electronic data interchange (EDI)--Computer to computer exchange of business data using standards jointly developed by standard groups such as American National Standards Institute (ANSI) or Electronic Data Interchange Agency.

eligible traffic--Traffic for which movement requirements are submitted and space is assigned or allocated. Such traffic must meet eligibility requirements specified in Joint Travel Regulations for the Uniformed Services and publications of the Department of Defense and Military Departments governing eligibility for land, sea, and air transportation, and be in accordance with the guidance of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

ELIST--Enhanced Logistics Intratheater Support Tool (MTMC)--A transportation feasibility planning and modeling system that may be used to determine the infrastructure that will be required for a force deployment.

embarkation--The process of putting personnel and/or vehicles and their associated stores and equipment into ships and/or aircraft.

embarkation and tonnage table--A consolidated table showing personnel and cargo, by troop or naval units, loaded aboard a combat-loaded ship.

embarkation area--An area ashore, including a group of embarkation points, in which final preparations for embarkation are completed and through which assigned personnel and loads for craft and ships are called forward to embark.

embarkation element (unit) (group)--A temporary administrative formation of personnel with supplies and equipment embarking or to be embarked (combat loaded) aboard the ships of one transport element (unit) (group). It is dissolved upon completion of the embarkation. An embarkation element normally consists of two or more embarkation teams: a unit, of two or more elements; and a group, of two or more units.

embarkation officer--An officer on the staff of units of the landing force who advises the commander thereof on matters pertaining to embarkation planning and loading ships.

embarkation order--An order specifying dates, times, routes, loading diagrams, and methods of movement to shipside or aircraft for troops and their equipment.

embarkation organization--A temporary administrative formation of personnel with supplies and equipment embarking or to be embarked (combat loaded) aboard amphibious shipping.

embarkation phase--In amphibious operations, the phase which encompasses the orderly assembly of personnel and materiel and their subsequent loading aboard ships and/or aircraft in a sequence designed to meet the requirements of the landing force concept of operations ashore.

embarkation plans--The plans prepared by the landing force and appropriate subordinate commanders containing instructions and information concerning the organization for embarkation, assignment to shipping, supplies and equipment to be embarked, location and assignment of embarkation areas, control and communication arrangements, movement schedules and embarkation sequence, and additional pertinent instructions relating to the embarkation of the landing force.

embarkation team--A temporary administrative formation of all personnel with supplies and equipment embarking or to be embarked (combat loaded) aboard one ship.

Federal Coordinating Officer--Appointed by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, on behalf of the President, to coordinate federal assistance to a state affected by a disaster or emergency. The source and level of the Federal Coordinating Officer will likely depend on the nature of the federal response. Also called FCO.

Federal Modal Agencies--See transportation operating agencies.

Federal Transport Agencies--See transportation operating agencies.

final destination--In naval control of shipping, the final destination of a convoy or of an individual ship (whether in convoy or independent) irrespective of whether or not routing instructions have been issued.

fixed port--Water terminals with an improved network of cargo-handling facilities designed for the transfer of oceangoing freight.

flammable cargo--See inflammable cargo.

flatrack--Portable, open-topped, open-sided units that fit into existing below-deck container cell guides and provide a capability for container ships to carry oversized cargo and wheeled and tracked vehicles.

flatted cargo--Cargo placed in the bottom of the holds, covered with planks and dunnage, and held for future use. Flatted cargo usually has room left above it for the loading of vehicles that may be moved without interfering with the flatted cargo. Frequently, flatted cargo serves in lieu of ballast. Sometimes called understowed cargo.

flight ferry--The movement by self-deployment of the aircraft of the Aviation Combat Element (ACE) to the AAA.

floating base support--A form of logistic support in which supplies, repairs, maintenance, and other services are provided in harbor or at an anchorage for operating forces from ships.

floating dump--Emergency supplies preloaded in landing craft, amphibious vehicles, or in landing ships. Floating dumps are located in the vicinity of the appropriate control officer who directs their landing as requested by the troop commander concerned.

FLS--See Naval Forward Logistics Site.

fly-in echelon--The fly-in echelon (FIE) includes the balance of the initial assault force, not included in the initial assault force, not included in the assault echelon, and some aviation support equipment.

FOB--See forward operating base; forward operations base.

follow-up--In amphibious operations, the landing of reinforcements and stores after the assault and assault follow-on echelons have been landed.

follow-up echelon--In air transport operations, elements moved into the objective area after the assault echelon.

follow-up shipping--Ships not originally a part of the amphibious task force but which deliver troops and supplies to the objective area after the assault phase has begun.

follow-up supplies--Supplies delivered after the initial landings or airdrop to resupply units until routine supply procedures can be instituted. These supplies may be delivered either automatically or on an on-call basis and are prepared for delivery by supporting supply units.

Force Movement Control Center--The Force Movement Control Center (FMCC) is an operating forces agency normally established in the headquarters of the deploying MAGTF's parent MEF that monitors, coordinates, controls, and adjusts as required, strategic movement of Marine forces and associated Navy forces within the joint deployment system.

