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U.S. Department of Defence
Settore: Government; Military
Number of terms: 79318
Number of blossaries: 0
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An item of supply determined by standardization action as not authorized for procurement.
Industry:Military
An item of materiel which projects, disperses, or disseminates a biological agent including arthropod vectors.
Industry:Military
An item of an interchangeable nature which is in common use by two or more nations or Services of a nation.
Industry:Military
An item is in short supply when the total of stock on hand and anticipated receipts during a given period are less than the total estimated demand during that period.
Industry:Military
An International Organization for Standardization container outfitted with live-or work-in capability.
Industry:Military
An international or domestic event, contest, activity, or meeting, which by its very nature, or by specific statutory or regulatory authority, may warrant security, safety, and/or other logistical support or assistance from the Department of Defense.
Industry:Military
An international and interagency body that coordinates the overall relief strategy and unity of effort among all participants in a large foreign humanitarian assistance operation. It normally is established under the direction of the government of the affected country or the United Nations, or a US Government agency during a US unilateral operation. Because the humanitarian operations center operates at the national level, it will normally consist of senior representatives from the affected country, assisting countries, the United Nations, nongovernmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations, and other major organizations involved in the operation.
Industry:Military
An interment, usually on the battlefield, when conditions do not permit either evacuation for interment in an interment site or interment according to national or international legal regulations.
Industry:Military
An intermediate headquarters between divisions and the theater army. A corps may consist of two or more divisions together with supporting brigades. Corps headquarters are capable of serving as either a joint task force or joint force land component command headquarters.
Industry:Military
An intermediary or device used to obviate direct contact between members of a clandestine organization.
Industry:Military