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Terms for subject United States (7706 entries)
Mining Enforcement And Safety Administration MESA
Mining Law Administration Program MLAP
Mining Working Group MWG
ministrations the provision of assistance or care Val_Sh­ips
Minnesota Chippewa Tribes MCT
Minority Business Development Agency MBDA
Minority Business Development Council MBDC
Minority On Line Information Service MOLIS
Miss. New York Miscellaneous Reports
missile defense Defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy missiles, or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack
missile engagement zone In air defense, that airspace of defined dimensions within which the responsibility for engagement of air threats normally rests with surface-to-air missile systems
mission The task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefore
mission In common usage, especially when applied to lower military units, a duty assigned to an individual or unit; a task
mission The dispatching of one or more aircraft to accomplish one particular task
mission assignment The vehicle used by the Department of Homeland Security/Emergency Preparedness and Response/Federal Emergency Management Agency to support federal operations in a Stafford Act major disaster or emergency declaration that orders immediate, short-term emergency response assistance when an applicable state or local government is overwhelmed by the event and lacks the capability to perform, or contract for, the necessary work
mission command The conduct of military operations through decentralized execution based upon mission-type orders
mission needs statement A formatted non-system-specific statement containing operational capability needs and written in broad operational terms
mission statement A short sentence or paragraph that describes the organization’s essential tasks, purpose, and action containing the elements of who, what, when, where, and why
mission type order An order issued to a lower unit that includes the accomplishment of the total mission assigned to the higher headquarters
mission type order An order to a unit to perform a mission without specifying how it is to be accomplished