| AMC | Air Mobility Command |
| AMT | Air Mail Terminal |
| AOR | Area of Responsibility |
| APO | Army/Air Force Post Office |
| BMC | Bulk Mail Center |
| Box R | Retired Military Personnel |
| CBRE | Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Explosive type of threats |
| CMR | Community or Consolidated Mail Room |
| CONUS | Continental US |
| DDU | Destination Delivery Unit |
| DPO | Diplomatic Post Office |
| EMS | Express Mail Service |
| EMMS | Express Mail Military Service |
| FCM | First Class Mail |
| FPO | Fleet Post Office |
| GBS | Global Business System |
| ISC | International Service Center |
| JMPA | Joint Military Postal Activity |
| L&DC | Logistics & Distribution Center |
| Line Haul | Transportation either by truck, air or rail from one point to another |
| MPO | Military Post Office |
| MPSA | Military Postal Service Agency |
| MTE | Mail Transport Equipment |
| NDC | National Distribution Center |
| Nesting | Scanning parcels using a unique bar code and associating them with a specific receptacle, bag, box or container |
| NMCB | Naval Mobile Construction Battalion |
| Non-Sackables | Parcels too large to be put in a USPSRsack/bag |
| OCONUS | Outside continental US |
| OSP | Outside Piece, piece is to large to fit in a USPSRsack/bag |
| P&DC | Processing and Distribution Center |
| Parcel Post | Parcels moved on surface transportation throughout USPSRsystem |
| Parcel Select | USPSRdestination entry rate for Parcel Post |
| PLD | Package Level Detail |
| PMS | Priority Mail Service |
| PSC | Postal Service Center |
| Sackables | Parcels small enough to be put into a USPSRsack/bag |
| SCF | Sectional Center Facility |
| THS | Terminal Handling Service |
| UMC | Unit Mail Clerk |
| UMR | Unit Mail Room |
| WZ | War Zone |
| Zone Skipping | Picking up parcels at origin, consolidating them, transporting them to closest delivery ZIP point |
Helpful Links for Acronyms:
USPSR http://about.usps.com/publications/pub32/pub32_acn.htm
DOD????????? http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/dod_dictionary/