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106 SELECTED GLOSSARY OF 01AVAL K;\'OWLEDGE TEIUlS

intelligence-any information of possible military value about an quarantine-a limited form of naval blockade directed against spe-
enemy. cific prohibited cargo.
intermodal ship-a ship that carries cargo that is thcnloaded raid~a sudden attack against a limited area or t:lcility.
directly onto other forms of transport, such as railroad cars or
R&D-research and development.
vehicles.
regulations-a body of written rules for conduct and procedures
internal (inland) waters-waters located within the established
in a military organization.
boundaries of a nation.
reprisal-retaliatory action for an injury or attack.
international waters-waters external to any nation's territorial seas
restriction (punishment)-to keep on board a ship or shore station
or internal waters, open to free use by the ships of all nations.
for some prescribed length of time as a punishment for a disci-
littoral-coastal regions along a shore, vulnerable to attack by
pline oftense.
naval torces.
sea power-the ability of a country to use and control the sea, and
littoral nation-a country having at least one shoreline bordering
to prevent its use by an enemy.
on international ·waters.
sovereign~a self-governing independent country.
LNG carrier-a merchant ship specially designed to carry liquefied
specified command- a broad command ·within a functional area.
natural gas.
strategic forces-forces capable of delivering offensive nuclear
Maritime Administration-the department of the U.S. govern-
weapons against an enemy.
ment charged with the control and oversight of the U.S. maritime
industry. strike forces-forces intended to carry out an oftensive attack
against an enemy.
military law-regulations and rules pertaining to the discipline
and administration of the armed torces. surface action group (SAG)-surlilCe warliue ships comprising a
battle formation.
naval attache-a naval officer on duty at an embassy, whose major
duties are advising and representing the ambassador on naval sweep-a series of strikes against several enemy targets in a gen-
matters and collecting intelligence. See also ALUSNA. eral area.

naval operations-significant activities conducted by naval forces telecommunications-communication by electronic transmission
at sea; day-to-day activities within the operations department of of impulses, as by telegraphy, radio, or microwave.
a ship. territorial sea-the ocean waters within 12 miles of the shoreline,
neutrality-the state of nonparticipation in a war. controlled by the coastal sovereign state.
nonjudicial punishment-punishrnent by a commanding officer thalweg-a boundary line between two nations consisting of the
imposed on a service member without trial by court-martial. center of a navigable channel in a waterway separating them.
NRL-Naval Research laboratory. UCMJ-UniforIn Code of Military Justice.
OAS-Organization of American States; an organization com- unauthorized absence-absence from a militar), unit without
posed of ahnost all non-Communist states of the ''''estern proper authorization.
Hemisphere.
unified command-a command with a broad continuing mission
ONR-Olfice of Naval Research. within a geographical area of responsibility.
peremptory Challenge-the automatic removal of a prospective unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-any of a number of small
member of a military court-martial on demand from the accused, remotely piloted aircraft used tor reconnaissance, fire control, and
with no reason necessarily given. other military purposes.
preventive war-a war initiated by making a strike against an U.S. flag ships-merchant ships registered in the United States
enemy to prevent the enemy from taking a presumed aggressive and operating under the American flag on the high seas.
action.
USNS-United States Naval Ship; a ship owned by the U.S. Navy
psychological operations (PSYOPS)--{)perations intended to inllu- but not commissioned as part of the Navy. Normally crewed by
ence the emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and/or the civilians and operated by the ?vfilitary Sealift Command.
behavior of target organizations, groups, and individuals.