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WWW.SURVIVALEBOOKS.COMFM 100-5battle commandthe art of battle decision making, leading, and motivatingsoldiers and their organizations into action toaccomplish missions. Includes visualizing current stateand future state, then formulating concepts of operationsto get from one to the other at least cost. Alsoincludes assigning missions; prioritizing and allocatingresources; selecting the critical time and place toact; and knowing how and when to make adjustmentsduring the fight.battle damage assessmentthe process of determining the essential tacticalreconstitution requirements for an attrited unit; theprocess of determining the combat effectiveness of theenemy after engagement by friendly forcebattlefield frameworkan area of geographical and operational responsibilityestablished by the commander; it provides a wayto visualize how he will employ his forces; it helpshim relate his forces to one another and to the enemyin time, space, and purposebattlefield operating systemsthe major functions performed by the force on thebattlefield to successfully execute Army operations(battles and engagements) in order to accomplish militaryobjectives directed by the operational commander;they include maneuver, fire support, air defense, commandand control, intelligence, mobility and survivability,and combat service supportbattle spacecomponents determined by the maximum capabilitiesof a unit to acquire and dominate the enemy;includes areas beyond the AO; it varies over time accordingto how the commander positions his assets.BDAbattle damage assessmentBDARbattle damage assessment and repairBOSbattlefield operating systemsbrancha contingency plan (an option built into the basicplan) for changing the disposition, orientation, or directionof movement of the forceC2command and controlC3CMcommand, control, and communications countermeasuresC3Icommand, control, communications, and intelligenceC3ICcoalition, coordination communications, and integrationcenterCAcivil affairscampaigna series of related military operations designed toachieve one or more strategic objectives within a giventime and spaceCENTAGCentral Army Group (NATO)center of gravitythe hub of all power and movement upon whicheverything depends; that characteristic, capability, orlocation from which enemy and friendly forces derivetheir freedom of action, physical strength, or the willto fightCINCcommander-in-chiefCJCSChairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffCJTFcommander, joint task forceclose operationsoffensive or defensive operations where forces arein immediate contact with the enemycoalitionan ad hoc agreement between two or more nationsfor a common actionCOCOMcombatant commandcombat service supportthe focus of logistics at the tactical level of war;the synchronization of essential functions, activities,and tasks necessary to sustain soldiers and their weaponsystems in an area of operations; includes but is notlimited to that support rendered by service supporttroops to arm, fuel, fix, move, man, and sustain soldiersand their equipmentcombatant commandera commander of one of the unified or specifiedcommands established by the PresidentGlossary-1