CAS3 Staff Officer Guide - U.S. Army

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Staff Officer's Guide
10 Appendixes
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10.1 References
AR 25-11, Record Communications and the Privacy Communications System, 4 Sep 90
AR 25-50, Preparing and Managing Correspondence, 5 Mar 01
AR 310-50, Authorized Abbreviations, Brevity Codes, and Acronyms, 15 Nov 85
FM 101-5, Staff Organization and Operations, 31 May 97
Joint Pub 1-02, DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 12 Apr 01
FR Reg 10-3, Manual of Organizations and Functions, 24 Aug 92
DA PAM 600-67, Effective Writing for Army Leaders, 2 Jun 86
U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, 2000
10.2 Jargon for Staff Officers
Term Definition
Action A staff paper or project.
Blast (a blast) An action paper or coordination input that attacks the position being taken by
some organization, usually in blunt terms.
Bless Approval of an action for coordination or forwarding.
Blurb A short note or write-up.
Bootleg copy Unofficial advance working copy of a tasking document or action paper.
Brainstorm A meeting at which ideas are freely surfaced and discussed, no matter how
far out they may be, in the interest of uncovering all possible approaches to
(or parameters of) an issue or problem.
Buck slip Optional Form (OF) 41, Routing and Transmittal Slip. Use this form
primarily for simple handwritten communications internal to an office.
Butcher charts Large flimsy charts on a chart stand that turn like pages in a book (vertically).
Chart paper is roughly the same size as paper used to wrap meat in butcher
shops.
Buy To approve, concur, or accept an action from another agency.
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