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Terms for subject United States (7423 entries)

peace operations	A broad term that encompasses multiagency and multinational crisis response and limited contingency operations involving all instruments of national power with military missions to contain conflict, redress the peace, and shape the environment to support reconciliation and rebuilding and facilitate the transition to legitimate governance
detainee operations	A broad term that encompasses the capture, initial detention and screening, transportation, treatment and protection, housing, transfer, and release of the wide range of persons who could be categorized as detainees
petroleum, oils, and lubricants	A broad term that includes all petroleum and associated products used by the Armed Forces
displaced person	A broad term used to refer to internally and externally displaced persons collectively
flash burn	A burn caused by excessive exposure (of bare skin) to thermal radiation
foreign disaster	A calamitous situation or event that occurs naturally or through human activities, which threatens or inflicts human suffering on a scale that may warrant emergency relief assistance from the United States Government or from foreign partners.
operations security	A capability that identifies and controls critical information, indicators of friendly force actions attendant to military operations, and incorporates countermeasures to reduce the risk of an adversary exploiting vulnerabilities
selective identification feature	A capability that, when added to the basic identification friend or foe system, provides the means to transmit, receive, and display selected coded replies
mounting	A carriage or stand upon which a weapon is placed
imprest fund	A cash fund of a fixed amount established through an advance of funds, without appropriation change, to an authorized imprest fund cashier to effect immediate cash payments of relatively small amounts for authorized purchases of supplies and nonpersonal services
weapons technical intelligence	A category of intelligence and processes derived from the technical and forensic collection and exploitation of improvised explosive devices, associated components, improvised weapons, and other weapon systems
signals intelligence	A category of intelligence comprising either individually or in combination all communications intelligence, electronic intelligence, and foreign instrumentation signals intelligence, however transmitted.
human intelligence	A category of intelligence derived from information collected and provided by human sources
security classification	A category to which national security information and material is assigned to denote the degree of damage that unauthorized disclosure would cause to national defense or foreign relations of the United States and to denote the degree of protection required. There are three such categories: top secret, secret, and confidential
operational contract support integration cell	A cell established to coordinate, and integrate operational contract support actions across all primary and special staffs for an operational area
joint personnel reception center	A center established in an operational area by the appropriate joint force commander with the responsibility for the in-processing and out-processing of personnel upon their arrival in and departure from the theater
diversion	A change made in a prescribed route for operational or tactical reasons that does not constitute a change of destination.
effect	A change to a condition, behavior, or degree of freedom
blister agent	A chemical agent that injures the eyes and lungs, and burns or blisters the skin
vesicant agent	A chemical agent that injures the eyes and lungs, and burns or blisters the skin