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United States
(7423 entries)
Occupational Personality Questionnaire
OPQ
Occupational Privilege Tax
OPT
occupied territory
Territory under the authority and effective control of a belligerent armed force and not being administered pursuant to peace terms, treaty, or other agreement, express or implied, with the civil authority of the territory
Ocean Shipping Reform Act
OSRA
Ocean Studies Board
OSB
oceanography
The study of the sea, embracing and integrating all knowledge pertaining to the sea and its physical boundaries, the chemistry and physics of seawater, and marine biology
ODB
Occupational Database
Off-Network Overseas Location
ONOL
off-the-shelf item
An item that has been developed and produced to military or commercial standards and specifications, is readily available for delivery from an industrial source, and may be procured without change to satisfy a military requirement
offensive counterair
Offensive operations to destroy, disrupt, or neutralize enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms, and their supporting structures and systems both before and after launch, and as close to their source as possible
offensive counterair attack operations
Offensive action by any part of the joint force in support of the offensive counterair mission against surface targets which contribute to the enemy’s air and missile capabilities
offensive counterintelligence operation
A clandestine counterintelligence activity conducted for military, strategic, Department of Defense, or national counterintelligence and security purposes against a target having suspected or known affiliation with foreign intelligence entities, international terrorism, or other foreign persons or organizations, to counter terrorism, espionage, or other clandestine intelligence activities that threaten the security of the Department or the United States. The two types of offensive counterintelligence operations are double agent operation and controlled source operation
offensive cyberspace operations
Cyberspace operations intended to project power by the application of force in or through cyberspace.
offensive space control
Those operations to prevent an adversary’s hostile use of United States/third-party space capabilities and services or negate
(deceive, disrupt, degrade, deny, or destroy)
an adversary’s efforts to interfere with or attack United States/allied space systems
office
An enduring organization that is formed around a specific function within a joint force commander’s headquarters to coordinate and manage support requirements
Office For Facilitating Interdisciplinary Creative Entrepreneurialism
OFFICE
Office for Victims of Crime
OVC
Office of Acquisitions Management
OAM
Office of Administrative Law Judges
OALJ
Office of Air Quality
OAQ
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