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

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
the International Military Education and Training Program in that the recipient provides
reimbursement for defense articles and services transferred. Also called FMS.
foreign national — Any person other than a US citizen, US permanent or temporary legal
resident alien, or person in US custody.
foreign nation support — Civil and/or military assistance rendered to a nation when
operating outside its national boundaries during military operations based on
agreements mutually concluded between nations or on behalf of intergovernmental
organizations. Support may come from the nation in which forces are operating.
Foreign nation support also may be from third party nations and include support or
assistance, such as logistics, rendered outside the operational area. Also called FNS.
See also host-nation support. (JP 1-06)
foreign object damage — Rags, pieces of paper, line, articles of clothing, nuts, bolts, or
tools that, when misplaced or caught by air currents normally found around aircraft
operations (jet blast, rotor or prop wash, engine intake), cause damage to aircraft
systems or weapons or injury to personnel. Also called FOD. (JP 3-04)
foreign service national — Foreign nationals who provide clerical, administrative,
technical, fiscal, and other support at foreign service posts abroad and are not citizens
of the United States. The term includes third country nationals who are individuals
employed by a United States mission abroad and are neither a citizen of the United
States nor of the country to which assigned for duty. Also called FSN. (JP 3-68)
foreshore — That portion of a beach extending from the low water (datum) shoreline to the
limit of normal high water wave wash. (JP 4-01.6)
formerly restricted data — Information removed from the restricted data category upon a
joint determination by the Department of Energy (or antecedent agencies) and
Department of Defense that such information relates primarily to the military utilization
of atomic weapons and that such information can be adequately safeguarded as
classified defense information. (Section 142d, Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as
amended.)
forward aeromedical evacuation — That phase of evacuation which provides airlift for
patients between points within the battlefield, from the battlefield to the initial point of
treatment, and to subsequent points of treatment within the combat zone. (JP 4-02)
forward air controller — An officer (aviator/pilot) member of the tactical air control party
who, from a forward ground or airborne position, controls aircraft in close air support
of ground troops. Also called FAC. See also close air support. (JP 3-09.3)
forward air controller (airborne) — A specifically trained and qualified aviation officer
who exercises control from the air of aircraft engaged in close air support of ground
troops. The forward air controller (airborne) is normally an airborne extension of the
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