ADRP1-02

Military Terms
homeland defense – (DOD) The protection of United States sovereignty, territory, domestic population, and
critical defense infrastructure against external threats and aggression or other threats as directed by the
President. Also called HD. (JP 3-27) See ADRP 3-0, ADRP 3-28, ATP 4-32.
homeland security – (DOD) A concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States;
reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, major disasters, and other emergencies; and minimize the
damage and recover from attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies that occur. Also called HS.
(JP 3-28) See ADRP 3-28.
honorable service – Support and defense of the Constitution, the American people, and the national interest in a
manner consistent with the Army Ethic. (ADRP 1)
hospital – A medical treatment facility capable of providing inpatient care. It is appropriately staffed and
equipped to provide diagnostic and therapeutic services, as well as the necessary supporting services required
to perform its assigned mission and functions. A hospital may, in addition, discharge the functions of a clinic.
(FM 4-02)
hostile act – (DOD) An attack or other use of force against the United States, United States forces, or other
designated persons or property to preclude or impede the mission and/or duties of United States forces,
including the recovery of United States personnel or vital United States Government property. (JP 3-28) See
ATP 3-22.40.
hostile casualty – (DOD) A person who is the victim of a terrorist activity or who becomes a casualty “in action.”
“In action” characterizes the casualty as having been the direct result of hostile action, sustained in combat
or relating thereto, or sustained going to or returning from a combat mission provided that the occurrence
was directly related to hostile action. Included are persons killed or wounded mistakenly or accidentally by
friendly fire directed at a hostile force or what is thought to be a hostile force. However, not to be considered
as sustained in action and not to be interpreted as hostile casualties are injuries or death due to the elements,
self-inflicted wounds, combat fatigue, and except in unusual cases, wounds or death inflicted by a friendly
force while the individual is in an absent-without-leave, deserter, or dropped-from-rolls status or is
voluntarily absent from a place of duty. (JP 1-02) See ATP 4-02.55.
hostile criteria – Description of conditions under which an aircraft or a vehicle may be identified as hostile for
engagement purposes. (FM 3-01.7) See also rules of engagement.
hostile intent – (DOD) The threat of imminent use of force against the United States, United States forces, or
other designated persons or property. (JP 3-01) See ATP 3-22.40, ATP 4-02.55.
host nation – (DOD) A nation which receives the forces and/or supplies of allied nation and/or NATO
organizations to be located on, operate in, or to transit through its territory. Also called HN. (JP 3-57) See
FM 3-38, FM 3-53, FM 3-57, FM 4-01, ATP 3-05.2, ATP 3-07.31, ATP 3-57.10, ATP 3-57.20, ATP 3-57.30,
ATP 3-57.60, ATP 3-57.70, ATP 3-57.80, ATP 4-15, ATP 4-43.
host-nation support – (DOD) Civil and/or military assistance rendered by a nation to foreign forces within its
territory during peacetime, crisis or emergencies, or war based agreements mutually concluded between
nations. Also called HNS. (JP 4-0) See FM 3-57, FM 4-01, ATP 3-05.2, ATP 4-15.
hub – (DOD) An organization that sorts and distributes inbound cargo from wholesale supply sources (airlifted,
sealifted, and ground transportable) and/or from within the theater. See also hub and spoke distribution
(JP 4-09) See FM 4-01. (Army) An organization that sorts and distributes inbound cargo from multiple supply
sources. (ATP 4-11)
hub and spoke distribution – (DOD) A physical distribution system, in which a major port serves as a central
point from which cargo is moved to and from several radiating points to increase transportation efficiencies
and in-transit visibility. (JP 4-09) See FM 4-01.
human intelligence – (DOD) A category of intelligence derived from information collected and provided by
human sources. (JP 2-0) See FM 3-16, FM 3-24, ATP 3-05.20, ATP 3-07.31. (Army) The collection by a
trained human intelligence collector of foreign information from people and multimedia to identify elements,
intentions, composition, strength, dispositions, tactics, equipment, and capabilities. Also called HUMINT.
(FM 2-22.3) See also intelligence.
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