Defense and military terminology · MLC-0115

Defense and military terms: F (86)

• facilityA real property entity consisting of one or more of the following: a building, a structure, a utility system...
• facility substitutesSupply-system requisitioned items and prepackaged structures that can replace constructed facilities.
• feasibilityThe plan review criterion for assessing whether the assigned mission can be accomplished using available...
• federal serviceA term applied to National Guard members and units when called to active duty to serve the United States...
• feintAn offensive action involving contact with the adversary conducted for the purpose of deception.
• field armyAn echelon of command that employs multiple corps, divisions, multifunctional brigades, and functional...
• field artilleryEquipment, supplies, ammunition, and personnel involved in the use of cannon, rocket, or surface-to-surface...
• fighter engagement zoneA defined airspace in which fighters engage air threats.
• fighter escortAn offensive counterair operation providing dedicated protection sorties by air-to-air-capable fighters in...
• fighter sweepAn offensive mission by fighter aircraft to seek out and destroy enemy aircraft or targets of opportunity in...
• final governing standardA comprehensive set of country-specific substantive environmental provisions, typically technical limitations...
• final protective fireAn immediately available, prearranged barrier of fire designed to impede enemy movement across defensive...
• finance supportA financial management function to provide financial advice and recommendations, pay support, disbursing...
• financial managementThe combination of the two core functions of resource management and finance support.
• fire direction centerThat element of a command post, consisting of gunnery and communications personnel and equipment, by means of...
• fire supportFires that directly support land, maritime, amphibious, space, cyberspace, and special operations forces to...
• fire support areaAn appropriate maneuver area assigned to fire support ships by the naval force commander from which they can...
• fire support coordinationThe planning and executing of fire so targets are adequately covered by a suitable weapon or group of weapons.
• fire support coordination centerA single site in which centralized communications facilities and personnel incident to the coordination of...
• fire support coordination lineA fire support coordination measure established by the land or amphibious force commander to support common...
• fire support coordination measureA measure employed by commanders to facilitate the rapid engagement of targets and simultaneously provide...
• fire support coordinator1. The officer in charge of the fire support coordination center.
• fire support elementThat section of the tactical operations center at every echelon above company responsible for targeting...
• fire support officerThe field artillery officer, from the operational to tactical level, responsible for advising the supported...
• fire support stationAn exact location at sea from which a fire support ship delivers fire.
• fire support teamA field artillery team provided for each maneuver company/troop and selected units to plan and coordinate all...
• firesThe use of weapon systems or other actions to create specific lethal or nonlethal effects on a target.
• first responderAnyone who provides initial and immediate treatment to self or others.
• fixed-price contractA type of contract that generally provides for a firm price or, under appropriate circumstances, may provide...
• flame field expedientSimple, handmade device used to produce flame or illumination.
• flatrackPortable, open-topped, open-sided units that fit into existing below-deck container cell guides and provide a...
• fleetAn organization of ships, aircraft, Marine Corps forces, and shore-based fleet activities under a commander...
• flight1. In Navy and Marine Corps usage, a specified group of aircraft usually conducting a common mission.
• floating craft companyA company-sized unit made up of various watercraft teams.
• fly-in echelonAirlifted forces and equipment (typically associated with the use of pre-positioned equipment), including...
• focused surveillanceIntelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance coverage designed with overlapping sensors so as to give...
• follow-up shippingShips not originally a part of the amphibious task force that deliver troops and supplies to the objective...
• footprint1. The area on the surface of the Earth within a satellite’s transmitter or sensor field of view.
• forceAn aggregation of military personnel, weapon systems, equipment, capabilities, and necessary support, or...
• force beddownThe creation of temporary facilities for troop support, serving as a base for force projection.
• force closureThe point in time when a supported commander determines that sufficient personnel and equipment resources are...
• force health protectionMeasures to promote, improve, or conserve the behavioral and physical well-being of Service members to enable...
• force moduleThe combat, combat support, and combat service support forces; non-unit personnel; and gear and supplies...
• force planning1. Planning associated with the creation and maintenance of military capabilities by the Military...
• force projectionThe ability to project the military instrument of national power from the United States or another theater in...
