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

As Amended Through 15 March 2012lanes through archipelagoes are subject to archipelagic sealane passage, with the sametransit rights as those that apply to international straits.terrorism — The unlawful use of violence or threat of violence to instill fear and coercegovernments or societies. Terrorism is often motivated by religious, political, or otherideological beliefs and committed in the pursuit of goals that are usually political. Seealso antiterrorism; combating terrorism; counterterrorism; force protectioncondition. (JP 3-07.2)terrorist threat level — An intelligence threat assessment of the level of terrorist threatfaced by US personnel and interests in a foreign country. The assessment is based on acontinuous intelligence analysis of a minimum of five elements: terrorist groupexistence, capability, history, trends, and targeting. There are four threat levels: LOW,MODERATE, SIGNIFICANT, and HIGH. Threat levels should not be confusedwith force protection conditions. Threat level assessments are provided to seniorleaders to assist them in determining the appropriate local force protection condition.(The Department of State also makes threat assessments, which may differ from thosedetermined by Department of Defense.) (JP 3-07.2)theater — The geographical area for which a commander of a geographic combatantcommand has been assigned responsibility. (JP 1)theater antisubmarine warfare commander — A Navy commander assigned to developplans and direct assigned and attached assets for the conduct of antisubmarine warfarewithin an operational area. Normally designated as a task force or task groupcommander and responsible to a Navy component commander or joint force maritimecomponent commander. Also called TASWC. (JP 3-32)theater-assigned transportation assets — Transportation assets that are assigned under thecombatant command (command authority) of a geographic combatant commander.See also combatant command (command authority); single manager fortransportation. (JP 4-01)theater detainee reporting center — The field operating agency of the national detaineereporting center. It is the central tracing agency within the theater, responsible formaintaining information on all detainees and their personal property within a theater ofoperations or assigned area of operations. Also called TDRC. (JP 3-63)theater distribution — The flow of personnel, equipment, and materiel within theater tomeet the geographic combatant commander’s missions. See also distribution;theater; theater distribution system. (JP 4-09)theater distribution system — A distribution system comprised of four independent andmutually supported networks within theater to meet the geographic combatantcommander’s requirements: the physical network; the financial network; the332 JP 1-02