text: Chapter 1
  ammunition transfer holding point — A designated site operated by a brigade support battalion distribution
  company where ammunition is received, transferred, or temporarily stored, or transferred to supported units
  within a functional or multifunctional brigade. (ATP 4-35) Also called ATHP.
  amphibious operation — (DOD) A military operation launched from the sea by an amphibious force to conduct
  landing force operations within the littorals. (JP 3-02) Also called PHIBOP.
  antiaccess — (DOD) Action, activity, or capability, usually long-range, designed to prevent an advancing enemy
  force from entering an operational area. (JP 3-0) Also called A2.
  anticipation — The ability to foresee events and requirements and initiate necessary actions that most
  appropriately satisfy a response without waiting for operation orders or fragmentary orders. (ADP 4-0)
  Antideficiency Act violations — (DOD) The incurring of obligations or the making of expenditure (outlays) in
  violation of appropriation law as to purpose, time, and amounts as specified in the defense appropriation or
  appropriations of funds. (JP 3-80)
  antiradiation missile — (DOD) A missile which homes passively on a radiation source. (JP 3-01) Also called
  ARM.
  antiterrorism — (DOD) Defensive measures used to reduce the vulnerability of individuals and property to
  terrorist acts, to include rapid containment by local military and civilian forces. (JP 3-26) Also called AT.
  apportionment — (DOD) The quantities of force capabilities and resources provided for planning purposes only,
  but not necessarily an identification of the actual forces that may be allocated for use when a plan transitions
  to execution. (JP 5-0)
  approach march — The advance of a combat unit when direct contact with the enemy is intended. (FM 3-90)
  area air defense commander — (DOD) The component commander with the preponderance of air defense
  capability and the required command, control, and communications capabilities who is assigned by the joint
  force commander to plan and execute integrated air defense operations. (JP 3-01) Also called AADC.
  area command — In unconventional warfare, the irregular organizational structure established within an
  unconventional warfare operational area to command and control irregular forces advised by Army Special
  Forces. (ATP 3-05.1)
  area complex — A clandestine, dispersed network of facilities to support resistance activities in a given area
  designed to achieve security, control, dispersion, and flexibility. (ATP 3-18.1)
  area damage control — (DOD) Measures taken before, during, and/or after a hostile action or natural or
  manmade disasters to reduce the probability of damage and minimize its effects. (JP 3-10) Also called ADC.
  area defense — A type of defensive operation that concentrates on denying enemy forces access to designated
  terrain for a specific time rather than destroying the enemy outright. (ADP 3-90)
  area denial — (DOD) Action, activity, or capability, usually short-range, designed to limit an enemy force’s
  freedom of action within an operational area. (JP 3-0) Also called AD.
  area of influence — (DOD) A geographical area wherein a commander is directly capable of influencing
  operations by maneuver or fire support systems normally under the commander's command or control. (JP 3-
  0)
  area of interest — (DOD) That area of concern to the commander, including the area of influence, areas
  adjacent thereto, and extending into enemy territory. (JP 3-0) Also called AOI.
  area of operations — (DOD) An operational area defined by the joint force commander for land and maritime
  forces that should be large enough to accomplish their missions and protect their forces. (JP 3-0) Also called
  AO.
  area of responsibility — (DOD) The geographical area associated with a combatant command within which a
  geographic combatant commander has authority to plan and conduct operations. (JP 1 Volume 1) Also called
  AOR.
  area reconnaissance — A form of reconnaissance operation that focuses on obtaining detailed information
  about the terrain or enemy activity within a prescribed area. (FM 3-90)
  area search — (DOD) Visual reconnaissance of limited or defined areas. (JP 3-50)
  area security — A type of security operation conducted to protect friendly forces, lines of communications
  installation routes, and actions within a specific area. (FM 3-90)
  area support — Method of logistics, medical support, and personnel services in which support relationships are
  determined by the location of the units requiring support. Sustainment units provide support to units located in
  or passing through their assigned areas. (ATP 4-90)