ATP-5-0-2-1 Staff Reference Guide Volume 1 Download
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Glossary 392 ATP 5-0.2-1 07 December 2020 short ton Equivalent of 2,000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) of weight. (ATP 4-35) simplicity Relates to processes and procedures to minimize the complexity of sustainment. (ADP 4-0) situation template A depiction of assumed adversary dispositions, based on that adversary's preferred method of operations and the impact of the operational environment if the adversary should adopt a particular course of action. (JP 2-01.3) situational understanding The product of applying analysis and judgment to relevant information to determine the relationships among the operational and mission variables (ADP 5-0). special reconnaissance Reconnaissance and surveillance actions conducted as a special operation in hostile, denied, or diplomatically and/or politically sensitive environments to collect or verify information of strategic or operational significance, employing military capabilities not normally found in conventional forces. Also called SR. (JP 3-05) specified task A task specifically assigned to a unit by its higher headquarters. (FM 6-0) stability operation An operation conducted outside the United States in coordination with other instruments of national power to establish or maintain a secure environment and provide essential governmental services, emergency infrastructure reconstruction, and humanitarian relief. (ADP 3-0) stability mechanism The primary method through which friendly forces affect civilians in order to attain conditions that support establishing a lasting, stable peace. (ADP 3-0) support area The portion of the commander's area of operations that is designated to facilitate the positioning, employment, and protection of base sustainment assets required to sustain, enable, and control operations. (ADP 3-0) support by fire A tactical mission task in which a maneuver force moves to a position where it can engage the enemy by direct fire in support of another maneuvering force. (FM 3-90-1) suppress A tactical mission task that results in the temporary degradation of the performance of a force or weapon system below the level needed to accomplish its mission. (FM 3-90-1) surveillance 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) survivability All aspects of protecting personnel, weapons, and supplies while simultaneously deceiving the enemy. (JP 3-34) sustainment maintenance Off-system component repair and/or end item repair and return to the supply system or by exception to the owning unit, performed by national level maintenance providers. (FM 4-30)