Military Glossary

EUSC
(DOD) See effective US control.

Evacuation policy
(DOD) 1. Command decision indicating the length in days of the maximum period of noneffectiveness that patients may be held within the command for treatment. Patients who, in the opinion of responsible medical officers, cannot be returned to duty status within the period prescribed are evacuated by the first available means, provided the travel involved will not aggravate their disabilities. 2. A command decision concerning the movement of civilians from the proximity of military operations for security and safety reasons and involving the need to arrange for movement, reception, care, and control of such individuals. 3. Command policy concerning the evacuation of unserviceable or abandoned materiel and including designation of channels and destinations for evacuated materiel, the establishment of controls and procedures, and the dissemination of condition standards and disposition instructions.

Exaggerated stereoscopy
See hyperstereoscopy.

Executing commander (nuclear weapons)
DOD) A commander to whom nuclear weapons are released for delivery against specific targets or in accordance with approved plans.

Exfiltration
(DOD) The removal of personnel or units from areas under enemy control.

Expendable property
(DOD) Property that may be consumed in use or loses its identity in use and may be dropped from stock record accounts when it is issued or used.

Exploitation
(DOD, NATO) 1. Taking full advantage of success in battle and following up initial gains. 2. Taking full advantage of any information that has come to hand for tactical, operational, or strategic purposes. 3. An offensive operation that usually follows a successful attack and is designed to disorganize the enemy in depth.

Extended communications search
(DOD) In search and rescue operations, consists of contacting all possible sources of information on the missing craft, including physically checking possible locations such as harbors, marinas, and airport ramps. An extended communications search is normally conducted after a preliminary communications search has yielded no results and when the mission is upgraded to the alert phase.

External reinforcing force
(DOD, NATO) A reinforcing force which is principally stationed in peacetime outside its intended Major NATO Command area of operations.

Extraction zone
(DOD, NATO) A specified drop zone used for the delivery of supplies and/or equipment by means of an extraction technique from an aircraft flying very close to the ground.

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