FM 6-20-10: Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for The Targeting Process
GLOSSARY
A
A2C2 Army airspace command and control
AA assembly area
AAGS Army air-ground system
AAW anti-air warfare
AAWC anti-air warfare commander
AAWS anti-air warfare system, anti-air warfare section
ABCCC airborne battlefield command & control center
ACA airspace coordination authority, airspace coordination area
ACB air campaign branch
ACC air combat command
ACCI Air Combat Command Instructions
ACE analysis and control element, aviation control element, aviation combat element (USMC)
ACM airspace control measures
ACO airspace control order
ACR armored cavalry regiment
ACUS Army common user system
ADA air defense artillery
ADAM area denial artillery munitions
A/DFSCOORD assistant division fire support coordinator
adj adjacent
ADO air defense officer
ADOCS automated deep operations coordination system
ADP automatic data processing
AFATDS advanced field artillery tactical data system
AFFOR Air Force forces
AFP Air Force Pamphlet
AFSOC Air Force special operations command
AFSOF Air Force special operating forces
AFIWC Air Force information warfare center
AGM attack guidance matrix
AHB attack helicopter battalion
AI air interdiction
AIRSUPREQ air support request
ALLC air lift coordination call
ALLOREQ allocation/request
ALO air liaison officer
alt alternate
AMC air mobility command
AME air mobility element
AMLS air space management liaison section
ammo ammunition
ANGLICO air and naval gunfire liaison company
ANGPLT air naval gunfire platoon
AO area of operations
AOA amphibious objective area, air officer
AOC air operations center
AOR area of responsibility
AP armor piercing
APAM antipersonnel and antimaterial
APERS antipersonnel
AR armor
AREC air resource element coordinator
ARFOR Army forces
ARG amphibious ready group
ARLO air reconnaissance liaison officer
ARSOF Army special operating forces
arty artillery
ASAS all-source analysis system
ASC(A) air support control (airborne)
ASCS air support control section
ASM airspace management
ASOC air support operations center
ASPS all-source production section
ASUWC antisurface warfare commander
ASWC antisubmarine warfare commmand
ATACC advanced tactical air control center
ATACMS Army tactical missile system
ATACS amphibious tactical air control system
ATCS air traffic control section
ATF amphibious task force
ATGM antitank guided missile
atk hel attack helicopter
ATMDE Army theater ballistic missile defense element
ATO air tasking order
ATOB air tasking order branch
avn aviation
AWACS airborne warning and control system
B
BCE battlefield coordination element
BD base detonating
BDA battle damage assessment
bde brigade
bldg building
BLT battalion landing team
bn battalion
BOS battlefield operating system
BP baffle position
C
C2 command and control
C2W command and control warfare
C2WC command and control warfare commander
C3CM command, control, and communication countermeasures
C3 command, control, and communication
C4I command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence
CA combat assessment, counterair, civil affairs
C/A corps artillery
CAS close air support
CATF commander amphibious task force
cav cavalry
C/B counterbattery
CBR counterbattery radar
CBU cluster bomb unit
CCIR commander's critical information requirements
C-CS communications-computer systems
CCT combat control team
CE command element
CFL coordinated fire line
CG guided missile cruiser
CGS common ground station
ChemO chemical officer
CI counterintelligence
CIA counterintelligence agency
CID combat intelligence division
CINC commander in chief
CIO Central Imagery Office
CLF commander landing force
cml chemical
CMO collections management officer, civil-military operations
CMR countermortar radar
COA course of action
COC current operations cell
COD combat operations division
COLT combat observation/lasing team
COMAFFOR commander air forces
COMCARGRU commander carrier group
COMINT communications intelligence
COMSEC communications security
COP combat observation post
COS current operations section
CP command post, concrete-piercing
CPD combat plans division
Cphd Copperhead
CRC control and reporting center
CRE control and reporting element
