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Term
Distibution
Definition
Recieving materiel, property, and people from point of origin and delivering it (or them) to a point of destination and all process that go into making it happen.
Term
The Commander
Definition
USTranscom, is assigned the mission to provide air, land, and sea transportation for the Department of Defense, both in time of peace and in  times of war.
Term
JP4-09
Definition
Distribution Operations defines distribution as the operational process of synchronizing all elements of the logistics system to the deliver the right things to the right place at the right time to support the geaographic combatant commander.
Term
CFR 49, Title 49 Code of federal regulations
Definition
Regulates all transportation activities within the US. Title 49 codifies US Federal law governing transportation activities. It regulates all US domestic commercial modes of transportation (air, land, and sea).
Term
DOD 400.25-1M, Military Standards Requisitioning and Issue Procedure (MILISTRIP)
Definition
Prescribes uniform procedures, data elements and codes, formats, forms, and time standards for use in automated and manual data processing, involving both high-speed electronic and other media of communication employed in requisitioning, issuing, lateral redistribution, returning, and  disposal of DOD materiel.
Term
DOD 4140.1R, DOD Supply Chain Materiel Management regulation
Definition
This regulation presents DOD Logistics personnel with a process based view of materiel management policy within supply chain framework. It provides materiel manaegment guidance and specifically adresses Uniform Materiel movement and issue priority system. (UMMIPS)
Term
DOD 4500.9R, Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR), Part II Cargo Movement
Definition
Prescribes procedures and guidance and assigns responsibilities for performing traffic management functions (e.g. distribution operations) initiated or sponsored by DOD activities, to include the transportation and movement of cargo and materiel.
Term
DOD 4500.9R, Defense Transportation Regulation (DTR), Part III Mobility
Definition
Provides DOD procedures and guidance for the deployment, sustainment, and redeployement of personnel, cargo, and equipment via all modes of transportation.
Term
DOD 4515.13R, Air Transportation Elegibility
Definition
This regulation implements DOD policies governing the use of DOD owned or controlled aircraft and establishes criteria for passengers and cargo movement. It establishes elegibilty and categories of cargo transported aboard an aircraft operated by an activity finanaced through the Transportation Working Capital Fund.
Term
AFI 24-203, Preparation and Movement of Air Force Cargo
Definition
This instruction provides the Air Force service specific supplements to DTR Parts I-VII. Compliance with this instruction is mandatory. It applies to the Air Force Reserve Command and ANG. AFI 24-203 assigns responsibilities and provides guidance and procedures on the planning, documentaion, funding, and other actions associated with the movement of Air Force cargo in support of peacetime, exercise, humanitarian and contingency operation.
Term
AFI 24-302
Definition
This instruction is intended to empower USAF Logistics readiness squadron (LRS) Commanders, Aerial Port Commanders, and small terminal operators with authority and responsibilty to meet cargo preparation and movement needs of their customers, to identify references, and to provide necessary procedural guidance.
Term
AFMAN 24-204, Preparing Hazardous Materials for Military Air Shipment
Definition
This regulations is an inter-service manual based on CFR 49 that provides instruction for preparing hazardous materials for shipment aboard military aircraft (DOD owned or controlled), to ensure the materiels are packaged, packed, marked, labeled, and prepared properly for transportaionwhen offered for shipment.
Term
Defense Transportation System
Definition
Portion of the global transportation infrastructure  that supports Department  of Defense common-users transportation needs across the range of military operations.
Term
Distribution Operations
Definition
Right things to the right place to support the geographic combatant commanders.
Term
DOD 4500.9-R Part III
Definition
Provides DOD procedures and guidance for the deployment, sustainment, and redeployment of personnel, cargo, and equipment via all modes of transportation.
Term
DOD 4000.25-1-M
Definition
Provides uniform procedures, data elements and codes, formats, forms, and times standards for use in automated and manual data processing.
Term
USTRANSCOM
Definition
The mission is  to develop and direct the Joint Deployment and Distribution Enterprise to globally project strategic national security capablilites; accurately sense the operating environment; provide ene-end distribution process visibility; and responsive support of joint, US government and Secretary of Defense-approved multi national and non governmental logistical requirements. 
Term
USTRANSCOM
Definition
Aligns traffic management and transportation single manager responsibilities to acheive optimum responsiveness, effectiveness, and economy. Provides air, land, and sea transportation, common-users port management and terminal service per Unified Command Plan for DOD across the range of military operations throught the TCC.
Term
DDOC, USTRANSCOM Deployment Distribution Operation Center
Definition
is the single location for managing all movement requirements. Their team serve as the single face to the customer on all cargo and passenger requirements moving  within the DTS. DDOC provides day to day execution oversight of USTRANSCOM mission from 24-72 hours prior to execution.
Term
Surface Deployement and Distribution Command (SDDC)
Definition
The mission of SDDC is  to provide expeditionary and sustained ened-end deployement and distribution to meet the Nations objective.
Term
What are the two critical process components of the  surface distribution mission.
Definition
Cargo disribution and port management
Term
Civil Air Fleet
Definition
Is composed of commercial aircraft commmitted to  support the  movement of  military forces and materiel worldwide through augmentation of the organic fleet.
Term
