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As Amended Through 15 March 2013
training unit — A unit established to provide military training to individual reservists or to
Reserve Component units. (JP 4-05)
transient — 1. Personnel, ships, or craft stopping temporarily at a post, station, or port to
which they are not assigned or attached, and having destination elsewhere. 2. An
independent merchant ship calling at a port and sailing within 12 hours, and for which
routing instructions to a further port have been promulgated. 3. An individual awaiting
orders, transport, etc., at a post or station to which he or she is not attached or assigned.
transient forces — Forces that pass or stage through, or base temporarily within, the
operational area of another command but are not under its operational control. See also
force; transient. (JP 1)
transit route — A sea route which crosses open waters normally joining two coastal routes.
(JP 3-07.4)
transit zone — The path taken by either airborne or seaborne smugglers. Zone can include
transfer operations to another carrier (airdrop, at-sea transfer, etc.). See also arrival
zone. (JP 3-07.4)
transmission security — The component of communications security that results from all
measures designed to protect transmissions from interception and exploitation by
means other than cryptanalysis. See also communications security. (JP 6-0)
transnational threat — Any activity, individual, or group not tied to a particular country or
region that operates across international boundaries and threatens United States national
security or interests. (JP 3-26)
transportability — The capability of material to be moved by towing, self-propulsion, or
carrier via any means, such as railways, highways, waterways, pipelines, oceans, and
airways.
transport area — In amphibious operations, an area assigned to a transport organization for
the purpose of debarking troops and equipment. See also inner transport area; outer
transport area. (JP 3-02)
transportation closure — The actual arrival date of a specified movement requirement at
port of debarkation. (JP 3-35)
transportation component command — A major command of its parent Service under
United States Transportation Command, which includes Air Force Air Mobility
Command, Navy Military Sealift Command, and Army Military Surface Deployment
and Distribution Command. Also called TCC. See also United States
Transportation Command. (JP 4-01.6)
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