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developing an OPLAN, which consists of detailed planning for both the strategic movement
of forces and for committing those forces upon their arrival in the theater.
Demobilization - The process of transitioning a conflict or wartime military establishment
and defense-based civilian economy to a peacetime configuration while maintaining national
security and economic vitality.
Demurrage - A penalty fee assessed when cargo isn’t discharged from a conveyance and
the conveyance is not released to the owner.
Department of Defense Activity Address Code (DODAAC) - A distinctive code assigned
to identify specific units, activities, and/or organizations.
Department of the Army Movements Management System-Redesign (DAMMS-R) -
DAMMS-R provides automation support for transportation staffs and organizations within a
tactical theater of operations and the CONUS. It is a vital link in the maintenance of ITV
over units, personnel, and material. DAMMS-R interfaces with all Standard Army
Management Information System (STAMIS), all services, and all foreign governments of the
countries where the Army is deployed. DAMMS-R consists of seven modules. These
modules are: system management, mode operations, movement control team operations,
highway regulation, convoy planning, operational movements programming, and
transportation addressing.
Department of Transportation (DOT) - Establishes the nation's overall transportation
policy.
Deployment - The planning, preparation, and movement of forces and their support from
any location to an area of operations in response to a military need or crisis.
Deployment Planning - Operational planning directed toward the movement of forces and
sustainment resources from their original locations to a specific operational area for
conducting the joint operations contemplated in a given plan. Encompasses all activities
from origin or home station through destination, including intra-continental United States,
intertheater, and intratheater movement legs, staging areas, and holding areas.
Digital Nonsecure Voice Terminal’s (DNVT) - The DNVT is a four-wire terminal
contained in a ruggedized case, which transmits and receives conditioned diphase-
modulated digitized voice and loop signaling information at 16 or 32 kb/s. The DNVT has a
16-key push button keyboard, receiver and ring volume controls, an incoming call/off-hook
indicator light, and writing pad. It contains built-in protection from nuclear energy
electromagnetic pulses and lightning. Handset H-350/U is issued with the DNVT. The DNVT
provides a digital communications interface with Tri-Service Tactical Communications (TRI-
TAC) and Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) circuit switches.
Direct Support (DS) - A mission requiring a force to support another specific force and
authorizing it to answer directly to the supported force’s request for assistance.
Discrepancy Report (DISREP) - DISREP refers to any type of deficiency or discrepancy
that reflects on the quality of product received, stocked, or issued to DLA customers, and
are reported to DSCs.
Dispatch Route - A route over which full control, both as to priorities of use and the
regulation of movement of traffic in time and space, is exercised. Movement authorization
is required for its use, even by a single vehicle.
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Distribution - As used in transportation doctrine, the operational process of synchronizing
all elements of the logistic system to deliver the "right things" to the "right place" at the
"right time" to support the geographic combatant commander.
Distribution Management Center (DMC) - The Distribution Management Center serves
as the logistics fusion center to collect and analyze overall total Asset visibility (TAV) and
intransit visibility (ITV) information.
Distribution Manager - The executive agent for managing distribution with the combatant
commander's area of responsibility.
Distribution Pattern - A complete logistics picture that shows the locations of ports,
locations of supply, locations of consignees, maintenance activities, nodes, and
transportation activities. It is the tool by which planners know where support should
normally flow and where it may be diverted as operational needs dictate.
Distribution Pipeline - Continuum or channel through which the Department of Defense
conducts distribution operations. The distribution pipeline represents the end-to-end flow of
resources from supplier to consumer and, in some cases, back to the supplier in retrograde
activities.
Distribution Plan - A reporting system comprising reports, updates, and information
systems feeds that articulate the requirements of the theater distribution system to the
strategic and operational resources assigned responsibility for support to the theater. It
portrays the interface of the physical, financial, information and communications networks
for gaining visibility of the theater distribution system and communicates control activities
necessary for optimizing capacity of the system. It depicts, and is continually updated to
reflect changes in, infrastructure, support relationships, and customer locations to all
elements of the distribution system (strategic, operational, and tactical).
Distribution Standard System (DSS) - DSS is an automated information system that
manages all functional business processes of DOD's warehouse operations. These processes
include receiving, storage, consolidation, packing, shipping, inventory, inspection, and
workload management. The system includes both commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS)
software packages and developed application software.
Distribution System - That complex of facilities, installations, methods, and procedures
designed to receive, store, maintain, distribute, and control the flow of military materiel
between the point of receipt into the military system and the point of issue to using
activities and units.
Diversion - As used in transportation doctrine, a rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new
transshipment point or destination or on a different mode of transportation prior to arrival
at ultimate destination.
Division Materiel Management Center (DMMC) - Provides materiel management for the
division. DMMC is the division’s logistics coordinating and control element. It provides
materiel management for all classes of supplies but Class 8 and controls maintenance
priorities and procedures.
Division Support Area (DSA) - An area normally located in the division rear and often
positioned near air-landing facilities along the main supply route. The DSA contains the
portions of the division rear command post, DISCOM CP, and units organic and attached to
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the DISCOM. It may also contain COSCOM units supporting the division and nondivisional
units in the division area.
Division Support Command (DISCOM) - The Division Support Command (DISCOM)
fixes, fuels, arms, transports, or replaces anything within the division. DISCOM’s ensures
that the maneuver brigades never run-out of bullets, fuel, or food and repair items the
brigades cannot fix.
Division Support Team (DST) - Provided by corp to augment division transportation
offices (DTOs).
Division Transportation Officer (DTO) - The DTO is a staff planner who coordinates with
the division G3 on tactical moves and operations and with the G4 on logistical and
administrative matters. The DTO also provides transportation guidance to other staff
sections and commanders within the division. The DTO is the formal link between the
division and the Corps transportation officer. The four primary DTO functions are advisory,
planning, coordination, and technical assistance.
Doctrine - Fundamental principles by which the military forces or elements thereof guide
their actions in support of national objectives. It is authoritative but requires judgment in
application.
Drexler European License Association (DELA) - DELA refers to the optical member card
(OMC) standard developed by Drexler Technology that encompasses ISO11693 and 11694.
Drop Zone - A specific area upon which airborne troops, equipment, or supplies are
airdropped.
Dunnage - Lumber or other material used to brace and secure cargo to prevent damage.
E
Early Entry Module (EEM) - Provides command and control of many of the elements
initially supporting RSO&I.
Echelon - 1. A subdivision of a headquarters, i.e., forward echelon, rear echelon.
2.
Separate level of command. As compared to a regiment, a division is a higher echelon; a
battalion is a lower echelon.
3. A fraction of a command in the direction of depth to which
a principal combat mission is assigned; i.e., attack echelon, support echelon, reserve
echelon.
4. A formation in which its subdivisions are placed one behind another, with a
lateral and even spacing to the same side.
Echelons Above Corps (EAC) - Army headquarters and organizations that provide the
interface between the theater commander (joint or multinational) and the corps for
operational matters.
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - A process which allows computer-to-computer
exchange of routine business information in a standard format.
Embarkation - The process of putting personnel and/or vehicles and their associated
stores and equipment into ships and aircraft.
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Embarkation Plans - The plans prepared by the landing force and appropriate subordinate
commanders containing instructions and information concerning the organization for
embarkation, assignment to shipping, supplies and equipment to be embarked, location and
assignment of embarkation areas, control and communication arrangements, movement
schedules and embarkation sequence, and additional pertinent instructions relating to the
embarkation of the landing force.
eMILPO - eMILPO is a web application accessible worldwide by all echelons of users.
eMILPO is the Active Army’s interim personnel system as the Department of Defense
transitions into the Defense Integrated Management Human Resources System (DIMHRS)
architecture.
Employment - The strategic, operational, or tactical use of forces.
Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) - The date and time a package or shipment is scheduled
or expected to arrive at a given destination; or the date and time a vehicle is expected to
arrive at a given destination.
Exploitation - 1. Taking full advantage of success in military operations, following up
initial gains, and making permanent the temporary effects already achieved.
2. Taking full
advantage of any information that has come to hand for tactical, operational, or strategic
purposes.
3. An offensive operation that usually follows a successful attack and is designed
to disorganize the enemy in depth.
Export Traffic Release (ETR) - Shipping instructions issued by a clearance authority in
response to an offering which specifies the mode of shipment and the means by which an
export shipment will move.
F
Fleet - An organization of ships, aircraft, Marine forces, and shore-based fleet activities all
under the command of a commander or commander in chief who may exercise operational
as well as administrative control.
Focused Logistics — For the Army, focused logistics will be the fusion of logistics and
information technologies, flexible and agile combat service support organizations, and new
doctrinal support concepts to provide rapid crisis response to deliver precisely tailored
logistics packages directly to each level of military operations.
(from Army Vision 2010)
Force Activity Designator (FAD) - Identifies urgency of movement within the
supply/transportation community.
Force Closure - The point in time when a supported joint force commander determines
that sufficient personnel and equipment resources are in the assigned operational area to
carry out assigned tasks.
