- Industry: Government; Military
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A term used to identify a casualty for reporting purposes as either a hostile casualty or a nonhostile casualty.
Industry:Military
A term used to denote collectively all components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard (when mobilized under Title 10, United States Code to augment the Navy).
Industry:Military
A term used to classify a casualty for reporting purposes. There are seven casualty statuses: (1) deceased; (2) duty status - whereabouts unknown; (3) missing; (4) very seriously ill or injured; (5) seriously ill or injured; (6) incapacitating illness or injury; and (7) not seriously injured.
Industry:Military
A term comprising such conditions as fractures, wounds, sprains, strains, dislocations, concussions, and compressions. In addition, it includes conditions resulting from extremes of temperature or prolonged exposure. Acute poisonings (except those due to contaminated food) resulting from exposure to a toxic or poisonous substance are also classed as injuries.
Industry:Military
A term applied to National Guard members and units when called to active duty to serve the United States Government under Article I, Section 8 and Article II, Section 2 of the Constitution and the Title 10, United States Code, Sections 12401 to 12408.
Industry:Military
A tactical subdivision of a larger area, the responsibility for which is assigned to a tactical unit; generally applied to offensive action.
Industry:Military
A support mission in which the supporting unit assists the supported unit to accomplish the supported unit’s mission. Only like units (e. G. , artillery to artillery, intelligence to intelligence, armor to armor, etc) can be given a reinforcing/reinforced mission.
Industry:Military
A state of international tension wherein political, economic, technological, sociological, psychological, paramilitary, and military measures short of overt armed conflict involving regular military forces are employed to achieve national objectives.
Industry:Military
A staff composed of personnel of two or more nations within the structure of a coalition or alliance.
Industry:Military
A series of related major operations aimed at achieving strategic and operational objectives within a given time and space.
Industry:Military
