text: Chapter 1
  Military Terms
  This chapter presents military terms currently used in Army doctrine.
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  access control point — A corridor at the installation perimeter through which all vehicles and pedestrians must
  pass when entering or exiting the installation. (ATP 3-39.32)
  act of mercy — (DOD) In personnel recovery, assistance rendered to evaders by an individual or elements of
  the local population who sympathize or empathize with the evaders' cause or plight. See also evader,
  evasion, recovery, recovery operations. (JP 3-50)
  actions on contact — A process to help leaders understand what is happening and to take action. (FM 3-90)
  active — A descriptor that identifies an established kill box that has a fires and airspace status affecting aircraft
  and fires operating in the kill box. (ATP 3-09.34)
  active defense — (DOD) The employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks to deny a contested
  area or position to the enemy. (JP 3-60)
  administrative contracting officer — (DOD) Contracting officers whose primary duties involve contract
  administration. (JP 4-10) Also called ACO.
  administrative control — (DOD) Direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations in
  respect to administration and support. (JP 1 Volume 2) Also called ADCON.
  advance force operations — Operations conducted to refine the location of specific, identified targets and
  further develop the operational environment for near-term missions. (FM 1-02.1) Also called AFO.
  advanced operations base — A small, temporary base established near or within a joint operations area to
  command, control, and support special operations training or tactical operations. (ADP 3-05)
  advanced trauma management — Resuscitative and stabilizing medical or surgical treatment provided to
  patients to save life or limb and to prepare them for further evacuation without jeopardizing their well being or
  prolonging the state of their condition. (FM 4-02)
  adversary — (DOD) A party acknowledged as potentially hostile to a friendly party and against which the use of
  force may be envisaged. (JP 3-0)
  aerial delivery — The air transport of cargo, equipment and/or personnel to a desired location on the ground by
  aircraft. (ATP 4-48)
  aerial port — (DOD) An airfield that has been designated for the sustained air movement of personnel and
  materiel, as well as an authorized port for entrance into or departure from the country where located. (JP 3-36)
  Also called APORT. See also port of debarkation, port of embarkation.
  aeromedical evacuation — (DOD) The movement of patients under medical supervision to and between
  medical treatment facilities by air transportation. (JP 4-02) Also called AE.
  after action review — A guided analysis of an organization’s performance, conducted at appropriate times
  during and at the conclusion of a training event or operation with the objective of improving future
  performance. (FM 7-0) Also called AAR.
  agility — The ability to move forces and adjust their dispositions and activities more rapidly than the enemy. (FM
  3-0)
  aimpoint — (DOD) 1. A point associated with a target and assigned for a specific weapon impact. (JP 3-60)
  air and missile defense — (DOD) Direct [active and passive] defensive actions taken to destroy, nullify, or
  reduce the effectiveness of hostile air and ballistic missile threats against friendly forces and assets. (JP 3-01)
  Also called AMD.
  air apportionment — (DOD) The determination and assignment of the total expected effort by percentage
  and/or by priority that should be devoted to the various air operations for a given period of time. (JP 3-0)
  air assault — (DOD) 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) See also assault.
  air assault force — (DOD) A force composed primarily of ground and rotary-wing air units organized, equipped,
  and trained for air assault operations. (JP 3-18)