Open Ocean Definition - MilitaryDictionary.org

open ocean

1.) Ocean limit defined as greater than 12 nautical miles from shore, as compared with high seas that are over 200 nautical miles from shore.

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In the United States, military vocabulary is standardized by the Department of Defence. These terms are used by the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

Term Classification: operations

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Department of Defence, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Term sourced from JP 3-32: Command and Control for Joint Maritime Operations, updated August 2013 View source document

This term is marked as active and was last updated in 2015


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