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

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
common-user ocean terminals — A military installation, part of a military installation, or a
commercial facility operated under contract or arrangement by the Surface Deployment
and Distribution Command which regularly provides for two or more Services terminal
functions of receipt, transit storage or staging, processing, and loading and unloading of
passengers or cargo aboard ships. (JP 4-01.2)
common-user sealift — The sealift services provided on a common basis for all
Department of Defense agencies and, as authorized, for other agencies of the US
Government. The Military Sealift Command, a transportation component command of
the US Transportation Command, provides common-user sealift for which users
reimburse the transportation accounts of the Transportation Working Capital Fund. See
also Military Sealift Command; transportation component command. (JP 3-35)
common-user transportation — Transportation and transportation services provided on a
common basis for two or more Department of Defense agencies and, as authorized,
non-Department of Defense agencies. Common-user assets are under the combatant
command (command authority) of Commander, United States Transportation
Command, excluding Service-organic or theater-assigned transportation assets. See
also common use. (JP 4-01.2)
communicate — To use any means or method to convey information of any kind from one
person or place to another. (JP 6-0)
communications intelligence — Technical information and intelligence derived from
foreign communications by other than the intended recipients. Also called COMINT.
(JP 2-0)
communications network — An organization of stations capable of intercommunications,
but not necessarily on the same channel. (JP 6-0)
communications satellite — An orbiting vehicle, which relays signals between
communications stations. There are two types: a. active communications satellite —
A satellite that receives, regenerates, and retransmits signals between stations; b.
passive communications satellite — A satellite which reflects communications
signals between stations. Also called COMSAT. (JP 6-0)
communications security — The protection resulting from all measures designed to deny
unauthorized persons information of value that might be derived from the possession and
study of telecommunications, or to mislead unauthorized persons in their interpretation of
the results of such possession and study. Also called COMSEC. (JP 6-0)
communications security equipment — Equipment designed to provide security to
telecommunications by converting information to a form unintelligible to an
unauthorized interceptor and by reconverting such information to its original form for
authorized recipients, as well as equipment designed specifically to aid in (or as an
essential element of) the conversion process. Communications security equipment is
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