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continual basis. Each Component shall establish 

internal MAPAD validation procedures. Requests 

for changes to the MAPAD may be received from 

the following sources in addition to country 

representatives:

C3.4.4.4.1. Freight Forwarder. A Freight Forwarder 

may submit requests to the ILCO CSP for a change 

of address to the existing addresses for receipt of 

materiel/documentation, except TAC A, B, C, or D 

addresses, which must have prior approval by the 

DSS and the country representative. 

changes for materiel/documents classified 

SECRET/CONFIDENTIAL. Each 

Component shall establish internal 

MAPAD validation procedures. All Grant 

Aid addresses shall be validated by the Air 

Force, all Service Code K MAPAD 

addresses shall be validated by the Navy, 

and all Service Code T MAPACs shall be 

validated by the Army. Requests for 

changes to the MAPAD may be received 

from the following sources in addition to 

country representatives:

Meeting Comments 1: Each Military Service 

will establish internal MAPAD validation 

procedures. It is encouraged that each 

Military Service coordinates with their 

applicable International Logistics Control 

Office country representative and review 

each address against the MAPAD on a 

case by case basis.

Meeting Comments 2: The sentence about 

“Classified Type of Address Codes A and 

B are not a part of this MAPAD 

validation...” has been changed.

Meeting Comments 3: The sentence about 

“...all MAPAD Grant Aid Addresses will 

be validated by the AF...” has been 

change to Implementing Agency.

Meeting Comments 4: For Army these go 

through the Central Case Manager 

(CCM)

C3.4.4.4.1. Freight Forwarder. A Freight 

Forwarder may submit requests to the 

ILCO CSP for a change of address to the 

existing addresses for receipt of 

materiel/documentation, except Type 

Address Codes (TACs) A, B, C, or D 

addresses, which must have prior approval 

by the DSS and the country representative. 

Meeting Comments: The committee agreed to 

leave the original paragraph C3.4.4.4.1. 

as-is. 
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C3.7.1.3. Addresses cannot contain a tilde (~). 

Special characters such as ampersand (&) and 

parentheses are acceptable. Use of the tilde is 

restricted because it is used by DLA Transaction 

Services as a delimiter in transactions. 

C3.7.1.3. Addresses cannot contain a tilde (~). 

Special characters such as ampersand (&) 

and parentheses are acceptable, but the 

tilde is used by DLA Transaction Services 

as a delimiter. Its use is restricted.

Meeting Comments: The only restricted 

characters are the tilde (~), the ampersand 

(&) and parentheses. The committee favored 

the flexibility of having Special Characters in 

the Address field.

C3.7.3.3. The clear text address column shall normally 

be blank for a TAC 2 address. The appropriate 

WPOD or APOD shall be used with the TAC M 

address for this MAPAC to consign materiel 

shipments. The TAC 2 clear text address field 

shall contain the name and geographical location of 

the civil airport to be used for commercial air 

shipments if commercial air is authorized. If 

commercial airlift is authorized, the name and 

location of the International Air Port is not shown 

in the TAC 1 or 2. The TAC 1 and 2 shall have an 

“S” in the SII and the air port information shall be 

listed in the special instruction. The APOD field 

shall contain the three-position air terminal 

identifier code for the airport to be used for 

delivery of materiel by U.S. Military aircraft. To 

determine the APOD for a specific location, refer 

to the Scott Airlift Control Center 

Website https://tacc.scott.af.mil/default.asp?action=

xog (from "XOG Quick Links" select "Channel 

Sequence Listing". The WPOD field shall contain 

the appropriate three-position water port designator 

code. Valid APOD and WPOD codes are 

contained in the table Management Distribution 

System located 

at https://trdm.c2.amc.af.mil/trdm/index.jsp. See 

“AERIAL-PORT” and “WATER-PORT” reference 

tables under the Master Model Compliant 

Reference Data section.

C3.7.3.3. The clear text address column shall 

normally be blank for a TAC 2 address. 

The appropriate WPOD or APOD shall be 

used with the TAC M address for this 

MAPAC to consign materiel shipments. 

The TAC 2 clear text address field shall 

contain the name and geographical 

location of the civil airport to be used for 

commercial air shipments if commercial 

air is authorized. If commercial airlift is 

authorized, the name and location of the 

International Air Port is not shown in the 

TAC 1 or 2. The TAC 1 and 2 shall have 

an S in the SII and the air port information 

shall be listed in the special instruction. 