VISA Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement.
Definition
Is a partnership between the US Government and the maritime industry to provide the DoD with assured access to commercial sealift and intermodal capacity to support the emergency deployment and sustainment of the US military forces. 
Term
Mode of transportation
Definition
Refers to a category of movement.
Term
AMC
Definition
is the  single manager for air mobility.
Term
AALPS
Definition
Allows military air load planners to quickly and effectively estimate airlift requirements, plan force packages, and modify aircraft loads. It provides reapid estimates of airlift requirements for a given list of equipment for a given list of equipment and passengers and takes into account the unique loading requirements for all delivery methods used on US Military and CRAF cargo aircraft.
Term
CMOS. Cargo Movement Operations System
Definition
Is a combat support system taht provides automated base level processing for cargo movement during peacetime and both deployment cargo and passenger movement during contingencies for the AEF. CMOS is for all AF deployment and distribution.
Term
DODAAC
Definition
DOD Activity Adress Code Web Management System. This is a web based system designed to assist the customer as they search for existing DoDAcc information and updates the DoDAcc address.
Term
GATES. Global Air Transportation Execution System
Definition
AMC Aerial Port Management System at fixed location. It provides AMC, 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.
Term
GFM. Global Freight management System/Electronic Transportation Acquisition
Definition
Is a web based DoD, USTRanscom, and SDDC freight deployment and distribution information system designed to provide a centralized database of master reference files freight tenders, domestic route order request, bills of lading shipment information, and carrier performance data.
Term
GTN/IGC. Global Transportation network/ Integrated Data Environment GTN Convergence
Definition
Is USTRANSCOM command and  control AIS that  provides DOD and commercial transportation users and providers, a system of  command, control and in transit visibilty capabilities. 
Term
RECON. Reusable Container Worldwide Warehouse System
Definition
Is a web enabled system used to cross-level excess reusable containers and/or packaging materiel from base to base, provide worldwide visibility and match warfighters needs.
Term
DPS/DP3
Definition
Self-service, web based DOD program to support household good moves for service members, civilian employees, and family members.
Term
SPIRES
Definition
Web-enabled database application that Air Force and public contracting personnel use to manage special packaging instruction.
Term
Defense Working Capital Fund (DWCF)
Definition
Established  to allow federal government purchase and repair activities to account for cost and revenue as if it were a commercial business. Title 10 allows DWFC to function as a self  sustaining activity. Is a revolving fund that combines previously existing commercial or business operation under a single treasury account. The revolving fund system rely on sale of goods and services for the cash necessary to finance the activities of DOD organizations. Zero profit or loss.
Term
AFWCF. Air Force Working Capital
Definition
Subset of the defense Working Capital Fund responsible Air Force managed reparable and system support items, consumable non-Air Force managed items.
Term
Air Force Second Destination Transportation/ Centrally managed allotment
Definition
Pays for certain movements of non-AFWCF materiel. this includes movements of munitions, aircraft engines, and investment items.
Term
Transportation Account Codes. TAC
Definition
Used in shipping and transportation process to link movement authority, funding approval, and accounting data for shipments of cargo and personal property in the DTS. 
Term
Traffic Management
Definition
Refers to movement of DoD passengers, DoD cargo, and personal property for DoD personal.
Term
TMO Officer
Definition
At the base level, executes DoD policies and procedures to obtain transportation services.
Term
AFI 24-203, Preparation and movement Air Force Cargo
Definition
Organize program and manage transportation and packagingresources to include host, tenenant and geographic seperated unit support agreement for transportation, packaging, and funding support. Establishes procedures for shipping/recieving expediting high priority cargo
Term
Vehicle Operations
Definition
Single source for safe and efficient organic group transportation of personnel and cargo   within and between installation in support of daily and contingency procedures.
Term
AFI 24-203, Preparation and Movement of Air Force
Definition
The primary guide to direct the organization shipping activities. 
Term
What are the two types of shipping
Definition
Milstrip and Non-Milstrip
Term
Milstrip
Definition
DTR Part II, Shipments processed through the base level material management/supply system and CMOS. Use DD form 1348-1A
Term
Non-Milstrip
Definition
Shipments not processed through the base level material management/supply system. They use DD form 1149
Term
UMMIPS, uniform material movement and issue priority system
Definition
Provides a system to ensure requirements are processed under the mission requiring activity and the urgency of need.
Term
TP, Transportation Priority
Definition
estavlish movement precedent over cargo
Term
RDD, Required delivery date
Definition
Three character numeric data identifying the level of service that a customer requires to meet delivery standard. Most urgent is 999.
Term
Project codes
Definition
Most often designated as AF Expedited Service for transportation.
Term
Green sheet
Definition
Cargo that may gain movement precedence over the priority cargo, including 999.
Term
Purple Sheet
Definition
Gains priority movement over green sheet and 999.
Term
TCN, Transportation Control number
Definition
DTR, Part II. 17 character data element assigned control and manage every shipment.
Term
4 cctaegories for Reusable containers
Definition
short, long, Multi application, Specialized
Term
short container
Definition
Effective 10 trips minimum.
Term
Long life
Definition
Effective 100 trips minimum.
Term
Multi purpose
Definition

