text: Glossary
  S-4 battalion or brigade logistics staff officer
  S-6 battalion or brigade signal staff officer
  S-8 battalion or brigade financial management officer
  S-9 battalion or brigade civil affairs operations officer
  SDDC Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command
  SIPRNET SECRET Internet Protocol Router Network
  SOF special operations forces
  SOP standard operating procedure
  SPO support operations
  SPOD seaport of debarkation
  SSA supply support activity
  STANAG standardization agreement (NATO)
  TACON tactical control
  TB MED technical bulletin medical
  TBX transportation brigade expeditionary
  TG PAT theater gateway personnel accountability team
  TM technical manual
  TMC theater medical command
  TMCE theater movement control element
  TPFDD time-phased force and deployment data
  TPOC theater personnel operations center
  TSC theater sustainment command
  U.S. United States
  USAMC United States Army Materiel Command
  USASOC United States Army Special Operations Command
  USC United States Code
  USTRANSCOM United States Transportation Command
  SECTION II – TERMS
  administrative control
  Direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations in respect to administration
  and support. (JP 1, Volume 2)
  agility
  The ability to move forces and adjust their dispositions and activities more rapidly than the enemy.
  (FM 3-0)
  airdrop
  The unloading of personnel or materiel from aircraft in flight. (JP 3-36)
  amphibious operation
  A military operation launched from the sea by an amphibious force to conduct landing force operations
  within the littorals. (JP 3-02)
  area defense
  A type of defensive operation that concentrates on denying enemy forces access to designated terrain
  for a specific time rather than destroying the enemy outright. (ADP 3-90)