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minimum force

Those minimum actions, including the use of armed force, sufficient to bring a situation under control or to defend against hostile act or hostile intent, where the firing of weapons is to be considered as a means of last resort.

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expeditionary force

An armed force organized to accomplish a specific objective in a foreign country.

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target intelligence

Intelligence that portrays and locates the components of a target or target complex and indicates its vulnerability and relative importance.

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counterintelligence investigation

An official, systematic search for facts to determine whether a person(s) is engaged in activities that may be injurious to US national security or advantageous to a foreign power.

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mobilization station

The designated military installation to which a Reserve Component unit or individual is moved for further processing, organizing, equipping, training, and employment and from which the unit or individual may move to an aerial port of embarkation or seaport of embarkation.

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