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92 Protection of Medical Units, Hospitals, and Medical Transport. Under the Geneva Conventions, these are not to be attacked. These should be marked by a distinctive medical emblem such as the Red Cross, Red Crescent, or…

…Encompassing Citizen and Immigration Services, Customs and Border Patrol, Transportation Security, the Secret Service, and the Coast Guard, DHS, with its three primary missions—prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, reduce America’s vulnerability to…

…accomplished with interdiction (as well as those actions to be avoided, such as the destruction of key transportation nodes or the use of certain munitions in a specific area). Once this is understood, other interdiction-capable…

…AMC Intelligence Directorate (AMC/A2) coordinates with US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) to maintain databases on airfields worldwide in the event AMC must use those bases. Such information may be useful when targeting enemy airfields. Air Force…

…Joint Forces Command USSOCOM United States Special Operations Command USSTRATCOM United States Strategic Command USTRANSCOM United States Transportation Command WMD weapons of mass destruction Definitions action. Performance of an activity. Actions are taken to achieve intended…

…Nature refers to the type of object, for example, equipment used as military transports, and facilities used as C2 centers or communication stations. (3) Location. Location includes areas that are militarily important because they must be…

…Discovery of arms, ammunition, and explosives being clandestinely manufactured, transported, or cached. Attacks on patrols resulting in the loss of weapons and ammunition. Increased purchase of surplus military goods. Sudden increase in prices for arms and…

…Governments and combatants have a duty to identify these places with distinctive and visible signs. (1) These emblems may be used to mark civilian and military medical personnel, ambulances and medical transport vehicles, and hospitals. The…

…Despite the priorities of the Gulf War, special operations forces helicopters were put on alert, Air Force C-130 transport aircraft were deployed to Kenya, and two Navy amphibious ships with elements of a Marine expeditionary…

…Staging of airborne, air assault, or special forces with transportation assets such as transport aircraft or helicopters. Airborne or air assault operations will likely indicate efforts to attack friendly commands, communications, or sustainment nodes. May indicate…

…Increased activity in supply, maintenance, and motor transport areas. May indicate movement of additional forces to the front to sustain a major attack. Stocking of sustainment items, such as ammunition and medical supplies, before an attack…

…Wounded and Sick Personnel, Medical Units, Hospitals, and Medical Transport. Under the law of war, the following are protected: (1) Fixed hospitals and mobile medical establishments. (2) Medical personnel and chaplains. (3) Ambulances and clearly marked…

…Electromagnetic signature (e.g., radar and radio transmissions). (11) Mobility characteristics: (a) Fixed (unable to move). (b) Transportable (operate from fixed locations, but can be broken down and moved). (c) Mobile (operate on the move or…

…Efforts to monitor, query, and board merchant vessels in international waters to enforce sanctions against other nations such as those in support of United Nations Security Council Resolutions and/or prevent the transport of restricted goods…

…The parachute assault forces strategically deployed at staggered times from bases in the continental United States, some in C-141 Starlifters, others in slower C-130 transport planes. One large formation experienced delays from a sudden…

…facts and circumstances regarding the nature, location, use, and purpose of the target. c. Lines of Communication. Transportation systems (roadways, bridges, etc) and communication systems (TV, radio), while civilian in nature, may also be considered legitimate…

5 › Functional redundancy (can the target’s function be performed elsewhere or by something else?). › Target’s ability to reconstitute itself or its function. › Target’s mobility characteristics. ›› Fixed (unable to move). ›› Transportable (operate from fixed…

…Movement control is the dual process of committing allocated transportation assets and regulating movements according to command priorities to synchronize distribution flow over lines of communications to sustain land forces (ADP 4-0). Units transiting another…

…Commanders consider the transportation and manpower required in obtaining, moving, and uncrating barrier material and obstacle creating munitions. 4-86. Sustainment unit commanders and sustainment staff officers understand their supported commander’s intent. They establish support…

…In some circumstances transportation units can provide their own security. Survivability Operations 4-96. An attacking enemy force usually has the initiative. A defending commander must take a wide range of actions to reduce the risk…