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action activities agency Air Force aircraft amphibious and/or Armed Army assigned assistance attack authority base called cargo collection combat command communications component conducted container coordination damage Defense Department designated determine device direction effects electronic element emergency enemy equipment established execution exercise facilities fire flight force foreign friendly functions ground identified indicator individual initial integrated intelligence joint joint force landing limited loading logistic Marine material materiel means measures military missile mission mobility movement naval normally nuclear objective officer organization perform person personnel planning position procedures production protection radiation readiness requirements rescue Reserve responsibility route ship space special operations specific staff standard supply surface tactical target task force term theater transportation unit vehicle warfare weapon zone
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Page 422 - Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War of 12 August 1949.
Page 184 - That (a) whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information to be obtained is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation...
Page 309 - The science of planning and carrying out the movement and maintenance of forces. In its most comprehensive sense, those aspects of military operations which deal with: a.
Page 140 - A representation of facts, concepts, or instructions in a formalized manner suitable for communication, interpretation, or processing by humans or automatic means.
Page 166 - Major disaster" means any flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake, storm, or other catastrophe in any part of the United States which, in the determination of the President, is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant disaster assistance by the Federal Government...
Page 156 - JCS defines deterrence as the prevention from action by fear of the consequences. Deterrence Is a state of mind brought about by the existence of a credible threat of unacceptable counteraction.
Page 456 - Restricted Data" means all data concerning (1) design, manufacturing or utilization of atomic weapons; (2) the production of special nuclear material; or (3) the use of special nuclear material in the production of energy, but shall not include any data declassified or removed from the Restricted Data category pursuant to section 142 of the act. (j) "Source of material" means source material as defined in the regulations contained in Part 40 of this chapter.
Page 16 - As used in this subsection, the term 'aircraft piracy' means any seizure or exercise of control, by force or violence or threat of force or violence and with, wrongful intent, of an aircraft in flight in air commerce.
Page 422 - The inhabitants of a territory which has not been occupied, who, on the approach of the enemy, spontaneously take up arms to resist the invading troops without having had time to organize themselves in accordance with Article 1, shall be regarded as belligerents if they carry arms openly and if they respect the laws and customs of war.
Page 107 - COMSAT. communications security — The protection resulting from all measures designed to deny unauthorized persons information of value that might be derived from the possession and study of telecommunications, or to mislead unauthorized persons in their interpretation of the results of such possession and study.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Department of Defense dictionary of military and associated terms (Online) Volume 1 of JCS pub |
| Author | United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff |
| Publisher | DIANE Publishing, 1979 |
| ISBN | 1428980458, 9781428980457 |
| Length | 377 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |