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special operations task force
A scalable unit, normally of battalion size, in charge of the special operations element, organized around the nucleus of special operations forces and support elements.
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Continuum or channel through which the Department of Defense conducts distribution operations, representing the end-to-end flow of resources from supplier to consumer and, in some cases, back to the supplier in retrograde activities.
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A specific surface area, designated by the joint force commander to facilitate protection of joint bases and their connecting lines of communications that support joint operations.
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In land mine warfare, a minefield employed to assist a unit in its local, close-in protection.
View Other Definitionstechnical surveillance countermeasures
Techniques and measures to detect and neutralize a wide variety of hostile penetration technologies that are used to obtain unauthorized access to classified and sensitive information. Technical penetrations include the employment of optical, electro-optical, electromagnetic, fluidic, and acoustic means as the sensor and transmission medium, or the use of various types of stimulation or modification to equipment or building components for the direct or indirect transmission of information meant to be protected.
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