Publication Date:  3 November 1995
File Modified Date:  5 January 1996

Listed below are many acronyms, terms, and definitions that are extensively used throughout the JPEC.

AACC.  Rapid navigation command for Add Air Cargo and PAX Carrier.

AANC.  Rapid navigation command for Add Air Non-Cargo and Non-PAX Carrier.

Acceptability.  Operation plan review criterion that determines whether the contemplated course of action (COA) is worth the cost of manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable.

Accompanying Supplies.  Unit supplies that deploy with forces.

ACL.  Allowable cabin load.

ACT.  Action Code.

Adaptive Planning.  The concept that calls for development of a range of options, encompassing the elements of national power (diplomatic, political, economic, and military), during deliberate planning that can be adapted to a crisis as it develops.  These options are referred to as Flexible Deterrent Options.

Adequacy.  Operation plan review criterion that evaluates the scope and concept of planned operations for sufficiency to accomplish the task assigned.

Ad Hoc Query (AHQ).  This function provides the capability to build a retrieval from the GCCS database by selecting data to retrieve, or specifying a file which contains data records, then specifying data qualification parameters, and finally selecting the output format.

ADANS.  AMC Deployment Analysis System.

AETC.  Air Education and Training Command.

AFMED.  Air Force Component of USMEDCOM - fictitious command invented for the purposes of this training course. AGAL.  Rapid navigation command for Add Group Allocations.

AGMF.  Rapid navigation command for Add Group Manifests.

ALCC.  Rapid navigation command for Add Land Cargo and PAX Carrier. ALD.  Available to Load Date.  The date in a TPFDD that unit and nonunit equipment and forces can begin loading on an aircraft or ship at the port of embarkation.

Alert Order.  A formal directive issued by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that follows an NCA decision that a US military response may be required.  It gives essential guidance for planning in the prevailing situation and marks the beginning of Crisis Action Planning (CAP) Phase V, Execution Planning.

Allocation.  The resources provided to the commander of a unified or specified command by the NCA with the advice from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in consultation with other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for execution planning or actual execution.  As it applies to scheduling, the assignment of planned movement requirements to specific carriers with planned movement dates and priorities by the supported CINC. AMC.  Army Materiel Command; Air Mobility Command.

AMHS.  Automated Message Handling System.

AOR.  Area of Responsibility.  A defined physical area in which responsibility is specifically assigned to the commander of the area for the development and maintenance of installations, control of movement, and conduct of tactical operations involving troops under the commander's control, along with parallel authority to exercise these functions.

Apportionment.  The resources provided to the commander of a unified or specified command by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff for deliberate planning.

ARMA.  Rapid navigation command for Add/Review/Modify Allocations.

ARMED.  Army Component of USMEDCOM - fictitious command invented for the purposes of this training course.

ARMM.  Rapid navigation command for Add/Review/Modify Manifests.

ARV.  Arrive/Arrival.

ASCC.  Rapid navigation command for Add Sea Cargo and PAX Carrier.

ASCII.  American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

ASNC.  Rapid navigation command for Add Sea Non-Cargo and Non-PAX Carrier.

Assumption.  A supposition about the current situation or a presupposition about the future course of events, either or both assumed to be true in the absence of positive proof, necessary to enable the commander in the process of planning to complete an estimate of the situation and make a decision on the course of action.

Basic Plan.  The part of an operation plan that forms the base structure for annexes and appendices.  It consists of general statements about the situation, mission, execution, administration and logistics, and command and control. 

Bulk Cargo.  Material generally shipped in volume where the transportation conveyance is the only external container, such as liquids, ore, or grain.  Also, in JOPES, cargo with dimensions less than oversized cargo;  cargo that will fit on a 463L pallet.

CD.  Change Directory.

C-Day or CDay.  The unnamed day on which a deployment operation commences or is to commence.

Capabilities Planning.  Planning that attempts to meet the threat based on the forces and support that have been funded by Congress in the current budget cycle.  That level of forces, equipment, and supplies is available now or expected to be available in the planning cycle.

Cargo Category Code (CCC).  A three-character alphanumeric code that identifies certain movement characteristics of the cargo identified for transport.

Carrier.  A carrier is a movement vehicle (air/land/sea).

Carrier Types.  There are two types of carriers:  Transportation Component Command (TCC), also known as Common User Carriers; and Organic Carriers.

CAT.  Crisis Action Team.

CHAN.  Rapid navigation command for Channelized Requirements Report.

Chatter.  An on-line dialogue capability that allows user interchange between servers.

CHSTR.  Characteristics of Transportation Resources File.

CIL.  Critical Item List.  A prioritized list, compiled from commanders' composite CILs, identifying items and weapon systems that assist Services and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in selecting systems for production surge planning. CIN.  Cargo Increment Number.  A seven-character alphanumeric field that uniquely describes a nonunit cargo entry (line) in a JOPES TPFDD.  The first two characters identify using organization and type of cargo, respectively.  The last five characters are the CIN assignment.

CINC.  Commander-in-Chief.  The commander of a unified, specified, or combined command.

CINC Required Delivery Date (CRD or CRDD).  The original date specified by the CINC for arrival of forces or cargo at the destination;  shown in the TPFDD to assess the impact of later arrival.

