Defense and military terminology · MLC-0115

Defense and military terms: L (51)

• land control operationsThe employment of land forces, supported by maritime and air forces (as appropriate) to control vital land...
• land domainThe area of the Earth’s surface ending at the high water mark and overlapping with the maritime domain in the...
• landing areaThe area where the amphibious force conducts landing operations.
• landing area diagramA graphic means of showing the beach designations, boat lanes, organization of the line of departure...
• landing beachThat portion of a shoreline required for the landing of an amphibious force.
• landing craft and amphibious vehicle assignment tableA table showing the assignment of personnel and materiel to each landing craft and amphibious vehicle and the...
• landing diagramA graphic means of illustrating the plan for the ship-to-shore movement.
• landing forceA Marine Corps or Army task organization formed to conduct amphibious operations.
• landing force operational reserve materialPackage of contingency supplies pre-positioned and maintained onboard selected amphibious warfare ships to...
• landing force support partyA temporary landing force organization composed of Navy and landing force elements that facilitates the...
• landing groupIn amphibious operations, a subordinate task organization of the landing force capable of conducting landing...
• landing sequence tableA document that incorporates the plans for ship-to-shore movement of nonscheduled units.
• landing siteA site within a landing zone containing one or more landing points.
• landing zoneAn area where aircraft, assault vehicles, and landing craft land.
• laser rangefinderA device that uses laser energy for determining the distance from the device to a place or object.
• laser seekerA device based on a direction-sensitive receiver that detects the energy reflected from a laser-designated...
• laser spotThe area on a surface illuminated by a laser.
• laser spot trackerA device that locks on to the reflected energy from a laser-marked or designated target and defines the...
• laser target designatorA device that emits a beam of laser energy that is used to mark a specific place or object.
• laser-guided weaponA weapon that uses a seeker to detect laser energy reflected from a laser-marked/designated target and...
• latest arrival dateA day, relative to C-Day, that is specified by the supported combatant commander as the latest date when a...
• launch area deniedThe geographic area from which an enemy targeting a designated defended area cannot launch a ballistic...
• launch on remoteUse of nonorganic sensor data or ballistic missile defense system track to launch a weapon, with additional...
• law of warThat part of international law that regulates the conduct of armed hostilities.
• lead agencyThe United States Government agency designated to coordinate the interagency oversight of the day-to-day...
• lead agent1. A Service, combatant command, or Joint Staff directorate assigned to author, develop, and maintain a joint...
• lead aircraftThe airborne aircraft designated to exercise command of other aircraft within the flight.
• lead federal agencyThe federal agency that leads and coordinates the overall United States Government response.
• lead nationThe nation with the will, capability, competence, and influence to provide the essential elements of...
• lead Service or agency for common-user logisticsA Service component or Department of Defense agency that is responsible for execution of common-user item and...
• letter of assistA contractual document issued by the United Nations to a government authorizing it to provide goods or...
• letter of authorizationA document issued by the procuring contracting officer or designee that authorizes contractor personnel...
• level of detailWithin the current joint planning and execution system, movement characteristics for both personnel and cargo...
• leverageIn the context of planning, a relative advantage in combat power and/or other circumstances against the enemy...
• L-hour1. The specific hour on C-day at which a deployment operation commences or is to commence.
• limitationAn action required or prohibited by higher authority, such as a constraint or a restraint, and other...
• limiting factorA factor or condition that, either temporarily or permanently, impedes mission accomplishment.
• line of demarcationA line defining the boundary of a buffer zone used to establish the forward limits of disputing or...
• line of departure1. In land warfare, a line designated to coordinate the departure of attack elements.
• line of effortIn the context of planning, using the purpose (cause and effect) to focus efforts toward establishing...
• line of operationA line that defines the interior or exterior orientation of the force in relation to the enemy or that...
• link1. A behavioral, physical, or functional relationship between nodes.
• load signalIn personnel recovery, a visual signal displayed in a covert manner to indicate the presence of an individual...
• loading planAll of the individually prepared documents which, taken together, present, in detail, all instructions for...
• locateIn personnel recovery, the task where actions are taken to precisely find and authenticate the identity of...
• lodgmentA designated area in a hostile or potentially hostile operational area that, when seized and held, makes the...
• logisticsPlanning and executing the movement and support of forces.
• logistics over-the-shoreThe loading and unloading of ships across the beach.
• logistics supportability analysisCombatant command internal assessment for the Joint Strategic Campaign Plan on key logistic capabilities...
• low-altitude missile engagement zoneA defined airspace in which low- to medium-altitude surface-to-air missiles engage air and missile threats.
• low-level transit routeA temporary air corridor of defined dimensions established to minimize the risk to friendly aircraft from...

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