AA - Assembly Area, An area in which a command is assembled preparatory to further action.
AO - Area of Operation
CKP - Checkpoint, A predetermined point on the surface of the earth used as a means of controlling movement, a registration target for fire adjustment, or reference for location.
FEBA - Fordward Edge of Battle Area, The foremost limits of a series of areas in which ground combat units are deployed, excluding the areas in which the covering or screening forces are operating, designated to coordinate fire support, the positioning of forces or the manoeuvre of units.
FLOT - Forward Line of Own Troops
PL - Phase Line, A line utilized for control and coordination of military operations, usually a terrain feature extending across the zone of action.
PP - Passage Point, A specifically designated place where the passing units will pass through the stationary unit.
M - Reporting Point, In road movements, a well defined point on a route at which the elements composing a column return under the authority of their respective commanders, each one of these elements continuing its movement towards its own appropriate destination.
RP - Release Point, In road movements, a well defined point on a route at which the elements composing a column return under the authority of their respective commanders, each one of these elements continuing its movement towards its own appropriate destination.
SP - Starting Point, A well defined point on a route at which a movement of vehicles begins to be under the control of the commander of this movement. It is at this point that the column is formed by the successive passing, at an appointed time, of each of the elements composing the column. In addition to the principal start point of a column there may be secondary start points for its different elements.
TIC - Troops in Contact
WIA - Wounded in action