What Does River City Mean

River City: The term used to convey all communication from a location has been stopped due to an incident. The communication is resumed once all information has been gathered and any necessary notifications have been made.

What does the term river city mean?

When a service member dies in a combat zone, the entire area of operation goes into what is called “River City.” River City is military jargon for a communications status, “Reduced Communications,” which is a total blackout of any and all non-operationally oriented communication assets.

Why is it called River City?

“River City” comes from the acronym ‘RC’, which stands for ‘Reduced Communications’. The term was invented to distinguish it from EMCON conditions.