GU04 broke the hot spots system by making all faction hot spots the same color - orange - ... now we're back to the old "we have no idea where our friendly platoons are situation," or the "where are the evil TE zerg swarms," stinker.
edit:
Both Higby and Malorn have confirmed this is not a bug and was intentional. The friendly activity filter and troop distribution UI from Roadmap - April - Improvements to Strategic Communication additions should solve this.
Can't wait to have friendly activity filter added, it's actually the single most useful feature I've been asking for since starting PS2.