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Glossary 1 September 2016 ATP 3-94.2 Glossary-3 operations process The major mission command activities performed during operations: planning, preparing, executing and continuously assessing the operation. (ADRP 5-0) planning horizon A point in time commanders use to focus the organization’s planning efforts to shape furture events. (ADRP 5-0) protection Preservation of the effectiveness and survivability of mission-related military and nonmmilitary personnel, equipment, facilities, information, and infrastructure deployed or located within or outside the boundaries of a given operational area. (JP 3-0) raid An operation to temporarily seize an area in order to secure information, confuse and adversary, capture personnel or equipment, or to destroy a capabilitiy culminating with a planned withdrawal. (JP 3-0) reconnaissance in force A deliberate combat operation designed to discover or test the enemy’s strength, dispositions, and reactions or to obtain other information. (ADRP 3-90) risk management The process of identifying, assessing, and controlling risks arising from operational factors and making decisions that balace risk cost with mission benefits. Also called RM. (JP 3-0) running estimate The continuous assessment of the current situation used to determine if the current operation is proceeding according to the commander’s intent and if planned future operations are supportable. (ADP 5-0) security operations Those operations undertaken by a commander to provide early and accurate warning of enemy operations, to provide the force being protected with time and maneuver space within which to react to the enemy, and to develop the situation to allow the commander to effectively use the protected force. (ADRP 3-90) situational understanding The product of applying analysis and judgment to relevant information to determine the relationshop among the operation and mission variables to facilitate decision-making. (ADP 5-0) supporting effort A designated subordinat unit with a mission that supports the success of the main effort. (ADRP 3-0) target development The systematic examination of potential target systems—and their components, individual targets, and even elements of targets—to determine the necessary type and duration of the action that must be exerted on each target to create an effect that is consistent with the commander’s specitice objectives. (JP 3-60). targeting The process of selecting and prioritizing targets and matching the appropriate response to them, considering operational requirements and capabilities. (JP 3-0)