Short or long life container designed to protect a variety of items.

 

Term
Specialized
Definition
Normally a long life designed to protect specific items.
Term
SPI, Special Packaging Instruction
Definition

First pack containers are a complete shipping and storage system that integrates interior cushioning container material with the exterior container and designed for recovery and reuse. There are primarily 3:

First Packaging Container

STANDARD

SPI drawing

Term
HM training
Definition
24 months interval
Term
Military Shipment label
Definition
DD 1387, 2D coded MSL.
Term
Consolidation
Definition
Assembly of a group of containers or item s into a s ingle load.
Term
Segragation
Definition
Separating and storing cargo.
Term
4 fundamental groups for HM workers
Definition

Handlers

Packers

Inspectors

preparers

Term
100 percent reship
Definition
All NWRM shipments and receipts will have 100 percent Reship notification and confirmation
Term
DD form 1149, non miilitary
Definition
NWRM shipment
Term
DD form 1348-1A, Military
Definition
Classified NWRM materiel
Term
The receiver
Definition
must call within 2 hours
Term
Oconus response time
Definition
8 hours
Term
Reship
Definition
Notifying an agency of a shipment of HM, classified, protected, sensitive, or NWRM cargo.
Term
Hazardous materials
Definition
The UN and DOt defines Haz Mat as a substance capable of posing an unreasonable risk to health, safety, and property during transportation.
Term
Bill of lading
Definition
Most often shippers ceritify HM directly for dangerous goods.
Term
What is required for cargo via TPS
Definition

AA&E

NWRM

Secret

Term
2Hr and 8 Hr
Definition
Conus reship notification will be made within 2 hours of shipment departure. OCONUS notifications will be made within 8 hrs. Destination must acknowledge receipt within 24 hours.
Term
Shipment planning
Definition
Cargo movement element makes concerning warehousing, consolidating, packing, and mode  of transportation.
Term
SWPS
Definition
Shipment planning worksheet. Used to plan the shipment for movement through the DTS.
Term
ACA
Definition
Air eligible cargo, clears through the Airlift Clearance Service into APOE.
Term
CDMC
Definition
Conus distribution  management cell. Official clearance agency for shipments planned for lift on military owned or controlled assets to overseas points (modes)
Term
TCMD
Definition
Transportation Control and Movement of cargo through DTS.
Term
Advanced TCMD
Definition
Entering the DTS must be pre-cleared using an ATCMD through the sponsoring shipper service ACA.
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