text: Glossary
  auxiliary
  In unconventional warfare, that element of the resistance force established to provide the
  organized civilian support of the resistance movement. (AR 310-25).
  avenue of approach
  An air or ground route of an attacking force of a given size leading to its objective or to key
  terrain in its path (JP 1-02).
  capacity building
  The process of creating an environment that fosters Host Nation institutional development,
  community participation, human resources development, and strengthening managerial
  systems (FM 3-07).
  center of gravity
  (Joint) The source of power that provides moral or physical strength, freedom of action,
  or will to act (JP 3-0).
  civil considerations
  How the manmade infrastructure, civilian institutions, and attitudes and activities of the
  civilian leaders, populations, organizations within an area of operations influence the conduct
  of military operations (FM 6-0). See also METT-TC.
  civil-military operations
  (FM 3-07) The activities of a commander that establish, maintain, influence, or exploit
  relations between military forces, governmental and nongovernmental civilian organizations
  and authorities, and the civilian populace in a friendly, neutral, or hostile operational area
  in order to facilitate military operations, to consolidate and achieve operational US objectives.
  Civil-military operations may include performance by military forces of activities
  and functions normally the responsibility of the local, regional, or national government. These
  activities may occur prior to, during, or subsequent to other military actions. They may also
  occur, if directed, in the absence of other military operations. Civil-military operations may
  be performed by designated civil affairs, by other military forces, or by a combination of civil
  affairs and other forces (JP 3-57).
  civil war
  A war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country.
  clear
  (Army) A tactical mission task that requires the commander to remove all enemy forces
  and eliminate organized resistance in an assigned area (FM 3-90).
  close air support
  (CAS) Air action by fixed—and rotary-wing aircraft against hostile targets that are in close
  proximity to friendly forces and which require detailed integration of each air mission with
  the fire and movement of those forces (DOD).
  close combat
  Combat carried out with direct-fire weapons, supported by indirect fires, air-delivered fires,
  and nonlethal engagement means. Close combat defeats or destroys enemy forces or seizes
  and retains ground (FM 3-0).
  coalition
  (Joint) An ad hoc arrangement between two or more nations for common action. (JP 5-0)
  collateral damage
  Unintended and undesirable civilian personnel injuries or material damage adjacent to a target
  produced by the effects of demolition weapons.