- Settore: Government; Military
- Number of terms: 79318
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
The vehicle used by the Department of Homeland Security/Emergency Preparedness and Response/Federal Emergency Management Agency to support federal operations in a Stafford Act major disaster or emergency declaration that orders immediate, short-term emergency response assistance when an applicable state or local government is overwhelmed by the event and lacks the capability to perform, or contract for, the necessary work.
Industry:Military
The variety of intelligence and counterintelligence tasks that are carried out by various intelligence organizations and activities within the intelligence process. Intelligence operations include planning and direction, collection, processing and exploitation, analysis and production, dissemination and integration, and evaluation and feedback.
Industry:Military
The utilization of logistic resources after Transfer of Authority necessary for the fulfillment of the commander’s combat missions. The logistic resources are designated in peacetime and will become assigned to the NATO commander in crisis and conflict.
Industry:Military
The use of weapon systems to create specific lethal or nonlethal effects on a target.
Industry:Military
The use of proportionate force by US warships, military aircraft, and other forces, when necessary for the protection of US flag vessels and aircraft, US citizens (whether embarked in US or foreign vessels), and their property against unlawful violence. This protection may be extended (consistent with international law) to foreign flag vessels, aircraft, and persons.
Industry:Military
The use of preponderantly indigenous military forces on projects useful to the local population at all levels in such fields as education, training, public works, agriculture, transportation, communications, health, sanitation, and others contributing to economic and social development, which would also serve to improve the standing of the military forces with the population. (US forces may at times advise or engage in military civic actions in overseas areas. )
Industry:Military
The use of containers to unitize cargo for transportation, supply, and storage. Containerization incorporates supply, transportation, packaging, storage, and security together with visibility of container and its contents into a distribution system from source to user.
Industry:Military
The use of aircraft, surface craft, submarines, and specialized rescue teams and equipment to search for and rescue distressed persons on land or at sea in a permissive environment.
Industry:Military
The use of a helicopter for the transfer of materiel to or from a ship.
Industry:Military
The urgent communication and acknowledgement of time-critical information essential for the preservation of life and/or vital resources.
Industry:Military