C/S.  Client/Server.

Client/Server Environment.  An environment that allows networked workstations and applications to provide a central point of interface to external data sources.   CNTNR or CONTR.  Container or Container Ship.  This ship type is designed to carry cargo in wheelless containers which are loaded at the cargo origin and unloaded at the cargo destination.  (See Bulk Cargo.)

COA.  Course of Action.

COE.  Common Operating Environment.

Component.  One of the subordinate organizations that constitute a joint force.  Normally a joint force is organized with a combination of Service, Special Operations, or functional components.  A functional component is normally established for a particular operational purpose.  Component Command.  A command consisting of the component commander and all those individuals, units, detachments, organizations, and installations under the command that have been assigned to the unified command.

Concept of Operations.  A verbal or graphic statement, in broad outline, of a commander's assumptions or intent in regard to an operation or series of operations.  The concept of operations is frequently embodied in campaign plans and OPLANs; in the latter case, particularly when the plans cover a series of connected operations to be carried out simultaneously or in succession. The concept is designed to give an overall picture of the operation.  It is included primarily for additional clarity of purpose. Frequently, it is referred to as the commander's concept.

CONPLAN.  An operation plan in concept format.  This abbreviated plan would require expansion prior to implementation.

COPY.  Rapid navigation command for Copy Carrier.

COTS.  Commercial Off-the-Shelf.

CPX.  Command Post Exercise.

CRAF.  Civil Reserve Air Fleet.  A program in which the Department of Defense (DoD) uses aircraft with airlift capacity owned by a commercial air carrier.

Crisis.  An incident or situation involving a threat to the United States, its territories, citizens, military forces, and possessions or vital interest that develops rapidly and creates a situation of such diplomatic, economic, political, or military importance that commitment of US military forces and/or resources is contemplated to achieve national objectives.

Crisis Action Planning (CAP).  The JOPES process involving the time-sensitive development of plans and orders in response to an imminent crisis.  Crisis action planning follows prescribed crisis action procedures to formulate and implement an effective response within the timeframe permitted by the crisis.

Critical Items.  Essential items of supply having a direct mission impact that the CJCS and/or supported CINC have identified as requiring intensified tracking and management.  Commonly called "war- stoppers." Critical Sustainability Items.  Items described at National Stock Number level of detail, by Federal Supply Class, as part of the Logistics Factors File, that significantly affect the commander's ability to execute the operation.

CT.  Country.

CUI.  Character User Interface.

D-Day.  The unnamed day on which a particular operation commences or is to commence.

DALC.  Rapid navigation command for Deallocate Carrier. Days Delay (DAYS-DELAY).  The number of days delayed at the intermediate location.

DBA.  Database Administrator.

DEFCONs.  Defense Readiness Conditions.  A uniform system of progressive alert postures for use between the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the commanders of unified and specified combatant commands, and the Services.  Defense Readiness Conditions are graduated to match situations of varying military severity or status of alert.  They are identified by short title:  DEFCON (5), (4), (3), (2), and (1), as appropriate.

DELE.  Rapid navigation command for Delete Carrier.

Deliberate Planning.  The JOPES process involving the development of joint operation plans and concept summaries for contingencies identified in joint strategic planning documents.  Deliberate planning is conducted principally in peacetime, in prescribed cycles that complement other DoD planning cycles, and conform with the formally established Joint Strategic Planning System.

Deployment.  The relocation of forces and materiel to desired areas of operations.  Deployment encompasses all activities from origin or home station through destination, specifically addressing intra- CONUS, intertheater, and intratheater movement legs, staging, and holding areas.

Deployment Database.  The JOPES database containing the necessary information on forces, materiel, filler personnel, medical evacuees, noncombatant evacuees, and replacement personnel movement requirements to support plan execution.  The database reflects information (a) contained in the refined TPFDD or (b) developed during the various phases of the crisis action procedures, and (c) the movement schedules developed by the USTRANSCOM components to support the deployment of required forces, personnel, and materiel.

Deployment Preparation Order.  An order issued by competent authority to prepare forces for movement or to move forces.

Destination (DEST).  The terminal geographic location in the routing scheme.  The destination identifies the station or location in the objective area where the unit will be employed.  For some units, the destination may be the same as their POD.

Detailed Planning.  The JOPES function that includes both the deliberate planning phases of plan development, plan review, and supporting plans; and the crisis action planning phase of execution planning.

Deterrent Option.  A COA, developed on the best political and military judgement, designed to dissuade an adversary from pursuing current or contemplated operations.  In constructing an operation plan, a range of options should be presented to effect deterrence.  Each option requiring deployment of forces should be a separate force module.

DISA.  Defense Information Systems Agency.

Discharge Constraint (DISCH CONST).  Identifies any special factors affecting discharge of the unit at intermediate, POD, and destination locations.

DISN.  Defense Information Systems Network.

Diversion/Change.  Diversion from itinerary.  [1] A change made in a prescribed route for operational or tactical reasons.  A diversion ordinarily will not constitute a change of destination.  [2] Rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or onto a different mode of transportation prior to arrival at the ultimate destination.  [3] An unanticipated change made to the scheduled POE or POD for a common-user carrier or organically moving unit line number.

