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

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
uniformed services — The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and Public Health Services. See also
Military Department; Military Service.
unit — 1. Any military element whose structure is prescribed by competent authority, such
as a table of organization and equipment; specifically, part of an organization. 2. An
organization title of a subdivision of a group in a task force. 3. A standard or basic
quantity into which an item of supply is divided, issued, or used. In this meaning, also
called unit of issue. 4. With regard to Reserve Components of the Armed Forces,
denotes a Selected Reserve unit organized, equipped, and trained for mobilization to
serve on active duty as a unit or to augment or be augmented by another unit.
Headquarters and support functions without wartime missions are not considered units.
unit aircraft — Those aircraft provided an aircraft unit for the performance of a flying mission.
United States — Includes the land area, internal waters, territorial sea, and airspace of the
United States, including the following: a. US territories, possessions, and
commonwealths; and b. Other areas over which the US Government has complete
jurisdiction and control or has exclusive authority or defense responsibility.
United States Armed Forces — Used to denote collectively only the regular components
of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. See also Armed
Forces of the United States.
United States controlled shipping — That shipping under US flag and selected ships under
foreign flag considered to be under “effective US control,” i.e., that can reasonably be
expected to be made available to the United States in time of national emergency. See
also effective US controlled ships.
United States message text format — A program designed to enhance joint and combined
combat effectiveness through standardization of message formats, data elements, and
information exchange procedures. Standard message formats with standard
information content provides all tactical commanders at the joint interface with a
common playing field and a common language. Also called USMTF.
United States Naval Ship — A public vessel of the United States that is in the custody of
the Navy and is: a. Operated by the Military Sealift Command and manned by a civil
service crew; or b. Operated by a commercial company under contract to the Military
Sealift Command and manned by a merchant marine crew. Also called USNS. See
also Military Sealift Command. (JP 3-02.2)
United States Signals Intelligence System — The unified organization of signals
intelligence activities under the direction of the Director, National Security
Agency/Chief, Central Security Service. It consists of the National Security
Agency/Central Security Service, the components of the Military Services authorized to
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