations center
DU - depleted uranium
EAC - echelons above corps
EOD - explosive ordnance disposal
EODCT - explosive ordnance disposal control team
EODTIC - Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technical Information Center
FM - field manual
FSB - forward support battalion
G2/J2 - Assistant Chief of Staff (Intelligence)
G3 - Assistant Chief of Staff (Operations and Plans)
G4 - Assistant Chief of Staff (Logistics)
GMLR - guided missile and large rocket
GS - general support
HEMTT - heavy expanded mobility tactical truck
HHC - headquarters and headquarters company
HHD - headquarters and headquarters detachment
HLP - heavy lift platoon
HN - host nation
HNS - host nation support
HQ - headquarters
HQDA - Headquarters Department of the Army
IAW - in accordance with
ICM - improved conventional munition
IED - improvised explosive device
IOC - Industrial Operations Command
IPB - intelligence preparation of the battlefield
ISO - International Standardization Organization
ITV - in-transit visibility
JTF - joint task force
LAW - light antitank weapon
lift - (of ammunition) the use of MHE to pick up ammunition and put it down, with each pickup and put-down constituting one lift. When containerized ammunition is received at the CSA or TSA, it is off-loaded with a rough-terrain container crane. The ammunition is unloaded with a variable-reach forklift and placed in a storage location. When issued, the ammunition is picked up by a rough-terrain forklift and placed on a vehicle. Each of these movements constitutes a lift, for a total of three lifts to receive, rewarehouse, and issue the ammunition
LOC - lines of communication
LOGCAP - Logistics Civilian Augmentation Program
LOGSA - logistics support activity
LOTS - logistics over-the-shore
LPT - logistics preparation of the theater
LSA - logistics support activity
LSE - logistics support element
MACOM - major Army command
Maneuver-Oriented Ammunition Distribution System - an ammunition supply system designed to provide 100 percent of combat units' (infantry, armor, field artillery, combat aviation, combat engineers, air defense artillery) ammunition requirements through the ATP network. Corps transportation (ground and air) is allocated and operates in a DS role to support ammunition shipments from the CSA to ASPs and ATPs, and from ASPs to ATPs
MATO - materiel office(r)
MCA - movement conrol agency
MCC - movement control center
MCL - mission-configured load
METT-T - mission, enemy, troops, terrain and weather, and time available
MHE - materials-handling equipment
MICOM - Missile Command
mission-configured load - ammunition configured/reconfigured into complete round mix/weapon system mix to meet a specific theater of operations requirement
MLP - medium-lift platoon
MMC - materiel management center
MMR - Military Munitions Rule
MOADS - Maneuver-Oriented Ammunition Distribution System
MOADS-PLS - MOADS-palletized load system
MOD - modernization
MOS - military occupational specialty
MP - military police
MSB - main support battalion
MSE - mobile subscriber equipment
MTS - movement tracking system
NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO standardization agreement - the record of an agreement among several member nations to adopt like or similar military equipment, ammunition, supplies, and stores and operational, logistic, and administrative procedures. National acceptance of a NATO allied publication issued by the Military Agency for Standardization may be recorded as a standardization agreement
NBC - nuclear, biological, chemical
NCO - noncommissioned officer
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
NICP - National Inventory Control Point
NMP - - National Maintenance Point
OCONUS - outside continental United States
ODCSLOG - Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics
ODCSOPS - Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations and Plans
OPCON - operational control
OPLAN - operation plan
OPLOG - operational logistics
OPORD - operation order
pam - pamphlet
PL - public law
PLS - palletized load system
POD - port of debarkation
POL - petroleum, oils, and lubricants
PP - packaging and preservation
push/pull system - push system: the automatic resupply of ammunition consumed by the user; consumption rate is calculated by the type and quantity of ammunition issued to the user from stocks on hand at the issuing facility. Issues are reported through daily transaction reports to the CMMC by the issuing activity (such as an ASP, an ATP, or DAO). That quantity along with any new or additional requirements is pushed into the supply pipeline at the CSA or TSA to replenish or add to mission stocks forward. Pull-system: uses DAO requests for Class V by type and quantity to satisfy mission requirements
QA - quality assurance
QASAS - quality assurance specialist (ammunition surveillance)
QC - quality control
RAOC - rear area operations center
RC - Reserve Component
RCRA - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
required supply rate - the quantity of ammunition expressed as rounds per weapon per day for ammunition items fired by weapons; as other units of measure per day, for bulk allotment and other items required to sustain operations of any designated force without restriction for a specified period
RF - radio frequency
ROD - report of discrepancy
RSR - required supply rate
S3 - Operations and Training Officer
S4 - Supply Officer
SAAS - Standard Army Ammunition System
SAAS-MOD - Standard Army Ammunition System-Modernization
SASO - stability and support operations
SB - supply bulletin
SF - standard form
SFC - sergeant first class
short ton - the equivalent of 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) of weight
SITREP - situation report
sling out - ammunition loaded into cargo nets and rigged beneath a helicopter. Sling-out operations are conducted primarily for emergency resupply of units not accessible by ground transport or when time or security is a critical factor
SOP - standing operating procedure
SOUMS - safety of use messages
SPBS-R - Standard Property Book System-Redesign
spt - support
SRC - standard requirement code
ST/STON - short ton
STAMIS - Standard Army Information System
STANAG - standardization agreement
strategic comfigured load - ammunition loaded into an ISO container or ISO-compatible flatrack at a CONUS depot or facility in a complete round mix for artillery and a weapon system mix for other systems (tanks, Bradleys, Apaches, etc)
SUPCOM - support command
svc - service
TA - theater army
TAACOM - theater army area command center
TACOM - theater army command
TAMCC - theater army movement control center
TAMIS - Training Ammunition Management Information System
TAMMC - theater army materiel management center
TAV - total asset visibility
TB - technical bulletin
TC - training circular
tech - technical
theater storage area - within the COMMZ, operated by one or more ordnance companies ammunition (GS); receives, stores, issues, and maintains the theater's conventional ammunition reserves; should be linked with air, road, rail, and seaborne networks and facilities when possible
TM - technical manual
TMCA - theater movement control agency
TMMC - theater materiel management center
TOE - table(s) of organization and equipment
TPFD - time-phased force deployment
TRADOC - US Army Training and Doctrine Command
TRANSCOM - transportation command
TSA - theater storage area
ULLS-4 - Unit-Level Logistics System-S4
US - United States (of America)
USACAA - US Army Concepts Analysis Agency
USACASCOM - US Army Combined Arms Support Command
USACASCOM&FL - US Army Combined Arms Support Command and Fort Lee
USAMC - US Army Materiel Command
USSS - United States Secret Service
UXO - unexploded ordnance
VIP - very important person
WARS - Worldwide Ammunition Reporting System
WD - weapons density
WHNS - wartime host nation support
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