DMFC.  Rapid navigation command for Demanifest Carrier.

DoD.  Department of Defense.

DPI.  Data Processing Installation.

DSTT.  Rapid navigation command for Deployment Status Report.

DSUM.  Rapid navigation command for Deployment Summary Report.

DTG.  Date/Time Group.

Dual Apportionment.  A condition that exists when forces, equipment, or lift assets appear in two plans that could be executed concurrently.

Earliest Arrival Date (EAD).  A day, relative to C-Day, that is specified by the planner as the earliest date when a unit, a resupply shipment, or replacement personnel can be accepted at a POD during deployment.  Used with the latest arrival date, it defines a delivery window for transportation planning.

EEI.  Essential elements of information.

EIC.  Equipment Identification Code.  A code used to identify military equipment in the TUDET.

Employment Planning.  The part of operation planning concerned with the strategic or tactical use of forces and materiel within the area of operations.

ESI.  External System Interface.

Execute Order.  An order issued by competent authority to initiate operations.  The Execute Order initiates Phase VI of Crisis Action Planning.

Execution Planning.  Phase V of JOPES Crisis Action Planning that provides for the translation of an approved COA into an executable plan of action through the preparation of an OPORD.  Execution planning is detailed planning for the commitment of specified forces and resources.  During crisis action planning, an approved OPLAN or other NCA-approved COA is adjusted, refined, and translated into an OPORD.  Execution planning can proceed on the basis of prior deliberate planning, or it can take place in the absence of prior planning.

Exercise.  A database flag associated with a PID.

FAPES.  Force Augmentation Planning and Execution System.  A JOPES application designed to improve the ability of the Joint Staff to plan and monitor mobilization of an effective fighting force; determine and satisfy information requirements for augmentation forces by employment, deployment, and sustainment planning; analyze mobilization feasibility to determine shortfalls in personnel required; and support the integrated planning, monitoring, and execution of manpower mobilization.

FDBM.  Functional Database Manager.  Also called Functional Manager (FM).  The operation planner responsible for coordinating user changes to OPLAN databases. Feasibility.  A plan review criterion to ensure that the assigned tasks could be accomplished using available resources. 

Flexible Deterrent Options (FDO).  A planning framework intended to facilitate early decision by laying out a wide range of interrelated response paths that begin with deterrent-oriented options carefully tailored to send the right signal.  These options should include limited (primarily active brigade, squadron, group) military forces and preplanned requests for economic, diplomatic, and political actions appropriate to particular military actions.

FMFMED.  Marine Component of USMEDCOM - fictitious command invented for the purposes of this training course.

Force Indicator Code (FIC).  Distinguishes the origin of the unit movement characteristics (equipment and personnel), differentiates standard from nonstandard force requirements, and shows whether the values are modified.  It is automatically assigned based on user entries.

Force Module (FM).  Any grouping of forces and/or their accompanying supplies and/or the related nonunit resupply and personnel necessary to sustain forces.  The elements of force modules are linked together or are uniquely identified so they may be extracted from or adjusted as an entity in the JOPES database to enhance flexibility and usefulness of the OPLAN during a crisis.

Force Module Identification Number (FMID).  A three character alphanumeric identifying a specific force module.

Force Record Extract File (FREF).  A file containing specific TPFDD force record information used by LOGSAFE.

Force Requirement Number (FRN).  A five-character alphanumeric code used to uniquely identify force entries in a given OPLAN TPFDD. Force Sourcing.  The identification of the actual units, their origins, POEs, and movement characteristics to satisfy the time-phased force requirements of a supported commander.

Fragmentation Code (FRAG).  The sixth position of the ULN, used to identify elements of a force deploying in more than one increment.

FSUM.  Rapid navigation command for Force Module Summary Report.

FTP.  File Transfer Protocol.

FTPtool.  FTPtool transfers data between similar or dissimilar operating systems, such as WIS workstations, SUN workstation/servers, DOS PCs, and HPs with a minimum of data conversion.  It is a simple copy utility; it just moves the information and makes it machine readable by the receiving computer.

FTS.  File Transfer Service.

FTX.  Field Training Exercise.

GCCS.  Global Command and Control System.

GDSS.  Global Decision Support System.

Geographic Location Code (GEO, GEOCODE).  Codes maintained in the GEOFILE.  Use the GEO to identify origin, POE, POD, intermediate, and destination locations.

Grossly Transportation Feasible.  A rating given by the supported commander to a draft operation plan that can be supported with the apportioned transportation assets.  This determination is made by using JOPES Information Systems (IS) programs to simulate movement of personnel and cargo from POE to POD within a specified timeframe.

GSORTS.  Global Status of Resources and Training System.

GSPR.  Global System Problem Report.

GTN.  Global Transportation Network.

GUI.  Graphical User Interface.

Host Nation Support (HNS).  Civil and/or military assistance rendered by a nation to foreign forces within its territory during peacetime, times of crisis/emergency, or wartime under agreements mutually concluded between the nations.

ICAO.  International Civil Aviation Organization.

ICC.  Incident Control Center.

ILOC.  See Intermediate Location.

IMPS.  Interface Message Processors.

IMRAS.  Individual Manpower Requirements and Analysis System.

