ADRP1-02

Chapter 1
force protection – (DOD) Preventive measures taken to mitigate hostile actions against Department of Defense
personnel (to include family members), resources, facilities, and critical information. Also called FP. (JP 3-0)
See ADRP 3-37, FM 4-01, ATP 3-07.31.
force protection condition – (DOD) A Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-approved standard for identification
of and recommended responses to terrorist threats against United States personnel and facilities. Also called
FPCON. (JP 3-07.2) See ATP 3-07.31.
force tailoring – The process of determining the right mix of forces and the sequence of their deployment in
support of a joint force commander. (ADRP 3-0)
forcible entry – (DOD) Seizing and holding of a military lodgment in the face of armed opposition. (JP 3-18)
See FM 3-99, ATP 3-91.
ford – A shallow part of a body of water or wet gap that can be crossed without bridging, boats, ferries, or rafts.
It is a location in a water barrier where the physical characteristics of current, bottom, and approaches permit
the passage of personnel, vehicles, and other equipment where the wheels or tracks remain in contact with
the bottom at all times. (ATTP 3-90.4) See also gap.
foreign disaster relief – (DOD) Prompt aid that can be used to alleviate the suffering of foreign disaster victims.
Normally, it includes humanitarian services and transportation; provision of food, clothing, medicine, beds,
and bedding; temporary shelter and housing; the furnishing of medical materiel and medical and technical
personnel; and making repairs to essential services. (JP 3-29) See ATP 3-57.20.
foreign humanitarian assistance – (DOD) Department of Defense activities conducted outside the United States
and its territories to directly relieve or reduce human suffering, disease, hunger, or privation. Also called
FHA. (JP 3-29) See FM 3-57, ATP 1-06.2, ATP 3-05.2, ATP 3-07.5, ATP 3-07.31, ATP 3-57.10,
ATP 3-57.20, ATP 3-57.30, ATP 3-57.60, ATP 3-57.70.
foreign instrumentation signals intelligence – (DOD) A subcategory of signals intelligence, consisting of
technical information and intelligence derived from the intercept of foreign electromagnetic emissions
associated with the testing and operational deployment of non-US aerospace, surface, and subsurface
systems. Foreign instrumentation signals include but are not limited to telemetry, beaconry, electronic
interrogators, and video data links. Also called FISINT. (JP 2-01) See ATP 3-05.20.
foreign internal defense – (DOD) Participation by civilian and military agencies of a government in any of the
action programs taken by another government or other designated organization to free and protect its society
from subversion, lawlessness, insurgency, terrorism, and other threats to its security. Also called FID.
(JP 3-22) See ADP 3-05, ADRP 3-05, ADRP 3-07, FM 3-05, FM 3-07, FM 3-24, FM 3-53, FM 3-57, ATP
3-05.2, ATP 3-07.10, ATP 3-57.20, ATP 3-57.30, ATP 3-57.80, ATP 3-93.
foreign military sales – (DOD) That portion of United States security assistance authorized by the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and the Arms Export Control Act of 1976, as amended. This assistance
differs from the Military Assistance Program and the International Military Education and Training Program
in that the recipient provides reimbursement for defense articles and services transferred. Also called FMS.
(JP 4-08) See ATP 3-57.30.
foreign security forces – Forces, including, but not limited to military, paramilitary, police, and intelligence
forces; border police, coast guard, and customs officials; and prison guards and correctional personnel, that
provide security for a host nation and its relevant population or support a regional security organization’s
mission. (FM 3-22)
forms of maneuver – Distinct tactical combinations of fire and movement with a unique set of doctrinal
characteristics that differ primarily in the relationship between the maneuvering force and the enemy.
(ADRP 3-90)
forward air controller (airborne) – (DOD) A specifically trained and qualified aviation officer who exercises
control from the air of aircraft engaged in close air support of ground troops. The forward air controller
(airborne) is normally an airborne extension of the tactical air control party. A qualified and current forward
air controller (airborne) will be recognized across the Department of Defense as capable and authorized to
perform terminal attack control. Also called FAC(A). (JP 3-09.3) See FM 3-09, ATP 4-01.45.
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