Force Projection - The ability to invoke the military element of national power from the
continental United States (CONUS) or outside CONUS (OCONUS), in response to
requirements for military operations.
Ford - A shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading.
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Fragmentary Order (FRAGO) - A FRAGO provides brief, specific, and timely instructions
without loss of clarity, FRAGOs contain changes or information of immediate concern.
These orders may be written or oral. The FRAGO will be issued to change an order that has
already been issued."
Freight Consolidation and Distribution Team (FCDT) - An FCDT is a small TOE
detachment staffed to prepare documentation for personnel, supplies, and equipment being
loaded on vessels. It is located at small terminals to provide independent loading and
documentation services; or at larger port complexes, as a tailored augmentation to the TTB.
Frustrated Cargo - Any shipment of supplies and/or equipment which, while en route to
destination, is stopped prior to receipt and for which further disposition instructions must be
obtained.
G
General Support (GS) - That support which is given to the supported force as a whole and
not to any particular subdivision thereof.
General Support Unit (GSU) - A unit that provides an organization with supply
maintenance and medical support that the DSU does not provide.
Global Air Transportation Execution System (GATES) - GATES provides US Air Force
Air Mobility Command, the DOD, and commercial partners with automated functionality to
process and track cargo and passenger information, support management of resources,
support scheduling and forecasting, provide logistical support information, generate
standard and ad hoc reports, and provide message routing and delivery service for virtually
all airlift data. Intended users of GATES include, but are not limited to, Tanker Airlift
Control Center (TACC), Airlift Clearance Authorities (ACAs), Service Airlift Validators,
Passenger Reservation Centers (PRC), Military Transportation Offices (MTO), commercial
reservation systems users, and various work centers such as the Air Terminal Operations
Center (ATOC). Planned GATES operation sites are headquarters (HQ) Air Mobility
Command (AMC) and the aerial ports.
Global Combat Support System (GCSS) - GCSS provides the joint warfighter with a
single, end-to-end capability to manage and monitor units, personnel, and equipment from
mobilization through deployment, employment, sustainment, redeployment, and
demobilization.
Global Combat Support System-Army (GCSS-Army) - The GCSS-Army will enable the
commander to leverage information technology to coordinate, prioritize, and synchronize
material management and movement operations to maximize the distribution pipeline’s
capability to throughput units and follow-on sustainment. It will provide commanders at
each echelon the asset and in-transit visibility required to optimize the distribution system
within their echelon. The visibility over the CSS pipeline will allow commanders to direct or
divert assets en route, and shift assets quickly in order to meet changing distribution
requirements. This centralized distribution management capability will give the commander
the ability to quickly and effectively influence the distribution system.
Global Command and Control System (GCCS) - GCCS provides combat commanders
with a single source of secure information. It assists joint force commanders with
coordinating air, land, sea, space, and special forces operations of widely dispersed units in
fast moving operations. It is flexible enough for combat operations or humanitarian
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assistance missions. GCCS integrates deliberate and crisis action planning, force
deployment and employment, fire support, air operations and planning, intelligence, and
force status. It is designed to allow the expansion of planning and execution capabilities as
new systems are designed. GCCS allows greater software flexibility, reliability, and
interoperability with other automated systems. Commanders can establish their own secure
homepage and communicate through worldwide using E-mail.
Global Command and Control System-Army (GCCS-A) - GCCS-A provides a single
seamless command and control (C2) system. It is integrated with the Department of
Defense (DOD) GCCS. GCCS-A is fundamentally GCCS with additional Army specific
functionality. It is an integral part of a coordinated DOD and Joint Technical Architecture-
Army that provides information support to all military command levels.
Global Decision Support System (GDSS) - GDSS is a survivable, recoverable, distributed
command and control system which provides the Air Force's Air Mobility Command (AMC)
with the information necessary in planning, scheduling, flight following, and managing all of
AMC's airlift missions and resources. This distributed database system provides near real-
time decision support to the top management echelons of AMC at the eight command
centers worldwide.
Global Positioning System (GPS) - GPS is a collection of satellites owned by the U.S.
Government that provides highly accurate, worldwide positioning and navigation
information, 24 hours a day. It is made up of twenty-four NAVSTAR GPS satellites which
orbit 12,000 miles above the earth, constantly transmitting the precise time and their
position in space. GPS receivers on (or near) the earth's surface, listen in on the
information received from three to twelve satellites and, from that, determine the precise
location of the receiver, as well as how fast and in what direction it is moving.
Global Transportation Network (GTN) - GTN is an automated C2 system used for
collecting transportation information from selected DOD systems. It provides automated
support for planning, providing, and controlling common user airlift, surface, and terminal
services to deploying forces. It provides the user with the ability to track the status,
identity, and location of DOD unit and non-unit cargo and passengers, medical patients, and
personal property from origin to destination. GTN also provides ITV information about
units, forces, passengers, cargo, patients, schedules, and actual movements; displays
current operational asset information and provides transportation intelligence information on
airfields, seaports, and transportation networks using graphics and imagery; provide future
operations information and models to support transportation planning and courses of action;
provides efficient routing for patient movement and will provide ITV of individual patients;
and interfaces with CAPS II, CFMS, CMOS, Defense Automated Addressing System (DAAS),
Defense Transportation Tracking System (DTTS), GCCS, JOPES, Global Decision Support
System (GDSS), Mechanized Export Traffic System (METS), Passenger Reservation and
Manifest System (PRAMS), TC-ACCIS, TC-AIMS II, and WPS.
Government Bill of Lading (GBL) - A government document used to procure freight and
cargo transportation and related services of commercial carriers for the movement of
material at government expense.
Groups Operational Passenger System (GOPAX) - GOPAX is used to support all
operational functions associated with arranging commercial group movement transportation.
The system aids considerably in the timely movement of troops between training bases and
mobilization sites in CONUS and international aerial ports of embarkation and debarkation.
GOPAX provides an automated electronic capability for the arrangement of commercial
transportation for DOD, group, and unit troop movements. GOPAX interfaces with all TC-
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ACCIS sites using the Defense Data Network (DDN). GOPAX has links with the Navy,
Marine Corps, National Guard, and Air Mobility Command (AMC).
H
Hand Held Interrogators (HHI) - A hand held-portable unit that combines the
functionality of a fixed Interrogator with a keypad for command and data entry. Its menu
driven software allows a standoff read/write capability to RF tags. HHIs communicate with
tags through radio frequency, infrared signal, or direct wire connectivity. The collected data
files may be displayed on a small LCD screen, and/or transferred to or from a PC loaded
with INTRANSIT software package.
High Frequency (HF) - This radio frequency covers the spectrum 3 to 30 MHz, and is used
for long-range communication over ranges of up to 4 828km (3,000 miles) as well as by
advanced radars. HF airband frequencies are split amongst several different ranges, such
as the 5 MHz band, 11 MHz band, etc. all the way up to 30 MHz.
Highway Traffic Division (HTD) - A HTD within each echelon controls movement on the
command's highway network.
Holding Area - A site where a unit’s progress (personnel or equipment) is halted
temporarily.
Host Nation (HN) - A nation that receives the forces and/or supplies of allied nations,
coalition partners, and/or NATO organizations to be located on, to operate in, or to transit
through its territory.
Host Nation Support (HNS) - Civil and military assistance provided by host nations to
allied forces and organizations in peacetime, transition to war, and in wartime.
I
Infiltration Schedule - A rate of dispatch assigned to units for specific routes and time
blocks to achieve an average traffic flow that is within the capacity of the route. An
infiltration schedule may be used for open or supervised routes.
Infrastructure - In relation to deployment and sustainment all buildings and permanent
installations necessary for the support of deployment, redeployment, and sustainment of
military forces operations (e.g. barracks, headquarters, airfields, communications, facilities,
stores, port installations, and maintenance stations).
Installation Transportation Officer (ITO) - Person(s) designated or appointed to
perform traffic management functions at the CONUS installation level.
Integrated Booking System (IBS) - IBS is the lead execution system of the Defense
Transportation System for the booking of international surface cargo during both peacetime
and wartime operations. The system supports traffic management within Military
Transportation Management Command (MTMC), the greatest percentage of which is booking
non-unit peacetime cargo. IBS must also satisfy the MTMC mission to execute the plans
developed in deliberate planning for international cargo. In addition, the system is
responsible for booking cargo during contingency operations. IBS must be responsive to
requirements of commodity managers and war planners requiring continuous access to
international surface cargo movement. IBS is fielded to both CONUS and outside
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continental United States (OCONUS) sites and exchanges data with Worldwide Port System
and other systems.
Integrated Computerized Deployment System (ICODES) - The ICODES system is a
ship load planning software application that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) principles and
techniques to assist embarkation specialists in the rapid development of cargo stow-plans.
It includes expert agents with knowledge in specific domains (e.g., hazardous material
handling, trim and stability, ramps, cranes, and internal access paths) to evaluate and
propose loading alternatives and recommendations. ICODES integrates with information
management and documentation systems such as Worldwide Ports System (WPS), TC-AIMS
II, and IBS, to receive cargo lists and send completed load plans.
