ADRP1-02

Chapter 1
ARFOR – The Army component and senior Army headquarters of all Army forces assigned or attached to a
combatant command, subordinate joint force command, joint functional command, or multinational
command. (FM 3-94)
Army Civilian Corps – A community within the Army Profession composed of civilians serving in the
Department of the Army. (ADRP 1)
Army core competencies – The Army’s essential and enduring capabilities that define the Army’s fundamental
contributions to the Nation’s security. (ADP 1-01)
Army design methodology – A methodology for applying critical and creative thinking to understand, visualize,
and describe unfamiliar problems and approaches to solving them. (ADP 5-0)
Army doctrine – Fundamental principles, with supporting tactics, techniques, procedures, and terms and
symbols, used for the conduct of operations and which the operating force, and elements of the institutional
Army that directly support operations, guide their actions in support of national objectives. It is authoritative
but requires judgment in application. (ADP 1-01)
Army ethic – The evolving set of laws, values, and beliefs, embedded within the Army culture of trust that
motivates and guides the conduct of the Army professionals bound together in common moral purpose.
(ADRP 1)
Army Health System – A component of the Military Health System that is responsible for operational
management of the health service support and force health protection missions for training, predeployment,
deployment, and postdeployment operations. Army Health System includes all mission support services
performed, provided, or arranged by the Army Medical Department to support health service support and
force health protection mission requirements for the Army and as directed, for joint, intergovernmental
agencies, coalition, and multinational forces. (FM 4-02)
Army leader – Anyone who by virtue of assumed role or assigned responsibility inspires and influences people
to accomplish organizational goals. Army leaders motivate people both inside and outside the chain of
command to pursue actions, focus thinking, and shape decisions for the greater good of the organization.
(ADP 6-22)
Army personnel recovery – The military efforts taken to prepare for and execute the recovery and reintegration
of isolated personnel. (FM 3-50)
Army Profession – A unique vocation of experts certified in the ethical design, generation, support, and
application of landpower, serving under civilian authority and entrusted to defend the Constitution and the
rights and interests of the American people. (ADRP 1)
Army professional – A Soldier or Army Civilian who meets the Army Profession’s certification criteria in
character, competence, and commitment. (ADRP 1)
Army requirements review board – The Army force commander's established board to review, validate,
approve, and prioritize selected contract support requests. Also called ARRB. (ATP 4-92)
Army Service component command – (DOD) Command responsible for recommendations to the joint force
commander on the allocation and employment of Army forces within a combatant command. Also called
ASCC. (JP 3-31) See FM 3-94.
Army special operations aviation – Designated Active Component forces and units organized, trained, and
equipped specifically to conduct air mobility, close combat attack, and other special air operations.
(ADRP 3-05)
Army special operations forces – (DOD) Those Active and Reserve Component Army forces designated by the
Secretary of Defense that are specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special
operations. Also called ARSOF. (JP 3-05) See FM 3-05, FM 3-18, ATP 3-75.
Army team building – A continuous process of enabling a group of people to reach their goals and improve their
effectiveness through leadership and various exercises, activities and techniques. (FM 6-22)
artillery target intelligence zone – An area in enemy territory that the commander wishes to monitor closely.
(FM 3-09)
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