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All 458 Military Vocabulary Terms

Every term below links to its own page with a full definition, usage notes, a practice exercise, and related terms in military context.

Acronym (43)

ACE BLUEFOR CAS CASEVAC CASREP CBRN CIMIC DZ ELINT EOD EP FAC FOB FRAGO HLZ HUMINT HVI IED IMINT ISR JTAC LOGREP LZ MEDEVAC METT-TC MO MSR NMC OPORD OPP PIR PZ QRF REDFOR ROE SALUTE SALUTE Report SIGINT SITREP SOP SPOTREP TTPs WARNO

Formal Adjective (13)

Adequate Adjacent Coherent Comprehensive Concise Concurrent Credible Feasible Imminent Preliminary Proactive Sequential Subsequent

Formal Adverb (1)

Subsequently

Formal Noun (2)

Precaution Vicinity

Formal Verb (11)

Commenced Compel Comply Constitute Corroborate Deteriorate Disseminate Facilitate Mitigate Prioritise Terminate

IHL Term (11)

Distinction Grave breach Hors de combat Military necessity Perfidy Precautionary principle Prisoner of war Proportionality Protected person Protected place Ruse of war

Military Adjective (12)

Asymmetric Attached Decisive Dedicated Deliberate Hasty Inbound Kinetic Organic Outbound Proportional Robust

Military Adjective/Verb (1)

Tasked

Military Command (1)

Stand fast

Military Noun (192)

9-Line MEDEVAC Admin After Action Review Air Interdiction Air Superiority Air Tasking Order Airspace Control Alternate Frequency Amphibious Operation Annex Anti-Submarine Warfare Approach March Area Fire Attrition Authentication Authentication Code Blocking Position Bounding Overwatch Branches and Sequels Brevity Code Callsign Casualty Collection Point Choke Point Civil Affairs Classes of Supply Close Air Support Coalition Warfare Collateral Damage Estimate Collection Plan Combat Air Patrol Combat Load Combat Search and Rescue Combatant Communications Security Concealment Consolidation Contact Contamination Contingency Contingent Coordination Counter-UAS Counter-battery Fire Countering Violent Extremism Counterintelligence Cover Cyber Resilience Deception Decisive Engagement Deconfliction Decontamination Defensive Operations Defilade Deliberate Attack Deliberate Obstacle Demonstration Depth Detection Detonation Direct Action Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration Disposition Distribution Echelon Electromagnetic Spectrum Electronic Attack Electronic Protection Element Encirclement Encryption End State Envelopment Exclusion Zone Exploitation Feint Field Dressing Field Fortification Fire Support Coordination Line Forward Air Controller Forward Logistics Element Fratricide Frequency Frequency Hopping Friction Geospatial Intelligence Golden Hour Guard Haemorrhage Control Hasty Attack Hasty Defence Host Nation Support Human Intelligence Imagery Intelligence Indicator Insurgent Interception Inventory Jamming Joint Terminal Attack Controller Key Leader Engagement Kill Zone Lane Lead Time Lessons Identified Lines of Effort Listening Watch Logistics Logistics Package Main Supply Route Maintenance Schedule Maritime Patrol Mass Mass Casualty Incident Massed Fire Measures of Effectiveness Measures of Performance Military Information Support Operations Minefield Mission Analysis Mission Oriented Protective Posture Mobility Corridor Movement to Contact NBC Reconnaissance Net Network Defence No-Strike List Non-combatant Objective Obstacle Plan Offensive Action Order of Battle Passage of Lines Penetration Perimeter Perimeter Defence Personnel Point of Injury Police Mentoring Precedence Precision Guided Munition Primary Frequency Procedure Word Pursuit Radio Silence Raid Readiness Reconciliation Reconnaissance Red Team Relief in Place Restricted Fire Area Revetment Risk Assessment Risk Mitigation Role 1 Role 2 Role 3 Rule of Law Rules of Engagement Scheme of Manoeuvre Sea Lines of Communication Sector Security Sector Reform Serviceability Signals Intelligence Situation Report Sortie Special Reconnaissance Spoiling Attack Spoofing Stabilisation Status of Forces Agreement Stock Level Support by Fire Suppression of Enemy Air Defences Suppressive Fire Surveillance Survivability Sustainment Synchronisation Tactical Combat Casualty Care Targeting Terrain Throughput Time on Target Tourniquet Transition Triage Trigger Unconventional Warfare Unmanned Aerial System Withdrawal

Military Noun/Adjective (1)

Subordinate

Military Noun/Verb (10)

Ambush Bound Camouflage Counterattack Debrief Flank Liaison Manoeuvre Overwatch Recce

Military Phrase (2)

Break contact Man down

Military Principle (1)

Unity of command

Military Term (100)

2IC Actions on Administrative march Advance to contact All-round defence All-source intelligence Area of influence Area of interest Area of operations Axis of advance Battle damage assessment Battle rhythm Battlespace CSM Centre of gravity Chokepoint Collateral damage Combat power Combat service support Command post Commander's intent Commanding ground Course of action Covering fire Critical vulnerability Culminating point Dead ground Decision point Decisive operation Defensible ground Direct fire ENDEX EXEVAL Echelonment Economy of force Electronic warfare Enfilade fire Escalation of force Fire and movement Fire position Fire support Fog of war Force multiplier Force protection Fragmentary order Grid reference Ground truth H-Hour Hard target Hardened position High-payoff target INEX Immediate action Indirect fire Information dominance Information operations Intelligence cycle Intelligence estimate Key terrain Lines of communication Main effort Minimum force Mission command Mission creep Move to contact Named area of interest OC OPFOR Observation post Operational area Operational pause Operational tempo Operations order Overstretch PSM Pattern of life Phase line Positional advantage Priority intelligence requirement Proportionate response Psychological operations RSM Rally point Rules of force STARTEX Shaping operation Situational awareness Soft target Stand-off distance Stand-to Start line Supporting effort Sustaining operation Tactical march Target area of interest Time-sensitive target Tipping point Vital ground Vulnerable point Warning order

Military Verb (37)

Acknowledge Apprehend Assess Authenticate Breaching Clear Confirm Consolidate Decode Deconflict Delay Deploy Deter Disrupt Encircle Encode Envelop Escalate Establish Exfiltrate Exploit Fix Infiltrate Initiate Interdict Loiter Neutralise Redeploy Reorganisation Screen Secure Seize Stand down Suppress Sustain Synchronise Withdraw

Military Verb/Adjective (1)

Retrograde

Military Verb/Noun (6)

Assault Breach Brief Cordon Requisition Resupply

NATO Concept (12)

Attrition Warfare Combined Joint Task Force Commander's Critical Information Requirement Effects-Based Operations Indication and Warning Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield Interoperability Lead Nation Manoeuvre Warfare Operational Art Operational Design Standardisation Agreement

NATO Term (1)

Coalition