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Travel Assistance Center (TAC) provides travel assistance to the Defense travel community before, during, and after official travel. The staff provide advice and assistance on the DTS, DoD travel card, travel policy, commercial travel services and programs, and allowances and entitlements.
The Business Transformation Agency ( BTA) was an organization of the United States Department of Defense responsible for guiding the department's business operations modernization. The BTA was active from 2005 until its closure in 2011. The agency aimed to foster business operations support for the American warfighter and seeks to provide ...
The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is one of the eleven unified commands of the United States Department of Defense. In both times of peace and war, USTRANSCOM's role is to provide the Department of Defense with air, land, and sea transportation. USTRANSCOM was founded in 1987 and is based at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois.
The 353d Special Operations Group (353 SOG) is the focal point for all U.S. Air Force special operations activities throughout the United States Pacific Command (USPACOM) theater. Headquartered at Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan the group is prepared to conduct a variety of high-priority, low-visibility missions.
AADS – Alaskan Air Defense Sector. AAFES – Army and Air Force Exchange Service (pronounced "A-Fees") AB – Airman Basic; enlisted pay grade E-1. AB – Air Base. ABDR – Aircraft Battle Damage Repair. ABM – Air Battle Manager. ABU – Airman Battle Uniform. ABW – Air Base Wing. ACA – Airspace Control Authority.
Foreign governments submit a Letter of Request (LOR) to a U.S. government Security Cooperation Organization (SCO), typically the Office of Defense Cooperation within the U.S. embassy in that country or directly to the DSCA or to a U.S. military department (Department of the Army, Department of the Navy or Department of the Air Force) or another Defense Department agency. [4]
Temporary duty travel, also sometimes referred to as Temporary Additional Duty (TAD) in the US Navy and US Marine Corps, is a duty status designation reflecting a US Government Employee's official travel or assignment at a location other than the employee's permanent duty station. This type of secondment is usually of relatively short duration ...
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange and post exchange/PX or base exchange/BX) provides goods and services at U.S. Army, Air Force, and Space Force installations worldwide, operating department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, military clothing stores, theaters and more nationwide and in more than 30 countries and four U.S. territories.