Glossary: List of Terms and Acronyms

AA&E

Arms, Ammunition and Explosives

ACC

Accelerated Case Closure

ACDA

Arms Control and Disarmament Agency

ACOTA

African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance

ACSA

Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement

ACSS

Africa Center for Strategic Studies

ADL

Advanced Distance Learning

ADM

Administration and Management (DSCA Business Operations)

ADP

Automated Data Processing

ADUSD(TP)

Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense - Transportation Policy

AECA

Arms Export Control Act

AFI

Air Force Instruction

AFJMAN

Air Force Joint Manual

AFP

Annual Funding Plan

AFR

Africa Region

AFSAC

Air Force Security Assistance Center

AFSAT

Air Force Security Assistance Training

AGE

Aerospace Ground Equipment

AIG

Address Information Group

AIK

Assistance-in-Kind

ALP

Aviation Leadership Program

AMC

Air Mobility Command

AMRAAM

Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles

ANA

Afgan National Army

AOR

Area of Responsibility

APO

Army Post Office

APOD

Aerial Port of Debarkation

APOE

Aerial Port of Embarkation

AR

American Republic Region

AR

Army Regulation

ASD(APSA)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs

ASD(GSA)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs

ASD(HD&ASA)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs

ASD(ISA)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs

ASD(ISP)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy

ASD(LA)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Legislative Affairs

ASD(NII)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration

ASD(RA)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs

ASD(SO/LIC)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict

ASD(SO/LIC-CN)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict/Counter-Narcotics

ASDA

Automated State Department Approval

AT

Anti-Tamper

ATEA

(DoD) Anti-Tamper Executive Agent

ATMG

Arms Transfer Management Group

BATFE

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives

BEQ

Bachelor Enlisted Quarters

BOQ

Bachelor Officers’ Quarters

BOS

Base Operating Support

BPR

Business Process Reengineering

C-SEAP

Cadet Semester Exchange Abroad Program

C4ISR

Command Control Communications Computers Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance

CAAF

Court of Criminal Appeals for the Armed Forces

CAO

Collateral Action Officer

CAS

Contract Administration Services

CBA

Commercial Banking Account

CBJ

Congressional Budget Justification

CBL

Commercial Bill of Lading

CBS

Commercial Buying Service

CBSR

Census Bureau Shipment Report

CCB

Configuration Control Board

CCBL

Collect Commercial Bill of Lading

CCIF

Combatant Command Initiative Fund

CCMR

Center for Civil Military Relations

CDTS

Counter-Drug Training Support

CE

Central Command

CEMIS

Case Execution Management Information System

CETS

Contractor Engineering Technical Services

CFD

Country Finance Director

CFM

Country Financial Management (DSCA Business Operations)

CFS

Contract Field Services

CHDS

Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

CIA

Central Intelligence Agency

CIF

Cost, Insurance and Freight

CIO

Chief Information Officer

CJCS

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

CJCSI

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction

CLOTP

Comprehensive Legal Officer Training Plan

CLSSA

Cooperative Logistics Supply Support Arrangement

CMP

Comptroller (DSCA Business Operations)

COCOM

Combatant Command

CODEL

Congressional or Congressional Staff Delegation

COI

Communities of Interest

COM

Chief of Mission (U.S. Diplomatic Mission)

COMSEC

Communications Security

CONUS

Continental United States

CONUSA

Continental United States Army

COR

Contracting Officer’s Representative

CORCOM

EDA Coordinating Committee

CPD

Country Program Director

CPI

Critical Program Information

CPOI

Global Peace Operations Initiative

CRA

Continuing Resolution Authority

CSIS

Center for Strategic and International Studies

CSP

Concurrent Spare Parts

CST

Caribbean Support Tender

CTFP

Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program

CTR

Cooperative Threat Reduction

CUI

Controlled Unclassified Information

DASA DEC

Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Defense Exports and Cooperation

