ADRP1-02

Chapter 1
Civil Reserve Air Fleet – (DOD) A program in which the Department of Defense contracts for the services of
specific aircraft, owned by a United States entity or citizen, during national emergencies and defense-oriented
situations when expanded civil augmentation of military airlift activity is required. Also called CRAF.
(JP 3-17) See FM 4-01.
clandestine – (DOD) Any activity or operation sponsored or conducted by governmental departments or agencies
with the intent to assure secrecy and concealment. (JP 1-02) See ATP 3-05.20.
clandestine operation – (DOD) An operation sponsored or conducted by governmental departments or agencies
in such a way as to assure secrecy or concealment. (JP 3-05) See FM 3-18, ATP 3-05.1, ATP 3-18.4,
ATP 3-53.1.
classes of supply – (DOD) The ten categories into which supplies are grouped in order to facilitate supply
management and planning. I. Rations and gratuitous issue of health, morale, and welfare items. II. Clothing,
individual equipment, tentage, tool sets, and administrative and housekeeping supplies and equipment. III.
Petroleum, oils, and lubricants. IV. Construction materials. V. Ammunition. VI. Personal demand items. VII.
Major end items, including tanks, helicopters, and radios. VIII. Medical. IX. Repair parts and components
for equipment maintenance. X. Nonstandard items to support nonmilitary programs such as agriculture and
economic development. (JP 4-09) [Note: Army doctrine also includes a miscellaneous category comprising
water, captured enemy material, and salvage material.] See ADRP 4-0, ATP 3-35.
clear – 1. A tactical mission task that requires the commander to remove all enemy forces and eliminate organized
resistance within an assigned area. (FM 3-90-1) 2. To eliminate transmissions on a tactical radio net in order
to allow a higher-precedence transmission to occur. (FM 6-02.53) 3. The total elimination or neutralization
of an obstacle that is usually performed by follow-on engineers and is not done under fire. (ATTP 3-90.4)
See also reduce, tactical mission task.
clearance of fires – The process by which the supported commander ensures that fires or their effects will have
no unintended consequences on friendly units or the scheme of maneuver. (FM 3-09)
close air support – (DOD) Air action by fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft against hostile targets that are in close
proximity to friendly forces and that require detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and
movement of those forces. Also called CAS. (JP 3-0) See FM 3-09, FM 3-99, ATP 3-04.64, ATP 3-06.1,
ATP 3-09.24, ATP 3-09.34, ATP 3-55.6, ATP 3-60.2, ATP 3-91.1, ATP 4-01.45.
close area – In contiguous areas of operations, an area assigned to a maneuver force that extends from its
subordinates’ rear boundaries to its own forward boundary. (ADRP 3-0)
close combat – Warfare carried out on land in a direct-fire fight, supported by direct and indirect fires, and other
assets. (ADRP 3-0)
close quarters battle – Sustained combative tactics, techniques, and procedures employed by small, highly
trained special operations forces using special purpose weapons, munitions, and demolitions to recover
specified personnel, equipment, or material. (ADRP 3-05)
close support – (DOD) That action of the supporting force against targets or objectives which are sufficiently
near the supported force as to require detailed integration or coordination of the supporting action. (JP 3-31)
See FM 3-09, FM 6-0.
coalition – (DOD) An arrangement between two or more nations for common action. (JP 5-0) See ADRP 3-0,
FM 4-95, FM 3-16, FM 3-07.
collaborative planning – Commanders, subordinate commanders, staffs, and other partners sharing information,
knowledge, perceptions, ideas, and concepts regardless of physical location throughout the planning process.
(ADRP 5-0)
collateral damage – (DOD) Unintentional or incidental injury or damage to persons or objects that would not be
lawful military targets in the circumstances ruling at the time. (JP 3-60) See FM 3-09, ATP 3-06.1,
ATP 3-60.1, ATP 3-60.2.
collection management – (DOD) In intelligence usage, the process of converting intelligence requirements into
collection requirements, establishing priorities, tasking or coordinating with appropriate collection sources
or agencies, monitoring results, and retasking, as required. (JP 2-0) See ATP 3-55.3, ATP 3-55.6.
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