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

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
time-phased force and deployment data. Also called OPLAN. See also operation
order. (JP 5-0)
operations center — The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the
commander to command, control, and coordinate all operational activities. Also called
OC. See also base defense operations center; command center. (JP 3-07.2)
operations research — The analytical study of military problems undertaken to provide
responsible commanders and staff agencies with a scientific basis for decision on action
to improve military operations. Also called operational research; operations
analysis.
operations security — A process of identifying critical information and subsequently
analyzing friendly actions attendant to military operations and other activities to: a.
identify those actions that can be observed by adversary intelligence systems; b.
determine indicators that adversary intelligence systems might obtain that could be
interpreted or pieced together to derive critical information in time to be useful to
adversaries; and c. select and execute measures that eliminate or reduce to an
acceptable level the vulnerabilities of friendly actions to adversary exploitation. Also
called OPSEC. See also operations security indicators; operations security
measures; operations security planning guidance; operations security
vulnerability. (JP 3-13.3)
operations security indicators — Friendly detectable actions and open-source information
that can be interpreted or pieced together by an adversary to derive critical information.
(JP 3-13.3)
operations security measures — Methods and means to gain and maintain essential
secrecy about critical information. See also operations security. (JP 3-13.3)
operations security planning guidance — Guidance that serves as the blueprint for
operations security planning by all functional elements throughout the organization. It
defines the critical information that requires protection from adversary appreciations,
taking into account friendly and adversary goals, estimated key adversary questions,
probable adversary knowledge, desirable and harmful adversary appreciations, and
pertinent intelligence system threats. It also should outline provisional operations
security measures to ensure the requisite essential secrecy. (JP 3-13.3)
operations security vulnerability — A condition in which friendly actions provide
operations security indicators that may be obtained and accurately evaluated by an
adversary in time to provide a basis for effective adversary decisionmaking. (JP 3-13.3)
operations support element — An element that is responsible for all administrative,
operations support and services support functions within the counterintelligence and
human intelligence staff element of a joint force intelligence directorate. Also called
OSE. (JP 2-01.2)
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