text: Military Terms
  reattack recommendation — (DOD) An assessment, derived from the results of battle damage assessment
  and munitions effectiveness assessment, providing the commander systematic advice on reattack of a target.
  (JP 3-60) Also called RR.
  receiving yard — Yard where trains are cleared promptly on arrival to prevent main line congestion. (ATP 4-14)
  reception — (DOD) 1. All ground arrangements connected with the delivery and disposition of air or sea drops.
  3.The process of receiving, off-loading, marshalling, accounting for, and transporting of personnel, equipment,
  and materiel from the strategic and/or intratheater deployment phase to a sea, air, or surface transportation
  point of debarkation to the marshalling area. (JP 3-35)
  reconnaissance — (DOD) A mission undertaken to obtain information about the activities and resources of an
  enemy or adversary, or to secure data concerning the meteorological, hydrographic, geographic, or other
  characteristics of a particular area, by visual observation or other detection methods. (JP 2-0) Also called
  RECON.
  reconnaissance by fire — A technique in which a unit fires on a suspected enemy position. (FM 3-90)
  reconnaissance handover — The action that occurs between two elements in order to coordinate the transfer
  of information and/or responsibility for observation of potential threat contact, or the transfer of an assigned
  area from one element to another. (FM 3-98)
  reconnaissance handover line — A designated phase line on the ground where reconnaissance responsibility
  transitions from one element to another. (FM 3-98)
  reconnaissance in force — A form of reconnaissance operation designed to discover or test the enemy’s
  strength, dispositions, and reactions or to obtain other information. (FM 3-90)
  reconnaissance objective — The most important result desired from that specific reconnaissance effort. (FM 3-
  90)
  reconnaissance-pull — Reconnaissance that determines which routes are suitable for maneuver, where the
  enemy is strong and weak, and where gaps exist, thus pulling the main body toward and along the path of
  least resistance. (FM 3-90)
  reconnaissance-push — Reconnaissance that refines the common operational picture, enabling the
  commander to finalize the plan and support main and supporting efforts. (FM 3-90)
  reconstitution — (DOD) 2. Those actions, including regeneration and reorganization, commanders plan and
  implement to restore units to a desired level of combat effectiveness commensurate with mission requirements
  and available resources. (JP 3-02) (Army) Actions that commanders plan and implement to restore units to a
  desired level of combat effectiveness commensurate with mission requirements and available resources. (ATP
  3-94.4)
  recovered explosive ordnance — Devices that are retrieved in the operational environment, from field storage
  sites and licensed storage areas that contain explosives, propellants, pyrotechnics, initiating composition, or
  nuclear, biological or chemical material for use in operations, including demolitions which when salvaged have
  not been primed for use and may or may not be in their primary or logistic packaging. (FM 4-30)
  recovery — (DOD) 3. In personnel recovery, actions taken to physically gain custody of isolated personnel and
  return them to friendly control. (JP 3-50) 4. Actions taken to extricate damaged or disabled equipment for
  return to friendly control or repair at another location. (JP 3-34) See also evader, evasion.
  recovery area — A predetermined expanse of terrain of no standard dimension where isolated personnel and
  recovery forces can safely link-up if communications are degraded or immediate recovery efforts are not
  successful. (ATP 3-50.20)
  recovery operations — (DOD) Operations conducted to search for, locate, identify, recover, and return isolated
  personnel, human remains, sensitive equipment, or items critical to national security. (JP 3-50)
  recovery site — (DOD) In personnel recovery, an area from which isolated personnel can be recovered. (JP 3-
  50)
  recovery sites — Areas where human remains or other material evidence have been deposited, or are believed
  to have been deposited. (ATP 4-46)
  recovery vehicle — (DOD) In personnel recovery, the vehicle on which isolated personnel are boarded and
  transported from the recovery site. (JP 3-50)
  redeployment — (DOD) The transfer or rotation of forces and materiel to support another commander’s
  operational requirements, or to return personnel, equipment, and materiel to the home and/or demobilization
  stations for reintegration and/or out-processing. (JP 3-35) (Army) The transfer of forces and materiel to home
  and/or demobilization stations for reintegration or out-processing. (ATP 3-35)
  redistribution — The reassignment of unit personnel and equipment among other units within the command,
  either as individual replacements or as subunits. (ATP 3-94.4)