JP 3-0, page 200
Joint Operations
Joint Publication: Joint Operations
11 August 2011 public edition
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Glossary
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JP 3-0
sanction enforcement. Operations that employ coercive measures to control the
movement of certain types of designated items into or out of a nation or specified
area. (Approved for incorporation into JP 1-02.)
sanctuary. None. (Approved for removal from JP 1-02.)
security cooperation activity. None. (Approved for removal from JP 1-02.)
show of force. An operation designed to demonstrate US resolve that involves increased
visibility of US deployed forces in an attempt to defuse a specific situation that, if
allowed to continue, may be detrimental to US interests or national objectives.
(JP 1-02. SOURCE: JP 3-0)
special purpose Marine air-ground task force. None. (Approved for removal from JP
1-02.)
stability operations. An overarching term encompassing various military missions,
tasks, and activities conducted outside the United States in coordination with other
instruments of national power to maintain or reestablish a safe and secure
environment, provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure
reconstruction, and humanitarian relief. (JP 1-02. SOURCE: JP 3-0)
standing joint force headquarters. A staff organization operating under a flag or
general officer providing a combatant commander with a full-time, trained joint
command and control element integrated into the combatant commander’s staff
whose focus is on contingency and crisis action planning. Also called SJFHQ.
(Approved for incorporation into JP 1-02.)
strategic advantage. None. (Approved for removal from JP 1-02.)
strategic level of war. The level of war at which a nation, often as a member of a group
of nations, determines national or multinational (alliance or coalition) strategic
security objectives and guidance, then develops and uses national resources to
achieve those objectives. (Approved for incorporation into JP 1-02.)
strategy. A prudent idea or set of ideas for employing the instruments of national power
in a synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater, national, and/or
multinational objectives. (JP 1-02. SOURCE: JP 3-0)
strike. An attack to damage or destroy an objective or a capability. (JP 1-02. SOURCE:
JP 3-0)
supported commander. 1. The commander having primary responsibility for all
aspects of a task assigned by the Joint Strategic Capabilities Plan or other joint
operation planning authority. 2. In the context of joint operation planning, the
commander who prepares operation plans or operation orders in response to
requirements of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 3. In the context of a
support command relationship, the commander who receives assistance from another