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The threatened or actual employment of chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) material, including toxic industrial materials (TIMs), can seriously challenge US military operations...

The instruments of national power (diplomatic, informational, military, and economic) provideleaders in the US with the means and ways ofdealing with crises around the world. Employingthese means in...

Space capabilities have proven to be significant force multipliers when integrated into military operations. Space capabilities provide global communications; positioning, navigation, and timing...

Joint forces should be prepared to encounter barriers, obstacles (including improvised explosive devices [IEDs], mines, and other unexploded explosive ordnance [UXO]) and to conduct mine warfare...

'Growing Old Is Not A Piece Of Cake...' is a new book by author Tom Holbrook that reminds us that we are all going to grow old, assuming we don't die early, so why not have fun in our old age and...

Multinational operations are operations conducted by forces of two or more nations, usually undertaken within the structure of a coalition or alliance. Other possible arrangements include supervision...

Air mobility is the rapid movement of personnel, materiel, and forces to and from, or within, a theater by air. This includes both airlift and air refueling (AR). The air mobility network combines...

Joint forcible entry operations seize and holdlodgments against armed opposition. A lodgmentis a designated area in a hostile or potentiallyhostile operational area that, when seized andheld, makes...

Foreign internal defense (FID) is the participation by civilian and military agencies of a government in any of the action programs taken by another government or other designated organization, to...

Insurgency uses a mixture of subversion, sabotage, political, economic, psychological actions, and armed conflict to achieve its political aims. It is a protracted politico-military struggle designed...

Terrorism has evolved as a preferred tactic for ideological extremists around the world, directly or indirectly affecting millions of people. In addition to increasing law enforcement capabilities...

The US homeland is the physical region thatincludes the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, US territories, and surrounding territorialwaters and airspace. The homeland is a functioningtheater...

Foreign humanitarian assistance (FHA) activitiesconducted by US Armed Forces range from steadystate program activities supporting geographic combatant commanders (GCC) security cooperation and...

Joint land operations include any type of joint military operations, singly or in combination, performed across the range of military operations with joint land forces (Army, Marine, or special...

Maritime power, in the broadest sense, is military, diplomatic, and economic power or influence exerted through the ability to use the sea. The joint force commander (JFC) employs maritime power to...

The deployment and redeployment of US forces in support of combatant commander (CCDR) requirements are a series of operational events enabled by logistics. These activities are planned and executed...

Combating weapons of mass destruction (CWMD) and their means of delivery is one of the greatest challenges the United States (US) faces. Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) have the potential to...

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclearconsequence management (CBRN CM) can bedescribed as the overarching United StatesGovernment (USG) capability and the strategicnational direction, to...

This joint publication prescribes doctrine for jointairspace control in the operational area. The prescribed doctrine is broadly stated to fit a wide range of situations requiring military control of...

Civil-military operations (CMO) are the activities of a commander performed by designated civil affairs or other military forces that establish, maintain, influence, or exploit relationships between...

Meteorological and oceanographic (METOC)forces work cooperatively within the Department ofDefense community and across interorganizationallines to share and obtain information to providetimely,...

The US military has an obligation to communicate with the American public, and it is in the national interest to communicate with the international public. Through the responsive release of accurate...

Noncombatant evacuation operations (NEOs) are conducted to assist the Department of State (DOS) in evacuating US citizens, Department of Defense (DOD) civilian personnel, and designated host nation...

The relative combat power that military forces cangenerate against an adversary is constrained by a nation's capability to plan for, gain access to, and deliver forces and materiel to required points...

The Defense Transportation System (DTS) is that portion of the worldwide transportation infrastructure that supports Department of Defense (DOD) transportation needs in peace and war. It consists of...

Providing forces with the right fuel, in the rightplace, and at the right time involves determiningpeacetime and wartime requirements, contracting and allocating product, arranging for bulk storage,...

Mobilization includes assembling and organizing personnel and materiel for active duty military forces, activating the Reserve Component (RC) (including federalizing the National Guard), extending...

The Joint Mortuary Affairs Program is a broadly based military program providing for the care and disposition of missing and deceased personnel, including personal effects (PE). Based on the guidance...

Logistic support during multinational operations differs from unilateral joint operations in that the participating nations represent different national and military objectives, cultures, and...

Distribution includes the ability to plan and execute the movement of forces for deployment and redeployment as well as sustainment and retrograde. It is the operational process of synchronizing all...