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

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
secret — See security classification.
Secretary of a Military Department — The Secretary of the Air Force, Army, or Navy.
SECRET Internet Protocol Router Network — The worldwide SECRET-level packet
switch network that uses high-speed internet protocol routers and high-capacity
Defense Information Systems Network circuitry. Also called SIPRNET. See also
Defense Information Systems Network. (JP 6-0)
section — 1. As applied to ships or naval aircraft, a tactical subdivision of a division. It is
normally one-half of a division in the case of ships, and two aircraft in the case of
aircraft. 2. A subdivision of an office, installation, territory, works, or organization;
especially a major subdivision of a staff. 3. A tactical unit of the Army and Marine
Corps. A section is smaller than a platoon and larger than a squad. In some
organizations the section, rather than the squad, is the basic tactical unit. 4. An area in a
warehouse extending from one wall to the next; usually the largest subdivision of one
floor.
sector air defense commander — Commander subordinate to an area/regional air defense
commander and responsible for air and missile defenses in the assigned sector.
Exercises authorities delegated by the area/regional air defense commander. Also
called SADC. (JP 3-01)
security — 1. Measures taken by a military unit, activity, or installation to protect itself
against all acts designed to, or which may, impair its effectiveness. (JP 3-10) 2. A
condition that results from the establishment and maintenance of protective measures
that ensure a state of inviolability from hostile acts or influences. (JP 3-10) 3. With
respect to classified matter, the condition that prevents unauthorized persons from
having access to official information that is safeguarded in the interests of national
security. See also national security. (JP 2-0)
security assistance — Group of programs authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, as amended, and the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as amended, or other
related statutes by which the United States provides defense articles, military training,
and other defense-related services by grant, loan, credit, or cash sales in furtherance of
national policies and objectives. Security assistance is an element of security
cooperation funded and authorized by Department of State to be administered by
Department of Defense/Defense Security Cooperation Agency. Also called SA. See
also security cooperation. (JP 3-22)
security classification — A category to which national security information and material is
assigned to denote the degree of damage that unauthorized disclosure would cause to
national defense or foreign relations of the United States and to denote the degree of
protection required. There are three such categories. a. top secret — National security
information or material that requires the highest degree of protection and the
unauthorized disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally
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