NTRP 4-04.2.5/TM 3-34.42/AFPAM 32-1020/MCRP 3-17.7F
Glossary-3 DEC 2012
materiel. All items (including ships, tanks, self-propelled weapons, aircraft, etc., and related spares, repair parts,
and support equipment, but excluding real property, installations, and utilities) necessary to equip, operate,
maintain, and support military activities without distinction as to its application for administrative or combat
purposes. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 4-0)
military construction (MILCON). Any construction, alteration, development, conversion, or extension of any
kind carried out with respect to a military installation. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 3-34)
mission. 1. The task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason
therefore. 2. In common usage, especially when applied to lower military units, a duty assigned to an individual
or unit; a task. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 3-0)
mobilization (MOB). 1. The act of assembling and organizing national resources to support national objectives
in time of war or other emergencies. 2. The process by which the Armed Forces or part of them are brought to
a state of readiness for war or other national emergency. This includes activating all or part of the Reserve
Component as well as assembling and organizing personnel, supplies, and materiel. Mobilization of the Armed
Forces includes but is not limited to the following categories: a. selective mobilization—Expansion of the
active Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress and/or the President to mobilize Reserve Component
units, Individual Ready Reservists, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a
domestic emergency that is not the result of an enemy attack. b. partial mobilization—Expansion of the active
Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress (up to full mobilization) or by the President (not more than
1,000,000 for not more than 24 consecutive months) to mobilize Ready Reserve Component units, individual
reservists, and the resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war or other national
emergency involving an external threat to the national security. c. full mobilization—Expansion of the active
Armed Forces resulting from action by Congress and the President to mobilize all Reserve Component units
and individuals in the existing approved force structure, as well as all retired military personnel, and the
resources needed for their support to meet the requirements of a war or other national emergency involving an
external threat to the national security. Reserve personnel can be placed on active duty for the duration of the
emergency plus six months. d. total mobilization—Expansion of the active Armed Forces resulting from
action by Congress and the President to organize and/or generate additional units or personnel beyond the
existing force structure, and the resources needed for their support, to meet the total requirements of a war or
other national emergency involving an external threat to the national security. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 4-05)
naval construction force (NCF). The combined construction units of the Navy that are part of the operating
forces and represent the Navy’s capability for advanced base construction. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 3-34)
naval mobile construction battalion (NMCB). An established naval construction unit, trained and
equipped for general construction of an advanced base, including buildings, airfields, roads, waterfront
structures, utilities, and fuel installations. It is an integral unit in personnel, housing, subsistence,
administration, and equipment and is infantry equipped for defensive warfare. (NTRP 1-02. Source: N/A)
operation. 1. A series of tactical actions with a common purpose or unifying theme. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 1)
2. A military action or the carrying out of a strategic, operational, tactical, service, training, or administrative
military mission. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 3-0)
operation and maintenance (O&M). Maintenance and repair of real property, operation of utilities, and
provision of other services such as refuse collection and disposal, entomology, snow removal, and ice
alleviation. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 3-34)
operation order (OPORD). A directive issued by a commander to subordinate commanders for the purpose of
effecting the coordinated execution of an operation. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 5-0)
operational environment (OE). A com
posite of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the
employment of capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander. (JP 1-02. Source: JP 3-0)