Military Glossary

Sabotage alert team
See security alert team.

SAFE area intelligence description
(DOD) In evasion and recovery operations, an in-depth, all-source evasion study designed to assist the recovery of military personnel from a selected area for evasion under hostile conditions.

Safe working load
(DOD, NATO) In sea operations, the maximum load that can be safely applied to a fitting, and normally shown on a label plate adjacent to the fitting.

S-bend distortion
See S-curve distortion.

Scheduled target (nuclear)
(DOD) A planned target on which a nuclear weapon is to be delivered at a specific time during the operation of the supported force. The time is specified in terms of minutes before or after a designated time or in terms of the accomplishment of a predetermined movement or task. Coordination and warning of friendly troops and aircraft are mandatory.

Scientific and technical intelligence
(DOD) The product resulting from the collection, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of foreign scientific and technical information which covers: a. foreign developments in basic and applied research and in applied engineering techniques; and b. scientific and technical characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of all foreign military systems, weapons, weapon systems, and materiel, the research and development related thereto, and the production methods employed for their manufacture.

SEAD
See suppression of enemy air defenses.

Search attack unit
(DOD) The designation given to one or more ships separately organized or detached from a formation as a tactical unit to search for and destroy submarines.

Sea surveillance system
(DOD, NATO) A system for collecting, reporting, correlating and presenting information supporting and derived from the task of sea surveillance.

Security countermeasures
(DOD) Those protective activities required to prevent espionage, sabotage, theft, or unauthorized use of classified or controlled information, systems, or material of the Department of Defense.

Selective identification feature
(DOD) A capability which, when added to the basic Identification Friend or Foe system, provides the means to transmit, receive, and display selected coded replies.

Senior meteorological and oceanographic officer
(DOD) Meteorological and oceanographic officer responsible for assisting the combatant commander and staff in developing and executing operational meteorological and oceanographic service concepts in support of a designated joint force.

Service environment
(DOD, NATO) All external conditions, whether natural or induced, to which items of materiel are likely to be subjected throughout their life cycle.

Shear link assembly
(DOD, NATO) A device designed to break at a specified mechanical load.

Short scope buoy
(DOD, NATO) A buoy used as a navigational reference which remains nearly vertical over its sinker.

SIGINT
See signals intelligence.

SII
See seriously ill or injured.

Single manager for transportation
(DOD) The United States Transportation Command is the Department of Defense single manager for transportation, other than Service-unique or theater-assigned transportation assets.

SIPRNET
(DOD) See SECRET Internet Protocol Router Network.

Slightly wounded
(DOD) A casualty that is a sitting or a walking case.

Smoke screen
(DOD, NATO) Cloud of smoke used to mask either friendly or enemy installations or maneuvers.

Soft missile base
(DOD, NATO) A launching base that is not protected against a nuclear explosion.

Solenoid sweep
(DOD, NATO) In naval mine warfare, a magnetic sweep consisting of a horizontal axis coil wound on a floating iron tube.

SO-peculiar
See special operations-peculiar.

SORTIEALOT
See sortie allotment message.

SOTAC
See special operations terminal attack controller.

SOWT/TE
See special operations weather team/tactical element.

Space support operations
(DOD) Operations required to ensure that space control and support of terrestrial forces are maintained. They include activities such as launching and deploying space vehicles, maintaining and sustaining space vehicles while on orbit, and recovering space vehicles if required.

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