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Terms for subject United States (7423 entries)

materiel management	That phase of military logistics that includes managing, cataloging, requirements determinations, procurement, distribution, overhaul, and disposal of materiel
materiel planning	A subset of logistic planning consisting of the four-step process of: a. requirements definition. Requirements for significant items are calculated at item-level detail to support sustainability planning and analysis. b. apportionment. Items are apportioned to the combatant commanders based on a global scenario to avoid sourcing of items to multiple theaters. c. sourcing. Sourcing is the matching of available capabilities on a given date against item requirements to support sustainability analysis and the identification of locations to support transportation planning. d. documentation. Sourced item requirements are translated into movement requirements and documented in the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System database for transportation feasibility analysis
materiel release order	An order issued by an accountable supply system manager directing a non-accountable activity within the same supply distribution complex to release and ship materiel
materiel requirements	Those quantities of items of equipment and supplies necessary to equip, provide a materiel pipeline, and sustain a Service, formation, organization, or unit in the fulfillment of its purposes or tasks during a specified period
Matter Of Fact	MOF
max	tops	Val_Sh­ips
maximum ordinate	In artillery and naval gunfire support, the height of the highest point in the trajectory of a projectile above the horizontal plane passing through its origin.
MD	Maryland
Md	Code Maryland Code
MDN	Midland, Michigan
MDY	Man- Day
Mean Opinion Scoring	MOS
Mean Predicted Area	MPA
Mean Squared Error	MSE
measure of effectiveness	A criterion used to assess changes in system behavior, capability, or operational environment that is tied to measuring the attainment of an end state, achievement of an objective, or creation of an effect
measure of performance	A criterion used to assess friendly actions that is tied to measuring task accomplishment
Measure Of Reuse Excellence	MORE
measurement and signature intelligence	Information produced by quantitative and qualitative analysis of physical attributes of targets and events to characterize, locate, and identify targets and events, and derived from specialized, technically derived measurements of physical phenomenon intrinsic to an object or event
Measurement and Signature Intelligence Requirements System	A system for the management of theater and national measurement and signature intelligence collection requirements, providing automated tools for users in support of submission, review, and validation of measurement and signature intelligence nominations of requirements to be tasked for national and Department of Defense measurement and signature intelligence collection, production, and exploitation resources
measurement ton	The unit of volumetric measurement of equipment associated with surface-delivered cargo equal to the total cubic feet divided by 40