(DoD) The lack of forces, equipment, personnel, materiel, or capability, reflected as the difference between the resources identified as a plan requirement and those apportioned to a combatant commander for planning, that would adversely affect the command's ability to accomplish its mission.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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