text: Glossary
  preparation
  Activities performed by units to improve their ability to execute an operation. Preparation
  includes, but is not limited to, plan refinement; rehearsals; intelligence, surveillance,
  and reconnaissance; coordination; inspections; and movement (FM 3-0).
  procedures
  Standard and detailed courses of action that describe how to perform a task.
  program (governmental planning)
  A program supports the plan and is a more detailed determination of specific objectives
  established in the plan.
  projects (governmental planning)
  Projects comprise the components of programs and are the specific actions and tasks to be
  accomplished.
  propaganda
  Any form of communication in support of national objectives designed to influence the
  opinions, emotions, attitudes, or behavior of any group in order to benefit the sponsor, either
  directly or indirectly (JP 1-02).
  psychological operations
  (PSYOP) Planned operations to convey selected information and indicators to foreign
  audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the
  behavior of foreign government, organizations, groups, and individuals. The purpose
  of psychological operations is to induce or reinforce foreign attitudes and behavior favorable
  to the originator’s objectives (JP 1-02).
  public affairs
  (PA) Those public information, command information, and community relations activities
  directed toward both the external and internal publics with interest in the Department
  of Defense (JP 1-02).
  pursuit
  An offensive operation designed to catch or cut off a hostile force attempting to escape, with
  the aim of destroying it (JP 1-02).
  quick reaction force
  (QRF) A designated organization for any immediate response requirement that occurs in a
  designated area of operation (FM 3-90.6).
  raid
  (Joint) An operation to temporarily seize an area in order to secure information, confuse an
  adversary, capture personnel or equipment, or to destroy a capability. It ends with a planned
  withdrawal upon completion of the assigned mission (JP 3-0) [Note: In this context,
  adversary also refers to enemies].
  rebellion
  Open, armed, and usually unsuccessful defiance of or resistance to an established
  government.
  regular forces
  Members of a nation’s armed forces, police, or other internal security forces.
  reintegration
  The process through which former combatants, belligerents, and dislocated civilians receive
  amnesty, reenter civil society, gain sustainable employment, and become contributing
  members of the local populace (FM 3-07).