text: Glossary
  logistics
  (Army) Planning and executing the movement and support of forces. It includes those aspects of
  military operations that deal with: design and development, acquisition, storage, movement,
  distribution, maintenance, evacuation, and disposition of materiel; acquisition or construction,
  maintenance, operation, and disposition of facilities; and acquisition or furnishing of services.
  (ADP4-0)
  main battle area
  The area where the commander intends to deploy the bulk of the unit’s combat power and conduct
  decisive operations to defeat an attacking enemy. (ADP 3-90)
  main command post
  A facility containing the majority of the staff designed to control current 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)
  maneuver
  (Army) Movement in conjunction with fires. (ADP 3-0)
  massed fire
  (DOD) Fire from a number of weapons directed at a single point or small area. (JP 3-02)
  measure of effectiveness
  (DOD) An indicator used to measure a current system state, with change indicated by comparing
  multiple observations over time. (JP 5-0)
  measure of performance
  (DOD) An indicator used to measure a friendly action that is tied to measuring task accomplishment.
  (JP 5-0)
  meeting engagement
  A combat action that occurs when a moving force, incompletely deployed for battle, engages an enemy
  at an unexpected time and place. (ADP 3-90)
  military decision-making process
  An iterative planning methodology to understand the situation and mission,develop a course of action,
  and produce an operation plan or order. (ADP 5-0)
  mission
  (DOD) The task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason
  therefore. (JP 3-0)
  mission command
  (Army) The Army’s approach tocommand and control that empowers subordinate decisionmaking
  and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation. (ADP 6-0)
  mission orders
  Directives that emphasize to subordinates the results to be attained, not how they are to achieve them.
  (ADP 6-0)
  mission statement
  (DOD) A short sentence or paragraph that describes the organization’s essential task(s), purpose, and
  action containing the elements of who, what, when, where, and why. (JP 5-0)
  mission variables
  Categories of specific information needed to conduct operations. (ADP 1-01)