Editing Military exercise (section)

===Field===
[[File:An Army Training Exercise in Britain, 1942 TR103.jpg|thumb|[[British Army]] soldiers with a [[Covenanter tank]] during a [[World War II]] military exercise, 1942]]
Historical names for the field exercise, or the full-scale rehearsal of military maneuvers as practice for warfare in the military services of the British Commonwealth include "schemes", while those of the military services United States are known as [[Field training exercise|Field Training Exercises]] (FTX), or, in the case of naval forces, Fleet Exercises (FLEETEX). In a field exercise or fleet exercise, the two sides in the simulated battle are typically called "red" (simulating the [[Opposing force|enemy forces]]) and "blue", to avoid naming a particular adversary.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/man/dod-101/ex/|title=United States Military Exercises|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117030720/https://fas.org/man/dod-101/ex/|archive-date=2015-11-17|url-status=dead|access-date=2015-11-15}}</ref>  This naming convention originates with the inventors of the table-top war-game (the "[[Kriegsspiel (wargame)|Kriegsspiel]]"), the Prussian [[Georg von Reisswitz]]; their army wore [[Prussian blue]], so friendly forces were depicted by the color blue.