From: Tim (tcb@hasher.demon.co.uk)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2004 - 15:43:40 PDT
I believe the French call it J-Jour... that's J as in Jour...
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On Behalf
Of Wayne Harris
Sent: 03 June 2004 23:19
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] "D" in D-Day
O.K. Ron got it. BTW If you didn't know Ron is wanting to run for a Public
Office that is why it took so long to say "The unnamed day on which a
particular operation commences or is to commence". Wayne
>From: "Ron" <rojoha@comcast.net>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>,"Wayne Harris"
><papercu@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [MV] "D" in D-Day
>Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2004 18:05:33 -0400
>
>Well, you asked....
>
>From the DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms......
>times
>(DOD) (C-, D-, M-days end at 2400 hours Universal Time (Zulu time) and are
>assumed to be 24 hours long for planning.) The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
>of Staff normally coordinates the proposed date with the commanders of the
>appropriate unified and specified commands, as well as any recommended
>changes to C-day. L-hour will be established per plan, crisis, or theater
>of
>operations and will apply to both air and surface movements. Normally,
>L-hour will be established to allow C-day to be a 24-hour day.
> a. C-day. The unnamed day on which a deployment operation commences or
>is to commence. The deployment may be movement of troops, cargo, weapon
>systems, or a combination of these elements using any or all types of
>transport. The letter "C" will be the only one used to denote the above.
>The
>highest command or headquarters responsible for coordinating the planning
>will specify the exact meaning of C-day within the aforementioned
>definition. The command or headquarters directly responsible for the
>execution of the operation, if other than the one coordinating the
>planning,
>will do so in light of the meaning specified by the highest command or
>headquarters coordinating the planning.
> b. D-day. The unnamed day on which a particular operation commences or
>is to commence.
> c. F-hour. The effective time of announcement by the Secretary of
>Defense to the Military Departments of a decision to mobilize Reserve
>units.
>d. H-hour. The specific hour on D-day at which a particular operation
>commences. e. H-hour (amphibious operations). For amphibious
>operations,
>the time the first assault elements are scheduled to touch down on the
>beach, or a landing zone, and in some cases the commencement of countermine
>breaching operations.
> f. L-hour. The specific hour on C-day at which a deployment operation
>commences or is to commence.
> g. L-hour (amphibious operations). In amphibious operations, the time
>at
>which the first helicopter of the helicopter-borne assault wave touches
>down
>in the landing zone.
> h. M-day. The term used to designate the unnamed day on which full
>mobilization commences or is due to commence.
> i. N-day. The unnamed day an active duty unit is notified for
>deployment
>or redeployment.
> j. R-day. Redeployment day. The day on which redeployment of major
>combat, combat support, and combat service support forces begins in an
>operation.
> k. S-day. The day the President authorizes Selective Reserve callup
>(not
>more than 200,000).
> l. T-day. The effective day coincident with Presidential declaration
>of
>national emergency and authorization of partial mobilization (not more than
>1,000,000 personnel exclusive of the 200,000 callup).
> m. W-day. Declared by the National Command Authorities, W-day is
>associated with an adversary decision to prepare for war (unambiguous
>strategic warning).
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Wayne Harris" <papercu@hotmail.com>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: 03 June, 2004 17:14
>Subject: [MV] "D" in D-Day
>
>
> > O.K. quiz time. Who knows what the "D" in D-Day stood for? And no it is
>not
> > Dnvasion day. Wayne
> >
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