(DoD) Operations directed by the Department of State or other appropriate authority, in conjunction with the Department of Defense, whereby noncombatants are evacuated from foreign countries when their lives are endangered by war, civil unrest, or natural disaster to safe havens or to the United States. Also called NEOs. See also evacuation; geospatial-intelligence contingency package; noncombatant evacuees; operation; safe haven.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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