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Important Terminology
ACS - Army Community Services - an organization that provides various comprehensive services for military families.
AO - Area of Operation - the location where the service member is housed on deployment.
CAO - Casualty Assistance Office/Officer - This team can consist of a Chaplain and members from the Rear Detachment who come to notify a military spouse when their service member is seriously injured or killed in action (KIA).
CYS - Child and Youth Services provides programs and services for children of eligible military and civilian families.
Deployment - the act of sending troops onto duty. Deployments have varying lengths depending on the situation, MOS (military occupation specialty= job), and duty stations.
Family Care plan - a plan that is created by the Service member to handle certain affairs such as children, finances, and housing.
JAG - Judge Advocate General - military law.
MOS - military occupational specialty code - service member's job in the military.
Military orders - documents that detail a military service member's duty station, school location, training, or deployment.
***NOT ALL SERVICE MEMBERS ARE INITIALLY GIVEN PHYSICAL ORDERS FOR DEPLOYMENT.OPSEC - operational security.
POA - power of attorney.
Rear Detachment (Rear D) - a selective group from the unit that maintains the unit at the duty station, does not deploy or consists of soldiers that have returned early from deployment.
TDY - temporary duty yonder - temporary duty assignment.
XO/CO - Executive officer or Commanding officer; CO is in charge of a company, battalion, or brigade. XO is second in command-leader of a battalion - second in command