General military

General military

General military terms.

Contributors in General military

General military

Joint doctrine publications that establish the doctrinal foundation for a series of joint publications in the hierarchy of joint publications. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff signs these ...

Facility substitutes

Military; General military

Items such as tents and prepackaged structures requisitioned through the supply system that may be used to substitute for constructed facilities.

Support items

Military; General military

Items subordinate to or associated with an end item (i.e., spares, repair parts, tools, test equipment, and sundry materiel) and required to operate, service, repair, or overhaul an end item.

Container-handling equipment (CHE)

Military; General military

Items of materials-handling equipment required to specifically receive, maneuver, and dispatch International organisation for standardisation containers.

Not mission capable, supply (NMCS)

Military; General military

Material condition indicating that systems and equipment are not capable of performing any of their assigned missions because of maintenance work stoppage due to a supply shortage.

Not mission capable, maintenance (NMCM)

Military; General military

Material condition indicating that systems and equipment are not capable of performing any of their assigned missions because of maintenance requirements.

Intermediate maintenance (field)

Military; General military

Maintenance that is the responsibility of and performed by designated maintenance activities for direct support of using organizations. Its phases normally consist of: a. Calibration, repair, or ...