Glossary/Acronyms
ABS American Bureau of Shipping
AC Active Component
ALO authorized level of organization
ANCOC advanced noncommissioned officers course
AOR Area of Responsibility
APOD aerial port of debarkation
APOE aerial port of embarkation
AR Army Regulation
ARPA Army Research Projects Agency
ASAP Army Streamlined Acquisition Process
AMC Army Materiel Command
ASMP Army Strategic Mobility Program
ATCOM Aviation and Troop Command
AWMAG Army Watercraft Management Action Group
AWMP Army Watercraft Master Plan
AWR Army War Reserve
BC Barge Cargo
BCDK Barge Conversion Deck-Enclosure Kit
BD Barge Derrick
BEAM The extreme width of a ship
BNCOC basic noncommisioned officers course
BOLLARD PULL The maximum pulling power of a ship at a given power rating,
with no way on.
BRDEC Belvoir Research, Development and Evaluation Center
BURU Bottom Up Review Update
C2 Command and Control
CASCOM Combined Arms Support Command
CEN communication, electronic, and navigation
CENTCOM Central Command
CF causeway ferry
CFR Code of Federal Regulations
CINC Commander in Chief
CMF Containerized Maintenance Facility
CPL(P) corporal (promotable)
CO Contingency Operations (Previously known as OOTW)
COLS Container Off Load System
CONUS Continental United States
COSCOM Corps Support Command
CSA Chief of Staff of the Army
CS combat support
CSS combat service support
CY calendar year
DA Department of the Army
DISPLACEMENT The weight of the total amount of water a vessel displaces
when afloat.
DCSLOG Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics
DCSOPS Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
DoD Department of Defense
DoT Department of Transportation
DPG Defense Planning Guidance
DPP dedicated procurement program
DPT duty performance test
DRAFT The depth a vessel sinks to when afloat.
DS Direct Support
EELS Early Entry Lethality and Survivability
EIR Equipment Improvement Report
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
EPP extended planning period
ESP extended service program (previously known as SLEP)
EUL economic useful life
FC floating causeway; floating craft
FLO/FLO float-on/float-off
FM Field Manual
Force XXI America’s Army of the 21st Century
FMS Floating Machine Shop
FORSCOM Forces Command
FSS Fast Sealift Ship
FTX field training exercise
FUE First Unit Equipped
FY Fiscal Year
GMDSS Global Marine Distress Safety System
GPS global positioning system
GS General Support
HLPS heavy lift prepositioned ship
HMCC Harbor Master Communication Center
HSPF High Speed Passenger Ferry
HSPF High Speed Passenger Ferry
HTI Horizontal Technology Insertion
ILO in lien of
IMO International Maritime Organization
IPL Integrated Priority List
IPR in process review
ISO International Standards Organization
IWO Inland Waterway Operation
LACV-30 Lighter Air Cushion Vehicle — 30 Ton
JIPT Joint Integrated Process Team
JLOTS Joint Logistics-Over-the-Shore
JMLS Joint Modular Lighterage System
JOTE Joint Over the Shore Transportation Estimator
JROC Joint Requirements Oversight Council
JWCA Joint Warfighting Capabilities Assessment
KNOT A unit of speed commonly used in navigation and expressed
in nautical miles per hour (1 statute mile = 1.15 nautical miles)
LARC lighter, amphibious resupply cargo
LASH Lighter Aboard Ship
LCM-8 Landing Craft, Mechanized
LCAC Landing Craft, Air Cushion
LCU Landing Craft, Utility
LENGTH OVERALL The distance between the forward and after extremities of
a ship’s hull.
LIN line item number
LMI Logistics Management Institute
LMSR large, medium speed RO/RO
LOC Line of Communication
LO/LO lift-on/lift-off
LOTS Logistics-Over-the-Shore
LPD Landing Platform, Deck
LRC Lesser Regional Conflict
LSC Logistic Services Craft
LSD Landing Ship, Dock
LST Landing Ship, Tank
LSV Logistics Support Vessel
L/T Long Tons (2,240 pounds)
LT Large Tug
M3 Multi-Mission Modules
MC material change
MCS modular causeway system
MD materiel developer
MEDEVAC medical evacuation
MEET mission essential equipment for training
MHE materials handling equipment
MNS mission needs statement
MOS Military Occupational Specialty
MPF Maritime Prepositioned Fleet
MRS Mobility Requirements Study
MSE Marine Standardization Examiner
MSR main supply route
MTE Marine Technical Examination
MTOE Modified Table of Organization and Equipment
MWO Modification Work Order
NDI nondevelopmental item
NG National Guard
NDS National Defense Strategy
NSN national stock number
OCAR Office of the Chief of Army Reserve
OCCM on condition cyclic maintenance
OCOT Office of the Chief of Transportation
OMA Operation and Maintenance Army
OPA Other Procurement, Army
OPR Office of Primary Responsibility
OR Operational Readiness
ORD Operational Requirements Document
PACOM Pacific Command
PAYLOAD The total weight a vessel can carry.
POM Program Objective Memorandum
POMCUS Prepositioning of Materiel Configured to Unit Sets
POL Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants
PREPO Prepositioned
PT Pusher Tug
QDR Quality Deficiency Report
RANGE The distance a vessel can travel with one full load of fuel.
RC Reserve Component
RIB Rapidly Installed Breakwater
RO/RO roll-on/roll-off
R&D Research and Development
RDT&E Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
RFP Request for Proposal
RRDF roll-on/roll-off discharge facility
RSO&I reception, staging, onward movement, and integration
SLWT Side Loadable Warping Tug
SOLAS Safety of Life at Sea
SOW statement of work
SPOD seaport of debarkation
SPOE seaport of embarkation
SS3 Sea State 3
S/T Short Tons (2,000 pounds)
SWA South West Asia
ST Small Tug
TAA Total Army Analysis
TB Technical Bulletin
TBD To Be Determined
TC Transportation Corps
TDA Table of Distribution and Allowances
TDP Technical Drawing Package
TM Technical Manual
TOFM Theater Opening Force Module
TOE table of organization and equipment
TPFDD time phased force deployment data
TRADOC Training and Doctrine Command
TSMO Transportation Systems Management Office
USAR United States Army Reserve
USARC United States Army Reserve Command
WEAR wartime executive agency responsibility