the army

• Section 1: Acronyms and Abbreviations
• ARTEP - Army Training and Evaluation Programme
• ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• AWACS - Airborne Early Warning and Control System
• BOS - Battlespace Operating System
• CPM - Communist Party of Malaya
• CSS - Combat Service Support
• EEZ - Exclusive Economic Zone
• ICT - Information and Communications Technology
• IPB - Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield
• LOAC - Law of Armed Conflict
• MATS - Malaysian Army Training System
• NKCP - North Kalimantan Communist Party
• NSC - National Security Council
• PERISTA - Perkembangan Istimewa Angkatan Tentera (Armed Forces Special Expansion Programme)

  
• RMA - Revolution in Military Affairs
• SEA - Southeast Asia
• SOP - Standard Operating Procedures
• SUO - Small Unit Operation
• ZOPFAN - Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality
• Area of Operations


  That portion of an area of war necessary for military operations and for the administration of such operations
• Area of Influence


  A geographical area wherein a commander is directly capable of influencing operations, by manoeuvre of fire support systems, normally under his command or control
• Area of Interest


  That area of concern to the commander, including the area of influence, areas adjacent thereto, and extending into the enemy territory to the objectives of the current or planned operations. This area also includes areas occupied by enemy forces who could jeopardize the accomplishment of the mission
• Armed Conflict


  Conflict between States in which at least one party has resorted to the use of armed force to achieve its aims. It may also embrace conflict between a State and organized, disciplined and uniformed groups within the State such as organized resistance movements
• Asymmetric


  The dissimilarities in organization, equipment, doctrine, capabilities and values between two opposing forces
• Asymmetric Warfare


  The type of warfare using the strength of dissimilar forces and techniques against an opponent's weaknesses in order to gain advantage. An attempt to circumvent the opponent's capabilities by avoiding his strength and exploiting his weakness through conventional (sometimes in a non-traditional and unconventional) means in small groups. Asymmetric tactics or techniques are usually employed by weaker forces against its opponents who are stronger
• Attrition


  The reduction in the combat effectiveness of the opposing force due to loss of personnel and materiel
• Battlespace


  The battlespace includes all aspects of the environment that are encompassed by the area of influence and the area of interest. These include the operational environment (oceanic, continental, aerospace, littoral, electromagnetic) and those relevant aspects of society, politics, culture, religion and economy
• Battlespace Operating System


  The battlespace operating system (BOS) represents the combination of personnel, collective training, equipment, facilities and command and management - organized, supported and employed to perform a designated function as part of a whole. The BOS are: Manoeuvre; Fire Support; Information Operations; Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Intelligence; Mobility and Survivability; Air Defence; Command and Control; and Combat Service Support
• Close Area


  That area of operation where forces are in immediate contact with the enemy
• Close Operations


  Close operations are those activities which involve friendly forces in direct contact with the enemy
• Combat Service Support


  The essential capabilities, functions, activities and tasks necessary to sustain all elements of operating forces in theatre at all levels of war
• Combined Arms


  The integration of all arms and services to enhance combat power by synchronizing all battlefield functions and capabilities to support unity of effort to achieve a mission
• Combined Operation


  An operation in which forces of two or more allies combine for the planning and conduct of the operation
• Counter Insurgency


  Those military, paramilitary, political, economics, psychological and civic actions taken to defeat the insurgency
• Counter-Insurgency Operations


  Counter-insurgency operations are military operations carried out to complement political, economic, psychological and civic actions necessary to defeat an armed insurgency and thereby sustain an existing state authority
• Counter-Terrorism Operations


  Counter terrorism operations refer to the defeat of those individuals or forces employing violence to intimidate the population for political end
• Decisive Operations


  Decisive operations are those activities that directly accomplish the task assigned by the higher headquarters that conclusively determine the outcome of major operations, battles, and engagements
• Decisive Points


  A decisive point is a major event that is a precondition to the successful disruption of the centre of gravity of either combatant. A decisive point is created normally by successfully attacking or neutralizing a critical vulnerability. Operational level planning aims to exploit an enemy's critical vulnerabilities in a sequence or matrix of decisive points known as lines of operations
• Deep Area


  That area of operation forward of the close area that typically extends from the forward boundary of subordinate units to the forward boundary of the controlling echelon