• force protectionPreventive measures taken to mitigate hostile actions against Department of Defense personnel (including...
• force protection conditionA Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-approved standard for identification of and recommended responses to...
• force protection working groupCross-functional working group whose purpose is to conduct risk assessment and risk management and to...
• force requirement numberAn alphanumeric code used to uniquely identify force entries in a given operation plan time-phased force and...
• force sequencingThe phased introduction of forces into and out of the operational area.
• force sourcingThe identification of the actual units, their origins, ports of embarkation, and movement characteristics to...
• force trackingThe process of gathering and maintaining information on the location, status, and predicted movement of each...
• force tracking numberAn eleven-character alphanumeric reference number assigned by a supported combatant command to its requested...
• force visibilityThe current and accurate status of forces, their current mission, future missions, location, mission...
• force/activity designatorNumber used in conjunction with urgency of need designators to establish a matrix of priorities used for...
• forcible entrySeizing and holding of a military lodgment in the face of armed opposition or forcing access into a denied...
• foreign assistanceSupport for foreign nations that can be provided through development assistance, humanitarian assistance, and...
• foreign disasterA calamitous situation or event that occurs naturally or through human activities, which threatens or...
• foreign disaster reliefAssistance that can be used immediately to alleviate the suffering of foreign disaster victims that normally...
• foreign humanitarian assistanceDepartment of Defense activities conducted outside the United States and its territories to directly relieve...
• foreign instrumentation signals intelligenceA subcategory of signals intelligence consisting of technical information and intelligence derived from the...
• foreign internal defenseParticipation by civilian agencies and military forces of a government or international organizations in any...
• foreign military salesA process through which eligible foreign governments and international organizations may purchase defense...
• foreign nation supportCivil and/or military assistance rendered to a nation when operating outside its national boundaries during...
• foreign nationalAny person other than a United States citizen, United States permanent or temporary legal resident alien, or...
• foreign security forcesPersonnel organized and/or employed for security, whether they are civil or military, federal, state or...
• forensic-enabled intelligenceThe intelligence resulting from the integration of scientifically examined materials and other information to...
• forward air controllerAn officer (aviator/pilot) member of the tactical air control party who, from a forward ground or airborne...
• forward air controller (airborne)A specifically trained and qualified aviation officer, normally an airborne extension of the tactical air...
• forward arming and refueling pointA temporary facility, organized, equipped, and deployed, to provide fuel and ammunition necessary for the...
• forward aviation combat engineeringEngineer activities to construct or repair forward/expeditionary aviation ground facilities in support of...
• forward edge of the battle areaThe foremost limits of a series of areas in which ground combat units are deployed to coordinate fire...
• forward observerAn individual operating with front line troops trained to adjust ground or naval gunfire and pass back...
• forward operating baseAn airfield used to support tactical operations without establishing full support facilities.
• forward operating siteA scalable location outside the United States and its territories intended for rotational use by operating...
• forward-looking infraredAn airborne, electro-optical, thermal imaging device that detects far-infrared energy, converts the energy...
• fragmentary orderAn abbreviated operation order issued as needed to change or modify an order or to execute a branch or sequel.
• freedom of navigation operationsActions conducted to protect United States navigation, overflight, and related interests on, under, and over...
• free-fire areaA specific region into which any weapon system may fire without additional coordination with the establishing...
• frequency deconflictionA systematic management procedure to coordinate the use of the electromagnetic spectrum for operations...
• friendly force information requirementInformation the commander and staff need to understand the status of friendly force and supporting...
• friendly force trackingThe process of fixing, observing, and reporting the location and movement of friendly forces.
• frustrated cargoAny shipment stopped prior to its destination that requires disposition instructions to continue.
• full mobilizationExpansion of the active Armed Forces of the United States resulting from action by Congress and the President...
• functional component commandA command normally, but not necessarily, composed of forces of two or more Military Departments which may be...
• functional damage assessmentThe estimate of the effect of military force to degrade or destroy the functional or operational capability...

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