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

As Amended Through 15 March 2012containership — A ship specially constructed and equipped to carry only containerswithout associated equipment, in all available cargo spaces, either below or above deck.Containerships are usually non-self-sustaining, do not have built-in capability to load oroff-load containers, and require port crane service. A containership with shipboardinstalledcranes capable of loading and off-loading containers without assistance of portcrane service is considered self-sustaining. (JP 4-09)containership cargo stowage adapter — Serves as the bottom-most temporary deck andprecludes the necessity of strengthening of tank tops or the installation of hard pointson decks, thereby accelerating containership readiness. (JP 4-01.6)contaminated remains — Remains of personnel which have absorbed or upon which havebeen deposited radioactive material, or biological or chemical agents. See alsomortuary affairs. (JP 4-06)contamination — 1. The deposit, absorption, or adsorption of radioactive material, or ofbiological or chemical agents on or by structures, areas, personnel, or objects. See alsoinduced radiation; residual radiation. 2. Food and/or water made unfit forconsumption by humans or animals because of the presence of environmentalchemicals, radioactive elements, bacteria or organisms, the byproduct of the growth ofbacteria or organisms, the decomposing material (to include the food substance itself),or waste in the food or water. (JP 3-11)contamination avoidance — Individual and/or unit measures taken to reduce the effects ofchemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear hazards. (JP 3-11)contamination control — A combination of preparatory and responsive measures designedto limit the vulnerability of forces to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and toxicindustrial hazards and to avoid, contain, control exposure to, and, where possible,neutralize them. See also biological agent; chemical agent; contamination. (JP 3-11)contiguous zone — 1. A maritime zone adjacent to the territorial sea that may not extendbeyond 24 nautical miles (nms) from the baselines from which the breadth of theterritorial sea is measured. Within the contiguous zone the coastal state may exercisethe control necessary to prevent and punish infringement of its customs, fiscal,immigration, or sanitary laws and regulations within its territory or territorial sea. In allother respects the contiguous zone is an area subject to high seas freedom ofnavigation, overflight, and related freedoms, such as the conduct of military exercises.2. The zone of the ocean extending 3-12 nms from the US coastline.continental United States — United States territory, including the adjacent territorialwaters, located within North America between Canada and Mexico. Also calledCONUS.JP 1-02 69