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situation report (SITREP)

Meaning in military & defence, with examples

/ˌsɪtʃuˈeɪʃn rɪˌpɔːt/nounCommon term

In military & defence, situation report (SITREP) means: A short, regular report that tells a higher headquarters the current status of a unit: where it is, what it is doing, its problems and its needs.

In Turkish: durum raporu

How it is used

Usually shortened to SITREP or sitrep in speech. Units send or submit a situation report at fixed times or when something important changes. It follows a standard format so that readers find information quickly.

Example sentences

  1. Send a situation report to headquarters every six hours during the exercise.

  2. The morning situation report showed that two trucks were still waiting for repairs.

Common collocations

  • send a situation report
  • daily situation report
  • submit a SITREP
  • SITREP format
  • briefingA meeting in which people receive the information and instructions they need before a task, often with slides, maps and a fixed structure.
  • headquarters (HQ)The place, and the staff working in it, from which a commander directs a unit, a formation or a whole organisation.
  • call signA short name or code that identifies a person, unit, vehicle or aircraft on the radio instead of their real name.
  • intelligenceInformation about an area, situation or other forces that has been collected and analysed to help commanders decide; also the people who do this work.

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