(DoD) In the context of joint operation planning, a task derived during mission analysis that an organization must perform or prepare to perform to accomplish a specified task or the mission, but which is not stated in the higher headquarters order. See also essential task; specified task.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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