- Industry: Government; Military
- Number of terms: 79318
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A standby contractual agreement between Military Sealift Command and US ship operators for voluntary provision of private ships for defense use. Call-up of ships may be authorized by joint approval of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Transportation.
Industry:Military
A standardized on-scene emergency management construct designed to aid in the management of resources during incidents. Consists of facilities, equipment, personnel, procedures, and communications established for this purpose.
Industry:Military
A standardized Department of Defense (DOD)-wide procedure, structure, and database for computing, compiling, projecting, and portraying the time-phased wartime manpower requirements, demand, and supply of the DOD components.
Industry:Military
A staff organization operating under a flag officer providing a combatant commander with a full-time, trained joint command and control element integrated into the combatant commander’s staff whose focus is on contingency and crisis action planning.
Industry:Military
A staff in which one officer only is appointed to each post on the establishment of the headquarters, irrespective of nationality and Service.
Industry:Military
A staff composed of personnel of two or more nations within the structure of a coalition or alliance.
Industry:Military
A staff and military liaison officers who assist the defense coordinating officer in facilitating coordination and support to activated emergency support functions.
Industry:Military
A squadron-size headquarters that could be a composite organization composed of different Air Force special operations assets. The detachment is normally subordinate to an Air Force special operations component, joint special operations task force, or joint task force, depending upon size and duration of the operation.
Industry:Military
A specified location for anchoring or mooring a vessel in-stream or offshore.
Industry:Military
A specified ground area for landing vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to embark or disembark troops and/or cargo. A landing zone may contain one or more landing sites.
Industry:Military
