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Terms for subject United States (7423 entries)

civil-military operations center	An organization, normally comprised of civil affairs, established to plan and facilitate coordination of activities of the Armed Forces of the United States within indigenous populations and institutions, the private sector, intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, multinational forces, and other governmental agencies in support of the joint force commander
civil-military team	A temporary organization of civilian and military personnel task-organized to provide an optimal mix of capabilities and expertise to accomplish specific operational and planning tasks
Civilian Institution Program	CIP
civilian internee	A civilian who is interned during armed conflict, occupation, or other military operation for security reasons, for protection, or because he or she committed an offense against the detaining power
Civilian Welfare	CW
clandestine	Any activity or operation sponsored or conducted by governmental departments or agencies with the intent to assure secrecy and concealment
clandestine intelligence collection	The acquisition of protected intelligence information in a way designed to conceal the nature of the operation and protect the source
clandestine operation	An operation sponsored or conducted by governmental departments or agencies in such a way as to assure secrecy or concealment
classes of supply	The ten categories into which supplies are grouped in order to facilitate supply management and planning. I. Rations and gratuitous issue of health, morale, and welfare items. II. Clothing, individual equipment, tentage, tool sets, and administrative and housekeeping supplies and equipment. III. Petroleum, oils, and lubricants. IV. Construction materials. V. Ammunition. VI. Personal demand items. VII. Major end items, including tanks, helicopters, and radios. VIII. Medical. IX. Repair parts and components for equipment maintenance. X. Nonstandard items to support nonmilitary programs such as agriculture and economic development
classification	The determination that official information requires, in the interests of national security, a specific degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure, coupled with a designation signifying that such a determination has been made
Classification Unit	CU
classified information	Official information that has been determined to require, in the interests of national security, protection against unauthorized disclosure and which has been so designated
Clean Air	CA
Clean Air Resource Center	CARC
clean slate (idiom)	fresh start	Val_Sh­ips
Clear Channel Broadcasting Service	CCBS
clearance capacity	An estimate expressed in agreed upon units of cargo measurement per day of the cargo or people that may be transported inland from a beach or port over the available means of inland communication, including roads, railroads, airlift, and inland waterways
clearance decontamination	The final level of decontamination that provides the decontamination of equipment and personnel to a level that allows unrestricted transportation, maintenance, employment, and disposal
clearing operation	An operation designed to clear or neutralize all mines and obstacles from a route or area
climate change	Variations in average weather conditions that persist over multiple decades or longer that encompass increases and decreases in temperature, shifts in precipitation, and changing risk of certain types of severe weather events