text: Glossary
  SECTION II-TERMS
  Air assault The movement of friendly assault forces by rotary-wing or tiltrotor aircraft to
  engage and destroy enemy forces or to seize and hold key terrain. (JP 3-18)
  *Air-ground The simultaneous or synchronized employment of ground forces with aviation
  operations maneuver and fires to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative. Also called AGO.
  Air movement Air transport of units, personnel, supplies, and equipment including airdrops
  and air landings. See also airdrop; airland. (JP 3-17)
  Area A form of reconnaissance that focuses on obtaining detailed information about
  reconnaissance the terrain or enemy activity within a prescribed area. (ADP 3-90)
  Army personnel The military efforts taken to prepare for and execute the recovery and
  recovery reintegration of isolated personnel. (FM 3-50)
  Consolidation The portion of the commander’s area of operations that is designated to
  area facilitate the security and stability tasks necessary for freedom of action in the
  close area and to support the continuous consolidation of gains. (ADP 3-0)
  Coordinating An airspace coordinating measure that uses altitude to separate users and as the
  altitude transition between different airspace control elements. Also called CA. (JP 3-
  52)
  Coordination A procedural method to separate fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft by determining
  level an altitude below which fixed-wing aircraft normally will not fly. Also called
  CL.(JP 3-52)
  Cover A security task to protect the main body by fighting to gain time while also
  observing and reporting information and preventing enemy ground observation
  of and direct fire against the main body. (ADP 3-90)
  Decisive The operation that directly accomplishes the mission. (ADP 3-0)
  operation
  Forward arming A temporary facility, organized, equipped, and deployed to provide fuel and
  and refueling ammunition necessary for the employment of aviation maneuver units in
  point combat. Also called FARP. (JP 3-09. 3)
  Guard A security task to protect the main force by fighting to gain time while also
  observing and reporting information and preventing enemy ground observation
  of and direct fire against the main body. Units conducting a guard mission
  cannot operate independently because they rely upon fires and functional and
  multifunctional support assets of the main body. (ADP 3-90)
  Hybrid threat The diverse and dynamic combination of regular forces, irregular forces,
  terrorist forces, or criminal elements unified to achieve mutually benefitting
  threat effects. (ADP 3-0)
  Information An activity that synchronizes and integrates the planning and employment of
  collection sensors and assets as well as the processing, exploitation, and dissemination
  systems in direct support of current and future operations. (FM 3-55)
  Information The aggregate of individuals, organizations, and systems that collect, process,
  environment disseminate, or act on information. (JP 3-13)
  Kill box A three-dimensional permissive fire support coordination measure with an
  associated airspace coordinating measure used to facilitate the integration of
  fires. (JP 3-09)
  Main command A facility containing the majority of the staff designed to control current
  post operations, conduct detailed analysis, and plan future operations. (FM 6-0).
  Main effort A designated subordinate unit whose mission at a given point in time is most
  critical to overall mission success. (ADP 3-0)