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As Amended Through 15 March 2013
Defense agencies and other instruments of national power to achieve national security
strategy objectives. Also called NDS. (JP 3-0)
national detainee reporting center — National-level center that obtains and stores
information concerning enemy prisoners of war, civilian internees, and retained
personnel and their confiscated personal property. May be established upon the
outbreak of an armed conflict or when persons are captured or detained by U.S.
military forces in the course of the full range of military operations. Accounts for all
persons who pass through the care, custody, and control of the U.S. Department of
Defense. Also called NDRC. (JP 3-63)
National Disaster Medical System — A coordinated partnership between Departments of
Homeland Security, Health and Human Services, Defense, and Veterans Affairs
established for the purpose of responding to the needs of casualties of a public health
emergency. Also called NDMS. (JP 3-41)
national emergency — A condition declared by the President or the Congress by virtue of
powers previously vested in them that authorize certain emergency actions to be
undertaken in the national interest. Action to be taken may include partial, full, or total
mobilization of national resources. See also mobilization. (JP 3-28)
National Incident Management System — A national crisis response system that provides
a consistent, nationwide approach for federal, state, local, and tribal governments; the
private sector; and nongovernmental organizations to work effectively and efficiently
together to prepare for, respond to, and recover from domestic incidents, regardless of
cause, size, or complexity. Also called NIMS. (JP 3-41)
national intelligence — All intelligence, regardless of the source from which derived, and
including that which is gathered within or outside of the United States, that pertains to
more than one agency, and involves (1) threats to the United States, its people, property,
or interests, (2) the development, proliferation, or use of weapons of mass destruction, or
(3) any other matter bearing on US national or homeland security. (JP 2-01)
national intelligence estimate — A strategic estimate of the capabilities, vulnerabilities,
and probable courses of action of foreign nations produced at the national level as a
composite of the views of the intelligence community. Also called NIE. (JP 2-01)
national intelligence support team — A nationally sourced team composed of intelligence
and communications experts from Defense Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence
Agency, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, National Security Agency, or other
intelligence community agencies as required. Also called NIST. See also intelligence;
national intelligence. (JP 2-0)
national interagency fire center — A facility located in Boise, Idaho, that is jointly
operated by several federal agencies and is dedicated to coordination, logistic support,
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