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The glossary lists acronyms and terms with Army or joint definitions, and other selected terms. Where Army and joint definitions are different, (Army) follows the term. Terms for which FM 3-0 is the proponent manual (the authority) are marked with an asterisk (*) and followed by the number of the paragraph (¶) or page where they are defined. For other terms, refer to the manual listed. JP 1-02 and FM 1-02 are posted in the Joint Electronic Library, which is available online and on CD-ROM.
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73 Easting | a location in Iraq where the 2d ACR engaged the Tawakalna Division during the Gulf War | |
AADC | area air defense commander | |
AC | active component | |
ACR | armored cavalry regiment | |
ACSA | acquisition cross-service agreement | |
ADADO | assistance division air defense officer | |
ADCON | administrative control | |
ADE | assistant division engineer | |
administrative control | JP 1-02 | |
administrative movement | JP 1-02 | |
adversary | a person or group that is opposed to an Army force mission but is not engaging Army forces in combat operations | |
*agility | ¶4-58 | |
alliance | JP 1-02 | |
allocated forces | JP 5-0 | |
ALO | air liaison officer | |
*ambush | ¶7-64 | |
AMC | US Army Material Command | |
AMEDD | USArmy Medical Department | |
amphibious objective area | JP 1-02 | |
antiterrorism | JP 1-02 | |
AO | area of operations | |
AOR | area of responsibility | |
apportioned forces | JP 5-0 | |
*approach march | (Army) | ¶7-45 |
AR | Army Regulation | |
area damage control | JP 1-02 | |
*area defense | ¶8-20 | |
area of influence | JP 1-02 | |
area of interest | JP 1-02 | |
area of operations | JP 1-02 | |
area of responsibility | JP 1-02 | |
area security | FM 1-02 | |
*ARFOR | ¶2-38 | |
ARNG | Army National Guard | |
ARSOF | Army special operations forces | |
ARVN | Army of the Republic of Vietnam | |
ASCC | Army service component command | |
*assessment | (Army) | ¶6-90 |
assigned forces | JP 5-0 | |
*attack | ¶7-53 | |
augmentation forces | JP 1-02 | |
avenue of approach | JP 1-02 | |
base | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
base cluster | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
base of operations | JP 1-02 | |
*battle | ¶2-12 | |
*battle command | ¶5-3 | |
battle drill | FM 1-02 | |
*battlefield organization | ¶4-83 | |
battle handover | FM 1-02 | |
battle position | FM 1-02 | |
battlespace | JP 1-02 | |
BG | brigadier general | |
block | FM 1-02 | |
BOS | battlefield operating systems | |
*branch | ¶6-17 | |
C2 | command and control | |
campaign | JP 1-02 | |
canalize | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
CBRNE | chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield explosive | |
CCIR | commander’s critical information requirements | |
CD-ROM | compact disk, read-only memory | |
centers of gravity | JP 1-02 | |
CIMIC | civil-military cooperation (NATO use only) | |
civil affairs | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
CJCS | chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff | |
CJCSI | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Instruction | |
CJCSM | Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Manual | |
classes of supply (I–IX) | FM 1-02 | |
*close area | ¶4-96 | |
*close combat | ¶4-9 | |
CM | consequence management | |
CMO | civil-military operations | |
CMOC | civil-military operations center | |
COA | course of action | |
coalition | JP 1-02 | |
COCOM | combatant command (command authority) | |
combatant command (command authority) | JP 1-02 | |
combat health support | FM 1-02 | |
combat power | JP 1-02 | |
combat service support | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
*combat service support reach operations | ¶12-4 | |
combatting terrorism | JP 1-02 | |
combat zone | JP 1-02 | |
*combined arms | ¶4-102 | |
command | JP 1-02 | |
command and control | JP 1-02 | |
*commander’s critical information requirements | ¶11-39 | |
*commander’s intent | ¶5-61 | |
*common operational picture | ¶11-43 | |
communications zone | JP 1-02 | |
COMMZ | communications zone | |
component | JP 1-02 | |
*concept of operations | ¶6-19 | |
contingency plan | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
control measure | FM 1-02 | |
CONUS | continental United States | |
coordinating authority | JP 1-02 | |
COP | common operational picture | |
counterair | JP 1-02 | |
*counterattack | (Army) | ¶7-61 |
counterdrug operations | JP 1-02 | |
counterfire | JP 1-02 | |
counterguerrilla operations | JP 1-02 | |
