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A square marking a neutral force on a military map.
Also known as: Neutral frame, Green force frame
A square — equal-sided and upright — marks a neutral party. Distinct from the friendly rectangle, which is wider than tall, and the distinction is deliberately slight enough to require care.
A square frame indicates a neutral unit under NATO joint military symbology, conventionally green where colour is available.
Neutral in this system means a party that is neither supporting nor opposing own forces — a status assessment, not a legal declaration of neutrality.
A square drawn in outline with equal sides, upright, enclosing space for an icon.
A neutral square and a friendly rectangle differ only in proportion, which is easy to misjudge on a cluttered map.
Both are affiliation frames in the same map-symbology standard.