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The Unit Identification Code (UIC) is a six character alphanumeric code that uniquely identifies each United States Department of Defense entity. The UIC is often used on various paperwork to assign a soldier to a specific company in which they fall under. The first character is the Service Designator: [1] A: US Department of Agriculture
United States Army Direct Reporting Units — one of the three types of major commands, with direct reporting units that consist of 1 or more sub-units that have institutional or operational functions.
With this change, the term "MACOM" (major Army command) will no longer be used. The Army now has three types of major commands: Army command (ACOM), Army service component command (ASCC), and direct reporting unit ( DRU).
The term "direct reporting unit" comes from the fact that the unit reports directly to the Chief of Staff of the Air Force or to a designated representative on the Air staff. [1] A DRU has a specialized and restricted mission, meaning that it is a single purpose unit, usually to the exclusion of other duties, reporting to Air Force Air Staff alone.
A similar variation, generally used by units instead of dispatchers, is to "increase code" and "reduce code". For example, if multiple units are responding Code 3 to a call, but the units already at the scene have mostly resolved the situation, the scene units may request that the responding units "reduce code".
Units assigned to Space Forces Space (a component field command) will use Brick Red as a distinctive color. Unit emblems are trimmed with the color of the field command to which they report. Space Force personnel assigned to National Reconnaissance Office roles will wear insignia trimmed in Black.
Control and Reporting Center: 727th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron: Undisclosed Location, Southwest Asia "Kingpin" Control and Reporting Center: 728th Air Control Squadron: Eglin Air Force Base, Florida: Poised for Peace/"Demons" Closed 729th Air Control Squadron: Hill Air Force Base, Utah: Best in the Field/"Angry Warriors" Control and ...
Reporting Units (RU) are provided access to several files holding cyclic data retrievable by the unit as desired. This feedback results in the reentry of corrected data if required. Usage of the information contained in the data files depicted in the MCTFS Input/Output Model Figure 1-1 of the MCTFS PRIUM is encouraged by all levels of command ...