The 2016-2017 influenza season began on October 2, 2016 and ended on May 20, 2017. The ADS will continue to monitor influenza activity throughout the summer and will transition to monthly reports which will be published on the first Thursday of each month starting July 6, 2017. Reports will be published by 10:00am.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: readiness. The ability of United States military forces to fight and meet the demands of the national military strategy. Readiness is the synthesis of two distinct but interrelated.
The five levels of DEFCON. The DEFense readiness CONdition (DEFCON) is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces. The DEFCON system was developed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and unified and specified combatant commands. It prescribes five graduated levels of readiness (or states of alert) for the U.S. military.