GLOSSARY
Army Materiel Command (AMC) Logistics Assistance Office (LAO).
Section I Acronyms and Abbreviations
AAR
After Action Report
MAIT
Maintenance Assistance and
Instruction Team
ACCP
Army Correspondence Course Program
MIL-STD
military standard
AIPD
Army Institute for Professional
MOS
Military Occupational Specialist
Development
Amt.
Amount
MSDS
Material Safety Data Sheets
API
American Petroleum Institute
NCOIC
Noncommissioned officer in charge
ASTM
American Society for Testing and
No.
Number
Materials
BDAR
Battlefield Damage and Assessment
OPFOR
Opposing forces
Repair
BS&W
bottom sediment and water
POL
Petroleum, oils, lubricants
DD
Department of Defense
PMCS
Preventive Maintenance Checks and
Services
DETC
Accrediting Commission of the Distance
psi
Pounds per square inch
Education and Training Council
DOD
Department of Defense
pt.
Pint
DS
Direct Support
QM
Quartermaster
ECU
Electronic Control Units
RCRA
Resource Conservation and Recovery
ECOD
estimated cost of damage
Act
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
RQ
Required quantity
F
Fahrenheit
FFCA
Federal Facilities Compliance Act
RVP
Reid Vapor Pressure
HM
hazardous material
qt.
Quart
HMIS
Hazardous Material Information System
SOP
Standing operating procedures
HW
hazardous waste
SPCC
Spill Control and Countermeasures
Plan
IAW
in accordance with
TMDE
Test Measurement and Diagnostic
Equipment
ICE
Interservice Correspondence Exchange
TRADOC
Army Training and Doctrine
ISCP
Installation Spill Contingency Plan
TDA
Table of Distribution and Allowances
W/S
Worksheet
Section II. Terms
API. The gravity of any petroleum product is
American Petroleum Institute (API) The institute
represents and is supported by the petroleum
corrected to 60F (16C).
industry. It standardizes the tools and equipment
used by the industry and promotes the
barge A flat-bottomed boat used to carry cargo on
advancement of research in the petroleum field.
inland waters or in lighterage service. Barges are
usually towed. A petroleum barge has internal
American Society for Testing and Materials
tanks to transport liquid cargo.
(ASTM) A national scientific technical organization
formed for the development of standards or
cut A fraction obtained by a separation process.
characteristics performance of materials, products,
Product withdrawn from a pipeline and routed
systems, and services and the promotion of
into tankage. Product withdrawn from the middle
related knowledge.
of a batch is referred to as a heart cut. In gaging
bulk fuel, the mark made by a petroleum product
API Gravity An arbitrary scale expressing the gravity
in contact with the gaging instrument. The cut
or density of liquid petroleum products. The
shows the level of the product.
measuring scale is calibrated in terms of degrees
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