Recognition Definition - MilitaryDictionary.org

recognition

Term Source: JP 3-01 (Countering Air and Missile Threats) ?

1.) The determination by any means of the individuality of persons, or of objects such as aircraft, ships, or tanks, or of phenomena such as communications-electronics patterns.

2.) In ground combat operations, the determination that an object is similar within a category of something already known.

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In the United States, military vocabulary is standardized by the Department of Defence. These terms are used by the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.

Term Classification: operations

Source:

Department of Defence, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

Term sourced from JP 3-01: Countering Air and Missile Threats, updated March 2012 View source document

This term is marked as active and was last updated in 2015

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