automated identification technology
ALE
Army special forces liaison element
ALT
acquisition, life cycle logistics, and technology
AMC
Air Mobility Command
AMDF
Army master data file
AO
area of operations
APOD
aerial port of debarkation
APOE
aerial port of embarkation
APS
Army pre-positioned stocks
AR
Army regulation
ARB
acquisition review board
ARFOR
Army forces
ARSOF
Army special operations forces
ASA FM&C
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and
comptroller
ASC
Army sustainment command
ASCC
Army Service component command
BCCS
battle command common service
BCS3
Battle Command Sustainment Support System
BCT
brigade combat team
BDF
base defense force
C2
command and control
CAC
Casualty Assistance Center
CAISI
combat service support automated information system interface
CBRN
chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear
CBRNE
chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive
CCBN
contingency contracting battalion
CCIR
commander’s critical information requirement
CCT
contingency contracting team
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CENTRIXS
combined enterprise regional information exchange system
C-LAN
coalition-local area network
CMOC
civil-military operations center
COA
course of action
COCOM
combatant command (command authority)
CONUS
continental United States
COP
common operational picture
COR
contracting officer representative
COS
chief of staff
COTS
commercial off-the-shelf
CP
command post
CPOF
command post of the future
CRSP
central receiving and shipping point
CSB
contracting support brigade
CSM
command sergeant-major
CSP
contract support plan
CSSB
combat sustainment support battalion
CSS VSAT
combat service support very small aperture terminal
CTASC
corps/theater automatic data processing service center
CUL
common-user logistics
CULT
common-user land transportation
CWT
customer wait time
C-WAN
coalition-wide area network
DA
Department of the Army
DAFL
directive authority for logistics
DA PAM
Department of the Army pamphlet
DCGS-A
Distributed Common Ground System-Army
DCMA
Defense Contract Management Agency
DCST
Defense Logistics Agency contingency support team
DDC
deployable distribution center
DDOC
deployment and distribution operations center
DESC
Defense Energy Support Center
DFAS
Defense finance and Accounting Service
DLA
Defense Logistics Agency
DMC
distribution management center
DOD
Department of Defense
DODAAC
Department of Defense activity address code
DODI
Department of Defense instruction
DRMS
Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service
DS
direct support
EECP
early entry command post
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EOD
explosive ordnance disposal
EPS
essential personnel services
ESC
expeditionary sustainment command
FBCB2
Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below
FHP
force health protection
FM
field manual
FMC
financial management center
FMI
field manual interim
FMTP
financial management tactical platform
FRAGO
fragmentary order
FSC
forward support company
G-1
assistant chief of staff, personnel
G-2
assistant chief of staff, intelligence
G-3
assistant chief of staff, operations
G-4
assistant chief of staff, logistics
G-5
assistant chief of staff, plans
G-6
assistant chief of staff, network operations
G-8
assistant chief of staff, financial management
GCC
geographic combatant commander
GIG
global information grid
GS
general support
GTN
global transportation network
HAZMAT
hazardous material
HN
host nation
HNS
host nation support
HR
human resources
HRSC
human resource sustainment center
HSS
health service support
IED
improvised explosive device
IG
inspector general
IGO
intergovernmental organization
ILAP
integrated logistics analysis program
IMDC
isolated, missing, detained, or captured
INFOCON
information operations condition
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ISR
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
ITV
in-transit visibility
J-2
intelligence directorate of a joint staff
J-4
logistics directorate of a joint staff
JAGC
Judge Advocate General Corps
JDDE
joint deployment distribution enterprise
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JDDOC
joint deployment distribution operations center
JDPO
joint deployment process owner
JFC
joint force commander
JFLCC
joint force land component commander
JIM
joint, interagency, and multinational
JLSB
joint line of communications security board
JMC
Joint Munitions Command
JNN-N
joint network node-network
JOA
joint operations area
JPO
joint petroleum office
JRSOI
joint reception, staging, onward movement, integration
JSC
joint security coordinator
JSCC
joint security coordination center
JSO
joint security operations
JSOTF
joint special operations task force
JTF
joint task force
JTF-PO
joint task force – port opening
LCMC
life cycle management command
LIDB
logistics integrated data base
LIW
logistics information warehouse
LOC
line of communications
LOGCAP
logistics civilian augmentation program
LOGNET
logistics data network
LOGSA
logistics support activity
LOGSTAT
logistics status report
LPT
logistics preparation of the theater
LSE
logistics support element
LSO
logistics support officer
LWN
landwarnet
MA
mortuary affairs
MC4
medical communication for combat casualty care
MCB
movement control battalion
MCT
movement control team
MDSC
medical deployment support command
MEB
maneuver enhancement brigade
METL
mission-essential task list
METT-TC
mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time
available, civil considerations
MJLC
multinational joint logistics center
MLMC
medical logistics management center
MMT
military mail terminal
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MNF
multinational force
MNFC
multinational force commander
MSC
Military Sealift Command
MSE
mobile subscriber equipment
MSR
main supply route
NAF
nonappropriated funds
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCO
noncommissioned officer
NGO
nongovernmental organization
NICP
national inventory control point
NIIN
national item identification number
NIPRNET
Nonsecure Internet Protocol Router Network
OCONUS
outside the continental United States
