Node A6 · Acronym decoder
POM
Program Objective Memorandum
What it actually means
Each military department's proposed five-year allocation of its budget across programs — the document through which a service decides what it will actually pay for. "Getting into the POM" is how a future program becomes real; missing a POM cycle can idle an initiative for a year or more.
Where you'll meet it
The programming phase of PPBE; resource sponsor negotiations.