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Terms for subject United States (7423 entries)

interoperability	The ability to operate in synergy in the execution of assigned tasks
interoperability	The condition achieved among communications-electronics systems or items of communications-electronics equipment when information or services can be exchanged directly and satisfactorily between them and/or their users
interorganizational coordination	The interaction that occurs among elements of the Department of Defense; engaged United States Government agencies; state, territorial, local, and tribal agencies; foreign military forces and government agencies; intergovernmental organizations; nongovernmental organizations; and the private sector.
interpretation	A part of the analysis and production phase in the intelligence process in which the significance of information is judged in relation to the current body of knowledge
interrogation	Systematic effort to procure information by direct questioning of a person under the control of the questioner
Interstate Stream Commission	ISC
intertheater airlift	The common-user airlift linking theaters to the continental United States and to other theaters as well as the airlift within the continental United States
intertheater patient movement	Moving patients between, into, and out of the different theaters of the geographic combatant commands and into the continental United States or another supporting theater
intratheater airlift	Airlift conducted within a theater with assets assigned to a geographic combatant commander or attached to a subordinate joint force commander
intratheater patient movement	Moving patients within the theater of a combatant command or in the continental United States
inventory control	That phase of military logistics that includes managing, cataloging, requirements determinations, procurement, distribution, overhaul, and disposal of materiel
inventory control point	An organizational unit or activity within a Department of Defense supply system that is assigned the primary responsibility for the materiel inventory management of a group of items either for a particular Service or for the Defense Department as a whole
inventory management	That phase of military logistics that includes managing, cataloging, requirements determinations, procurement, distribution, overhaul, and disposal of materiel
Invoking National Attention	INA
IO force	A force consisting of units, staff elements, individual military professionals in the Active and Reserve Components, and DOD civilian employees who conduct or directly support the integration of information-related capabilities against adversaries and potential adversaries during military operations as well as those who train these professionals
ionizing radiation	Particulate (alpha, beta, and neutron) and electromagnetic (X-ray and gamma) radiation of sufficient energy to displace electrons from atoms, producing ions
IR pointer	A low power laser device operating in the near infrared light spectrum that is visible with light amplifying night vision devices
irregular warfare	A violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant populations.
isolated personnel	United States military, Department of Defense civilians and contractor personnel (and others designated by the President or Secretary of Defense) who are separated from their unit (as an individual or a group) while participating in a United States sponsored military activity or mission and are, or may be, in a situation where they must survive, evade, resist, or escape
isolated personnel report	A Department of Defense form containing information designed to facilitate the identification and authentication of an isolated person by a recovery force