ODS
Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield
OEF
Operation Enduring Freedom
OIF
Operation Iraqi Freedom
OP
operational
OPCON
operational control
OPLAN
operation plan
OPORD
operational order
OPSEC
operations security
PAO
public affairs office
PARC
principal assistant responsible for contracting
PASR
personnel accounting and strength reporting
PASS
publish and subscribe services
PBUSE
property book unit supply-enhanced
PIM
personnel information management
PMESII-PT
political, military, economic, social, information, infrastructure, physical
environment, time
PRM
personnel readiness management
PWS
performance work statement
R5
reception, replacement, return to duty, rest and recuperation,
redeployment
RFID
radio frequency identification
RF-ITV
radio frequency-in-transit visibility
RM
resource management
RSOI
reception, staging, onward movement, integration
S-1
personnel staff officer
S-3
operations staff officer
SAAS-MMC
Standard Army Ammunition System–Materiel Management Center
SAAS-MOD
Standard Army Ammunition System–Modernization
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SAPO
sub-area petroleum office
SARSS
Standard Army Retail Supply System
SB (SO) (A)
sustainment brigade (special operations) (airborne)
SCCT
senior contingency contracting team
SCI
sensitive compartmentized information
SC (T)
signal command (theater)
SDDC
Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
SGS
secretary of the general staff
SIMLM
single integrated medical logistics manager
SIPRNET
SECRET Internet Protocol Router Network
SJA
staff judge advocate
SOF
special operations forces
SPM
single port manager
SPO
support operations
SPOD
seaport of debarkation
SPOE
seaport of embarkation
SRC
standard requirements code
SSA
supply support activity
STAMIS
standard Army management information system
TAA
tactical assembly area
TACON
tactical control
TC-AIMS
Transportation Coordinators’ Automated Information for Movement
System
TCF
tactical combat force
TCN
third country national
TJAG
the judge advocate general
TNOSC
theater network operations and security center
TOC
tactical operations center
TOE
table of organization and equipment
TRI-TAC
Tri-Service Tactical Communications Program
TSC
theater sustainment command
TSOC
theater special operations command
TTOE
transportation theater opening element
UAS
unmanned aircraft system
UJTL
universal joint task list
U.S.
United States
USACC
United States Army Contracting Command
USAFINCOM
United States Army Financial Command
USAMC
United States Army Materiel Command
USJFCOM
United States Joint Forces Command
USC
United States Code
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USTRANSCOM
United States Transportation Command
UXO
unexploded explosive ordnance
VTC
video teleconferencing
WARS
worldwide ammunition reporting system
WIN-T
warfighter information network-tactical
WPS
worldwide port system
SECTION II: TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
area of operations
(joint) An operational area defined by the joint force commander for land and maritime forces. Areas of operations do not typically encompass the entire operational area of the joint force commander, but should be large enough for component commanders to accomplish their missions and protect their forces. (JP 3-0)
area support
Method of logistics, combat health support, and human resources support in which direct support relationships in effect are determined by the location of the units requiring support.
Subordinate direct support units provide area support to units located in or passing through their areas of responsibility. (FM 4-0)
ARFOR
The Army Service component headquarters for a joint task force or a joint and multinational force. (FM 3-0)
Army Service component commander
The senior Army commander of an Army Service component command assigned to a
combatant command, who performs Unified Action Armed Forces assigned Service functions for the Army forces within the command, as well as three strategic and operational level roles: establishing linkages, conducting operations, and conducting support operations. The Army Service component commander functions in both the operational and Service chain of command.
base
(joint) 1. A locality from which operations are projected or supported. 2. An area or locality containing installations which provide logistics or other support. (JP 1-02)
base boundary
(joint) A line that delineates the surface area of a base for the purpose of facilitating coordination and deconfliction of operations between adjacent units, formations, or areas.
(JP 3-10)
base cluster
(joint) In base defense operations, a collection of bases, geographically grouped for mutual protection and ease of command and control. (JP 3-10)
base cluster commander
(joint) In base defense operations, a senior base commander designated by the joint force commander responsible for coordinating the defense of bases within the base cluster and for integrating defense plans of bases into a base cluster defense plan. (JP 3-10)
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base cluster operations center
(joint) A command and control facility that serves as the base cluster commander’s focal point for defense and security of the base cluster. (JP 3-10)
base defense
(joint) The local military measures, both normal and emergency, required to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of enemy attacks on, or sabotage of, a base, to ensure that the maximum capacity of its facilities is available to U.S. forces. (JP 1-02)
base defense forces
(joint) Troops assigned or attached to a base for the primary purpose of base defense and security as well as augmentees and selectively armed personnel available to the base commander for base defense from units performing primary missions other than base
defense. (JP 3-10)
base defense operations center
(joint) A command and control facility, with responsibilities similar to a base cluster operations center, established by the base commander to serve as the focal point for base security and defense. It plans, directs, integrates, coordinates, and controls