Military Dictionary - Terms Beginning with Letter P

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MilitaryFactory > Military Dictionary > Military Terms Beginning with Letter P

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Our definitive collection of military terms and definitions as brought to you by the United States Department of Defense.

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pace

pace setter

packaged forces

packaged petroleum product

packup kit

padding

pallet

palletized load system

palletized load system flatrack

palletized unit load

panel code

panoramic camera

parachute deployment height

paradrop

parallel chains of command

parallel sheaf

parallel staff

paramilitary forces

pararescue team

parlimentaire

parrot

partial mission-capable

partial mission-capable, maintenance

partial mission-capable, supply

partial mobilization

partial storage monitoring

partisan warfare

part number

pass

passage of lines

passenger mile

passive

passive air defense

passive defense

passive homing guidance

passive mine

pass time

password

pathfinder drop zone control

pathfinder landing zone control

pathfinders

pathogen

patient

patient movement

patient movement items

patient movement requirements center

patrol

pattern bombing

pattern laying

payload

payload build-up (missile and space)

payload integration (missile and space)

payload (missile)

P-day

peace building

peace enforcement

peacekeeping

peacemaking

peace operations

peacetime force materiel assets

peacetime force materiel requirement

peacetime materiel consumption and losses

peacetime operating stocks

peak overpressure

pecuniary liability

pencil beam

penetration

penetration aids

penetration (air traffic control)

penetration (intelligence)

percentage clearance

perception management

perils of the sea

perimeter defense

periodic intelligence summary

period

period of interest

perishable cargo

perishable target

permafrost

permanent echo

permissive action link

permissive environment

persistency

persistent agent

persistent surveillance

personal effects

personal locator beacon

personal property

person authorized to direct disposition of human remains

person eligible to receive effects

person in custody

personnel

personnel increment number

personnel reaction time (nuclear)

personnel recovery

personnel security investigation

perspective grid

petroleum intersectional service

petroleum, oils and lubricants

phase line

phases of military government

phonetic alphabet

phoney minefield

photoflash bomb

photoflash cartridge

photogrammetric control

photogrammetry

photographic coverage

photographic intelligence

photographic interpretation

photographic panorama

photographic reading

photographic scale

photographic strip

photo interpretation key

photomap

photo nadir

physical characteristics

physical damage assessment

physical security

pictomap

pictorial symbolization

Pierson-Moskowitz scale

pillbox

pilot’s trace

pinpoint

pinpoint photograph

pinpoint target

pipeline

piracy

pitch

pitch angle

plan for landing

plan identification number

planimetric map

plan information capability

planned airlift requests

planned target (nuclear)

planned targets

planning and direction

planning directive

planning factor

planning factors database

planning order

planning phase

plan position indicator

plant equipment

plastic zone

plate

platform drop

plot

point defense

point designation grid

pointee-talkee

point of no return

point-to-point sealift

poised mine

polar coordinates

polar orbit

polar plot

political intelligence

political warfare

politico-military gaming

pool

port capacity

port complex

port designator

port evacuation of cargoes

port evacuation of shipping

port of debarkation

port of embarkation

port of support

port operations group

port security

port support activity

positional defense

position defense

positive control

positive identification and radar advisory zone

positive phase of the shock wave

Posse Comitatus Act

postattack period

posthostilities period

poststrike reconnaissance

power projection

PPI gauge

practice mine

prearranged fire

preassault operation

precautionary launch

precautionary search and rescue and/or combat search and rescue

precedence

precession

precipitation static

precise frequency

precise time

precision approach

precision bombing

precision-guided munitions

precursor

precursor chemical

precursor front

precursor sweeping

predicted fire

predominant height

preemptive attack

preinitiation

prelanding operations

pre-launch survivability

preliminary communications search

preliminary demolition target

preliminary movement schedule

preload loading

premature dud

preparation fire

preplanned air support

preplanned mission request

preplanned nuclear support

pre-position

pre-positioned war reserve materiel requirement, balance

pre-positioned war reserve materiel requirement, protectable

pre-positioned war reserve requirement

pre-positioned war reserve stock

prescribed nuclear load

prescribed nuclear stockage

preset guidance

Presidential Call-up

Presidential Reserve Call-up

pressure altitude

pressure breathing

pressure front

pressure mine

pressure mine circuit

pressurized cabin

prestrike reconnaissance

prevention

prevention of mutual interference

prevention of stripping equipment

preventive deployment

preventive diplomacy

preventive maintenance

preventive medicine

preventive war

prewithdrawal demolition target

primary agency

primary aircraft authorization

primary aircraft inventory

primary censorship

primary control officer

primary control ship

primary flight control

primary imagery dissemination

primary imagery dissemination system

primary interest

primary review authority

primed charge

prime mover

prime vendor

principal building

principal items

principal officer

principal operational interest

principal parallel

principal plane

principal scale

principal vertical

printing size of a map or chart

print reference

priority designator

priority intelligence requirement

priority message

priority national intelligence objectives

priority of immediate mission requests

prior permission

prisoner of war

prisoner of war branch camp

prisoner of war camp

prisoner of war censorship

prisoner of war compound

prisoner of war enclosure

prisoner of war personnel record

proactive measures

proactive mine countermeasures

probability of damage

probable error

probable error deflection

probable error height of burst

probable error range

probably destroyed

probe

procedural control

procedures

procedure turn

procedure word

processing

processing and exploitation

proclamation

procurement lead time

producer countries

production base

production lead time

production logistics

production loss appraisal

proficiency training aircraft

profile

program aircraft

Programmed Forces

program of nuclear cooperation

progress payment

prohibited area

projected map display

projection print

proliferation (nuclear weapons)

prompt radiation

proofing

propaganda

propelled mine

proper authority

proper clearance

property

property account

proportional navigation

protected emblems

protected frequencies

protected persons/places

protected site

protection

protection of shipping

protective clothing

protective mask

protective minefield

prototype

provisioning

proword

proximity fuze

pseudopursuit navigation

psychological consolidation activities

psychological operations

psychological operations assessment team

psychological operations impact indicators

psychological operations support element

public affairs

public affairs assessment

public affairs ground rules

public affairs guidance

public diplomacy

public information

public key infrastructure

pull-up point

pulse code

pulse duration

pulsejet

pulse repetition frequency

pulsing

purchase description

purchase notice agreements

purchasing office

pursuit

pyrotechnic

pyrotechnic delay

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