From Wikileaks

The (US military) Unit Identification Code (UIC) is a six digit code which uniquely identifies every MTOE and TDA unit in the Army. The first digit identifies a unit as actual or planned; the next three are the unique identity group, wherein a leading alpha character always identifies an MTOE, and a numeric identifies a TDA. The last two codes identify parent, subordinate and derivative units, including TDA augmentations to MTOE.

W (real)

X (planned)

NNN (unique identifier)

AA (parent)

B0 (battery, company, or troop)

  1. (Derivative)

  1. (TDA augmentation)

For example: WDZ5AA

Non Army units

In leaked logistics documents, such as detailed in US forces in Iraq, it has been observed that the first character has some additional meanings for army equipment lent to non-army units. Those are:

F (Airforce)

N (Navy)

M (Marines) - purely numeric after

P (Air force) - minimal units - how this differs from F is unknown

R (Navy / others) - minimal units

S (unknown) - Used for a DRMO unit which is DoD-wide

V (Navy related) - minimal units - how this differs from N is unknown

See also

• US Army designations
• US Military Logistics

External links

• http://unitpages.military.com/ - Social networking site for us military units, a lot of information
• https://contractormanpower.army.pentagon.mil/ - Find UIC.