Joint Publication 1-02 DoD Dictionary of Military ... - AcqNotes.com

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
aeromedical evacuation coordination center — A coordination center within the joint air
operations center’s airlift coordination cell that monitors all activities related to
aeromedical evacuation (AE) operations execution. It manages the medical aspects of
the AE mission and serves as the net control station for AE communications. It
coordinates medical requirements with airlift capability, assigns medical missions to
the appropriate AE elements, and monitors patient movement activities. Also called
AECC. See also aeromedical evacuation; aeromedical evacuation system;
aeromedical evacuation unit. (JP 4-02.2)
aeromedical evacuation system — A system that provides: a. control of patient movement
by air transport; b. specialized medical aircrew, medical crew augmentees, and
specialty medical attendants and equipment for inflight medical care; c. facilities on or
in the vicinity of air strips and air bases for the limited medical care of intransit patients
entering, en route via, or leaving the system; and d. communication with originating,
destination, and en route medical facilities concerning patient transportation. Also
called AES. See also aeromedical evacuation. (JP 4-02.2)
aeromedical evacuation unit — An operational medical organization concerned primarily
with the management and control of patients being transported via an aeromedical
evacuation system or system echelon. See also forward aeromedical evacuation.
aeronautical chart — A specialized representation of mapped features of the Earth, or
some part of it, produced to show selected terrain, cultural and hydrographic features,
and supplemental information required for air navigation, pilotage, or for planning air
operations.
aerospace — Of, or pertaining to, Earth’s envelope of atmosphere and the space above it;
two separate entities considered as a single realm for activity in launching, guidance,
and control of vehicles that will travel in both entities.
aerospace defense — 1. All defensive measures designed to destroy or nullify attacking
enemy aircraft and missiles and also negate hostile space systems. 2. An inclusive
term encompassing air defense, ballistic missile defense, and space defense. See also
air defense; space defense. (JP 3-27)
afloat pre-positioning force — Shipping maintained in full operational status to afloat preposition
military equipment and supplies in support of combatant commanders’
operation plans. The afloat pre-positioning force consists of the three maritime prepositioning
ships squadrons, the Army’s afloat pre-positioning stocks-3 ships, and the
Navy, Defense Logistics Agency, and Air Force ships. Also called APF. See also
maritime pre-positioning ships. (JP 4-01.2)
afloat pre-positioning operations — Pre-positioning of ships, preloaded with equipment
and supplies (including ammunition and petroleum) that provides for an alternative to
land-based programs. This concept provides for ships and onboard force support
equipment and supplies positioned near potential crisis areas that can be delivered
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