- Industria: Government; Military
- Number of terms: 79318
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An order issued by competent authority to move forces or prepare forces for movement (e.g., increase deployability posture of units).
Industry:Military
An order issued by an accountable supply system manager (usually an inventory control point or accountable depot or stock point) directing a non-accountable activity (usually a storage site or materiel drop point) within the same supply distribution complex to release and ship materiel.
Industry:Military
An order issued by a commander covering the details for a move of the command.
Industry:Military
An order implementing the airspace control plan that provides the details of the approved requests for airspace coordinating measures. It is published either as part of the air tasking order or as a separate document.
Industry:Military
An orbiting vehicle, which relays signals between communications stations. There are two types:
a. Active communications satellite - A satellite that receives, regenerates, and retransmits signals between stations;
b. Passive communications satellite - A satellite which reflects communications signals between stations. Also calledCOMSAT.
Industry:Military
An orbit in which the satellite’s orbital plane is at a fixed orientation to the sun, i.e., the orbit precesses about the earth at the same rate that the earth orbits the sun. It has the characteristics of maintaining similar sun angles along its ground trace for all orbits, and typically has an inclination from 96 to 98 degrees, depending on the orbit altitude and orbit shape (eccentricity).
Industry:Military
An oral, electronic, or written communication concerning mining activities (friendly or enemy) submitted in a standard format by the fastest secure means available.
Industry:Military
An optional staff element that provides recommendations to the operations directorate to accomplish fires planning and synchronization.
Industry:Military
An operational medical organization concerned primarily with the management and control of patients being transported via an aeromedical evacuation system or system echelon.
Industry:Military
An operational initiative launched from beyond visual and radar range of the shoreline.
Industry:Military
