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

As Amended Through 15 March 2012active sealift forces — Military Sealift Command active, common-user sealift and theafloat pre-positioning force, including the required cargo handling and delivery systemsas well as necessary operating personnel. See also afloat pre-positioning force;common-user sealift; Military Sealift Command. (JP 4-01.2)active status — Status of all Reserves except those on an inactive status list or in theRetired Reserve. Reservists in an active status may train for points and/or pay and maybe considered for promotion.activity — 1. A unit, organization, or installation performing a function or mission. 2. Afunction, mission, action, or collection of actions. Also called ACT. (JP 3-0)act of mercy — In personnel recovery, assistance rendered to evaders by an individual orelements of the local population who sympathize or empathize with the evaders’ causeor plight. See also evader; evasion; recovery; recovery operations. (JP 3-50)actual ground zero — (*) The point on the surface of the Earth at, or vertically below orabove, the center of an actual nuclear detonation. See also ground zero.acute care services — Medical services provided for patients with conditions that generallyhave a rapid onset and follow a short course or require immediate attention. Mostbattlefield care rendered after wounding, illness, or injury onset is acute care service.Acute care service is delivered after the onset of symptoms, which differentiates it frompreventive care that is delivered before symptoms appear. (JP 4-02)acute radiation dose — Total ionizing radiation dose received at one time and over aperiod so short that biological recovery cannot occur. (JP 3-11)acute radiation syndrome — An acute illness caused by irradiation of the body by a highdose of penetrating radiation in a very short period of time. Also called ARS. (JP 3-11)Adaptive Planning and Execution system — A Department of Defense system of jointpolicies, processes, procedures, and reporting structures, supported by communicationsand information technology, that is used by the joint planning and executioncommunity to monitor, plan, and execute mobilization, deployment, employment,sustainment, redeployment, and demobilization activities associated with jointoperations. Also called APEX system. (JP 5-0)adequacy — The joint operation plan review criterion for assessing whether the scope andconcept of planned operations can accomplish the assigned mission and comply withthe planning guidance provided. See also acceptability; feasibility. (JP 5-0)adjust — An order to the observer or spotter to initiate an adjustment on a designated target.JP 1-02 3