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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

Ccommand 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)