Force Movement Control Center--The Force Movement Control Center (FMCC) is an operating forces agency normally established in the headquarters of the deploying MAGTF's parent MEF that monitors, coordinates, controls, and adjusts as required, strategic movement of Marine forces and associated Navy forces within the joint deployment system.

forward operating base--An airfield used to support tactical operations without establishing full support facilities. The base may be used for an extended time period. Support by a main operating base will be required to provide backup support for a forward operating base.

forward operations base--In special operations, a base usually located in friendly territory or afloat that is established to extend command and control or communications or to provide support for training and tactical operations. Facilities may be established for temporary or longer duration operations and may include an airfield or an unimproved airstrip, an anchorage, or a pier. A forward operations base may be the location of special operations component headquarters or a smaller unit that is controlled and/or supported by a main operations base.

free-on-board (FOB)--This term is used with the designation of a physical point to determine the responsibility and basis for payment of freight charges and, unless otherwise agreed, the point at which title for supplies passes to the buyer or consignee.

a. FOB destination. Free on board at destination, or where the seller or consignor delivers the supplies on the seller’s or consignor’s conveyance to a specified delivery point. In this case, unless the contract provides otherwise, the cost of shipping and the risk of loss are borne by the seller or consignor.

b. FOB origin. Free on board at the place of origin, or where the seller or consignor places the supplies on the conveyance by which they are to be transported. Unless the contract provides otherwise, the cost of shipping and the risk of loss are borne by the buyer or consignee.

freight consolidating activity--A transportation activity that receives less than carload/truckload shipments of materiel for the purpose of assembling them into carload/truckload lots for onward movement to the ultimate consignee or to a freight distributing activity or other break bulk point.

freight distributing activity--A transportation activity that receives and unloads consolidated carloads/truckloads of less than carload/truckload shipments of material and forwards the individual shipments to the ultimate consignee.

frequency channels--A frequency channel may be set up when traffic requirements do not support the desired frequency of service. Frequency channels may be requested on the basis of operational necessity for support of a mission sensitive area or for quality-of-life purposes to remote areas.

frustrated cargo--Any shipment of supplies and/ or equipment which while en route to destination is stopped prior to receipt and for which further disposition instructions must be obtained.

general air cargo--Cargo without hazardous or dangerous properties and not requiring extra precautions for air transport.

general cargo--Cargo which is susceptible for loading in general, nonspecialized stowage areas; e.g., boxes, barrels, bales, crates, packages, bundles, and pallets.

general unloading period--In amphibious operations, that part of the ship-to-shore movement in which unloading is primarily logistic in character, and emphasizes speed and volume of unloading operations. It encompasses the unloading of units and cargo from the ships as rapidly as facilities on the beach permit. It proceeds without regard to class, type, or priority of cargo, as permitted by cargo handling facilities ashore.

GCCS--Global Command and Control System--Highly mobile, deployable command and control system supporting forces for joint and multinational operations across the range of military operations, any time and anywhere in the world with compatible, interoperable, and integrated command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence systems.

GII--global information infrastructure--The worldwide sum of all interconnected information systems and the systems that connect them.

global grid--An open systems architecture that provides global connectivity instantaneously on warrior demand. The global grid can support both vertical and horizontal information flow to joint and multinational forces.

Global Patient Movement Requirements Center--A joint activity reporting directly to the Commander in Chief, US Transportation Command, the Department of Defense single manager for the regulation of movement of uniformed services patients. The Global Patient Movement Requirements Center authorizes transfers to medical treatment facilities of the Military Departments or the Department of Veterans Affairs and coordinates intertheater and inside continental United States patient movement requirements with the appropriate transportation component commands of US Transportation Command.

global transportation management (GTM)--The integrated process of satisfying transportation requirements using the Defense Transportation System to meet national security objectives. The process begins with planning, programming and budgeting for transportation assets, services and associated systems and continues through delivery of the users transportation movement requirements.

government bill of lading (GBL)--A government document used to procure transportation and related services from commercial carriers.

government-owned, contract-operated ships--Those ships to which the US Government holds title and which the Military Sealift Command operates under a contract (i.e., nongovernment-manned). These ships are designated United States Naval Ships and use the prefix "USNS" with the ship name and the letter "T" as a prefix to the ship classification (e.g., T-AKR).

government-owned, Military Sealift Command-operated ships--Those ships to which the US Government holds title and which the Military Sealift Command operates with US Government (civil service) employees. These ships are designated United States Naval Ships and use the prefix "USNS" with the ship name and the letter "T" as a prefix to the ship classification (e.g., T-AKR).

grossly transportation feasible--A determination made by the supported commander that a draft operation plan can be supported with the apportioned transportation assets. This determination is made by using a transportation feasibility estimator to simulate movement of personnel and cargo from port of embarkation to port of debarkation within a specified time frame.

GTN--Global Transportation Network--The automated command and control information system that will enable USTRANSCOM and its components to provide global transportation management. GTN will provide the integrated transportation data and systems necessary to accomplish global transportation planning, command and control, and intransit visibility during war and peace.

harbor--A restricted body of water, an anchorage, or other limited coastal water area and its mineable water approaches, from which shipping operations are projected or supported. Generally, a harbor is part of a base, in which case the harbor defense force forms a component element of the base defense force established for the local defense of the base and its included harbor.

hard beach--A portion of a beach especially prepared with a hard surface extending into the water, employed for the purpose of loading or unloading directly into or from landing ships or landing craft.

heavy-lift cargo--1. Any single cargo lift, weighing over 5 long tons, and to be handled aboard ship. 2. In Marine Corps usage, individual units of cargo that exceed 800 pounds in weight or 100 cubic feet in volume.

heavy-lift ship----A ship specially designed and capable of loading and unloading heavy and bulky items. It has booms of sufficient capacity to accommodate a single lift of 100 tons.