text: Glossary
  peace operations
  Multiagency and multinational crisis response and limited contingency operations involving all
  instruments of national power with military missions to contain conflict, redress the peace, and shape
  the environment to support reconciliation and rebuilding and facilitate the transition to legitimate
  governance. (JP 3-07.3)
  *physical dimension
  The material characteristics and capabilities, both natural and manufactured, within an operational
  environment.
  principle
  A comprehensive and fundamental rule or an assumption of central importance that guides how an
  organization approaches and thinks about the conduct of operations. (ADP 1-01)
  priority intelligence requirement
  The intelligence component of commander’s critical information requirements used to focus the
  employment of limited intelligence assets and resources against competing demands for intelligence
  support. (JP 2-0)
  *protection warfighting function
  The related tasks, systems, and methods that prevent or mitigate detection, threat effects, and hazards
  to preserve combat power and enable freedom of action.
  pursuit
  A type of offensive operation designed to catch or cut off a hostile force attempting to escape, with the
  aim of destroying it. (ADP 3-90)
  *rear operations
  Tactical actions behind major subordinate maneuver forces that facilitate movement, extend
  operational reach, and maintain desired tempo.
  rearward passage of lines
  Occurs when a unit passes through another unit’s positions while moving away from the enemy.
  (ADP 3-90)
  reception
  The process of receiving, offloading, 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
  A mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other detection methods, information about
  the activities and resources of an enemy or adversary, or to secure data concerning the meteorological,
  hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area. (JP 2-0)
  reconnaissance in force
  A type of reconnaissance operation designed to discover or test the enemy’s strength, dispositions, and
  reactions or to obtain other information. (ADP 3-90)
  reconstitution
  (Army) An operation 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)
  redeployment
  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)
  *reinforcing
  A support relationship requiring a force to support another supporting unit.