DASD

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense

DASD-PS

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense-Partner Strategy

DBO

DSCA Directorate of Business Operations

DBR

Defense Resources Board

DCA

Defense Cooperation in Armaments

DCAA

Defense Contract Audit Agency

DCC

Direct Commercial Contracts

DCMA

Defense Contract Management Agency

DCS

Direct Commercial Sale

DDA

Designated Disclosure Authority

DELG

Defense Export Loan Guarantee

DELP

Defense English Language Program

DEPSECDEF

Deputy Secretary of Defense

DESC

Defense Energy Support Center

DFARS

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement

DFAS

Defense Finance and Accounting Service

DGR

Designated Government Representative

DIA

Defense Intelligence Agency

DIADS

DSCA IMET Allocation Database System

DIC

Defense Industrial Cooperation

DIFS

Defense Integrated Financial System

DIILS

Defense Institute of International Legal Studies

DIMO

Defense Institute of Medical Operations

DISA

Defense Information Systems Agency

DISAM

Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management

DISCO

Defense Industrial Security Clearance Office

DISP

Defense Industrial Security Program

DLA

Defense Logistics Agency

DLAI

Defense Logistics Agency Instruction

DLIELC

Defense Language Institute English Language Center

DLIS

Defense Logistics Information Service

DMS

Defense Message System

DoC

Department of Commerce

DoD

Department of Defense

DoDD

Department of Defense Directive

DoDFMR

Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation

DoDI

Department of Defense Instruction

DoDIG

Department of Defense Inspector General

DoJ

Department of Justice Tort Claims Division

DoS

Department of State

DoS (ISN/MTR)

Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation/Office of Missile Threat Reduction

DoS (PM)

Department of State (Bureau of Political and Military Affairs)

DoS (PM/DDTC)

Department of State - Directorate of Defense Trade Controls

DoS (PM/RSAT)

Department of State - Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfer Policy

DoT

Department of Transportation

DPDS

Defense Property Disposal Service

DRMO

Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office

DRMS

Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service

DSADC

Defense Security Assistance Development Center

DSAMS

Defense Security Assistance Management System

DSCA

Defense Security Cooperation Agency

DSS

Defense Security Service

DTC

Delivery Term Code

DTRA

Defense Threat Reduction Agency

DTS

Defense Transportation System

DTSA

Defense Technology Security Administration

DTSI

Defense Trade Security Initiative

DUSD(PS)

Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Policy Support)

DVOT

Distinguished Visitor Orientation Tours

DWCF

Defense Working Capital Fund

DX

Direct Exchange

E-IMET

Expanded International Military Education and Training

E.O.

Executive Order

EACC

Enhanced Accelerated Case Closure

EAP

East Asia and Pacific Region

ECL

English Comprehension Level

EDA

Excess Defense Article

EEE

Emergency, Extraordinary Expenses

EIPC

Enhanced International Peacekeeping Capabilities

ELT

English Language Training

ENDP

Exception to National Disclosure Policy

EOQ

Economic Order Quantity

EPG

European Participating Governments

ESF

Economic Support Fund

ETSS

Extended Training Service Specialist

EU

European Union

EUM

End-Use Monitoring

EUR

European Region

FAA

Foreign Assistance Act

FAD

Force Activity Designator

FAR

Federal Acquisition Regulation

FAW

Financial Analysis Worksheet

FDS

Foreign Disclosure System

FFB

Federal Financing Bank

FICS

FMS Integrated Control System

FM

Financial Management

FMC

Full Mission Capable

FMCS

Foreign Military Construction Services

FMF

Foreign Military Financing

FMS

Foreign Military Sales

FMS ADMIN

Foreign Military Sales Administrative (Fund)

FMSCR

Foreign Military Sales Credit

FMSO

Foreign Military Sales Order

FOB

Free On Board

FOIA

Freedom of Information Act

FORDTIS

Foreign Disclosure and Technical Information System

FPO

Fleet Post Office

FPS

Financial Policy and Support (DSCA Business Operations)

FRB

Federal Reserve Bank

FRS

Federal Reserve System

FSC

Federal Supply Classification

FSG

Federal Supply Group

FSN

Foreign Service National

FSP

Field Studies Program (formerly IP – Informational Program)

