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| Estimate of the Situation | Clark goes on to write, “The report made its way through channels until it got to the highest levels of the Pentagon, where it generated a great deal of debate. Eventually Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt S. Vandenberg rejected it on the grounds that its authors had not proven their case, due, primarily, to the lack of corroborative physical evidence. Some months later it was declassified and all copies were ordered destroyed.” (Clark, 177) Ruppelt reported that a few copies were retained as keepsakes; indeed, Ruppelt reported that he read a copy of the Estimate some four years after all copies were ordered destroyed. (references) | ||
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| Commander's estimate of the situation | Military | (DOD) A logical process of reasoning by which a commander considers all the circumstances affecting the military situation and arrives at a decision as to a course of action to be taken in order to accomplish the mission. A commander's estimate that considers a military situation so far in the future as to require major assumptions is called a commander's long-range estimate of the situation. (references) | |
| Estimate of the situation | Military | A logical process of reasoning by which a commander considers all the circumstances affecting the military situation and arrives at a decision as to the course of action to be taken in order to accomplish his mission. Also called appreciation of the situation. (references) | |
| Logistic estimate of the situation | Military | (DOD) An appraisal resulting from an orderly examination of the logistic factors influencing contemplated courses of action in order to provide conclusions concerning the degree and manner of that influence. (references) | |
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