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

As Amended Through 15 March 2012Corps, and US Army elements with Active and Reserve components. Merchant marinevessels manned by civilian mariners may constitute part of this force. See also force.(JP 4-01.6)strategic sealift shipping — Common-user ships of the Military Sealift Command force,including pre-positioned ships after their pre-positioning mission has been completedand they have been returned to the operational control of the Military SealiftCommand. See also Military Sealift Command; Military Sealift Command force.(JP 4-01.2)strategic vulnerability — The susceptibility of vital instruments of national power to beingseriously decreased or adversely changed by the application of actions within thecapability of another nation to impose. Strategic vulnerability may pertain to political,geographic, economic, informational, scientific, sociological, or military factors.strategic warning — A warning prior to the initiation of a threatening act. See also tacticalwarning; warning.strategy — A prudent idea or set of ideas for employing the instruments of national powerin a synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater, national, and/ormultinational objectives. (JP 3-0)stretcher — See litter.strike — An attack to damage or destroy an objective or a capability. (JP 3-0)strike coordination and reconnaissance — A mission flown for the purpose of detectingtargets and coordinating or performing attack or reconnaissance on those targets. Alsocalled SCAR. (JP 3-03)strikedown — The movement of aircraft from the flight deck to the hangar deck level. Seealso flight deck. (JP 3-04)stuffing — Packing of cargo into a container. See also unstuffing. (JP 4-09)submarine operating authority — The naval commander exercising operational control ofsubmarines. Also called SUBOPAUTH.submarine patrol area — A restricted area established to allow submarine operations: a.unimpeded by the operation of, or possible attack from, friendly forces in wartime; b.without submerged mutual interference in peacetime.subordinate campaign plan — A combatant command prepared plan that satisfies therequirements under a Department of Defense campaign plan, which, depending uponthe circumstances, transitions to a supported or supporting plan in execution. (JP 5-0)JP 1-02 313