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Terms for subject United States (7423 entries)

departure airfield	An airfield on which troops and/or materiel are enplaned for flight
departure point	A navigational check point used by aircraft as a marker for setting course
dependents	An employee’s spouse; children who are unmarried and under age 21 years or who, regardless of age, are physically or mentally incapable of self-support; dependent parents, including step and legally adoptive parents of the employee’s spouse; and dependent brothers and sisters, including step and legally adoptive brothers and sisters of the employee’s spouse who are unmarried and under 21 years of age or who, regardless of age, are physically or mentally incapable of self-support
deployment	The rotation of forces into and out of an operational area
deployment health surveillance	The regular or repeated collection, analysis, archiving, interpretation, and distribution of health-related data used for monitoring the health of a population or of individuals, and for intervening in a timely manner to prevent, treat, or control the occurrence of disease or injury, which includes occupational and environmental health surveillance and medical surveillance subcomponents
deployment order	A planning directive from the Secretary of Defense, issued by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, that authorizes and directs the transfer of forces between combatant commands by reassignment or attachment
deployment planning	Operational planning directed toward the movement of forces and sustainment resources from their original locations to a specific operational area for conducting the joint operations contemplated in a given plan
depot	supply - An activity for the receipt, classification, storage, accounting, issue, maintenance, procurement, manufacture, assembly, research, salvage, or disposal of material
depot	personnel - An activity for the reception, processing, training, assignment, and forwarding of personnel replacements
deputy sheriff	a regular officer of a sheriff's office
derby	bowler	Bobrov­ska
derby	hard hat	Bobrov­ska
Deregulation And Contracting Out Act	DCOA
Description Analysis Plan	DAP
desi	designated hitter
design basis threat	The threat against which buildings and other structures must be protected and upon which the protective system’s design is based
Design By Contract	DBC
Design For Lean/ Six Sigma	DFLSS
Designated Financial Institution	DFI
desired perception	In military deception, what the deception target must believe for it to make the decision that will achieve the deception objective