This United States Army publication, Field Manual FM 1-02.2 Military Symbols November 2020, FM 1-02.2 constitutes approved Army military symbols for general use to depict land operations. The principal audience for FM 1-02.2 is all members of the profession of arms. Trainers and educators throughout the Army will also use this publication.
This publication compiles Department of Defense (DOD) Military Standard (MIL-STD) 2525D approved military symbols applicable to land operations for use in U.S. Army doctrinal publications and command and control systems. FM 1-02.2 is the proponent for all U.S. Army military symbols in use or that apply to doctrine that are not currently included in MIL-STD 2525D. When communicating instructions to subordinate units, commanders and staffs from company through corps echelons use this publication as the standard for properly constructing land operations associated military symbols.