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United States
(7423 entries)
immediate air support
Air support to meet specific requests which arise during the course of a battle and which by their nature cannot be planned in advance
Immediate Danger To Life Or Health
IDLH
immediate decontamination
Decontamination carried out by individuals immediately upon becoming contaminated to save lives, minimize casualties, and limit the spread of contamination
immediate response
Any form of immediate action taken in the United States and territories to save lives, prevent human suffering, or mitigate great property damage in response to a request for assistance from a civil authority, under imminently serious conditions when time does not permit approval from a higher authority
immediate response authority
A Federal military commander’s, Department of Defense component head’s, and/or responsible Department of Defense civilian official’s authority temporarily to employ resources under their control, subject to any supplemental direction provided by higher headquarters, and provide those resources to save lives, prevent human suffering, or mitigate great property damage in response to a request for assistance from a civil authority, under imminently serious conditions when time does not permit approval from a higher authority within the United States. Immediate response authority does not permit actions that would subject civilians to the use of military power that is regulatory, prescriptive, proscriptive, or compulsory
Immigrant Social Services
ISS
Immigration Controls Everything
ICE
Immigration Medical Examination
IME
Immigration Review Tribunal
IRT
Immunization Registry
IR
implementation
Procedures governing the mobilization of the force and the deployment, employment, and sustainment of military operations in response to execution orders issued by the Secretary of Defense.
Implementing Electronic Government
IEG
implied task
In the context of joint operation planning, a task derived during mission analysis that an organization must perform or prepare to perform to accomplish a specified task or the mission, but which is not stated in the higher headquarters order
implied task
(JP 5-0)
split-mission oriented protective posture
The concept of maintaining heightened protective posture only in those areas
(or zones)
that are contaminated, allowing personnel in uncontaminated areas to continue to operate in a reduced posture
Import Administration
IA
Impossible Mission Force
IMF
imprest fund
A cash fund of a fixed amount established through an advance of funds, without appropriation change, to an authorized imprest fund cashier to effect immediate cash payments of relatively small amounts for authorized purchases of supplies and nonpersonal services
improv
improvisation
Val_Ships
Improved Trade Agreement
ITA
improvised explosive device
A weapon that is fabricated or emplaced in an unconventional manner incorporating destructive, lethal, noxious, pyrotechnic, or incendiary chemicals designed to kill, destroy, incapacitate, harass, deny mobility, or distract
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