Integration - The synchronized transfer of units into an operational Commander's force
prior to mission execution.
Intermodal Systems - Specialized transportation facilities, assets, and handling
procedures designed to create a seamless transportation system by combining multimodal
operations and facilities during the shipment of cargo.
Intermodal Terminals - Intermodal terminals segregate and ship cargo to satellite SSAs
and other nodes in the theater distribution network. Major types of shipments received in a
Intermodal Terminal include multiconsignee and frustrated cargo. The Intermodal Terminal
segregates, consolidates, manifests, stages and transports cargo and delivers to customers
over established routes on a time definite delivery schedule. Modes are changed at
intermodal terminals. The intermodal terminal is not a SSA. It does not receipt, store and
issue supplies as it maintains no stocks. The intermodal terminal is focused on maintaining
a rapid flow of cargo that cannot be throughput.
Intermodal Transfer Point - Location that Army Forces arrive via air or sea, perform
staging and integration operations prior to movement into theater. Forces then transfer to
strategic maneuver assets, air or sea, to arrive in theater mission ready. An area in which a
command is assembled preparatory to further action.
Intermodality - Intermodality is the capability to use of multiple modes for the same
shipment.
Interoperability - The ability of systems, units, or forces to provide services to and accept
services from other systems, units, or forces and to use the services so exchanged to
enable them to operate effectively together.
Inter-Service Support Agreement (ISSA) - A written agreement between two or more
Services that delineates terms of a support arrangement.
Intertheater - Between theaters or between the continental United States and theaters.
In-Transit Visibility (ITV) - The ability to track the identity, status, and location of
Department of Defense cargo and passengers; and personal property from origin to
destination across the range of military operations.
Intratheater - Within a theater.
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Jamming - To make transmissions unintelligible by sending out interfering signals or
messages.
Joint Force - A general term applied to a force composed of significant elements, assigned
or attached, of two or more Military Departments operating under a single joint force
commander.
Joint Movement Center (JMC) - The center established to coordinate the employment of
all means of transportation (including that provided by allies or host nations) to support the
concept of operations. This coordination is accomplished through establishment of
transportation policies within the assigned operational area, consistent with relative urgency
of need; port and terminal capabilities, transportation asset availability, and priorities set by
a joint force commander.
Joint Operation - A general term to describe military actions conducted by joint forces or
by Service forces in relationships (e.g., support, coordinating authority) which, of
themselves, do not create joint forces.
Joint Operation Planning and Execution System (JOPES) - JOPES supports integrated
planning and command control of mobilization, deployment, employment and sustainment
activities using an improved information system.
Joint Total Asset Visibility (JTAV) - JTAV is the capability to provide users with timely
and accurate information on the location, movement, status, and identity of units,
personnel, equipment, and supplies. It facilitates the capability to act upon that information
to improve overall performance of DOD's logistics practices.
Joint Transportation Board (JTB) - Responsible to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, the Joint Transportation Board assures that common-user transportation resources
assigned or available to the Department of Defense (DOD) are allocated as to achieve
maximum benefit in meeting DOD objectives.
Joint Transportation Corporate Information Management Center (JTCC) - Improves
the efficiency and effectiveness of the Defense Transportation System (DTS) through the
application of functional process improvement techniques and the central control of
transportation-related command, control, communications and computer systems
development. Recommends changes to the policies, procedures, organizations, and
command, control, communications and computer systems (C4S) of the Department of
Defense (DoD) and its components as well as the USTRANSCOM staff and TCCs. In
streamlining DTS, applies selected management technology to recommend changes that will
maximize operational effectiveness and achieve cost savings throughout DoD. Coordinates
directly with DoD components and the Joint Staff to ensure their future requirements are
considered. Employs process and data standardization and ensures system compatibility
and interoperability. Coordinate directly with DoD components to prioritize the funding
allocation for solutions developed through process reengineering and C4S migrations.
Joint Task Force (JTF) - A joint force that is constituted and so designated by the
Secretary of Defense, a combatant commander, a subunified commander, or an existing
joint task force commander. JTFs are established on a geographical area or functional basis
when the mission has a specific limited objective and does not require overall centralized
control of logistics.
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Landing Zone (LZ) - Any specified zone used for the landing of aircraft.
Legs - Legs refers to different modes used to move the personnel and cargo for each
segment.
Liaison - That contact or intercommunication maintained between elements of military
forces or other agencies to ensure mutual understanding and unity of purpose and action.
Lift-On/Lift-Off (LO/LO) - A containership onto which and from which containers are
lifted by crane.
Line Identification Number (LIN) - A number assigned to a generic nomenclature for
the purpose of identifying the line on which the official generic nomenclature is listed. The
LIN is used as a tool for sorting items into sequence, consolidating assets, requirements,
and other data for federally stocked-numbered items to which it is related.
Lines Of Communication (LOC) - All the land, water, and air routes connecting an
operating military force with one or more bases of operation and along which supplies and
military forces move.
Local Area Network (LAN) - A LAN is a group of computers and associated devices that
share a common communications line and typically share the resources of a single processor
or server within a small geographic area (for example, within an office building). Usually,
the server has applications and data storage that are shared in common by multiple
computer users. A LAN may serve as few as two or three users (for example, in a home
network) or many as thousands of users (for example, in an FDDI network).
Location Schedule - Assigns arrive and clear times to different units needing to use the
same entry point onto MSRs. A location schedule may be used for supervised or dispatch
routes.
Logistic Control Activity (LCA) - LCA is the Army’s central source for supply and
transportation information. Using this information, LCA can select and control the flow of
materiel to CONUS installations and overseas theaters of operation. Through its Army
Shipper Service Control Office and Army Airlift Clearance Authority (AACA), LCA maintains
visibility of all Army shipments into Military Airlift Command (MAC) and Military Traffic
Management Command (MTMC) systems. With this visibility, LCA provides port liaison
services and carries out air and surface over-ocean cargo forecasting duties for Department
of the Army (DA) and USAMC. LCA provides, through the use of its databases, visibility of
the Army’s logistics pipeline not available from any other single Department of Defense
(DOD) activity. Further, LCA provides remote computer inquiry services to its customers for
near real-time supply and transportation information. LCA tailors logistics management
reports for units at the retail level through the DA level. LCA transportation functions
involve those actions necessary to monitor, select, and coordinate cargo movement. LCA
serves as the Army Airlift Clearance Authority (AACA), forecasts cargo tonnage
requirements, expedites cargo, and reports on the movement of Army-sponsored cargo
from supply source to destination. Also, LCA serves as the Army shipper service control
office (SSCO) providing on-site liaison at CONUS air and surface ports of embarkation as
required.
Logistic Support - Logistic support encompasses the logistic services, materiel, and
transportation required to support the continental United States-based and worldwide-
deployed forces.
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Logistics - Planning and carrying out the movement, supply, services, and maintenance of
forces. In its most comprehensive sense, those aspects of military operations which deal
with: a. design and development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution,
maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of materiel; b. movement, evacuation, and
hospitalization of personnel; c. acquisition or construction, maintenance, operation, and
disposition of facilities; and d. acquisition or furnishing of services.
Logistics Integration Agency (LIA) - The mission of the LIA is to identify, develop, and
recommend logistics concepts, policy, programs, plans, and systems. This responsibility
includes assessing logistics readiness and sustainability and recommending improvements in
the Army logistics performance. Other duties include evaluating logistics aspects of
contingency plans and force structure; executing and monitoring selected DCSLOG
programs; serving as the DCSLOG functional proponent for the development and extension
of selected standard automated supply, maintenance, transportation, and troop support
systems; and providing technical guidance and assistance to MACOMs and units.
Logistics Intelligence Files (LIF) - The LIF is an on-line computerized database that
centralizes the collection, correlation, and retrieval of supply and transportation data on
Army-sponsored requisitions maintained by the LSA. The LIF furnishes historical supply and
transportation pipeline progress of a requisition from the time it is sent through the DAAS to
the time materiel is received.
Logistics Preparation of the Theater (LPT) - LPT is those actions (force structure,
resources, and strategic lift) taken to reduce the cost of logistically supporting an operations
plan or a contingency plan. LPT minimizes or eliminates potential problems during
deployment, at the outbreak of hostilities, and throughout the campaign. It is a systematic
tool used by logistician and commanders to complete their mission. It becomes the basis
for deciding where, when, and how to deploy limited resources--supplies, equipment, and
people.
Logistics-Over-The-Shore (LOTS) - The loading and unloading of ships without the
benefit of deep draft-capable, 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; or as a means of moving forces closer to tactical assembly areas dependent on
threat force capabilities.
M
Main Supply Route (MSR) - The route or routes designated within an area of operations
upon which the bulk of traffic flows in support of military operations.
Maneuver - 1. A movement to place ships, aircraft, or land forces in a position of
advantage over the enemy. 2. A tactical exercise carried out at sea, in the air, on the
ground, or on a map in imitation of war.
