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

As Amended Through 15 March 2012mine countermeasures — All methods for preventing or reducing damage or danger frommines. Also called MCM. (JP 3-15)minefield — 1. In land warfare, an area of ground containing mines emplaced with orwithout a pattern. 2. In naval warfare, an area of water containing mines emplaced withor without a pattern. See also mine; mine warfare. (JP 3-15)minefield record — A complete written record of all pertinent information concerning aminefield, submitted on a standard form by the officer in charge of the emplacementoperations. (JP 3-15)minefield report — An oral, electronic, or written communication concerning miningactivities (friendly or enemy) submitted in a standard format by the fastest securemeans available. (JP 3-15)minehunting — Employment of sensor and neutralization systems, whether air, surface, orsubsurface, to locate and dispose of individual mines in a known field, or to verify thepresence or absence of mines in a given area. See also minesweeping. (JP 3-15)minesweeping — The technique of clearing mines using either mechanical sweeping toremove, disturb, or otherwise neutralize the mine; explosive sweeping to causesympathetic detonations, damage, or displace the mine; or influence sweeping toproduce either the acoustic or magnetic influence required to detonate the mine. Seealso minehunting. (JP 3-15)mine warfare — The strategic, operational, and tactical use of mines and minecountermeasures either by emplacing mines to degrade the enemy’s capabilities to wageland, air, and maritime warfare or by countering of enemy-emplaced mines to permitfriendly maneuver or use of selected land or sea areas. Also called MW. (JP 3-15)minimize — A condition wherein normal message and telephone traffic is drasticallyreduced in order that messages connected with an actual or simulated emergency shallnot be delayed. (JP 6-0)minimum force — Those minimum actions, including the use of armed force, sufficient tobring a situation under control or to defend against hostile act or hostile intent. Allactions must cease as soon as the target complies with instructions or ceases hostileaction. The firing of weapons is to be considered as a means of last resort.minimum obstruction clearance altitude — The specified altitude in effect between radiofixes on very high frequency omnirange airways, off-airway routes, or route segments,which meets obstruction clearance requirements for the entire route segment, and thatassures acceptable navigational signal coverage only within 22 miles of a very highfrequency omnirange.212 JP 1-02