text: Military Terms
  support bridging — A bridge used to establish semipermanent or permanent support to planned movements
  and road networks. (ATP 3-90.4)
  support by fire — A tactical mission task in which a in which a unit engages the enemy by direct fire in support
  of another maneuvering force. (FM 3-90)
  support by fire position — The general position from which a unit performs the tactical mission task of support
  by fire. (ADP 3-90)
  support operations — The staff function of planning, coordinating, and synchronizing sustainment in support of
  units conducting decisive action in an area of operations. (ATP 4-92)
  support to civil administration — Assistance given by United States armed forces to stabilize or enhance the
  operations of the governing body of a foreign country, by assisting an established or interim government. (FM
  3-57) Also called SCA.
  support to resistance — A United States Government policy option to support foreign resistance actors that
  offers an alternative to a direct U.S. military intervention or formal political engagement in a conflict. (ATP 3-
  18.1) Also called STR.
  supported commander — (DOD) In the context of joint planning, the commander who prepares operation plans
  or operation orders in response to requirements of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (JP 3-0)
  supported unit — (DOD) As related to contracted support, an organization that is the recipient, but not
  necessarily the requester, of contracted support. (JP 4-10)
  supporting arms coordination center — (DOD) A single location on board an amphibious warfare ship in
  which all communication facilities incident to the coordination of fire support of the artillery, air, and naval
  gunfire are centralized. (JP 3-09.3) Also called SACC.
  supporting commander — (DOD) 1. A commander who provides augmentation forces or other support to a
  supported commander or who develops a supporting plan. 2. In the context of a support command
  relationship, the commander who aids, protects, complements, or sustains another commander's force and
  who is responsible for providing the assistance required by the supported commander. (JP 3-0)
  supporting distance — The distance between two units that can be traveled in time for one to come to the aid
  of the other and prevent its defeat by an enemy or ensure it regains control of a civil situation. (ADP 3-0) See
  also supporting range.
  supporting effort — A designated subordinate unit with a mission that supports the success of the main effort.
  (ADP 3-0)
  supporting fire — (DOD) Fire delivered by supporting units to assist or protect a unit in combat. (JP 3-09)
  supporting plan — (DOD) An operation plan prepared by a supporting commander, a subordinate commander,
  or an agency to satisfy the requests or requirements of the supported commander's plan. (JP 5-0)
  supporting range — The distance one unit may be geographically separated from a second unit yet remain
  within the maximum range of the second unit’s weapons systems. (ADP 3-0) See also supporting distance.
  suppress — A tactical mission task in which a unit temporarily degrades a force or weapon system from
  accomplishing its mission. (FM 3-90)
  suppression — (DOD) Temporary or transient degradation by an opposing force of the performance of a
  weapons system below the level needed to fulfill its mission objectives. (JP 3-01) (Army) In the context of the
  computed effects of field artillery fires, renders a target ineffective for a short period of time producing at least
  3-percent casualties or materiel damage. (FM 3-09)
  suppression of enemy air defenses — (DOD) Activity that neutralizes, destroys, or temporarily degrades
  surface-based enemy air defenses by destructive and/or disruptive means. (JP 3-01) Also called SEAD.
  suppressive fire — Fires on or about a weapons system to degrade its performance below the level needed to
  fulfill its mission objectives during the conduct of the fires. (FM 3-09)
  surgical strike — The execution of capabilities in a precise manner that employ special operations forces in
  hostile, denied, or politically sensitive environments to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage
  designated targets, or influence threats. (ADP 3-05)
  surrogate — Someone who acts on behalf of another. A surrogate is an employee or subordinate that an
  employer commands and controls and for whose actions the employer bears some legal and moral
  responsibility. (ATP 3-18.1)
  surveillance — (DOD) The systematic observation of aerospace, cyberspace, surface, or subsurface areas,
  places, persons, or things by visual, aural, electronic, photographic, or other means. (JP 3-0)