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GLOSSARY
PART I. ACRONYMS
A airborne
AAR after-action review
AC Active Component
ADP automated data processing
AM amplitude modulated
AOR area of responsibility
AP antipersonnel
ARSOF Army special operations forces
ARSOTF Army Special Operations Task Force
ASD: SO-LIC Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations
and Low-Intensity Conflict
AT antitank
BRDEC Belvoir Research, Development, and Engineer Center
C2 command and control
CA Civil Affairs
CALT Civil Affairs liaison team
CD counterdrug
CINC commander in chief
CJCS Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
CLS combat life savers
cm centimeter
COA course of action
COMSEC communications security
CONPLAN concept plan
CONUS continental United States
CPX command post exercise
DAO Defense Attache Office
det cord detonating cord
DJS Director, Joint Staff
DMA Defense Mapping Agency
DOD Department of Defense
DODIC Department of Defense identification code
DOS Department of State
DSAA Defense Security Assistance Agency
EOD explosive ordnance disposal
EXORD execute order
fax facsimile
FID foreign internal defense
FM frequency modulated; field manual
FMF foreign military financing
FMFP Foreign Military Financing Program
FMS foreign military sales
FRAGO fragmentary order
FTX field training exercise
FY fiscal year
GPS global positioning system
GSO Government Service Organization
HA humanitarian assistance
HDO humanitarian demining operations
HE high explosive
HEAT high-explosive antitank
HN host nation
HQ headquarters
IAW in accordance with
ID identification
IMET International Military Education and Training
IMIT International Military Information Team
IPB intelligence preparation of the battlespace
IWG Interagency Working Group
J3 SOD Joint Staff Operations Directorate
JCET Joint Combined Exchange Training
JCS Joint Chiefs of Staff
JSOTF Joint Special Operations Task Force
kg kilogram
kW kilowatt
LNO liaison officer
MACOM major Army commands
MB megabyte
MDDC Mine Detection Dog Center
MEDEVAC medical evacuation
MHz megahertz
MIB Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
MILTRA military training
MIPR military interdepartmental purchase request
MIST military information support team
mm millimeter
MOA memorandum of agreement
MPA mission planning agent
NADR Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining, and Related
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NCO noncommissioned officer
NCOPD noncommissioned officer professional development
NDLC Namibian Demining Liaison Committee
NDO National Demining Office
NEO noncombatant evacuation order
NGO nongovernment organization
O&M operation and maintenance
OASD: SO-LIC Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special
Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict
OCONUS outside the continental United States
OFDA Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
OHDACA Overseas Humanitarian Disaster Aid and Civil Assistance
OJCS Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
OPD officer professional development
OPLAN operation plan
OPORD operation order
OPTEMPO operating tempo
OSD Office of the Secretary of Defense
PAO public affairs office
PDC product development center
PDSS predeployment site survey
PDWS product development workstation
PE practice exercise
PERTEMPO personnel tempo
PMCS preventive maintenance checks and services
POAT psychological operations assessment team
POC point of contact
POI program of instruction
PSYOP Psychological Operations
PVO private voluntary organization
RAM random-access memory
RC Reserve Component
ROE rule of engagement
RSO Regional Security Office
SA security assistance
SATMO Security Assistance Training Management Organization
SF Special Forces
SFODA Special Forces operational detachment Alpha
SFODB Special Forces operational detachment Bravo
SITREP situation report
SOC special operations command
SOF special operations forces
SOP standing operating procedure
SOSCOM Special Operations Support Command
SOTSE special operations theater support element
STANAG standardization agreement (NATO)
STX situational training exercise
TNT trinitrotoluene
TPFDD time-phased force and deployment data
TRANSCOM Transportation Command
TSC training support center
TST tactical support team
UN United Nations
UNOCHA United Nations Observer Controllers Humanitarian
Assistance
UPS uninterrupted power supply
U.S. United States
USACAPOC United States Army Civil Affairs and Psychological
Operations Command
USAJFKSWCS United States Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center
and School
USASFC United States Army Special Forces Command
USASOC United States Army Special Operations Command
USCINCEUR United States Commander in Chief, Europe
USEUCOM United States European Command
USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command
UTM universal transverse mercator
UW unconventional warfare
UXO unexploded ordnance
VCR videocassette recorder
WARNORD warning order
WP white phosphorous
PART II. DEFINITIONS
area of responsibility. A defined area of land in which responsibility is specifically assigned to the commander of the area for the development and maintenance of installations, control of movement, and the conduct of tactical operations involving troops under the commander’s control, along with parallel authority to exercise these functions. (Joint Pub 1-02)
concept plan. An operation plan in concept format. Also called CONPLAN. See also operation plan. (Joint Pub 1-02)
crimping operations. The process of placing a detonator onto a time fuze to initiate an explosive device.
demining operations. Any activity or operation related to humanitarian demining executed in support of the national HQ or NDO.
demolition. The destruction of structures, facilities, or material with fire, water, explosives, or other means. This publication deals exclusively with explosive demolition as applied to mine clearance operations.
detonating cord. A flexible fabric tube containing a high explosive designed to transmit the detonation wave. (Joint Pub 1-02)
detonating cord connector. A lead of det cord that initiates another when a good contact is between them. If junction clips or det cord connectors are not available, connections are to be made using a girth hitch with an extra turn.
detonating cord fuzing system. A firing system that uses a det cord to transmit the shock wave from the means of initiation to the explosive charge. All det cord firing systems used in clearance operations are to be fired by nonelectric means. The det cord firing system is used in the line main.