IMS.  Information Management System.

Insert Code.  A one-character code that is the third of three parts of a ULN.  It is used to show another level of unit fragmentation below that indicated by the FRAG code.

Intermediate Location (INT, IL, or ILOC).  An intermediate stopping point in the deployment routing of a unit used to lay over the force for a specified time, normally longer than one day.  It is often used to unite the personnel and cargo of split shipments.  The point may occur between the origin and POE, the POE and POD, or the POD and DEST.

Intertheater.  Between theaters of operations or between CONUS and theaters of operations.

Intratheater.  Within a theater of operations.

IP.  Internet Protocol.

IRM.  Information Resource Manager.

IS.  Information Systems.

ISSO.  Information Systems Security Officer.

JAO.  Joint Area of Operations.

JCAT.  Joint Crisis Action Team.

JCS.  Joint Chiefs of Staff.

JEPES.  Joint Engineer Planning and Execution System.

JFAST.  Joint Flow and Analysis System for Transportation.  Application software designed to furnish a quick-response capability to determine the transportation feasibility of a concept.  JFAST accesses the TPFDD to perform closure estimates, determine optimum mode, assess the affects of attrition, identify shortfalls in movement capability, and determine gross lift capability.

JMPAB.  Joint Materiel Priorities and Allocation Board.

Joint.  A term that connotes activities, operations, organizations, etc., in which elements of more than one military department of the same nation participate.

Joint Force.  A general term applied to a force composed of significant elements of the Army, the Navy and/or the Marine Corps, and the Air Force, or two or more of these Services, operating under a single commander authorized to exercise unified command or operational control over joint forces.

Joint Operation Planning.  Planning activities exclusively associated with the preparation of OPLANs, CONPLANs, concept summaries, and OPORDs (other than the SIOP) for the conduct of joint military operations by the combatant commanders in response to requirements established by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  As such, joint operation planning includes contingency planning, execution planning, and implementation planning.  Joint operation planning is performed under formally established planning and execution procedures.

Joint Staff.  1.  The staff of the commander of a combatant command, or of a joint task force, that includes members from more than one Service comprising the force.  These members should be assigned in such a manner as to ensure that the commander understands the tactics, techniques, capabilities, needs, and limitations of the component parts of the force.  Positions on the staff should be divided so that Service representation and influence generally reflect the Service composition of the force.  2.  The Joint Staff is the staff under the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as provided for in the National Security Act of 1947, as amended by the DoD Reorganization Act of 1986.  The Joint Staff assists the Chairman and subject to the authority, direction, and control of the Chairman, the other members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Vice Chairman in carrying out their responsibilities.

JOPES.  Joint Operation Planning and Execution System.  A continuously evolving system that is being developed through the integration and enhancement of earlier planning and execution systems.  It provides the foundation for conventional command and control by national and theater-level commanders and their staffs.  It is designed to satisfy their information needs in the conduct of joint planning and operations.  JOPES includes joint operation planning policies, procedures, and reporting structures supported by communications and IS systems.  JOPES is used to monitor, plan, and execute mobilization, deployment, employment, and sustainment activities associated with joint operations.

JPEC.  Joint Planning and Execution Community.  The headquarters, commands, and agencies involved in training, preparation, movement, reception, employment, support, and sustainment of military forces assigned or committed to a theater of operations or objective area.  JPEC usually consists of the Joint Staff, Services, certain Service major commands (including the Service wholesale logistics commands), unified and specified commands (and their Service component commands), subunified commands, transportation component commands, JTFs (as applicable), DLA, and other Defense Agencies (e.g., Defense Intelligence Agency) as may be appropriate to a given scenario. 

JSCP.  Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan.  The JSCP furnishes guidance to the CINCs and the Chiefs of Services to accomplish tasks and missions based on current military capabilities.  It apportions resources to CINCs based on military capabilities resulting from completed program and budget actions.  The JSCP offers a coherent framework for capabilities-based military advice to the NCA.

JTB.  Joint Transportation Board.

JTF.  Joint Task Force.  A force composed of assigned or attached elements of the Army, the Navy and/or Marine Corps, and the Air Force, or two or more of these Services, that is constituted by the Secretary of Defense or by the commander of a unified or specified command, or an existing joint task force.

JTO.  JOPES Training Organization.

KG.  Encryption device.

L-Hour.  The specific hour on C-Day at which a deployment operation commences or is to commence.

LAN.  Local area network.

Latest Arrival Date (LAD).  A day, relative to C-Day, that is specified by a planner as the latest date when a unit, a resupply shipment, or replacement personnel can arrive at the POD and support the concept of operations.

Levels of Detail.

1.  Aggregated level.  Expressed as total number of passengers and total short tons, total measurement tons, total square feet, and/or total hundreds of barrels by ULN, CIN, and PIN.

2.  Summary level.  Expressed as total number of passengers by ULN and PIN; and short tons, measurement tons (including barrels), total square feet of bulk, oversize, outsize, and non-air-transportable cargo by ULN and CIN.

3.  Detail by cargo category.  Expressed as total number of passengers by ULN and PIN; short tons and/or measurement tons (including barrels), total square feet of cargo as identified by the ULN, or CIN three- position cargo category code.

