Some common abbreviations and acronyms—for example, the abbreviations for military ranks—are not spelled out; refer to the glossary. As a dual service manual, references made to the U.S. Army, Soldiers, division, and BCT are interchangeable with and/or include the USMC, Marines, and regimental combat team (RCT) unless stated otherwise in the text. References made to mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time available, and civil considerations (METT-TC) is the way the Army uses this acronym by adding "civil considerations." The Marine Corps and joint doctrine use it without "civil considerations." ACKNOWLEDGMENT The copyright owners listed here have granted permission to reproduce material from their works. Other sources of quotations, graphics, and material used in examples and vignettes are listed in the Source Notes.
DesignationFM 3-90.12
EditionJan 2008
StatusSuperseded
FunctionSmall Unit Tactics
CollectionRecent Archive