Defense and military terminology · MLC-0115

Defense and military terms: A (141)

• acceptabilityThe plan review criterion for assessing whether the contemplated course of action is proportional, worth the...
• accountabilityThe obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for accomplishing...
• acquisition and cross-servicing agreementAgreement, negotiated on a bilateral basis with countries or international organizations, that allow United...
• act of mercyIn personnel recovery, assistance rendered to isolated personnel by the local population.
• action phaseIn amphibious operations, the period of time between the arrival of the amphibious force in the amphibious...
• activationOrder to active duty (other than for training) in the federal service.
• active dutyFull-time duty in the active military service of the United States, including active duty or full-time...
• active duty for trainingA tour of active duty that is used for training members of the Reserve Component to provide trained units and...
• Active Guard and ReserveNational Guard and Reserve members who are on voluntary active duty providing full-time support to National...
• activity1. A unit, organization, or installation performing a function or mission.
• acute radiation doseA dose of ionizing radiation of sufficient strength to cause irreversible damage.
• acute radiation syndromeAn acute illness caused by irradiation of the body by a high dose of penetrating radiation in a very short...
• adequacyThe plan review criterion for assessing whether the scope and concept of planned operations can accomplish...
• administrative contracting officerContracting officer whose primary duties involve contract administration.
• administrative controlDirection or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations in respect to administration and...
• administrative loadingA loading method to achieve maximum stowage of troop and cargo space without regard to tactical...
• adversaryA party acknowledged as potentially hostile to a friendly party and against which the use of force may be...
• aerial portAn airfield that has been designated for the sustained air movement of personnel and materiel, as well as an...
• aeromedical evacuationThe movement of patients under medical supervision to and between medical treatment facilities by air...
• aeromedical evacuation control teamA core team assigned to a component-numbered Air Force air operations center air mobility division that...
• aerospace defenseDefensive measures designed to defeat attacking enemy aircraft and missiles and also negate hostile space...
• afloat pre-positioning forceShips maintained in full operational status to pre-position military equipment and supplies afloat in support...
• aimpointA point associated with a target and assigned for a specific weapon impact.
• air and missile defenseDirect [active and passive] defensive actions taken to destroy, nullify, or reduce the effectiveness of...
• air apportionmentThe determination and assignment of the total expected effort by percentage and/or by priority that should be...
• air assaultThe movement of friendly assault forces by rotary-wing or tiltrotor aircraft to engage and destroy enemy...
• air assault forceA force composed primarily of ground and rotary-wing air units organized, equipped, and trained for air...
• air assault operationAn operation in which assault forces, using the mobility of rotary-wing or tiltrotor aircraft and the total...
• air corridorA restricted air route of travel specified for use by friendly aircraft and established for the purpose of...
• air defenseDefensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or aerodynamic missiles, or to nullify or...
• air defense area1. overseas - A specifically defined airspace for which air defense must be planned and provided.
• air defense artilleryWeapons and equipment for actively combating air targets from the ground.
• air defense identification zoneAirspace of defined dimensions within which the ready identification, location, and control of aircraft are...
• air defense regionA geographical subdivision of an air defense area.
• air defense sectorA geographical subdivision of an air defense region.
• air defense warning conditionAn air defense warning given in the form of a color code corresponding to the degree of air raid probability...
• air domainThe atmosphere, beginning at the Earth’s surface, extending to the altitude where its effects upon operations...
• air expeditionary task forceA deployed numbered air force or command echelon immediately subordinate to a numbered air force provided as...
• air interdictionAir operations to perform interdiction conducted at such distances from friendly forces that detailed...
• air liaison officerThe senior tactical air control party member attached to a ground unit who functions as the primary advisor...
• air mobilityThe rapid movement of personnel, materiel, and forces to and from, or within, a theater by air.
• Air Mobility CommandThe Air Force component command of the United States Transportation Command.
• air mobility control teamA core team within the joint air operations center that directs or redirects air mobility forces in response...
• air mobility divisionLocated in the joint air operations center to plan, coordinate, task, and execute the air mobility mission...
• air mobility liaison officerA rated United States Air Force mobility air forces officer selected, trained, and equipped to assess, train...
• air movementAir transport of units, personnel, supplies, and equipment, including airdrops and air landings.
• air operations centerThe senior command and control element in the Air Force theater air control system’s air, cyberspace, and...