4.  Detail expressed as number of passengers by Service specialty code (i.e., USAF AFSC and USA MOS) by ULN and PIN; and individual dimensional data (expressed in length, width, and height in number of inches) of cargo by equipment type (as defined by individual national stock number) by ULN.

5.  Detail by priority of shipment.  Expressed as total number of passengers by Service specialty code (i.e., USAF AFSC and USA MOS) in deployment sequence by ULN and PIN, plus individual weight (in pounds) and dimensional data (expressed in length, width, and height in number of inches) of equipment in deployment sequence by ULN. 

Load Configuration (LOAD CONF).  Identifies how to configure the cargo for movement to intermediate, POD, and destination locations.

Location.  Indicates where in the itinerary the intermediate stop occurs.

Logistics.  The science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of forces.  In its most comprehensive sense, the aspects of military operations that deal with the design and development, acquisition, storage, movement, distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of materiel; movement, evacuation, and hospitalization of personnel; acquisition or construction, maintenance, operation, and disposition of facilities; and acquisition or furnishing of services.

Logistics Sourcing.  The identification of the origin and determination of the availability of the TPFDD nonunit- related logistics requirements.

LOGSAFE.  Logistics Sustainment Analysis and Feasibility Estimator.  Application software that gives the JPEC the capability to estimate logistics sustainment requirements and evaluate materiel supportability for deliberate planning and COAs.

LRC.  Lesser Regional Contingency.  A regionally centered crisis based on a less compelling threat than those involved in a Major Regional Contingency.  Missions range from conflict to the lower end of the combat spectrum.  Also, Logistics Readiness Center.

MAGTFII/LOGAIS.  Marine Air/Ground Tactical Forces II/Logistics Automated Information System.

MALM.  Rapid navigation command for Movement Allocation/Manifest Report.

Manifest.  Movement requirements reported as having been loaded on specific carriers with actual departure and/or arrival movement date/time groups by the supported CINC or component commanders.

MBBLs.  1000 Barrels.

MEDEVAC.  Medical Evacuation.

MEPES.  Medical Planning and Execution System.

MHE.  Materials Handling Equipment.

MILSTAMP.  Military Standard Transportation and Movement Procedures.

Mode.  Mode of transportation (air, land, sea, other) from origin to POE to POD to destination or to any intermediate stop.

Movement Schedule.  A schedule developed to monitor or track a separate entity, whether a force requirement, cargo/personnel increment, or lift asset.  The schedule shows the assignment of specific lift resources to move the personnel and cargo included in a specific movement increment.  Arrival and departure times at POE, etc., are detailed to show a flow and workload at each location.  Movement schedules are detailed enough to support plan execution.

MRC.  Major Regional Contingency.  A regionally centered crisis based on a significant threat to US vital interests in a region that warrants the deployment of forces greater than division/wing combinations.

MSC.  Military Sealift Command.

MSCH.  Rapid navigation command for Movement Schedule Report.

MTMC.  Military Traffic Management Command.

MTON.  Measurement Ton.  The unit for volumetric measurement of equipment associated with surface-delivered cargo.  Measurement tons equal total cubic feet divided by 40.  (1 MTON = 40 cubic feet.)

Multiapportionment.  The apportionment of the same forces to more than one CINC for use in developing plans that cover the same specific period of time.

MUX.  Multiplexer.

NCSC.  National Computer Security Center.

N-Day.  Negative Day.  An unnamed day before C-Day when a unit commences deployment or redeployment.

NAVMED.  Navy Component of USMEDCOM - fictitious command invented for the purposes of this training course.

NBC.  Nuclear Biological Chemical.

NCA.  National Command Authorities.  The President and the Secretary of Defense or their duly deputized alternates or successors.

NEO.  Noncombatant Evacuation Operation.  Operations directed by the Department of State, the Department of Defense, or other appropriate authority whereby noncombatants are evacuated from areas of danger overseas to safe havens or the United States.

Newsgroups.  Newsgroups provides a capability to create/post/read/transfer unformatted text files to/from topic bulletin boards that are established and maintained by network users.

NFM.  Network Functional Manager.

NM.  Network Manager.

NMCC.  National Military Command Center.

Non-Air Transportable (NAT) Cargo.  Cargo that exceeds any of the following dimensions:  1453" x 216" x 156", or has a height between 114" and 156" and a width that exceeds 144".

Noncombatant Evacuees.  1. US citizens who may be ordered to evacuate by competent authority include (a) civilian employees of all agencies of the US government and their dependents, except as noted in 2(a) below; (b) military personnel of the US Armed Forces specifically designated for evacuation as noncombatants;  (c) dependents of members of the US Armed Forces.  2. US (and non-US) citizens who may be authorized or assisted (but not necessarily ordered to evacuate) by competent authority include (a) civilian employees of U.S Government agencies and their dependents who are residents in the country concerned on their own volition, but express the willingness to be evacuated; (b) private US citizens and their dependents; (c) military personnel and their dependents of US Armed Forces outlined in 1(b) above, short of an ordered evacuation; (d) designated aliens, including dependents of persons listed in 1(a) through 1(c) above, as prescribed by the Department of State.

Non-Organic Transportation Requirement.  Unit personnel and cargo for which the transportation source must be an outside agency, normally a component of USTRANSCOM. 

