(DoD) An operation to temporarily seize an area in order to secure information, confuse an adversary, capture personnel or equipment, or to destroy a capability. It ends with a planned withdrawal upon completion of the assigned mission.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
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