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Adding Unique Country/Activity Codes

1. ORIGINATOR

a. Service/Agency: Defense Logistics Agency

b. Originator: Marian Unterman; Defense Logistics Support Command 

2. FUNCTIONAL AREA: Supply

3. REQUESTED CHANGE: 

a. Title: Adding Unique Country/Activity Codes 

b. Description of Change: This change assigns specific country/activity codes to 

countries/territories not designated a specific country code in MILSTRIP. The 

proposed codes are taken from the United States State Departments’ Federal 

Information Processing Standard (FIPS) codes (see FIPS listings at 

http://www.state.gov/www/regions/dependencies.html and 

http://www.state.gov/www/regions/independent_states.html). 

NOTES: 

Italicized text indicates that the country/activity does not have an assigned FIPS 

code. For these countries/activities, a unique, non-FIPS code has been 

assigned. 

Underscored text denotes countries that have a standard FIPS code, but that 

code is already in use by MILSTRIP. In this case, a non-FIPS code was 

assigned.

New country/territories which are not recognized by FIPS as “countries” will not 

be reflected in Appendix B20, Part 1, Countries in Alphabetical Sequence, but 

will be included in Part 2, Activities in Alphabetic Sequence and Part 3, 

Country/Activity Codes in Alphabetic/numerical Sequence.

c. Procedures:

(1) Revise MILSTRIP as follows:

(a) Appendix B20, Country/Activity Code

COUNTRY/

TERRITORY

APPROVED 

CODE

ORIGINAL 

PROPOSAL 

CODE

(IF DIFFERENT)

NOTES
American Samoa AQ

Antarctica AY

Aruba AA

Ascension Island AX Will be listed in Part 2 (activity codes). 

Ashmore and Cartier 

Islands

AI AS AS not used as requested because it is 

the FIPS Code for Australia;

MILSTRIP currently uses AT for 

Australia, however DoD transition to 

FIPS Codes would be further 

complicated if AS were assigned in 

MILSTRIP to represent another 

country/territory. AI is not currently 

assigned in FIPS or MILSTRIP.

Baker Island FQ

Bouvet Island BV

Christmas Island KT

Clipperton Island IP

Cocos (Keeling 

Island)

CK

Coral Sea Islands CL CA CA not used as requested because it is 

FIPS Code for Canada;

MILSTRIP uses CN for Canada, 

however DoD transition to FIPS Codes 

would be further complicated if CA were 

assigned in MILSTRIP to represent 

another country/territory. CL not 

currently assigned in FIPS or MILSTRIP.

Diego Garcia DG Will be listed in Part 2 (activity codes).

East Timor TT

French Southern 

and Antarctic Island

FS

Guam GQ

Guernsey GK

Heard Island and 

McDonald Islands

HM

Howland Island HQ

Jan Mayen JN

Jarvis Island DQ

Jersey JE

Johnston Atoll JQ

Kingman Reef KQ

Man, Isle of IM

Mayotte YT MY MY not used as requested because it is 

FIPS Code for Malaysia;

MILSTRIP uses MF, however DoD 
transition to FIPS Codes would be

further complicated if MY were assigned 

in MILSTRIP to represent another 

country/territory.

YT not currently assigned in FIPS or 

MILSTRIP.

Midway Islands MQ

Navassa Island BQ

Northern Mariana 

Islands

CQ

Palmyra Atoll LQ

Paracel Islands PF

Puerto Rico RQ

Saipan SQ SA SA not used as requested because it is 

FIPS code for Saudi Arabia

MILSTRIP uses SR, however DoD 

transition to FIPS Codes would be

further complicated if SA were assigned 

in MILSTRIP to represent another 

country/territory. SQ not currently 

assigned in FIPS or MILSTRIP.

Will be listed in Part 2 (activity codes).

South Georgia and 

the 

SX

South Sandwich 

Islands

SX

Spratly Islands No code 

assigned 

at this 

time

XG FIPS Code for Spratly Islands is PG.

MILSTRIP uses PG as an activity code 

for European Participating Group F-16 

Follow On. Proposal requested XG 

because it is not currently assigned in 

FIPS or MILSTRIP. This assignment 

will be deferred until further research can 

be pursued. Since the PG MILSTRIP 

assignment is for an activity, 

reassignment to another value may be 

possible. 

Svalbard SV

Truk Island TR

Virgin Islands (US) VQ

Wake Island WQ

Wallis and Futuna WF
4. REASON FOR CHANGE: This change is required to fully automate routing of 

materiel to the appropriate customer. Many customers are requesting specialized 

service to specific countries, including direct shipment to the customer, bypassing 

the aerial ports and the consolidation points. To accommodate this, DLA’s system 

must key on the country code. Currently, many countries are assigned country 

codes of R1-R6 which designate regions instead of specific countries. Within these 

regions are customers that require different types of service for the individual 

countries that we can not accommodate. Workarounds, usually involving manual 

intervention, are developed to accommodate customer requests. Additionally, the 

spelling of full text country names varies widely, thus making it impossible to key 

systems changes on the full text names.

5. ADVANTAGES/ DISADVANTAGES: 

a. Advantages: This change will eliminate the need for manual workarounds and 

future systems changes based on non-specific country codes. 

b. Disadvantages: None identified thus far.

6. IMPACT: This change may require systems changes to recognize the new country 

codes.