text: Glossary
  employment
  (DOD) The strategic, operational, or tactical use of forces. (JP 5-0)
  encirclement operations
  Operations where one force loses its freedom of maneuver because an opposing force is able to isolate
  it by controlling all ground lines of communication and reinforcement. (ADP 3-90)
  end state
  (DOD) The set of required conditions that defines achievement of the commander’s objectives.
  (JP3-0)
  enemy
  A party identified as hostile against which the use of force is authorized. (ADP 3-0)
  engagement area
  An area where the commander intends to contain and destroy an enemy force with the massed effects
  of all available weapons and supporting systems. (ADP 3-90)
  engagement criteria
  Protocols that specify those circumstances for initiating engement with an enemy force. (FM 3-90-1)
  engagement priority
  Specifies the order in which the unit engages enemy systems or functions. (FM 3-90-1)
  envelopment
  A form of maneuver in which an attacking force seeks to avoid the principal enemy defenses by
  seizing objectives behind those defenses that allow the targeted enemy force to be destroyed in their
  current positions. (FM 3-90-1)
  essential element of friendly information
  A critical aspect of a friendly operation that, if known by a threat would subsequently compromise,
  lead to failure, or limit success of the operation and therefore should be protected from enemy
  detection.(ADP 6-0)
  evaluating
  Using indicators to judge progress toward desired conditions and determining why the current degree
  of progress exists. (ADP 5-0)
  execution
  The act of putting a plan into action by applying combat power to accomplish the mission and
  adjusting operations based on changes in the situation. (ADP 5-0)
  execution matrix
  A visual representation of subordinate tasks in relationship to each other over time. (ADP5-0)
  exploitation
  (Army) A type of offensive operation that usually follows a successful attack and is designed to
  disorganize the enemy in depth. (ADP 3-90)
  feint
  (DOD) In military deception, an offensive action involving contact with the adversary conducted for
  the purpose of deceiving the adversary as to the location and/or time of the actual main offensive
  action. (JP 3-13.4)
  financial management
  (Army) The sustainment of the U.S. Army and its unified action partners through the execution of
  Fund the Force, Banking and Disbursing, Accounting Support and Cost Management, Pay Support and
  Management Internal Controls. (FM 1-06)