What This Field Means
The equipment the unit is officially structured or authorized to possess.
This summarizes the major equipment the unit is officially organized or authorized to possess. It helps readers understand designed capability even when actual on-hand equipment varied.
How to Read It Correctly
Authorization is not inventory, readiness, mission-capable count, or proof that every listed item was physically present. Equipment borrowed, attached, or temporarily issued may not belong in the authorization.
Example
Authorized aircraft, vehicles, vessels, weapons, or communications systems.
Technical Specification
The database column is [USMIL-Unit].[Unit].[AuthorizedEquipment]. Optional evidence-derived equipment-authorization narrative. It is not an inventory of what was physically on hand on every date.
Record source-supported equipment types and quantities with the applicable organizational model or date when available. Preserve the source’s measurement basis and avoid converting a narrative authorization into an unsupported exact inventory.
| Property | Definition or current value |
|---|---|
| Database column | AuthorizedEquipment |
| Column order | 28 |
| SQL data type | nvarchar(max) |
| Kind of information | Evidence-derived text |
| Cardinality | One stored value per Unit row. |
| Required | No; NULL is permitted |
| Database default | No database default |
| Key or relationship | None |
| Database check constraint | ([CurrentStatus]=N'Planned' OR [CurrentStatus]=N'Status unknown' OR [CurrentStatus]=N'Historical' OR [CurrentStatus]=N'Inactive' OR [CurrentStatus]=N'Current') |
| Live population | 56 of 9341 Unit records (0.6%) |
| Distinct nonblank values in the live table | 37 |
| Live profile measured | September 2, 2026, 20:43 UTC |
Allowed Values and Definitions
No preset menu applies to this field. It stores an identifier, relationship, measurement, date, timestamp, or evidence-derived narrative. Valid content is governed by the SQL type, key relationship, nullability, retained evidence, and the field-specific recording rule above. A list of observed contents would be data, not a list of allowed options.
Missing, Unknown, and Conflicting Information
A database NULL is permitted and means that no value is presently stored. It does not prove that the fact never existed, that the answer is no, or that the concept does not apply. Missing information must remain visibly different from a supported negative or inapplicable conclusion.
Connections to Other Fields
- Capability Set — The military effects or services the unit can provide, which may span several different mission areas.
- Mission Function — The principal work the unit is organized or documented to perform.
- Organic Composition — The people or subordinate organizations that belong to the unit by its normal design rather than by a temporary assignment.
- Authorized Personnel — The number of positions the unit is officially designed or permitted to have.
- Unit Deployability — Whether and how the unit can move from its normal location to perform a mission elsewhere.