3. The operation of a ship, aircraft, or vehicle, to
cause it to perform desired movements.
4. Employment of forces in the battlespace
through movement in combination with fires to achieve a position of advantage in respect to
the enemy in order to accomplish the mission.
Manifest - A document specifying in detail the passengers or cargo carried for a specific
destination.
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March Column - The largest of the three convoy organization elements, it is a group of
two to five serials, and represents approximately a battalion-to-brigade size element. Each
column has a column commander.
March Unit - The smallest of the three convoy organizational elements. It is a subdivision
of the serial and comes under the direct control of the march unit commander. It is the
smallest organized subgroup of the convoy and usually will not exceed 20 vehicles.
Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) - A MAGTF is a task organization of Marine
forces (division, aircraft wing, and service support groups) under a single command and
structured to accomplish a specific mission. The MAGTF components will normally include
command, ground combat, aviation combat, and combat service support elements
(including Navy Support Elements).
Marine Air-Ground Task Force Deployment Support System (MDSS) - MDSS is the
unit level deployment planning and execution system that provides MAGTF's and
subordinate elements the ability to develop plan specific force structures (personnel,
supplies and equipment) and associated embarkation plans.
Marshalling Area - A location in the vicinity of a reception terminal or prepositioned
equipment storage site where arriving unit personnel, equipment, material, and
accompanying supplies are reassembled, returned to the control of the unit commander,
configured in an effective way, and prepared for onward movement. The joint complex
commander and designating the location will coordinate the use of the facilities with other
allied commands and the host nation, and will provide life support to the units while in the
marshalling area.
Material Management Center (MMC) - Provides materiel management for all assets
(except class VI and X supplies, classified maps, and classified communications security
(COMSEC) devices); and provides automated information management support for logistical
functions.
Material Release Order (MRO) - An MRO document is prepared by the supply activity
releasing material for shipment. The MRO instructs a storage facility to ship a particular
item to a customer. The MRO identifies the item’s stock number, unit and quantity of issue,
where to ship the item, priority, and other information required to process the transaction.
Materiel Handling Equipment (MHE) - Mechanical devices for handling of supplies and
equipment with greater ease and economy.
Mechanized Export Traffic System (METS) - METS is the MTMC Area Command’s
unclassified system for managing ocean cargo clearance authority functions for booking
cargo on MSC or commercial ships. METS provides schedules for unit arrival at ports, issues
port calls to he units, and also provides information concerning bookings of containerized
and break bulk cargo on scheduled voyages.
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) - A document which, if meeting the other
criteria, can be, in law, a contract. Generally, in the world of commerce or international
negotiations, a MOU is considered to be a preliminary document; not a comprehensive
agreement between two parties but rather an interim or partial agreement on some
elements, in some cases a mere agreement in principle, on which there has been accord.
Most MOU's imply that something more is eventually expected.
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Military Load Classification (MLC) - A standard system in which a route, bridge or raft is
assigned class number(s) representing the load it can carry; vehicles are also assigned class
number(s) indicating the minimum class of route, bridge or raft they are authorized to used.
Military Objective - A derived set of military actions to be taken to implement National
Command Authorities guidance in support of national objectives. A military objective
defines the results to be achieved by the military and assign tasks to commanders.
Military Sealift Command (MSC) - A major command of the US Navy, and the US
Transportation Command’s component command responsible for designated common-user
sealift transportation services to deploy, employ, sustain, and redeploy US forces on a
global basis.
Military Shipping Label (MSL) - This document is used as an address label for military
shipments.
Military Strategy - The art and science of employing the armed forces of a nation to
secure the objectives of national policy by the application of force or the threat of force.
Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC) - A major command of the U.S. Army
and USTRANSCOM’s component command responsible for designated CONUS land
transportation, common-user water terminals, and traffic management for global movement
by the Services.
Military-Owned Demountable Container (MILVAN) - A military-owned demountable
container that conforms to U.S. and international standards and operates in a centrally
controlled fleet for movement of military cargo.
Mission, Enemy, Terrain and Weather, Troops and Support Available, Time
Available, and Civil Considerations (METT-TC) - The phrase or acronym used to
describe the factors that must be considered during the planning or execution of a tactical
operation.
Mobile Subscriber Equipment (MSE) - MSE is a fully automated area communications
system. It ensures that mobile and static subscribers, regardless of location, can
communicate via a nodal system throughout the battlefield. MSE is the communications
network for corps and divisions. MSE is a SECRET high network. All equipment attached to
the network is classified SECRET. All personnel operating on the network must have a
SECRET security clearance. MSE is designed to meet the requirements of a five division
corps for a secure area switched system capable of supporting dispersed command posts.
Using MSE, finance units have the ability to communicate with supported units, supporting
units, deployed finance detachment and finance support teams, and other finance units.
Mobility - A quality or capability of military forces which permits them to move from place
to place while retaining the ability to fulfill their primary mission.
Mobilization - The act of assembling and organizing national resources to support national
objectives in time of war or other emergencies.
Mobilization Station (MS) - The designated military installation to which a Reserve
Component unit or individual mobilizes or moves upon mobilization for further processing,
training, and movement.
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Movement Control - 1. The planning, routing, scheduling, and control of personnel and
cargo movements over lines of communications. 2. An organization responsible for the
planning, routing, scheduling, and control of personnel and cargo movements over lines of
communications.
Movement Control Battalion (MCB) - The Movement Control Battalions command,
control, and supervise MCTs. Movement control battalions control the movement of all
personnel, units, and materiel in the theater. They provide movements management,
highway regulation, and coordination as required, for personnel and materiel movements
into, within, and out of the theater of operations. They ensure timely responsiveness and
maximum use of available transport capability.
Movement Control Cell - The collocation of the DTO, its MCT, and the MCO.
Movement Control Officer (MCO) - The MCO is the movement manager within the
division. The MCO controls the employment of the division's motor transport assets, and is
the link between the division transportation mode operators and the division users of
transportation. MCO support to units includes committing divisional truck assets to assist
the unit during predeployment or movement to POE activities.
Movement Control Team (MCT) - There are two types of MCTs; area MCTs and port
MCTs.
Area MCTs perform movement control functions for movement of units, cargo, and
personnel (except bulk POL by pipeline) within an assigned geographic area. Area MCTs
validate transportation requirements, coordinate transportation support, highway clearance
and inbound clearance for moving units, personnel, and cargo. They coordinate
transportation movements, diversions, reconsignments, and transfers of units, cargo and
personnel. Area MCTs provide technical expertise to transportation users within its assigned
geographic area of responsibility. They provide intransit visibility of unit equipment and
sustainment cargo movements in a corps or theater of operations area. Area MCTs
coordinate with mode units for transportation of personnel and materiel. Area MCTs train
and assist transportation users with transportation and discrepancies reporting
documentation procedures.
Port MCTs expedite, coordinate, and supervise, transportation support of units, cargo, and
personnel into, through, and out of air or water ports (except bulk POL by pipeline). This
team provides movement control functions at airport of debarkation or seaport of
debarkation and small army operated air and sea terminals. It expedites throughput of
cargo through the transportation system. The port MCT expedites the port clearance of
cargo and personnel arriving or departing by air or sea. It provides technical expertise to
transportation users transiting the port area. In conjunction with the port commander, the
port MCT coordinates transportation support and highway clearance for forward movement.
It provides intransit visibility of units, cargo, and personnel transiting an air or seaport. The
port MCT coordinates with supporting mode units for transportation of personnel and
materiel. It trains and assists transportation users with transportation and discrepancy
reporting documentation procedures.
Movement Credit - The allocation granted to one or more vehicles in order to move over a
controlled route in a fixed time according to movement instructions.
Movement Plan (MOVEPLAN) - In amphibious operations, the naval plan providing for
the movement of the amphibious task force to the objective area. It includes information
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and instructions concerning departure of ships from loading points, the passage at sea, and
the approach to and arrival in assigned positions in the objective area.
Movement Regulating Team (MRT) - The MRT operates at critical terminals and at
critical highway points. This team helps with the diversion of cargo and by troubleshooting
movement control problems.
Movement Requirement - A stated movement mode and time-phased need for the
transport of units, personnel, and/or materiel from a specified origin to a specified
destination.
Movement Table - A table giving detailed instructions or data for a move. When
necessary it will be qualified by the words road, rail, sea, air, etc., to signify the type of
movement. Normally issued as an annex to a movement order or instruction.
Movement Tracking System (MTS) - MTS is a satellite-based tracking/communication
system consisting of a mobile unit mounted in the vehicle and a base unit
controlled/monitored by movement control and mode operators. The MTS includes a global
positioning system capability, a capability to send messages between base and mobile units,
and a capability to locate/track a vehicle position on a map background using personal
computer-based software.
Movement Tracking System-Control Station (MTS-CS) - MTS-CS is a base unit station
for MTS that is controlled and monitored by movement control operators
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National Inventory Control Point (NICP) - The NICP is the Army organization
responsible for wholesale inventory management of assigned items, either for the
Department of the Army (DA) only or Department of Defense (DOD) as a whole. These
activities are within the Army Materiel Command (AMC) with its subordinate commands of
the Materiel Readiness Command (MRC), Operations Support Command (OSC), the U.S.
