Unit Identification Code
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The Unit Identification Code (UIC) is six digit alphanumeric
code which uniquely identifies each United States Department of Defense
entity.
The first character is the Service Designator:
The next three characters indicate the Parent Unit Designator. These vary from branch to branch and provide information about the type of unit. For example, in the US Army, TDA
(tables of distribution and allowance) units for the Army National Guard
or US Army Reserve begin with a 7 or 8.
The final two characters indicate the Descriptive Desginator. They describe the specifics characteristics of the unit. For example, the parent Battalion unit for the Army will use "AA." A child Company unit, such as A Company, will use "A0."
Alphanumeric
Alphanumeric is a combination of alphabetic and numeric characters, and is used to describe the collection of Latin letters and Arabic digits or a text constructed from this collection. There are either 36 or 62 alphanumeric characters. The alphanumeric character set consists of the numbers 0 to...
code which uniquely identifies each United States Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
entity.
The first character is the Service Designator:
- A: US Department of Agriculture
- B: US Department of Labor
- C: US Department of Commerce
- D: US Department of Defense
- E: US Coast Guard
- F: US Air Force
- G: US Department of Transportation
- H: US Department of Health and Human Services and US Department of Education
- J: US Judicial Branch
- K: US Department of Interior
- L: US Legislative Branch
- M: US Marine Corps
- N: US Navy
- P: US Postal Service
- Q: US Department of Justice
- R: Independent US Federal agency
- S: US Department of State
- T: US Treasury Department
- U: US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- V: Other independent US Federal agency
- W: US Army
- X: US Executive Branch (Office of the President)
- Y: State governments
- Z: International organizations and foreign governments
The next three characters indicate the Parent Unit Designator. These vary from branch to branch and provide information about the type of unit. For example, in the US Army, TDA
TDA
TDA is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:* Taking and Driving Away, a former criminal offense under UK law, introduced in S.28 Road Traffic Act 1930, repeated in s.217 of the Road Traffic Act 1960, and with amendments became s.175 Road Traffic Act 1972 and s.178 Road Traffic Act 1988...
(tables of distribution and allowance) units for the Army National Guard
Army National Guard
Established under Title 10 and Title 32 of the U.S. Code, the Army National Guard is part of the National Guard and is divided up into subordinate units stationed in each of the 50 states, three territories and the District of Columbia operating under their respective governors...
or US Army Reserve begin with a 7 or 8.
The final two characters indicate the Descriptive Desginator. They describe the specifics characteristics of the unit. For example, the parent Battalion unit for the Army will use "AA." A child Company unit, such as A Company, will use "A0."