detonator. A device containing a sensitive explosive intended to produce a detonation wave. (Joint Pub 1-02)
explosive ordnance. All munitions containing explosives, nuclear fission or fusion materials and biological and chemical agents. They include bombs and warheads; guided and ballistic missiles; artillery, mortar, rocket, and small arms ammunition; all mines, torpedoes, and depth charges; demolition charges; pyrotechnics; clusters and dispensers; cartridge and propellant actuated devices; electro-explosive devices; clandestine and improvised explosive devices; and all similar or related items or components explosive in nature. (Joint Pub 1-02)
explosive ordnance disposal. The detection, identification, on-site evaluation, rendering safe, recovery, and final disposal of unexploded explosive ordnance. It may also include explosive ordnance which has become hazardous by damage or deterioration. (Joint Pub 1-02)
firing system. The system placed between the initiation system and the charge.
foreign internal defense. participation by civilian and military agencies of a government in any of the action programs taken by another government to free and protect its society from subversion, lawlessness, and insurgency. (Joint Pub 1-02)
foreign military financing. The portion of U.S. Security assistance authorized by the Foreign Military Assistance Act of 1961. This assistance differs from foreign military sales in that the recipient does not provide reimbursement. In effect, articles provided under this authorization are donated to the HN.
foreign military sales. That portion of United States security assistance authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as amended. This assistance differs from the Military Assistance Program and the International Military Education and Training Program in that the recipient provides reimbursement for defense articles and services transferred. (Joint Pub 1-02)
host nation. A nation which receives the forces and/or supplies of allied nations and/or NATO organizations to be located on, to operate in, or to transit through its territory. (Joint Pub 1-02)
humanitarian assistance. Programs conducted to relieve or reduce the results of natural or manmade disasters or other endemic conditions such as human pain, disease, hunger, or privation that might present a serious threat to life or that can result in great damage to or loss of property. Humanitarian assistance provided by U.S. Forces is limited in scope and duration. The assistance provided is designed to supplement or complement the efforts of the host nation civil authorities or agencies that may have the primary responsibility for providing humanitarian assistance. (Joint Pub 1-02)
humanitarian demining operations. Any activity or operation related to humanitarian demining executed in support of an HN approved for support in the U.S. Humanitarian Demining Program.
line main. A firing system consisting of a main line. Any number of branch lines can be connected to a main line, but only one branch line is to be connected to a main line at any point.
mine. In land mine warfare, an explosive or other material, normally encased, designed to destroy or damage ground vehicles, boats, or aircraft, or designed to wound, kill, or otherwise incapacitate personnel. It may be detonated by the action of its victim, by the passage of time, or by controlled means. (Joint Pub 1-02)
mine awareness operations. Operations designed to provide safety and public information to the HN populace with the intent to promote threat identification and avoidance.
mine clearance. The process of removing all mines from a route or an area. (Joint Pub 1-02)
mine countermeasures. All methods for preventing or reducing damage or danger from mines. (Joint Pub 1-02)
mined area. An area declared dangerous due to the presence or suspected presence of mines. (Joint Pub 1-02)
mine disposal. The operation by suitably qualified personnel designed to render safe, neutralize, recover, remove, or destroy mines. (Joint Pub 1-02)
minefield. In land warfare, an area of ground containing mines laid with or without a pattern. (Joint Pub 1-02)
minefield lane. A marked lane, unmined or cleared of mines, leading through a minefield. (Joint Pub 1-02)
minefield survey. A detailed report that provides information on a suspected minefield, including its location, the extent of the mine problem identified, and the way the area is marked.
minehunting. Employment of sensor and neutralization systems, whether air, surface, or subsurface, to locate and dispose of individual mines. Minehunting is conducted to eliminate mines in a known field when sweeping is not feasible or desirable or to verify the presence or absence of mines in a given area. (Joint Pub 1-02)
minesweeping. The technique of clearing mines using either mechanical, ex-plosive, or influence sweep equipment. Mechanical sweeping removes, disturbs, or otherwise neutralizes the mine; explosive sweeping causes sympathetic detonations in, damages, or displaces the mine; and influence sweeping produces either the acoustic and/or magnetic influence required to detonate the mine. (Joint Pub 1-02)
National Demining Office. A term that describes the HN national demining HQ or the entire demining organization for that country.
operation plan. Any plan, except for the Single Integrated Operation Plan, for the conduct of military operations. Plans are prepared by combatant commanders in response to requirements established by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and by commanders of subordinate commands in response to requirements tasked by the establishing unified commander. Operation plans (OPLANs) are prepared in either a complete format of an OPLAN or as a concept plan (CONPLAN).
a. OPLAN. An operation plan for the conduct of joint operations that can be used as a basis for development of an operation order (OPORD). An OPLAN identifies the forces and supplies required to execute the CINC’s Strategic Concept and a movement schedule of these resources to the theater of operations. The forces and supplies are identified in time-phased force de-ployment data (TPFDD) files. OPLANs will include all phases of the tasked operation. The plan is prepared with the appropriate annexes, appendixes, and TPFDD files as described in the Joint Operation Planning and Execution System manuals containing planning policies, procedures, and formats.
b. CONPLAN. An operation plan in an abbreviated format that would require considerable expansion or alteration to convert it into an OPLAN or OPORD. A CONPLAN contains the CINC’s strategic concept and those annexes and appendixes deemed necessary by the combatant commander to complete plan-ning. Generally, detailed support requirements are not calculated and TPFDD files are not prepared. (Joint Pub 1-02)
time fuze. A fuze that contains a graduated time element to regulate the time interval after which the fuze will function. (Joint Pub 1-02)
unexploded explosive ordnance. Explosive ordnance that has been primed, fuzed, armed, or otherwise prepared for action and has been fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel, or material and remains unexploded either by malfunction or design or for any other cause. (Joint Pub 1-02)