JP 1-02, DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms - DMRTI ...

As Amended Through 15 March 2012distribution and deployment. f. level VI - personnel: detail expressed by name,Service, military occupational specialty and unique identification number. Cargo:detail expressed by association to a transportation control number or single trackingnumber or item of equipment to include federal stock number/national stock numberand/or requisition number. Nested cargo, cargo that is contained within anotherequipment item, may similarly be identified. Also called JOPES level of detail.(CJCSM 3122.01A)leverage — In the context of joint operation planning, a relative advantage in combat powerand/or other circumstances against the adversary across one or more domains or theinformation environment sufficient to exploit that advantage. See also operational art;operational design. (JP 5-0)L-hour — The specific hour on C-day at which a deployment operation commences or is tocommence. (JP 5-0)liaison — That contact or intercommunication maintained between elements of militaryforces or other agencies to ensure mutual understanding and unity of purpose andaction. (JP 3-08)life cycle — The total phases through which an item passes from the time it is initiallydeveloped until the time it is either consumed in use or disposed of as being excess toall known materiel requirements.lighterage — The process in which small craft are used to transport cargo or personnel fromship to shore. Lighterage may be performed using amphibians, landing craft, dischargelighters, causeways, and barges. (JP 4-01.6)lightweight amphibious container handler — A United States Marine Corps piece ofequipment usually maneuvered by a bulldozer and used to retrieve 20-foot equivalentcontainers from landing craft in the surf and place them on flatbed truck trailers. Seealso container. (JP 4-01.6)limiting factor — A factor or condition that, either temporarily or permanently, impedesmission accomplishment. (JP 5-0)line of communications — A route, either land, water, and/or air, that connects anoperating military force with a base of operations and along which supplies andmilitary forces move. Also called LOC. (JP 2-01.3)line of demarcation — A line defining the boundary of a buffer zone or area of limitation.A line of demarcation may also be used to define the forward limits of disputing orbelligerent forces after each phase of disengagement or withdrawal has beencompleted. See also area of limitation; buffer zone; disengagement; peaceoperations. (JP 3-07.3)194 JP 1-02