HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION CENTER


Meaning of HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION CENTER in English

A temporary center established by a geographic combatant commander to assist with interagency coordination and planning. A humanitarian assistance coordination center operates during the early planning and coordination stages of foreign humanitarian assistance operations by providing the link between the geographic combatant commander and other United States Government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and international and regional organizations at the strategic level. Also called HACC. See also foreign humanitarian assistance; interagency coordination. (JP 3-57)

DOD English dictionary of military terms.      Английский словарь военных терминов DOD.