Army Communication Security Logistics Activities (COMSECLOG), and the U.S. Army
Electronic Material Readiness Activity (EMRA).
National Security - A collective term encompassing both national defense and foreign
relations of the United States. Specifically, the condition provided by: a. a military or
defense advantage over any foreign nation or group of nations; b. a favorable foreign
relations position; or c. a defense posture capable of successfully resisting hostile or
destructive action from within or without, overt or covert.
National Stock Number (NSN) - The 13-digit stock number replacing the 11-digit Federal
Stock Number. It consists of the 4-digit Federal Supply Classification code and the 9-digit
National Item Identification Number. The National Item Identification Number consists of a
2-digit National Codification Bureau number designating the central cataloging office of the
NATO or other friendly country which assigned the number and a 7-digit (xxxxxxx)
nonsignificant number.
Net Control Station (NCS) - A radio station that performs net control functions, such as
controlling traffic and enforcing operational discipline.
Node - A location in a mobility system where a movement requirement is originated,
processed for onward movement, or terminated.
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Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) - NEOs are conducted to assist the USA
Department of State in evacuating noncombatants, nonessential military personnel, selected
host-nation citizens, and third country nationals whose lives are in danger from locations in
a host foreign nation to an appropriate safe haven. They usually involve a swift insertion of
a force, temporary occupation of an objective (e.g., a USA Embassy), and a planned
withdrawal after mission completion. NEOs are usually planned and operated by a JTF and
conducted under an Ambassador's authority.
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Ocean Cargo Clearance Authority (OCCA) - The MTMC activity which books DOD
sponsored cargo and passengers for surface movement, performs related contract
administration, and accomplishes export/import surface traffic management functions for
DOD cargo moving within the DTS.
Onward Movement - Moving from the staging area to the TAA.
Open Route - A route not subject to traffic or movement control restrictions.
Operating Tempo (OPTEMPO) - The annual operating miles or hours for the major
equipment system in a battalion-level or equivalent organization. OPTEMPO is used by
commanders to forecast and allocate funds for fuel and repair parts for training events and
programs.
Operation - 1. A military action or the carrying out of a strategic, operational, tactical,
service, training, or administrative military mission.
2. The process of carrying on combat,
including movement, supply and maintenance, medical, services, attack, defense, and
maneuvers needed to gain the objectives of any battle or campaign
Operation Order (OPORD) - A directive issued by a commander to subordinate
commanders for the purpose of coordinating the execution of an operation.
Operation Plan (OPLAN) — Any plan for the conduct of military operations. Plans are
prepared by combatant commanders in response to requirements established by the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and by commanders of subordinate commands in
response to requirements tasked by the establishing unified commander. Operation plans
are prepared in either a complete format (OPLAN) or as a concept plan (CONPLAN).
Operational Control - Command authority that may be exercised by commanders at any
echelon at or below the level of combatant command. Operational control is inherent in
combatant command (command authority) and may be delegated within the command.
When forces are transferred between combatant commands, the command relationship the
gaining commander will exercise (and the losing commander will relinquish) over these
forces must be specified by the Secretary of Defense. Operational control is the authority to
perform those functions of command over subordinate forces involving organizing and
employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving
authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the mission. Operational control includes
authoritative direction over all aspects of military operations and joint training necessary to
accomplish missions assigned to the command. Operational control should be exercised
through the commanders of subordinate organizations. Normally this authority is exercised
through subordinate joint force commanders and Service and/or functional component
commanders. Operational control normally provides full authority to organize commands
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and forces and to employ those forces as the commander in operational control considers
necessary to accomplish assigned missions; it does not, in and of itself, include authoritative
direction for logistics or matters of administration, discipline, internal organization, or unit
training.
Operational Level Of War - The level of war at which campaigns and major operations are
planned, conducted, and sustained to accomplish strategic objectives within theaters or
other operational areas. Activities at this level link tactics and strategy by establishing
operational objectives needed to accomplish the strategic objectives, sequencing events to
achieve the operational objectives, initiating actions, and applying resources to bring about
and sustain these events. These activities imply a broader dimension of time or space than
do tactics; they ensure the logistic and administrative support of tactical forces, and provide
the means by which tactical successes are exploited to achieve strategic objectives.
Operational Procedures - The detailed methods by which headquarters and units carry
out their operational tasks.
Operational Readiness - The capability of a unit/formation, ship, weapon system, or
equipment to perform the missions or functions for which it is organized or designed. May
be used in a general sense or to express a level or degree of readiness.
Operational Requirement - An established need justifying the timely allocation of
resources to achieve a capability to accomplish approved military objectives, missions, or
tasks.
Operations Security (OPSEC) - Actions taken to protect information concerning planned,
ongoing, and completed operations from unauthorized disclosure. It includes all actions a
command takes to deny the enemy information about friendly units and their operations.
Opportune Lift - That portion of lift capability available for use after planned requirements
have been met.
Optical Memory Card (OMC) - The OMC uses the optical technology popularized by audio
compact disks (CDs) and audio visual CDROM (read only) products. Although users of those
products can write-once/read many (WORM) times, the OMC differs in that information is
written to the card in increments rather than at one time. An OMC can have data written to
it in a sequential order on many occasions until all available memory has been used. The
OMC technology works on the principle of reflectivity. Users write data on the card with a
narrowly focused, high intensity light beam (e.g., a laser) which puts "pits" in the cards
surface. A low power light beam is used to read the "pits" created during the writing
process. Optical technology products have similar functions in conveying data; the OMC's
primary distinguishing characteristic is form. Because an OMC is similar in size to a credit
card, a person can carry it easily in a pocket or wallet.
Organic - Assigned to and forming an essential part of a military organization. Organic
parts of a unit are those listed in its table of organization for the Army, Air Force, and
Marine Corps, and are assigned to the administrative organizations of the operating forces
for the Navy.
Organizational Clothing & Individual Equipment (OCIE) - A force multiplier which
supports the soldier system and enhances soldier survivability, performance and comfort.
Organizational Equipment List (OEL) - An OEL is a computerized listing (in printed and
data file formats) of on-hand equipment, personnel and supplies in a unit. The OEL
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supports cargo manifesting for movements and provides input to transportation managers
to identify movement requirements.
Outside the Continental United States (OCONUS) - Any location beyond the limits of
the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia.
(Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico,
and U.S. territories and possessions are OCONUS).
Overlay - A printing or drawing on a transparent or semi-transparent medium at the same
scale as a map, chart, etc., to show details not appearing on the map.
P
Passenger Reservation and Manifest System (PRAMS) - Used by Passenger
Reservation Centers and Passenger Reservation sites to schedule international air travel on
Organic AMC aircraft or commercial aircraft under contract to AMC.
Petroleum, Oil, and Lubricants (POL) - A broad term which includes all petroleum and
associated products used by the Armed Forces.
Pickup Zone (PZ) - A geographic area used to pick up troops or equipment by helicopter.
Pipeline - 1. The channel of support or a specific portion thereof by means of which
materiel or personnel flow from sources of procurement to their point of use.
2. A line of
pipe with pumps, valves, and control devices for conveying liquids, gases, or finely divided
solids.
3. A direct channel for information.
Plans, Programs, and Operations (PP&O) - The PP&O section of the movement control
battalion is responsible for surface, logistics air, rail, barge movements, and container
management. If assigned, the Air Mobility Command liaison officer will operate in this
section. This section coordinates support and maintains the status of transportation
activities throughout the corps.
Point Of Entry - An area where strategic maneuver assets discharge units. Place where
units make final preparations (pre-combat checks and inspections) prior to moving to the
line of departure.
Port Complex - A port complex comprises one or more port areas of varying importance
whose activities are geographically linked either because these areas are dependent on a
common inland transport system or because they constitute a common initial destination for
convoys.
Port of Debarkation (POD) - The geographic point at which cargo or personnel are
discharged. It may be a seaport or aerial port of debarkation. For unit requirements, it
may or may not coincide with the destination.
Port of Embarkation (POE) - The geographic point in a routing scheme from which cargo
or personnel depart. May be a seaport or aerial port from which personnel and equipment
flow to port of debarkation. For unit and nonunit requirements, it may or may not coincide
with the origin.
Port Support Activity (PSA) - A flexible support organization composed of assets from a
designated installation which ensures the equipment of the deploying units is ready to load.
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The PSA operates unique equipment in conjunction with ship loading operations. The PSA is
operationally controlled by the military port commander or TTB commander.
Portable Data File (PDF) - The PDF is also known as a 2D (two-dimensional) bar code,
this is a high density, non- linear symbology that reminds you of a crossword puzzle. But
the difference between the PDF and the other bar codes is that it is really a portable data
file (PDF) as opposed to simply being a reference number.
