LERTCON

In United States military doctrine, LERTCON is an abbreviation of alert condition, and is a measure of the level of action and readiness to be taken in a given situation. LERTCON is used by US and Allied forces who are assigned to NATO.^[1] There are specific procedures laid out for responses to changes in LERTCON. LERTCON levels can be broken down into high-alert emergency condition levels (EMERGCONs) and the more common Defense Condition levels (DEFCONs).

Levels

• LERTCON 5/4: Peacetime conditions^[1]
• LERTCON 3.5: Military vigilance^[1]
• LERTCON 3: Simple alert^[1]
• LERTCON 2: Reinforced alert^[1]
• LERTCON 1: General alert^[1]

See also

• FPCON
• INFOCON
• DEFCON
• REDCON
• Alert state