- Industry: Government; Military
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That part of international law that regulates the conduct of armed hostilities.
Industry:Military
Support provided by US Federal military forces, Department of Defense civilians, Department of Defense contract personnel, Department of Defense component assets, and National Guard forces (when the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the governors of the affected states, elects and requests to use those forces in Title 32, United States Code, status) in response to requests for assistance from civil authorities for domestic emergencies, law enforcement support, and other domestic activities, or from qualifying entities for special events.
Industry:Military
That maintenance that is the responsibility of and performed by a using organization on its assigned equipment. Its phases normally consist of inspecting, servicing, lubricating, and adjusting, as well as the replacing of parts, minor assemblies, and subassemblies.
Industry:Military
That maintenance performed on materiel requiring major overhaul or a complete rebuild of parts, assemblies, subassemblies, and end-items, including the manufacture of parts, modifications, testing, and reclamation as required. Depot maintenance serves to support lower categories of maintenance by providing technical assistance and performing that maintenance beyond their responsibility. Depot maintenance provides stocks of serviceable equipment by using more extensive facilities for repair than are available in lower level maintenance activities.
Industry:Military
That knowledge of the enemy, weather, and geographical features required by a commander in the planning and conduct of combat operations.
Industry:Military
That imagery produced as a result of sensing electromagnetic radiations emitted or reflected from a given target surface in the infrared position of the electromagnetic spectrum (approximately 0. 72 to 1,000 microns).
Industry:Military
That geographic area required to conduct a logistics over-the-shore operation.
Industry:Military
That function performed by one Military Service in support of another Military Service for which reimbursement is not required from the Service receiving support.
Industry:Military
That function performed by a jointly staffed and financed activity in support of two or more Military Services.
Industry:Military
That form of military science that, by the employment of devices and/or techniques, has as its objective the impairment of the operational effectiveness of enemy activity.
Industry:Military