Power Projection - The ability of a nation to apply all or some of its elements of national
power - political, economic, informational, or military - to rapidly and effectively deploy and
sustain forces in and from multiple dispersed locations to respond to crises, to contribute to
deterrence, and to enhance regional stability.
Preposition - To place military units, equipment, or supplies at or near the point of planned
use or at a designated location to reduce reaction time, and to ensure timely support of a
specific force during initial phases of an operation.
Prepositioned Material Site - Location of strategically located unit configured stocks.
Priority Designator (PD) - The PD is a 2-position numeric code (01-15) that identifies the
relative priority of the competing requisitions. The PD is used by the materiel management
systems to allocate available stocks among competing requisitions. The PD is based on the
combination of the FAD assigned to the requisitioning activity and the Urgency of Need
Designator (UND).
Prohibited Route - The route is closed and no unit or traffic may use the route. A route
may be prohibited due to washouts, destroyed bridges, maintenance, or construction work.
It may be prohibited for only short periods, such as the time necessary to do repairs.
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Radio Frequency (RF) - Radio frequency (RF) refers to electromagnetic waves that have a
wavelength suited for use in radio communication.
Radio Frequency Data Communication (RFDC) - Radio frequency data communications
replaces the wire between a computer terminal and the host computer. Information that
would normally be transmitted on a wire is transmitted via radio waves instead. Anything
you could do with a wire-linked CRT can be done with radio waves instead
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) - Systems that read or write data to RF tags that
are present in a radio frequency field projected from RF reading/writing equipment. Data
may be contained in one or more bits for the purpose of providing identification and other
information relevant to the object to which the tag is attached. It incorporates the use of
electromagnetic or electrostatic coupling in the radio frequency portion of the spectrum to
communicate to or from a tag through a variety of modulation and encodation schemes.
Rail Movement Management Team (RMMT) - The RMMTs are responsible for the control
of US forces cargo and passengers moving.
Reception - The process of receiving, offloading, marshalling, and transporting of
personnel, equipment, and materiel from the strategic and/or intratheater deployment
phase to a sea, air, or surface transportation point of debarkation to the marshalling area.
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Reception, Staging, Onward Movement, and Integration (RSO&I) - RSO&I is a phase
of Force Projection occurring in the operational area. It is the essential processes that
transition arriving personnel and materiel into forces capable of meeting operational
requirements. Its principal value is that it speeds the assembly of combat power.
Reconnaissance - A mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other detection
methods, information about the activities and resources of an enemy or potential enemy, or
to secure data concerning the meteorological, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of
a particular area.
Redeployment - The transfer of a unit, an individual, or supplies from one area to another
area, to another location within the area, or to the zone of interior for the purpose of further
employment.
Refuel On The Move (ROM) - ROM operations are driven by the mission, enemy, terrain,
troops, and time. This concept is equipment independent and can be employed anywhere
on the battlefield where there is a need to rapidly refuel combat vehicles. The ROM kit
consists of enough hoses, valves, and fittings to refuel up to eight combat vehicles at the
same time.
Release Point (RP) - A well-defined point on a route at which the elements composing a
column return under the authority of their respective commanders, each one of these
elements continuing its movement towards its own appropriate destination.
Remote Global Air Transportation Execution System (RGATES) - RGATES is an aerial
port system that combines and integrates command and control operations, passenger
operations, and cargo movement processes remotely. It assists handling cargo manifested
for air shipment, cargo at aerial ports awaiting air shipment, and cargo departed from aerial
ports via air or ground transportation. RGATES (1) process and track cargo and passenger
information; (2) support management of resources; (3) provide logistical support
information; (4) support scheduling and forecasting; (5) provide tracking and tracing of
aerial port assets (including personnel, vehicles, equipment, and supplies); (6) support
processing service/agency short-term cargo requirements and long-term passenger and
cargo requirements; (7) support channel mission management; (8) manage tariff data
regarding baggage, passenger, and pet fares; (9) manage passenger reservations; and (10)
provide reports/transportation status for AMC and AMC customers.
Remote Local Area Network (RLAN) - Allows a user to access their office LAN from a
remote location via, in this case, DSL. A User can use all systems, databases, and software
as if they are in their office.
Required Delivery Date (RDD) - The date that a force or materiel must arrive at the
destination and be ready for employment.
Requirement - An established need justifying the timely allocation of resources to achieve
a capability to accomplish approved military objectives, missions, or tasks.
Reserve Component (RC) - The Reserve Components of the Armed Forces of the United
States are the Army National Guard, Army Reserve, Naval Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve,
Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve, and the Coast Guard Reserve. Each component has
three reserve categories: The Ready Reserve, the Standby Reserve, and the Retired
Reserve.
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Reserved Route - In road traffic, a specific route allocated exclusively to an authority or
formation.
Retrograde Cargo - Cargo evacuated from a theater.
Retrograde Operations - Any movement of a command to the rear, or away from the
enemy. It may be forced by the enemy or may be made voluntarily. Such movements may
be classified as withdrawal, retirement, or delaying action.
Road Network - The system of roads available within a particular locality or area.
Road Space - The length of roadway allocated to and/or actually occupied by a column on
a route, expressed in miles or kilometers.
Route - The prescribed course to be traveled from a specific point of origin to a specific
destination.
Route Capacity - 1. The maximum traffic flow of vehicles in one direction at the most
restricted point on the route.
2. The maximum number of metric tons which can be moved
in one direction over a particular route in one hour. It is the product of the maximum traffic
flow and the average payload of the vehicles using the route.
Route Schedule - This schedule is a flexible scheduling method. It apportions blocks of
time on MSRs to units, types of movements, phases of the operation, or for route
maintenance. A route schedule may be used for supervised, dispatch, or reserved routes.
Routing - The routing function is the process of coordinating and directing movements on
MSR or alternate supply route (ASR), and regulating movement on LOCs to prevent conflict
and congestion.
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Satellite Communications (SATCOM) - SATCOM has dramatically changed when, where
and how the world communicates. SATCOM provides rapid, accurate communications
almost anywhere in the world, linking ground and airborne users via space-based satellites.
This capability is being demonstrated in oceanic airspace for controller-pilot communications
and aircraft-position reporting. SATCOM will also be used by the U.S. to broadcast data to
augment the integrity and accuracy of GPS in the GPS Wide Area Augmentation System
(WAAS).
Scheduling - The process of coordinating times for road and highway movements. It
involves receiving and managing movement requests, and issuing clearances. Scheduling is
essential to the application of the principles of routing
Schematics - Used to assist movement planners when balancing requirements and
capabilities. Their purpose is to graphically portray total shipping requirements and
available transportation capabilities as they relate to the distribution plan. Planners use two
types of schematics (requirements and mode).
Seaport of Debarkation (SPOD) - A sea port within the theater of operations where the
strategic transportation of forces and material is completed.
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Seaport of Embarkation (SPOE) - An authorized point of departure from a foreign
country or the United States located at a water port.
Segment -Segments refer to the personnel and cargo being move from the origin to the
destination.
Separation - This technique allocates road space for movements to ensure that
movements do not conflict. The goal of separation is to prevent congestion on regulated
routes.
Serials -A subdivision of the march column. It consists of elements of a march column
(convoy) moving from one area over the same route at the same time. All the elements
move to the same area and are grouped under a serial commander. The serial commander
is directly responsible to the convoy commander. A serial may be divided into two or more
march units.
Shortfall - The lack of forces, equipment, personnel, materiel, or capability, reflected as
the difference between the resources identified as a plan requirement and those
apportioned to a combatant commander for planning, that would adversely affect the
command's ability to accomplish its mission.
Situation Map - A map showing the tactical or the administrative situation at a particular
time.
Soldier Readiness Processing (SRP) - The program established to ensure that all
soldiers are maintained administratively ready for deployment at all times.
Special Assignment Airlift Mission (SAAM) - SAAM is defined as airlift requirements for
special pickup or delivery by AF Air Mobility Command at points other than established
routes, and which require special consideration because of the number of passengers
involved, the weight or size of the cargo, the urgency or sensitivity of movement, or other
special factors.
Special Forces - US Army forces organized, trained, and equipped specifically to conduct
special operations. Special forces have five primary missions: unconventional warfare,
foreign internal defense, direct action, special reconnaissance, and counterterrorism.
Counterterrorism is a special mission for specially organized, trained, and equipped special
forces units designated in theater contingency plans.
Staging - Assembling, holding, and organizing arriving personnel, equipment, and
sustaining materiel in preparation for onward movement. The organizing and preparation
for movement of personnel, equipment, and materiel at designated areas to incrementally
build forces capable of meeting the operational commander's requirements.
Staging Area - A general locality established for the concentration of troop units and
transient personnel between movements over the lines of communications.
