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Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. Sea Basing: Ensuring Joint Force Access from the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11370.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations


AB

advanced base

AFSB

Afloat Forward Staging Base

AMC

Air Mobility Command

AMC-X

Advanced Mobility Concept (aircraft)

ARF

Army Regional Flotilla

ARG

Amphibious Ready Group

ATD

Advanced Technology Demonstration


BCT

Brigade Combat Team

B-HSC

beachable high-speed connector

B-HSV

beachable high-speed vessel

BWB

blended wing body (flying wing)


C2

command and control

C3

command, control, and communications

C4ISR

command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance

CLF

combat logistics force

CMC

Commandant, Marine Corps

CNO

Chief of Naval Operations

COCOM

combatant commander

COD

carrier onboard delivery

CONOPS

concept of operations

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. Sea Basing: Ensuring Joint Force Access from the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11370.
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CONUS

continental United States

CSG

Carrier Strike Group

CVBG

Carrier Battle Group


DLA

Defense Logistics Agency

DOD

Department of Defense

DOF

degree of freedom

DSB

Defense Science Board


ECC

efficient combined container

EFV

expeditionary fighting vehicle

ESG

Expeditionary Strike Group


FCS

Future Combat System

FOC

full operational capability

FPR

fan pressure ratio

FY

Fiscal Year


HLLCAC

heavy-lift landing craft, air cushion

HLS

heavy-lift ship

HLVTOL

heavy-lift vertical takeoff and landing

HSC

high-speed connector

HSS

high-speed sealift

HSS-SD

high-speed sealift–shallow draft

HSV

high-speed vessel

HULA

ultra heavylift aircraft


ILP

integrated landing platform

IOC

initial operational capability

ISB

intermediate support base

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

ISR

intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance


JCIDS

Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System

JFCOM

Joint Forces Command

JLOTS

Joint Logistics Over the Shore (program)

JMIC

Joint Modular Inter-Modal Container (program)

JSF

Joint Strike Fighter

JTF

Joint Task Force


LAV

light assault vehicle

LCAC

landing craft, air cushion

LCAC-X

landing craft, air cushion-experimental

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. Sea Basing: Ensuring Joint Force Access from the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11370.
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LCM

landing craft, mechanized

LCS

landing craft, support

LCU

landing craft, utility

LCU(R)

landing craft, utility (replacement)

L/D

lift to drag

LHA

amphibious assault ship, general purpose

LHD

amphibious assault ship, multipurpose

LMSR

large, medium-speed roll on/roll off

LO/LO

lift on/lift off

LPD

amphibious assault transport, dock

LSD

landing ship, dock


MEB

Marine Expeditionary Brigade

MEU

Marine Expeditionary Unit

MLP

mobile landing platform

MPF

Maritime Prepositioning Force

MPF(A)

Maritime Prepositioning Force (Aviation)

MPF(F)

Maritime Prepositioning Force (Future)

MPSRON(F)

Maritime Prepositioning Squadron (Future)

MSC

Military Sealift Command

M-X

Materiel, Experimental


NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NAVAIR

Naval Air Systems Command nmi nautical mile

NOC

Naval Operating Concept

NRC

National Research Council


OMFTS

Operational Maneuver From the Sea

ONR

Office of Naval Research

OSD

Office of the Secretary of Defense


PASCAT

partial air cushion supported catamaran


R&D

research and development

RO/RO

roll on/roll off


S&T

science and technology

SCN

Ship Construction, Navy

SDHSS

shallow draft high-speed ship

SHP

shaft horsepower

SOCOM

Special Operations Command

Suggested Citation:"Appendix C Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2005. Sea Basing: Ensuring Joint Force Access from the Sea. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11370.
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SOF

Special Operations Forces

SSTOL

super short takeoff and landing

STOL

short takeoff and landing

STOM

Ship-to-Objective Maneuver

STOVL

short takeoff and vertical landing


TEU

20-ft-equivalent unit

TRANSCOM

Transportation Command

TRL

Technology Readiness Level

TSV

theater support vessel


USN

U.S. Navy

USNS

U.S. naval ship


VTOL

vertical takeoff and landing

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The availability of land bases from which to launch and maintain military, diplomatic, and humanitarian relief operations is becoming increasingly uncertain because of physical or political constraints. The ability to operate from a sea base, therefore, is likely to become more and more important. The Defense Science Board recently concluded that Sea Basing will be a critical future joint military capability and that DOD should proceed to develop such capability. Following the DSB report, the Navy requested that the National Research Council (NRC) convene a workshop to assess the science and technology base, both inside and outside the Navy, for developing Sea Basing and to identify R&D for supporting future concepts. This report of the workshop includes an examination of Sea Basing operational concepts; ship and aircraft technology available to make Sea Basing work; and issues involved in creating the sea base as a joint system of systems.

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