Operational Terms and Military Symbols, Adrp 1-02, 31 August 2012
Author | : Gen Raymond Odierno |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Pub |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2012-12-19 |
ISBN-10 | : 1481296272 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781481296274 |
Rating | : 4/5 (274 Downloads) |
Download or read book Operational Terms and Military Symbols, Adrp 1-02, 31 August 2012 written by Gen Raymond Odierno and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-12-19 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wounded Warrior Edition.$1 from the sale of every book will be donated to programs that directly support Wounded Warriors at Landstuhl Medical Center in Germany and Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.This is the newly revised ADRP 1-02, OPERATIONAL TERMS AND MILITARY SYMBOLS, August 31, 2012: Posted on November 29, 2012.Army Doctrine Reference Publication (ADRP) 1-02 contains a compilation of Army operational terms,definitions, abbreviations, and acronyms as reflected in the latest editions of Army doctrinal publications.These terms are commonly used for the conduct of operations. They normally are used in the body of an operation order or in the current operations cell of a command post during operations. These terms form the basis for the language of the land operations should be understood by all professionals. ADRP 1-02 also provides a single standard for developing and depicting hand-drawn and computergenerated military symbols for situation maps, overlays, and annotated aerial photographs for all types of military operations. It is the Army proponent publication for all military symbols and complies with Department of Defense (DOD) Military-Standard (MIL-STD) 2525C, Common Warfighting Symbology. When communicating instructions to subordinate units, commanders and staffs from company throughcorps level should use this publication as a dictionary of operational terms and military symbols. The symbology chapters of this publication focus primarily on land military symbols applicable to the Army. This publication does not include terms that are only used within a branch or functional area or that have limited or no use outside the branch or functional area. This publication incorporates selected joint operational terms and definitions frequently used in Army doctrinal publications. Refer to Joint Publication(JP) 1-02 for the most up-to-date definitions and for their proponent publications.The terminology section of this publication is a compilation of doctrinal definitions from officiallyapproved publications. Only one Army publication is cited as the proponent for each Army definition.ADRP 1-02 includes only Army doctrinally-based operational military symbols with common cross-branch usage, as required for the conduct of operations. A terminology and symbology database is being developed to compliment this publication and should be operational by 2013. The database will be available on anofficial Department of Defense Web site sponsored by the Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate. It will include Army doctrinal terms, including terms specific to branches or functional areas. In addition, it will include all military symbols in MIL-STD-2525C, including the air, land, maritime, space, activities controlmeasure, and meteorological symbols.