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

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
stimulants — Controlled drugs that make the user feel stronger, more decisive, and selfpossessed;
includes cocaine and amphetamines. (JP 3-07.4)
stockage objective — The maximum quantities of materiel to be maintained on hand to
sustain current operations. It will consist of the sum of stocks represented by the
operating level and the safety level.
Stock Number — See national stock number.
stockpile to target sequence — 1. The order of events involved in removing a nuclear
weapon from storage and assembling, testing, transporting, and delivering it on the
target. 2. A document that defines the logistic and employment concepts and related
physical environments involved in the delivery of a nuclear weapon from the stockpile
to the target. It may also define the logistic flow involved in moving nuclear weapons
to and from the stockpile for quality assurance testing, modification and retrofit, and the
recycling of limited life components.
stop-loss — Presidential authority under Title 10, United States Code, Section 12305 to
suspend laws relating to promotion, retirement, or separation of any member of the
Armed Forces determined essential to the national security of the United States (“laws
relating to promotion” broadly includes, among others, grade tables, current general or
flag officer authorizations, and E8 and 9 limits). This authority may be exercised by
the President only if reservists are serving on active duty under Title 10, United States
Code authorities for Presidential Reserve Call-up, partial mobilization, or full
mobilization. See also mobilization; partial mobilization; Presidential Reserve
Call-up. (JP 4-05)
stowage — The method of placing cargo into a single hold or compartment of a ship to
prevent damage, shifting, etc. (JP 3-02)
stowage factor — The number that expresses the space, in cubic feet, occupied by a long
ton of any commodity as prepared for shipment, including all crating or packaging.
stowage plan — A completed stowage diagram showing what materiel has been loaded and
its stowage location in each hold, between-deck compartment, or other space in a ship,
including deck space. Each port of discharge is indicated by colors or other appropriate
means. Deck and between-deck cargo normally is shown in perspective, while cargo
stowed in the lower hold is shown in profile, except that vehicles usually are shown in
perspective regardless of stowage.
strafing — The delivery of automatic weapons fire by aircraft on ground targets.
strapping — 1. An operation by which supply containers, such as cartons or boxes, are
reinforced by bands, metal straps, or wire, placed at specified intervals around them,
drawn taut, and then sealed or clamped by a machine. 2. Measurement of storage
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