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

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
to or loss of property. Humanitarian assistance provided by US forces is limited in
scope and duration. The assistance provided is designed to supplement or complement
the efforts of the host nation civil authorities or agencies that may have the primary
responsibility for providing humanitarian assistance. Also called HA. (JP 3-57)
humanitarian assistance coordination center — A temporary center established by a
geographic combatant commander to assist with interagency coordination and
planning. A humanitarian assistance coordination center operates during the early
planning and coordination stages of foreign humanitarian assistance operations by
providing the link between the geographic combatant commander and other United
States Government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and international and
regional organizations at the strategic level. Also called HACC. See also foreign
humanitarian assistance; interagency coordination. (JP 3-29)
humanitarian demining assistance — The activities related to the furnishing of education,
training, and technical assistance with respect to the detection and clearance of land
mines and other explosive remnants of war. (JP 3-29)
humanitarian mine action — Activities that strive to reduce the social, economic, and
environmental impact of land mines, unexploded ordnance and small arms ammunition
- also characterized as explosive remnants of war. (JP 3-15)
humanitarian operations center — An international and interagency body that coordinates
the overall relief strategy and unity of effort among all participants in a large foreign
humanitarian assistance operation. It normally is established under the direction of the
government of the affected country or the United Nations, or a US Government agency
during a US unilateral operation. Because the humanitarian operations center operates
at the national level, it will normally consist of senior representatives from the affected
country, assisting countries, the United Nations, nongovernmental organizations,
intergovernmental organizations, and other major organizations involved in the
operation. Also called HOC. See also operation. (JP 3-29)
hung ordnance — Those weapons or stores on an aircraft that the pilot has attempted to
drop or fire but could not because of a malfunction of the weapon, rack or launcher, or
aircraft release and control system. (JP 3-04)
hydrographic reconnaissance — Reconnaissance of an area of water to determine depths,
beach gradients, the nature of the bottom, and the location of coral reefs, rocks, shoals,
and man-made obstacles. (JP 3-02)
hyperspectral imagery — Term used to describe the imagery derived from subdividing the
electromagnetic spectrum into very narrow bandwidths. These narrow bandwidths may
be combined with or subtracted from each other in various ways to form images useful
in precise terrain or target analysis. Also called HSI.
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