Joint Publication 1-02 DoD Dictionary of Military ... - AcqNotes.com

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
commercial items — Articles of supply readily available from established commercial
distribution sources which the Department of Defense or inventory managers in the
Military Services have designated to be obtained directly or indirectly from such
sources.
commercial loading — See administrative loading.
commercial vehicle — A vehicle that has evolved in the commercial market to meet
civilian requirements and which is selected from existing production lines for military
use.
commit — The process of committing one or more air interceptors or surface-to-air missiles
for interception against a target track.
commodity loading —A method of loading in which various types of cargoes are loaded
together, such as ammunition, rations, or boxed vehicles, in order that each commodity
can be discharged without disturbing the others. See also combat loading. (JP 3-02.1)
commodity manager — An individual within the organization of an inventory control
point or other such organization assigned management responsibility for homogeneous
grouping of materiel items.
commonality — A quality that applies to materiel or systems: a. possessing like and
interchangeable characteristics enabling each to be utilized, or operated and maintained,
by personnel trained on the others without additional specialized training; b. having
interchangeable repair parts and/or components; and c. applying to consumable items
interchangeably equivalent without adjustment. (JP 6-0)
common item — 1. Any item of materiel that is required for use by more than one activity.
2. Sometimes loosely used to denote any consumable item except repair parts or other
technical items. 3. Any item of materiel that is procured for, owned by (Service stock),
or used by any Military Department of the Department of Defense and is also required
to be furnished to a recipient country under the grant-aid Military Assistance Program.
4. Readily available commercial items. 5. Items used by two or more Military
Services of similar manufacture or fabrication that may vary between the Services as to
color or shape (as vehicles or clothing). 6. Any part or component that is required in
the assembly of two or more complete end-items.
common operating environment — Automation services that support the development of
the common reusable software modules that enable interoperability across multiple
combat support applications. This includes segmentation of common software modules
from existing applications, integration of commercial products, development of a
common architecture, and development of common tools for application developers.
Also called COE. (JP 4-01)
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