Army Techniques Publication ATP 1-02.1 Brevity March 2023

by U.S. Department of the Army

This United States Air Land Sea Space Application Center (ALSSA) Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (MTTP) manual, Army Techniques Publication ATP 1-02.1 Brevity March 2023, standardizes air-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, maritime air, and maritime-to-maritime brevity codes regardless of communication medium (voice/chat), and brevity codes (abbreviations) specific for use in tactical chat. The scope is limited to brevity codes used in multi-Service operations. All Services agree to these brevity code meanings. These brevity codes have been forwarded to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for inclusion or modification of the NATO Allied Procedural Publication (APP)-7, Joint Brevity Words and other allied communications publications.

This publication will improve coordination and understanding during multi-Service operations. A brevity code is a code that provides no security but which has as its sole purpose the shortening of messages rather than the concealment of content.

81 pages, Paperback

Published March 8, 2023

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The Department of the Army (DA) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America. The Department of the Army is the Federal Government agency within which the United States Army is organized, and it is led by the Secretary of the Army who has statutory authority 10 U.S.C. § 3013 to conduct its affairs and to prescribe regulations for its government, subject to the limits of the law, and the directions of the Secretary of Defense and the President.

The Secretary of the Army is a civilian official appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The highest-ranking military officer in the department is the Chief of Staff of the Army, who is also a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Other senior officials of the Department are the Under Secretary of the Army (principal deputy to the Secretary) and the Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (principal deputy to the Chief of Staff.)

The Department of War was originally formed in 1789 as an Executive Department of the United States, and was renamed by the National Security Act of 1947 to the Department of the Army on September 18, 1947. By amendments to the National Security Act of 1947 in 1949, the Department of the Army was transformed to its present-day status.