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Terms for subject United States (7423 entries)

action phase	In amphibious operations, the period of time between the arrival of the landing forces of the amphibious force in the operational area and the accomplishment of their mission
actionable intelligence	Intelligence information that is directly useful to customers for immediate exploitation without having to go through the full intelligence production process
activation	Order to active duty (other than for training) in the federal service
active air defense	Direct defensive action taken to destroy, nullify, or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air and missile threats against friendly forces and assets
active defense	The employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks to deny a contested area or position to the enemy
active duty	Full-time duty in the active military service of the United States, including active duty or full-time training duty in the Reserve Component
active duty for special work	A tour of active duty for reserve personnel authorized from military and reserve personnel appropriations for work on active or reserve component programs
active duty for training	A tour of active duty that is used for training members of the Reserve Component to provide trained units and qualified persons to fill the needs of the Armed Forces in time of war or national emergency and such other times as the national security requires
Active Guard and Reserve	National Guard and Reserve members who are on voluntary active duty providing full-time support to National Guard, Reserve, and Active Component organizations for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the Reserve Components
Active Pineal Positioned Extremity Nominal Distinction Integrating X	APPENDIX
activity	A unit, organization, or installation performing a function or mission
activity	A function, mission, action, or collection of actions
acute radiation dose	Total ionizing radiation dose received at one time and over a period so short that biological recovery cannot occur.
acute radiation syndrome	An acute illness caused by irradiation of the body by a high dose of penetrating radiation in a very short period of time
Acutely Hazardous Material	AHM
Ad Hoc Report	AHR
ADA	Americans with Disabilities
Adaptive Planning and Execution system	A Department of Defense system of joint policies, processes, procedures, and reporting structures, supported by communications and information technology, that is used by the joint planning and execution community to monitor, plan, and execute mobilization, deployment, employment, sustainment, redeployment, and demobilization activities associated with joint operations
Addiction Prevention and Recovery Administration	APRA
Additional Duty Hour	ADH