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JP 4-01.5 JTTP for Water Terminal Operations - BITS

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PART II—TERMS AND DEFINITIONS<br />

area of responsibility. 1. The geographical<br />

area associated with a combatant command<br />

within which a combatant commander has<br />

authority to plan and conduct operations.<br />

2. In naval usage, a predefined area of<br />

enemy terrain <strong>for</strong> which supporting ships<br />

are responsible <strong>for</strong> covering by fire on<br />

known targets or targets of opportunity and<br />

by observation. Also called AOR. (Joint<br />

Pub 1-02)<br />

coordinating authority. A commander or<br />

individual assigned responsibility <strong>for</strong><br />

coordinating specific functions or activities<br />

involving <strong>for</strong>ces of two or more Military<br />

Departments or two or more <strong>for</strong>ces of the<br />

same Service. The commander or<br />

individual has the authority to require<br />

consultation between the agencies involved,<br />

but does not have the authority to compel<br />

agreement. In the event that essential<br />

agreement cannot be obtained, the matter<br />

shall be referred to the appointing authority.<br />

Coordinating authority is a consultation<br />

relationship, not an authority through which<br />

command may be exercised. Coordinating<br />

authority is more applicable to planning and<br />

similar activities than to operations. (Joint<br />

Pub 1-02)<br />

deployment data base. The JOPES (Joint<br />

Operation Planning and Execution System)<br />

data base containing the necessary<br />

in<strong>for</strong>mation on <strong>for</strong>ces, materiel, and filler<br />

and replacement personnel movement<br />

requirements to support execution. The<br />

data base reflects in<strong>for</strong>mation contained in<br />

the refined time-phased <strong>for</strong>ce and<br />

deployment data from the deliberate<br />

planning process or developed during the<br />

various phases of the crisis action planning<br />

process, and the movement schedules or<br />

tables developed by the transportation<br />

component commands to support the<br />

deployment of required <strong>for</strong>ces, personnel,<br />

and materiel. (Joint Pub 1-02)<br />

fixed port. <strong>Water</strong> terminals with an improved<br />

network of cargo-handling facilities<br />

designed <strong>for</strong> the transfer of oceangoing<br />

freight. (Joint Pub 1-02)<br />

frustrated cargo. Any shipment of supplies<br />

and/or equipment which while en route to<br />

destination is stopped prior to receipt and<br />

<strong>for</strong> which further disposition instructions<br />

must be obtained. (Joint Pub 1-02)<br />

harbor. A restricted body of water, an<br />

anchorage, or other limited coastal water<br />

area and its mineable water approaches,<br />

from which shipping operations are<br />

projected or supported. Generally, a harbor<br />

is part of a base, in which case the harbor<br />

defense <strong>for</strong>ce <strong>for</strong>ms a component element<br />

of the base defense <strong>for</strong>ce established <strong>for</strong> the<br />

local defense of the base and its included<br />

harbor. (Joint Pub 1-02)<br />

host nation. A nation which receives the<br />

<strong>for</strong>ces and/or supplies of allied nations and/<br />

or NATO organizations to be located on, to<br />

operate in, or to transit through its territory.<br />

(Joint Pub 1-02)<br />

host-nation support. Civil and/or military<br />

assistance rendered by a nation to <strong>for</strong>eign<br />

<strong>for</strong>ces within its territory during peacetime,<br />

crisis or emergencies, or war based on<br />

agreements mutually concluded between<br />

nations. (Joint Pub 1-02)<br />

joint <strong>for</strong>ce commander. A general term<br />

applied to a combatant commander,<br />

subunified commander, or joint task <strong>for</strong>ce<br />

commander authorized to exercise<br />

combatant command (command authority)<br />

or operational control over a joint <strong>for</strong>ce.<br />

Also called JFC. (Joint Pub 1-02)<br />

joint task <strong>for</strong>ce. A joint <strong>for</strong>ce that is<br />

constituted and so designated by the<br />

Secretary of Defense, a combatant<br />

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