• air refuelingThe refueling of an aircraft in flight by another aircraft.
• air routeThe navigable airspace between two points, identified to the extent necessary for the application of flight...
• air superiorityThat degree of control of the air by one force that permits the conduct of its operations at a given time and...
• air support control sectionThe section of the Navy tactical air control center designated to coordinate, control, and integrate...
• air support operations centerThe principal air control agency of the theater air control system responsible for the direction and control...
• air support requestA means to request close air support, air interdiction, air reconnaissance, surveillance, escort, helicopter...
• air supremacyThat degree of control of the air wherein the opposing force is incapable of effective interference within...
• air tasking orderA method used to task and disseminate to components, subordinate units, and command and control agencies...
• air terminalA facility on an airfield that functions as an air transportation hub and accommodates the loading and...
• airborne1. In relation to personnel, troops especially trained to effect, following transport by air, an assault...
• airborne alertA state of aircraft readiness wherein combat-equipped aircraft are airborne and ready for immediate action to...
• airborne assaultThe use of airborne forces to parachute into an objective area to attack and eliminate armed resistance and...
• airborne early warningThe detection and reporting of enemy activities by an aircraft.
• airborne mission coordinatorThe designated individual that serves as an airborne extension of the component commander or supported...
• airborne operationAn operation involving the air movement into an objective area of combat forces and their logistic support...
• aircraft carrierA warship designed to support and operate aircraft, engage in attacks on targets afloat or ashore, and engage...
• airdropThe unloading of personnel or materiel from aircraft in flight.
• airhead lineA line denoting the limits of the objective area for an airborne assault.
• airlandMovement by air and disembarkment, or unloading, on the ground after the aircraft has landed or while an...
• airland operationAn operation involving movement by air with a designated destination for further ground deployment of units...
• airlift control teamA core team within the joint air operations center with intratheater airlift functional expertise to plan...
• airlift mission commanderA commander designated in the implementing directive for airlift operations..
• airlift requirementThe total number of passengers and/or weight/cubic displacement of cargo required to be carried by air for a...
• airspace controlThe exercise of delegated authority over designated airspace and users through control procedures and...
• airspace control areaAirspace that is laterally defined by the boundaries of the operational area and may be subdivided into...
• airspace control authorityThe commander designated for overall responsibility for airspace control.
• airspace control orderAn order implementing the airspace control plan that provides the details of the approved requests for...
• airspace control planThe document approved by the joint force commander that provides specific planning guidance and procedures...
• airspace control systemAn arrangement by the airspace control authority of the components’ and host-nation airspace control elements...
• airspace coordinating measuresMeasures employed to facilitate the efficient use of airspace to accomplish missions and simultaneously...
• airspace coordination areaA three-dimensional block of airspace in a target area, established by the appropriate commander, in which...
• airspace managementThe planning, coordination, integration, and regulation of airspace by airspace control elements in support...
• alert order1. A planning directive normally associated with a crisis, issued by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...
• all-domainPertaining to all the physical domains (land, maritime, air, and space) and cyberspace.
• allocation1. Distribution of forces and resources for employment among competing requirements.
• allocation requestA daily message from an air-capable component to the joint force air component commander that provides an...
• allowable cabin loadThe maximum payload that can be carried on an individual sortie.
• all-source intelligence1. Intelligence products and/or organizations and activities that incorporate all sources of information in...
• amphibious advance forceA temporary support force assigned to the amphibious force that conducts shaping activities in the amphibious...
• amphibious assaultAn amphibious operation that establishes a force on a hostile or potentially hostile shore.
• amphibious assault vehicle launching areaAn area, in the vicinity of and to seaward of the line of departure, to which landing ships proceed and...
• amphibious defense zoneThe area encompassing the amphibious objective area and the adjoining airspace required by accompanying naval...
• amphibious demonstrationAn amphibious operation to deceive or influence the enemy by a show of force.
• amphibious forceAn amphibious task force and a landing force together with other forces that are trained, organized, and...
• amphibious objective areaA geographical area of sufficient size for conducting necessary sea, air, and land operations and within...
• amphibious operationA military operation launched from the sea by an amphibious force to conduct landing force operations within...
• amphibious raidAn amphibious operation involving swift incursion into, or temporary occupation of, an objective followed by...