The APOD field shall contain the threeposition air terminal identifier code for the 

airport to be used for delivery of materiel 

by U.S. Military aircraft. To determine the 

APOD for a specific location, refer to the 

Scott Airlift Control Center website: 

https://tacc.scott.af.mil/default.asp?action=

xog (from "XOG Quick Links" select 

"Channel Sequence Listing". The WPOD 

field shall contain the appropriate threeposition water port designator code. Valid 

APOD and WPOD codes are contained in 

the table Management Distribution System 

located at https://wwwtmds.c2.amc.af.mil/TMDS/. See 

“AERIAL-PORT” and “WATER-PORT” 

reference tables under the Master Model 

Compliant Reference Data section.

Meeting Comments: The comment was made 

that TMDS was replace by TMRD, which 
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requires a CAC to access. The question 

of using the unrestricted DTEB was 

raised, but discarded due to the 

requirement for “active” ports are the 

only valid ports to be used. 

Table 2 - Changes Proposed for Publication in January 2013 

Proposed wording for January 2013

Publication (tentative)

Comments submitted for review

C3.7.1.2. Each ship-to address shall be limited to 

a maximum of five lines and 35 characters 

(including spaces) per line. This restriction is 

necessary to accommodate the space 

limitations on supply documents, 

transportation documents, labels, and for 

standardization in automated data processing 

(ADP) programs. 

C3.7.1.2. Each ship-to address shall be 

limited to a maximum of five lines and 

35 or fewer positions per line. This 

restriction is necessary to accommodate 

the space limitations on supply 

documents, transportation documents, 

labels, and for standardization in 

Automated Data Processing (ADP) 

programs. 

Meeting Comments: Maximum lines 

permitted on a shipping label are four 

lines anything else will be dropped. 

Recommend stating that the 35 

characters including spaces or fewer 

positions per line.

Action Item for C3.7.1.2: Elaine Applegate 

to validate line limitation with DSS.

Below response was received on June 

6, 2012.

“We are limited to a maximum of five lines 

and 35 characters. The military shipping 

label, small parcel carrier labels and bills of 

lading allow only five lines.” After the 

Nuclear Weapons Related Material Misshipments, DLA did a Tooth to Tail (T2T) 

vulnerability assessment which mandated 

that all OCONUS shipments have the 

country name spelled out in the last line of 

the address. This leaves only four lines for 

delivery information on some documents. 

Based on this, recommend for in-country 

addressing, the MAPAD mandates line 5 be 
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utilized for in the clear country name.”

No change recommended C3.7.1.9.2. When addresses of another 

MAPAC are not to be used for 

processing logistics transactions, SII S 

shall be included in the directory and the 

clear text address field shall be blank. 

Appropriate instructions for addressing 

outstanding transactions must be 

included in the special instruction 

portion of the address listing.

Meeting Comments: There was a lot of 

discussion regarding the need to document

the exceptions (e.g., FMS country codes, 

“I” and “O” will not be used as codes in 

MAPAD). In the end, the decision was not 

to change the language.

C3.11.1.2.1. The first position of the 

supplementary address (MILSTRIP rp 45) 

shall contain the code designating the 

customer country’s requisitioning Service. 

B=Army; P=Navy; D=Air Force; I=MDA,

K=Marine Corps; T=other than Army, Navy, 

Air Force, or Marine Corps. The first position 

of the requisition number (MILSTRIP rp 30) 

usually contains these same Service codes. 

The difference is that rp 30 indicates the U.S. 

Military Service that manages or is 

responsible for the FMS case. In constructing 

MAPACs for the ship-to and mark-for 

address, only the customer country’s Service 

Code (rp 45) shall be used. The U.S. Service 

Code (rp 30) shall be used to show the 

appropriate freight forwarder/Service 

assistance office if any problems arise. It is 

possible for rp’s 30 and 45 to have different 

Service Codes (e.g., if the requisition number 

begins with BATL4V and the supplementary 

address is DA2KBM, the shipper would use 

the D (customer country’s Air Force Code) 

from the supplementary address to construct 

the ship-to/mark-for MAPACs, but would 

contact the U.S. Army (B) for assistance, if 

required).

C3.11.1.2.1. The first position of the 

supplementary address (MILSTRIP rp 

45) shall contain the code designating 

the customer country’s requisitioning 

Service. B=Army; P=Navy; D=Air 

Force; K=Marine Corps; T=other than 

Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine 

Corps. The first position of the 

requisition number (MILSTRIP rp 30) 

usually contains these same Service 

codes. The difference is that rp 30 

indicates the U.S. Military Service that 

manages or is responsible for the FMS 

case. In constructing MAPACs for the 

ship-to and mark-for address, only the 

customer country’s Service Code (rp 45) 

shall be used. The U.S. Service Code 

(rp 30) shall be used to show the 

appropriate freight forwarder/Service 

assistance office if any problems arise. 

