text: Glossary
  operational control
  The authority to perform those functions of command over subordinate forces involving organizing
  and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative
  direction necessary to accomplish the mission. (JP 1)
  operational design
  The conception and construction of the framework that planning. (JP 5-0)
  operational framework
  A cognitive tool used to assist commanders and staffs in clearly visualizing and describing the
  application of combat power in time, space, purpose, and resources in the concept of operations.
  (ADP 1-01)
  operational level of warfare
  The level of warfare at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, and sustained
  to achieve strategic objectives within theaters or other operational areas (JP 3-0).
  operational reach
  The distance and duration across which a force can successfully employ military capabilities. (JP 3-0)
  organic
  Assigned to and forming an essential part of a military organization as listed in its table of organization
  for the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and are assigned to the operating forces for the Navy.
  (JP 1)
  phase
  (Army) A planning and execution tool used to divide an operation in duration or activity. (ADP 3-0)
  protection
  Preservation of the effectiveness and survivability of mission-related military and nonmilitary
  personnel, equipment, facilities, information, and infrastructure deployed or located within or outside
  the boundaries of a given operational area. (JP 3-0)
  protection warfighting function
  The related tasks and systems that preserve the force so the commander can apply maximum combat
  power to accomplish the mission. (ADP 3-0)
  shaping operation
  An operation at any echelon that creates and preserves conditions for success of the decisive operation
  through effects on the enemy, other actors, and the terrain. (ADP 3-0)
  situational understanding
  The product of applying analysis and judgment to relevant information to determine the relationships
  among the operational and mission variables. (ADP 6-0)
  strategic level of warfare
  The level of warfare at which a nation, often as a member of a group of nations, determines national or
  multinational (alliance or coalition) strategic security objectives and guidance, then develops and uses
  national resources to achieve those objectives (JP 3-0).
  support
  The action of a force that aids, protects, complements, or sustains another force in accordance with a
  directive requiring such action. (JP 1)
  support area
  The portion of the commander’s area of operations that is designated to facilitate the positioning,
  employment, and protection of base sustainment assets required to sustain, enable, and control
  operations. (ADP 3-0)