FTD

Field Training Detachment

FTE

Field Training Exchanges

FVS

Foreign Visit System

FYDP

Future Years Defense Program

FYPA

Fiscal Year Planning Assessment

GAO

General Accounting Office

GBL

Government Bill of Lading

GC

General Counsel

GEBAT

Government Excess Baggage Authorization Ticket

GEOINT

Geospatial-Intelligence

GFE

Government Furnished Equipment

GFM

Government Furnished Materiel

GPS-PPS

Global Positioning System – Precise Positioning System

GRE

Graduate Record Examination

GSA

General Services Administration

GSOMIA

General Security of Military Information Agreements

GWOT

Global War on Terrorism

HA

Humanitarian Assistance

HA/MA

Humanitarian Assistance and Mine Action

HAC

House Appropriations Committee

HAO

Humanitarian Assistance Other

HAP

Humanitarian Assistance Program

HAP-EP

Humanitarian Assistance Program - Excess Property

HAPC

Humanitarian Assistance Policy Committee

HASC

House Armed Services Committee

HAZMAT

Hazardous Materiel

HCA

Humanitarian and Civic Assistance

HDR

Humanitarian Daily Rations

HIRC

House International Relations Committee

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

I-LOMO

International Law of Military Operations

I-MET

International Military Education and Training

IAAFA

Inter-American Air Forces Academy, San Antonio, TX

IAAFA

Inter-American Air Force Academy

IAPTC

International Association Peacekeeping Training Center

ICASS

International Cooperative Administrative Support Services

ICP

Inventory Control Point

IDT

Inactive Duty Training

IEMP

International Engine Management Programs

IGOS

International Government Organizations

ILCO

International Logistics Control Office

ILOMO

International Law of Military Operations

ILS

Integrated Logistics Support

IMATT

International Military Assistance Training Team

IMC

Internal Management Control

IMELDA

International Maritime Enlisted Leadership & Development Assistance Program

IMET

International Military Education and Training

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMOC

International Maritime Officers Course

IMSO

International Military Student Officer

IMSO

International Military Student Office

INCLE

International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement

IOO

International Operations Officers

IPL

Integrated Priority List

IPO

(Navy) International Programs Office

IPOA

International Peace Operation Association

IRRD

Issue Release and Receipt Documents

ISAN

International Security Assistance Network

ISR

Industrial Security Regulation

ISTL

Integrated Standardized Training List

ISWOS

International Surface Warfare Officers School

IT

Information Technology

ITAR

International Traffic in Arms Regulations

ITO

Invitational Travel Orders

JAG

Judge Advocate General

JCET

Joint Combined Exchange Training

JCS

Joint Chiefs of Staff

JFTR

Joint Federal Travel Regulations

JLOC

Joint Logistics Operations Center

JMPAB

Joint Materiel Priorities and Allocation Board

JR

Joint Regulation

JSAT

Joint Security Assistance Training (Regulation)

JTR

Joint Travel Regulations

JVI

Joint Visual Inspection

LAA

Limited Access Authorization

LASO

Legal Aspects of Stability Operations

LCC

Legal Aspects of Combating Corruption

LCT

Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism

LDTT

Legal Development Training Team

LO/CLO

Low Observable/Counter Low Observable

LOA

Letter of Offer and Acceptance

LOAD

Letter of Offer and Acceptance Data

LOI

Letter of Intent

LOR

Letter of Request

LPA

Legislative and Public Affairs

LRC

Logistics Readiness Center (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)

