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U.S. Department of Defence
Branża: Government; Military
Number of terms: 79318
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
An assignment to a designated position in a multi-Service, joint or multinational command or activity that is involved in the integrated employment or support of the land, sea, and air forces of at least two of the three Military Departments. Such involvement includes, but is not limited to, matters relating to national military strategy, joint doctrine and policy, strategic planning, contingency planning, and command and control of combat operations under a unified or specified command.
Industry:Military
An assessment, derived from the results of battle damage assessment and munitions effectiveness assessment, providing the commander systematic advice on reattack of targets and further target selection to achieve objectives. The reattack recommendation considers objective achievement, target, and aimpoint selection, attack timing, tactics, and weapon system and munitions selection. The reattack recommendation is a combined operations and intelligence function.
Industry:Military
An assessment that provides a basic determination of the viability of the infiltration and exfiltration portion of a proposed special operations forces mission.
Industry:Military
An assessment that identifies key assets and infrastructure that support Department of Defense missions, units, or activities and are deemed mission critical by military commanders or civilian agency managers. It addresses the impact of temporary or permanent loss of key assets or infrastructures to the installation or a unit’s ability to perform its mission. It examines costs of recovery and reconstitution including time, dollars, capability, and infrastructure support.
Industry:Military
An assessment that characterizes the possible health risks of occupational exposures of Service members during the course of their normal duties.
Industry:Military
An assault ship which is designed for long sea voyages and for rapid unloading over and on to a beach.
Industry:Military
An aspect of a critical requirement which is deficient or vulnerable to direct or indirect attack that will create decisive or significant effects.
Industry:Military
An article of transport equipment that meets American National Standards Institute/International Organization for Standardization standards that is designed to be transported by various modes of transportation. These containers are also designed to facilitate and optimize the carriage of goods by one or more modes of transportation without intermediate handling of the contents and equipped with features permitting ready handling and transfer from one mode to another. Containers may be fully enclosed with one or more doors, open top, refrigerated, tank, open rack, gondola, flatrack, and other designs.
Industry:Military
An arrangement within an alliance wherein a member or group of members most suited by virtue of technical skills, location, or other qualifications assume(s) greater responsibility for a specific task or significant portion thereof for one or more other members.
Industry:Military
An arrangement of those organizations, personnel, policies, procedures, and facilities required to perform airspace control functions.
Industry:Military