Nonstandard Unit.  A force requirement identified in a TPFDD for which movement characteristics have not been described in the TUCHA file.  The planner is required to submit detailed movement characteristics for these units.

Nonunit Record.  A TPFDD file entry for nonunit related cargo and personnel; characteristics include using and providing organization, type of movement, routing data, cargo category, weight, volume, area required, and number of passengers requiring transportation.

NOPLAN.  Designation for a contingency for which no operation plan has been published.

NRC (or NURC).  Nonunit-Related Cargo.  All equipment and supplies requiring transportation to an area of operations, other than those identified as the equipment or accompanying supplies of a specific unit (e.g., resupply, military support for allies, and support for non-military programs).

NRG.  Notional Requirements Generator.  A JFAST capability to generate notional unit and nonunit movement requirements.

NRP.  Nonunit-Related Personnel.  All personnel requiring transportation to or from an area of operations other than those assigned to a specific unit (e.g., filler personnel, replacements, temporary duty or temporary additional duty personnel, civilians, medical evacuees, and retrograde personnel).

NURC.  See NRC; term used in LOGSAFE.

OFLD.  Rapid navigation command for Offload.

On-Call.  Preplanned, identified force or materiel requirements without designated time-phasing and destination information; called forward on order of competent authority.

ONLD.  Rapid navigation command for Onload.

Operation Order (OPORD).  A directive issued by a commander to subordinate commanders for the purpose of effecting the coordinated execution of an operation.

Operation Plan (OPLAN).  Any plan, except the SIOP, 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 directed by the establishing unified commander.  Operation plans are prepared either in complete format (OPLAN) or as concept plans (CONPLAN).  An OPLAN identifies the forces and supplies required to execute the CINC's Strategic Concept and a movement schedule of these resources to the theater of operations.  The forces and supplies are identified in TPFDD files.  OPLANs will include all of the directed operation.  The plan is prepared with the appropriate annexes, appendixes, and TPFDD files as described in the JOPES Manuals containing planning policies, procedures, and formats.

OPLAN-Dependent Force Module.  A force module that has been created or tailored by the supported commander or components to fit a specific planning task.  OPLAN-dependent force modules usually include sustainment based on theater planning factors and sourced force records.

Origin.  Beginning point of deployment where unit or nonunit related cargo or personnel are located.

O.S.  Operating System.

Outsized (OUT) Cargo.  Cargo that exceeds 1090" x 117" x 105"; that is too large for C- 130/C-141 aircraft.

Oversized (OVER) Cargo.  Cargo that exceeds the usable dimensions of a 463L pallet, 104" x 84" x 96", or a height set by the particular model of aircraft.

Parent Indicator Code (PIC).  Identifies parent force records and split shipment parameters for subordinate records and also establishes hierarchical relationships.

Password.  A protected and private character string used to authenticate an identity.

Personnel Increment Number (PIN).  The seven-position code which uniquely defines each nonunit personnel record.

PIC.  Personal Identification Code.

PID.  Plan Identification Number.

PIF.  Problem Indicator Flag.  A single alphabetic character that depicts where a problem is identified during the validation, scheduling, and manifesting process.

Planning Factor.  A properly selected multiplier used in planning to estimate the amount and type of effort involved in a complicated operation.  Planning factors often are expressed as rates, ratios, or lengths of time.

Planning Order.  An order issued by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to initiate execution planning.  The order will normally follow a Commander's Estimate and may precede the Alert Order.  NCA approval of a selected COA is not required before a Planning Order can be issued.

POL.  Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants.

PORT.  Rapid navigation command for Port Movement Workload Report.

Port of Debarkation (POD).  The geographic point at which cargo or personnel are discharged.  May be a seaport or aerial port of debarkation.  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.  It may or may not coincide with the origin.

Port of Support (POS).  The geographic point (port or airport) in an objective area that is the terminal point for strategic deployment for nonunit-related supplies and replacement personnel.  Each component designates ports of support for four categories of resupply:  general cargo, ammunition, POL, and air deliveries.

Priority Sequence Number (PR) or (PRI).  Prioritizes units discharged at POD for each LAD.

Priority Add-on (PR-ADD) or (PR-ADDON).  Suffix to POD priority sequence number; differentiates between units with the same priority (optional);  reserved for use by the supported CINC.

Project Code.  Identifies records associated with special projects or applications (optional).

PROVORG.  Providing Organization.

Pull.  TRANSCOM PULL.  A JOPES-produced file of movement requirements for which TCC scheduling is required.

PWRR.  Pre-positioned War Reserve Requirement.  The part of the war reserve materiel requirement that current Secretary of Defense guidance dictates to be reserved and positioned at or near the point of planned use or issued to the user before hostilities to reduce reaction time and to ensure timely support of a specific force or project until replenishment can be effected.

PWRS.  Pre-positioned War Reserve Stocks.  The assets that are designated to satisfy PWRR.

RC.  Reserve Component.

RDA.  Requirements Development and Analysis.  JOPES application software which allows a planner to review, create, modify, and delete OPLAN ULN/CIN/PIN requirements.

Ready to Load Date (RLD).  The date in a TPFDD when the unit or nonunit equipment and personnel are prepared to depart their origin on organic transportation, or are prepared to be loaded on USTRANSCOM-provided transportation.

Real World.  A database flag associated with a PID.

Redeployment.  The transfer of a unit, an individual, or supplies deployed in one area to another area, to another location within the area, or to the zone of interior for the purpose of further deployment.  Sometimes used to refer to the return of units to their origin from a theater of operations to which they have been deployed.

Regional Conflict.  A conflict with a specific focus in a CINC's AOR.

Replacements.  Personnel required to take the place of others who leave the unit. 

Required Delivery Date (RDD).  A date, relative to C-Day, when a unit must arrive at its destination and complete offloading to properly support the concept of operations.

Restricted.  An access control placed on a PID.

Retrograde.  The movement of personnel and/or cargo from the area of operations back toward their points of origin.

RFM.  Reference File Manager.

RLN.  Requirement Line Number includes CINs, PINs, and ULNs.

RMCR.  Rapid navigation command for Review/Modify Carrier.

RMSO.  Rapid navigation command for Carrier OPLAN Support.

RN.  Rapid Navigation.  A four-digit alphacode used in the S&M application on the command line to move immediately to a functional screen or menu selection without having to do the keystroke navigation.

ROE.  Rules of Engagement.

RQMNT.  Requirement.

S&M.  Scheduling and Movement.

SAAM.  Special Assignment Airlift Mission.

Safety Level of Supply.  The quantity of materiel, in addition to the operational level of supply, required to be on hand to permit continuous operations in case of minor interruption of normal replenishment or unpredictable fluctuations in demand.

Schedule Status Flag (SSF).  A single alphabetic character that depicts the status of a specific requirement record (e.g., ULN) as it is tracked through the validation, scheduling, and manifesting process.

Schedules.  The actual itinerary and cargo/pax details for a carrier.

Scheduling.  The assignment of departure and arrival times for TCC carriers and organic lift assets moving in deployment channels (onload to unload point) with the total requirement to be moved.

SEASTRAT.  Strategic Planning and Analysis System.  An automated system used to schedule MSC movement requirements.

SECDEF.  Secretary of Defense.

SFM.  Site Functional Manager.

Shortfall.  The lack of forces, equipment, personnel, materiel, or capability identified as a plan requirement that would adversely affect a command's ability to accomplish its mission.

Show of Force.  The placement of a visible and militarily capable armed force, under specific rules of engagement, into a region for demonstrating US resolve and dissuading a potential adversary from embarking on a course of action not in the best interest of the US or its allies. 

Shuttling.  Shuttling is a capability that allows a single carrier to cycle through the same geographic location more than once with the same stop code on the same carrier itinerary.

SIPRNET.  Secret Internet Protocol Router Network.

Source.  Indicates preferred source of transportation for movement to POE, POD, destination, and intermediate locations.

Sourcing (Force).  The deliberate planning or crisis action planning activity that identifies actual forces, equipment, personnel, materiel, and lift assets that could be made available, as of a specified date, to fill the requirements of OPLANs.

Sourcing (Logistics).  The identification of the origin and determination of the availability of the nonunit-related logistics requirements in the TPFDD.

SPARC.  Scalable Processor Architecture.

Split Shipment.  Cargo travels via ship while passengers travel by air.

SS.  System Services.

Standard Unit.  A type unit whose UTC and movement characteristics are described in TUCHA.

STON.  Short Ton.  The unit of measure (2000 pounds) for equipment or supplies other than Class III.

STRADS.  Strategic Deployment System.  An automated system used to schedule MTMC movement requirements.

SUM.  Software User's Manual.

Supported Commander.  The commander having primary responsibility for all aspects of a task assigned by the JSCP or other joint operation planning authority.  In the context of joint operation planning, this term refers to the commander who prepares OPLANs or OPORDs in response to requirements of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Supporting Commander.  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.

Supporting Forces.  Forces stationed in, or to be deployed to, an area of operations to support the execution of an operations order.  Combatant command (command authority) of supporting forces is not passed to the supported commander, but operational control often is. 

Sustainability.  The ability to maintain the necessary level and duration of operational activity to achieve military objectives.  Sustainability is a function of providing for and maintaining those levels of ready forces, materiel, and consumables necessary to support military efforts.

Sustaining Supply.  Materiel required to support a unit after arrival in-theater from the time accompanying supply and PWRS are anticipated to run out until regular resupply begins.

Sustainment.  The provision of personnel, logistics, and other support required to maintain and prolong operations or combat until successful accomplishment or revision of the mission or of the national objective. 

TCC.  Transportation Component Command.  Military = Military Transportation Management Command (MTMC), Military Sealift Command (MSC) and Air Mobility Command (AMC); Civil = those Federal agencies having responsibilities under national emergency conditions for operational direction of one or more forms of transportation.

TDBM.  Technical Database Manager.  The IS specialist responsible for technical aspects of JOPES DB installation, save and recovery, and for coordinating these with the FM.

TDS.  Transaction Distribution System.

TELNET.  Telecommunications Network.

TGRAPH.  Number used to identify graphic and/or tabular output data.

