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maritime pre-positioning ship

Term · Defense and military · MLC-T-DEF-001029

Civilian-crewed, Military Sealift Command-chartered ship that is usually forward-deployed and loaded with pre-positioned equipment and up to 30 days of supplies to support Marine expeditionary brigades.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-DEF-001029
FieldDefense and military
AbbreviationMPS
ReferencesJP 3-02
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "maritime pre-positioning ship",
  "field": "Defense and military",
  "definition": "Civilian-crewed, Military Sealift Command-chartered ship that is usually forward-deployed and loaded with pre-positioned equipment and up to 30 days of supplies to support Marine expeditionary brigades.",
  "abbreviation": "MPS",
  "references": [
    "JP 3-02"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/maritime-pre-positioning-ship/"
}

Record 1,029 of 1,781 in Defense and military terminology (MLC-0115). Request the full dataset.