counterinsurgency | JP 1-02 | |
countermobility operations | FM 1-02 | |
counterterrorism | JP 1-02 | |
coup de main | JP 1-02 | |
course of action | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
cover | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
CS | combat support | |
CSG | corps support group (graphics) | |
CSM | command sergeant major | |
CSS | combat service support | |
CUL | common user logistic/logistics | |
*culminating point | ¶5-38 | |
DA | Department of the Army | |
Dayton Accords | the agreements that established the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, signed on 21 November 1995, in Dayton, Ohio | |
decisive engagement | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
*decisive operation | ¶4-84 | |
*decisive point | (This definition is being staffed in draft JP 3-0. If accepted, it will become a joint definition.) | ¶5-30 |
decisive terrain | FM 1-02 | |
*deep area | ¶4-98 | |
defeat in detail | Defeat in detail is achieved by concentrating overwhelming combat power against separate parts of a force rather than defeating the entire force at once (see FM 3-90). | |
*defensive operations | ¶1-48 | |
*defensive information operations | (Army) | page 11-17 |
delay | JP 1-02, see delaying action | |
*demonstration | (Army) | ¶7-66 |
deployment | JP 1-02 | |
*depth | ¶4-61 | |
destroy | FM 1-02 | |
deterrence | JP 1-02 | |
direct action | JP 1-02 | |
*direct approach | ¶5-42 | |
disease and nonbattle injury casualty | JP 1-02 | |
disrupt | FM 1-02 | |
DLA | Defense Logistics Agency | |
DNBI | disease and nonbattle injury | |
DOD | Department of Defense | |
DODD | Department of Defense Directive | |
domestic support operations | JP 1-02 | |
DS | direct support | |
DSO | domestic support operations | |
DTLOMS | doctrine, training, leader development, organizations, materiel, and soldiers | |
DTRACS | Defense Transportation Reporting and Control System | |
EA | engagement area (graphics) | |
EEFI | essential elements of friendly information | |
electromagnetic pulse | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
employment | JP 1-02 | |
*encirclement | ¶7-34 | |
*end state | (Army) | ¶5-25 |
enemy | an individual or group engaging Army forces in combat | |
*engagement | ¶2-12 | |
engagement area | FM 1-02 | |
*envelopment | (Army) | ¶7-31 |
eny | enemy (graphics) | |
essential elements of friendly information | FM 1-02 | |
EW | electronic warfare | |
executive agent | JP 1-02 | |
exploitation | JP 1-02 | |
*exterior lines | ¶5-35 | |
facility | (Army) a structure or location providing a work environment (This definition is being staffed with draft FM 6-0. If approved, it will become an Army definition.) | |
FARP | forward arming and refueling point | |
FEBA | forward edge of the battle area | |
*feint | (Army) | ¶7-65 |
FEMA | Federal Emergency Management Agency | |
FFIR | friendly force information requirements | |
FHA | foreign humanitarian assistance | |
FID | foreign internal defense | |
firepower | JP 1-02 | |
fires | JP 1-02 | |
fire support | JP 1-02 | |
fire support coordinating measure | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
fix | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
flexible deterrent option | JP 1-02 | |
FLOT | forward line of own troops | |
FM | field manual | |
force projection | JP 1-02 | |
*force protection | (Army) (This definition is being staffed in draft JP 3-0. If accepted, it will become a joint definition.) |
¶4-22 |
forces for | the "Forces for Unified Commands" memorandum, by which the secretary of defense assigns service forces to combatant commands (see JP 0-2) | |
*force tailoring | ¶3-27 | |
force tracking | JP 1-02 | |
*forcible entry | (This definition is being staffed in draft JP 3-18. If accepted, it will become a joint definition.) | ¶3-51 |
foreign internal defense | JP 1-02 | |
forward arming and refueling point | FM 1-02 | |
forward boundary | FM 1-02 | |
forward edge of the battle area | JP 1-02 | |
forward line of own troops | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
fragmentary order | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
*fratricide | ¶4-27 | |
friendly force information requirements | FM 1-02 | |
*frontal attack | (Army) | ¶7-40 |
FSCL | fire support coordination line | |
FSCM | fire support coordinating measure | |
full spectrum operations | page 1-4 | |
functional component command | JP 1-02 | |
G1 | assistant chief of staff, personnel | |
G2 | assistant chief of staff, intelligence | |
G3 | assistant chief of staff, operations | |
G4 | assistant chief of staff, logistics | |
