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

As Amended Through 15 March 2012civil authorities — Those elected and appointed officers and employees who constitute thegovernment of the United States, the governments of the 50 states, the District ofColumbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, United States possessions andterritories, and political subdivisions thereof. (JP 3-28)civil authority information support — Department of Defense information activitiesconducted under a designated lead federal agency or other United States civil authorityto support dissemination of public or other critical information during domesticemergencies. Also called CAIS. (JP 3-13.2)civil defense — All those activities and measures designed or undertaken to: a. minimizethe effects upon the civilian population caused or which would be caused by an enemyattack on the United States; b. deal with the immediate emergency conditions thatwould be created by any such attack; and c. effectuate emergency repairs to, or theemergency restoration of, vital utilities and facilities destroyed or damaged by any suchattack.civil defense emergency — See domestic emergencies.civil disturbance — Group acts of violence and disorder prejudicial to public law andorder. See also domestic emergencies. (JP 3-28)civil emergency — Any occasion or instance for which, in the determination of thePresident, federal assistance is needed to supplement state and local efforts andcapabilities to save lives and to protect property and public health and safety, or tolessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in any part of the United States. (JP 3-28)civilian internee — A civilian who is interned during armed conflict, occupation, or othermilitary operation for security reasons, for protection, or because he or she committedan offense against the detaining power. Also called CI. (DODD 2310.01E)civil-military medicine — A discipline within operational medicine comprising publichealth and medical issues that involve a civil-military interface (foreign or domestic),including military medical support to civil authorities (domestic), medical engagementcooperation activities, and medical civil-military operations. (JP 4-02)civil-military operations — The activities of a commander that establish, maintain, influence,or exploit relations between military forces, governmental and nongovernmental civilianorganizations and authorities, and the civilian populace in a friendly, neutral, or hostileoperational area in order to facilitate military operations, to consolidate and achieveoperational US objectives. Civil-military operations may include performance by militaryforces of activities and functions normally the responsibility of the local, regional, ornational government. These activities may occur prior to, during, or subsequent to othermilitary actions. They may also occur, if directed, in the absence of other militaryoperations. Civil-military operations may be performed by designated civil affairs, byJP 1-02 49