Military Acronyms and Definitions - MilitaryDictionary.org
cross-leveling
At the theater strategic and operational levels, it is the process of diverting en route or in-theater materiel from one military element to meet the higher priority of another within the combatant commanders directive authority for logistics.
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Information that any member of the public could lawfully obtain by request or observation as well as other unclassified information that has limited public distribution or access.
View Other DefinitionsChairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff manual
A document containing detailed procedures for performing specific tasks that do not involve the employment of forces, which is of indefinite duration and is applicable to external agencies or both the Joint Staff and external agencies.
View Other Definitionsresettled person
A refugee or an internally displaced person wishing to return somewhere other than his or her previous home or land within the country or area of original displacement.
View Other Definitionsairborne assault
The use of airborne forces to parachute into an objective area to attack and eliminate armed resistance and secure designated objectives.
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