Glossary
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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- Follow this path to access JP 1-02 on the Joint Electronic Library CD-ROM: Mainmenu>Joint Electronic Library>DOD Dictionary.
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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 | |
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