It is possible for rp’s 30 and 45 to have 

different Service Codes (e.g., if the 

requisition number begins with 

BATL4V and the supplementary address 

is DA2KBM, the shipper would use the 

D (customer country’s Air Force Code) 

from the supplementary address to 

construct the ship-to/mark-for 
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MAPACs, but would contact the U.S. 

Army (B) for assistance, if required).

Meeting Comments: Add I for Missile 

Defense Agency

TAC 4 - This address will be used for distribution 

of supply and shipment status documents. 

Addresses may be listed for forwarding 

documents by mail or electronic transmission. SII 

“D” indicates the address to be used for 

forwarding documents by electronic transmission.

C3.14.2. Figure C3.F4. below is a brief 

description of nine of the 13 TACs (see 

section C3.21. for the four remaining 

TACs to be used in shipping classified 

materiel):

C3.F4. Type of Address Code Descriptions

TAC 4 - This address shall be used for 

distribution of supply and shipment status 

documents. Communication Routing 

Identifier (COMMRI) code shall be used for 

electronic distribution of supply and 

shipping status transactions. A COMMRI is 

a 7 character code that uniquely identifies an 

International Logistics Communication 

System (ILCS) account, established with the 

DLA Transaction Services, to electronically 

transmit and receive logistics data between 

the FMS country and the US DOD supply 

system.

Meeting Comments: The ILCOs 

questioned the need for the ILCS account 

requirement. It appears to be required for 

some, but not all conditions. Language 

will be changed back to the original 

manual’s language.

C3.16. WATER AND AERIAL PORTS OF 

DEBARKATION CODES FOR FOREIGN 

MILITARY SALES. These codes indicate the 

WPOD or APOD to which FMS shipments shall 

be sent under Delivery Term Code (DTCs) 9. 

The shipments shall be moved through the DTS to 

the in country ports. In the case of 9, port 

personnel shall notify the ultimate consignee to 

pick up the materiel or make arrangements for 

delivery of the shipment to destination. 

C3.16. WATER AND AERIAL PORTS 

OF DEBARKATION CODES FOR 

FOREIGN MILITARY SALES. These 

codes indicate the water port or aerial port 

of discharge to which FMS shipments shall 

be sent under DTCs 6, 7, and 9. The 

shipments shall be moved through the DTS 

to the in-country ports. In the case of DTCs 

6 and 9, port personnel shall notify the 

ultimate consignee to pick up the materiel or 

make arrangements for delivery of the 

shipment to destination. In the case of DTC 

7, the U.S. Government is obligated to 
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transport the materiel to the customer’s in 

country mark-for address.

Meeting Comments: DTCs 6 & 7 were 

requested to be removed from this 

paragraph.

C3.19. DELIVERY TERM CODES FOR 

FOREIGN MILITARY SALES. DTCs identify 

the Department of Defense and the purchasing 

country responsibility for transportation and 

handling costs. A link to DTCs is contained in 

paragraph C3.32.2.

C3.19. DELIVERY TERM CODES 

(DTCs) FOR FOREIGN MILITARY 

SALES. Delivery term codes identify the 

Department of Defense’s and the purchasing 

country's responsibility for transportation 

and handling costs. A link to delivery term 

codes is contained in paragraph C3.26.3.

Meeting Comments: Referenced 

paragraph C3.26.3 is incorrect. It was 

changed to C3.32.2.

E-mail: AFSAC.Transportation@wpafb.af.mil Meeting Comments: Air Force requested 

email address to be changed to generic 

ILS email address.

2. Standard Address & Email fields:

The MAPAD PRC chair indicated that there’s no standard format for “Standard Address” and Email 

fields in MAPAD. For example:

Standard Address format: POCs, telephone & fax numbers are inconsistently embedded (or omitted) 

in the address field.

A decision was made to include an example of Standard Address in the MAPAD Manual (as a 

guide). Example 1 was proposed during the meeting. Ms. Applegate recommended example 2 

which will be incorporated into the next manual update (January 2013).

Example 1: Example 2:

ROCK IT CARGO BANDARIAN GOVERNMENT 

TEL 1310 410 0935 FAX 1310 410 0628 ATTN: MR. SMITH TEL 123 456 7890

ATTN MR SMITH 123 GOVERNMENT WAY

5438 WEST 104TH STREET XYX456 BANDARIA CITY

LOS ANGELES CA 90045 BANDARIA

Email field: Email field will only be used for Ship-to Point of Contact email address.