Standard Army Ammunition System - Modernized (SAAS-MOD) - SAAS-MOD
integrates all retail munitions supply functions and processes. It is used at three levels:
corps and theater MMCs, ammunition supply points (ASPs), and the division ammunition
office (DAO). The primary purpose of SAAS-MOD is to provide conventional ammunition
assets to tactical commanders during wartime conditions. SAAS-MOD manages all
conventional ammunition, guided missile large rockets (GMLRs) and their related
components, and packaging materiel. The system uses desktop-type computers and
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associated AIT to accomplish these tasks. It provides in-transit visibility and stock record
accounting for ammunition at the retail level. SAAS-MOD can interface with the following
systems: SAAS, Commodity Command Standard System (CCSS), Worldwide Ammunition
Reporting System (WARS), Standard Property Book System-Redesign (SPBS-R),
Department of the Army Movement Management System-Revised (DAMMS-R), ULL-S4, and
CSSCS.
Standard Army Retail Supply System (SARSS) - SARSS is the primary automation
system used in Army DS/GS supply units. It processes customer requests from ULLS,
SAMS, and SPBS-R. SARSS maintains stock record balances and reports them to the higher
echelon SARSS. SARSS provides requisition status (estimated order-ship date, back
ordered items, etc.) feedback to its supported ULLS. SARSS functions are financial
management, asset visibility, fedistribution/referral, accountable records, materiel release
control system.
Standard Delivery Date (SDD) - A SDD is the maximum ending calendar date by which
normal processing and shipping in the logistics system will permit receipt and reordering of
the materiel by the consignee.
Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) - A set of instructions covering those features of
operations which lend themselves to a definite or standardized procedure without loss of
effectiveness. The procedure is applicable unless ordered otherwise.
Standard Property Book System - Redesigned (SPBS-R) - SPBS-R is an interactive,
on-line property accountability and reporting system operated by the PBO. The system can
be located at separate company, battalion, brigade, or division level.
Standard Theater Army Command and Control System (STACCS) - STACCS provides
replicated databases with common situation maps, communications, man-made interfaces,
briefing systems, and commercial off-the-shelf software to theater commands and major
subordinate commands. It is interconnected with strategic (Army Worldwide Military
Command and Control Information System [AWIS]) and tactical communications (multi-
purpose communications and signaling [MCS]).
Standardization Agreements (STANAG) - The record of an agreement among several or
all the NATO member nations to adopt like or similar military equipment, ammunition,
supplies and store; and operational, logistic, and administrative procedures.
Start Point (SP) - The SP is where all elements of a column come under the control of the
convoy commander. The SP must be a place along the route easily recognized on both
maps and ground.
Stowage Plan - A completed stowage diagram showing what materiel has been loaded and
its stowage location in each hold, between-deck compartment, or other space in a ship,
including deck space. Each port of discharge is indicated by colors or other appropriate
means. Deck and between-deck cargo normally is shown in perspective, while cargo stowed
in the lower hold is shown in profile, except that vehicles usually are shown in perspective
regardless of stowage.
Strategic Airlift - The common-user airlift linking theaters to the continental United States
(CONUS) and to other theaters as well as the airlift within CONUS. These airlift assets are
assigned to the Commander in Chief, United States Transportation Command. Due to the
intertheater ranges usually involved, strategic airlift is normally comprised of the heavy,
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longer range, intercontinental airlift assets, but may be augmented with shorter-range
aircraft when required.
Strategic Level Of War -1. The level of war at which a nation, often as a member of a
group of nations, determines national or multinational (alliance or coalition) security
objectives and guidance, and develops and uses national resources to accomplish these
objectives. Activities at this level establish national and multinational military objectives;
sequence initiatives; define limits and assess risks for the use of military and other
instruments of national power; develop global plans or theater war plans to achieve these
objectives; and provide military forces and other capabilities in accordance with strategic
plans.
2. In terms of movement, it includes predeployment activities, movement to the port
of embarkation (POE), and strategic lift. Strategic deployment ends at the port of
debarkation (POD). The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), in
coordination with the supporting and supported commanders and the services, executes the
mission of movement control for first three phases of deployment.
Strategic Mobility - The capability to deploy and sustain military forces worldwide in
support of national strategy.
Strategic Planning - Strategic planning is planning for the overall conduct of a war.
Strategic Sealift - The afloat pre-positioning and ocean movement of military materiel in
support of US and multinational forces. Sealift forces include organic and commercially
acquired shipping and shipping services, including chartered foreign-flag vessels and
associated shipping services.
Supervised Route - In road traffic, a roadway over which limited control is exercised by
means of traffic control posts, traffic patrols, or both. Movement convoy clearances and
special hauling permits are required for its use by a column of vehicles or a vehicle of
exceptional size or weight.
Supply Point - A location where supplies, services, and materiels are located and issued.
These locations are temporary and mobile, normally being occupied for up to 72 hours.
Supply Support Activity (SSA) - A generic term that denotes a Direct or General Support
unit or organization that provides supply support to customer units or organizations. An
SSA processes requisitions and turn-in documentation of supplies and equipment, and
stores and issues supplies and equipment.
Support Operations Officer (SOO) - The SOO plans, directs, and advises on external
logistics support provided by subordinate units, develops support estimates, establishes the
LOC, and serves as the initial point of coordination for problem resolution between
supported and supporting units.
Supported Commander - 1. The commander having primary responsibility for all aspects
of a task assigned by the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan or other joint operation planning
authority. In the context of joint operation planning, this term refers to the commander
who prepares operation plans or operation orders in response to requirements of the
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
2. In the context of a support command relationship,
the commander who receives assistance from another commander’s force or capabilities,
and who is responsible for ensuring that the supporting commander understands the
assistance required.
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Supporting Commander - 1. A commander who provides augmentation forces or other
support to a supported commander or who develops a supporting plan. Includes the
designated combatant commands and Defense agencies as appropriate. 2. In the context
of a support command relationship, the commander who aids, protects, complements, or
sustains another commander's force, and who is responsible for providing the assistance
required by the supported commander.
Sustainment - The provision of personnel, logistic, and other support required to maintain
and prolong operations or combat until successful accomplishment or revision of the mission
or of the national objective.
Synchronization - The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to
produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time. In the intelligence
context, application of intelligence sources and methods in concert with the operation plan.
T
Table of Organization and Equipment (TO&E) - Prescribes the doctrinal organization,
personnel and equipment required for a particular type of a unit. Fielded units operate in
terms of a modification Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE). MTOEs form the "go-
to-war" units of the Army, whether those units are direct combat (infantry, armor, artillery),
CS (engineer, signal, military police) or CSS (quartermaster, maintenance, medical) units.
Tactical Air Liaison Officer (TALO) - An Air Force officer who works at the division or
higher rear command post G4 section and facilitates the coordination of cargo aircraft. He
maintains information on runway availability, cargo handling capability, and the location of
brigade medical treatment facilities and landing areas.
Tactical Assembly Area (TAA) - An area that is generally out of the reach of light
artillery and the location where units make final preparations (pre-combat checks and
inspections) and rest, prior to moving to the line of departure.
Tactical Level Of War - The level of war at which battles and engagements are planned
and executed to accomplish military objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces.
Activities at this level focus on the ordered arrangement and maneuver of combat elements
in relation to each other and to the enemy to achieve combat objectives.
TPS - The Tactical Personnel System (TPSv2.1) is an automated tactical personnel strength
accountability system. TPS provides a deployed personnel database for in-theater usage.
Tanker Airlift Control Element (TALCE) - A mobile command and control organization
deployed to support strategic and theater air mobility operations at fixed, en route, and
deployed locations.
Tasking Authority - Authority to assign a specific unit to do a specific mission.
Terminal Operations - Air and sea terminals provide reception, processing, and staging of
passengers; the receipt, transit, storage, and marshalling of cargo; the loading and
unloading of ships or aircraft; and the manifesting and forwarding of cargo and passengers
to destination. Intermodal terminals segregate and ship cargo to satellite SSAs and other
nodes in the theater distribution network. Modes are changed at intermodal terminals.
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Theater - The geographical area outside the continental United States for which a
commander of a combatant command has been assigned responsibility.
Theater Force-Opening Package (TFOP) - The TFOP is modular unit of personnel and
equipment. It allows sending to a theater only those capabilities needed for a particular
mission, typically including transportation, supply, contracting, legal, finance, property
book, resource management, engineer, and medical modules.
Theater Of Operations - A subarea within a theater of war defined by the geographic
combatant commander required to conduct or support specific combat operations. Different
theaters of operations within the same theater of war will normally be geographically
separate and focused on different enemy forces. Theaters of operations are usually of
significant size, allowing for operations over extended periods of time.
Theater Support Command (TSC) - The TSC is a multifunctional support headquarters
that works at the operational level with links to strategic and tactical level support
organizations and agencies.
Theater-Opening Force Module (TOFM) - The initial-entry command and control element
for RSOI.
Time Phased Force Deployment Data (TPFDD) - The Joint Operation Planning and
Execution System database portion of an operation plan; it contains time-phased force data,
non-unit-related cargo and personnel data, and movement data for the operation plan,
including the following: a. In-place units; b. Units to be deployed to support the operation
plan with a priority indicating the desired sequence for their arrival at the port of
debarkation; c. Routing of forces to be deployed; d. Movement data associated with
deploying forces; e. Estimates of non-unit-related cargo and personnel movements to be
conducted concurrently with the deployment of forces; and f. Estimate of transportation
requirements that must be fulfilled by common-user lift resources as well as those
requirements that can be fulfilled by assigned or attached transportation resources.
