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

As Amended Through 15 March 2012controlled shipping — Shipping that is controlled by the Military Sealift Command.Included in this category are Military Sealift Command ships (United States NavalShips), government-owned ships operated under a general agency agreement, andcommercial ships under charter to the Military Sealift Command. See also MilitarySealift Command; United States Naval Ship. (JP 3-02.1)controlled source — In counterintelligence use, a person employed by or under the controlof an intelligence activity and responding to intelligence tasking. (JP 2-01.2)controlled substance — A drug or other substance, or immediate precursor included inSchedule I, II, III, IV, or V of the Controlled Substances Act. (JP 3-07.4)controlled technical services — The controlled use of technology to enhancecounterintelligence and human intelligence activities. Also called CTS. (JP 2-01.2)control point — 1. A position along a route of march at which men are stationed to giveinformation and instructions for the regulation of supply or traffic. 2. A positionmarked by coordinates (latitude, longitude), a buoy, boat, aircraft, electronic device,conspicuous terrain feature, or other identifiable object which is given a name ornumber and used as an aid to navigation or control of ships, boats, or aircraft. 3. Inmarking mosaics, a point located by ground survey with which a corresponding pointon a photograph is matched as a check. (JP 3-09.3)control zone — A controlled airspace extending upwards from the surface of the Earth to aspecified upper limit. See also control area; controlled airspace; terminal controlarea. (JP 3-52)conventional forces — 1. Those forces capable of conducting operations using nonnuclearweapons. 2. Those forces other than designated special operations forces. Also calledCF. (JP 3-05)conventional mines — Land mines, other than nuclear or chemical, that are not designed toself-destruct; are designed to be emplaced by hand or mechanical means; and can beburied or surface emplaced. See also mine. (JP 3-15)conventional weapon — (*) A weapon which is neither nuclear, biological, nor chemical.converge — A request or command used in a call for fire to indicate that the observer orspotter desires a sheaf in which the planes of fire intersect at a point.convergence — (*) See grid convergence; grid convergence factor.convoy — 1. A number of merchant ships and/or naval auxiliaries usually escorted bywarships and/or aircraft — or a single merchant ship or naval auxiliary under surfaceescort — assembled and organized for the purpose of passage together. 2. A group ofvehicles organized for the purpose of control and orderly movement with or withoutJP 1-02 73