CS combat support
CSR controlled supply rate
CSS combat service support
CSSC combat service support center
CSSE combat service support element
CT counter terrorism
CTAD corps target acquisition detachment
CTAPS contingency tactical air control system (TACS) automated processing system
CTF commander task force
CTT commanders tactical terminal
CUCV commercial utility cargo vehicle
CV aircraft carrier
CVW carrier air wing
CWC composite warfare command, composite warfare commander
D
DA direct action
D/A division artillery
DAG division artillery group
DAS deep air support
DASC direct air support center
DCI director of combat intelligence
D/CJTF deputy commander joint task force
DCO director of combat operations
DD destroyer
DDG guided missile destroyer
DF direction finding
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
div division
div arty division artillery
DIA Defense Intelligence Agency
DIRMOBFOR director of mobility forces
DMA Defense Mapping Agency
DO deputy of operations
DOB defensive operations center
DOCC deep operations coordination center
DP decision point
DPICM dual-purpose improved conventional munitions
DS direct support
DSM delivery standards matrix
DSP defense support program
DST decision support template
DTG date-time group
DZ drop zone
E
EA electronic attack, engagement area
EAC echelons above corps
EAD echelons above division
EC electronic combat
ech echelon
ECM electronic countermeasures
ECOA enemy courses of action
EEFI essential elements of friendly information
EFVS electronic fighting vehicle system
eff rpts effective reports
ELINT electronic intelligence
engr engineer
ENSCD enemy situation and correlation division
EP electronic protection
EPB electronic preparation of the battlefield
EPDS electronic processing and dissemination system
EPW enemy prisoner of war
ERP effective radiated power
ETUT enhanced tactical user terminal
ES electronic warfare support
ESM electronic warfare support measure
EW electronic warfare
EW/C early warning/control
EWO electronic warfare officer
EWSO electronic warfare staff officer
F
FA field artillery
FAAD forward area air defense
FAE fuel-air explosives
FAC forward air controller
FAC(A) forward air controller (airborne)
FAIO field artillery intelligence officer
FARP forward arming and refueling point
FASCAM family of scatterable mines
FCE fire control element
FCT firepower control team
FDC fire direction center
FEBA forward edge of the battle area
FFA free-fire area
FFC force fires coordination
FFCC force fire coordination center
FID foreign internal defense
FIST fire support team
FLIR forward-looking infrared
FLO fighter liaison officer
FLOT forward line of own troops
FM field manual, frequency modulated
FO forward Observer
FOB forward operational base
FORSCOM forces command
FOS future operations section
FOTC force-over-the-horizon coordinator
FPF final protective fires
FRAGO fragmentary order
FS fire support
FSC fire support coordinator (Marine)
FSCC fire support coordination center (Marine)
FSCOORD fire support coordinator
FSCL fire support coordination line
FSCM fire support coordinating measure
FSE fire support element
FSEM fire support execution matrix
FSMAA fire support mission area analysis
FSO fire support officer
FSSG force service support group
fwd forward
FY fiscal year
G
GAT guidance, apportionment, and targeting (meetings)
GCE ground combat element
GCS Guardrail common sensor
GK Gauss Kruger
GLO ground liaison officer
GP general purpose
GPS global positioning system
GRCS Guardrail common sensor
GS general support
GSM ground station module
GSR general support reinforcing
G/VLLD ground/vehicular laser locator designator
H
HC hexachloroethane (smoke)
HCS helicopter coordination section
HDC helicopter direction center
HE high explosive
HEAT high-explosive antitank
hel helicopter
HEP high-explosive plastic
HES high-explosive spotting
HF high frequency
HIMAD high to medium air defense
HN host nation
HPT high-payoff targets
HPTL high-payoff target list
HQ headquarters
HQDA Headquarters Department of the Army
HUMINT human intelligence
HUMMWV high-mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle
HVT high-value target
I
IAW in accordance with
