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

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff manual — A document containing detailed
procedures for performing specific tasks that do not involve the employment of forces.
A manual is of indefinite duration and is applicable to external agencies or both the
Joint Staff and external agencies. It may supplement a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff instruction or stand alone and remains in effect until superseded, rescinded, or
otherwise canceled. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff manuals, unlike joint
publications, will not contain joint doctrine. Terminology used in these publications
will be consistent with JP 1-02. Also called CJCSM. See also Chairman of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff instruction. (CJCSI 5120.02)
Chairman’s program assessment — Provides the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s
personal appraisal on alternative program recommendations and budget proposals to
the Secretary of Defense for consideration in refining the defense program and budget
in accordance with 10 United States Code. The Chairman’s program assessment
comments on the risk associated with the programmed allocation of Defense resources
and evaluates the conformance of program objective memoranda to the priorities
established in strategic plans and combatant commanders’ priority requirements. Also
called CPA.
Chairman’s program recommendations — Provides the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff’s personal recommendations to the Secretary of Defense for the programming and
budgeting process before publishing the Defense Planning Guidance (DPG) in
accordance with 10 United States Code. The Chairman’s program recommendations
articulates programs the Chairman deems critical for the Secretary of Defense to
consider when identifying Department of Defense (DOD) priorities and performance
goals in the DPG and emphasizes specific recommendations that will enhance joint
readiness, promote joint doctrine and training, improve joint warfighting capabilities,
and satisfy joint warfighting requirements within DOD resource constraints and within
acceptable risk levels. Also called CPR.
chalk number — The number given to a complete load and to the transporting carrier. (JP 3-17)
change detection — An image enhancement technique that compares two images of the
same area from different time periods. Identical picture elements are eliminated,
leaving signatures that have undergone change. (JP 2-03)
channel airlift — Provides regularly scheduled airlift for movement of sustainment cargo,
depending upon volume of workload, between designated aerial ports of embarkation
and seaports of debarkation over validated contingency or distribution channel routes.
(JP 3-17)
chart sheet — See map sheet.
chemical agent — A chemical substance which is intended for use in military operations to
kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate mainly through its physiological effects. The term
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