MIL-STD-130 Identification Marking Of U.S. Military PropertyThis standard provides the item marking criteria for development of specific marking requirements and methods for identification of items of military property produced, stocked, stored, and issued by or for the Department of Defense DoD. This standard addresses criteria and data content for both free text and machine-readable information MRI applications for identification marking of U.S. military property.

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MIL-STD-130N

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CONTENTS

PARAGRAPH PAGE

1. SCOPE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1

1.1 Scope.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1

1.2 Eigures. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1

1.3 Application exclusions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1

1.4 Application and tailoring.----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2

2. APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2

2.1 General.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2

2.2 Government documents. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2

2.2.1 Specifications, standards, and handbooks.---------------------------------------------- 2

2.2.2 Other Government documents, drawings, and publications.------------------------- 3

2.3 Non-Government publications. ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4

2.4 Order of precedence. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7

3. DEEINITIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7

3.1 Acronyms used in this standard. --------------------------------------------------------------- 7

3.2 Term Definitions. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------11

4. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS ---------------------------------------------------------------------20

4.1 Methods of applying. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------20

4.2 Location, size, and content.--------------------------------------------------------------------20

4.3 Permanency and legibility. --------------------------------------------------------------------20

4.4 Identification plates, identification tags, and identification bands. ----------------------21

4.5 Deleterious effect.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------21

4.6 Abbreviated information. ----------------------------------------------------------------------21

4.7 Type of lettering/characters.-------------------------------------------------------------------21

4.8 Variable marking information.----------------------------------------------------------------21

4.9 U.S. marking to indicate Government ownership. -----------------------------------------21

4.10 Vendor item control items. --------------------------------------------------------------------21

4.11 IUID designated items.-------------------------------------------------------------------------21

4.12 Associated Data Item Descriptions (DID). --------------------------------------------------21

5. DETAILED REQUIREMENTS---------------------------------------------------------------------22

5.1 General.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------22

5.1.1 Item (part, unit, group, set) mark information components. ------------------------22

5.1.1.1 Identification marking. ----------------------------------------------------------------22

5.1.1.2 Item unique identification (IUID) information. -----------------------------------23

5.1.1.3 Unit, group, and set additional information. ---------------------------------------23

5.1.2 Exceptions. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------23

5.2 MRI marking.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------23

5.2.1 Minimum information content.----------------------------------------------------------24

5.2.1.1 Applicable enterprise identifier (EID) ----------------------------------------------24

5.2.1.2 Serial number (see 3.2).---------------------------------------------------------------25

5.2.1.3 Part or identifying number (PIN - see 3.2) or unique lot / batch number.-----25