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As Amended Through 15 March 2013
operation and maintenance — Maintenance and repair of real property, operation of
utilities, and provision of other services such as refuse collection and disposal,
entomology, snow removal, and ice alleviation. Also called O&M. (JP 3-34)
operation order — A directive issued by a commander to subordinate commanders for the
purpose of effecting the coordinated execution of an operation. Also called OPORD.
(JP 5-0)
operation plan — 1. Any plan for the conduct of military operations prepared in response
to actual and potential contingencies. 2. A complete and detailed joint plan containing
a full description of the concept of operations, all annexes applicable to the plan, and a
time-phased force and deployment data. Also called OPLAN. See also operation
order. (JP 5-0)
operations center — The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the
commander to command, control, and coordinate all operational activities. Also called
OC. See also base defense operations center. (JP 3-07.2)
operations research — The analytical study of military problems undertaken to provide
responsible commanders and staff agencies with a scientific basis for decision on action
to improve military operations. Also called operational research; operations
analysis.
operations security — A process of identifying critical information and subsequently
analyzing friendly actions attendant to military operations and other activities. Also
called OPSEC. See also operations security indicators; operations security
measures; operations security planning guidance; operations security
vulnerability. (JP 3-13.3)
operations security assessment — An evaluative process, usually exercise, or support
function to determine the likelihood that critical information can be protected from the
adversary’s intelligence. (JP 3-13.3)
operations security countermeasures — Methods and means to gain and maintain
essential secrecy about critical information. (JP 3-13.3)
operations security indicators — Friendly detectable actions and open-source information
that can be interpreted or pieced together by an adversary to derive critical information.
(JP 3-13.3)
operations security planning guidance — Guidance that defines the critical information
requiring protection from the adversary and outlines provisional measures to ensure
secrecy. (JP 3-13.3)
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