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Offense and Defense

ADP 3-90 holds the fundamentals of offensive and defensive operations: the forms of maneuver, the types of attacks, and the forms of the defense. It is the doctrinal parent for FM 3-90, Tactics, which carries the detail. If a board asks about the four types of offensive operations, this is where the answer lives.

The four things Army forces do: offense, defense, stability, DSCA

The four operations Army forces conduct, the subordinate types under offense and defense, and a note on the terminology that changed with the 2025 doctrine revision.

Operations

ADP 3-0 is the Army's capstone description of how it conducts operations. The March 2025 edition carries multidomain operations as the Army's operational concept and supersedes the July 2019 edition. It sets the vocabulary -- warfighting functions, combat power, the operational framework -- that nearly every other doctrinal publication uses.

Stability

ADP 3-07 is the Army's doctrine for stability operations. It explains the stability operations tasks, how they relate to offense and defense, and how military efforts fit alongside civilian agencies and host-nation institutions. It matters most during consolidation of gains, when the fighting slows and the governing does not.

Tactics

FM 3-90 is the Army's tactics manual for offensive, defensive, and enabling operations. It merged the two 2013 volumes of FM 3-90 into one book, so reconnaissance, security, and other enabling tasks now sit with the offense and defense chapters. It is the detail behind ADP 3-90.

Record of Proceedings Under Article 15, UCMJ

Documents nonjudicial punishment: the offenses, the Soldier's elections and rights, the punishment imposed, and any appeal.

What are the three types of courts-martial?

Summary, special, and general. The summary court-martial handles minor offenses by enlisted Soldiers and consists of one commissioned officer. The special court-martial is the intermediate level and can adjudge confinement of up to one year and a bad-conduct discharge. The general court-martial is the highest level and may adjudge any punishment authorized for the offense, including a dishonorable discharge and, where the law allows, death.

What is the difference between an Article 15 and a court-martial?

An Article 15 is nonjudicial punishment imposed by a commander for minor offenses. It is not a criminal conviction, the commander decides the case, and punishments are limited by the commander's grade. A court-martial is a federal criminal trial with a military judge, counsel, and in most cases a panel. A conviction at a court-martial is a criminal conviction and can include a punitive discharge and confinement.

What is the Uniform Code of Military Justice?

It is the federal law that establishes the military justice system, enacted by Congress in 1950 and effective in 1951. It defines military criminal offenses, sets out the types of courts-martial, and provides for nonjudicial punishment.

What rights does Article 31, UCMJ, give a Soldier?

Before questioning a Soldier suspected of an offense, the questioner must tell the Soldier of the nature of the accusation, advise the Soldier of the right not to make any statement about the offense, and warn that any statement may be used as evidence in a trial by court-martial. No one may compel a Soldier to incriminate himself or herself.