ICM improved conventional munitions
ID identification, infantry division
IEW intelligence and electronic warfare
IEWSO intelligence and electronic warfare support officer
IGRV Improved Guardrail V
illum illumination
ILO in lieu of
IMINT imagery intelligence
IN infantry (table)
inf infantry
INFLTREP in flight report
INTEL EST intelligence estimate
IPB intelligence preparation of the battlefield
IPDS imagery processing and dissemination system
IR information requirements
ISM intelligence synchronization matrix
J
JAAT joint air attack team
JAOC joint air operations center
JFACC joint force air component commander
JFC joint force commander
JFFC joint force fires coordinator
JFLCC joint force land component commander
JFMCC joint force Marine component commander
JFSOC joint force special operations component
JFSOCC joint time special operations component commander
JIC joint intelligence center
JIPTL joint integrated prioritized target list
JMCC joint movement control center
JOC joint operations center
joint ATO joint air tasking order
JPTL joint prioritized target list
J-SEAD joint suppression of enemy air defenses
JSOTF joint special operations task force
JSOA joint special operations area
JSRC joint search and rescue center
JSTARS joint surveillance and target attack radar system
JTAGS joint tactical ground system
JTCB joint targeting coordination board
JTF joint task force
JTSG joint targeting steering group
K
km kilometer
L
LAAD low-altitude air defense
LAAM light antiaircraft missile
LAN local area network
LC line of contact
LCC land component commander
LD line of departure
LF landing force
LLTR low-level transit routes
LPA long periodic antenna
LRC logistics readiness center
LRP limited response package
LRS long-range surveillance
LRSD long-range surveillance detachment
LRSU long-range surveillance units
LO liaison officer
LOC lines of communication
LZ landing zone
M
m meter
MACCS Marine air command and control system
MAGTF Marine air-ground task force
MAP master attack plan
MARFOR Marine forces
MARLO Marine liaison officer
MATCD Marine air traffic control detachments
MCA movements control agency
MCC Marine component commander
MCOO modified combined obstacles overlay
MCS maneuver control system
MDCI multi-disciplined counter intelligence
MEA munitions effects assessment
mech mechanized
MEF Marine expeditionary force
METL mission-essential task list
METT-T mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time available
MEU Marine expeditionary unit
MI military intelligence
MITT mobile integrated tactical terminal
MLE Marine liaison element
MLRS multiple launch rocket system
mm millimeter
mnvr maneuver
mort mortar
MOS military occupational speciality
MP military police
MPRDFS manportable radio direction-finding system
MPS maritime pre-positioned squadron
MRD motorized rifle division
MRL multiple rocket launcher
MRR motorized rifle regiment
MS maritime support
MSE mobile subscriber equipment
MSSG MEU service support group
MT mechanical time
MTI moving target indicator
MTOE modification tables of organization and equipment
MTSQ mechanical time superquick (fuze)
mtze motorized
N
NAF numbered air force
NAI named area of interest
NALE naval liaison element
NAVAID navigation aid
NAVFOR Navy forces
NAVSOF naval special operating forces
NBC nuclear, chemical, biological
NCA National Command Authority
NEF naval expeditionary force
NFA no-fire area
NGF naval gunfire
NGLO naval gunfire liaison officer
NLO naval liaison officer
NMJIC National Military Joint Intelligence Center
NSA National Security Agency
NTACS Navy tactical air control system
NTCS-T naval tactical command system afloat
NUKE nuclear
O
OAS offensive air support
OB order of battle
ODS Operation Desert Storm
OIC officer in charge
0/0 on order
OOB offensive operations branch
OOTW operations other than war
OP observation post
OPCON operational control
OPLAN operation plan
OPORD operation order
ops operations
OPSEC operations security
OPTASKLINK operational tasking data link
OPTEMPO operating tempo
OTC officer in tactical command
P
PD point-detonating
PDG People's Democratic Group
PIR priority intelligence requirements
pi reps pilot reports
PL phase line
PME prime mission equipment
