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The Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United States in both US joint and allied joint operations, as well as to encompass the Department of Defense (DOD) as a whole. These military and associated terms, together with their definitions, constitute approved DOD terminology for general use by all components of the Department of Defense.
Note: an asterisk in parentheses after the term denotes DOD-NATO standardization of terminology.
The Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations master data base is managed by the Joint Doctrine Division, J-7, Joint Staff. All approved joint definitions are contained in Joint Publication 1-02, "DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms." As amended through 17 October 2007.
The Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations holds more than 6000 entries.
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