THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DICTIONARY OF 1. The Department of Defense (DOD) Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms is prepared under the direction of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in coordination with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Services, and the Defense Agencies, for planning and operational use. The Secretary of Defense, by DOD Directive 5000.9, 28 February 1978, "Standardization of Military Terminology," has directed its use throughout the Department of Defense to ensure uniformity in the application and use of terms and definitions. 2. The DOD Dictionary is published for mandatory use by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Military Departments, the Organization 1 of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Unified and Specified Commands, and the Defense Agencies, hereafter referred to as "DOD Components." 3. Terms which are identified with "DOD" will not be defined otherwise by DOD Components, unless a different application is intended. Definitions which identify a different application should be submitted to the Joint Military Terminology Group for consideration. (See subparagraph 9b below.) Supplementary information or additional explanatory matter necessary to ensure technical clarity or express a special connotation, when set off by brackets or otherwise qualified, will not be construed as changing or conflicting with a standardized DOD term or definition. 4. Specialized terms and titles relating to tactical command and control procedures, prescribed for standard use by activities jointly performing specific tactical tasks, are defined in alphabetical sequence in the dictionary. The appendices, which previously listed the terms and titles only, without definitions, are no longer published. 5. Terms and definitions identified with "NATO" and "CENTO" represent the official position of the United States in international standardization agreements. Entries identified with "IADB" represent terms standardized and agreed for use between member countries of the Inter-American System. The DOD Dictionary is the implementing document for these agreements. To insure the integrity of these commitments, terms so designated will be used by United States members of working parties, groups or panels of experts, etc., in the processing of all standardization agreements. When an agreed international term does not exist, the DOD term will be used in establishing the United States position. Note: The United States is a signatory to NATO Standardization Agree- *This publication supersedes JCS Pub 1, 3 September 1974. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Stock No. 008-004-00011-1 i |