POF priority of fires
POL petroleum, oils, and lubricants
prep preparation
pri tgt priority target
PSS plans and support section
PSYOP psychological operations
pub publication
PZ pickup zone
Q
QRP quick response package
R
R reinforcing
RAAMS remote antiarmor mine system
RAG regimental artillery group
RAP rocket-assisted projectile
RCC rescue coordination center
RDF radio direction finder
RDO radar deployment order
REC radio-electronic combat
RECCE reconnaissance exploitation
recon reconnaissance
regt CP regimental command post
REMBASS remotely monitored battlefield sensor system
RFA restrictive fire area
RFL restrictive fire lines
RISTA reconnaissance, intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition
ROE rules of engagement
ROZ restricted operations zone
RSR required supply rate
RSTA reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition
RVT remote video terminal
S
SA strategic attack
SAC supporting arms commander
SACC supporting arms coordination center
SALT supporting arms liaison team
SAM surface-to-air missile
SAR side-looking aperture radar
SEAD suppression of enemy air defenses
SEAL sea-air-land team
SEWC space and electronic warfare center
SF special forces
SHORAD short-range air defense
sig signal
SIGINT signals intelligence
SIR specific information requirements
SRIG surveillance, reconnaissance, and intelligence group
SITMAP situation map
SJA staff judge advocate
SLAR side-looking airborne radar
SLO special operations liaison officer
SOA special operations aviation
SOC special operations command, special operations capable
SOCA submarine operations coordinating agency
SOCCE special operations command and control element
SOCOORD special operations coordinator
SOF special operations force
SOLE special operations liaison element
SOP standing operating procedure
SOR specific orders and requests
SORTIEALOT sortie allotment
SP self-propelled
spot reps spot reports
sqdn squadron
SR special reconnaissance
SRBM short-range ballistic missile
SSM surface-to-surface missile
STACCS Standard Theater Army Command and Control System
SWC strike warfare commander
SWO staff weather officer
SYSAD system administration brand
SYSCON systems control center
T
TA target acquisition
TAA tactical assembly area
TAC tactical air controller
tac tactical
TAC(A) tactical air controller (airborne)
TACC tactical air command center (USMC), tactical air control center (Navy)
TACFIRE tactical fire direction system
TACON tactical control
TACOPDAT tactical operations data
TACP tactical air control party
TACS tactical air control system
TADC tactical air direction center
TADIL tactical digital information links
TAGS theater air-ground system
TAI target area of interest
TALCE tactical airlift control element
TAO tactical air officer
TAOC tactical air operations center
TAR tactical air reconnaissance
TARBULS target bulletins
TBD to be determined
TBM tactical ballistic missile
TCE technical control element
TCF tactical combat force
TEB tactical exploitation battalion
TF task force
TGO terminal guidance operations
TgtIntelO targeting intelligence officer
THMT tactical high-mobility terminal
TIC target information center
TIO target information officer
TIS target information section
TLAMS tactical land attack system
TLE target location error
TMD theater missile defense
TMDA targeting management and development application
TNL target nomination list
TOC tactical operations center
TOT time on target
TPFDD time-phased force deployment data
TPL time-phase line
TRAC tactical radar collator
TRACE total risk assessment cost estimate
TRP theater response package
TSM targeting synchronization matrix
TSS target selection standards
TTP tactics, techniques, and procedures
TVA target value analysis
U
UAV unmanned aerial vehicle
UBL unit basic load
UHF ultrahigh frequency
US United States
USAFAS United States Army Field Artillery School
UW unconventional warfare
V
VHF very high frequency
VT variable time
VTOL vertical takeoff and landing
W
WARNORD warning order
WGS World Geodetic System
WLR weapons-locating radar
WP white phosphorus
wo without
WOC wing operations center
WSB weather support branch
X
XO executive officer
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