G5 | assistant chief of staff, civil affairs | |
GCCS | global command and control system | |
GEN | general | |
GS | general support | |
GSR | general support reinforcing | |
hazard | JP 1-02 | |
HCA | humanitarian and civic assistance | |
high-payoff target | FM 1-02 | |
home station | JP 1-02 | |
hostile environment | JP 1-02, see operational environment | |
humanitarian and civic assistance | JP 1-02 | |
IFOR | NATO Implementation Force (Bosnia) | |
IG | inspector general | |
IM | information management | |
indications and warning | JP 1-02 | |
*indirect approach | ¶5-42 | |
*infiltration | (Army) | ¶7-36 |
information | JP 1-02 | |
information environment | JP 1-02 | |
*information management | ¶11-28 | |
*information operations | (Army) | page 11-16 |
*information superiority | (Army) | ¶11-1 |
*information systems | (Army) | ¶11-31 |
infrastructure | JP 1-02 | |
initiative (individual) | FM 6-22 | |
*initiative (operational) | ¶4-51 | |
INS | Immigration and Naturalization Service | |
intelligence | JP 1-02 | |
intelligence preparation of the battlefield | FM 1-02 | |
interagency coordination | JP 1-02 | |
interdiction | JP 1-02 | |
*interior lines | ¶5-35 | |
*intermediate staging base | ¶3-56 | |
in-transit visibility | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
IO | information operations | |
IPB | intelligence preparation of the battlefield | |
IPTF | International Police Task Force (Bosnia) | |
IR | information requirements | |
ISB | intermediate staging base | |
ISR | intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance | |
ISSA | interservice support agreement | |
JFACC | joint force air component commander | |
JFC | joint force commander | |
JFLCC | joint force land component commander | |
JOA | joint operations area | |
joint force commander | JP 1-02 | |
joint logistics over-the-shore | JP 1-02, see joint logistics over-the-shore operations | |
joint operation | JP 1-02 | |
joint operations area | JP 1-02 | |
joint rear area | JP 1-02 | |
joint special operations area | JP 1-02 | |
Joint Staff | JP 1-02 | |
joint task force | JP 1-02 | |
JOPES | Joint Operation Planning and Execution System | |
JP | joint publication | |
JTF | joint task force | |
key terrain | JP 1-02 | |
lead agency | JP 1-02 | |
leadership | FM 1-02 | |
level III | FM 1-02, see rear area threat levels | |
limit of advance | FM 1-02 | |
line of communications | JP 1-02 | |
*lines of operations | ¶5-33 | |
LOC | line of communication | |
local security | FM 1-02 | |
LOGCAP | Logistics Civil Augmentation Program | |
LTG | lieutenant general | |
M-16 | an Army assault rifle | |
M1A1 | the main battle tank used by Army forces during the Gulf War | |
MACA | military assistance to civil authorities | |
MACOM | major Army command | |
MACV | Military Assistance Command–Vietnam | |
*main effort | ¶4-93 | |
*major operation | ¶2-5 | |
maneuver | JP 1-02 | |
marshaling area | JP 1-02 | |
maritime power projection | JP 1-02 | |
M/C/S | mobility, countermobility, survivability | |
*meeting engagement | (Army) | ¶7-51 |
METL | mission essential task list | |
METT-TC | mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time available, civil considerations (the major factors considered during mission analysis) | |
military department | JP 1-02 | |
mission | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
MG | major general | |
MI | military intelligence | |
*mobile defense | (Army) | ¶8-16 |
mobility operations | FM 1-02 | |
mobilization | JP 1-02 | |
MOOTW | military operations other than war | |
movement control | JP 1-02 | |
*movement to contact | ¶7-46 | |
MP | military police | |
MRX | mission rehearsal exercise | |
MTW | major theater war | |
National Command Authorities | JP 1-02 | |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization | |
NBC | nuclear, biological, and chemical | |
NCA | National Command Authorities | |
near real-time | JP 1-02 | |
NEO | noncombatant evacuation operation | |
neutralize | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
NGO | nongovernmental organization | |
NKPA | North Korean People’s Army | |
noncombatant evacuation operations | JP 1-02 | |
nongovernmental organization | (In FM 3-0, nongovernmental organizations include private voluntary organizations.) | JP 1-02 |
NTC | National Training Center | |
NVA | North Vietnamese Army | |
obj | objective (graphic) | |
*offensive information operations | (Army) | page 11-17 |
*offensive operations | ¶1-48 | |
OPCON | operational control | |
operation | JP 1-02 | |
*operational approach | ¶5-42 | |
operational art | JP 1-02 | |
