Book excerpt: *This publication supersedes ADP 1-02, dated 14 August 2018. 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. MIL-STD 2525D establishes the single standard for developing and depicting hand-drawn and computer-generated military symbols for situation maps, overlays, and annotated aerial photographs for all types of military operations. 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.