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

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
hostile act — An attack or other use of force against the US, US forces, or other designated
persons or property. It also includes force used directly to preclude or impede the
mission and/or duties of US forces, including the recovery of US personnel or vital US
Government property. (JP 3-28)
hostile casualty — A person who is the victim of a terrorist activity or who becomes a
casualty “in action.” “In action” characterizes the casualty as having been the direct
result of hostile action, sustained in combat or relating thereto, or sustained going to or
returning from a combat mission provided that the occurrence was directly related to
hostile action. Included are persons killed or wounded mistakenly or accidentally by
friendly fire directed at a hostile force or what is thought to be a hostile force.
However, not to be considered as sustained in action and not to be interpreted as hostile
casualties are injuries or death due to the elements, self-inflicted wounds, combat
fatigue, and except in unusual cases, wounds or death inflicted by a friendly force while
the individual is in an absent-without-leave, deserter, or dropped-from-rolls status or is
voluntarily absent from a place of duty. See also casualty; casualty type; nonhostile
casualty.
hostile intent — The threat of imminent use of force by a foreign force, terrorist(s), or
organization against the United States and US national interests, US forces and, in
certain circumstances, US nationals, their property, US commercial assets, and other
designated non-US forces, foreign nationals, and their property. When hostile intent is
present, the right exists to use proportional force, including armed force, in self-defense
by all necessary means available to deter or neutralize the potential attacker or, if
necessary, to destroy the threat. A determination that hostile intent exists and requires
the use of proportional force in self-defense must be based on evidence that an attack is
imminent. Evidence necessary to determine hostile intent will vary depending on the
state of international and regional political tension, military preparations, intelligence,
and indications and warning information.
host nation — A nation which receives the forces and/or supplies of allied nations and/or
NATO organizations to be located on, to operate in, or to transit through its territory.
Also called HN. (JP 3-57)
host-nation support — Civil and/or military assistance rendered by a nation to foreign
forces within its territory during peacetime, crises or emergencies, or war based on
agreements mutually concluded between nations. Also called HNS. See also host
nation. (JP 4-0)
host-nation support agreement — Basic agreement normally concluded at government-togovernment
or government- to-combatant commander level. These agreements may
include general agreements, umbrella agreements, and memoranda of understanding.
See also host nation; host-nation support. (JP 3-35)
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