• amphibious ready groupA Navy task organization formed to conduct amphibious operations, commanded by an amphibious squadron...
• amphibious squadronA tactical and administrative organization composed of amphibious warfare ships used to transport troops and...
• amphibious task forceA Navy task organization formed to conduct amphibious operations.
• amphibious vehicle launching areaAn area seaward of the line of departure where landing ships launch amphibious assault vehicles.
• amphibious withdrawalAn amphibious operation to extract forces by sea from a hostile or potentially hostile shore.
• analysis and productionIn intelligence usage, the conversion of processed information into intelligence through the integration...
• antiaccessAction, activity, or capability, usually long-range, designed to prevent an advancing enemy force from...
• Antideficiency Act violationsThe incurring of obligations or the making of expenditure (outlays) in violation of appropriation law as to...
• antiradiation missileA missile which homes passively on a radiation source.
• antisubmarine warfareMaritime operations to destroy or neutralize enemy submarines.
• antiterrorismDefensive measures used to reduce the vulnerability of individuals and property to terrorist acts, to include...
• application1. The system or problem to which a computer is applied.
• apportionmentThe quantities of force capabilities and resources provided for planning purposes only, but not necessarily...
• approach scheduleIn amphibious operations, a schedule that indicates, for each scheduled wave, the time of departure from the...
• area air defense commanderThe component commander with the preponderance of air defense capability and the required command, control...
• area damage controlMeasures taken before, during, and/or after a hostile action or natural or manmade disasters to reduce the...
• area denialAction, activity, or capability, usually short-range, designed to limit an enemy force’s freedom of action...
• area of influenceAn area inclusive of and extending beyond an operational area wherein a commander is capable of direct...
• area of interestThat area of concern to the commander, including the area of influence, areas adjacent to it, and extending...
• area of operationsAn operational area defined by a commander for the land or maritime force commander to accomplish their...
• area of responsibilityThe geographical area associated with a combatant command within which the combatant commander has authority...
• Armed Forces of the United StatesCollectively, all components of the United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy...
• armingAs applied to explosives, weapons, and ammunition, the changing from a safe condition to a state of readiness...
• Army air-ground systemThe Army system which provides for interface between Army and tactical air support agencies of other Services...
• Army corpsAn echelon of command and tactical formation that employs divisions, multifunctional brigades, and functional...
• Army divisionAn echelon of command and tactical formation that employs brigade combat teams, multifunctional brigades, and...
• Army Service component commandCommand responsible for recommendations to the combatant commander on the allocation and employment of Army...
• arrival zoneIn counterdrug operations, the area in or adjacent to the United States where smuggling concludes and...
• ascent phaseThat portion of the flight of a ballistic missile or space vehicle that begins after powered flight and ends...
• assault1. To make a short, violent, but well-ordered attack against a local objective, such as a gun emplacement, a...
• assault echelonThe amphibious force conducting the initial assault.
• assault follow-on echelonThe amphibious force supporting and sustaining the assault.
• assault phaseIn an airborne operation, a phase beginning with delivery by air of the assault echelon of the force into the...
• assessment1. A continuous process that measures the overall effectiveness of employing capabilities during military...
• asset visibilityProvides users with information on the location, movement, status, and identity of units, personnel...
• assign1. To place units or personnel in an organization where such placement is relatively permanent and/or where...
• assisted recoverySurrogate supported personnel recovery to return isolated personnel to friendly control when conventional...
• assisted recovery coordination cellA compartmented special operations forces cell established to coordinate, synchronize, and deconflict all...
• assumptionA specific supposition of the operational environment that is assumed to be true, in the absence of positive...
• attach1. The placement of units or personnel in an organization where such placement is relatively temporary.
• attack heading1. The interceptor heading during the attack phase that will achieve the desired track-crossing angle.
• attack positionThe last position occupied by the assault echelon before crossing the line of departure.
• audienceIn public affairs, a broadly defined group that contains stakeholders or key segments of the public relevant...
• authorized departureA procedure by which mission employees or dependents, or both, are permitted to leave post in advance of...
• Automated Repatriation Reporting SystemA Defense Manpower Data Center system used to track the status of noncombatant evacuees after they have...
• automatic identification technologyA suite of technologies enabling the automatic capture of data, thereby enhancing the ability to identify...
• autonomous operationIn air defense, the mode of operation assumed by a unit after it has lost all communications with higher...

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