LSC

Logistics Support Charge

LSE

Logistics Support Expense

LTD

Language Training Detachments

MANPADS

Man-Portable Air Defense System

MAP

Military Assistance Program

MAPAD

Military Assistance Program Address Directory

MAPEX

Military Assistance Program Excess

MAPOM

MAP-Owned Materiel

MARAD

Maritime Administration

MASFEX

Military Assistance Service Funded Excess

MASL

Military Articles and Sales List

MDA

Missile Defense Agency

MDE

Major Defense Equipment

MEDEVAC

Medical Evacuation

MERLN

Military Education Research Library Network

MET

Mobile Education Team

MFA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MFP

Major Force Program

MFR

Memorandum for Record

MIA

Missing in Action

MILDEP

Military Department

MILSTRIP

Military Standard Requisitioning and Issue Procedures

MIMEX

Major Item Material Excess

MIRR

Materiel Inspection and Receiving Report

MISWG

Multinational Industrial Security Working Group

MLA

Manufacturing Licensing Agreements

MLDP

Military Law Development Program

MMSC

Model Maritime Service Code

MNS

Mission Needs Statement

MOA

Memorandum of Agreement

MOD

Ministry of Defense

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

MPA

Military Personnel Account

MPP

Mission Performance Plan

MREs

Meals-Ready-to-Eat

MRI

MILSTRIP Routing Identifier

MS

Mission Sustainment

MSC

Military Sealift Command

MTCR

Misile Technology Control Regime

MTDS

Manpower and Travel Data Sheet

MTT

Mobile Training Team

NACSI

National Communication Security Instruction

NAD

National Armaments Director

NADR

Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining, and Related Programs

NAMSA

NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

NAVICP

Naval Inventory Control Point

NAVINST

Navy Instruction

NAVSCIATTS

Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School, Stennis Space Center, MS

NC

Nonrecurring Cost

NCB

National Codification Bureau

NCIS

Naval Criminal Investigative Services

NDP

National Disclosure Policy

NDPC

National Disclosure Policy Committee

NDPS

National Disclosure Policy System

NDU

National Defense University

NESA

Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies

NETSAFA

Naval Education and Training Security Assistance Field Activity

NGA

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

NIIN

National Item Identification Number

NIPO

Navy International Programs Office

NISP

National Industrial Security Program

NISPOM

National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual

NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NJS

Naval Justice School

NO

Northern Command

NOA

Notice of Availability

NOSC

Navy Operational Support Center

NPS

Naval Post Graduate School

NR

Non Regional

NSA

National Security Agency

NSAS

National Security Assistance Strategy

NSC

National Security Council

NSDD

National Security Decision Directive

NSN

National Stock Number

NSSC

Notice of Supply and/or Service Completion

NVD

Night Vision Device

O&M

Operations and Maintenance

OA

Obligational Authority

OBL

Ocean Bill of Lading

OC-ALC

Oklahoma Air Logistics Center

OCCSG/HMA

Policy Coordinating Committee Subgroup on Humanitarian Mine Action

OCONUS

Outside the Continental United States

ODS

Ozone Depleting Substance

OED

Offer Expiration Date

OFDA

Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance

OGC

DSCA Office of General Counsel

OHDACA

Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster and Civic Air

OJT

On-The-Job Training

OMB

Office of Management and Budget

OPI

Oral Proficiency Interviews

OPR

Office of Primary Responsibility

OPSEC

Operations Security

ORC

Offer Release Code

ORD

Operational Requirements Document

ORF

Official Representation Funds

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense

OSP

Offshore Procurement

OT

Orientation Tour

OT&E

Operational Test and Evaluation

P&A

Price and Availability

PA

Procurement Appropriation

PAO

Public Affairs Officer

PBAS

Program Budget Allotment System

PC&H

Packing, Crating, and Handling

PCC

Policy Coordinating Committee

PCH&T

Packing, Crating, Handling, and Transportation

PCS

Permanent Change of Station

PD

Presidential Determination

PDLI

Project Directive Line Item

PDM

Program Decision Memorandum

PEC

Pricing Element Code

PEM

Program Element Monitor

PfP

Partnership for Peace

PKLD

Peacekeeping: Latest Developments

PKO

Peace Keeping Operations

PKRL

Conducting Stability and Peacekeeping Operations in Accordance with the Rule of Law

PLAD

Plain Language Address Designator

PM

Program Manager

PM/RSAT

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs/Office of Regional Security and Arms Transfers

