text: Chapter 1
  foreign disaster relief — (DOD) Assistance that can be used immediately to alleviate the suffering of foreign
  disaster victims that normally includes services and commodities, as well as the rescue and evacuation of
  victims; the provision and transportation of food, water, clothing, medicines, beds, bedding, and temporary
  shelter; the furnishing of medical equipment and medical and technical personnel; and making repairs to
  essential services. (JP 3-29)
  foreign humanitarian assistance — (DOD) Department of Defense activities conducted outside the United
  States and its territories to directly relieve or reduce human suffering, disease, hunger, or privation. (JP 3-29)
  Also called FHA.
  foreign instrumentation signals intelligence — (DOD) A subcategory of signals intelligence consisting of
  technical information and intelligence derived from the intercept of foreign electromagnetic emissions
  associated with the testing and operational deployment of non-United States aerospace, surface, and
  subsurface systems. (JP 2-0) Also called FISINT.
  foreign internal defense — (DOD) Participation by civilian agencies and military forces of a government or
  international organizations in any of the programs and activities undertaken by a host nation government to
  free and protect its society from subversion, lawlessness, insurgency, terrorism, and other threats to its
  security. (JP 3-22) Also called FID.
  foreign military sales — (DOD) That portion of United States security assistance for sales programs that
  require agreements/contracts between the United States Government and an authorized recipient government
  or international organization for defense articles and services to be provided to the recipient for current stocks
  or new procurements under Department of Defense-managed contracts, regardless of the source of financing.
  (JP 3-20) Also called FMS.
  forensic-enabled intelligence — (DOD) The intelligence resulting from the integration of scientifically examined
  materials and other information to establish full characterization, attribution, and the linkage of events,
  locations, items, signatures, nefarious intent, and persons of interest. (JP 2-0) Also called FEI.
  forms of maneuver — Distinct tactical combinations of fire and movement with a unique set of doctrinal
  characteristics that differ primarily in the relationship between the maneuvering force and the enemy. (ADP 3-
  90)
  forward air controller — (DOD) An officer (aviator/pilot) member of the tactical air control party who, from a
  forward ground or airborne position, controls aircraft in close air support of ground troops. (JP 3-09.3) Also
  called FAC. See also close air support.
  forward air controller (airborne) — (DOD) A specifically trained and qualified aviation officer, normally an
  airborne extension of the tactical air control party, who exercises control from the air of aircraft engaged in
  close air support of ground troops. (JP 3-09.3) Also called FAC(A).
  forward arming and refueling point — (DOD) A temporary facility, organized, equipped, and deployed, to
  provide fuel and ammunition necessary for the employment of aviation maneuver units in combat. (JP 3-09.3)
  Also called FARP.
  forward boundary — A boundary that delineates the forward edge of a unit’s area of operation. (FM 3-90)
  forward contracting element — The support element of an employed contracting battalion consisting of two or
  more contracting specialists from its contracting detachment that provides contracting support to units within
  an affected area of operations per mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time
  available, civil considerations. (ATP 4-71) Also called FCE.
  forward edge of the battle area — (DOD) The foremost limits of a series of areas in which ground combat units
  are deployed to coordinate fire support, The positioning of forces, or the maneuver of units, excluding areas in
  which covering or screening forces are operating. (JP 3-09.3) Also called FEBA.
  forward line of own troops — (DOD) A line that indicates the most forward positions of friendly forces in any
  kind of military operation at a specific time. (JP 3-03) Also called FLOT.
  forward logistics element — Comprised of task-organized multifunctional logistics assets designed to support
  fast-moving offensive operations in the early phases of decisive action. (ATP 4-90) Also called FLE.
  forward observer — (DOD) An individual operating with front line troops trained to adjust ground or naval
  gunfire and pass back battlefield information. (JP 3-09) Also called FO.
  forward operating base — (DOD) An airfield used to support tactical operations without establishing full support
  facilities. (JP 3-09.3) Also called FOB.
  forward operating site — (DOD) A scalable location outside the United States and its territories intended for
  rotational use by operating forces. (JP 4-04) Also called FOS.
  forward passage of lines — Occurs when a unit passes through another unit’s positions while moving toward
  the enemy. (ADP 3-90)