operational control | JP 1-02 | |
*operational fires | ¶4-13 | |
*operational framework | ¶4-69 | |
operational level of war | JP 1-02 | |
*operational pause | ¶5-43 | |
*operational picture | ¶11-43 | |
*operational reach | ¶5-41 | |
operation plan | JP 1-02 | |
operations security | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
OPSEC | operations security | |
order of battle | JP 1-02 | |
overwatch | FM 1-02 | |
PAO | public affairs officer | |
peace building | JP 1-02 | |
peace enforcement operations | JP 1-02 | |
peacekeeping | JP 1-02 | |
peacemaking | JP 1-02 | |
peace operations | JP 1-02 | |
*peacetime military engagement | ¶9-5 | |
*penetration | (Army) | ¶7-37 |
PEO | peace enforcement operations | |
permissive environment | JP 1-02, see operational environment | |
*phase | ¶6-13 | |
PIR | priority intelligence requirements | |
PKO | peacekeeping operations | |
*planning | ¶6-3 | |
PME | peacetime military engagement | |
PO | peace operations | |
POD | port of debarkation | |
POLAD | political advisor | |
power projection | JP 1-02 | |
*preparation | ¶6-22 | |
preventive diplomacy | JP 1-02 | |
priority intelligence requirements | JP 1-02 | |
*protection | ¶4-20 | |
PSYOP | psychological operations | |
public affairs | JP 1-02 | |
pursuit | JP 1-02 | |
R | reinforcing | |
raid | JP 1-02 | |
RC | reserve components (the Army National Guard and US Army Reserve) | |
real-time | JP1-02 | |
*rear area | (Army) | ¶4-99 |
reconnaissance | JP 1-02 | |
reconstitution | FM 1-02 | |
redeployment | JP 1-02 | |
regeneration | FM 1-02 | |
*relevant information | ¶11-32 | |
reorganization | FM 1-02 | |
reserve | JP 1-02 | |
response force | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
retirement | JP 1-02 | |
*retrograde | (Army) | ¶8-22 |
*risk management | (Army) | ¶6-20 |
ROE | rules of engagement | |
ROK | Republic of Korea | |
RSO&I | reception, staging, onward movement, and integration | |
rules of engagement | JP 1-02 | |
SANG | Saudi Arabian National Guard | |
sea control operations | JP 1-02 | |
*search and attack | ¶7-50 | |
security assistance | JP 1-02 | |
security operations | FM 1-02 | |
*sequel | ¶6-18 | |
service component command | JP 1-02 | |
*shaping operations | ¶4-86 | |
show of force | JP 1-02 | |
*situational understanding | ¶11-46 | |
SJA | staff judge advocate | |
SMART | special medical augmentation response teams | |
SOF | special operations forces | |
SOP | standing operating procedure | |
*spoiling attack | (Army) | ¶7-60 |
spt | support (graphics) | |
SSC | smaller-scale contingency | |
*stability operations | ¶1-48 | |
staging area | JP 1-02 | |
standing operating procedure | JP 1-02 | |
Stat. | Statutes at Large | |
*strategy | (Army) | ¶2-4 |
strike | JP 1-02 | |
*striking force | page 8-5 | |
strong point | (Army) | FM 1-02 |
subunified command | JP 1-02, see subordinate unified command | |
*supporting distance | page 7-17 | |
*supporting range | page 7-17 | |
*support operations | ¶1-48 | |
surveillance | JP 1-02 | |
survivability | FM 1-02 | |
survivability operations | FM 1-02 | |
*sustaining operation | ¶4-90 | |
sustainment | JP 1-02 | |
*synchronization | ¶4-65 | |
T-72 | a Russian/Soviet-built main battle tank | |
TACON | tactical control | |
tactical assembly area | JP 1-02 | |
tactical combat force | JP 1-02 | |
tactical control | JP 1-02 | |
*tactical road march | ¶7-45 | |
*tactics | (Army) | ¶2-12 |
*task organization | ¶4-101 | |
*task organizing | ¶4-101 | |
TCF | tactical combat force | |
*tempo | ¶5-54 | |
TEP | theater engagement planning/plan | |
terrain management | FM 1-02 | |
terrorism | JP 1-02 | |
TF | task force | |
theater | JP 1-02 | |
theater of operations | JP 1-02 | |
theater of war | JP 1-02 | |
throughput | JP 1-02 | |
Title 10 responsibilities | responsibilities placed on the Army by Title 10, US Code | |
TPFDD | time-phased force and deployment data | |
TSC | theater support command | |
turn | FM 1-02 | |
*turning movement | (Army) | ¶7-35 |
UN | United Nations | |
uncertain environment | JP 1-02, see operational enviroment | |
unconventional warfare | JP 1-02 | |
unified action | JP 1-02 | |
unified command | JP 1-02 | |
*urban operations | ¶6-76 | |
URL | uniform resource locator | |
US | United States | |
USAMEDCOM | US Army Medical Command | |
USC | United States Code | |
USCENTCOM | US Central Command | |
USEUCOM | US European Command | |
USJFCOM | US Joint Forces Command | |
*versatility | ¶4-67 | |
warning order | JP 1-02 | |
weapons of mass destruction | JP 1-02 | |
withdrawal | JP 1-02 | |
WMD | weapons of mass destruction |