TPFDD.  Time-Phased Force and Deployment Data.  The JOPES database portion of an operation plan;  it contains time-phased force data, nonunit-related cargo and personnel data, and movement data for the operation plan, including:

a.  Inplace units.

b.  Units to be deployed to support the operation plan with a priority indicating the desired sequence of their arrival at the POD.

c.  Routing of forces to be deployed.

d.  Movement data associated with deploying forces.

e.  Estimates of nonunit-related cargo and personnel movements to be conducted concurrently with the deployment of forces.

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.

TPFDD Maintenance.  The deliberate planning process that requires a supported commander to incorporate changes to a TPFDD that occur after the TPFDD becomes effective for execution.  TPFDD maintenance is conducted by the supported CINC in coordination with the supporting commands, component commands, USTRANSCOM, and other agencies as required.  At designated intervals, changes to data in the TPFDD, including force structure, standard reference files, and Services' TUCHAs, are updated in JOPES to ensure currency of deployment data.  TPFDD maintenance may also be used to update the TPFDD for CJCS or JSCP submission in lieu of refinement during the JOPES plan development phase.

TPFDD Refinement.  For both global and regional OPLAN development, the process consists of several discreet phases that may be conducted sequentially or concurrently, in whole, or in part.  These phases are Concept, Plan Development, and  Review.  The Plan Development Phase consists of several subphases:  Forces, Logistics, and Transportation, with shortfall identification associated with each phase.  The Plan Development phases are collectively referred to as TPFDD refinement.  The normal TPFDD refinement process consists of sequentially refining forces, logistics (nonunit-related personnel and sustainment), and transportation data to develop a TPFDD file that supports a feasible and adequate overlapping of several refinement phases.  The decision is made by the supported commander, unless otherwise directed by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.  For global planning, refinement conferences are conducted by the Joint Staff in conjunction with USTRANSCOM.  TPFDD refinement is conducted in coordination with supported and supporting commanders, Services, the Joint Staff, and other supporting agencies.  USCINCTRANS will normally host refinement conferences at the request of the Joint Staff or the supported commander.

TPSN.  Troop Program Sequence Number.  A seven character code used only by the Army to uniquely identify units in the Army force structure.

TRAP.  Tanks, racks, adapters, and pylons (USAF).

TS3.  Top Secret Support System.

TUCHA.  Type Unit Characteristics File.  A file that gives standard planning data and movement characteristics for personnel, cargo, and accompanying supplies associated with deployable type units of fixed composition.  The file contains the weight and volume of selected cargo categories, physical characteristics of the cargo, and the number of personnel requiring nonorganic transportation.

TUDET.  Type Unit Equipment Detail File.  Provides nomenclature, dimensions, weight, and cubic measurements of specific pieces of military equipment.

Type of Delay (TYPE).  Indicates whether the delay includes only a portion of or all the force.

F - Delay applies to incremental portions/fractions of the force.

T - Delay applies to entire/total force.

Type Unit.  A type of organizational or functional entity established within the Armed Forces and identified by a unique five-character alphanumeric code called a Unit Type Code (UTC).

Unit Identification Code (UIC).  A six-character alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies each Active, Reserve, and National Guard unit of the Armed Forces.

Unit Level Code (ULC).  A three-character alphabetic code used to specify the organizational level of the force.

Unit Line Number (ULN).  The up to seven character alphanumeric field that uniquely describes a unit entry (line) in a JOPES TPFDD.  It is made up of three elements: a force requirement number (FRN), a fragmentation code (FRAG), and an insert code (INSERT).

Unit-Related Equipment and Supplies.  All equipment and supplies assigned to a specific unit or designated as accompanying supplies.  The logistic parameters of these items are in the TUCHA standard reference file.

Unit Type Code (UTC).  A five-character alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies each type unit of the Armed Forces.

USCINCTRANS.  Commander-in-Chief, US Transportation Command.

User Name.  A character string used by a system to identify a specific user.

USMEDCOM.  United States Mediterranean Command - fictitious command invented for the purposes of this training course.

USTRANSCOM Coordinating Instructions.  Instructions that establish suspense dates for selected members of the JPEC to complete updates to the TPFDD.  Instructions will ensure the target date movement requirements will be validated and available for scheduling.

UTIL.  Rapid navigation command for Utilities.

Validate.  Execution procedure used by CINC components, supporting CINCs, and providing organizations to confirm to the supported CINC and USTRANSCOM that all the information records in a TPFDD not only are error-free for automation purposes but also accurately reflect the current status, attributes, and availability of units and requirements.  Unit readiness, movement dates, passengers, and cargo details should be confirmed with the unit before validation occurs.

WAN.  Wide Area Network.

Warning Order (CJCS).  A crisis action planning directive issued by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that initiates the development and evaluation of COAs by a supported commander and requests that a commander's estimate be submitted.  Issued by authority of the Secretary of Defense when the order involves movement of forces.

WHNS.  Wartime Host-Nation Support.

Wildcard.  The substitution of an asterisk (*) for an actual value in any character position to allow all possible values to be entered there.

Withhold Shipping.  Transportation resources reserved by the US Navy for moving Marines and their cargo.

World Wide Web.  The World Wide Web software provides a capability to post/read/transfer large formatted files and graphic files between sites.

XTP.  External Transaction Processor.