text: Military Terms
  transportation — A logistics function that includes movement control and associated activities to incorporate
  military, commercial, and multinational motor, rail, air, and water mode assets in the movement of units,
  personnel, equipment, and supplies in support the concept of operations. (FM 1-02.1)
  transportation feasibility — (DOD) A determination that the available lift capability exists to move forces,
  equipment, and supplies from the point of origin to the port of debarkation within the commander’s timeline.
  (JP 4-09)
  transportation movement release — A document that assigns a transportation capability to a movement
  requirement and provides the movement details. (ATP 4-16) Also called TMR.
  transportation priorities — (DOD) Indicators assigned to eligible traffic that establish its movement
  precedence. (JP 4-09)
  transportation system — (DOD) All the land, water, and air routes and transportation assets conducting
  movement of United States forces and their supplies during military operations. (JP 4-01)
  traveling — A movement technique used when speed is necessary and contact with enemy forces is not likely.
  (FM 3-90)
  traveling overwatch — A movement technique used when contact with enemy forces is possible. (FM 3-90)
  triage — The process of sorting casualties based on need for treatment, evacuation, and available resources.
  (FM 4-02)
  trigger line — A phase line located on identifiable terrain used to initiate and mass fires into an engagement
  area at a predetermined range. (FM 3-90)
  troop — A company-size unit in a cavalry organization. (ADP 3-90)
  troop leading procedures — A dynamic process used by small-unit leaders to analyze a mission, develop a
  plan, and prepare for an operation. (ADP 5-0)
  troop movement — The movement of Soldiers and units from one place to another by any available means.
  (FM 3-90)
  turn — 1. A tactical mission task in which a unit forces an enemy force from one avenue of approach or mobility
  corridor to another. 2. A tactical obstacle effect that integrates fire planning and obstacle effort to divert an
  enemy formation from one avenue of approach to an adjacent avenue of approach or into an engagement
  area. (FM 3-90)
  turning movement — (Army) A form of maneuver in which the attacking force seeks to avoid the enemy’s
  principal defensive positions by attacking to the rear of their current positions forcing them to move or divert
  forces to meet the threat. (FM 3-90)
  two-level maintenance — Tiered maintenance system comprised of field and sustainment maintenance. (FM 4-
  30)
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  U.S. military prisoner — A person sentenced to confinement or death during a court-martial and ordered into
  confinement by a competent authority, whether or not the convening authority has approved the sentence.
  (FM 3-39)
  unanticipated target — (DOD) A target of opportunity that was unknown or not expected to exist in the
  operational environment. (JP 3-60)
  unauthorized commitment — (DOD) An agreement that is not binding solely because the United States
  Government representative who made it lacked the authority to enter into that agreement on behalf of the
  United States Government. (JP 4-10)
  uncertain environment — (DOD) Operational environment in which host government forces, whether opposed
  to or receptive to operations that a unit intends to conduct, do not have totally effective control of the territory
  and population in the intended operational area. (JP 3-0)
  uncommitted force — A force that is not in contact with an enemy and is not already deployed on a specific
  mission or course of action. (ADP 3-90)
  unconventional assisted recovery — (DOD) Nonconventional assisted recovery conducted by special
  operations forces. (JP 3-50) Also called UAR.
  unconventional assisted recovery coordination cell — (DOD) A compartmented special operations forces
  cell, established to coordinate, synchronize, and deconflict nonconventional assisted recovery operations
  within the operational area assigned to the joint force commander. (JP 3-50) Also called UARCC.
  unconventional warfare — (DOD) Activities conducted to enable a resistance movement or insurgency to
  coerce, disrupt, or overthrow a government or occupying power by operating through or with an underground,
  auxiliary, and guerrilla force in a denied area. (JP 3-05) Also called UW.