PME

Professional Military Education

PML

Program Management Line

PMO

Program Management Office

POC

Point of Contact

POD

Port of Debarkation

POE

Port of Embarkation

POM

Program Objective Memorandum

POTUS

President of the United States

POW

Prisoner of War

PPBS

Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System

PPR

Positions of Prominence Report

PROS

Parts and Repair Ordering System

PTSS

Program of Terrorism & Security Studies

PWS

Performance Work Statement

QAT

Quality Assurance Team

QOL

Quality of Life

R&D

Research and Development

RCN

Record Control Number

RCS

Reports Control Symbol

RDT&E

Research, Development, Test & Evaluation

RFP

Request for Proposal

RIM

Retainable Instructional Materials

RM

Resource Management

RPD

Regional Program Director

RSI

Rationalization, Standardization, and Interoperability

RSLAF

Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces

RULOPS

Rules of Law and Disciplined Military Operations

SA

Security Assistance

SAAM

Special Assignment Airlift Mission

SAARMS

Security Assistance Automated Resource Management Suite

SAC

Senate Appropriations Committee

SAF/IA

Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs

SAMM

Security Assistance Management Manual

SAN

Security Assistance Network

SANG

Saudi Arabia National Guard

SAO

Security Assistance Organization/Officer

SAPRWG

Security Assistance Planning and Review Working Group

SASC

Senate Armed Services Committee

SAT

Security Assistance Team

SATFA

Security Assistance Training Field Activity

SBA

Special Billing Arrangement

SBLC

Standby Letter of Credit

SCI

Special Compartmented Information

SCIP

Security Cooperation Information Portal

SDAF

Special Defense Acquisition Fund

SDDC

(Military) Surface Deployment and Distribution Command

SDFI

Secure Digital Forensic Imaging

SDI

Strategic Defense Initiative

SDR

Supply Discrepancy Report

SECDEF

Secretary of Defense

SECSTATE

Secretary of State

SED

Shipper’s Export Declaration

SET

Specialized English Training

SFRC

Senate Foreign Relations Committee

SHAPE

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe

SME

Subject Matter Expert

SNAP

Simplified Nonstandard Acquisition Process

SO/LIC

Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict

SOF

Special Operations Forces

SOFA

Status of Forces Agreement

SOW

Statement of Work

SPAN

DoD Security Policy Automation Network

SPO

Systems Program Office

SR

Specialized English Training Required

SSA

Security Sector Assistance

SSR

Security Sector Reform

SSR-LAP

Security Sector Reform Legal Assistance Program

STL

Standardized Training List

SVI

Single Vendor Integrity

TAA

Technical Assistance Agreement

TAC

Type of Address Code

TAD

Temporary Additional Duty

TAFT

Technical Assistance Field Team

TAR

Team After-Action Review

TAT

Technical Assistance Team

TBC

Transportation Bill Code

TCG

Technical Coordinating Group

TCN

Transportation Control Number

TDP

Technical Data Package

TDR

Transportation Discrepancy Report

TDY

Temporary Duty

TL

Termination Liability

TLA

Travel and Living Allowance

TLW

Termination Liability Worksheet

TMS

Training Management System

TOEFL

Test of English as a Foreign Language

TOR

Term of Reference

TOW-2B

Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided Missile

TPA

Total Package Approach

TPMR

Training Program Management Review

TPS

Technology Protection System

TRANSCOM

U.S. Transportation Command

U.S.C.

United States Code

UAV

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

UCMJ

Uniform Code of Military Justice

UFR

Unfunded Requirement

ULO

Unliquidated Obligation

UMMIPS

Uniform Material Movement and Issue Priority System

UN

United Nations

UND

Urgency of Need Designator

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNLOA

United Nations Letters of Assist

UPT

Undergraduate Pilot Training

USAF

United States Air Force

USAID

(United States) Agency for International Development

USAMMA

United States Army Medical Materiel Agency

USARCS

United States Army Claims Service

USAREUR

United States Army - Europe

USARPAC

United States Army - Pacific

USASAC

United States Army Security Assistance Command

USCENTCOM

United States Central Command

USCG

United States Coast Guard

USD(AT&L)

Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics

USD(C)

Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller

USD(I)

Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence

USD(P)

Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

USDR

United States Defense Representative

USEUCOM

United States European Command

USG

United States Government

USJFCOM

United States Joint Forces Command

USMC

United States Marine Corps

USML

United States Munitions List

USN

United States Navy

USPACOM

United States Pacific Command

USPS

United States Postal Service

USSOCOM

United States Special Operations Command

USSOUTHCOM

United States Southern Command

USTRANSCOM

United States Transportation Command

V&A

Valuation and Availability

WAAS

Washington Headquarters Services Allotment Accounting System

WCF

Working Capital Fund

WCN

Worksheet Control Number

WHINSEC

Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation

WHS

Washington Headquarters Services

WIF

Warsaw Initiative Fund

WMD

Weapons of Mass Destruction

WPAFB

Wright - Patterson Air Force Base - Ohio

WPOD

Water Port of Debarkation

WPOE

Water Port of Embarkation

WSLO

Weapons System Logistics Officer