FM 3-3

Glossary
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ABCA allies - American, British, Canadian, and available
Australian allies Minimum safe distance - Distance corresponding to a
Active defense measures - Measures taken to find and degree of protection needed to remain in the area.
destroy either the munitions or the delivery systems of MOPP gear - Protective clothing and equipment worn
an NBC attack. appropriate to the threat, work rate imposed by the
ADA - Air defense artillery mission, temperature, and humidity.
APC - Armored personnel carriers MSD - Minimum safe distance
Arthropods - Group of invertebrate animals that have a
jointed body and legs such as insects, arachnids, and N
crustaceans. NATO - North Atlantic Treaty Organization
AWS - Air weather service NAV CDM - U.S. Naval Chemical Downwind Message
NBC - Nuclear, biological and Chemical
C NBCC - NBC center
CAT - Cloud arrival time. Used for biological agent NBCWRS - NBC warning and reporting system
calculations.
CB - Chemical/biological O
CDM - Chemical downwind message OPSEC - Operational security
CET - Cloud exposure time. Used for biological agent OPORD - Operational order
calculations. OPLAN - Operations plan
CFA - Covering force area OPCON - Operational control
CHEMWARN - Friendly chemical attack warning
COMMZ - Communications zone P
Passive defense measures - Measures taken to reduce
E possibilities of (or effects of) NBC attack.
ECM - Electronic countermeasures Pathogens - living microorganisms that cause disease in
ECCM - Electronic counter-countermeasures man, animals, or plants.
EW - Electronic warfare POW - prisoner of war
F S
FDC - Fire direction centers SIGSEC - Signal security
FEBA - Forward edge of the battle area SOP - Standing operating procedures
PLOT - Forward line of troops
FSE - Fire support element T
FSOP - Field standing operating procedures TARR - Time of arrival
Toxins - Poisonous substances produced as by-products
G of microorganisms (the pathogens), plants, and
GN - Grid north. animals.
GMT - Greenwich Mean Time
GZ - Ground zero U
Universal transverse mercator - Meridians and
K parallels of latitudes appearing lines crossing at right
km - Kilometer angles.
USMC - United States Marine Corps
M USMTF - United States Message Text Format
METT-T - mission, enemy, terrain, troops, and time UTM - Universal transverse mercator

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