This lexicon is intended as a tool to he lp strip aw ay one source
of the endemic miscommunication and friction that now plagues both
soldiers and civilians, government and non-government, who plan,
coordinate, and execute the complex set of overlapping
civil-military activities and tasks th at have come to characterize
armed conflicts and their aftermath. Collectively known as complex
operations1, they demand, but too often lack, a sense of common
purpose and mutual understanding be tween a wide array of planners
and practitioners, all of whom bring with them different
organizational cultures, world visions, and operational approaches.
These disconnects can, and too often do, create confusion, at tim
es with tragic results, both on the ground and among policy-makers.
Part of that confusion stem s from the widely varied vocabulary
used by these m any actors. Each organization possesses their own
unique terminology, perfectly clear to them, but foggy to others.
Even when words look and sound familiar they often have quite
different and sometimes alien meanings. Anyone who has attended an
acronym and jargon -laced coordination meeting of military,
civilian government, and NGO representatives knows the frustration
of trying to interpret what is meant by words that have many
different connotations. It is in hopes of lessening this confusion
that this lexicon has been compiled.
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