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As Amended Through 15 March 2013
stockage objective — The maximum quantities of materiel to be maintained on hand to
sustain current operations, which will consist of the sum of stocks represented by the
operating level and the safety level. (JP 4-08)
Stock Number — See national stock number.
stockpile to target sequence — 1. The order of events involved in removing a nuclear
weapon from storage and assembling, testing, transporting, and delivering it on the
target. 2. A document that defines the logistic and employment concepts and related
physical environments involved in the delivery of a nuclear weapon from the stockpile
to the target. It may also define the logistic flow involved in moving nuclear weapons
to and from the stockpile for quality assurance testing, modification and retrofit, and the
recycling of limited life components.
stop-loss — Presidential authority under Title 10, United States Code, Section 12305 to
suspend laws relating to promotion, retirement, or separation of any member of the
Armed Forces determined essential to the national security of the United States (“laws
relating to promotion” broadly includes, among others, grade tables, current general or
flag officer authorizations, and E8 and 9 limits). This authority may be exercised by
the President only if reservists are serving on active duty under Title 10, United States
Code authorities for Presidential Reserve Call-up, partial mobilization, or full
mobilization. See also mobilization; partial mobilization; Presidential Reserve
Call-up. (JP 4-05)
stowage — The method of placing cargo into a single hold or compartment of a ship to
prevent damage, shifting, etc. (JP 3-02)
stowage factor — The number that expresses the space, in cubic feet, occupied by a long
ton of any commodity as prepared for shipment, including all crating or packaging.
(JP 4-01.2)
stowage plan — A completed stowage diagram showing what materiel has been loaded and
its stowage location in each hold, between-deck compartment, or other space in a ship,
including deck space. (JP 4-01.5)
strafing — The delivery of automatic weapons fire by aircraft on ground targets.
strategic air transport — The movement of personnel and materiel by air in accordance
with a strategic plan.
strategic communication — Focused United States Government efforts to understand and
engage key audiences to create, strengthen, or preserve conditions favorable for the
advancement of United States Government interests, policies, and objectives through
the use of coordinated programs, plans, themes, messages, and products synchronized
with the actions of all instruments of national power. Also called SC. (JP 5-0)
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