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boats by unit line number. c. level III - cargo: detail by cargo category code expressed
as short tons and measurement tons as well as square feet associated to that cargo
category code for an individual unit line number. d. level IV - cargo: detail for
individual dimensional data expressed in length, width, and height in number of inches,
and weight/volume in short tons/measurement tons, along with a cargo description.
Each cargo item is associated with a cargo category code and a unit line number). e.
level V - personnel: any general summarization/aggregation of level VI detail in
distribution and deployment. f. level VI - personnel: detail expressed by name,
Service, military occupational specialty and unique identification number. Cargo:
detail expressed by association to a transportation control number or single tracking
number or item of equipment to include federal stock number/national stock number
and/or requisition number. Nested cargo, cargo that is contained within another
equipment item, may similarly be identified. Also called JOPES level of detail.
(CJCSM 3122.01A)
leverage — In the context of joint operation planning, a relative advantage in combat power
and/or other circumstances against the adversary across one or more domains or the
information environment sufficient to exploit that advantage. See also operational art;
operational design. (JP 5-0)
L-hour — The specific hour on C-day at which a deployment operation commences or is to
commence. (JP 5-0)
liaison — That contact or intercommunication maintained between elements of military
forces or other agencies to ensure mutual understanding and unity of purpose and
action. (JP 3-08)
life cycle — The total phases through which an item passes from the time it is initially
developed until the time it is either consumed in use or disposed of as being excess to
all known materiel requirements.
lighterage — The process in which small craft are used to transport cargo or personnel from
ship to shore. Lighterage may be performed using amphibians, landing craft, discharge
lighters, causeways, and barges. (JP 4-01.6)
lightweight amphibious container handler — A United States Marine Corps piece of
equipment usually maneuvered by a bulldozer and used to retrieve 20-foot equivalent
containers from landing craft in the surf and place them on flatbed truck trailers. See
also container. (JP 4-01.6)
limiting factor — A factor or condition that, either temporarily or permanently, impedes
mission accomplishment. (JP 5-0)
line of communications — A route, either land, water, and/or air, that connects an
operating military force with a base of operations and along which supplies and
military forces move. Also called LOC. (JP 2-01.3)
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