Total Asset Visibility (TAV) - The capability for both operational and logistics managers
to obtain and act on information on the location, quantity, condition, movement, and status
of assets throughout DOD's logistics system. Total asset visibility includes all levels and all
secondary items, both consumable and reparable.
Traffic Density - The average number of vehicles that occupy one mile or one kilometer of
road space, expressed in vehicles per mile or per kilometer.
Traffic Flow - The total number of vehicles passing a given point in a given time. Traffic
flow is expressed as vehicles per hour.
Traffic Management Office (TMO) - The TMO process timely and efficient movement of
personnel and their personal property. Expedite movement of mission critical parts and
process routine cargo.
Trailer Transfer Point (TTP) - A location where trailers are transferred from one carrier to
another while en route.
Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) - The TRANSCOM commands and controls all
transportation functions within the theater of operations. The TRANSCOM retains command
and control for all transportation units supporting the ASCC.
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Transportation Command Element (TCE) - To command, control and provide technical
supervision of assigned/attached units supporting a contingency operation with all modes of
transportation, terminal operations, movement control and related services including
maintenance for rail and army watercraft. When directed by the TRANSCOM, attaches to
the TSC and serves as the TSC’s executive agent for tactical transportation operations.
Transportation Component Command (TCC) - The three component commands of
United States Transportation Command: Air Force Air Mobility Command, Navy Military
Sealift Command, and Army Military Traffic Management Command. Each transportation
component command 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.
Transportation Control & Movement Document (TCMD) - A TCMD is a multipurpose
document designed to identify the material in a shipment and provide needed transportation
data. It takes the place of airbills, Navy cargo documents, and material routing sheets. It
is used to obtain clearance and provide advance notice to intermediate transshipment points
that a shipment is to be expected, and it provides the information needed to trace a
shipment.
Transportation Control Number (TCN) - A 17-position alphanumeric character set
assigned to control a shipment throughout the transportation cycle of the Defense
Transportation System.
Transportation Coordinators' Automated Information for Movements System II
(TC-AIMS II) - TC-AIMS II is the single DOD system supporting all unit and installation
deployments, redeployments, and retrograde operational requirements. It provides support
during all stages of force projection operations. The TC-AIMS II system corrects the joint
problem of each DOD component having a non-integrated "stovepipe" transportation
system. The TC-AIMS II design incorporates the best parts of each Service’s transportation
system and maintains the unique needs of each Service to create a joint transportation
system.
Transportation Coordinators-Automated Command and Control Information
System (TC-ACCIS) - TC-ACCIS automates the transportation functions of unit movement
planning, execution, ITO. It provides accurate and timely movement information to the
Army and joint deployment community for the deployment of active and reserve component
units. When TC-AIMS II is fielded, it will replace TC-ACCIS.
Transportation Motor Transport (TMT) - Provides truck transportation for distribution of
supplies and the movement of heavy or outsized vehicles and cargo for the division.
Transportation Movement Release (TMR) - A document that releases a specific
transportation movement.
Transportation Network - The transportation network consists of the complete system of
routes pertaining to all modes of transportation available in the theater.
Transportation Priorities - Indicators that establish cargo movement precedence.
Appropriate priority systems apply to the movement of traffic by sea and air. In times of
emergency, priorities may be applicable to continental United States movements by land,
water, or air.
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Transportation Priority (TP) - The TP establishes the order of handling and the
recommended method of material movement.
Transportation System - All the land, water, and air routes and transportation assets
engaged in the movement of US forces and their supplies across the range of military
operations, involving both mature and immature theaters and at the strategic, operational,
and tactical levels of war.
Tri-Service Tactical (TRITAC) - TRITAC is a tactical command, control, and
communications program. It is a joint service effort to develop and field advanced tactical
and multichannel switched communications equipment The program was conceived to
achieve interoperability between service tactical communications systems, establish
interoperability with strategic communications systems, take advantage of advances in
technology, and eliminate duplication in service aquisitions.
U
Unified Command - A command with a broad continuing mission under a single
commander and composed of significant assigned components of two or more Military
Departments, that is established and so designated by the President through the Secretary
of Defense with the advice and assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Uniform Materiel Movement and Issue Priority System (UMMIPS) - System which
establishes the maximum requisition and materiel movement time standards for all
Department of Defense activities.
Unit Deployment List (UDL) - The UDL shows the equipment, personnel, and supplies
that will actually deploy with the unit. It is a list tailored from the OEL.
Unit Movement Coordinator (UMC) - The UMC is the command technical transportation
movements expert who provides advice to those in both superior and subordinate positions.
Unit Movement Officer (UMO) - The UMO is appointed at the company and battalion
levels and represents the commander in attending to the details of getting the unit ready for
movement and maintaining that readiness when it is achieved.
Unit Ministry Team (UMT) - Plans, provides, and performs religious support operations.
The UMT consists of at least one chaplain and one chaplain assistant.
Unit Movement Team (UMT) - A special staff that plans, manages, and executes support
policies and programs.
US Air Force (USAF) - A temporary adhoc organization created by funding cut backs in
the larger and more responsive ARMY Air Corps.
V
Very High Frequency (VHF) - Electromagnetic frequencies in the range of 30 to 300
megahertz. Used for some television and radio transmission.
W
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Warning Order - 1. A preliminary notice of an order or action which is to follow.
2.
(DOD
only) A crisis action planning directive issued by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
that initiates the development and evaluation of courses of action by a supported
commander and requests that a commander's estimate be submitted. 3. (DOD only) A
planning directive that describes the situation, allocates forces and resources, establishes
command relationships, provides other initial planning guidance, and initiates subordinate
unit mission planning.
Wartime Host Nation Support (WHNS) - WHNS is an umbrella agreement between the
United States and the Republic of Korea. The agreement was designed to help U.S. forces
until supplies and equipment could reach them. The process may be long and drawn out
but once war is declared, the U.S. has supplies waiting for them instead of units waiting for
supplies.
Worldwide Port System (WPS) - WPS is an AIS designed to support the function of cargo
documentation, accountability and management at common user ocean terminals. WPS
supports the operation of common user water terminal worldwide, during peacetime,
wartime, and contingency operations.
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JP 1-01 DOD Dictionary, 12 Apr 2001
JP 3-0 Doctrine for Joint Operations, 10 Sep 2001
JP 3-17 Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Air Mobility Operations, 14 Aug 2002
JP 4-0 Doctrine for Logistics Support of Joint Operations, 6 Apr 2000
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AR 5-9 Area Support Responsibilities, 16 Oct 1998
AR 380-5 DA Information Security Program, 29 Sep 2000
AR 380-40 Policy for Safeguarding and Controlling COMSEC Materiel, 30 June 2000
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FM 3-35.4 Deployment Fort-to-Port, 18 Jun 2002
FM 4-01.011 Unit Movement Operations, October 2002
FM 5-170 Engineer Reconnaissance, 5 May 1998
FM 38-701 Packaging of Materiel: Packing, 1 Dec 1999
FM 55-1/FM 4-01 Transportation Operations, 3 Oct 95/Draft 2002
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FM 55-10 Movement Control, 9 Feb 1999
FM 55-15 Transportation Reference Data, 27 Oct 1997
FM 55-20 Rail Transportation in a Theater of Operations, 1 Jun 2000
FM 55-21 Railway Operating and Safety Rules, 17 Jul 1997
FM 55-30 Army Motor Transport Units and Operations, 27 Jun 1997
FM 55-80 Army Container Operations, 13 Aug 1997
FM 63-4 Combat Service Support Operations, Theater Army Area, 24 Sep 1984
FM 71-100 Division Operations, 28 Aug 1996
FM 100-7 Decisive Force: The Army in Theater Operations, 31 May 1995
FM 100-10 Combat Service Support, 3 Oct 1995
FM 100-17 Mobilization, Deployment, Redeployment, Demobilization, 28 Oct 1992
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TM 38-250 Packaging and Materials Handling: Preparing Hazardous Materials for Military Air Shipment, 11 Dec 2001
TB 55-46-1 Standard Characteristics (Dimensions, Weight, and Cube) for Transportability of Military Vehicles and other
Outsized/Overweight Equipment
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MIL-STD-129 DOD Standard Practices for Marking, June 1997
MIL-HDBK-138A Container Inspection Handbook for Commercial and Military Intermodal Containers, 21 Jun 1993
MTMC Pam 700-9 Logistics Handbook for Mobilization Planning, Apr 1994
MTMCTEA Pam 700-2 Logistics Handbook for Strategic Mobility Planning, 22 Aug 1994
FORSCOM Reg 55-1 Unit Movement Planning, 1 Oct 1997
FORSCOM Reg 55-2 Unit Data Movement Reporting, 31 Oct 1997
TC AIMS II White Paper: An Operational Guide Describing How the Army Will Use the System, 30 Oct 1999
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