; (B) damaging or destroying any threatened or endangered species, or removing, cutting, digging up, damaging, or destroying any such species, by military personnel engaged in a national defense-related operation; or (C) an injury to or mortality of a threatened or endangered species that results from, but is not the purpose of, a national defense-related operation, regardless of whether the operation is conducted on a military installation or other area described in section 4(a)(3)(B)(i). (2) Definitions For the purposes of this subsection— (A) the term national defense-related operation means— (i) research, development, testing, and evaluation of military munitions, other ordnance, and weapons systems; (ii) the training of members of the Armed Forces in the use and handling of military munitions, other ordnance, and weapons systems; (iii) general training and military preparedness; or (iv) any action or duty that the Secretary of Defense deems necessary to support the Department of Defense in its mission; and (B) the term military personnel means— (i) a member of the Armed Forces; and (ii) a civilian employee or contractor (including a subcontractor at any tier) of the— (I) Department of Defense (including a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department); or (II) any other Federal agency, or any provisional authority, to the extent such employment relates to supporting the mission of the Department of Defense overseas. .