ADRP1-02

Military Terms
field artillery – (DOD) Equipment, supplies, ammunition, and personnel involved in the use of cannon, rocket,
or surface-to-surface missile launchers. Field artillery cannons are classified according to caliber as follows.
Light — 120mm and less. Medium — 121-160mm. Heavy — 161-210mm. Very heavy — greater than
210mm. Also called FA. (JP 3-09) See FM 3-09. (Army) The equipment, supplies, ammunition, and
personnel involved in the use of indirect fire cannon, rocket, or surface-to-surface missile launchers.
(ADRP 3-09)
field confirmatory identification – The employment of technologies with increased specificity and sensitivity
by technical forces in a field environment to identify chemical, biological, radiological, and/or nuclear hazard
with a moderate level of confidence and degree of certainty necessary to support follow-on tactical decisions.
(ATP 3-11.37)
field force engineering – The application of the Engineer Regiment capabilities from the three engineer
disciplines (primarily general engineering) to support operations through reachback and forward presence.
(FM 3-34)
field historian – An Army historian, military or civilian, that serves outside of the Center of Military History
documenting, recording, and reporting the official history of the Army at the command and unit levels.
(ATP 1-20)
field maintenance – On system maintenance, repair and return to the user including maintenance actions
performed by operators. (FM 4-30)
field of fire – The area that a weapon or group of weapons may cover effectively from a given position.
(FM 3-90-1)
field services – Includes aerial delivery, clothing and light-textile repair, food service, shower and laundry,
mortuary affairs, and water purification. These services enhance unit effectiveness and mission success by
providing for Soldier basic needs. (ADRP 4-0)
fighter engagement zone – (DOD) In air defense, that airspace of defined dimensions within which the
responsibility for engagement of air threats normally rests with fighter aircraft. Also called FEZ. (JP 3-01)
See ATP 3-01.15.
final coordination line – A phase line close to the enemy position used to coordinate the lifting or shifting of
supporting fires with the final deployment of maneuver elements. Also called FCL. (ADRP 3-90) See also
assault, assault echelon, phase line.
final protective fire – (DOD, NATO) An immediately available prearranged barrier of fire designed to impede
enemy movement across defensive lines or areas. (JP 1-02) See ADRP 3-90, FM 3-09.
final protective line – A selected line of fire where an enemy assault is to be checked by interlocking fire from
all available weapons and obstacles. Also called FPL. (ADRP 1-02) See also field of fire, final protective
fire.
finance operations – The execution of the joint financial management mission to provide financial advice and
guidance, support the procurement process, provide pay support, and provide banking and disbursing support.
(FM 1-06)
financial management – The sustainment of U.S. Army, joint, interagency, interdepartmental, and multinational
operations through the execution of two mutually supporting core functions, resource management and
finance operations. These two functions are comprised of the following core competencies: fund the force,
banking and disbursing support, pay support, accounting support and cost management, financial
management planning and operations, and management internal controls. (FM 1-06)
fire and movement – The concept of applying fires from all sources to suppress, neutralize, or destroy the enemy,
and the tactical movement of combat forces in relation to the enemy (as components of maneuver, applicable
at all echelons). At the squad level, it entails a team placing suppressive fire on the enemy as another team
moves against or around the enemy. (FM 3-96)
7 December 2015 ADRP 1-02 1-37