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As Amended Through 15 March 2013
voluntary tanker agreement — An agreement established by the Maritime Administration
to provide for United States commercial tanker owners and operators to voluntarily
make their vessels available to satisfy the Department of Defense to meet contingency
or war requirements for point-to-point petroleum, oils, and lubricants movements. Also
called VTA. (JP 4-01.2)
vulnerability — 1. The susceptibility of a nation or military force to any action by any
means through which its war potential or combat effectiveness may be reduced or its
will to fight diminished. (JP 3-01) 2. The characteristics of a system that cause it to
suffer a definite degradation (incapability to perform the designated mission) as a result
of having been subjected to a certain level of effects in an unnatural (man-made) hostile
environment. (JP 3-60) 3. In information operations, a weakness in information
system security design, procedures, implementation, or internal controls that could be
exploited to gain unauthorized access to information or an information system. See
also information operations. (JP 3-13)
vulnerability assessment — A Department of Defense, command, or unit-level evaluation
(assessment) to determine the vulnerability of a terrorist attack against an installation,
unit, exercise, port, ship, residence, facility, or other site. Identifies areas of
improvement to withstand, mitigate, or deter acts of violence or terrorism. Also called
VA. (JP 3-07.2)
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