jp1_02

As Amended Through 15 March 2013
force tracking — The process of gathering and maintaining information on the location,
status, and predicted movement of each element of a unit including the unit’s command
element, personnel, and unit-related supplies and equipment while in transit to the
specified operational area. (JP 3-35)
force visibility — The current and accurate status of forces; their current mission; future
missions; location; mission priority; and readiness status. (JP 3-35)
forcible entry — Seizing and holding of a military lodgment in the face of armed
opposition. See also lodgment. (JP 3-18)
foreign assistance — Assistance to foreign nations ranging from the sale of military
equipment to donations of food and medical supplies to aid survivors of natural and
man-made disasters. US foreign assistance takes three forms: development assistance,
humanitarian assistance, and security assistance. See also domestic emergencies;
foreign disaster; foreign humanitarian assistance; security assistance. (JP 3-29)
foreign consequence management — United States Government activity that assists
friends and allies in responding to the effects from an intentional or accidental
chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear incident on foreign territory in order to
maximize preservation of life. Also called FCM. (JP 3-41)
foreign disaster — An act of nature (such as a flood, drought, fire, hurricane, earthquake,
volcanic eruption, or epidemic), or an act of man (such as a riot, violence, civil strife,
explosion, fire, or epidemic), which is or threatens to be of sufficient severity and
magnitude to warrant United States foreign disaster relief to a foreign country, foreign
persons, or to an intergovernmental organization. See also foreign disaster relief.
(JP 3-29)
foreign disaster relief — Prompt aid that can be used to alleviate the suffering of foreign
disaster victims. Normally it includes humanitarian services and transportation; the
provision of food, clothing, medicine, beds, and bedding; temporary shelter and
housing; the furnishing of medical materiel and medical and technical personnel; and
making repairs to essential services. See also foreign disaster. (JP 3-29)
foreign humanitarian assistance — Department of Defense activities, normally in support
of the United States Agency for International Development or Department of State,
conducted outside the United States, its territories, and possessions to relieve or reduce
human suffering, disease, hunger, or privation. Also called FHA. See also foreign
assistance. (JP 3-29)
foreign instrumentation signals intelligence — A subcategory of signals intelligence,
consisting of technical information and intelligence derived from the intercept of
foreign electromagnetic emissions associated with the testing and operational
deployment of non-US aerospace, surface, and subsurface systems. Foreign
instrumentation signals include but are not limited to telemetry, beaconry, electronic
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