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

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
civil disturbance — Group acts of violence and disorder prejudicial to public law and
order. See also domestic emergencies. (JP 3-28)
civil emergency — Any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of the
President, federal assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts and
capabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or to
lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States. (JP 3-28)
civilian internee — A civilian who is interned during armed conflict, occupation, or other
military operation for security reasons, for protection, or because he or she committed
an offense against the detaining power. Also called CI. (DODD 2310.01E)
civil-military medicine — A discipline within operational medicine comprising public
health and medical issues that involve a civil-military interface (foreign or domestic),
including military medical support to civil authorities (domestic), medical engagement
cooperation activities, and medical civil-military operations. (JP 4-02)
civil-military operations — The activities of a commander that establish, maintain, influence,
or exploit relations between military forces, governmental and nongovernmental civilian
organizations and authorities, and the civilian populace in a friendly, neutral, or hostile
operational area in order to facilitate military operations, to consolidate and achieve
operational US objectives. Civil-military operations may include performance by military
forces of activities and functions normally the responsibility of the local, regional, or
national government. These activities may occur prior to, during, or subsequent to other
military actions. They may also occur, if directed, in the absence of other military
operations. Civil-military operations may be performed by designated civil affairs, by
other military forces, or by a combination of civil affairs and other forces. Also called
CMO. See also civil affairs; operation. (JP 3-57)
civil-military operations center — An organization normally comprised of civil affairs,
established to plan and facilitate coordination of activities of the Armed Forces of the
United States with indigenous populations and institutions, the private sector,
intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, multinational forces,
and other governmental agencies in support of the joint force commander. Also called
CMOC. See also civil-military operations; operation. (JP 3-57)
civil nuclear power — A nation that has the potential to employ nuclear technology for
development of nuclear weapons but has deliberately decided against doing so.
civil requirements — The necessary production and distribution of all types of services,
supplies, and equipment during periods of armed conflict or occupation to ensure the
productive efficiency of the civilian economy and to provide to civilians the treatment
and protection to which they are entitled under customary and conventional
international law.
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